Bard College to Host Mathematics Meeting

September 12, 2005

Providence, RI—Bard College will host the 2005 Fall Eastern Section Meeting of the American Mathematical Society October 8-9. Approximately 300 mathematicians from 34 states and 14 countries will gather at the college for the meeting.

Mathematics Program participation in the meeting :

Three faculty from the Bard College mathematics program are organizing sessions during the meeting. Those organizers are: Lauren L. Rose, Sheila Sundaram and Jeff Suzuki.

Erdős Memorial Lecture :

Persi Diaconis will give the Erdős Memorial Lecture titled "Erdős Picture of 'Most Things'," Saturday October 8, from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the Olin Hall auditorium. The lecture is an annual invited address made possible by a fund created by Andrew Beal, a Dallas banker, and named for the prolific mathematician Paul Erdős (1913-1996). Diaconis, an accomplished magician as well as an engaging mathematician, is the Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at Stanford University.

The meeting includes four more invited addresses, two on each day, covering a wide spectrum of mathematics. All of the invited addresses at the meeting will be given in the auditorium of Olin Hall.

The meeting program has more information about the meeting.

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Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the 30,000-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.