Undergraduate Mathematics Students

SUMS COnference, Oct 3, 2009 (Sept 18 reg. deadline)

FIRST CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR UNDERGRADUATE PAPERS AND POSTERS

SUMS Conference

October 3, 2009

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia (about two hours west of D.C.)

The fifth annual Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (SUMS) Conference at James Madison University is a one-day undergraduate research conference that will feature:

 * undergraduate contributed talks on their mathematical research

 * undergraduate and high school poster sessions on research and expository topics

 * panel sessions on REU programs, graduate school, and industry

 * a special AMC workshop for high school students and faculty

OPENING ADDRESS

Dr. Doron Zeilberger, Board of Governors Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University

Title:  SUMS.   Summary:  Some Sums sum, some do not seem to sum. Why?

CLOSING ADDRESS

Michael Starbird, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin

Title:  The Fourth Dimension

Registration and lunch are free.  Limited travel funds are available on a rolling application basis.  The deadline for registration with lunch and abstract submission is September 18.

For more information, please see the conference web site, www.math.jmu.edu/SUMS, or contact either of the SUMS Directors at the email addresses below.  A poster for the conference will be sent with the second conference announcment.   Visit www.math.jmu.edu/SUMS for registration and scheduling information as it becomes available.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Brown (brownet@math.jmu.edu)

Laura Taalman (taal@math.jmu.edu)

SUMS Directors

Posted at 03:08PM Jul 06, 2009 by scroggs in Conferences and Meetings  |  Comments[0]