The Second NES/MAA
Collegiate Mathematics Contest
(Rob Poodiac is in charge of the Collegiate Programming Con test. You can register and see more information at his site: http://www2.norwich.edu/rpodiac./NESMAA/mathcompetition.html
The information below was taken directly from his site. The deadline for registration is November 2nd. –the editor.)
The Northeastern
Section of the Mathematical Association of America will hold its second
Collegiate Mathematics Competition on November 16th, 2007 at the Fall Meeting
at Framingham State College. This will be a team competition for
undergraduate students open to all colleges and universities of the
Section. This will be great fun for first-time competitors as well as
competition veterans. It can also be a great warm-up for the Putnam exam,
which takes place a couple of weeks after the Collegiate Mathematics
Competition. The questions are meant to be stimulating, but not as
difficult as those on the Putnam exam.
The competition will take place during the Fall 2007
Section Meeting at Framingham State College in
You can click the links above to see the official rules, some practice
problems, and the questions and solutions for the inaugural competition.
You can also look at the old practice problems, as well as register online (via
an Adobe Reader form).
Winning teams will be announced and prizes awarded after the
banquet. Prizes include
copies of Mathematica for Students (courtesy of
Wolfram Research) and $100 for the winning team, $75 for the second place team,
and $50 for the third place team.
Call
for Undergraduate Student Papers
Undergraduate students from the Northeastern Section are invited to present talks at the fall meeting on topics in mathematics, statistics, or computer science. The presentations should be 10 minutes in length, on expository work, research projects, employment experiences, or problems from mathematical periodicals. The registration fee and cost of meals will be waived for one student presenter per paper. Interested students should submit the title of the presentation with an abstract of no more than 80 words together with full name, email address, mailing address, college/university affiliation, indication of desire to attend the Friday Banquet, the Saturday lunch or both, and the name and email address of a faculty sponsor to Karen Stanish, kstanish@keene.edu, or Raimundo Kovac, rkovac@ric.edu. The deadline for submission is November 2, 2007.
Call
for Contributed Papers
Participants at the Fall and Spring Meetings of the section are invited to submit contributed papers. We are particularly interested in papers which will appeal to a variety of participants. If you are planning to speak about results of your research, keep in mind that the audience most likely will not be familiar with your specialty, so you will want to give some motivation and context for your work. Your presentation should be approximately 15 minutes in length.
Please
send an abstract and your mailing address together with a list of any special
equipment you may need to Rob Poodiack at rpoodiac@norwich.edu.
E-mail submissions are preferred, but you may also send a typed submission to Rob Poodiack;
Department of Mathematics;
The deadline for submission of abstracts for the Fall 2007 Meeting is Friday, November 2, 2007.
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Call for Graduate Student Papers
Graduate students, full-time and part-time, are invited to present papers on topics in mathematics, statistics, or computer science. Graduate students at any stage of their graduate work are welcome to give a presentation during the session. The presentations, approximately fifteen (15) minutes in length, can be given on expository work, research projects, variations on intriguing proofs, interesting problems in mathematics, work derived from periodicals, employment experiences, summer/independent research experiences, or parts of or work related to Master’s or Doctoral research projects. The registration fee and the cost for Saturday lunch will be waived for one graduate student presenter per paper. Interested graduate students should submit the title of the presentation with an abstract of no more than 100 words together with full name, college/university affiliation, contact information (phone number, fax number, and email address), audio-visual/technology needs for the presentation, the name of a faculty sponsor, and full contact information and affiliation for the faculty sponsor to Sarah Mabrouk, smabrouk@frc.mass.edu; please use “NES/MAA Graduate Student Paper Session - Submission” for the subject line. The deadline for submission is Friday, November 2, 2007.
New faculty participating the Northeastern Section Fall MAA meeting are invited
to submit papers for the New Faculty session. The purpose of these talks is to
introduce you to the section. These talks should focus on either your research
or pedagogical activities. If you are giving a talk on your research, please
remember that there will be people in the audience that are unfamiliar with
your research area so it might be helpful to give some background and
motivation. Your presentations should be approximately 15 minutes in length.
Overhead projectors and computers with projection capabilities will be available.
Please send a 25 word or less
abstract, any special equipment needs you may have and your mailing address to
Phil Hotchkiss at photchkiss@wsc.ma.edu or Chris Aubuchon at aubuchoc@badger.jsc.vsc.edu. Email
submissions are preferred, but you may also send a typed submission to Phil
Hotchkiss; Department of Mathematics; Westfield State College; Westfield, MA
01086 or to Chris Aubuchon; Department of Mathematics;
Johnson State College; 337 College Hill; Johnson VT 05656. The deadline for submission of abstracts is
Friday, November 2, 2007.