Mathematics Departments and the Explosive Growth of Computational and Quantitative Offerings in Higher Education
AMS Annual Mini-conference on Education
Friday, October 25, 2019
8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Washington, DC
About the Event
New computational and quantitative majors, minors, specializations, and certificates are flourishing in all sectors of American higher education. Examples include Certificates in Computational Intelligence and Linguistics, Bachelors degrees in Data Science, and Masters degrees in Financial Engineering. This reflects the growing centrality of the mathematical sciences to the development of knowledge in traditional STEM fields as well as to a growing list of non-STEM disciplines. It also reflects the increasing demand for quantitative competence in the workplace. This mini-conference will explore the role of mathematics departments in these new computational and quantitative offerings.
Agenda TBA
Confirmed speakers:
Ben Baumer (Assistant Professor of Statistical & Data Sciences, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Smith College)
Michael Dorff (Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University & President, Mathematical Association of America)
Mark Green (Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles & Chair, NAS Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics)
Tom Halverson (DeWitt Wallace Professor and former Chair 2013-2019, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, Macalester College)
Stephanie Hicks (Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Member of Data Science Lab, Johns Hopkins University)
Nirmala Kannankutty (Acting Division Director, Division of Graduate Education,National Science Foundation EHR-DGE)
Anthony Kearsley (Information Technology Laboratory, Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, NIST)
William "Brit" Kirwan (Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland)
AMS Committee on Education
The Committee on Education serves as the Society's channel for communication and cooperation with other organizations on matters concerning education, provides a forum for the discussion of mathematics education issues, provides information and makes recommendations to the leadership and membership of the Society on education issues, and organizes elements of AMS meetings addressing mathematics education.
