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May 14, 2010 Math connections MATH, ART AND LIFE: a morning of unusual mathematical connections at Carleton University Register on site no fees	May 14-15, 2010 Discrete Mathematics Days 2010 Carleton University Organizers: Brett Stevens,Carleton University Lucia Moura, University of Ottawa Registration $25 on site Fees waived for students, postdocs, high-school teachers and invited speakers

OVERVIEW

The objective of the meeting is to gather researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from the Ontario/Quebec area working in various elds of discrete mathematics in order to stimulate research collaboration in this vibrant interdisciplinary area. The meeting takes place on Friday and Saturday to encourage participation of researchers from outside the Ottawa region. The invited speakers are known for their eloquence of presentation and excellence in research. They are chosen carefully to cover a broad range of topics and aspects of discrete mathematics.

The meeting consists of 5-6 invited talks and a session of contributed talks. The length of the meeting is extended to two full days and this year we are proposing to add a new focus for the Friday.

Invited Speakers

Catharine Baker, Mount Allison University
Jason Brown, Dalhousie University
Joseph Cheriyan, University of Waterloo
Gena Hahn, Université de Montréal
Penny Haxell, University of Waterloo
Rick Wilson, California Institute of Technology

Mathematical Connections

This year we are reserving the Friday morning for talks on the theme of "Mathematical Connections". These are talks whose level is suitable for high school students and the interested public which feature interesting or unusual connections of mathematics to other subjects and disciplines. To headline this session we are very pleased to have Jason Brown of Dalhousie University speak on connections between mathematics and music.

Contributed Talk

We will be accepting contributed talks in all areas of discrete mathematics as well as "Mathematical Connections" talks for the friday morning. Talk titles and abstracts can be sent to Brett Stevens brett(at)math.carleton.ca before 28 April.

Travel Support for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students

We will offer partial support to postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. Applications should be sent to Brett Stevens (brett(at)math.carleton.ca) before 28 April.

Canadian Tulip Festival

Discrete Mathematics Day attendees and family traveling with them may enjoy attending the Canadian Tulip Festival which is running at the same time as the conference and close to Carleton University's campus.

List of Confirmed Participants as of May 11, 2010:

Math Connections

Full Name	University/Affiliation
Allany, David	Carleton University
Brazeau, Jeremy	Tancook Bell School
Danziger, Peter	Ryerson University
Dasilva, Ffred	Tancook Bell School
Fairweather, Thomas	Tancook Bell School
Farhoodi, Ahmad A.	Carleton University
Ford, Elyse	Tancook Bell School
Gosselin, Shonda	University of Winnipeg
Haghighi, Maryam	University of Ottawa
Husain, Muhammad	Tancook Bell School
Kock, Erik	Tancook Bell School
Lawless, Devlin	Tancook Bell School
Lee, Vincent	Beihang University
Lim, Ky	Nepean High School
Lucas, Keeghan	Tancook Bell School
Marshall, Haley	Tancook Bell School
Mastronardi, Brianna	Tancook Bell School
Matos, Eugene	Tancook Bell School
O'Hara, Jamie	Tancook Bell School
Reil, Aaron	Tancook Bell School
Rezaie Adl, Laleh	Carleton University
Roberts, Brandon	Tancook Bell School
Robertson, Graham	Tancook Bell School
Rotondo, Laura	Tancook Bell School
Saslove, Lane	Tancook Bell School
Stevens, Brett	Carleton University
Wilson, Ryan	Tancook Bell School
Zhao, Hong

List of Confirmed Participants as of May 11, 2010
Discrete Mathematics Days

Full Name	University/Affiliation
Bailey, Robert	University of Regina
Baker, Catharine	Mount Alllison University
Barrera-Cruz, Fidel	University of Waterloo
Brown, Jason	Dalhousie University
Burgess, Andrea	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Cheriyan, Joseph	University of Waterloo
Chodoriwsky, Jacob	University of Ottawa
Farzad, Babak	Brock University
Gosselin, Shonda	University of Winnipeg
Hahn, Gena	Université de Montréal
Hasan, Masud	University of Waterloo
Haxell, Penny	University of Waterloo
Krikorian, Tamar	Ryerson University
Laekhanukit, Bundit	University of Waterloo
Lei, Tao	York University
Li, Ben	University of Manitoba
Mendelsohn, Eric	University of Toronto
Moura, Lucia	University of Ottawa
Nevena, Francetic	University of Toronto
Niesink, Patrick	University of Ottawa
Omidi Koma, Behzad	Carleton University
Panario, Daniel	Carleton University
Pelletier, Emile
Pytlik, Maureen	Carleton University
Raaphorst, Sebastian	University of Ottawa
Sakzad, Amin	Amirkabir University of Technology
Saleh, Baker	Ryerson University
Stevens, Brett	Carleton University
Thomson, David	Carleton University
Tzanakis, Georgios	Carleton University
Walsh, Timothy	LaCIM, UQAM
Wilson, Richard	California Institute of Technology
Xie, Feng	McMaster University
Zhao, Hong

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The Ottawa-Carleton Discrete Mathematics Days are the ospring of Carleton Discrete Mathematics Day, which began in 1978 and have been held continuously since 2002, supported
by the Fields Institute.

Since 2002, the Ottawa -- Carleton Discrete Mathematics Day has been held annually in the spring, alternating its location between Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. The meeting is an offspring of the Carleton Discrete Mathematics Days held in the past at Carleton University. (For more information on recent Discrete Mathematics Days please visit:
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/08-09/discrete_math/
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/07-08/discrete_math/
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/06-07/discrete_math/
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/05-06/discrete_math/
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/04-05/discrete_math/
http://www.math.carleton.ca/~daniel/dmd04.html.

 

 

 

 

 

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