AWM at the 1999 Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio

The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) invites you to our special events being held in conjunction with the Joint Mathematical Meetings at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, the Marriott Rivercenter and Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas, January 13-16, 1999. (This program last updated December 30, 1998.)

Wednesday, January 13th.

MER-AWM Joint Session, 8:00 - 9:00 am & 2:00 - 3:00 pm.

What Can We Do to Smoooth the Road of Women in Mathematics?

Organized by Ginger Warfield, University of Washington (warfield@math.washington.edu).

8:00 am Chuu-Lian Terng, Northeastern University and Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas at Austin The IAS-Park City Mentoring Program for Women

8:30 am Sylvia T. Bozeman, Spelman College and Rhonda Hughes, Bryn Mawr College The EDGE for Women

2:15 pm Jere Confrey and Catherine Good, University of Texas at Austin Changes in Methods of Examining Gender Bias

2:45 pm Carolyn R. Mahoney, California State University San Marcos Why the Caged Bird Sings: Some Challenges and Opportunities in the Life of a Mathematician

AWM Panel Discussion, 3:20 - 4:20 pm.

The Education of Women in Mathematics: An International Perspective.

Organized by Sylvia Wiegand, University of Nebraska and Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University.

The education of women in mathematics in various countries is vastly different. In Afghanistan it is illegal for women to be educated at all, whereas in some countries such as the U.S. more women are receiving undergraduate degrees than men. Although generally more men go into mathematics than women, in some countries the percentage of women is much greater than in others. Within some countries, such as the US, some minorities are extremely underrepresented in mathematics. Panelists discuss the effects of various education systems on the participation of women in mathematics and they give their perceptions about what factors are the most beneficial for women. This discussion will continue some of the themes of the joint AWM/EWM panel discussion held at the International Congress at Berlin. It is hoped that some members of the audience will also give their perspectives on this topic.

Claire Baribaud, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland	Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University
Anna Guerrieri, University of L'Aquila, Italy	Gloria C. Hewitt, University of Montana
Gail Ratcliff, University of Missouri at St. Louis	Hema Srinivasan, University of Missouri at Columbia
Chuu-Lian Terng, Northeastern University

(At the end of the panel, AWM will recognize the 9th Annual Alice T. Schafer Prize honorees.)

AWM Business Meeting, 4:20 - 4:50 pm.

Noether Dinner, 6:00 pm.

As in the past, AWM will have a get-together with the Noether Lecturer for a casual dinner. If you would like to join us, a sign-up sheet will be at the AWM Table in the exhibit area.

AWM Reception, 9:30 pm.

The entire math community is invited. Refreshment and cash bar are available. This has been a popular, well attended event in the past.

Thursday, January 14th.

20th Annual AWM Emmy Noether Lecture, 9:00 - 9:50 am.

Krystyna M. Kuperberg of Auburn University will speak on Aperiodic Dynamical Systems.

Abstract: There are two groups of examples of aperiodic dynamical systems on S^3, i.e., topological group actions of the additive group of the reals possessing no compact orbits. The first one is chiefly represented by Schweitzer's C^1 vector field and it contains two modifications of his example: a C^{2+a} vector field by J. Harrison and a C^1 volume preserving flow by G. Kuperberg. The second group of aperiodic dynamical systems on S^3 is characterized by certain flexibility that brings forth examples ranging from piece-wise linear to real analytic. The latter dynamical systems have only one non-isolated minimal set whose properties can be explored by tracing an approximating orbit. Substantial parts of this research result from joint work with G. Kuperberg.

Joint Prize Session, 4:25 - 6:00 pm.

The following AWM prizes will be awarded:

9th Annual Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman.
9th Annual Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education.

A cash bar reception will immediately follow.

Friday, January 15th.

AMS-AWM Special Sessions on Geometry in Dynamics, Part I & II *, 8:00 - 11:00 am & 1:00 - 6:00 pm.

Saturday, January 16th.

AMS-AWM Special Sessions on Geometry in Dynamics, Part III & IV *, 8:00 - 11:00 am & 1:00 - 5:00 pm.

AWM Workshop, 8:20 am - 4:10 pm.

The AWM Workshop features presentations by Women Graduate Students and Recent Ph.D.'s. The entire community is invited to attend all Workshop presentations. The AWM Workshop is supported by ONR & NSF.

Organizer: Carolyn Gordon, Dartmouth College. Co-Organizers: Gail Ratcliff, Univ. of Missouri, and Catherine Roberts, Northern Arizona University.

AWM Workshop: Research Talks by Recent Ph.D.'s I, 8:30 - 10:30 am.

8:30 - 8:50 am	Ilene E. Morgan, University of Missouri-Rolls	Complete Sets of Orthogonal Frequency Hypercubes and Connections to Affine Resolvable Designs
9:00 - 9:20 am	Evelyn Sander, George Mason Univ.	Unexpectedly Linear Behavior for the Cahn-Hillard Equation
9:30-9:50 am	Bina Bhattacharyya, Univ. of Ottawa & Univ. of Rome	Subfactors and an Algebra of Paths on Trees
10:00 - 10:20 am	Elizabeth S. Allman, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville	Subgroup Separability: a Blending of Number Theory, Geometry, & Topology

AWM Workshop: Graduate Student Poster Session, 10:30 am - Noon.

Julie L. Benson, Brown Univ.	The Gain of Regularity for the KP-II Equation
Holly E. Bernstein, Washington Univ. at St. Louis	Isothermic Tori with Planar Lines of Curvature
Maria G. Fung, Cornell Univ.	Twisted Torsion on Compact Hyperbolic Spaces
Theresa Girardi, Rutgers Univ.	On Artin's Conjecture for Icosahedral Representations
Rachael W. Hall, Pennsylvannia State Univ.	Hecke C-Algebras*
Natalia A. Humphreys, Ohio State Univ.	Norms of Powers and a Central Limit Theorem for Complex-Valued Probabilities
Edna W. James, Iowa State Univ.	Stochastic Models of Physical Systems
(Miriam) Ruth Kantoravitz, U. of Illinois at Chicago	The Influence of Two Moving Heat Sources on Blow-up in a Reactive Diffusive Medium
Elena Kosygina, Courant Inst.	The Behavior of Relative Entropy in the Hydrodynamic Scaling Limit
Amy E. Ksir, Univ. of Pennsylvannia	Another Reason Why Exceptional Weyl Groups are Exceptional
Regan E. Murray, Univ. of Arizona	The Relaxation Limit in a Biodegration Model
Guergana Petrova, Univ. of South Carolina	Transport Equations and Velocity Averages
Liya Zhornitskaya, Duke Univ.	Positivity Preserving Numerical Schemes for Lubrication Type Equations

Light Refreshments will be served at the poster session.

AWM Workshop: Lunch, Noon - 1:30 pm

For participants & pre-registered attendees only. For more information, contact the AWM (awm@math.umd.edu).

AWM Workshop: Panel Discussion, 12:30 - 2:00 pm

Lauching a Career in Mathematics.

AWM Workshop: Research Talks by Recent Ph.D.'s II, 2:00 - 4:00 pm.

2:00 - 2:20 pm	Sharon M. Frechette , Wellesley College	Hecke Structure of Spaces of Modular Forms
2:30 - 2:50 pm	Kristin Lauter, Univ. of Michigan	Curves over Finite Fields and Applications in Modern Technology
3:00 - 3:20 pm	Moira McDermott, Gustavus Adolphus College	Test Ideals and Computations in Right Closure
3:30 - 3:50 pm	Helen Moore, Stanford University & Bowdoin College	Gauss Maps on Minimal Hypersurfaces with Finite Total Scalar Curvature

AWM Workshop: Closing Remarks, 4:00 - 4:10 pm.

* Organized in conjunction with the Noether Lecture by Kuperberg (kuperkm@mail.auburn.edu).

Final Note: AWM will have an information table in the exhibit area throughout the meeting. For more details on the above events, please stop by the AWM Information Table for an AWM Events Program or refer to your Joint Mathematics Meetings Program.