AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Thursday, March 20, 2025 03:30:04

2025 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting

• Hartford, CT - Uconn - CT Convention Center and Marriott Downtown, Hartford, CT
• April 5-6, 2025 (Saturday - Sunday)
• Meeting #1206

Associate Secretary for the AMS Scientific Program:

Benjamin A. Lotto, lotto@vassar.edu

Please note room assignments are subject to change right up until the meeting occurs. The program published here is continually updated.

• Saturday April 5, 2025, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Computation, Composition and Compassion in Mathematics, I
  147, Hartford Times Building
  Organizers:
  Theodore V Theodosopoulos, Nueva School ttheodosopoulos@nuevaschool.org
  Irfan Alam, University of Toronto Scarborough
  Nathan Haydon, University of Waterloo
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Engines of linearity as compassion in formalism
    Theodore V Theodosopoulos*, Nueva School
    (1206-10-48220)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Bringing Category Theory out of the Graduate-Level Using Computer Science
    Nolan Shaw*, University of Waterloo
    (1206-97-48064)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion 1
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Gentle Approach to Fostering Creativity in the Math Classroom
    Malgorzata Aneta Marciniak*, City University of New York, LaGuardia CC
    (1206-97-48408)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    What do the infinitesimals tell us about the sociology of mathematical practice in the modern society?
    Irfan Alam*, University of Toronto Scarborough
    (1206-10-48382)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Discussion 2
• Sunday April 6, 2025, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Computation, Composition and Compassion in Mathematics, II
  147, Hartford Times Building
  Organizers:
  Theodore V Theodosopoulos, Nueva School ttheodosopoulos@nuevaschool.org
  Irfan Alam, University of Toronto Scarborough
  Nathan Haydon, University of Waterloo
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Peirce's Existential Graphs and String Diagrams for First-Order Logic
    Nathan Haydon*, University of Waterloo
    (1206-10-47986)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Emerging Mathematics of Fairy Tales
    Bronislaw Czarnocha*, Hostos Community College
    (1206-97-48422)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Discussion 3
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fostering Students' Creativity: Holistic Teaching Actions and Their Affective Outcomes
    Emily Cilli-Turner, University of San Diego
    Houssein El Turkey*, University of New Haven
    Gulden Karakok, University of Northern Colorado
    Visala Rani Satyam, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Milos Savic, University of Oklahoma
    Gail Tang, University of La Verne
    (1206-10-48361)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Independent Research and Mentorship Experience on the Historical Study of NSF Awards Aimed at Increasing Women's Participation in STEM Education and Careers
    Yana Shvartsberg*, Pace University
    Ewa Stelmach, Queensborough Community College
    (1206-10-48434)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion 4
• Sunday April 6, 2025, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Computation, Composition and Compassion in Mathematics, III
  147, Hartford Times Building
  Organizers:
  Theodore V Theodosopoulos, Nueva School ttheodosopoulos@nuevaschool.org
  Irfan Alam, University of Toronto Scarborough
  Nathan Haydon, University of Waterloo
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Workshop 1: What is compassionate math for you?
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Workshop 2: What is the role of formalism in compassionate math?
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Workshop 3: What are instances of compassionate math?