Newswise — The Press Room will be on the second floor of Moscone West, across from the Main Lecture Room, offering free wireless access, a phone, the book of abstracts, and a place to conduct interviews. Hours: Wednesday, January 13 through Friday, January 15, 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 16, 7:30 a.m. to noon.
The annual math meetings provide an opportunity for mathematicians in all fields of mathematics to present talks and participate in panels on topics ranging from high-level research on new approaches to unsolved theoretical problems to recent applications of math to issues such as the environment, health, the arts, business, and education.
All of the events listed below take place in the Moscone Convention Center (West). Topics include:
Environment and Sustainability
Economics and Sustainability, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Minisymposium. Wednesday, January 13, 8:05-11:00 a.m., Room 2002.
Environmental Modeling, MAA Invited Paper Session. Thursday, January 14, 8:00-9:50 a.m., Room 3002.
Mathematics and a Smart Planet, SIAM Minisymposium. Thursday, January 14, 1:00-4:06 p.m., Room 2002.
Climate Change, Sustainability and the Mathematical Sciences: A Joint Initiative of the North American Mathematical Institutions, Mathematical Institutes Open House Reception. Wednesday, January 13, 5:30-8:00 p.m., Room 3022.
Health and Medicine
Identifying Effective Age-Based Mammogram Screening Schedules Using a Stochastic Population Model of Breast Cancer, Sarah Geneser, Stanford University. Friday, January 15, 9:00-9:15 a.m., Room 3020.
Additive damage model for anti-cancer drug combinations, Leslie B. Jones, University of Arizona. Thursday, January 14, 8:45-9:00 a.m., Room 3012.
Numerical Modeling of Intracranial Aneurysms, Lisa M. Melanson, Northwestern University. Thursday, January 14, 10:00-10:15 a.m., Room 3012.
The Aging Heart and the Loss of Complexity--a Difference Equation Model, Tamara Eugenia Awerbuch-Friedlander, Harvard School of Public Health. Wednesday, January 13, 5:15-5:45 p.m., Room 3003.
Multiscale Registration of Planning CT and Daily Cone Beam CT Images for Adaptive Radiation Therapy, Dana Paquin, California Polytechnic State University. Saturday, January 16, 9:00-9:30 a.m, Room 2022.
Challenges in Computational Medicine and Biology, Donald Geman, Johns Hopkins University. Friday, January 15, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Room 2012.
Addiction and Treatment in a rational framework - can lowering health care costs have adverse effects?, Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno. Wednesday, January 13, 8:15-8:30 a.m., Room 2007.
Underrecording in Domestic Violence Data Using Count Data Regression Models, Mavis Pararai, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Thursday, January 14, 11:30-11:45 a.m., Room 3010.
The Arts
The Mathematics of Origami, MAA Invited Paper Session. Friday, January 15, 8:00-10:55 a.m., Room 3006.
Arts and Mathematics, MAA Session. Friday, January 15, 1:00-5:55 p.m., Room 2022, and Saturday, January 16, 1:00-5:35 p.m., Room 2011.
The theater of the mathematically absurd, MAA Special Theatrical Presentation, Colin Adams and the Mobiusbandaid Players. Friday, January 15, 6:00-7:00 p.m., Room 2020.
Mathematics and the Arts Special Presentation, MAA Special Interest Group on Mathematics and the Arts, Bruce Beasley (discussing his computer-generated sculptures). Friday, January 15, 8:00-9:00 p.m., Room 2024.
How math made modern music [mad] irrational!, MAA Lecture for Students, David T. Kung, Saint Mary's College of Maryland. Friday, January 15, 1:00-1:50 p.m., Room 3014.
Mathematical Art Exhibition--Works in various media by artists and mathematicians. Open during regular exhibit hours, Wednesday, January 13, 12:15-5:30 p.m., Thursday, January 14, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Friday, January 15, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 16, 9:00 a.m.-noon, Exhibit Hall.
Women and Other Underrepresented Groups
Increasing the Participation of Girls in Mathematics and other STEM Fields in Higher Education, Tina Alves Mancuso, The Sage Colleges. Friday, January 15, 9:00-9:30 a.m., Room 2022.
The MAA SUMMA Program Turns 20---A Retrospective, MAA Session on the Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement Program. Wednesday January 13, 2:15-6:30 p.m., Room 3002.
Gender Inequity in the National Merit Scholarship Program, Bryan Nankervis, Texas State University-San Marcos. Thursday, January 14, 8:40-9:00 a.m., Room 2022.
Winifred Edgerton Merrill - She Opened Doors, Susan E. Kelly, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. Friday, January 15, 4:30-4:45 p.m. Room 3000.
Education and Innumeracy
The common core State Standards: Will they become our national K-12 curriculum?, AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion. Saturday, January 16, 8:30-10:00 a.m., Room 3014.
The Algebra Project: Building Math Literacy, Marcus Hung, San Francisco Unified School District. Friday, January 15, 10:30-10:50 a.m., Room 2022.
Survivor Math: Using Pop Culture to Enhance Learning Mathematics, Robert E. Burks, U.S. Military Academy. Saturday, January 16, 10:30-10:45 a.m., Room 3000.
How ideas from therapy can help developmental mathematics students with anxiety, motivation, and performance: Successes from two pilot tests, K. Scott Alberts, Truman State University. Thursday, January 14, 1:20-1:40 p.m., Room 2020.
K-12 Outreach with Integrated Math and Physics for Roller Coaster Design, Kathleen R Fowler, Clarkson University. Thursday, January 14, 10:10-10:55 a.m., Room 2002.
Voting
Voting Theory, AMS Special Session. Thursday, January 14, 8:00-11:50 a.m. and 1:00-3:50 p.m., Room 2010.
Using Linear Algebra to Measure Power, Jennifer Wilson, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts. Saturday, January 16, 4:40-5:00 p.m., Room 2022.
Business
Optimization Inside: The use of mathematical methods in business processes. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Invited Address, Brenda Dietrich, IBM. Thursday January 14, 11:10-12:00 p.m., Main Lecture Room, 2nd Floor.
Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Government, MAA Session. Thursday January 14, 8:00-11:55 a.m., Room 2011.
From Netflix to Gerrymanders: A Sample of BIG Applications of Mathematics, MAA Special Interest Group on Business, Industry, and Government Guest Lecture, Barry Cipra. Thursday January 14, 5:45-6:45 p.m., Room 3006.
History of Mathematics
The Archimedes Palimpsest and its infinite possibilities, MAA Special Interest Group on the History of Mathematics Guest Lecture, Reviel Netz, Classics Department, Stanford University. Wednesday, January 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Room 3006.
A comparison of Edwin Abbott Abbott and Lewis Carroll, William F. Lindgren, Slippery Rock University. Saturday, January 16, 9:30-10:00 a.m., Room 2010.
Ramanujan Reaches His Hand from His Grave to Snatch Your Theorems >From You, Bruce C. Berndt, University of Illinois. Thursday, January 14, 10:00-10:30 a.m., Room 3008.
Reasonable effectiveness: Trigonometry, ancient astronomy, and the birth of applied mathematics, MAA Invited Address, Glen Van Brummelen, Quest University. Thursday, January 14, 9:00-9:50 a.m., Main Lecture Room, 2nd Floor.
A New Course for Liberal Arts Math: The Mathematics of Calendars and Timekeeping, Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University. Thursday, January 14, 3:00-3:20 p.m., Room 2024.
Algebraic cryptology from an historical viewpoint, Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky University. Friday, January 15, 10:45-10:55 a.m., Room 3010.
Newton's Principia : What is in it and why should we care?, Herbert E. Kasube, Bradley University. Wednesday, January 13, 10:20-10:40 a.m., Room 2022.
Sports
Mathematics and Sports, MAA Session. Friday January 15, 3:20.-3:55 p.m., Room 3004, and Saturday, January 16, 8:00-10:55 a.m., Room 2011. The second session includes a presentation on Mathematics Awareness Month 2010, whose theme is "Mathematics and Sports."
Prizes and Awards
Joint Prize Session, Mathematicians are honored for their work. Thursday January 14 4:25-5:25 p.m., Main Lecture Room, 2nd Floor (followed by reception, 5:30-6:30).
National High School Math Contest
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician, AMS Special Presentation, Mike Breen, AMS, and Bill Butterworth, DePaul University. Ten high school students from across the country compete for the top prize of $10,000. Thursday, January 14, 9:30-11:00 a.m., Room 3020.
Other Presentations of Interest:
The calculus of friendship, AMS-MAA-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture, Steven Strogatz, Cornell University. Saturday January 16, 3:00-4:45 p.m., Main Lecture Room, 2nd Floor (reception follows).
Carries and shuffling, Persi Diaconis, Stanford University. Saturday, January 16, 4:00-4:30 p.m., Room 3006.
Google-opoly, Tim Chartier, Davidson College. Saturday, January 16, 4:20-4:40 p.m., Room 2020.
Simulation and validation of 3-dimensional fatigue cracks, David L Chopp, Northwestern University. Saturday, January 16, 8:30-9:00 a.m., Room 3007.
Algebra and Multi-Camera Networks, Nigel Boston, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Thursday, January 14, 11:00-11:30 a.m., Room 2008.
E8 Theory, A. Garrett Lisi. Friday, January 15, 10:00-10:30 a.m., Room 3011.
Also, see the full program of the Meetings athttp://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2124_progfull.html.
The Joint Mathematics Meetings are held for the purpose of advancing mathematical achievement, encouraging research, and providing the communication necessary to progress in the field. These meetings serve to preserve, supplement, and utilize the results of the research of mathematicians the world over. Keeping abreast of the progress in mathematics results in the furtherance of the interest of mathematical scholarship and research.
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