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Math Symposia at the Annual AAAS Meeting

Math Symposia at the Annual AAAS Meeting. Why Mathematicians should be more involved in the Broader Scientific Community. The Structure of the Meeting. Central Theme: Sustainability Many interdisciplinary talks Talks from industry as well as academics but still focusing on scholarship

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Math Symposia at the Annual AAAS Meeting

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  1. Math Symposia at the Annual AAAS Meeting Why Mathematicians should be more involved in the Broader Scientific Community

  2. The Structure of the Meeting • Central Theme: Sustainability • Many interdisciplinary talks • Talks from industry as well as academics but still focusing on scholarship • Poster sessions • Family Science Day • Organization-sponsored panels

  3. What is the AAAS • American Association for the Advancement of Science Largest General Scientific Society (in the world they claim) Not very many Mathematicians compared to say …Biologists--- something like 8 to 150 What are mathematicians missing out on?

  4. Mathematics and America's Future: A Call to Action • The Role of Mathematics in the Challenges of the Future--Mac Hyman. Los Alamos National Laboratory • How University Mathematics Departments Can Help Make Mathematics Careers Attractive--De Witt Sumners • From Data to Policy: Scientific Excellence Is Our Future--Sallie Keller-McNulty. Rice University • Mathematics and America's Future: The Role of Education--Daniel L. Goroff. Harvey Mudd

  5. New Vistas in Mathematics of Ecology and Evolution • Climate-Driven Infectious Disease Dynamics: Understanding the Past, Forecasting the FutureMercedes Pascual University of Michigan, Ann Arbor • Epistasis and Shapes of Fitness LandscapesBernd Sturmfels. University of California, Berkley  • Collective Motion and Decision-Making in Animal Groups--Iain Couzin. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 

  6. New Mathematical Methods in the Visual Arts • Inpainting: A Synthesis of Mathematics, Art, and Biology -- Guillermo SapiroUniversity of Minnesota  • Digital Stylometry-- Daniel Rockmore Dartmouth College • Digital Forensics -- Hany Farid, Dartmouth College • Digital Analysis Versus Eye of the Beholder: Rivalry or Partnership?--Ellen Handy. City College of New York

  7. Prime Numbers: New Developments on Ancient Problems • The Riemann Hypothesis, Random Matrices, and Primes-- Brian Conrey. American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, CA • Primal Screens--Carl Pomerance. Dartmouth College • Progressions of Primes and Gaps Between Primes--Kannan Soundararajan. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,

  8. Math in Blockbuster Movies • How We Do It at Pixar--Tony DeRose. Pixar, Emeryville, CA • Computational Fluids and Solids for Feature Films--Ron Fedkiw. Stanford University, Stanford, CA • Varied Math Techniques for Varied Graphics Problems--Doug Roble. Digital Domain, Venice CA

  9. Miscommunications, Misunderstandings, and Mistakes: Gender, Science, and the Press • Getting Gender Reported -- Abbe Herzig. University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA. • Why Don’t They Hear What I Say?--Kathryn B. Campbell-Kibler. Stanford University • Reporting Gender--Annalee Newtiz. Freelance Science Journalist • Discussant--Shirley M. Malcom. AAAS Education and Human Resources, Washington, DC

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