[Mathreu] Fwd: [Fwd: undergraduate mathematics conference at KSU]

[Kevin James]

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From: calkin <calkin at clemson.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:09 AM
Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: undergraduate mathematics conference at KSU]
To: Kevin James <kevja at clemson.edu>


Kevin,
Want to send this out to all our REU folks?


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Subject: undergraduate mathematics conference at KSU
From:    "Yuliya Babenko"<ybabenko at kennesaw.edu>
Date:    Thu, September 15, 2011 12:06 am
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Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you and your students to the first Kennesaw
Mountain Undergraduate Math Conference that we will be hosting on November
11-12, 2011, at Kennesaw State University (located 20 miles north of
downtown Atlanta).

The website below contains information about registration and schedule
(which will be updated as we have more information), as well as on the
possible financial support for students (we can cover their hotel):

http://math.kennesaw.edu/conferences/KMUMC2011/index.html

As we plan it now, the conference will consist of two "parts". On Friday,
November 11, there will be afternoon seminars for faculty (workshop on
Inquiry Based Learning) followed by dinner, and a social math activity for
student (contests and math scavenger hunt). On Saturday, November 12,
there will be a keynote address

“Blown Away: what Knot to Do When Sailingâ€
 by Sir Randolph Bacon III

cousin-in-law to Colin Adams, Williams College

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Adams_(mathematician) )


as well as two 30-minutes invited talks:


"How many cycles can you guarantee?" by Patrick Bahls (UNCA)

"Game Theory and Competitive Bidding" by Brett Katzman (KSU)

and panel on Careers with Math, possibly session on International
Opportunities, and parallel session of 15-minutes talks (by students and
faculty), seminar for the faculty.

If you have students who worked with you on a project, participated in
REU's, independent studies or interesting internships, who is starting to
work on their thesis or capstone project, who is preparing to present
their work at the Joint Meetings or in Nebraska -- please encourage them
to participate. However, presentations are not required for participation
- if you have great students who you think would benefit from interaction
with their colleagues and see what research has been done by other
students - please encourage them to participate as well, if possible.

The registration deadline is October 15 and the deadline for abstract
submission (by email to me) is October 25. There is a registration fee of
$10 for all students and faculty - to help us cover the cost of reception,
breakfast, lunch and two coffee breaks.

I also invite faculty to give a short talk (I will be giving one myself).

Looking forward to hearing any feedback from you and welcoming you on KSU
campus!
Thank you very much for your attention!

Kind regards,

Yuliya Babenko


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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591
Phone: (770) 423-6096
Fax: (770) 423-6629
web page: http://math.kennesaw.edu/~ybabenko/






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Kevin James
Associate Professor

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Clemson University
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