The 13th Annual Meeting of Chairs of Canadian Mathematics Departments
November 11 - 12, 2011
I.K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences Kelowna, BC
Organizers Sylvie Desjardins, UBC Okanagan Hans U. Boden, McMaster University Ejaz Ahmed, University of Windsor Raj Srinivasan, University of Saskatchewan
Wireless Network Access
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Participants
Chairs:
Michael Lamoureux Calgary Karl Dilcher Dalhousie Adam Van Tuyl Lakehead Kalpdrum Passi Laurentian Hadi Kharaghani Lethbridge Jacques Hurtubise McGill Hans Boden McMaster Mayer Alvo Ottawa Allen Herman Regina Gord Simons Royal Military College Raj Srinivasan Saskatchewan Manfred Trummer Simon Fraser Joe Apaloo St. Francis Xavier Konstantin Khanin Toronto Sylvie Desjardins UBC-Okanagan Rachel Kuske UBC-Vancouver Jennifer Hyndman UNBC Chris Bose Victoria Kevin Lamb Waterloo Andre Boivin Western Ontario Marc Kilgour Wilfrid Laurier Ejaz Ahmed Windsor
Invited Participants:
Johan Rudnick Executive Director, CMS Bud Homsy Deputy Director, PIMS Gail Ivanoff Group Chair - Mathematics & Statistics, NSERC Olga Stachova Chief Operating Officer, MITACS Hugh Williams Director, TIMC
Regrets have been sent from the following people who are unable to attend:
Arturo Pianzola (Alberta), Alejandro Adem (PIMS), Rick Brewster (TRU), Yogendra Chaubey (Concordia), Louis Charbonneau (UQAM), Nassif Ghoussoub (BIRS), Edgar Goodaire (Memorial), Frederic Gourdeau (Laval), Arvin Gupta (MITACS), Veronique Hussain (Montreal), David Jeffrey (UWO), Francois Lalonde (CRM), Ram Murty (Queen's), Ross Willard (Pmath-Waterloo).
Program Schedule
Friday, November 11
12:30 - 1:00 Meet and Greet - light lunch provided 1:00 - 1:15 Opening Remarks : Wesley Pue - UBC Okanagan Provost, Sylvie Desjardins 1:15 - 2:00 Research Talk: "Mathematical Analysis in Seismic Imaging," Michael Lamoureux 2:00 - 2:30 NSERC Competition -Discovery Grants: Gail Ivanoff 2:30 - 3:00 Update on the Long-Range Plan for Mathematical & Statistical Sciences: Rachel Kuske, LRP Steering Committee 3:00 - 3:15 Coffee Break 3:15 - 4:00 Topic 1: Undergraduate Research, CUMC, and the Waterloo Mathematics Review: Kevin Lamb, Sylvie Desjardins, Hans Boden 4:00 - 4:30 Report from PIMS: Bud Homsy, PIMS 4:30 - 5:15 Panel Discussion on Mathematics & Statistics Funding: Gail Ivanoff, Rachel Kuske, Bud Homsy, Hugh Williams, Jacques Hurtubise 7:00 - 9:30 Dinner at Summerhill Winery
Saturday, November 12
9:00 - 9:30 Topic 2: 1st and 2nd year: honours courses, on-line assignments, etc: Karl Dilcher, Hadi Kharaghani 9:30 - 10:00 CMS & CRM Updates: Jacques Hurtubise, Johan Rudnick CMS 10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break 10:15 - 11:00 First Departmental Overview: Andre Boivin, UWO 11:00 - 12:00 Topic 3: Annual Review of Faculty; Workload Determination; Lecturers: Arturo Pianzola, Kalpdrum Passi, Marc Kilgour 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (Arts Artium) 1:30 - 2:00 Report from MITACS: Olga Stachova, MITACS 2:00 - 2:30 Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing: Hugh Williams, TIMC 2:30 - 2:45 Coffee Break 2:45 - 3:30 Second Departmental Overview: Allen Herman, Regina 3:30 - 4:00 Topic 4: Mathematics Education for Aboriginal Students: Gord Simons, Sylvie Desjardins, Allen Herman 4:00 - 4:25 Topic 5: Faculty Exchange Program & Mathematics Department database : Mayer Alvo, Raj Srinivasan, Johan Rudnick 4:25 - 4:30 Closing Remarks and Announcement of Next Year's Host
Accomodations
A block of rooms have been reserved at the Manteo Resort and the Lakeshore Inn. These rooms will be held until October 13, 2011. To receive the UBC rate at either hotel, please mention the 13th Annual Meeting of the Chairs of the Canadian Mathematics Departments
Getting to campus
Information on our campus is available on the UBC Okanagan web page. Our address is: UBC Okanagan 3333 University Way Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7 UBCO Google maps Map of the UBC Okanagan campus
Meeting Venue
All talks will take place in the Engineering, Management and Education (EME) Building in room 1151-1. See MAP
Parking is available in Lot E.
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