CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Volume 04 Number 3 May 4, 2004 Editor: Sue Ann Campbell (sacampbell@uwaterloo.ca) CONTENTS Society News 1. Deadline for travel grants for Toulouse Mathematics Meeting extended News 2. Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics listserver Conferences 3.* Blending Classroom and eLearning Practice 4.* CCWEST 2004 Conference - A National Conference for the Advancement of Women in Engineering, Science and Technology 5.* Gordon Research Conference on Oscillations & Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems 6. CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information * Links to the web pages for these and other conferences can be found by clicking on "Upcoming Meetings and Workshops" at the CAIMS*SCMAI home page: www.caims.ca. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 1 ====== From: Samuel Shen Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:58:02 -0600 Deadline for travel grants for Toulouse Mathematics Meeting extended ** La date limite a ete reportee au 7 mai. The deadline has been changed to May 7. ** REMINDER: the deadline is approching RAPPEL: la date limite approche Student-postdocs travel awards This program is sponsored by CMS, CAIMS, SSC, CRM, the Fields institute and PIMS. Around 15 travel Grants of $500 will be awarded to graduate students and postdocs attending Toulouse-2004 and presenting a poster in the poster session. Applicants must be graduate students or postdocs, at a Canadian University or Institute. To apply for this funding, please have a letter written by your Supervisor or departmental Graduate Advisor, briefly answering the following: Name of Student, Area of study and level, How will the student benefit from the meeting? Will the student be presenting a poster? Please have this emailed before May 7, 2004 to gradtravel-toulouse@cms.math.ca. Applicants will be notified early in May of the funding decision. If successful, the student or postdoc will receive the cheque on showing the receipt for registration at the Toulouse meeting. _________________________________________________ Programme de bourses de voyages etudiants-postdocs Ce programme de bourses est finance par la SMC, la SCMAI, la SSC, le CRM, l'Institut Fields et le PIMS. Une quinzaine de bourses de voyages sont disponibles pour les etudiants de cycles superieurs et les postdocs qui participeront a Toulouse 2004 et feront une presentation par affiche. Les demandeurs doivent etre des etudiants de deuxieme ou de troisieme cycle ou des postdocs inscrits dans une universite canadienne ou un institut mathematique. Toute demande de bourse doit etre accompagnee d'une lettre du superviseur de l'etudiant ou de la personne responsable des etudes superieures de son departement, dans laquelle il ou elle indiquera brievement le nom de l'etudiant, son domaine et son niveau d'etudes, en quoi le congres sera profitable a l'etudiant, si l'etudiant fera une presentation par affiche et si l'etudiant a acces a d'autres sources de financement de son universite (bourses, subventions, etc.). Cette lettre doit etre envoyee par courriel avant le 7 mai 2004 a (subventions-toulouse@smc.math.ca). Si une bourse est accordee a l'etudiant, elle sera versee a ce dernier sur presentation du recu d'inscription a Toulouse 2004. Christiane Rousseau Departement de mathematiques et de statistique Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3J7 Tel: (514) 343-7729, Fax: (514) 343-5700 rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca Presidente de la societe mathematique du Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 2 ====== From: "John A. Pojman" Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:56:19 -0400 Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics List nonlin@pojman.com We have established a listserver for the exchange of information on nonlinear chemical dynamics, which currently has over 500 participants from 20 countries. This is a subscriber-only list with a low volume of messages. The goal of the list is to provide a forum for the discussion of current topics in nonlinear chemical dynamics, including (but not restricted to) chemical oscillations, waves, fronts, self-organization, fractals, chaos, etc. You may use it to ask questions about experimental and numerical methods, to advertise conferences and job openings in the field, or to let the community of some recent publication that may be of interest. Experts, neophytes and the generally interested are encouraged to subscribe. To subscribe to the list, you can send a message to john@pojman.com requesting to be added or send a message to list@pojman.com. In the first line of the body of your message put subscribe nonlin your_first_name your_last_name e.g., subscribe nonlin john pojman You send messages to nonlin@pojman.com that everyone on the list will receive. To unsubscribe, send a message to list@pojman.com In the first line of the body of your message put unsubscribe nonlin Any questions or problems should be directed to John A. Pojman (john@pojman.com). -- John A. Pojman, Ph.D. Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5043 (601) 266-5035 (425) 740-8514 (FAX) john@pojman.com http://www.pojman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 3 ====== From: joesaundercook@mcgrawhill.ca Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:06:02 -0400 Blending Classroom and eLearning Practice Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC - May 13 and 14, 2004 Pre-conference: May 12 Who Should Attend? This conference should be of particular interest to: ? University and college teachers ? Educational developers ? Instructional and curriculum developers ? Teaching assistants, graduate and undergraduate students ? Academic and university administrators Five Themes ? Designing blended learning ? Tools for eLearning ? Lessons and Examples ? Institutional Infrastructure and Strategy ? Critical Perspectives on Learning Keynote Presentations Include: Dr. Betty Collis, Professor of Technology for Strategy, Learning and Change, University of Twente, The Netherlands, and Shell Professor of Networked Learning, Shell International Exploration and Production Dr. Donald Kline, Professor, Vision and Aging Lab, Departments of Psychology and Surgery (Ophthalmology), University of Calgary Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, and Executive Director, Institute for the Advancement of Teaching in Higher Education Dr. Etienne Wenger, Director, CPsquare and Independent Consultant; Professor, Knowledge Ecology University, Cambridge, United States Registration Fees Regular Fee (until May 1, 2004) $245 May 13 & 14, 2004 (Thursday & Friday) Late Fee (after May 1,2004) $275 May 13 & 14, 2004 (Thursday & Friday) This event is co-hosted with McGraw-Hill Ryerson: http://www.mcgrawhill.ca and Sponsored by Apple Canada: http://www.apple.com Blackboard Inc.: http://www.blackboard.com Desire2Learn: http://www.desire2learn.ca eInstruction: http://www.einstruction.com For more information and to register, please visit the conference website: http://www.sfu.ca/teachtechconf/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 4 ====== From: Eric Muller Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:49:32 -0400 CCWEST 2004 Conference A National Conference for the Advancement of Women in Engineering, Science and Technology June 10-14, 2004 Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario Registration Package and Program Information Register by May 7, 2004 and save $50. Additional information may be obtained from the Conference web site http://www.brocku.ca/fms/ccwest2004 As members of the CCWEST 2004 Conference Organizing Committee, we are very much looking forward to welcoming you to Brock University. The Niagara Peninsula is a great place to visit in June. -------------------------------------------------- Eric Muller, Professor of Mathematics and Education Fellow of the Fields Institute Department of Mathematics Brock University St Catharines, ON phone:- 905 688 5550 ext. 1 3297 L2S 3A1 fax:- 905 682 9020 email:- emuller@spartan.ac.brocku.ca url:- http://www.brocku.ca/mathematics/people/muller/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 5 ====== From: "John A. Pojman" Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:56:15 -0400 "The Maine event in Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics" We are pleased to announce that the Gordon Research Conference on "Oscillations & Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems" will be held July 18 - 23, 2004 at historic Bates College in scenic Lewiston, Maine Information on the conference, can be found at: http://www.grc-oscillations.org (Nota Bene: You should submit poster titles to Patrick De Kepper by June 15 even if you indicate in the on-line application that you wish to present a poster However, no more than 80 posters can be accommodated..) There is a FAQS section that addresses visas, finances, and travel. The program is available at: http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2004/osc.htm Application to the conference can be made at http://www.grc.org/scripts/dbml.exe?Template=/Application/apply1.dbm The cost is $700 for a single room and $640 for a double room. If the final pre-paid registration is postmarked at least three weeks prior to the meeting, a $50 discount may be taken on the fixed fee. -- John A. Pojman, Ph.D. Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5043 (601) 266-5035 (425) 740-8514 (FAX) john@pojman.com www.pojman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 6 ====== CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information CAIMS*SCMAI E-News is distributed electronically several times a year by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society/Societe Canadienne de Mathematiques Appliquees et Industrielles (http://www.caims.ca). Past issues are available on the web at http://www.caims.ca/Society/pub.html Submissions are welcome and should be sent in plain text format to: sacampbell@uwaterloo.ca. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Board or Membership of CAIMS*SCMAI. 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