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Schedule - February 2003

TimeActivity
8:30AM-9:00AMRegistration/Breakfast
9:00AM-9:55AMJoseph H. Silverman
10:00AM-10:55AMKim Ruane
11:00AM-11:55PMPeter Clote
12:00PM-1:30PMLunch
1:30PM-2:25PMJeffrey Hoffstein
2:30PM-3:25PMPhilip Greenspun
3:30PM-4:25PMJohn Boller
4:30PM-5:25PMDorothy Buck
5:30PM-6:30PMUndergraduate Presentations
6:30PM-8:30Banquet
9:00PMActivities for visiting undergraduates


List of Faculty Speakers

  • Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University
    The Ubiquity of Elliptic Curves
  • Kim Ruane, Tufts University
    20 Questions with Group Theory and Beyond!
  • Peter Clote, Boston College
    What mitochondrial Eve didn't tell you -- Some themes from mathematical and computational biology
  • Jeffrey Hoffstein, Brown University
    What are the deep problems in number theory? Why do we care and what can we do about them?
  • Philip Greenspun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Can mathematicians restore dignity to computer science?
  • John Boller, Harvard University
    Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Equilateral Triangles But Were Afraid to Ask
  • Dorothy Buck, Brown University
    Appetizers in Mathematical Biology
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