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Networking Sessions

Please note: all sessions are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT = UTC-6:00)

Networking Sessions are designed as open sessions to discuss particular topics at MAA MathFest. SIGMAAs, or Special Interest Groups of the MAA, will use this space to host business meetings, panel presentations and guest speakers.

SCUDEM - International Student Challenge Gathering and Information

Wednesday, August 4, 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

Description

SCUDEM - SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations Modeling, a student challenge modeling opportunity with differential equations, will take place from 23 October - 15 November 2021. Teams of three students select one of three problems and produce a model and a ten-minute video. Join us to learn more. See https://www.simiode.org/scudem for details.

Organizer:
Brian Winkel, Director SIMIODE

Sponsor: SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

 

MAA Prize Session

World Premiere of “MAA Summer 2021 Award Winners”

Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m., MAA Pavilion, Virtual Exhibit Hall

Description

This year the MAA Prize Winners will be celebrated over the course of MathFest. We invite everyone to join us and congratulate our prize winners from 2020 and 2021.

Join us in the Pavilion to watch the world premiere video celebrating the winners of MAA’s 2021 Summer Awards. MAA Awards highlight our values of community, inclusivity, communication, and teaching & learning. This is the first in a series of activities to celebrate and recognize the people that bring their wits, strength, and love to help the MAA community flourish.

Host:
Jenny Quinn, MAA President, University of Washington, Tacoma

 

NSF Funding Opportunities in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources

Wednesday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Friday, August 6, 10:00 a.m. -11:20 a.m.

Description

The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers multiple grant programs that promote research, innovations in learning and teaching and/or infrastructural support in the mathematical sciences. Program Officers from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) will provide an overview of several programs that welcome submissions from the mathematical sciences community, discuss the NSF review process, and provide tips on effective proposal preparation. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore specific DUE programs through breakout sessions that will include ample time for discussion and Q&A.

Organizers:
Michael Ferrara, John Haddock, Sandra Richardson, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation

 

SIGMAA on Quantitative Learning (SIGMAA QL) Business Meeting

Wednesday, August 4, 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Organizer:
Samual Tunstall, Trinity University

 

SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology (BIO SIGMAA) Business Meeting

Wednesday, August 4, 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Organizer:
Hannah Highlander, University of Portland

 

SIGMAA on Teaching Advanced High School Mathematics (SIGMAA TAHSM) Business Meeting

Thursday, August 5, 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

Organizers:
Chuck Garner, Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology
Bill Shillito, Oglethorpe University

 

SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (SIGMAA on RUME) Business Meeting

Thursday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Organizer:
Nicole Infante, West Virginia University

 

SIGMAA on Statistics Education (SIGMAA Stat-Ed) Business Meeting

Thursday, August 5, 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Organizer:
Phil Yates, DePaul University

 

SIGMAA for the Philosophy of Mathematics (POM SIGMAA) Guest Lecture

As-if Mathematics Were True

Thursday, August 5, 3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Elaine Landry, University of California - Davis

Description

Central claim: When we shift our focus from solving philosophical problems to solving mathematical ones, we see that an as-if methodological interpretation of mathematical structuralism can be used to provide an account of both the practice and the applicability of mathematics whilst avoiding the conflation of mathematical and metaphysical considerations. Time for discussion with the audience will be included. This talk should be accessible to mathematicians at all levels with some interest in the philosophy of mathematics.

Organizer:
Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University

 

MAA Prize Session

Celebrate with the MAA Writing Award Winners from 2020 and 2021

Friday, August 6, 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Description

This year the MAA Prize Winners will be celebrated over the course of MathFest. We invite everyone to join us and congratulate our prize winners from 2020 and 2021.

Winners of Allendoerfer, Evans, Halmos-Ford, Hasse, Pólya, Solow, Beckenbach, Chauvenet, or Euler Awards, together with their friends and fans are invited to meet with winners and congratulate them on their achievements.

The second in a series of activities to celebrate and recognize the people that bring their wits, strength, and love to help the MAA community flourish.

Hosts:
Jenny Quinn, MAA President, University of Washington, Tacoma
Michael Dorff, MAA Past President, Brigham Young University

 

MAA Prize Session

Celebrate with MAA Service Awards Winners from 2020 and 2021

Friday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Description

This year the MAA Prize Winners will be celebrated over the course of MathFest. We invite everyone to join us and congratulate our prize winners from 2020 and 2021.

Winners of an MAA Award for Inclusivity, Certificate of Merit, Certificate for Meritorious Service, or the Gung and Hu Award together with their friends and fans are invited to meet with winners and congratulate them on their achievements.

The third in a series of activities to celebrate and recognize the people that bring their wits, strength, and love to help the MAA community flourish.

Hosts:
Jenny Quinn, MAA President, University of Washington, Tacoma
Michael Dorff, MAA Past President, Brigham Young University

 

SIGMAA on Sports (Sports SIGMAA) Business Meeting and Guest Lecture

Friday, August 6, 1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Description

The annual business meeting of the Sports SIGMAA. We will discuss SIGMAA activities, potential new ventures, budget issues, and also have a guest lecturer to talk about their experiences, activities, or perspectives on sports analytics. All are welcome!

Organizer:
Russ Goodman, Central College

 

SIGMAA on Undergraduate Research (UR SIGMAA) Business Meeting and Guest Lecture

Using Restorative Practices to Build Research Communities

Saturday, August 7, 10:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

Pamela Harris, Williams College

Description

An invited talk by Professor Pamela Harris of Williams College, titled "Using restorative practices to build research communities," will be followed by the UR SIGMAA Business Meeting.

Organizers:
Anant Godbole, East Tennessee State University
Allison Henrich, Seattle University

 

MAA Prize Session

Celebrate with MAA Teaching and Research Award Winners from 2020 and 2021

Saturday, August 7, 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Description

This year the MAA Prize Winners will be celebrated over the course of MathFest. We invite everyone to join us and congratulate our prize winners from 2020 and 2021.

Winners of an Alder, Dolciani, Haimo, or Selden Awards, together with their friends and fans are invited to meet with winners and congratulate them on their achievements.

The fourth in a series of activities to celebrate and recognize the people that bring their wits, strength, and love to help the MAA community flourish.

Hosts:
Jenny Quinn, MAA President, University of Washington, Tacoma
Michael Dorff, MAA Past President, Brigham Young University

 

How to Run a Math Festival

Saturday, August 7, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Description

The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival will host an interactive session on how to organize a mathematics festival in your community, either virtual or in-person. Topics include logistics, activity selection, and funding. The session will feature some of our favorite activities.

Organizer:
Daniel Kline, Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival
Annette Rouleau, Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival

 

MAA Instructional Practices Guide Networking and Q&A Session

Saturday, August 7, 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Description

The MAA Instructional Practices Guide was designed to share effective, evidence-based practices that instructors can use to facilitate meaningful learning for students of mathematics. At this session, participants will have their questions about the guide answered by experts and will be able to share their own innovations with the guide. As a networking session, participants will also have the opportunity to connect with others to form reading groups to explore the guide, or to join working groups to innovate in ways that expand on or complement the guide.

Organizers:
Jane Long, Stephen F. Austin State University
Juliana Belding, Boston College
Russell Goodman, Central College

Sponsor: MAA Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics (CTUM)

 

Spectra: A Gathering for LGBTQ+ Mathematicians and Allies

Saturday, August 7, 3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Description

Spectra, the association for LGBTQ+ mathematicians, is organizing this social/informational event for LGBTQ+ mathematicians and their allies to network with each other and learn more about upcoming opportunities and events highlighting the sexual orientation and gender identity diversity in the mathematics community.

Organizers:
Ron Buckmire, Occidental College
Christopher Goff, University of the Pacific

 

Year: 
2021