University of New Mexico to Host Mathematics Meeting

September 24, 2004

PROVIDENCE, RI--The University of New Mexico will host the Fall Western Section Meeting of the American Mathematical Society October 16-17. Over 250 mathematicians from 37 states and 13 countries will gather at the university for the meeting, making this meeting one of the largest Western Section meetings ever.

Department of Mathematics and Statistics participation in the meeting :

Four talks by faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Those speakers are: Ralph DeMarr, Sam Efromovich, Monika Nitsche, and Vakhtang Poutkaradze (who is also a co-author of a talk at the meeting).

Ten department faculty members are organizing sessions on six areas of research. They are: Adriana Aceves, Charles Boyer, Alexandru Buium, Krzysztof Galicki, Vladimir Koltchinskii, Michael Nakamaye, Monika Nitsche, Maria Cristina Pereyra, Vakhtang Poutkaradze, and Kristin Umland.

Mathematics and statistics graduate student participation: Manuela DeCastro and Timothy Middleton are giving talks at the meeting; Keith Mertens is a co-author of a talk.

Participation in the meeting by university personnel from outside the Department of Mathematics :

Anderson Schools of Management: Gautam Vora is presenting a talk co-authored with Dwight Grant.

Department of Mechanical Engineering: Peter Vorobieff is a presenter and co-author.

Department of Computer Science: Graduate student Nikita Sakhanenko is a presenter and co-author.

In addition to talks presented in special sessions, there are two invited addresses each day of the meeting. Topics for the invited addresses cover a wide spectrum of mathematics. All invited addresses take place in Dane Smith Hall.

The meeting program has more information.

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Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the 29,000-member American Mathematical Society fulfills its mission through programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses, strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday life.