Mathday, 2009
Mathday will be held on Monday, March 23, 2009. The plenary lecture will
be by Professor Jennifer Quinn, UW Tacoma, and the title is
Mathematics to Die for: the Battle beween Counting and
Matching There will be talks,
seminars and field trips from 9 am until noon; and there will be labs,
talks and
more activities from 1:20 pm until 2:00 pm.
Registration forms, which will include the schdedule of fees,
should be available by early
January. For additional information, contact: Mary Jane Shirakawa,
Educational Outreach, University of Washington / Academic Programs,
4311 11th Avenue NE, Suite 330,
Seattle, WA 98105,
PH: 206.221-3936,
FAX: 206.616.9704
Lectures
- Wick Haxton, Physics, "Neutrinos and Mass"
- Andrew Connolly, Astronomy, "Mapping the Sky: How to Unravel Dark
Energy in 100 Billion Easy Steps"
- Cliff Mass, Atmospheric Sciences, "How are Weather Forecasts Made?"
- Paul Hacking, Mathematics, "An Introduction to Topology"
- Zack Treisman, Mathematics, UBC, "Images of Hyperbolic Geometry"
- Moshe Rosenfel, Mathematics, "Tricky Mathematics and Mathematical
Tricks"
- Julia Pevtsova, "Tessalations and Escher's Prints"
- Alexandra Nichifor, Mathematics, "Warped Spaces"
- Sam Burden, EECS, UC Berkeley, "Robots that Run, Climb, Flap, and Swim"
- Vladimir Minin, Statistics, "Mathematical Genetics: an Art of
Thinking Backward"
The following items are on the current schedule; more may be added.
Field Trips and Labs
- Applied Physics Lab (all sessions)
- Oceanography Lab
- Planetarium (all sessions)
- Seismology Lab
- Health Sciences
- Luminescence Dating Lab
Other Activities
- Math and Sudoku
- Paper folding and geometric models
- Career panel
- Undergraduate panel
- Boomerangs
- Math'n Stuff -- mathematical games
- Luncheon Discussion for Teachers
- Computer lab
- Mathematical Card Tricks
- M&M Show: Math and Magic
- Light and Shadow
- Biohand
- The Mathematics of Juggling
Here's a link to the UW Outreach Mathday
website. It includes registration information.
Attendance Grant
Wells Fargo and Boeing have generously
made a donation to support Mathday attendance
by schools with underrepresented populations. The application should be submitted by
February 1, 2009, but late applications will be considered.
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