Undergraduate Mathematics Students

SUMS Conference, October 18, James Madison U., VA

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR UNDERGRADUATE PAPERS AND POSTERS

SUMS Conference
October 18, 2008
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia (about two hours west of D.C.)

The fourth 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

* an opening address by Michael Mossinghoff, University of South Carolina and Davidson College

* a closing address by Robin Wilson, Cal Poly Pomona

* a special AMC workshop for high school students and faculty

Last year, SUMS hosted 237 conference participants from 32 colleges and universities and 14 high schools, and featured 28 student talks and 32 student posters.

Registration and lunch are free.  Limited travel funds are available on a rolling application basis.  The deadline for registration and abstract submission is October 3.

For more information, please contact either of the SUMS Directors at the email addresses below.  A poster for the conference is attached to this email.  Abstracts for the invited addresses are listed below.  Visit www.math.jmu.edu/SUMS for registration and scheduling information.

Thank you,
Elizabeth Brown (brownet@math.jmu.edu)
Laura Taalman (taal@math.jmu.edu)
SUMS Directors

Posted at 02:23PM Sep 05, 2008 by scroggs in Conferences and Meetings  |  Comments[0]