Math Symposia at the Annual AAAS Meeting

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Math Symposia at the Annual AAAS Meeting

• Why Mathematicians should be more involved in the
  Broader Scientific Community

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The Structure of the Meeting

• Central Theme Sustainability
• Many interdisciplinary talks
• Talks from industry as well as academics but
  still focusing on scholarship
• Poster sessions
• Family Science Day
• Organization-sponsored panels

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What is the AAAS

• American Association for the Advancement of
  Science
• Largest General Scientific Society (in the world
  they claim)
• Not very many Mathematicians compared to say
  Biologists--- something like 8 to 150
• What are mathematicians missing out on?

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Mathematics and America's Future A Call to Action

• The Role of Mathematics in the Challenges of the
  Future--Mac Hyman. Los Alamos National Laboratory
• How University Mathematics Departments Can Help
  Make Mathematics Careers Attractive--De Witt
  Sumners
• From Data to Policy Scientific Excellence Is
  Our Future--Sallie Keller-McNulty. Rice
  University
• Mathematics and America's Future The Role of
  Education--Daniel L. Goroff. Harvey Mudd

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New Vistas in Mathematics of Ecology and Evolution

• Climate-Driven Infectious Disease Dynamics
  Understanding the Past, Forecasting the
  FutureMercedes Pascual University of Michigan,
  Ann Arbor
• Epistasis and Shapes of Fitness LandscapesBernd
  Sturmfels. University of California, Berkley 
• Collective Motion and Decision-Making in Animal
  Groups--Iain Couzin. University of Oxford,
  Oxford, United Kingdom.      

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New Mathematical Methods in the Visual Arts

• Inpainting A Synthesis of Mathematics, Art, and
  Biology -- Guillermo Sapiro University of
  Minnesota 
• Digital Stylometry-- Daniel Rockmore Dartmouth
  College
• Digital Forensics -- Hany Farid, Dartmouth
  College
• Digital Analysis Versus Eye of the Beholder
  Rivalry or Partnership?--Ellen Handy. City
  College of New York

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Prime Numbers New Developments on Ancient
Problems

• The Riemann Hypothesis, Random Matrices, and
  Primes-- Brian Conrey. American Institute of
  Mathematics, Palo Alto, CA
• Primal Screens--Carl Pomerance. Dartmouth College
• Progressions of Primes and Gaps Between
  Primes--Kannan Soundararajan. University of
  Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,

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Math in Blockbuster Movies

• How We Do It at Pixar--Tony DeRose. Pixar,
  Emeryville, CA
• Computational Fluids and Solids for Feature
  Films--Ron Fedkiw. Stanford University, Stanford,
  CA
• Varied Math Techniques for Varied Graphics
  Problems--Doug Roble. Digital Domain, Venice CA

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Miscommunications, Misunderstandings, and
Mistakes Gender, Science, and the Press

• Getting Gender Reported -- Abbe Herzig.
  University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA.
• Why Dont They Hear What I Say?--Kathryn B.
  Campbell-Kibler. Stanford University
• Reporting Gender--Annalee Newtiz. Freelance
  Science Journalist
• Discussant--Shirley M. Malcom. AAAS Education and
  Human Resources, Washington, DC