------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Volume 09 Number 3, May, 2009 Editor: Abba Gumel (gumelab@cc.umanitoba.ca) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENT Society News: 1. ICIAM 2011 Satellite Meeting Invite Other news: 2. News from the Fields Institute 3. MITACS 2009 Annual Conference: Celebrating 10 Years of Making Research Count 4. ICMI Educational Interface Between Mathematics and the Industry 5 CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information = = = = = Item 1 = = = = = ICIAM 2011 Satellite Meeting Invite Dear Colleagues, Greetings from the "Satellite and Embedded Meetings Committee" for the upcoming International Congress on Applied and Industrial Mathematics (http://www.iciam2011.com/) happening in Vancouver, Canada (June 18-22, 2011). Like the ICM, this is a large, exciting, and international congress that happens every four years. We are seeking proposals for affiliated meetings (see below for further detail). Such meetings can be beneficial for all concerned because a participant can attend more than one meeting for less than double the travel cost. This results in higher participation levels for both ICIAM and for the affiliated meetings. If you have questions, please contact one of us. Sincerely, Jim Crowley, SIAM, crowley@siam.org Abba Gumel, University of Manitoba, gumelab@cc.umanitoba.ca Randy LeVeque, University of Washington, rjl@washington.edu Mary Pugh, University of Toronto, mpugh@math.utoronto.ca ========================================================= A *satellite* meeting is a meeting that takes place within a few weeks of ICIAM 2011 on a topic of interest to ICIAM attendees in a location that may make it convenient for ICIAM participants to combine the events into a single trip. Satellite meetings have no official connection to ICIAM beyond a cross listing on the ICIAM 2011 webpages. ICIAM does not provide any financial or other support for satellite meetings. Satellite meetings are organized and run by independent organizations or groups. For example, around the time of the ICIAM 2007 Conference in Zurich, there were more than two dozen satellite meetings, listed at http://www.iciam07.ch/satellite_conferences An *embedded* meeting is a meeting of some other organization that takes place during the week of the ICIAM Conference and that may share some resources with the main ICIAM Conference. For example, during the ICIAM 2007 Conference in Zurich, there were four embedded meetings listed at http://www.iciam07.ch/embedded_meetings For ICIAM 2011, we expect few if any embedded meetings. As a service to the community, the ICIAM Steering Committee has appointed a Satellite and Embedded Meetings Committee with the following goals: to encourage groups to consider organizing satellite meetings; to consider other meetings and approve listing them on the ICIAM webpages as satellite meetings of ICIAM; to create and maintain a webpage of these meetings, as a resource for participants and for those organizing other meetings; and to consider any requests for embedded meetings. If you are organizing or considering organizing a meeting that would qualify as a satellite meeting, please contact Mary Pugh (mpugh@math.utoronto.ca) as soon as possible with the following information: Name of meeting Estimated number of participants Location Dates Conference webpage (if available) Other relevant information, such as scope or content of meeting, organizing society or affiliate, etc Feel free to contact us with tentative information for meetings that are not fully planned. This information may be useful to others planning related meetings. If you're interested in organizing an embedded meeting, please contact Randy LeVeque (rjl@washington.edu) = = = = Item 2 = = = = News from the Fields Institute Some future activities which may be of interest to members of the CAIMS: - Thematic program on Mathematics in Quantum Information this summer, July-August 2009. The focus of the program will be three streams: Operator Structure, Quantum Marginal, and Mathematics in Experiment. There will be a workshop associated with each: Operator Structures in Quantum Information Workshop, July 6-10 Quantum Marginals and Density Matrices Workshop, July 27-31 Mathematics in Experimental Quantum Information Processing Workshop, August 10-14 (the last held at the Institute for Quantum Computing, Waterloo) In addition there will be: The 9th Canadian Quantum Information Summer School, August 17-21 and the Conference on Quantum Information and Quantum Control, August 24-27 See www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/09-10/quantuminfo - Thematic Program on Foundations of Computational Mathematics in fall term, 2009 This program will focus on: Computational Algebraic Geometry and Symbolic Computation; Computational Number Theory; Computational Geometry, Topology, and Dynamics; Complexity and Computability in Real Computation; Optimization Theory Three workshops are planned: Discovery and Experimentation in Number Theory, September 22-26, 2009 Complexity of Numerical Computation, October 20-24, 2009 Computational Differential Geometry, Topology, and Dynamics, November 17-21 See www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/09-10/FoCM/ for more information - Thematic Program on Quantitative Finance in winter/spring term, 2010. There will be four workshops: Foundations of Mathematical Finance, January 11-15. Numerical Methods in Finance, March 22-24. Financial Econometrics, April 23-24 Financial Derivatives and Risk Management, May 24-28, 2010. There will also be at least five ?oIndustrial-Academic Forums?, bringing together financial experts from the business and academic worlds, and the 6th World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society will be held June 22-26, 2010, in conjunction with the thematic program. The Distinguished Lecture Series will be delivered by Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at The Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, See www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/09-10/finance There will also be several two day Industrial-Academic Forums, dates to be established: Financial engineering and ensurance Mathematics Emissions trading and other market--based solutions to environmental problems Structured products Systemic stability and liquidity Hedge funds and three graduate courses: Foundations of Mathematical Finance Foundations of Mathematical Finance Interest rates and credit risk - Thematic Program on Dynamics and Transport in Disordered Systems, in the winter/spring term, 2011. See www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/10-11/disorderedsys for up-to-date information. Some further events, not connected with our thematic programs: Fields Cryptography Retrospective Meeting, May 11-15 Summer School in Applied Probability, May 11-21, held at Carleton University The Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Science will be delivered by David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, on May 27- 28 at 3:30 p.m. International Symposium on Logical Formalizations of Commonsense Reasoning, University of Toronto, June 1-3 OCCAM-Fields-MITACS Workshop, June 22-26, held at the University of Toronto 2009 Conferences on Intelligent Computer Mathematics (CICM), Grand Bend, Ontario, July 6-13 Technology Integration Meeting, September Workshop on Adaptive Movement of Interacting Species, September 10-13 Workshop on ?oModelling Indirectly or Imprecisely Observed Data?, September 24-26, University of Western Ontario IFID Conference on Retirement Income Analytics , November 25 Workshop ?oMathematical Virology III, planned for end of August or early September, 2010, at the Fields Institute There are also regular seminars, such as the Centre for Mathematical Medicine Seminar Series, the Colloquium/Seminar in Applied Mathematics, the Toronto Quantum Information Seminars, the Actuarial Science & Financial Mathematics Group Meetings, the PRMIA Risk Management Seminars, the Fields Industrial Optimization Seminar, and the Seminar Series on Quantitative Finance. For more information on these and all activities at the Institute, please see www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/ = = = = Item 3 = = = = MITACS 2009 Annual Conference - Celebrating 10 Years of Making Research Count May 31 - June 5, 2009 Wu Conference Centre, University of New Brunswick Fredericton, NB Join us in Fredericton for the 2009 MITACS Annual Conference, to be held at the University of New Brunswick.? The top academics in the mathematical sciences community will come together to explore advances and share research results. This event aims to bring together partner organizations in the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors with university researchers to generate solutions. This Annual Conference is your opportunity to participate with others in the mathematical community by listening to top speakers, network with the mathematical community, showcase your research by presenting a poster, and socialize with your peers at a national level. Plenary Speakers The five thematic areas of MITACS research will be featured : Anne Condon, University of British Columbia - Biomedical & Health? Peter Glynn, Stanford - Communication, Networks & Security Chris Jones, University of North Carolina - Environment & Natural Resources Pedro Domingos, University of Washington?Information Processing Tom Salisbury, York University,?Risk & Finance. Check back often for updates on speakers and sessions. Student Subsidies - We strongly encourage the participation of students at the MITACS Annual Conference. Towards this, we are allocating significant funds to help defray the cost of poster preparation, travel and accommodation for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. See the event web site for more details. New this year: Grad Student Skill Enhancement Workshops! MITACS is proud to showcase the enormously popular Skills Enhancement Program by offering two workshops designed to complement your skill set and maximize your conference experience.? Your mathematical skills have gotten you this far, it?s time to fine-tune your abilities to effectively communicate and make the right connections, bringing your talents to the forefront of the academic and industrial communities. We look forward to welcoming you in Fredericton! ******************************************************************************************************* Nous vous remercions de faire circuler ce message et ce poster dans votre département. Congrès annuel 2009 de MITACS ?" Célébrons 10 années de « La recherche, ça compte! » Du 31 mai au 5 juin 2009 Centre de conférences Wu, Université du Nouveau-Brunswick, Fredericton, N.-B. Soyez des nôtres Fredericton l?Toccasion du congrès annuel 2009 de MITACS qui se tiendra l?TUniversité du Nouveau-Brunswick. Les plus brillants universitaires en sciences mathématiques s?Ty réuniront afin d?Texplorer les dernières avancées et de partager les résultats de leurs recherches. Cet évènement vise rassembler les représentants des organismes partenaires des secteurs universitaire, public, privé et but non lucratif et les chercheurs universitaires en vue de produire des solutions. Cette édition du congrès annuel vous permettra de participer la vie de la communauté mathématique en venant écouter des conférenciers de première classe, faire du réseautage, mettre l?Taccent sur votre recherche en présentant une affiche et vous entretenir avec plusieurs de vos homologues et ce, l?Téchelle nationale. Conférenciers pléniers Les cinq thèmes de recherche de MITACS seront examinés ?" Anne Condon, University of British Columbia Secteur Biomédecal et Santé Peter Glynn, Stanford - Réseaux de Communication et Sécurité Chris Jones, University of North Carolina - Environnement et ressources naturelles Pedro Domingos, University of Washington - Traitement de l?Tinformation Tom Salisbury, York University Risque et finance. Aide financière aux étudiants Nous encourageons fortement la participation des étudiants au congrès annuel 2009 de MITACS. Nous assignons les fonds significatifs pour aider défrayer le coût de préparation d'affiche, de voyage et de logement pour les étudiants des cycles supérieurs et les chercheurs postdoctoraux. Veuillez visiter le site du Congrès pour plus de détails. Une nouveauté cette année : Ateliers de perfectionnement des compétences pour étudiants des cycles supérieurs! MITACS est fier d?Toffrir l?Timmensément populaire Programme de perfectionnement des compétences en présentant deux ateliers conçus pour compléter le jeu de compétences des étudiants et maximaliser leur participation au congrès. Ce sont vos connaissances mathématiques qui vous ont permis de parvenir l où vous êtes actuellement et il est temps de peaufiner vos aptitudes la communication efficace, l?Tétablissement de contacts porteurs d?Tavenir et la présentation de vos talents aux milieux universitaires et industriels. Au plaisir de vous accueillir Fredericton! -- Dr. Nilima Nigam Dept. of Mathematics Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C. = = = = Item 4 = = = = ICMI Educational Interface Between Mathematics and the Industry The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) and the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) are pleased to announce the launching, as part of the series of ICMI Studies, of a joint Study on the theme *Educational Interfaces between Mathematics and the Industry* (EIMI). A recent OECD Global Science Forum on "Mathematics in Industry" has recognized the intimate connections between innovation, science and mathematics. In view of these connections, there is a need for a fundamental analysis and reflection on strategies for the education and training of students and maybe the development of new ones. The EIMI Study (ICMI Study no. 20) will seek to better understand these connections and to offer ideas and suggestions on how education and training can contribute to enhancing both individual and societal developments. It will examine the implications for education at the intersection of these two communities of practice - industrialists and mathematicians. The EIMI Study will aim at maintaining a balance between the perceived needs of industry for relevant mathematics education and the needs of learners for lifelong and broad education in a globalised environment. The two co-chairs for this Study are Alain Damlamian (damla@univ-paris12.fr), Université de Paris-Est, France, and Rudolf SträYer ( Rudolf.Straesser@math.uni-giessen.de), Justus-Liebig-Universität GieYen, Germany. José Francisco Rodrigues (rodrigue@ptmat.fc.ul.pt), Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, is the Local Organiser. The Discussion Document for the joint ICMI/ICIAM Study, making a call for contributions, is available on the study website: *http://eimi.mathdir.org/* *The DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS is September 15, 2009.* The Study Conference of the Study will be held in Lisbon on April 19-23, 2010. Members of the International Programme Committee: Alain Damlamian (France, co-chair), Rudolf SträYer (Germany, co-chair) José Francisco Rodriguesv(Portugal, host country) Marta Anaya (Argentina) Helmer Aslaksen (Singapore) Gail FitzSimons (Australia) José Gambi (Spain) Solomon Garfunkel (USA) Alejandro Jofré (Chile) Henk van der Kooij (Netherlands) Li Ta-tsien (China) Brigitte Lutz-Westphal (Germany) Taketomo Mitsui (Japan) Nilima Nigam (Canada) Fadil Santosa (USA) Bernard R. Hodgson (Ex officio, ICMI) Rolf Jeltsch (Ex officio, ICIAM). -- Dr. Nilima Nigam Dept. of Mathematics Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C. = = = = = Item 5 = = = = = 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: Abba Gumel, CAIMS-SCMAI Secretary, Email: gumelab@cc.umanitoba.ca. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Board or Membership of CAIMS*SCMAI. The editorial policy of this publication is to encourage the discussion of issues and facilitate the dissemination of information relevant to Canadian applied and industrial mathematics. 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