Math Symposia at the Annual AAAS Meeting

Why Mathematicians should be more involved in the Broader Scientific

Community

The Structure of the Meeting

• Central Theme: Sustainability

• Many interdisciplinary talks

• Talks from industry as well as academics but still focusing on scholarship

• Poster sessions

• Family Science Day

• Organization-sponsored panels

What is the AAAS

• American Association for the Advancement of ScienceLargest General Scientific Society (in the world

they claim)

Not very many Mathematicians compared to say …Biologists--- something like 8 to 150

What are mathematicians missing out on?

Mathematics and America's Future: A Call

to Action• The Role of Mathematics in the Challenges of the

Future--Mac Hyman. Los Alamos National Laboratory

• How University Mathematics Departments Can Help Make Mathematics Careers Attractive--De Witt Sumners

• From Data to Policy: Scientific Excellence Is Our Future--Sallie Keller-McNulty. Rice University

• Mathematics and America's Future: The Role of Education--Daniel L. Goroff. Harvey Mudd

New Vistas in Mathematics of Ecology and Evolution

• Climate-Driven Infectious Disease Dynamics: Understanding the Past, Forecasting the FutureMercedes Pascual University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

• Epistasis and Shapes of Fitness LandscapesBernd Sturmfels. University of California, Berkley 

• Collective Motion and Decision-Making in Animal Groups--Iain Couzin. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.      

New Mathematical Methods in the Visual Arts

• Inpainting: A Synthesis of Mathematics, Art, and Biology -- Guillermo Sapiro University of Minnesota 

• Digital Stylometry-- Daniel Rockmore Dartmouth College

• Digital Forensics -- Hany Farid, Dartmouth College

• Digital Analysis Versus Eye of the Beholder: Rivalry or Partnership?--Ellen Handy. City College of New York

Prime Numbers: New Developments on Ancient Problems

• The Riemann Hypothesis, Random Matrices, and Primes-- Brian Conrey. American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, CA

• Primal Screens--Carl Pomerance. Dartmouth College

• Progressions of Primes and Gaps Between Primes--Kannan Soundararajan. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,

Math in Blockbuster Movies

• How We Do It at Pixar--Tony DeRose. Pixar, Emeryville, CA

• Computational Fluids and Solids for Feature Films--Ron Fedkiw. Stanford University, Stanford, CA

• Varied Math Techniques for Varied Graphics Problems--Doug Roble. Digital Domain, Venice CA

Miscommunications, Misunderstandings, and Mistakes:

Gender, Science, and the Press

• Getting Gender Reported -- Abbe Herzig. University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA.

• Why Don’t They Hear What I Say?--Kathryn B. Campbell-Kibler. Stanford University

• Reporting Gender--Annalee Newtiz. Freelance Science Journalist

• Discussant--Shirley M. Malcom. AAAS Education and Human Resources, Washington, DC