Great Circles 2009 Schedule (.pdf)
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Thursday: Morning, Afternoon
Friday: Morning, Afternoon
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Continental Breakfast fare and Conversation | |||
| 8:30am - 8:40am | Welcome, Overview | Robert Bryant, MSRI Director | Simons Auditorium | |
| 8:40am - 9:30am | Plenary Talk: What is a Math Circle? | Mark Saul (Bronx High School, Retired) | Simons Auditorium | |
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9:30am - 10:45am Math Circle Demonstrations |
"Collegial Math Circles: a Demonstration and Discussion" | Bob Kaplan (The Math Circle) | Simons Auditorium | |
| The Divisors of Pascal's Triangle. | Paul Zeitz (University of San Francisco) | Commons Room | ||
| Fractions and Circles | Tatiana Shubin (San Jose Math Circle) | Baker Board Room | ||
| 10:45am – 11:15am | Coffee, tea in the atrium | |||
| 11:15am – 12:05pm | Great Circles I |
Harold Reiter (UNC Charlotte) Anna Burago (Seattle) Mary O'Keefe (Albany, NY) |
Simons Auditorium | |
| 12:05- 12:15pm | Mathematical Diversions | Sam Vandervelde (St. Lawrence University) | Simons Auditorium | |
| 12:15pm – 2:10pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1:40 pm - 2:10pm | www.mathcircles.org | Brandy Wiegers / Josh Zucker | Baker Board Room | |
| 1:00pm – 2:10pm | Book / Display | Library | ||
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2:10pm – 3:00pm Plenary Talk |
"A Decade of the Berkeley Math Circle - the American Experience.What have we learned?" | Zvezdelina Stankova (Berkeley Math Circle) | Simons Auditorium | |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Coffee, tea in the atrium | |||
| 3:30pm – 5:00pm | Mathematical Battle | Sam Vandervelde (St. Lawrence University) | Simons Auditorium |
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| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Reception at MSRI |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Continental Breakfast fare and Conversation | |||
| 8:30am - 9:20am | Gender, Culture, and Math | Janet Mertz (University of Wisconsin) | Simons Auditorium | |
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9:20am - 10:30am Math Circle Demonstrations |
"Collegial Math Circles: a Demonstration and Discussion" | Ellen Kaplan (The Math Circle) | Simons Auditorium | |
| “Boxing Dots” | Sam Vandervelde (St. Lawrence University) | Commons Room | ||
| Bottle Blastoff! | Jamylle Carter (SFSU) | Baker Board Room | ||
| Mark Saul (Bronx High School, Retired) | Atrium |
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| 10:30am – 11:00am | Coffee, tea in the atrium | |||
| 11:00am – 11:50am | Great Circles II |
Julia Brodsky (Maryland) Tom Davis (Bay Area, CA) Alex McFerron (Chicago, IL) |
Simons Auditorium | Tom's Website Alex's Presentation |
| 12:05- 12:15pm | Awards for Diversions Announcements | Sam Vandervelde (St. Lawrence University) | Simons Auditorium | |
| 12:00pm – 1:45pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1:25 pm - 1:45pm | www.mathcircles.org | Brandy Wiegers / Josh Zucker | Baker Board Room | |
| Book / Display | Library | |||
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1:45pm – 2:35pm Plenary Talk |
Implicit Attitudes and Stereotypes matter in Math and Science | Fred Smyth (University of Virginia) | Simons Auditorium | Full Potential Initiave |
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2:35pm -3:30pm Panels |
Vertical Integration for Math Circles |
Matt Beck (San Francisco Math Circle), Kentaro Iwasaki (San Francisco Math Circle), Yvonne Lai (University of Michigan) |
Simons Auditorium |
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| Funding Models for Math Circles |
Blake Thornton (Washington University Math Circle), David Brown (San Diego Math Circle) |
Commons Room |
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| Adapting Math Circles for different audiences |
Amanda Serenevy (Riverbend Community Math Center), Bob and Ellen Kaplan (The Math Circle), Mark Saul (Bronx High School, Retired), Ken Fan (Girl’s Angle) |
Atrium |
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| Mathematical Festivals and Team Competitions |
Joshua Zucker (MSRI), Lori Mains (American Institute of Mathematics), Jonathan Kane (University of Wisconsin), Silas Johnson (Stanford University) |
Library |
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| Evaluating Math Circles |
Fred Smyth (University of Virginia), Brandy Wiegers (MSRI), Irina Mitrea (University of Virginia), Jim Sotiros (MSRI) |
Baker Board Room |
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| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Coffee, tea in the atrium | |||
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4:00pm – 4:50pm Panels |
Panel Discussion II (Same as above) (Concurrent sessions) |
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| 4:50pm – 5:00pm | Final Remarks |
Kathy O’Hara (MSRI) |
Simons Auditorium |
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