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AMS,
ASA, MAA and SIAM Workshop on
Vertical
Integration of Research and Education
in
the Mathematical Sciences
Program
May
3–4, 2002
Hyatt
Regency Reston Hotel, Reston, Virginia
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| Friday,
May 3 |
| Noon
- 1:30 PM |
Sign
in table available for distributing name tags, final program, and
list of registered participants |
| 1:30
PM - 3:00 PM |
Henry Warchall, DMS representative from the VIGRE Management
Team, will provide an overview of the goals and implementation of
the VIGRE program, followed by a question and answer period. |
| 3:00
PM - 3:30 PM |
Refreshment
Break (and room check-in) |
| 3:30
PM- 4:45 PM |
Exemplary
Practices presentations from four VIGRE-funded departments, including:
Richard
Hain, Duke University
James Meiss, University of Colorado
Sastry Pantula, North Carolina State University
Michael Tabor, University of Arizona
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| 4:50
PM - 5:10 PM |
Special presentation by Chris Golde, Senior Scholar, Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, on the foundation's Initiative
on the Doctorate. The study is focusing on just six disciplines,
one of which is mathematics. |
| 5:10
PM - 5:30 PM |
Special presentation by Kathleen Bergin from the Education
and Human Resources Directorate at NSF on the recently established
Mathematical and Science Partnerships Program. |
| 5:30
PM - 6:00 PM |
Break |
| 6:00
PM - 7:00 PM |
Reception |
| 7:00
PM - 8:30 PM |
Dinner
and a presentation by Philippe Tondeur, Division Director for
the Division of Mathematical Sciences at NSF. |
| Saturday,
May 4 |
| 8:00
AM - 9:00 AM |
Buffet
breakfast |
| 9:00
AM - 10:15 AM |
Breakout
sessions devoted to various components of a typical VIGRE program: |
| A.
Vertical integration of research, education, and mentoring
among undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty |
| Facilitators: |
Robert
Lazarsfeld, University of Michigan
Michael Tabor, University of Arizona
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| B.
Mentoring of students and postdoctoral fellows |
| Facilitators: |
Richard
Hain, Duke University
Joseph Rosenblatt, University of Illinois
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| C.
Broadening of education of students and postdoctoral fellows |
| Facilitators: |
Dean
Isaacson, Iowa State University
James Meiss, University of Colorado
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| D.
Recruitment and retention of students and postdoctoral fellows |
| Facilitators: |
Sastry
Pantula, North Carolina State University
William Rundell, Texas A&M
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|
| 10:15
AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning
break |
| 10:45
AM - 12:00 PM |
Repeat
the breakout sessions to permit attendees to participate in two
different sessions. |
| 12:00
PM - 12:15 PM |
Break |
| 12:15
PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
| 1:30
PM - 2:20 PM |
Presentation
by three VIGRE-supported postdocs on how they have participated
in and been affected by their department's VIGRE program:
Skip
Garibaldi, UCLA
Jon Jacobsen, Penn State University
Dan Knopf, University of Wisconsin
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| 2:30
PM - 3:20 PM |
VIGRE
from the perspective of the Mathematical Sciences Community:
Loyce
Adams, University of Washington
Benedict Gross, Harvard University
Calvin Moore, UC Berkeley
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| 3:20
PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon
break |
| Saturday,
May 4 (continued) |
| 3:45
PM - 4:20 PM |
Richard
Proto, former Chief of Research at the National Security Agency,
will make a presentation focused on the issue of non-academic
career opportunities for mathematical scientists.
|
| 4:20
PM - 4:55 PM |
Douglas
Arnold, Director of the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications,
will make a presentation focused on the issue of non-academic career
opportunities for mathematical scientists. |
| 4:55
PM - 5:30 PM |
Wrap-up
session |
| 5:30
PM - 6:30 PM |
Closing
reception with everyone on their own for dinner |
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Program
Committee:
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Richard
Brualdi, University of Wisconsin
Robert Greene, University of California, Los Angeles
Gary Mullen, Penn State University
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04/25/2002
,POP
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