Program Columbus, OH | August 3–6, 2016 MASTER of SCIENCE in Master of Business Administration Data Analytics at Slippery Rock University

Program Columbus, OH | August 3–6, 2016 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Master of Business Administration Data Analytics at slippery rock university

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS DID YOU KNOW? • 100 percent online coursework Slippery Rock University’s master of science in • A 33-credit program that can be completed in data analytics prepares professionals to work in 10 months full time or two years part time the rapidly-growing field of data analytics and big • SAS Certificate upon graduation data and is aligned with standards established by • Preparation for the Certified Analytics professional certification programs, SAS. Professional exam • Training in big data analytics, advanced statistical • Market projections indicate a shortage of 190,000 analysis and state-of-the-art technologies jobs in data analytics by 2018 • Highly accomplished faculty with big business • Current projections in occupations involving data experience science are expected to grow 14 percent • Internship opportunities • In Pennsylvania alone, there are 2,800 online job postings requiring SAS certification

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS Online graduate application Official undergraduate transcripts A minimum of a 3.0 grade point average requirement Complete prerequisites with a “C” or better in “Differential Calculus,” “Integral Calculus,” “Probability/Inferential Statistics,” programming language (C, C++, Java, Python) NO GRE or GMAT scores required

To learn more about For more information the program contact about admissions contact CHRISTY CRUTE BRANDI WEBER-MORTIMER Associate professor Director of graduate admission and graduate coordinator, 104 North Hall Welcome Center Department of Mathematics and Statistics Slippery Rock, PA 16057 200N Vincent Science Center Phone: 724.738.4340 Slippery Rock, PA 16057 Email: [email protected] www.sru.edu Phone: 724.738.4286 A member of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Email: [email protected]

EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE #10161 6-2016 WELCOME TO MAA MATHFEST!

We’re here, starting our second century together in Columbus, where we began our first century as an Association!

The MAA was formed at a meeting in December 1915 at The Ohio State University. The American Mathematical Monthly editor at that time, Herbert E. Slaught, described the movement to start a new organization as being born from “a sincere desire to promote the course of mathematics in this country in all its many and varied aspects, and especially in that field that has been so greatly neglected, the field of collegiate mathematics.” TABLE OF CONTENTS Records show: “The call for an organization meeting of a new National Mathematical Association was signed by about four hundred and fifty persons representing every state in the Union, the 3 INVITED ADDRESSES District of Columbia, and Canada, and including high school, normal 6 INVITED PAPER SESSIONS school, college, and university teachers, consulting engineers, actuaries, and others who are interested in mathematics purely for 10 THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONS its own sake.” The 1,045 people who had signed on as charter members by April 1916 included Dudley Weldon Woodard (the 13 GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONS 2nd African-American to earn his PhD), 132 women (accounting for 1/5 of all charter members who had obtained the PhD at the 14 PANEL SESSIONS time),15 Canadians, and 145 high school teachers. 18 POSTER SESSIONS

As we turn the page on a new century, we are stronger and 19 MINICOURSES more diverse than ever before. Today we are the world’s largest community of mathematicians, students and enthusiasts. We 22 WORKSHOPS accelerate the understanding of our world through mathematics, knowing that mathematics drives society and shapes our lives. 23 OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSIONS Our members are united by our love of community, high quality 23/59 ALDER AWARD SESSION exposition and education, and our love of teaching, learning, and research in mathematics. 26 GRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITIES

I think you’ll enjoy the MAA MathFest program, which showcases 28 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITIES the ‘many and varied aspects’ of mathematics! There are many 31 K-12 ACTIVITIES outstanding presentations, including the Hedrick Lectures---the expository lectures that are a MAA MathFest centerpiece---and this 32 COMMITTEE MEETINGS year, Hendrik Lenstra will showcase groups, rings, and fields in many interesting settings. His lectures are among many other great talks 34 SIGMAA ACTIVITIES by many engaging invited speakers. 36 SILVER AND GOLD MEMBERS Attend the invited paper sessions, which are tied thematically 38 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2015 to the invited speakers, where you will find many talks given by outstanding communicators: on knots, magic, geometry, games, AND 2016 TO DATE life sciences, and undergraduate research. In addition, there are a 40 SOCIAL EVENTS myriad of cool events for students that grown-ups too will enjoy, like the newer competition Estimathon! 43 CHRONOLOGICAL SCHEDULE

I hope you have a wonderful time here at MAA MathFest as we 66 SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS start our second century. As you enjoy the events take a moment to make some new friends and connections and help others to do the 67 COMMERCIAL PRESENTATIONS same. It’s part of our legacy--we share the love of mathematics in a 69 HYATT REGENCY COLUMBUS & GREATER welcoming and inclusive community. Whatever your mathematical interest or profession, you are valued here. COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER FLOOR PLANS Francis Su

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Invited Addresses EARLE RAYMOND HEDRICK LECTURE SERIES Hedrick Lecture 3. Profinite Number Theory Saturday, August 6, 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Hendrik Lenstra, Universiteit Leiden Regency Ballroom The main message of the 2016 What is a number? Surprisingly, Hedrick Lectures is that “abstract one of the fundamental notions algebra” is a misnomer: for those of mathematics is never given with eyes to see - groups, rings, and a rigorous definition. Usage fields are everywhere. The script that determines the meaning of the concrete algebra is written in may not word. When one refers to the be readily decipherable, but mastering typical element of some ring Illustration by Willem Jan Palenstijn it is a sure step on the road to insight as a “number”, one expresses a and wisdom. The three lectures sketch several of the sights to certain familiarity with that ring. The algebraist who defines be seen. a new ring creates a new species of number, and may feel master of the universe. Profinite numbers are elements of the Hedrick Lecture 1. The Group Law on ring of profinite integers, an important instrument in both Elliptic Curves infinite Galois theory and arithmetic geometry. In the lecture, the world of profinite numbers with its wealth of wonders is Thursday, August 4, 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom explored for its own sake. The theory of elliptic curves is a showpiece of modern mathematics. Its implications are felt from the brightest parts of number theory, where it supplied the key to Fermat’s AMS-MAA JOINT INVITED ADDRESS Last Theorem, to the darkest corners of cyberspace, where Understanding Geometry (and Arithmetic) it provides the workhorses of secret communication. How through Cutting and Pasting much of the theory can with lucidity and rigor be developed in an undergraduate algebra course? The lecture outlines an Ravi Vakil, Stanford University approach to at least establishing the group law, using no other Thursday, August 4, 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. tools than what such a course ordinarily already covers. Regency Ballroom Euler’s famous formula tells us that Hedrick Lecture 2. The Combinatorial (with appropriate caveats), a map on Nullstellensatz the sphere with f countries (faces), Friday, August 5, 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom e borders (edges), and v border-ends (vertices) will satisfy v–e+f=2. Noga Alon’s combinatorial Nullstellensatz (1999) is a And more generally, for a map on a surface with g holes, quantitative sharpening of the familiar fact that a non-zero v–e+f=2–2g. Thus we can figure out the genus of a surface polynomial in several variables over an infinite field defines a by cutting it into pieces (faces, edges, vertices), and just function that does not vanish everywhere. It has an impressive counting the pieces appropriately. This is an example of the number of consequences of a combinatorial nature, and topological maxim “think globally, act locally”. A starting forms an excellent example of what algebra can do for the point for modern algebraic geometry can be understood non-algebraist. As the lecture shows, the combinatorial as the realization that when geometric objects are actually Nullstellensatz also belongs to the algebraist’s own toolbox. algebraic, then cutting and pasting tells you far more than A characteristic application is an elegant theorem about it does in “usual” geometry. I will describe some easy-to- matrices that is just one step away from one of the loveliest understand statements (with hard-to-understand proofs), as theorems of Galois theory: the existence of a normal basis in well as easy-to-understand conjectures (some with very clever any finite Galois extension. counterexamples, by M. Larsen, V. Lunts, L. Borisov, and others). I may also discuss some joint work with Melanie Matchett Wood.

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MAA INVITED ADDRESS MAA INVITED ADDRESS Mathematical Sense and Nonsense outside the Immersion in Mathematics via Digital Art Classroom: How Well Are We Preparing Our Students to Tell the Difference? Judy Holdener, Kenyon College Saturday, August 6, 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Robert Megginson, University of Michigan Regency Ballroom Thursday, August 4, 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. The relationship between mathematics Regency Ballroom and art has a long and rich history. Artists past and present have used “Mathematics will always be a key mathematics in significant ways to element of liberal education, since it carry out their artistic vision, and promotes logical reasoning.” You have mathematicians have used formulas, algorithms and computers likely heard this claim, or perhaps made to produce art. In my own case, I find art to be a good medium it yourself. And we generally do a for conveying the nature of mathematics to a wide audience. decent job of teaching our mathematics and statistics students In this lecture I examine my recent venture into digital art with how to avoid certain types of errors in their own deductive and the creation of a mathematical artwork I title “Immersion”. inductive reasoning. But it is not so clear that we have done The surface patterns in the piece reflect my own day-to-day as good a job of preparing our students to examine critically immersion in mathematics, depicting patterns that relate to the the reasoning, mathematical and otherwise, of others who content of courses I teach as well as research I have conducted are trying to convince us to buy their product or adopt their with undergraduates in the area of dynamical systems. I will position on an issue. In this presentation, which expands upon describe how patterns in the piece reflect the connection an invited 20 minute talk given at JMM 2013 in San Diego, the between two well-known mathematical objects: the Thue- speaker will propose a three-category classification of types Morse sequence and the von Koch curve. Additionally, I will of fallacious mathematical arguments that have been used to try describe how the formal mathematical meaning of “immersion” to convince the public of the wisdom of a policy decision or the plays a role in the composition of my piece. In particular, my safety of a new product, in the hope of starting a conversation work highlights “Boy’s Surface”, which is an immersion of the about where and how in our school and college mathematics real projective plane into three-dimensional Euclidean space. curricula we could better prepare students to be suspicious when presented with arguments in each category, and help them think about the questions they should ask when their MAA JAMES R.C. LEITZEL LECTURE suspicions are aroused. Examples will be given, several with roots in applications of mathematics to climate science, one of Inquiry, Encouragement, Home Cooking (And the speaker’s interests. For those involved in teacher preparation Other Boundary Value Problems) or who are K-12 teachers themselves, some connections to the Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Common Core standards will be given. Marshall College Saturday, August 6, 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. MAA INVITED ADDRESS Regency Ballroom Magical Mathematics When you teach an abstract algebra class in a bagel shop, there’s this Arthur Benjamin, Harvey Mudd problem: you have no chalkboards. College Likewise, no chalk. Worse yet, the acoustics are lousy for lecturing, Friday, August 5, 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. especially if you are trying to keep your voice down so you don’t Regency Ballroom annoy the non-algebra bagel customers. We will explore mathematical magic But crossing the threshold into new physical spaces can lead to tricks using cards, calculations, crossing metaphorical boundaries into strange and wonderful and combinatorics! Sometimes the new pedagogies. In this talk we’ll explore a personal approach underlying mathematical secret is just to stumbling into inquiry-based learning. Along the way, we’ll as interesting as the magic trick itself. meander into developing pragmatic strategies that help us in cheerleading for our students, and of course, we’ll celebrate food.

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AWM-MAA ETTA Z. FALCONER LECTURE PI MU EPSILON J. SUTHERLAND FRAME LECTURE Harmonic Analysis and Additive Combinatorics Combinatorics - The Mathematics That Counts on Fractals Robin Wilson, Open University Izabella Laba, University of British Friday, August 5, 8:00 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. Columbia Regency Ballroom Friday, August 5, 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. How many Sudoku puzzles are there? Regency Ballroom Are there 33 Londoners with the A plane is flat; a sphere is curved. Both same number of hairs on their head? are smooth, well behaved surfaces Can a knight visit all the squares of on which one can define measure a chessboard just once? And can we and integration. If a harmonic analyst tile a floor with squares and regular only knows the behaviour of analytic hexagons? These are all problems in combinatorics, the branch objects associated with a given surface, for example singular of mathematics concerned with selecting, arranging, counting or oscillatory integrals, can she tell whether the surface is and listing things. In this talk I shall illustrate the nature and curved or flat? It turns out that, yes, the geometry of the surface uses of combinatorics by means of a number of entertaining is indeed reflected in such analytic estimates. problems. It might be somewhat surprising that similar phenomena have also been observed for fractals, including Cantor-type sets on the line. Some fractals behave, from the analytic point of NAM DAVID HAROLD BLACKWELL LECTURE view, as if they were flat; others display features typical of the Urban Analytics: The Case for Smart Parking sphere, and we have also seen additional types of behaviours that are never observed for smooth surfaces. The recent work Robert Hampshire, University of investigating such phenomena highlights the connection Michigan to arithmetic properties of fractals, expressed in terms of Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. “randomness” and “structure.” Regency Ballroom Parking management has been a MAA CHAN STANEK LECTURE FOR STUDENTS vexing problem for cities since the invention of the automobile. One Zombies & Calculus: A Survival Guide concern is excess travel,congestion, air pollution and greenhouse gas Colin Adams, Williams College (GHG) emissions that are caused by drivers searching for Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. available parking – an activity colloquially known as cruising. Regency Ballroom A recent study by UCLA economist and urban planner, Donald If you are reading this, then you have Shoup, found that in a 15-block area of Westwood, cruising managed to survive the zombie for parking generates 950,000 excess vehicle-miles of travel, apocalypse so far. Congratulations! But wastes 47,000 gallons of gas, 100,000 hours and produces as the world sinks further into ruin, what 730 tons of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide per year. additional strategies can you apply to endure the onslaught? Learn how I present the results of an investigation of this problem using calculus can help you to defeat the zombie hordes. The lecture queueing theory, stochastic processes, statistics including the room will be certified a safe haven for the duration of the talk. Rao-Blackwell theorem, optimization and machine learning. The analysis is enabled by a large dataset of sensor data, cell phone data, parking payment data, and connected vehicle data.

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INVITED PAPER SESSIONS The Mathematics of Games Thursday, August 4, 2:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m., Harrison Knot Theory Games, how to win them and how to design them, often lead Thursday, August 4, 8:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m and 2:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m., Fairfield to mathematical questions. Generally intractable games, such With the increase in undergraduate research there is also an as poker, have ‘toy’ variants that yield to explicit mathematical increased need for open and accessible problems for students analysis, while some simple ‘solved’ games such as tic-tac- to tackle. Knot theory is particularly fertile ground for such toe become very challenging when moves are auctioned to problems. Each speaker in this session will introduce a topic, the highest bidder. The talks in this session discuss the design pose three open questions that are accessible to undergraduate considerations of games and the determination of optimal research, and place the questions in context of the topic. play in both games of chance and no-chance.

Organizers: Organizer: Michael Catalano-Johnson, Colin Adams, Williams College Susquehanna International Group Lew Ludwig, Denison University Recent Advances in Game Design Part A 2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Turning Knots into Flowers: Petal Number and David Pettey, Susquehanna International Group Related Problems 8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Solving Poker-Like Games Colin Adams, Williams College 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Bill Chen, Susquehanna International Group Knot Mathematical Fiddlestix: An Introduction to Lattice Knots Richman Games 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Jennifer McLoud-Mann, University of Washington, Daniel Loeb, Susquehanna International Group Bothell Misère Russian Roulette (with Multiple Problems Related to Spanning Surfaces of Knots Revolvers) 9:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. 3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Cynthia Curtis, College of New Jersey Michael Catalano-Johnson, Susquehanna International Group Part B Rope Magic and Topology 2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Louis Kauffman, University of Illinois, Chicago

Accessible Problems for Undergraduates in Knot Coloring 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Candice Price, Sam Houston State University

Computer Algorithms for Counting Knot Mosaics 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Lew Ludwig, Denison University

Gamifying Knot Theory 3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Jennifer Townsend, Bellevue College

Unknotting Knots 4:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. Allison Henrich, Seattle University

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Mathematics and Magic Numbers, Geometries, and Games: A Centenarian of Mathematics Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Fairfield Speakers will demonstrate and explain magic tricks based on Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Fairfield interesting mathematical principles. Born nearly at the same time as the MAA, Richard Guy has had a tremendous impact on mathematics through his (continuing) Organizer: work in number theory, geometry, and game theory. This Arthur Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College session brings together friends an colleagues to talk about these mathematical areas, to celebrate Richard’s achievements, Tricks You Can Count On and to mark his transition to his second century. 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Irl Bivens, Davidson College Organizers: Steve Butler, Iowa State University Shuffling Cards and Binary Numbers Barbara Faires, Westminster College 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Steve Butler, Iowa State University Sums of Unit Fractions 1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. More Card Effects from the Perfect Shuffle Ron Graham, University of California San Diego 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Doug Ensley, Shippensburg University Products of Farey Fractions 1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Dunninger Meets DeBruijn Jeffrey Lagarias, University of Michigan 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Ron Graham, University of California, San Diego Fibonacci Plays Billiards, Again 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Telepathy or Tele-mathy-y? Elwyn Berlekamp, University of California Berkeley 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. John Harris, Furman University Remarks 3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Tricks with SET ® Richard Guy, University of Calgary 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Liz McMahon and Hannah Gordon, Lafayette College

Fitch Cheney’s 5 Card Trick for Values of 5 Less Than 5 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College

This is Knot a Trick! 3:20 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Heather Russell, University of Richmond

Stretching Your Mind with Topological Mime 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m Tim and Tanya Chartier, Davidson College

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Mathematics and the Life Sciences at MBI Undergraduate Research Projects in the Mathematical Sciences Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m., Harrison Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m., Harrison In this session we demonstrate how the mathematical sciences help address important and interesting questions The undergraduate mathematics curriculum continues to in neuroscience, virology, cancer immunology, cellular evolve from expository classes to students working on original communication, and sleep cycle dynamics. research projects. This curriculum change has created a need in the mathematical community for more REU programs and for Abstract: Using mathematics to gain new insights into the faculty to develop accessible research projects for students at biological sciences requires the use of existing techniques their respective institutions. For new faculty, developing such and also the development of new mathematics. The interplay projects may be challenging, as their particular expertise might between math and life sciences is a key component of the require extensive background and is hence not suitable for an mission of the Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI). This undergraduate audience. Fortunately, faculty programs, such session samples research related to several of MBI’s recent and as The Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics upcoming thematic programs: molecular biosciences, cancer (CURM) Mini-Grants, Preparation for Industrial Careers in and the immune system, network dynamics, mathematical Mathematical Sciences (PIC Math) Preparing Undergraduates neuro-science, and the analysis of complex data. Through Mentoring toward PhD’s (PUMP), Project NExT In this session, we discuss how the mathematical sciences are (New Experiences in Teaching), and Research Experience for utilized to make contributions to biological and biomedical Undergraduate Faculty (REUF), have an impressive track record questions. Theory and concepts from algebra, geometry, of helping faculty develop and promote accessible research dynamical systems, numerical analysis, probability theory, and projects at the undergraduate level. other areas will be presented. The math will be used to uncover In this session, past CURM, PIC Math, PUMP, Project NExT, and symmetries in neural activity, quantify signaling dynamics inside REUF faculty participants present the mathematical results of cancerous immune cells, consider the impact of oscillations their student’s original mathematical research and share tools on coupled cells, investigate circadian rhythms and energy they learned and used to develop these projects. In addition, regulation, and increase the understanding of viruses and how speakers will provide early-career faculty with information to overcome their resistant nature. related the respective faculty programs and open problems Organizer: that are accessible to undergraduate students. Mathematical Reginald L. McGee, Mathematical Biosciences Institute topics are broad and include number theory, graph theory, applications of PDEs, and industrial mathematics. Why We Sleep: Math Sheds New Light on Personal Energy Conservation Organizers: 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m Pamela E. Harris, Williams College Janet Best, The Ohio State University Alicia Prieto Langarica, Youngstown State University

Dynamical Systems and Emergent Properties of Counting Dessins Cell Networks 1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Naiomi Cameron, Lewis & Clark University Richard L. Buckalew, Mathematical Biosciences Institute PIC Math: A Course for Undergraduate Students Singled Out: Using Single-Cell Data to Identify to Do Research on Actual Problems from Industry Signaling Trends in Leukemia 1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. 2:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University Reginald L. McGee, Mathematical Biosciences Institute Constructing Solutions to Truncated Moment An Insight to Viral Assembly through Normal Problems and Applications to PDE; a PUMP Model Analysis Undergraduate Research Group 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Farrah Sadre-Marandi, Mathematical Biosciences Cynthia Flores, California State University, Channel Islands Institute Undergraduate Research in Pebbling Binocular Rivalry and Symmetry Breaking 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. 3:40 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Aparna Higgins, University of Dayton Marty Golubitsky, Mathematical Biosciences Institute Research Collaborations in the Public Sector 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Thomas Wakefield, Youngstown State University

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CAMP: Calculus Applied Mathematics Projects My Favorite Math Circle Problem Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Franklin A Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., Franklin C Teaching mathematics includes not only helping students learn A math circle is an enrichment activity for K-12 students or the material but also appreciating the utility and applicability their teachers, which brings them into direct contact with of those skills in better understanding the world. One technique mathematically sophisticated leaders, fostering a passion and in achieving this appreciation is through the use of projects excitement for deep mathematics in the participants. Math which also strengthens inquiry, collaboration, reasoning and circles combine significant discovery and excitement about communication. However, there are currently limited curricular mathematics through problem solving and exploration. Talks in materials readily available to instructors of single and this session will address a favorite problem or topic that was multivariable calculus. We invite you to come CAMP with us by successful with a math circle audience. offering innovative applied mathematics project ideas that can be used in the Calculus sequence. Organizers: Katherine Morrison, University of Northern Colorado Organizers: Philip Yasskin, Texas A&M University Ellen Swanson, Centre College SIGMAA MCST Emek Kose, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Novel Introductions to Non-Euclidean Geometry Fostering a Problem-Solving Culture for Students Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m., Union A Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., Taft A This session invites presenters to share interesting ways in All of us have experienced what George Pólya describes which to introduce undergraduate students to non-Euclidean as “the tension and triumph of discovery” that comes from geometry. These “tastes” of geometry may be demonstrations, solving a difficult problem. This is something numerous in-class activities, projects, proofs, or ways in which to guide faculty endeavor to bring to their students. The purpose of undergraduates to explore and to learn about non-Euclidean this session is to share ideas for extracurricular activities geometries. but not those related to differential geometry or involving problem-solving events that occur regularly. These (low-level) graduate courses. Those discussing demonstrations can range from Problem of the Day/Week/Month to forming or in-class activities are encouraged to share key portions. a Problem Solvers Group that meets often to an Annual Presenters should discuss the facets of their approaches which Inter-Collegiate Problem Contest, and so on. Let us share highlight the differences between the geometry being explored what worked, what can be improved, and how you entice and the Euclidean geometry with which undergraduates are students to participate. Our desire is for inclusivity, so these familiar. Information regarding prerequisite topics and related events should be open to all students, not just your best math areas with which students have difficulty should be discussed majors. Talks in this session address specifically the aspects as should follow-up topics and problems, if any, experienced of establishing and maintaining a practice of extracurricular when using this approach. Presenters are invited to discuss problem solving among students and not single undergraduate how they have modified their approaches over time and research projects. We also want to know if these led to more to share information about successes, failures, and student student engagement such as GRE Study clusters, journal reaction. Abstracts should include the type of geometry being problem-solving groups, Putnam involvement, teams for the examined, a brief description of the aspects of this geometry Mathematical Contest in Modeling, or something else. which are introduced, the theorem, if appropriate, the software or application, if any, which may be used, and what makes this Organizers: approach a unique introduction to non-Euclidean geometry. J. Lyn Miller, Slippery Rock University Those whose presentations are dependent upon software or Ron Taylor, Berry College tablet explorations must provide their own laptop or tablet. Robert Vallin, Lamar University Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State University

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Encouraging Early Career Teaching Innovation Inviting All Students to Do Mathematics – Engaging Courses, Projects, and Activities for Part A: Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m., Union A Liberal Arts Students Part B: Saturday, August 6, 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Union A Faculty are eager to offer activities in the classroom that Part A: Thursday, August 4, 8:30 a.m. - 10:05 a.m., Union B foster student success, but many are not formally trained in Part B: Friday, August 5, 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m., Union C pedagogy. Junior faculty in particular may feel overwhelmed Part C: Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Union C with adjusting to a new position, and the need to create All students should have the opportunity to do mathematics in a an impressive tenure portfolio. This session will consist of meaningful way for the sheer fun of it. Such experiences, if well presentations of effective and innovative tips, techniques, and designed, improve students’ effective thinking skills, increase tricks that experienced faculty members have used. Talks will their appreciation of the beauty and utility of mathematics, and address the reasoning behind, design, and implementation of prepare them to be mathematically-literate members of society. their resource. While these activities may be whole course This session invites talks on how we can engage the liberal arts techniques, we also seek presentations on activities that can student through courses specifically designed for them. We be dropped into an existing class to bolster student learning welcome presentations on innovative course design, pedagogy, and reflection. Such activities may include exam wrappers, projects, or activities, as well as talks on tools used to assess question stems, and IF-AT scratch off cards. Techniques do such courses. Presentations should include a research basis for not have to be original to the presenter, but sources should be the design or pedagogical choices, a report on outcomes in credited and proof of success (or failure and redesign) should student learning or attitude, or other evidence of success. Papers be given. about programs demonstrating success engaging students who enter the course reluctant to engage in mathematics are We hope that this session will allow junior faculty in particular especially encouraged. We also welcome talks on first year to be exposed to new, successful techniques that have been seminars or other experiences that engage first year students vetted by experienced faculty. We would also encourage in doing mathematics as well as Honors courses in mathematics presenters to be open to being contacted by attendees with that incorporate the liberal arts. questions about implementation, addressing any possible barriers to implementation, etc. Organizers: Jennifer Nordstrom, Linfield College Organizers: Suzanne Doree, Augsburg College Susan Crook, Loras College Sarah Mabrouk, Framingham State University David Failing, Quincy University Victor Piercey, Ferris State University Curriculum Renewal Across the First Two Years (CRAFTY) Committee

Recreational Mathematics: Puzzles, Card Tricks, Games, Gambling, and Sports Part A: Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Taft C Part B: Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m., Taft C Puzzles, card tricks, board games, game shows, gambling, and sports provide an excellent laboratory for testing mathematical strategy, probability, and enumeration. The analysis of such diversions is fertile ground for the application of mathematical and statistical theory. Submissions to this session are encouraged that look at new problems as well as novel solutions to old problems. Submissions by undergraduates or examples of the use of the analysis in the undergraduate classroom are encouraged.

Organizers: Paul R. Coe, Dominican University Kristen Schemmerhorn, Concordia University Chicago Sara B. Quinn, Dominican University

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Formative Assessment Techniques for Programming in Mathematics Classes and Undergraduate Math Courses Mathematics for Programming Part A: Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 4:35 p.m., Union B Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., Union A Part B: Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 3:35 p.m., Union B This session invites participants to reflect upon their use Recent trends indicate that formative assessment encourages of computer programming and/or computer algebra a growth mindset, reduces test anxiety, and improves student systems within their upper-level mathematics curriculum. gains in math classrooms. The purpose of this session is to Implementations using SAGE, Maple, Mathematica or other disseminate new approaches to student evaluation that programming/computer algebra environments are welcome. use assessment as a learning experience and help students The purpose of this session is to explore the outcomes of overcome challenges that disproportionately affect students different aspects of programming in mathematics education in math classes, including test anxiety, insufficient prerequisite while providing tools and/or examples for anyone that is knowledge, or lack of confidence. Examples of formative interested in incorporating more programming into their own assessment include mastery-based testing schemes, feedback curriculum. Presenters will describe the tools used, lessons on rough drafts of student work, peer review of coursework, developed, and examples of student outcomes. and oral exams. The focus of the session is on pedagogical rationales for formative assessment tools, their practical Organizers: implementation, and their impact on the aforementioned Jacci White, Monika Kiss, and Brian Camp, Saint Leo challenges facing students. Speakers should talk about University formative assessment techniques they use in these contexts, and provide evidence of how they encourage student success Undergraduate Research Activities in in math courses. In addition, speakers are encouraged to share Mathematical and Computational Biology their experiences and their advice for educators planning to incorporate formative assessment in their classes. Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Taft A This session is dedicated to aspects of undergraduate Organizers: research in mathematical and computational biology. First and Jarod Hart, University of Kansas foremost, this session would like to highlight research results Alyssa Armstrong, Wittenberg University of projects that either were conducted by undergraduates Katie Haymaker, Villanova University or were collaborations between undergraduates and their Mike Janssen, Dordt College faculty mentors. Of particular interest are those collaborations Austin Mohr, Nebraska Wesleyan University that involve students and faculty from both mathematics Jessica Stewart, Christopher Newport University and biology. Secondly, as many institutions have started Jessica O’Shaughnessy, Shenandoah University undergraduate research programs in this area, frequently with Amanda Harsy, Lewis University the help of initial external funding, the session is interested in the process and logistics of starting a program and maintaining a program even after the initial funding expires. Important issues include faculty development and interdisciplinary collaboration, student preparation and selection, the structure of research programs, the acquisition of resources to support the program, and the subsequent achievements of students who participate in undergraduate research in mathematical and computational biology.

Organizer: Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University BIO SIGMAA

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General Contributed Paper Sessions

Organized by: Gizem Karaali, Pomona College John Wilson, Centre College

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (August 4-6) Mornings and Afternoons, Union D & E The general sessions accept abstracts of papers in all areas of mathematics, pedagogy, and the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. Talks are scheduled in the following categories:

Assessment Teaching or Learning Other Mathematics

History or Philosophy of Mathematics Algebra

Interdisciplinary Topics in Mathematics Analysis

Mathematics and Technology Applied Mathematics

Mentoring Geometry

Modeling or Applications Graph Theory

Outreach Linear Algebra

Teaching or Learning Advanced Mathematics Logic or Foundations

Teaching or Learning Calculus Number Theory

Teaching or Learning Developmental Mathematics Probability or Statistics

Teaching or Learning Introductory Mathematics Other than the Above

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Panel Sessions

Quantitative Literacy at the Post-Secondary Level: Active Learning Approaches in Mathematics Future Directions in Research Instruction: Practice and Assessment Symposium Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m., McKinley Thursday, August 4, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Hayes Since Steen’s 2001 call for action in “Mathematics and Recent studies have supported the positive impact of active Democracy,” there has been an influx of research on best learning approaches on college level mathematics. A recent practices for promoting quantitative literacy (QL) at the study by Sandra Laursen of the University of Colorado makes the post-secondary level. While such efforts have aided in the case that active learning increases the academic performance of development of curricula and pedagogy, there is a need for key under represented student groups in the STEM disciplines. A reflection on the field’s progress and direction. The purpose meta-study by Freeman, Eddy, McDonough and their colleagues of this discussion is to channel these efforts, ultimately encourages moving beyond a focus on comparisons between culminating in a paper for the journal Numeracy. Tentatively, active learning vs. lecture format and towards exploring the best the panel consists of Semra Kilic-Bahi (mathematician methods with an active learning classroom. The group wrote that and educator), Catherine Crockett (mathematician and their results “raise questions about the continued use of traditional educator), Gregory Foley (math educator), Victor Piercey lecturing as a control in research studies, and support active (mathematician), and Milo Schield (physicist and statistics learning as the preferred, empirically validated teaching practice educator). Potential questions for this diverse group include: in regular classrooms.” Thus, new research and evaluation projects What practices have we yet to determine are meaningful in are needed to establish which active learning approaches prove promoting numeracy? What is the minimum amount of change most effective and to broaden the study of various methods in how one needs within a traditional math course to effect better they impact students. The analysis of “big data” sources presents a QL outcomes? What role will technology (and online courses) particularly intriguing different approach to analyzing the benefits have in the QL effort? To what degree is writing needed in a of various active learning methods. While not directly related to course with a QL designation? Which literacy and statistics the issue area, Glenn Ellison and Ashley Swanson’s approach to skills do students need that a mathematics course can analyzing “the gender gap in secondary school mathematics at promote? high achievement levels” demonstrates this approach.

Organizer: A symposium will be held just prior to MAA MathFest 2016 to Luke Tunstal, Michigan State University discuss what key research questions need to be posed and to encourage larger scale evaluation projects that work towards Panelists: answering these key questions. New research can identify which Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College active learning mathematics teaching methods work best for Catherine Crockett, Point Loma Nazarene University specific groups of students, especially underserved groups, Gregory Foley, Ohio University while also extending the case that active learning methods trump Victor Piercey, Ferrist State University traditional lecture based approaches. In the special session the Milo Schield, Augsburg College panelists will discuss the findings and recommendations of this symposium. Panel discussion will be led by Ronald Douglas, David Sponsor: Bressoud, and Doris Zahner, along with Michael Starbird (and SIGMAA-QL one more name to be determined). While the symposium is by invitation only, there may be openings still available at time of publication. If you are interested go to http://www.workshop. eduadvance.org

Organizers: Ronald Douglas, Texas A&M University David Bressoud, Macalester College Doris Zahner, Council for Aid to Education Panelists: Ronald Douglas, Texas A&M University David Bressoud, Macalester College Doris Zahner, Council for Aid to Education Michael Starbird, University of Texas Dennis Deturck, University of Pennsylvania

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How to Apply for jobs in Academia and Industry Re-Energizing Your Career at All Stages after Your PhD Friday, August 5, 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m., McKinley Thursday, August 4, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., McKinley Preliminary results of a national survey of professors by the This session is aimed at graduate students and recent PhDs. Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education at An overview of the employment process will be given with Harvard University indicate that in many measures associate ample opportunity for participants to ask questions. Questions professors have lower job satisfaction levels than both that will be addressed include: How do you find which jobs assistant and full professors. The reasons for lower job are available? How do you choose which jobs you want to satisfaction are many, and they can affect faculty at all ranks. apply for? What are academic and other employers looking Since faculty are primarily responsible for the advancement for in the materials that you send? How should you tailor your of their own careers, it is important for faculty to find ways in application materials for the job that you are applying for? which they can remain vital and active in teaching, scholarship, How do schools conduct interviews? and service. In this session, colleagues who have successfully managed to achieve this sometimes difficult goal will share Organizers: strategies and experiences that have helped them stay Estela Gavosto, University of Kansas engaged throughout their careers. Mark Snavely, Carthage College Organizers: Panelists: Julia Barnes, Western Carolina University David C. Manderscheid, Ohio State University Steve Schlicker, Grand Valley State University Joanne Peeples, El Paso Community College Mark Snavely, Carthage College Panelists: David Austin, Grand Valley State University Sponsor: Audrey Malagon, Virginia Wesleyan College MAA Committee on Graduate Students Hortensia Soto-Johnson, University of Northern Colorado David Torain, Hampton University Education and Science Policy Sponsor: Thursday, August 4, 4:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Hayes MAA Committee on Professional Development The work of Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE) and the MAA’s Common Vision project have raised the profile of education in the mathematical sciences, especially in the first-two years. The high‐degree of turnover in recent years among Members of Congress gives us a great opportunity to get our policymakers up to speed with education in the STEM fields, including mathematics. This panel will give ideas about how we can inform and engage policy-makers about the needs in post-secondary education in the mathematical sciences.

Organizers: Karen Saxe, Macalester College David Manderscheid, The Ohio State University

Panelists: William “Brit” Kirwan, University of Maryland Joan Leitzel, The Ohio State University, University of New Hampshire Karen Saxe, Macalester College

Sponsor: Science Policy Committee

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Non-Academic Mathematical Career Paths for Prioritizing Your Career and Professional Goals Undergraduates Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m., McKinley Friday, August 5, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., McKinley Whether first-year faculty or senior members of the Step one: earn a degree in mathematics. Step three: have department, we often struggle with balancing the three a great career! What is step two? Whether you are a aspects of our careers: teaching, research, and service. mathematics student looking for a job once you graduate or Successfully doing so requires identifying our goals and an advisor looking for advice to give to future job-seeking priorities, which then help us choose which opportunities students, this session will help you gain new perspectives to embrace and which are not best-suited to our interests, on nonacademic career experiences and what employers time frame, and talents. Panelists will discuss strategies for value in their employees. Panelists will share the paths to identifying goals and priorities and share their experiences of their current positions, the ways in which they utilize their being confronted with such situations, including how they made mathematical background, and offer advice to others looking their decisions and how they said “no” when appropriate. In for employment in similar venues. particular, Panelists will address these questions: How does one accomplish the goals on a priority list? How does one Organizers: determine what will be valued? What is the best way to say May Mei, Dennison University “no” when that is called for? This panel is sponsored by the Ben Galluzzo, Shippensburg University Association for Women in Mathematics.

Panelists: Organizers: Karla Dixon, Abercrombie & Fitch Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, Lamar University Bruce Myers, National Security Agency Alissa Crans, Loyola Marymount University Derek Straiton, Gahanna Lincoln High School Maura Mast, Fordham University Tony Hovest, Motorists Insurance Group Candice Price, University of San Diego

Sponsor: Panelists: MAA Committee on Undergraduate Student Activities Jenna Carpenter, Campbell University and Chapters Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College Niles Johnson, The Ohio State University Candice Price, University of San Diego

Sponsor: Association for Women in Mathematics

16 Columbus, OH | August 3–6, 2016 #MAAthFest Interested in Doing Outreach?

Stop%by%the%NAMC/SIGMAA1MCST%Booth%and%learn%about%quick%and%fun%outreach%activities!! Thursday Friday Friday Saturday 10:00 am - Noon 10:00 am - Noon 2:00 – 4:00 pm 10:00 am - Noon Four Square Mathematical Stomp Rockets Criss-Cross Problem Tiling

Math%Students’%Circles!and!Math%Teachers’%Circles!bring!K*12! students!or!K*12!mathematics!teachers!together!with! mathematically!sophisticated!leaders!in!an!informal!setting,!after! school,!on!weekends!or!during!summers,!to!work!on!interesting! problems!or!topics!in!mathematics.!Math!Circles!combine!significant! content!with!an!interactive!setting!that!encourages!a!sense!of! discovery!and!excitement!about!mathematics!through!problem! solving!and!exploration.!Ideal!problems!are!low*threshold,!high* ceiling;!they!offer!a!variety!of!entry!points!and!can!be!approached! Discover Math Circles! with!minimal!mathematical!background,!but!lead!to!deep! https://www.mathcircles.org/content/mathfest-2016 mathematical!concepts!and!can!be!connected!to!advanced! mathematics. ! Math%Circle%Events%at%MathFest%2016%

Wednesday, Aug 3 6:00 - 8:00 pm Grand Opening Exhibit Hall Reception (Exhibit Hall)

Thursday, Aug 4 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Visit the NAMC Booth (Exhibit Hall) 1:00 - 5:00 pm CPS: My Favorite Math Circle Problem (Franklin C) 6:00 - 9:00 pm NAMC Math Circle Happy Hour (Location TBA)

Friday, Aug 5 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Visit the NAMC Booth (Exhibit Hall)

Saturday, Aug 6 9:00 am - Noon Visit the NAMC Booth (Exhibit Hall) 1:00 - 1:50 pm Special Presentation for High School Students, Parents, and Teachers: The Astounding Mathematics of Bicycle Tracks (Hayes) 2:00 - 3:00 pm SIGMAA-MCST Math Teachers' Circle Demo (Morrow) 4:00 - 5:30 pm Math Wrangle (Morrow)

For additional Math Circle Resources… Visit mathcircles.org and connect to the other members of the Math Circle Community

* NAMC on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MathCircles * SIGMAA-MCST: http://sigmaa.maa.org/mcst * Math Teachers' Circle (MTC) Network: http://mathteacherscircle.org

2016

Poster Session

PosterFest 2016: A Poster Session of Scholarship by Early Career Mathematicians and Graduate Students Friday, August 5, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Exhibit Hall This poster session will allow early career mathematicians, including untenured faculty and graduate students, to present and discuss their scholarly activities with other attendees in an informal atmosphere. Examples of scholarly activities suitable for this poster session include expository work, preliminary reports, scholarship of teaching and learning, and research reports. Presenters should have their materials prepared in advance and will be provided with a self-standing, trifold tabletop poster approximately 48 in wide by 36 in high. Proposals should be submitted at www.maa.org/mathfest/ abstracts. Questions regarding this session should be sent to the organizers.

Organizers: Audrey Malagon, Virginia Wesleyan College Jenny McNulty, University of Montana

Sponsors: MAA Committee on Early Career Mathematicians

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Minicourses

MAA Minicourses are partially supported by the William Lucas Fund.

1. Creating A Purposeful Student Learning 3. Teaching Linear Algebra: Learning Concepts Experience Often Difficult to Understand

Part A: Part A: Friday, August 5, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft B Thursday, August 4, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft B Part B: Part B: Saturday, August 6, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft B Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft B Do your requirements for your departmental majors constitute Participants will work with GeoGebra interactive applets/ an integrated framework designed to build skills necessary for worksheets supporting instruction in Linear Algebra. The students to succeed in the workplace or in graduate school, workshop will consist of a) an overview of the topics that or are they just a set of individual classes covering a standard are often difficult for students to understand; b) participants array of content? Do your faculty work together effectively will work with selected worksheets with activities illustrating to develop and implement plans to achieve those desired the connection between the visual, algebraic, and numeric outcomes and to assess your progress? Do you strategically perspectives of concepts. (A short introduction to GeoGebra incorporate experiences outside the classroom in student will occur first); c) discussion of possible pedagogical learning? This minicourse, taught in a hands-on workshop approaches for understanding difficult concepts; d) a format, will assist and guide you in identifying practical steps look at some related application problems; e) summary of toward achieving those goals and creating a learning-focused preliminary evaluation results; f) wrap-up, including remarks departmental culture. Departmental teams of 2 – 4 are and suggestions by participants and the link to other freely encouraged to enroll, but are not required. available resources. G. Daniel Callon, John Boardman, Justin Gash, Stacy James D. Factor and Susan Pustejovsky, Alverno Hoehn, Paul Fonstad, and Angie Walls, Franklin College College

2. Visualizing Projective Geometry through 4. Teaching the Lebesgue Integral to Photographs and Perspective Drawings Undergraduates

Part A: Part A: Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft B Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft D Part B: Part B: Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft B Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft D This Minicourse will introduce hands-on, practical art puzzles This minicourse shows how to teach a course on the Lebesgue that motivate the mathematics of projective geometry---the integral at an accessible undergraduate level with surprisingly study of properties invariant under projective transformations, minimal prerequisites. Students who mastered single-variable often taught as an upper-level course. This Minicourse seeks calculus concepts of limits, derivatives, and series can learn to strengthen the link between projective geometry and art. the material. The key to success is the use of a “Daniell-Riesz On the art side, we explore activities in perspective drawing approach.” The treatment is self-contained; the course, or photography. These activities provide a foundation for the often currently offered as Real Analysis 2, no longer needs mathematical side, where we introduce activities in problem Real Analysis I as a prerequisite. Along with Complex solving and proof suitable for a sophomore-level proofs class. In and Real Analysis I, the course provides a comprehensive particular, we use a geometrical analysis of Renaissance art and undergraduate study of functions. Completion of any one of photographs taken by students to motivate several important course enhances the other two. Students can enroll after concept in projective geometry, including Desargues’ Theorem, Calculus II or after a course in proofs. The minicourse thus Casey’s Theorem and its applications, and Eves’ Theorem. No shows how to give undergraduates the background for artistic experience is required. collaborative research and improved access to journal articles Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College in analysis, creating a course with SLO topics that can include: Fumiko Futamura, Southwestern University the definition and properties of the Lebesgue integral; Banach Marc Frantz, Indiana University and Hilbert spaces; integration with respect to Borel measures with associated L^2(µ) spaces; and bounded linear operators. Traditionally thought of as advanced and out of reach,

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the minicourse shows how these topics are accessible for WILLIAM F. LUCAS FUND undergraduates and able to be taught by anyone who might also, e.g., teach Real or Complex Analysis. William F. Lucas (1933-2010), a native of Detroit, completed William W. Johnston, Butler University a PhD at the University of Michigan in 1963. His long Derek Thompson, Taylor University career was spent primarily at Cornell University (1970- 84) and the Claremont Graduate School (now Claremont Graduate University, 1984 until retirement), with a variety 5. Teaching Modeling First Differential Equations of visiting and short-term positions, including two years at - Building Community in SIMIODE Princeton University (1963-65) working with the Office of Naval Research and Mathematica, Inc., before spending a Part A: year as a Fulbright Professor at the Middle East Technical Thursday, August 4, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft D University in Ankara, Turkey. Prof. Lucas also held consulting Part B: or visiting positions at the Rand Corporation, the University Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft D of Wisconsin, Washington State University, and the Institute This minicourse permits participants to experience SIMIODE for Mathematics and its Applications at the University of - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Minnesota. Prof. Lucas wrote and spoke widely on topics Opportunities with Differential Equations, an online (www. in discrete mathematics, game theory, and operations simiode.org) community of teachers and learners of differential research, including his own research as well as expository equations who use modeling and technology throughout the and educational materials that reflected his wish to develop learning process. Participants do modeling scenarios from the interest and capacity in these fields. student perspective, discuss pedagogical and content issues that might arise in such teaching, and initiate the development Prof. Lucas served in a variety of editorial capacities on more of their own modeling scenario contributions to SIMIODE than 15 journals, including a three-year term as Associate through partnering with other participants during and after the Editor of the American Mathematical Monthly (1974-77). minicourse. The minicourse is appropriate for all interested in He was instrumental in the early years of the Consortium teaching differential equations in a modeling first approach. for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP), where he Therese Shelton, Southwestern University served as Vice President and Clerk of the Board of Trustees Brian Winkel, United States Military Academy (1981-1992). His long list of professional activities, to many organizations, demonstrated his commitment to advancing our profession. 6. Teaching Introductory Statistics with As a long-time member of MAA, Prof. Lucas served on a Simulation-Based Inference variety of committees, including the Committee on the Part A: Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, which he chaired for Friday, August 5, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft D two years (1976-78). He also served on the MAA Committee Part B: on Continuing Education from 1978-80, and over many years organized and led sessions at a variety of national and Saturday, August 6, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft D The goal of this minicourse is to help participants to revise regional professional meetings, including minicourses at MAA their introductory statistics course to focus on the logic and meetings. To honor his long-standing interest in such programs, scope of statistical inference by using simulation-based in 2005 friends, family, and colleagues joined together to methods, as opposed to methods based on the normal establish the William F. Lucas Fund to provide ongoing support probability distribution, to introduce students to concepts of MAA professional development programs. This fund now of statistical inference. The minicourse will provide direct provides support for minicourses at MAA MathFest, and in experience with hands-on activities designed to introduce particular allows MAA to offer reduced registration fees for students to concepts of statistical inference. These activities students and high school teachers. make use of freely available applets to explore concepts and analyze real data from genuine research studies. Presenters will also offer advice and lead discussion about effective implementation and assessment of student learning. Allan Rossman, Beth Chance, and Soma Roy, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Workshops

Teaching an Introduction to the Mathematics of preparation. We will share results from Budapest Semesters in Computer Graphics Mathematics Education, a semester-long program (in Budapest) Thursday, August 4, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Union C for American undergraduates that focuses on the Hungarian This workshop introduces a project-based, general-population approach. The workshop is intended for undergraduates or elective on the mathematics of computer graphics. Participants recent graduates interested in teaching secondary school will see some new mathematics and receive a course outline mathematics, and faculty members who work with them. and syllabus, and more importantly, a hands-on introduction to Ryota Matsuura, St. Olaf College the free software used in the course projects. The workshop also covers how to extend the course for more advanced What’s the Story? A Graduate Student Workshop audiences, such as mathematics majors or computer science on Formulating a Research Presentation for a majors. The free software POV-Ray has been around for General Audience decades, but is still updated and released today. It creates Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m., Union C realistic 3D images and animations from mathematical Presenting our research to undergraduate students can be descriptions of the objects in a scene. This requires students both fun and rewarding. It can also be difficult, however, since to master the mathematical content in pursuit of their creative the gory details of our results often require a great deal of goals, but also gives them immediate and enjoyable practical specific jargon and background. Nonetheless, the big ideas applications of that content. Students no longer ask, “What can almost always be presented at a variety of levels, and is this good for?” They immediately see the purpose of the this workshop is designed to interactively help participants mathematics in their own creative projects, and in the computer develop the skills needed to formulate a presentation on their graphics industry. Participants receive a list of suggested research that is appropriate for an audience of undergraduate student projects with grading rubrics, interactive online tools, students. Since many colleges and universities require giving references for further reading, and more. Prerequisites for such a talk as part of a job interview, almost any graduate this general-population course are algebra and polynomial student will have the opportunity to do so, and the ability differentiation; linear algebra and/or computer programming to communicate complex mathematical ideas to students is are not required. a valued trait in a candidate. This workshop will consist of Nathan C. Carter, Bentley University hands-on activities and audience interaction aimed toward developing and improving the necessary skills for creating an The Hungarian Approach, Its Emphasis on engaging and accessible presentation for undergraduates. Problem Solving, and Implications for Secondary Participants should be prepared to discuss in groups a Classrooms potential presentation on their research or other related topic. Thursday, August 4, 4:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Union C Rachel Schwell, Central Connecticut State University In the Hungarian approach to learning and teaching, an May Mei, Denison University emphasis is placed on problem solving, creativity, and communication. Students learn by working on problems that emphasize procedural fluency, conceptual understanding, and connections. An overarching goal of each lesson is to learn what it means to engage in mathematics and to feel the excitement of discovery. In this workshop, participants will experience the Hungarian approach through a dual role of student and teacher. As students, they will grapple with interesting mathematical tasks from secondary schools; as teachers, they will reflect on the learning experience. We will discuss the implementation of the Hungarian approach. Topics include how teachers sequence tasks to provide coherence to their lessons; and how teachers establish a classroom where students are not afraid to share ideas or make mistakes. We will explore the implications for pre-service teacher

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Other Mathematical Sessions

MAA Prize Session Alder Award Session Thursday, August 4, 11:35 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Regency Ballroom Friday, August 5, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Hayes This session is organized by Barbara Faires, Westminster The MAA established the Henry L. Alder Award for College, MAA Secretary, and is moderated by Francis Su, Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Harvey Mudd College, MAA President. Mathematics Faculty Member to honor beginning college or university faculty members whose teaching has been MAA Section Officers Meeting extraordinarily successful and whose effectiveness in teaching undergraduate mathematics is shown to have influence beyond Thursday, August 4, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Franklin B their own classrooms. Each year, at most three college or This session is moderated by Elizabeth Mayfield, Hood university teachers are honored with this national award. The College, Chair of the MAA Committee on Sections. It is open awardees are invited to make a presentation in this session. to all section officers and their guests. The Committee on The session is moderated by Francis Su, Harvey Mudd College, MAA/Department Liaisons will lead a discussion on liaisons MAA President. in the Sections -- how are some Sections using liaisons, what suggestions do they have for others, how can we use this Maximal Subgroup Containment in Direct resource in the future? And the Committee on SIGMAAs will Products lead a similar discussion on the intersection of SIGMAAs and 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Sections. Bring your experiences and ideas! Dandrielle Lewis, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Speed Interviewing Marathon for Students Two Human Faces of Mathematics: Students and Medicine Thursday, August 4, 4:10 p.m. - 5:25 p.m., McKinley 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Employers suggest that communication skills are a critical Jana Gevertz, College of New Jersey component when considering a mathematics major for a job. An important time to demonstrate good communication skills Modeling Across the Curriculum is during the job interview. This session for undergraduate 3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. students, graduate students and early career mathematicians Benjamin Galluzzo, Shippensburg University will start with an overview of best practices and tips on job interviewing, then guide participants in several speed interviewing sessions of 10 minutes each, where they can practice what they have learned and hone their interviewing skills. Speed interviewing sessions will include individual feedback for participants, as well as opportunities to network with fellow interviewees.

Organizers: Jenna Carpenter, Campbell University Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University

Committee on Professional Development Committee on Graduate Students Committee on Undergraduate Student Activities and Chapters

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Other Mathematical Sessions (continued)

Estimathon! Town Hall Meeting Friday, August 5, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Taft A Revising Guidelines on the Recruitment, Retention, They’re called Fermi problems... Development, and Evaluation of Faculty • How heavy is the Eiffel Tower? Friday, August 5, 4:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., McKinley • How many prime numbers have distinct digits? The MAA Committee on the Status of the Profession invites • How many calories would you be eating if you had “one of ideas and suggestions regarding ongoing updates and everything” at the Cheesecake Factory? revisions to The Guidelines for Programs and Departments in If you’re looking for a mindbending mixture of math and trivia, Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences. These Guidelines are look no further! Jane Street Capital presents The Estimathon intended to be used by mathematical sciences programs in contest: teams will have 30 minutes to work on 13 problems, self-studies, planning, and assessment of their undergraduate ranging from totally trivial to positively Putnamesque. Can programs, as well as by college and university administrators your team beat the all-time best score?? The top teams will and external reviewers. receive prizes! In order to have the future online statements in the Guidelines be As in past years, we will run 2 contests. Feel free to show up to as complete and useful as possible, the committee is soliciting either one! input from MAA members. In this session, panelists and committee (Please show up 15 minutes before the start time of the contest members will take comments and questions from the audience you want to join.) regarding the sections on Program Faculty and Staffing. Specific Our target schedule is as follows: topics will include guidelines related to emerging trends in • 4:00 pm. Welcome, overview of rules and scoring. recruiting, retaining, developing, and evaluating faculty. • 4:15 pm. Estimathon contest #1 • 5:00 pm. Estimathon contest #2 Organizers: Committee on the Status of the Profession Organizer: Andy Niedermaier, Jane Street Capital Moderator: Tim Flowers, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Panelists: Edward Aboufadel, Grand Valley State University Emily Puckette, The University of the South Jennifer Quinn, The University of Washington, Tacoma Committee on the Status of the Profession

ECM Mentoring Network Social Friday, August 5, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Peppercorn The Committee on Early Career Mathematicians (ECM) will host its inaugural mentoring network social from 5:30-7:30 pm in the Peppercorn Room, immediately following PosterFest on Friday, August 5th. The social is open to mentors and mentees already in the MAA Mentoring Network, as well as all those interested in joining the Mentoring Network. Early- career mathematicians are especially encouraged to attend - refreshments will be provided along with a cash bar.

Organizer: Audrey Malagon, Virginia Wesleyan College

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Other Mathematical Sessions (continued)

Special Presentation for High School Students, Math Wrangle Parents, and Teachers Saturday, August 6, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Morrow The Astounding Mathematics of Bicycle Tracks Math Wrangle will pit teams of students against each other, Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Hayes the clock, and a slate of great math problems. The format of a James Tanton, MAA Math Wrangle is designed to engage students in mathematical Sir Arthur Conan Doyle asked a question: If you come across problem solving, promote effective teamwork, provide a venue a pair of bicycle tracks in the snow, could you determine in for oral presentations, and develop critical listening skills. which direction the bicycle went? He got the answer wrong! A Math Wrangle incorporates elements of team sports and So let’s ride a bicycle, look at its tracks, and get the answer debate, with a dose of strategy tossed in for good measure. right. Even though this puzzle is now classic in the mathematics The intention of the Math Wrangle demonstration at MAA community (thanks to the charming MAA book Which Way did MathFest is to show how teachers, schools, circles, and the Bicycle Go?... and Other Intriguing Mathematical Mysteries clubs can get students started in this exciting combination of by Konhauser, Velleman, and Wagon), there is still much more mathematical problem solving with careful argumentation via we can say and do with bicycle tracks, all leading to some public speaking, strategy and rebuttal. astounding surprises for students, teachers, mathematicians, and math enthusiasts alike. Hold on to your wheels for this one! Organizers: This is a general outreach lecture presented by James Tanton Ed Keppelmann, University of Nevada of the MAA and designed to inspire relevant and exciting Paul Zeitz, University of San Francisco mathematical thinking and doing for the high-school classroom. Mark Saul, American Math Competitions All are so welcome to attend! SIGMAA MCST

Organizer: MAA Business Meeting Deanna Haunsperger, Carleton College Council on Outreach Saturday, August 6, 11:35 a.m. - 11:55 a.m., Hayes The meeting is organized by Barbara Faires, Westminster Math Teacher’s Circle Demonstration College, MAA Secretary, and is chaired by Francis Su, Harvey Mudd College, MAA President. Saturday, August 6, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Morrow A math circle is an enrichment experience that brings mathematics professionals in direct contact with pre-college students and/or their teachers. Circles foster passion and excitement for deep mathematics. This demonstration session offers the opportunity for conference attendees to observe and then discuss a math circle experience designed for local teachers. While teachers are engaged in a mathematical investigation, mathematicians will have a discussion focused on appreciating and better understanding the organic and creative process of learning that circles offer, and on the logistics and dynamics of running an effective circle.

Organizers: Amanda Serenevy, Riverbend Community Math Center Bob Klein, Ohio University Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State University SIGMAA MCST

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Graduate Student Activities

WORKSHOP PANEL SESSION Speed Interviewing Marathon What’s the Story? A Graduate How to Apply for Jobs in for Students Student Workshop on Academia and Industry After Thursday, August 4, 4:10 p.m. - 5:25 p.m., Formulating a Research Your PhD McKinley Presentation for a General Employers suggest that communication Audience Thursday, August 4, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., McKinley skills are a critical component when Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m., Union C This session is aimed at graduate considering a mathematics major Presenting our research to students and recent PhDs. An overview for a job. An important time to undergraduate students can be both of the employment process will demonstrate good communication fun and rewarding. It can also be be given with ample opportunity skills is during the job interview. This difficult, however, since the gory for participants to ask questions. session for undergraduate students, details of our results often require Questions that will be addressed graduate students and early career a great deal of specific jargon and include: How do you find which jobs mathematicians will start with an background. Nonetheless, the big are available? How do you choose overview of best practices and tips on ideas can almost always be presented which jobs you want to apply for? job interviewing, then guide participants at a variety of levels, and this What are academic and other in several speed interviewing sessions workshop is designed to interactively employers looking for in the materials of 10 minutes each, where they can help participants develop the skills that you send? How should you tailor practice what they have learned and needed to formulate a presentation your application materials for the job hone their interviewing skills. Speed on their research that is appropriate that you are applying for? How do interviewing sessions will include for an audience of undergraduate schools conduct interviews? individual feedback for participants, as students. Since many colleges and well as opportunities to network with universities require giving such a talk Organizers: fellow interviewees. as part of a job interview, almost Estela Gavosto, University of Kansas any graduate student will have the Mark Snavely, Carthage College Organizers: opportunity to do so, and the ability to Jenna Carpenter, Campbell communicate complex mathematical Panelists: University ideas to students is a valued trait in a David C. Manderscheid, Ohio State Michael Dorff, Brigham Young candidate. This workshop will consist University University of hands-on activities and audience Joanne Peeples, El Paso Community interaction aimed toward developing College Committee on Professional and improving the necessary skills for Mark Snavely, Carthage College Development creating an engaging and accessible MAA Committee on Graduate Committee on Graduate Students presentation for undergraduates. Students Committee on Undergraduate Participants should be prepared Student Activities and Chapters to discuss in groups a potential presentation on their research or other Graduate Student Reception related topic. Thursday, August 4, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Rachel Schwell, Central Connecticut Peppercorn State University Graduate students are invited for some May Mei, Denison University refreshments and to meet several of the invited speakers.

Organizers: Estela A. Gavosto, University of Kansas James Freeman, Cornell College

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Graduate Student Activities (continued)

PANEL SESSION PosterFest 2016: A Poster GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER SESSION Non-Academic Mathematical Session of Scholarship by Early Great Talks for a General Career Paths for Career Mathematicians and Audience: Coached Undergraduates Graduate Students Presentations by Graduate Friday, August 5, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Students Friday, August 5, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., McKinley Exhibit Hall Step one: earn a degree in Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., This poster session will allow early mathematics. Step three: have a great Madison career mathematicians, including career! What is step two? Whether Presenters in this session must be untenured faculty and graduate you are a mathematics student graduate students. While many students, to present and discuss looking for a job once you graduate graduate students will be asked their scholarly activities with other or an advisor looking for advice to to give a lecture to an audience attendees in an informal atmosphere. give to future job-seeking students, consisting of undergraduates and non- Examples of scholarly activities this session will help you gain new mathematicians (possibly as part of suitable for this poster session include perspectives on nonacademic career a job interview), most students do not expository work, preliminary reports, experiences and what employers have much experience talking to a non- scholarship of teaching and learning, value in their employees. Panelists research audience. This session gives and research reports. Presenters will share the paths to their current graduate students the opportunity should have their materials prepared positions, the ways in which they to give a 20-minute talk aimed at an in advance and will be provided with utilize their mathematical background, undergraduate audience (speakers a self-standing, trifold tabletop poster and offer advice to others looking for should assume the audience has been approximately 48 in wide by 36 in employment in similar venues. only exposed to calculus and possibly high. Proposals should be submitted at some linear algebra). Both the talks www.maa.org/mathfest/abstracts. Organizers: and abstracts should be designed to Questions regarding this session May Mei, Dennison University excite a wide range of undergraduates should be sent to the organizers. Ben Galluzzo, Shippensburg about mathematics. All participants Audrey Malagon, Virginia Wesleyan University in this session will receive private College feedback on their presentations from Jenny McNulty, University of Panelists: an established faculty member and Montana Karla Dixon, Abercrombie & Fitch an undergraduate student. Contact MAA Committee on Early Career Bruce Myers, National Security a session organizer for help writing Mathematicians Agency an abstract or preparing your talk for Derek Straiton, Gahanna Lincoln a general audience. Optional Q&A High School sessions with the organizers will Tony Hovest, Motorists Insurance be held at MathFest for presenters Group to receive feedback on their talks. MAA Committee on Graduate student participants in Undergraduate Student Activities this session should also attend the and Chapters graduate student workshop (What’s the Story?).

Organizers: James Freeman, Cornell College Rachel Schwell, Central Connecticut State University Aliza Steurer, Dominican University May Mei, Denison University

MAA Committee on Graduate Students

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Undergraduate Student Activities

MAA-PME Student Reception MAA Student Paper Sessions Pi Mu Epsilon Student Paper Sessions Wednesday, August 3, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Thursday, August 4, 8:30 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. and Union D 2:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.,Madison/Fayette/Clark/ Thursday, August 4, 2:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Knox/ Undergraduate students are invited to Champaign Marion/Morrow come for refreshments and a welcome to MathFest. Friday, August 5, 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. and Friday, August 5, 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Madison 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Knox/Marion/Morrow Students who wish to present at the Pi Mu Epsilon student speakers must be Math Jeopardy MAA Student Paper Sessions at nominated by their chapter advisors. Wednesday, August 3, 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., MathFest 2016 must be sponsored Application forms for PME student Union Station A, Columbus Convention Center by a faculty advisor familiar with the speakers will be available by March 1, Answer: A fun undergraduate work to be presented. Some funding 2016 on the PME web site www.pme- mathematics contest to lead off to cover costs (up to $750) for student math.org. A PME student speaker who MathFest presenters is available. At most one attends all the PME activities is eligible Question: What is Mathematics student from each institution or REU can for transportation reimbursement up Jeopardy? receive full funding; additional such to $600, and additional speakers Four teams of students will provide the students may be funded at a lower rate. are eligible with a maximum $1200 questions to go with the mathematical All presenters are expected to take full reimbursement per chapter. PME answers in many categories. All part in the meeting and attend indicated speakers receive a free ticket to the interested students in the audience activities sponsored for students on all PME Banquet with their conference can enter their names to be chosen to three days of the conference. Abstracts registration fee. See the PME website play on one of the four teams of four and student travel grant applications for more details. players. There will be prizes for all the should be submitted at www.maa.org/ participants. mathfest/abstracts. For additional Organizer: Come cheer for your favorite team. information visit www.maa.org/ Darci Kracht, Kent State University The session will be emceed by Michael students/undergrad. Berry. MAA Chan Stanek Lecture for Organizers: Students Organizers: Chasen Smith, Georgia Southern Robert W. Vallin, Slippery Rock University Zombies & Calculus: A Survival University Theron Hitchman, University of Guide Michael W. Berry, University of Northern Iowa Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Tennessee Regency Ballroom Colin Adams, Williams College If you are reading this, then you have managed to survive the zombie apocalypse so far. Congratulations! But as the world sinks further into ruin, what additional strategies can you apply to endure the onslaught? Learn how calculus can help you to defeat the zombie hordes. The lecture room will be will be certified a safe haven for the duration of the talk.

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Speed Interviewing Marathon Games Mathematicians Play PANEL SESSION for Students Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Hayes Non-Academic Mathematical Thursday, August 4, 4:10 - 5:25 p.m., McKinley Christopher Swanson, Ashland Career Paths for Employers suggest that communication University Undergraduates skills are a critical component when A combinatorial game is a game Friday, August 5, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., McKinley considering a mathematics major between two opposing players who Step one: earn a degree in for a job. An important time to make alternate moves from some mathematics. Step three: have a great demonstrate good communication starting position with each player career! What is step two? Whether skills is during the job interview. This having a finite number of moves you are a mathematics student session for undergraduate students, available and knowing all possible looking for a job once you graduate graduate students and early career moves of both players. Furthermore, or an advisor looking for advice to mathematicians will start with an moves are not determined by chance give to future job-seeking students, overview of best practices and tips on and the game lasts at most a certain this session will help you gain new job interviewing, then guide participants number of turns, with the result being a perspectives on nonacademic career in several speed interviewing sessions win for one player or a draw. Tic-Tac- experiences and what employers of 10 minutes each, where they can Toe and Chess are two well-known value in their employees. Panelists practice what they have learned and combinatorial games. In analyzing will share the paths to their current hone their interviewing skills. Speed combinatorial games, the basic positions, the ways in which they interviewing sessions will include question is who should win if two utilize their mathematical background, individual feedback for participants, as expert players play the game - the and offer advice to others looking for well as opportunities to network with player who goes first, the player who employment in similar venues. fellow interviewees. goes second, or should the game end in a draw? In this student activity, Organizers: Organizers: audience members will play a number May Mei, Dennison University Jenna Carpenter, Campbell of combinatorial games and try to Ben Galluzzo, Shippensburg University determine the answer to this basic University Michael Dorff, Brigham Young question. University Panelists: Committee on Professional Karla Dixon, Abercrombie & Fitch Development Bruce Myers, National Security Committee on Graduate Students Agency Committee on Undergraduate Derek Straiton, Gahanna Lincoln Student Activities and Chapters High School Tony Hovest, Motorists Insurance Group MAA Committee on Undergraduate Student Activities and Chapters

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Estimathon! Pi Mu Epsilon J. Sutherland MAA Mathematical Frame Lecture Competition in Modeling (MCM) Friday, August 5, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Taft A Winners They’re called Fermi problems... Combinatorics - The Mathematics • How heavy is the Eiffel Tower? That Counts Saturday, August 6, 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m., • How many prime numbers have Friday, August 5, 8:00 p.m. - 8:50 p.m., Regency McKinley distinct digits? Ballroom About 400 American teams, each • How many calories would you be Robin Wilson, Open University consisting of three undergraduates, eating if you had “one of everything” How many Sudoku puzzles are there? entered the 2016 Mathematical at the Cheesecake Factory? Are there 33 Londoners with the Contest in Modeling in February. Teams If you’re looking for a mindbending same number of hairs on their head? choose one of two real(istic) problems. mixture of math and trivia, look no Can a knight visit all the squares of Teams have four days to deal with the further! Jane Street Capital presents a chessboard just once? And can we MCM challenge and may use or access The Estimathon contest: teams will tile a floor with squares and regular any inanimate source - computers, have 30 minutes to work on 13 hexagons? These are all problems libraries, the Web, etc. MAA judges problems, ranging from totally trivial to in combinatorics, the branch of choose a winner for each problem. The positively Putnamesque. Can your team mathematics concerned with selecting, two MAA winning teams of students beat the all-time best score?? The top arranging, counting and listing things. In will present their results of the MCM teams will receive prizes! this talk I shall illustrate the nature and four-day challenge. As in past years, we will run 2 contests. uses of combinatorics by means of a Feel free to show up to either one! number of entertaining problems. Organizer: (Please show up 15 minutes before the Ben Fusaro, Florida State University start time of the contest you want to join.) MAA Ice Cream Social for Our target schedule is as follows: Undergraduates Student Problem Solving • 4:00 pm. Welcome, overview of Friday, August 5, 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Competition rules and scoring. McKinley • 4:15 pm. Estimathon contest #1 Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Besides cake and ice cream, we will • 5:00 pm. Estimathon contest #2 Franklin A recognize all students who gave talks This event is the finals of the Problem in the MAA Student Paper Sessions, Organizer: Solving Competition. Universities and award prizes for the best of them. Andy Niedermaier, Jane Street and colleges that participate monthly All are invited. Capital on their own campuses by holding problem solving contests are invited Pi Mu Epsilon Banquet to send a contestant. Each contestant will be required to solve a series of Friday, August 5, 6:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., Franklin mathematical problems. Based on the All PME members and their supporters outcome, a champion along with 2nd are welcome. See the registration form through 6th place winners will be named. for more information on this ticketed event. Organizer: Richard Neal, American Society for the Communication of Mathematics

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K-12 Activities

The MAA strives to ensure that sessions at MAA MathFest present mathematics in a way that is accessible to a broad audience. As a result, K-12 teachers will find all the expository sessions at MAA MathFest to be informative and enriching. In addition, the following sessions are directed specifically at the professional interests of K-12 teachers. Register for the AMC 8 or AMC 10/12 Contest(s), and you’re automatically enrolled as a K-12 Teacher Member. Invite your students to attend MAA MathFest 2016. The High School Student rate is only $49.

Math Teacher’s Circle Demonstration Special Presentation for High School Students, Parents, and Teachers Saturday, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Morrow Art Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College The Astounding Mathematics of Bicycle Tracks A math circle is an enrichment experience that brings Saturday, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Hayes mathematics professionals in direct contact with pre-college James Tanton, MAA students and/or their teachers. Circles foster passion and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle asked a question: If you come across excitement for deep mathematics. This demonstration session a pair of bicycle tracks in the snow, could you determine in offers the opportunity for conference attendees to observe which direction the bicycle went? He got the answer wrong! and then discuss a math circle experience designed for local So let’s ride a bicycle, look at its tracks, and get the answer teachers. While teachers are engaged in a mathematical right. Even though this puzzle is now classic in the mathematics investigation, mathematicians will have a discussion focused community (thanks to the charming MAA book Which Way did on appreciating and better understanding the organic and the Bicycle Go?... and Other Intriguing Mathematical Mysteries creative process of learning that circles offer, and on the by Konhauser, Velleman, and Wagon), there is still much more logistics and dynamics of running an effective circle. we can say and do with bicycle tracks, all leading to some astounding surprises for students, teachers, mathematicians, Organizers: and math enthusiasts alike. Hold on to your wheels for this one! Amanda Serenevy, Riverbend Community Math Center This is a general outreach lecture presented by James Tanton Bob Klein, Ohio University of the MAA and designed to inspire relevant and exciting Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State University mathematical thinking and doing for the high-school classroom. All are so welcome to attend! Sponsor: SIGMAA MCST Sponsored By: Council on Outreach Math Wrangle Saturday, August 6, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Morrow Math Wrangle will pit teams of students against each other, the clock, and a slate of great math problems. The format of a Math Wrangle is designed to engage students in mathematical problem solving, promote effective teamwork, provide a venue for oral presentations, and develop critical listening skills. A Math Wrangle incorporates elements of team sports and debate, with a dose of strategy tossed in for good measure. The intention of the Math Wrangle demonstration at MAA MathFest is to show how teachers, schools, circles, and clubs can get students started in this exciting combination of mathematical problem solving with careful argumentation via public speaking, strategy and rebuttal.

Organizers: Ed Keppelmann, University of Nevada Paul Zeitz, University of San Francisco Mark Saul, American Math Competitions

Sponsor: SIGMAA MCST

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Please Note: All room locations are in the Hyatt Regency Columbus Hotel, Committee Meetings unless otherwise specified. Monday, August 1 Committee on Books 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Eisenman (Columbus Conv. Center) Executive Committee Meeting 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Clark Math Horizons Editorial Board 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Trott (Columbus Conv. Center) Meetings Management Committee Meeting 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., MAA Suite CPW - Committee on the Participation of Women in Mathematics Tuesday, August 2 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Nationwide A Executive Committee Meeting Friday, August 5 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Clark Committee on Science Policy New Governors Orientation 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., Eisenman (Columbus Conv. Center) 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Union E Committee on Technologies in Mathematics Board of Governors Welcome Reception Education 8:00 a.m - 9:15 a.m., Trott (Columbus Conv. Center) 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., MAA Suite Council on the Profession Wednesday, August 3 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m., Nationwide A Board of Governors Meeting MAA FOCUS Editorial Board 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Fairfield 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Nationwide B Committee on Undergraduate Student Activities Editorial Manager Workshop and Chapters 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Ohio Center B (Columbus Conv. Center) 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Eisenman (Columbus Conv. Center) Committee on MAA/Department Liaisons The Committee on Committees and Councils 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Eisenman (Columbus Conv. Center) 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., MAA Suite Committee on the Status of the Profession Thursday, August 4 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Nationwide A Committee on Professional Development CRAFTY 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Eisenman (Columbus Conv. Center) 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Nationwide B Membership Committee Math Horizons Undergraduate Focus Panel 9:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m., Nationwide A 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Trott (Columbus Conv. Center) Edith May Sliffe Award Committee Membership Focus Group 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m., Nationwide B 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Nationwide A Committee on Minicourses Council on Members and Communities 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Trott (Columbus Conv. Center) 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Ohio Center B (Columbus Conv. Center) Committee on Sections Council on Meetings and Professional 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Nationwide A Development 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Nationwide B Membership Focus Group 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Nationwide A Council on Programs and Students 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Nationwide A Committee on Journals 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Eisenman (Columbus Conv. Center) Council of Publications 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Eisenman (Columbus Conv. Center) Council on Outreach 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Trott (Columbus Conv. Center)

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Committee Meetings (continued) Please Note: All room locations are in the Hyatt Regency Columbus Hotel, unless otherwise specified.

Saturday, August 6 IP Guide Working Meeting 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Champaign Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Nationwide A

Sunday, August 7 IP Guide Working Meeting, Part 2 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Champaign 2016

SIGMAA Activities

BIO SIGMAA: The SIGMAA on Mathematical and POM SIGMAA: The SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Computational Biology Mathematics Contributed Paper Session: Undergraduate Research Reception Activities in Mathematical and Computational Biology Thursday, August 4, 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Union B Saturday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Taft A This session is dedicated to aspects of undergraduate POM SIGMAA Guest Lecture research in mathematical and computational biology. First and foremost, this session would like to highlight research results Potential Infinity: A Modal Account of projects that either were conducted by undergraduates Thursday, August 4, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Union B or were collaborations between undergraduates and their Stewart Shapiro, Ohio State University faculty mentors. Of particular interest are those collaborations Beginning with Aristotle, almost every major philosopher and that involve students and faculty from both mathematics mathematician before the nineteenth century rejected the notion and biology. Secondly, as many institutions have started of the actual infinite. They all argued that the only sensible undergraduate research programs in this area, frequently with notion is that of potential infinity. The list includes some of the help of initial external funding, the session is interested in the greatest mathematical minds ever. Due to Georg Cantor’s the process and logistics of starting a program and maintaining influence, the situation is almost the opposite nowadays (with a program even after the initial funding expires. Important some intuitionists as notable exceptions). The received view is issues include faculty development and interdisciplinary that the notion of a merely potential infinity is dubious: it can collaboration, student preparation and selection, the structure only be understood if there is an actual infinity that underlies it. of research programs, the acquisition of resources to support After a sketch of some of the history, our aim to analyze the the program, and the subsequent achievements of students who notion of potential infinity, in modal terms, and to assess participate in undergraduate research in mathematical and its scientific merits. This leads to a number of more specific computational biology. questions. Perhaps the most pressing of these is whether the Timothy Comar, Benedictine University conception of potential infinity can be explicated in a way that is both interesting and substantially different from the now-dominant conception of actual infinity. One might suspect SIGMAA MCST: The SIGMAA on Math Circles for that, when metaphors and loose talk give way to precise Students and Teachers definitions, the apparent differences will evaporate. Contributed Paper Session: My Favorite Math Circle As we will explain, however, a number of differences still Problem remain. Some of the most interesting and surprising differences Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., Franklin C concern consequences that one’s conception of infinity has A math circle is an enrichment activity for K-12 students or for higher-order logic. Another important question concerns their teachers, which brings them into direct contact with the relation between potential infinity and mathematical mathematically sophisticated leaders, fostering a passion and intuitionism. We show that potential infinity is not inextricably excitement for deep mathematics in the participants. Math tied to intuitionistic logic. There are interesting explications circles combine significant discovery and excitement about of potential infinity that underwrite classical logic, while still mathematics through problem solving and exploration. Talks in differing in important ways from actual infinity. However, we this session will address a favorite problem or topic that was also find that on some more stringent explications, potential successful with a math circle audience. infinity does indeed lead to intuitionistic logic. (Joint work with Katherine Morrison, University of Northern Colorado Oystein Linnebo.) Philip Yasskin, Texas A&M University

Math Teacher’s Circle Demonstration Saturday, August 6, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Morrow

Math Wrangle Saturday, August 6, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Morrow

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SIGMAA QL: The SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy WEB SIGMAA Guest Lecture Panel Session: Quantitative Literacy at the Post- Accessibility and WeBWorK: Online Homework for Secondary Level: Future Directions in Research Everyone Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m., McKinley Friday, August 5, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Union A Geoff Goehle, Western Carolina University Abstract. This talk describes changes that developers SIGMAA TAHSM: The SiGMAA on Teaching implemented to make sure WeBWorK meets accessability Advanced High School Mathematics design standards, including support for keyboard navigation Business Meeting and Reception and screen readers. This is an ongoing project with three Friday, August 5, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Union B main components. The first is making sure that the WeBWorK interface is accessible. There has been a great deal of progress in this area and all of the WeBWorK pages visible WEB SIGMAA: The SIGMAA on Mathematics to students meet current standards. The second is making Instruction Using the WEB sure that mathematical expressions formatted by WeBWorK Reception are compatible with screen readers. There has been some Friday, August 5, 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Union A progress in this area using MathJax. The third component is making sure that individual WeBWorK problems are written with accessibility in mind. This is the most challenging of the three components, but also the component where individual instructors can have the biggest impact.

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Congratulations to our MAA members celebrating 25 or more years of membership. Please join your colleagues at the Closing Banquet on Saturday, August 6 at 6:00 p.m. Advance registration and ticket required to attend. Stop by Registration to sign up, if you have not already done so. Members celebrating 25 or 50 years will receive a special pin.

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Mark Bollman Annalisa Crannell Joe Yanik Wade Ellis Ruth Berger J. Lehman Mohan Tikoo James Conklin Kiran Kedlaya Susan Pustejovsky Susan Schwartz Wildstrom Fernando Gouvea Christopher Swanson Linda Van Niewaal Crystal Lorch Stephen Davis Afshin Ghoreishi John Wierman William Higgins Colm Mulcahy 31 Years John Wilson 26 Years Hortensia Soto Colin Adams Michael Woltermann Paul Coe Linda Becerra Martha Abell 29 Years Aparna Higgins 35 Years Jennifer Beineke Patrick Headley Edward Keppelmann James Freeman Clayton Brooks Aaron Montgomery John Mayer Michael Hvidsten Adam Coffman Colleen Vachuska Karen Saxe Nan Jackson Ockle Johnson Edward Aboufadel Ravi Vakil Judith McCrory Glen Lobo Jenna Carpenter Carol Schumacher Edmund Lamagna Michael Jones 32 Years Brian Shelburne Abraham Mantell Charles Lindsey Arthur Benjamin Robert Smith Sarah Mabrouk John Cade Tina Straley 27 Years Steven Schlicker David Dwyer Suzanne Doree Michael Dorff Richard Neidinger Julie Barnes 30 Years Therese Shelton 36 Years Timothy Comar James Beck Daniel Ullman G. Callon Sidney Graham Diane Briars Elizabeth Yanik Robert Devaney Colleen Livingston Terrence Bisson Theresa Rahikka Gregory Foley Robert Molina Dennis Collins John Frohliger David Manderscheid Pam Crawford 33 Years Bonnie Gold Jennifer Quinn Barbara D’Ambrosia George Norton Raymond Greenwell Virginia Watson Deanna Haunsperger Jay Schiffman Robert Megginson Robert Vallin Gary Raduns Peter Vachuska Gary Richter Stephen Bean Randy Schwartz Roman Wong Daniel Teague Daniel Hrozencik

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Byleen Kennedy KennethMolly S. O'Neill Pacholke ChrisAntony Christensen Chang WillJohn Hearst S. Haverhals Antony Chang John S. Haverhals Molly S. O'Neill MichaelKenneth and Pacholke Ellen Pearson RichardChris Christensen J. Cleary and Ann Trenk JohnWill Hearst P. Helm Kenneth Pacholke Chris Christensen Will Hearst LaurenceMichael and Penn Ellen and Pearson Jill Oberlander RichardAmy Cohen J. Cleary and Ann Trenk AparnaJohn P. W.Helm and Bill Higgins Michael and Ellen Pearson Richard J. Cleary and Ann Trenk John P. Helm WilliamLaurence G. PennPertusi and Jill Oberlander CarlAmy CowenCohen and Janice Wheater AparnaJoan Hutchinson W. and Bill and Higgins Stanley Wagon Laurence Penn and Jill Oberlander Amy Cohen Aparna W. and Bill Higgins Cowen NancyWilliam Ruth G. Pertusi Phillips Carl Cowen and Janice Wheater BenedictJoan Hutchinson A. and Susan and Stanley Itri Wagon Carl Cowen and Janice Wheater Joan Hutchinson and Stanley Wagon William G. Pertusi JoelCowen L. and Trudy B. 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Social Events

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 Undergraduate Student Activity Welcome to Columbus! Math Jeopardy Games Mathematicians Play The Columbus Convention and Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Hayes Visitors Bureau, Experience Wednesday, August 3, 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Union Christopher Swanson, Ashland Columbus, will have a staffed Station Ballroom A (Columbus Convention Center) University satellite desk available for MAA Answer: A fun undergraduate A combinatorial game is a game MathFest attendees in the Hyatt mathematics contest to lead off MAA between two opposing players who Regency Columbus Ballroom Foyer MathFest make alternate moves from some starting on the hotel’s third floor, during most position with each player having a finite registration hours. Stop by the desk Question: What is Mathematics number of moves available and knowing across from registration to pick up Jeopardy? all possible moves of both players. maps, local guides, Columbus touring Four teams of students will provide the Furthermore, moves are not determined ideas, make restaurant reservations, questions to go with the mathematical by chance and the game lasts at most a or ask for details about airport answers in many categories. All certain number of turns, with the result transportation options and local interested students in the audience being a win for one player or a draw. Tic- complimentary bus routes, to better can enter their names to be chosen to Tac-Toe and Chess are two well-known explore all the city has to offer to play on one of the four teams of four combinatorial games. In analyzing visitors! Experience Columbus has players. There will be prizes for all the combinatorial games, the basic question also provided a map and an updated participants. is who should win if two expert players listing of the latest downtown Come cheer for your favorite team. The play the game - the player who goes restaurants, by neighborhood, and session will be emceed by Michael Berry. first, the player who goes second, or a “VIP” coupon list with attraction Organizers: should the game end in a draw? In this and entertainment discounts, and student activity, audience members will CBUS brochures included in your Robert W. Vallin, Slippery Rock play a number of combinatorial games registration bags! University and try to determine the answer to this Michael W. Berry, University of Tennessee basic question. Get Ready for Chicago! THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 We look forward to seeing everyone Exhibit Hall & Grand Opening in Chicago for next year’s MAA Reception POM SIGMAA Reception MathFest, being held July 26-29 Wednesday, August 3, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 4, 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Union B 2017! Next year’s conference will Exhibit Hall / Battelle South be held at the Hilton Chicago Hotel, The MAA MathFest Grand Opening which overlooks Lake Michigan, Graduate Student Reception Reception will launch this year’s MAA Grant Park and the Museum Campus- MathFest on a high note. This event is Thursday, August 4, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., home of Shedd Aquarium, Field intended to draw attendees together Peppercorn Museum, and the Adler Planetarium. in a spirit of camaraderie. While Graduate students are invited for some Stop by the Hyatt Regency Columbus scientific sessions will still commence on refreshments and to meet several of the Ballroom Foyer, near the third floor Thursday, we warmly invite you to enjoy invited speakers. MAA MathFest registration, to pick complimentary light hors d’oeuvres while up a local guide provided by the you mix and mingle in the Exhibit Hall Organizer: Chicago Convention and Visitors with other registered participants and Estela A. Gavosto, University of Bureau, Choose Chicago, to start guests, sponsors, and exhibitors. Kansas preparing for your 2017 Chicago James Freeman, Cornell College visit. MAA-PME Student Reception NSA’s WIMS Networking Session Wednesday, August 3, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Union D Undergraduate students are invited to Thursday, August 4, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. come for refreshments and a welcome to Stop by NSA booth in the Exhibit Hall for MAA MathFest. more information.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 Estimathon! Strawberry Fields in ECM Mentoring Network Social Friday, August 5, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Taft A Columbus? They’re called Fermi problems... The Greater Columbus Convention Friday, August 5, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Peppercorn • How heavy is the Eiffel Tower? Center’s Strawberry Fields cart The Committee on Early Career Mathe- • How many prime numbers have distinct brings out the kid in all of us! Straw- maticians (ECM) will host its inaugural digits? berry Fields, and its owner Monica, mentoring network social from 5:30-7:30 • How many calories would you be have quickly become a guest pm in the Peppercorn Room, immediately eating if you had “one of everything” favorite at the Convention Center. following PosterFest on Friday, August 5th. at the Cheesecake Factory? Daily offerings include made to order The social is open to mentors and mentees If you’re looking for a mindbending mixture smoothies, frozen lemonade, fresh already in the MAA Mentoring Network, of math and trivia, look no further! Jane popped kettle corn, cotton candy, as well as all those interested in joining Street Capital presents The Estimathon roasted nuts and Bavarian pretzels. the Mentoring Network. Early-career contest: teams will have 30 minutes to Prices range from $4-$6 per item. mathematicians are especially encouraged work on 13 problems, ranging from totally Take advantage of the tables in to attend - refreshments will be provided trivial to positively Putnamesque. Can your the MAA MathFest Exhibit Hall in along with a cash bar. team beat the all-time best score?? The top Battelle South, accessible from the teams will receive prizes! third floor Hyatt Regency Columbus Organizer: As in past years, we will run 2 contests. Ballroom Foyer, near registration, Audrey Malagon, Virginia Wesleyan Feel free to show up to either one! and sit back and relax with fellow College (Please show up 15 minutes before the attendees to enjoy some favorite start time of the contest you want to join.) American snacks! Look for the color- Our target schedule is as follows: SIGMAA TAHSM Business ful Strawberry Fields cart between • 4:00 pm. Welcome, overview of rules Meeting and Reception 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM Thursday and scoring. and Friday in the Exhibit Hall. Friday, August 5, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Union B • 4:15 pm. Estimathon contest #1 • 5:00 pm. Estimathon contest #2 WEB SIGMAA Reception Meet Attendees and Organizer: Friday, August 5, 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Union A Exhibitors and Enjoy Andy Niedermaier, Jane Street Capital Breakfast, Coffee and Lunch WEB SIGMAA Guest Lecture in the Exhibit Hall Pi Mu Epsilon Banquet Plenty of seating is available in Accessibility and WeBWorK: Online the Battelle South Exhibit Hall, Homework for Everyone Friday, August 5, 6:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., Franklin which is accessible from the Hyatt Friday, August 5, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Union A All PME members and their supporters are Regency Columbus Ballroom Foyer, Geoff Goehle, Western Carolina welcome. See the registration form for on the third floor, during Hall hours. University more information on this ticketed event. Join other attendees’ tables and MAA Ice Cream Social For network, whenever taking breaks Undergraduates from education sessions, or stroll through the exhibitors’ booths and Friday, August 5, 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., McKinley discover all the Exhibit Hall has to Besides cake and ice cream, we will offer, including the MAA Pavilion. recognize all students who gave talks The Concession stand will be open in the MAA Student Paper Sessions, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with a award prizes for the best of them. All are variety of breakfast, snack and lunch invited. offerings available for sale, including fresh salads and sandwiches. Coffee breaks will also be available in the Exhibit Hall- please check our Exhibit pages for more details.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 Closing Banquet Reception Math Wrangle Saturday, August 6, 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Saturday, August 6, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Morrow Franklin Foyer Math Wrangle will pit teams of students Closing Banquet against each other, the clock, and a slate of great math problems. The format of Tom Lehrer Sing-along a Math Wrangle is designed to engage Saturday, August 6, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.,Franklin students in mathematical problem solving, promote effective teamwork, Master of Ceremonies provide a venue for oral presentations, Art Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College and develop critical listening skills. A Ezra Brown, Virginia Tech Math Wrangle incorporates elements After Dinner: Bud Brown (at the piano) of team sports and debate, with a dose and Art Benjamin will sing favorite songs of strategy tossed in for good measure. by mathematician/political satirist The intention of the Math Wrangle Tom Lehrer, including many that have a demonstration at MAA MathFest is to mathematical flavor to them, such as show how teachers, schools, circles, New Math, Lobachevsky, The Elements, and clubs can get students started in this and That’s Mathematics. Song lyrics will exciting combination of mathematical be projected and the audience will be problem solving with careful invited to sing along. argumentation via public speaking, strategy and rebuttal. See the registration form for more information on this ticketed event. Organizers: Ed Keppelmann, University of Nevada Paul Zeitz, University of San Francisco Mark Saul, American Math Competitions SIGMAA MCST Food and Beverage in the Exhibit Hall Battelle South Concession Stand (Breakfast, snacks and lunch for purchase) Thursday, August 4: 9:00 am-3:00 pm Friday, August 5: 9:00 am-3:00 pm Saturday, August 6: 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Strawberry Fields Cart (Snacks and smoothies for purchase) Thursday, August 4: 11:00 am-4:00 pm Friday, August 5: 11:00 am-4:00 pm

Coffee Breaks (Complimentary) Thursday, August 4: 10:00-10:30 am, 3:00-3:30 pm Friday, August 5: 10:00-10:30 am, 3:00-3:30 pm Saturday, August 6: 10:00-10:30 am

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Wednesday, August 3

Registration SOCIAL EVENT 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Regency Foyer Math Jeopardy 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Union Station Ballroom 1 (Columbus Conv. Ctr.) SOCIAL EVENT PME-MAA Student Reception SOCIAL EVENT 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Union D Exhibit Hall & Grand Opening Reception 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Battelle South

Thursday, August 4

Registration How I Spent My Summer Vacation or How to Plan 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Regency Foyer and Organize a Math Study Abroad 9:10 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. INVITED ADDRESS Pamela Peters, San Juan College MAA Invited Address Lisa Ruffier, San Juan College Mathematical Sense and Nonsense outside the Making Polynomials Fun for All via Classroom: How Well Are We Preparing Our Students Polynomiography to Tell the Difference? 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom Bahman Kalantari, Rutgers University Robert Megginson, University of Michigan Puzzles + Games = Analytical Thinking INVITED PAPER SESSION 9:50 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. Knot Theory, Part A Edmund Lamagna, University of Rhode Island

8:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m., Fairfield GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Turning Knots into Flowers: Petal Number and Geometry Related Problems 8:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., Union D 8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Colin Adams, Williams College Perturbing Isolated Points of Algebraic Space Curves Knot Mathematical Fiddlestix: An Introduction to 8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. Lattice Knots Adam Coffman, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Wayne Jennifer McLoud-Mann , University of Washington, Lebl, Oklahoma State University Bothell Jiří Deriving Formulas for the Perfect 19-Sided Problems Related to Spanning Surfaces of Knots Enneadecagon 9:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. 8:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. Cynthia Curtis, College of New Jersey Genghmun Eng, FFRDC Retired Scientist THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Geometry through Guided Inquiry TCPS 5. Inviting All Students to Do Mathematics -- 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Engaging Courses, Projects, & Activities for Liberal David M. Clark, SUNY New Paltz Arts Students, Part A Take a Ride on the Parallel Transport 8:30 a.m. - 10:05 a.m., Union B 9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Pascal, Rascals and Inquiry Jeff Johannes, SUNY Geneseo 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Deriving the Finite Geometry of Pappus from a Philip Hotchkiss, Westfield State University Simpler Set of Axioms Mathematics around Central Field-Trips 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. 8:50 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. Stephen Andrilli, La Salle University Brandy Wiegers, Central Washington University Defining the Energy of a Knot 9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Richard G. Ligo, University of Iowa

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Special Polynomials and Minimal Surfaces UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY 10:00 a.m - 10:10 a.m. MAA Student Paper Session #1 Peter Connor, Indiana University South Bend 8:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., Madison A Trisectrix from a Carpenter’s Square 10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. MAA Student Paper Session #2 David Richeson, Dickinson College 8:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., Fayette

GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION MAA Student Paper Session #3 Linear & Abstract Algebra 8:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., Clark 8:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., Union E A Useful Shortcut for Computing (Some) Matrix MAA Student Paper Session #4 Determinants and Inverses 8:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., Champaign 8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. Aaron M. Montgomery, Baldwin Wallace University MAA MathFest 2016 Exhibit Hall A Classification of Small Operators Using Graph Theory 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Battelle South 8:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. INVITED ADDRESS Jonathan Lopez, Canisius College AMS-MAA Joint Invited Address Terrence Bisson, Canisius College Understanding Geometry (and Arithmetic) through Matrix Differential Equations: Noncommutative Cutting and Pasting Variation of Parameters 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Ravi Vakil, Stanford University Andrew K. Greene, Manhattan College INVITED ADDRESS The Structure of a Polynomial Ring R[x] and Earle Raymond Hedrick Lecture Series R[x,sigma,delta] Relative to the Structure of R 9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Hedrick Lecture 1. The Group Law on Elliptic Curves Irawati Irawati, Institut Teknologi Bandung 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom Hendrik Lenstra, Universiteit Leiden When is a Polynomial Isomorphic to an Even Polynomial? OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSION 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. MAA Prize Session Chad Awtrey, Elon University James Beuerle, Elon University 11:35 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Regency Ballroom Michael Keenan, Elon University INVITED ADDRESS Density of a Normal Subgroup of the Invertibles in The Jean Bee Chan and Peter Stanek Lecture for Certain Multiplier Algebras Students 9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Zombies & Calculus: A Survival Guide Tracy Robin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Regency Ballroom Permutation Groups and Sliding Disk Puzzles Colin Adams, Williams College 10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. Lee Raney, University of North Alabama Pancake Worlds 10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Charles Buehrle, Franklin & Marshal College

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PANEL SESSION MINICOURSE Quantitative Literacy at the Post-Secondary Level: Minicourse 2. Visualizing Projective Geometry Future Directions in Research through Photographs and Perspective Drawings, Part A 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m., McKinley 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft B THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION TCPS 1. Fostering a Problem-Solving Culture for THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Students TCPS 10. Recreational Mathematics: Puzzles, Card Tricks, Games, Game Shows, and Gambling, Part A 1:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., Taft A 1:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Taft C Creating a Culture of Engagement 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Using Algebra to Solve Two Popular Puzzles That Heidi Hulsizer, Benedictine College Aren’t Sudoku 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Undergraduate Involvement in Problem Solving Stephen Adams, Cabrini University at Youngstown State University 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Locker Lotto George T. Yates, Youngstown State University 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Ying Zhou, Rhode Island College The Great Escape: Undergraduate Problem Solving Walter G. Gall, Rhode Island College for Freedom 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Mathematical Strategies for the Game of SET ® Elizabeth A. Peitz, University of Central Florida 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Anne Quinn, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Dead Poets Society 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. An Analysis of Sorry! Ron Taylor, Berry College 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Robert Vallin, Lamar Unviersity Gordon A. Swain, Ashland University Reflections on a Puzzle-Themed Scavenger Hunt Chutes and Ladderless 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Andrew Penland, Western Carolina University Darren Glass, Gettysburg College Jonathan Needleman, Le Moyne College Student Problem Solving at Math Club Meetings: Stephen Lucas, James Madison University You Don’t Have To Do It Alone 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Risk and War: Is A Good Offense the Best Defense? Julie Barnes, Western Carolina University 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Flavia Sancier-Barbosa, Antioch College Evolution of a Problem-Solving Culture: One Department’s Experience Strategic Placement in Ticket to Ride© 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. J. Lyn Miller, Slippery Rock University Kimberly Jordan Burch, Indiana University of Pennsylvania How to Create it, How to Solve it, and What to do Rachelle Bouchat, Indiana University of Pennsylvania with it: A Problem-Posing Primer Derek Hanely, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 3:20 pm. - 3:35 p.m. Mitchell Ponchione, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Greg Oman, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Aaron Werner, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Designing an Introductory Seminar to Encourage Problem Solving in Mathematics The Topology of Knight’s Tours on Surfaces 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Laurie Zack, High Point University Bradley Forrest, Stockton University Kara Teehan, Rutgers University What I Learned and What I Hope Students Learned from Running a Problem Solving Seminar Two-Player Games on Arithmetic Expressions, Graphs and Checkerboards 4:00 pm. - 4:15 p.m. Nicholas Long, Stephen F. Austin State University 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Sarang Aravamuthan, Tata Consultancy Services

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MINICOURSE The Check Is in the Mail Minicourse 4. Teaching the Lebesgue Integral to 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Undergraduates Mary Garner, Kennesaw State University 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft D Virginia Watson, Kennesaw State University Measuring Up: Perfect Rulers THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. TCPS 4. CAMP: Calculus Applied Mathematics Chris Bolognese Projects , Columbus Academy Raj Shah, Math Plus Academy 1:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Franklin A First Survey of National Association of Math Circles Travel Inspired Projects 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Diana White, University of Colorado Denver, NAMC Ellen Swanson, Centre College Brandy S. Wiegers, Central Washington University, NAMC The Calculus of New York City’s Subways 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Using Tools to Communicate in a Math Teachers’ Jared Warner, Guttman Community College Circle 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Complex, Technology-Based Problems in Calculus Sandra Richardson, National Science Foundation Equations 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Making Infinitely Many Mistakes Deliberately -- Brian Winkel, Emeritus of US Military Academy, West Iteration Point NY and Director of SIMIODE 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Robert Sachs, George Mason University Using Group Projects to Extend Coverage 2:00 p.m - 2:15 p.m. Fractals: Theory, Application- and Business Cards? Stepan Paul, University of California Santa Barbara 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Douglas B. Meade, University of South Carolina Cookies and Cars in Calculus 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Stimulating Math Curriculum for Students from Stacy Hoehn, Franklin College Challenging Socio-Economic Backgrounds 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Calculus in Clinical Medicine: Using the Campus Alessandra Pantano, University of California, Irvine Simulation Center to Motivate and Apply Calculus 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Visualize the Two Conjugate Complex Roots for Melissa Stoner, Salisbury University Quadratic Equations 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Removing Distortion in Star Images with Calculus Li Feng, Albany State University 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Janis T. Carthon, Albany State University Christina Selby, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Courtney L. Brown, Albany State University Gravity with First Year Calculus Projective Geometry Hidden Inside: Can You Spot It? 3:20 pm. - 3:35 p.m. 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Jerry D. Schermerhorn, Owens Community College Thomas Clark, Dordt College The “Force” of Interest The Mathematics of Shidoku 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. 4:20 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. Victor Piercey, Ferris State University Crystal Lorch, Ball State University John Lorch, Ball State University THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION TCPS 6. My Favorite Math Circle Problem Pirate Zombie Math 1:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., Franklin C 4:40 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Angie Hodge, University of Nebraska Omaha Tiling with Pentagons 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Judith Covington, LSU Shreveport

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Discussion Gödel Metric & the Penrose Interpretation of 4:55 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Gravitizing Quantum Mechanics Diana White, NAMC 1:45 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Brianna Donaldson, AIM Patrick M. Lank, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Toward Generalized Gravity TCPS 9. Novel Introductions to Non-Euclidean 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Geometry Dennis G. Collins UPR-Mayaguez 1:00 p.m. - 2:55 p.m., Union A Investigations in Star Formation: A Model to Consider in a First Course in Partial Differential Bending Students’ Intuition Equations 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Thomas Q. Sibley, St. John’s University, College of St. Lisa Holden, Northern Kentucky University Benedict Project Based Learning via Density Functional Concrete Conics and Pencils in Projective Geometry Theory 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. 2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Michael Hvidsten, Gustavus Adolphus College Barry C. Husowitz, Wentworth Institute of Technology Explorations Using Cinderella An Optimal Domain Decomposition Algorithm for 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Non-symmetric Problem Ruth I. Berger, Luther College 2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Lopamudra Chakravarty, Kent State University Introducing Spacetime Geometry: Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper Nonoscillatory Solutions of Two Dimensional 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Delay Roberto Salgado, University of Wisconsin La Crosse 3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Ozkan Ozturk, Missouri University of Science and Discussion Technology 2:20 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Elvan Akin, Missouri University of Science and Technology WORKSHOP What’s the Story? A Graduate Student Workshop “You’ve Never Heard of the Millennium Falcon?”: on Formulating a Research Presentation for a Steering Han Solo’s Spacecraft Using Chaos Control General Audience 3:15 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Matthew A. Morena, Young Harris College 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m., Union C Improved Laplace Decomposition Method For GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Solving Nonlinear Initial Value Problems Applied Mathematics 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m., Union D Johnson A. Osilaguin, University of Lagos Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Considering the Circular Cascade Anaesthetic-Induced Neural Oscillations 3:45 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Denver Stahl, Washington & Jefferson College Israel Ncube, Alabama A&M University An Immersed Interface Flux Recovery Method for A Spatial Model for the Conservation of Parabolic Equations Sheepshead (Archosargus Probatocephalus) 4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. 1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Champike Attanayake, Miami University Leslie Jones, University of Tampa Constructing a Solution for the Dynamic Bridgette Froeschke, University of Tampa Programming Equation Unified, Simpler and Time Saving Solution of a 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Polar Vector Equation by the Method of Vector Jesus A. Pascal, American University of Afghanistan Rotation 1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Narasimha S. Malladi, Malladi Academy

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SIMIODE A Community for Teaching Modeling First Introducing MYMathApps Calculus Differential Equations 3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. 4:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Philip B. Yasskin, Texas A&M University Brian Winkel, Emeritus of US Military Academy, West Point NY and Director of SIMIODE Calculus with Ximera: Building an Open-Source Interactive Calculus Textbook with LaTeX An Exact Solution for the Cubic-Quintic Duffing 3:15 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Oscillator Bart Snapp, The Ohio State University 4:45 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. William R. Fuller, Ohio Northern University Using SageMathCloud Worksheets to Facilitate Nathan Knodel, Ohio Northern University Computational Thinking and Collaboration in Calculus GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Teaching Calculus James Quinlan, University of New England 1:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m., Union E Newton’s Square Roots of Power Series Functions 3:45 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Implementing Pre-Class Readings in Calculus Lee N. Collins, County College of Morris 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Houssein El Turkey, University of New Haven The Attitudes of Students in Calculus of Life Science Salam Turki, Rhode Island College Toward Mathematics in Their Careers 4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Reviewing Precalculus in Calculus: Integrated vs. Yanping Ma, Loyola Marymount University Beginning of Course Christina Eubanks-Turner, Loyola Marymount University 1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Kimberly Roth, Juniata College Preparing Future Faculty to Teach Mathematics Henry Escuadro, Juniata College Meaningfully 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Flipping the Calculus Course (Not the Class!) Stacy Musgrave, California State Polytechnic University, 1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Pomona Robert Rogers, SUNY Fredonia Marilyn P. Carlson, Arizona State University Eugene Boman, Penn State - Harrisburg A New Application of the Markowitz Optimal Flipping the Calculus Classroom - Blended Learning Portfolio Theory and Its Efficient Frontier as an Instructional Approach 4:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. 1:45 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Gregory V. Bard, University of Wisconsin - Stout Kara Teehan, Rutgers University Cross Countries Comparison of the Calculus Going Deeper: An Interactive Approach to Studying Education for STEM, Students Calculus (or Other Math) 4:45 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Serge Yaskolko, South University Karen McCready, King’s College Genady Ya Gabarnik, St. John’s University Luiza Kim-Tyan, MIS&S Faculty Chair 2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. INVITED PAPER SESSION Louis Freese, DeVry University Knot Theory, Part B Highlighting Mindset and Self-Regulation in 2:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m., Fairfield Calculus 2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Rope Magic and Topology Rachel Weir, Allegheny College 2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Louis Kauffman, University of Illinois, Chicago A Course Innovation Initiative Proposal for Our Calculus I Accessible Problems for Undergraduates in Knot 2:45 pm. - 2:55 p.m. Coloring Linda Becerra, University of Houston - Downtown 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Candice Price, Sam Houston State University

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Computer Algorithms for Counting Knot Mosaics PME Student Paper Session #3 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Morrow Lew Ludwig, Denison University PANEL SESSION Gamifying Knot Theory Active Learning Approaches in Mathematics 3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Instruction: Practice and Assessment Symposium Jennifer Townsend, Bellevue College Thursday, August 4, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Hayes Unknotting Knots 4:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. PANEL SESSION Allison Henrich, Seattle University How to Apply for jobs in Academia and Industry after Your PhD INVITED PAPER SESSION The Mathematics of Games Thursday, August 4, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., McKinley 2:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m., Harrison WORKSHOP Teaching an Introduction to the Mathematics of Recent Advances in Game Design Computer Graphics 2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. David Pettey, Susquehanna International Group Thursday, August 4, 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Union C

Solving Poker-Like Games MAA Section Officers Meeting 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Bill Chen, Susquehanna International Group Thursday, August 4, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Franklin B Richman Games MINICOURSE 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Minicourse 3. Teaching Linear Algebra: Learning Daniel Loeb, Susquehanna International Group Concepts Often Difficult to Understand, Part A Misère Russian Roulette (with Multiple Revolvers) 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft B 3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. MINICOURSE Michael Catalano-Johnson, Susquehanna International Group Minicourse 5. Teaching Modeling First Differential Equations - Building Community in SIMIODE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft D MAA Student Paper Session #5 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Madison UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY MAA Student Paper Session #9 MAA Student Paper Session #6 4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Madison 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Fayette MAA Student Paper Session #10 MAA Student Paper Session #7 4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Fayette 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Clark MAA Student Paper Session #11 MAA Student Paper Session #8 4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Clark 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Champaign MAA Student Paper Session #12 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY 4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Champaign PME Student Paper Session #1 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Knox UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY PME Student Paper Session #4 PME Student Paper Session #2 4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Knox 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Marion PME Student Paper Session #5 4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Marion

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PME Student Paper Session #6 SIGMAA ACTIVITY 4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Morrow POM SIGMAA Reception 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Union B PANEL SESSION Education and Science Policy POM SIGMAA Guest Lecture 4:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Hayes Potential Infinity: A Modal Account 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Union B GRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY Stewart Shapiro, Ohio State University Speed Interviewing Marathon for Students 4:10 p.m. - 5:25 p.m., McKinley SOCIAL EVENT Graduate Student Reception WORKSHOP 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Peppercorn The Hungarian Approach, Its Emphasis on Problem Solving, and Implications for Secondary Classrooms 4:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Union C

Friday, August 5

Registration GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Regency Foyer Teaching Introductory Level Mathematics and Assessment INVITED ADDRESS 8:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m., Union D AWM-MAA Etta Z. Falconer Lecture A Freshman Transition Program Experience Harmonic Analysis and Additive Combinatorics on Fractals 8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom Mary B. Walkins, The Community College of Baltimore County Izabella Laba, University of British Columbia Strategies to Energize a Developmental THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Mathematics Class TCPS 5. Inviting All Students to Do Mathematics -- 8:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. Engaging Courses, Projects, & Activities for Liberal Gowribalan A. Vamadeva, University of Cincinnati Arts Students, Part B Learning Without Lectures: A Tablet-Based 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m., Union C Approach to Developmental mathematics Bringing the Arts into a Liberal Arts Math Course 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Kenneth A. Parker, NYC College of Technology Angela Brown, Sul Ross State University The Effects of Calculator Use: Research from Psychology and Education Puzzles and Paradoxes: Engaging the Interests of Both the Willing and the Reluctant 9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. 8:50 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. Sunil Chetty, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s Douglas Shier, Clemson University University Marilyn Reba, Clemson University The Development and Promotion of Constructivist- Learning Environment to Facilitate Learning Design Mathematics Without Calculations - It’s a Beautiful Thing! on Learners with Learning Barriers in Mathematics 9:10 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Jason Molitierno, Sacred Heart University Najeem Lateef, University of South Africa Projects for Poets 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Margaret Boman, Harrisburg Area Community College- Lebanon Campus

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Productive Failure in the Modern College Algebra Trees for Values of the Span and Icaps for L(2, 1) - Classroom Colorings 9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. 8:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. Ben Vanderlinden, Grand Canyon University William Higgins, Wittenberg University Filippo Posta, Grand Canyon University Aparna Higgins, University of Dayton Karrolyne Fogel, California Lutheran University Instructional Games in Teaching Algebra among John Villalpando, California Lutheran University High School Students: Basis for Instructional Intervention Vesta Coufal, Gonzaga University 10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. Robert Ray, Gonzaga University Jhemson C. Elis, Department of Education Kathie Yerion, Gonzaga University Elizabeth M. Ebora, Department of Education Counting Euler Circuits Aurea P. Ocon, Department fo Education 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Teresita L. Culla, Department of Education Natacha Fonts-Merz, Westminster College A Reward System for General Education Math Snake’s Path Quilts and Graph Theory Courses 9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. 10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Mary Shepherd, Northwest Missouri State University Jesse Prince-Lubawy, University of North Alabama Contact Graphs for Packings of Convex Bodies Ohio Mathematics Initiative: Re-thinking Post- Secondary Mathematics 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Muhammad A. Khan, University of Calgary 10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Michelle L. Younker, Owens Community College Who Is Really In Charge? Connecting Graph and Network Theory to Analyzing Social Networks An Assessment Study across Multi-Sections of ‘Large’ College Algebra Classrooms and a ‘Small’ 9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. College Algebra Classroom: A Preliminary Report Donna Beers, Simmons College 10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. Mary Goodloe, Belmont University Perry Y. Lee, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Maurino Bautista, Rochester Institute of Technology Padraig McLoughlin, Kutztown University of Exploring the Fibonacci Word Pennsylvania 10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. WeBWorK Open Problem Library Jeffrey Clark, Elon University 11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Signed Path Matrices and Oriented Hypergraphic John Jones, Arizona State University Generalizations Jeff Holt, University of Virginia 10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Guided Post Assessment Reflection for Student Amber Lu, Texas Academy of Math and Science Success David Xiang, Westwood High School 11:15 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. Eric Li, Clements High School Rachel Frankel, UC Blue Ash College Improved Percolation Threshold Bounds for Grading on a Tablet: Solutions, Experiences, and Archimedean Lattices Unintended Pedagogical Benefits 10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. John C. Wierman, John Hopkins University Steven M. McKay, Brigham Young University Math and Music of Recuerdos De La Alhambra 10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Duk-Hyung Lee, Asbury University Graph Theory and Other Topics 8:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m., Union E Musical Applications of Generalized Fibonnacci Polynomials Digit Sums on Vertex-Weighted Graphs 11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. 8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. Kurt Ludwick, Salisbury University Ji Young Choi, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Reaping the Benefits of Technology without the Frustration 11:15 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. David Calvis, Baldwin Wallace University

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Should We Prepare Students for Our Tests or for INVITED ADDRESS the Workforce?: Evaluating Long-Term Retention in NAM David Harold Blackwell Lecture Introductory Statistics Urban Analytics: The Case for Smart Parking 11:30 am- 11:40am 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Regency Ballroom Michael Posner, Villanova University Robert Hampshire, University of Michigan Meghan Buckley, Villanova University UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY Games Mathematicians Play MAA Student Paper Session #13 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Hayes 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Madison INVITED PAPER SESSION MAA Student Paper Session #14 Mathematics and Magic 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Fayette 1:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Fairfield

MAA Student Paper Session #15 Tricks You Can Count On 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Clark Irl Bivens, Davidson College

MAA Student Paper Session #16 Shuffling Cards and Binary Numbers 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., Champaign Steve Butler, Iowa State University UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY More Card Effects from the Perfect Shuffle PME Student Paper Session #7 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Knox Doug Ensley, Shippensburg University Dunninger Meets DeBruijn PME Student Paper Session #8 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Marion Ron Graham, University of California, San Diego Telepathy or Tele-mathy-y? PME Student Paper Session #9 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Morrow John Harris, Furman University Tricks with SET ® Exhibit Hall 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Battelle South Liz McMahon and Hannah Gordon, Lafayette College

INVITED ADDRESS Fitch Cheney’s 5 Card Trick for Values of 5 Less Than 5 Earl Raymond Hedrick Lecture Series 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College Hedrick Lecture 2. The Combinatorial Nullstellensatz 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom This is Knot a Trick! Hendrik Lenstra, Universiteit Leiden 3:20 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Allison Henrich, Seattle University INVITED ADDRESS MAA Invited Address Stretching Your Mind with Topological Mime Magical Mathematics 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m Tim and Tanya Chartier, Davidson College 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom Arthur Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College INVITED PAPER SESSION Mathematics and the Life Sciences at MBI PANEL SESSION Reenergizing Your Career at All Stages 1:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m., Harrison 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m., McKinley Why We Sleep: Math Sheds New Light on Personal Energy Conservation 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m Janet Best, The Ohio State University 54 Columbus, OH | August 3–6, 2016 #MAAthFest Chronological Schedule 2016

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Dynamical Systems and Emergent Properties of Cell Waiting for a Sequence in Roulette Networks 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Robert W. Vallin, Lamar University Richard L. Buckalew, Mathematical Biosciences Institute Penny Keno and Integer Programming Singled Out: Using Single-Cell Data to Identify 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Signaling Trends in Leukemia Mark Bollman, Albion College 2:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Reginald L. McGee, Mathematical Biosciences Institute Arbitrarily Unfair Card Decks and a Conjecture of Artin An Insight to Viral Assembly through Normal Model 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Analysis Jeff Rosoff, Gustavus Adolphus College 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Farrah Sadre-Marandi, Mathematical Biosciences A Fair-Bold Gambling Function is Simply Singular Institute 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Richard D. Neidinger, Davidson College Binocular Rivalry and Symmetry Breaking 3:40 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. MINICOURSE Marty Golubitsky, Mathematical Biosciences Institute Minicourse 4. Teaching the Lebesgue Integral to Undergraduates, Part B MINICOURSE Minicourse 2. Visualizing Projective Geometry 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft D through Photographs and Perspective Design, Part B THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft B TCPS 5. Inviting All Students to Do Mathematics -- Engaging Courses, Projects, & Activities for Liberal THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Arts Students, Part C TCPS 10. Recreational Mathematics: Puzzles, Card Tricks, Games, Gambling and Sports, Part B 1:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Union C 1:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., Taft C Using the History of Mathematics to Invigorate Honors Calculus Winning a Football Pool is Harder Than You Thought 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Dan Kemp, South Dakota State University John Bonomo, Westminster College A Course on the Mathematics of the Pre-Columbian Goals in Context: An Analysis of Iowa Conference Americas Goal Scorers 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Ximena Catepillan, Millersville University of Russell E. Goodman, Central College Pennsylvania Non-transitive Swim Meets Grounding Calculus Learning in the History of 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Mathematics Paul Fonstad, Franklin College 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Justin Armbruster, Franklin College Aaron Trocki, Elon University Sequences Related to Bounded Juggling Integration of Faith and Learning in the 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Mathematics Curriculum Jon Stadler, Capital University 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Filippo Posta, Grand Canyon University What’s Up with Countdown? Ben Vanderlinden, Grand Canyon University 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Ryan Fox, Belmont University Mathematics in Ministry 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. The Probability of Joining the Monopoly Jacqueline Brannon Giles, CC Central College/Teas Millionaires’ Club Southern University/S.H.A.P.E. Community Center 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Anthony DeLegge, Benedictine University

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Divination: Using Excel to Explore Revitalizing College Algebra and Pre-Calculus Ethnomathematics through Curricular Collaboration and Team Teaching 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. with Partner Disciplines in a Liberal Education Osman Yurekli, Ithaca College Program Cristina Gomez, Ithaca College 6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Lorraine F. Dame, University of Minnesota Rochester Teaching Proofs to Gen Ed-Lib Arts Learners— Aminul Huq, University of Minnesota Rochester Leapfrogging Basic Skills Deficits While Building Bijaya Aryal, University of Minnesota Rochester Learner Self-Confidence Xavier Prat-Resina, University of Minnesota Rochester 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. G. Gerard Wojnar, Frostburg State University THEME CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Math as a Creative Art: Reflections on an Honors TCPS 7. Encouraging Early Career Teaching Proofs Class for Liberal Arts Majors Innovation, Part A 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m., Union A Pat Devlin, Rutgers University Nora Devlin, Rutgers University Teaching Tips and Tricks I Wish I Knew 25 Years Ago! Graph Theory: Non-Quantitative Mathematics for 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Liberal Arts Students Magdalena Luca, MCPHS University 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Jonathan Hulgan, Oxford College of Emory University Preludes: A Question-Based Approach to Linear Algebra Quantitative Literacy at Michigan State University: 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Present Successes and Challenges Sarah Wolff, Denison University 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Samuel Luke Tunstall, Michigan State University Posing Problems Using the “What-if-not” Strategy in a Geometry Class Richard Edwards, Michigan State University Jeff Craig, Michigan State University 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Roger Wolbert Andy Krause, Michigan State University , University at Buffalo and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Vince Melfi, Michigan State University A Flipped College Geometry Course Building Quantitative Reasoning Through Interdisciplinary Theme-Based First-Year Courses 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. 4:20 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. Ashley Johnson, University of North Alabama Rebecca Walker, Guttman Community College Easy Innovations in Real Analysis Introducing Fermi Problems and the Art of 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Reckoning to Liberal Arts Students Donna Flint, South Dakota State University 4:40 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Teacching Students to Read Their Textbook Alexander Atwood, Suffolk County Community College 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Innovations in a Liberal Arts Probability Course Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, Lamar University 5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Improving Proof-Writing with Reading Guides Michael Weingart, Rutgers University 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Introductory Statistics - Group Project in a Large Michael Janssen, Dordt College Class Writing Assignments for Math Courses 5:20 p.m. - 5:35 p.m. 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Catherine A. Robinson, University of Rhode Island Maria Fung, Worcester State University The Impact of Academic Presentations on Students Understanding of Mathematical Concepts in It’s the Little Things that Matter: Assignments that General Education Mathematics Go Somewhere 5:40 p.m. - 5:55 p.m. 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Hope Essien, Malcolm X College (City Colleges of Nicholas Long, Stephen F. Austin State University Chicago)

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Foster Student Understanding with Formal Test Mastery Grading in Calculus Corrections 3:40 pm - 3:55 pm 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. John E. Foster, Walla Walla University Kristin Lassonde, Klamath Community College Comparing Mastery-Based and Traditional Effective Techniques to Get Students Engaged Assessment in Calculus II Courses 4:20 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. 4:00pm - 4:15pm Caroline Maher-Boulis, Lee University Amanda Harsy, Lewis University Techniquest for Fostering Community, Engagement, A Journey Towards Specifications Grading and Inquiry in Lower Level Classes 4:20 PM- 4:35 PM 4:40 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Derek Thompson, Taylor University Christopher T. Sass, Young Harris College GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Teaching Introductory Level Mathematics TCPS 08-Formative Assessment Techniques for 1:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m., Union D Undergraduate Math Courses, Part A Relationship between Students’ Success and Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m.- 4:35 p.m., Union B Students’ Academic Backgrounds in Developmental Mathematics Formative Assessment in the new STEM Prep Pathway 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. 1:00 pm- 1:15pm Seongchun Kwon, Missouri State University - West Plains Frank Savina, The Charles A Dana Center, University of Minhui Paik, University of Toledo Texas at Austin Redesigning an Intermediate Algebra Course using Stuart Boersma, Central Washington University Active Learning Techniques Rebecca Hartzler, Seattle Central College 1:15 p.m. - 1:25 pm. A Formative Assessment Approach to Teaching Mary Wagner-Krankel, St. Mary’s University Integration Techniques Active Learning TACTivities for College Algebra 1:20 pm - 1:35 pm 1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University Gary A. Olson, University of Colorado Denver Preparation Assignments and Student Success Inquiry-Based Learning Through Blogs 1:40 pm - 1:55 pm 1:45 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Jeanette Mokry, Dominican University Forest Fisher, Guttman Community College, CUNY Using Oral Exams to Reinforce Calculus Concepts First-year Students and Online Math Courses: A 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Dangerous Mix Timothy Boester, Wright State University 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 pm. J. Andrew George, Penn State Erie Oral Reviews:Formative Assessment that Results in Improved Grades, Understanding and Retention Using MyMathLab for Teaching Undergraduate 2:20 pm - 2:35 pm Mathematics Courses Mary Nelson, George Mason University 2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Bariaa Shatila, Flagler College Re-Think and Re-Do: A Learning Opportunity 2:40 pm - 2:55 pm Using Reflective Writing to Improve Students’ Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State University Attitudes toward Mathematics 2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Mastery-Based Assessment: An Implementation Emily Gismervig, University of Washington Bothell with Reflective Writing 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Embedded Tutors in First Year General Education Anil Venkatesh, Ferris State University Mathematics Classes 2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Mastery-Based Exams Are Self-Evidently Better Grace E. Cook, Bloomfield College Than Traditional Exams 3:20 pm - 3:35 pm Austin Mohr, Nebraska Wesleyan University

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Using Blanks in Guided Lecture Notes: Do They An Argument for Broadening the Definition of Enhance Learning? Undergraduate Research in Mathematics To Include 3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Authentic Inquiry-Based Endeavours Karen F. Smith, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash 1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Padraig McLoughlin, Kutztown University of Radically Inclusive Mathematics Classrooms Pennsylvania 3:15 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Darryl Yong, Harvey Mudd College Teaching Mathematical Writing in an Upper-Level Elective Career and Technical Content in High School 1:45 p.m - 1:55 p.m. Mathematics (CATCH Math) Laura K. Gross, Bridgewater State University 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Caroline Maher-Boulis, Lee University The Role of Proof in Teaching and Learning Mathematics Jeneva Moseley, Lee University Jason Robinson, Lee University 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. David Easdown, University of Sydney Benefits of Encouraging Student Exploration of Word Problems before Formally Presenting the Teaching Real Analysis: Logical vs. Chrono-logical Relevant Algorithms Approach 3:45 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. 2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Luke Smith, Auburn University at Montgomery Eugene Boman, Penn State, Harrisburg Campus Robert Rogers, SUNY, Fredonia Tying Math to Art with the Fibonacci Sequence 4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. An Extension of the Lusin-Privalov Radial Uniqueness Theorem Doug Titchenal, The Ohio State University 2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Making Sense of Finite Mathematics Using Cartoons Michael C. Fulkerson, University of Central Oklahoma 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Beyond the Cauchy Sequences Janet St. Clair, Alabama State University 2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Teaching and Assessing Pre-Engineering Students at Huseyin Cakalli, Maltepe University a Non-Residential Institution 4:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Hybrid Iterative Sequences of Jungck-type and Common Fixed Point Theorems Chris Oehrlein, Oklahoma City Community College 3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. System Thinking Multidisciplinary Causal Hudson Akewe, University of Lagos Modeling Exercices for a Better Understanding of Interdependencies Effects on Multi-criteria Higher Order Multiplicative Contraction Principle Problems for Self-Maps 4:45 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. 3:15 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Miquel A. Piera, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Clement B. Ampadu, Boston, MA

GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Fractional Numberov’s Type Methods for Two Dimensional Space-Time Fractional Differential Teaching Advanced Level Mathematics Equations 1:00 p.m. - 5:10 p.m., Union E 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Toheeb A. Biala, Sule Lamido University Running an Online Mathematics Graduate Program 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Teaching Applied and Bio-Statistics with R Package Chad Wiley, Emporia State University 3:45 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Leon Kaganovskiy, Touro College Brooklyn Campus The Master’s Degree: The Forgotten Middle Child of College Mathematics Education Slopes: An Interactive App for Exploring 1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Differential Equations Patricia S. Costello, Eastern Kentucky University 4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Lisa W. Kay, Eastern Kentucky University Timothy Lucas, Pepperdine University Shane P. Redmond, Eastern Kentucky University

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A Combinatorial Proof for the Rank-Unimodality of MINICOURSE Poset Order Ideals Minicourse 1. Creating a Purposeful Student 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Learning Experience, Part A Kevin Rao, Texas Mathworks 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft B Hans Li, Texas Mathworks William Liu, Texas Mathworks MINICOURSE Taking Abstract Algebra O.E.R. Minicourse 6. Teaching Introductory Statistics with Simulation-Based Inference, Part A 4:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Emma Wright, Plymouth State University 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft D

Alternative Assessment in a Cryptography Course GRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY 4:45 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. PosterFest 2016 Lindsey Bosko-Dunbar, Spring Hill College 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Exhibit Hall Green’s Functions of Fractional Boundary Value Problems OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSION 5:00 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. Town Hall Meeting Jeffrey T. Neugebauer, Eastern Kentucky University Revising Guidelines on the Recruitment, Retention, Development, and Evaluation of Faculty UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY 4:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., McKinley MAA Student Paper Session #17 2:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., Madison SIGMAA ACTIVITY WEB SIGMAA Reception UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Union A PME Student Paper Session #10 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m., Knox SIGMAA ACTIVITY SIGMAA TAHSM Business Meeting and Reception PME Student Paper Session #11 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Union B 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m., Marion ECM Mentoring Network Social OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSION 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Peppercorn Alder Award Session 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Hayes Pi Mu Epsilon J. Sutherland Frame Lecture Do You: How Mathematics + Mentoring + Passion = Opportunities Combinatorics - The Mathematics That Counts 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 8:50 p.m., Regency Ballroom Dandrielle Lewis, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Robin Wilson, Open University Two Human Faces of Mathematics: Students and Medicine 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. SIGMAA ACTIVITY Jana Gevertz, College of New Jersey WEB SIGMAA Guest Lecture Modeling Across the Curriculum Accessibility and WeBWork: Online Homework for 3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Everyone Benjamin Galluzzo, Shippensburg University 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Union A Geoff Goehle, Western Carolina University PANEL SESSION Non-Academic Mathematical Career Paths for SOCIAL EVENT Undergraduates Pi Mu Epsilon Banquet 2:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m., McKinley 6:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., Franklin

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY Estimathon! MAA Ice Cream Social for Undergraduates 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Taft A 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., McKinley

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Saturday, August 6

Registration Patterns, Primes and Number Tricks Associated with 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Regency Foyer the Jacobsthal Sequence 10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. MAA INVITED ADRESS Jay L. Schiffman, Rowan University James R.C. Leitzel Lecture A Digital Binomial Theorem for Sheffer Sequences Inquiry, Encouragement, Home Cooking (And Other 11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Boundary Value Problems) Toufik Mansour, University of Haifa 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom Hieu Nguyen, Rowan University Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College Seeding Polynomials for Congruences Modulo GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Prime Powers Number Theory 11:15 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. Larry Lehman, University of Mary Washington 8:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m., Union D Monthly Problem 3173, Sam Beatty, and 1/p+1/q =1 Finding Unique Coverings for Rings of Integers 8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. Aaron J. Blodgett, The University of Findlay Ezra Brown, Virginia Tech Level Compatibility in the Passage from Modular Symbols to Cup Products GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 8:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. History of Mathematics Ronnie S. Williams, University of Central Oklahoma 8:30 AM - 11:40 AM, Union E Exploring the Characteristics of Modulo One Euclid’s Elements and the Beginning of Modern Science Sequences. 8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Tim Clayton, Lincoln Memorial University Yasanthi Kottegoda, University of New Haven Pioneering Women in Mathematics in Ireland Prime Graphs and Generalized Euler Phi functions 8:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. 9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College Michael Brilleslyper, U. S. Air Force Academy The Central Role of Centers of Gravity in Early Generating Near-Isosceles Primitive Pythagorean Modern Mathematics Triples Using Pell-Type Sequences 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Andrew Leahy, Knox College Frederick Chichester, New Jersey Microsystems Did Alan Turing Come to My College? A Mystery. Areas of Generalized Fibonacci Polygons 9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. 9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Douglas Daniel, Presbyterian College Jeremiah Bartz, University of North Dakota Agnesi’s Geometric Interpretation of the Solutions Beautiful Integer Patterns: Version 2.0 of Quadratic Equations 10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Charlie Smith, Park University Antonella Cupillari, Penn State Erie - The Behrend Counting Hyper M-ary partitions College 10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Ibn Al-Ha’im’s 1402 poem, Al Mknifi’l-jabrwa’l- Timothy B. Flowers, Indiana University of Pennsylvania muqabala, OnAlgebraic Operations Shannon R. Lockard, Bridgewater State University 9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Ishraq Al-Awamleh, New Mexico State University Exploring Triangular Numbers 10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Viete Meets the Challenge! James Carpenter, Iona College 10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. Andy Martin, Kentucky State University

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The Trend Away from Euclid: A Glimpse Through the Quick and Easy Random Groups Looking Glass 10:10 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. 10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Justin Dunmyre, Frostburg State University Meredith G. Anderson, Adams State University Using Microsoft OneNote for Lesson Plans Learning Elementary Math Logic from Gorgias 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Michelle Cordler, Wheeling Jesuit University Ann C. L. von Mehren, University of Houston Knowing our Students The Equations and Theories of Heat Motion by 10:50 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. Fourier and Poisson Roberto C. Soto, California State University, Fullerton 10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. Shigeru Masuda, Ex. Long Term Researcher of RIMS, Me and My Shadow: Teaching Students about Kyoto University Pedagogy 11:10 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. A Volume Optimization by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tusi Brian Katz, Augustana College 11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Randy K. Schwartz, Schoolcraft College Using Video to Prompt Reflection in Mathematics Courses for Prospective Elementary Teachers Nepohualtzintzin: A Closer Look 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. Erin Moss, Millersville University of Pennsylvania Chuck Lindsey, Florida Gulf Coast University INVITED ADDRESS Emmy Noether’s Ideal Theory MAA Invited Address 11:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. Immersion in Mathematics via Digital Art Phil Blau, Shawnee State University 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY Judy Holdener, Kenyon College MAA Mathematical Competition in Modeling (MCM) Winners OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSION MAA Business Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m., McKinley 11:35 a.m. - 11:55 a.m., Hayes

Exhibit Hall OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSION 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Battelle South Special Presentation for High School Students, Parents, and Teachers: The Astounding

INVITED ADDRESS Mathematics of Bicycle Tracks Earle Raymond Hedrick Lecture Series 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m., Hayes Hedrick Lecture 3. Profinite Number Theory James Tanton, MAA 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m., Regency Ballroom INVITED PAPER SESSION Hendrik Lenstra, Universiteit Leiden Numbers Geometries and Games: A Centenarian THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION of Mathematics TCPS 7. Encouraging Early Career Teaching 1:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m., Fairfield Innovation, Part B Sums of Unit Fractions 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Union A 1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. At the Bell: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Ron Graham, University of California San Diego Entrance Quizzes Products of Farey Fractions 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. 1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Suzanne I. Dorée, Augsburg College, Minneapolis Jeffrey Lagarias, University of Michigan Authentic Applied Problems: Like Story Problems Fibonacci Plays Billiards, Again Only Less Stupid 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. 9:50 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. Elwyn Berlekamp, University of California Berkeley Dawn Archey, University of Detroit Mercy

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Remarks Dynamics of a Two-Vector, Two-Pathogen, Single- 3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Host Model Richard Guy, University of Calgary 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Caleb Adams, Radford University INVITED PAPER SESSION David DeLara, Radford University Undergraduate Research Projects in the Mathematical Sciences MINICOURSE Minicourse 3. Teaching Linear Algebra: Learning 1:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m., Harrison Concepts Often Difficult to Understand, Part B Counting Dessins 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft B 1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Naiomi Cameron, Lewis & Clark University MINICOURSE Minicourse 5. Teaching Modeling First Differential PIC Math: A Course for Undergraduate Students to Do Research on Actual Problems from Industry Equations - Building Community in SIMIODE 1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Taft D Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITY Constructing Solutions to Truncated Moment Student Problem Solving Competition Problems and Applications to PDE; a PUMP Undergraduate Research Group 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Franklin A 2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Cynthia Flores, California State University, Channel Islands THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Undergraduate Research in Pebbling TCPS 08B - Formative Assessment Techniques for 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Undergraduate Math Courses Aparna Higgins, University of Dayton 1:00 p.m. - 3:35 p.m., Union B Research Collaborations in the Public Sector Using In-Class Assignments in a First Proofs Course 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Thomas Wakefield, Youngstown State University Gary MacGillivray, University of Victoria PANEL SESSION Improving and Evaluating Proof Writing in a First Prioritizing Your Career and Professional Goals Abstract Algebra Course 1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m., McKinley 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Katie Anders, University of Texas at Tyler THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Using Technology to Provide Effective and Efficient TCPS 02 - Undergraduate Research Activities in Feedback for Proof-Writing Mathematical and Computational Biology 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Taft A Alison G. Lynch, California State University, Monterey Bay Investigating the Dynamics of Self-Catalyzing Instructor-led Workshops Provide Formative Reaction Networks Assessment 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Ted Theodosopoulos, Worcester Academy Amy Cohen, Rutgers University Patricia Theodosopoulos, Worcester Academy Reading,(W)Riting, Reflecting, and Reviewing: The Using Stochastic Leslie Matrix Models to Four “R’s” of Formative Assessment in Mathematics Investigate Stage-Structured Populations Under 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Changing Environmental Conditions Dave Klanderman, Trinity Christian College 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Sarah Klanderman, Michigan State University Daniel Hrozencik, Chicago State University Formative Assessment with a Purpose: From The Dynamics of Impulsive Models Philosophical Considerations to Pragmatic 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Implementation Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Gizem Karaali, Pomona College

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Considering Influence of Mathematics Students’ Using Technology to Implement Discovery Learning Characteristics on Successful Use of Formative in the Classroom Assessments 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Kevin Murphy, Saint Leo University Allen G. Harbaugh, Boston University A Games and Puzzles Class with Programming The Open Problem Curriculum and the Future of 4:20 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. Calculus Saúl A. Blanco, Indiana University 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Chandra Kethi-Reddy, University of Central Florida Maple Implementations in a Cryptology Course 4:40 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. THEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Manmohan Kaur, Benedictine University TCPS 03 - Programming in Mathematics Classes and Mathematics for Programming The Mathematician as a Programmer 5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., Union A Brian Camp, Saint Leo University Using Python in an Introductory ODE Course Monika Kiss, Saint Leo University 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Patrick Davis, Central Michigan University

GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION Computational Number Theory - Quest and GCPS on Outreach and Other Topics Discovery in the Undergraduate Classroom 1:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m., Union D 1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Mihai Caragiu, Ohio Northern University Teachers Go Back To School!: Post-secondary and Elementary Schools Working Together Explorations in Financial Mathematics with Fathom 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. 1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. R. Kevin Maxwell, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus Klaus Volpert, Villanova University Nicole Hill, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus Creating Art Patterns with Math and Code Mathematics Instruction Improvement Project at a 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. STEAM K-6 School Boyan Kostadinov, City Tech, CUNY 1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Maple and Mathematica for March Madness Maria G. Fung, Worcester State University Brendan Keenan 2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. , Bagnall Elementary School Chrissy Safranski, Franciscan University of Steubenville STEM Opportunities Camp: Increasing Access to STEM Fields for At-risk Middle School Students Interactivity with Processing 1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Amy L. Hlavacek, Saginaw Valley State University Shirley Yap, California State University East By Jan Hlavacek, Saginaw Valley State University Using Python in a Numerical Methods Course Christopher Nakamura, Saginaw Valley State University 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Summer Math Program for Incoming Engineering Brian Heinold, Mount St. Mary’s University and Computer Science Students: Curriculum and Results Programming and Problem Solving: Getting Started on the Right Foot. 1:45 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Amanda L. Hattaway, Wentworth Institute of Technology Jean Marie Linhart, Central Washington University Emma Smith Zbarsky, Wentworth Institute of Technology Adam Larios, University of Nebraska Lincoln Joan Giblin, Wentworth Institute of Technology Josef Sifuentes, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Creating and Running an Urban ACT Prep. Program 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Using Julia via SageMathCloud in an Introductory Britney Hopkins, University of Central Oklahoma Matrix Algebra Course Kristi Karber, University of Central Oklahoma 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Jan Hlavacek, Saginaw Valley State University

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Getting Starting in Outreach Abdullahi M. Salman, Michigan Technological University 2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Shurong Fang, Fairfield University Jessie Hamm, Winthrop University Statistical Analysis of Sedimentological and Learning from Freedom Summer Paleontological Data 2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. 1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Erion J. Clark, University High School of Indiana Jillian Stupiansky, University of North Alabama David Schmidt, Westminster College Mathematics in Rural America: Access and Brian Steffen, South Louisiana Community College Outcomes 2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. Beyond Real Data in Teaching Statistical Inference Daniel Showalter, Eastern Mennonite University 1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Andrew Matchett, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Building and Mentoring a Community 3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Physical Models of Population Parameters Carol Williams, Texas Tech University 1:45 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Dennis L. Clason, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash Preparing Students for Successful Mentoring College Relationships 3:15 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. On Resistant Versions of the Standard Score G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. David DiMarco, Neumann University Math-Forensics Conference for High School Ryan Savitz, Neumann University Students Blane Hollingsworth, Middle Georgia State College 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Violeta Vasilevska, Utah Valley University Comparing Pitman’s Measure of Closeness with Other Comparing Pitman’s Measure of Closeness Future of Notices AMS with Other Optimality Criteria 3:45 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. 2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Frank Morgan, Williams College M. Z. Raqab, Kuwait University An Experimental Undergraduate Course in Complex Roots of Unity and Asymptotic Analysis of Periodic Systems Queues 4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Robert Rovetti, Loyola Marymount University Barbara Margolius, Cleveland State University Student Reported Connections between Math and New Perspectives on Curves of Pursuit Science Courses for Non-STEM Majors 2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Andrew Gard, University of the Virgin Islands Richard Edwards, Michigan State University Computation Of Solutions Of Non-Linear Functions Simulating Imperfect Quantum Algorithms Using Julia Set 4:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Orion Martin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Louis E. Effiong, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Nigeria Factorization in Closed String Field Theory Ugochukwu Agomuo, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Nigeria 4:45 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Godswill U. Achi, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Nigeria Abdulmajeed Abdurrahman, Shippensburg University Nicholas Brunswick, Shippensburg University Excursions in Newton’s Method Ibrahim Abdurrahman, Shippensburg University 3:15 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Bathi Kasturiarachi, Kent State University at Stark GENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION GCPS on Probability, Statistics and Calculus On the Logistic Equation with Two Delays 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:10 p.m., Union E Amera Almusharrf, Oakland University Quantification of Uncertainty in Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment of Electric Power Systems 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.

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Integration of Problem Solving, Modeling, & OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSION Technology in the Study of the Geometric Mean & Math Wrangle the Planar p-means 3:45 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Morrow Orlando B. Alonso, Lehman College SOCIAL EVENT Otilio B. Mederos, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Closing Banquet Reception Calculus of Generating Functions 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Franklin Foyer 4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. MK Panahi, El Centro College Closing Banquet Mikiko Okura, El Centro College 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Franklin Some Results Concerning Real Infinite Series 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Jonathan Martin, Purdue University Andy Martin, Kentucky State University An IBL Activity for Multivariable Differential Calculus 4:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Susan Wildstrom, Walt Whitman High School Finding a Calculus Primitive Source for our 2-space Parabola Curve 4:45 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. Alexander L. Garron, Sand Box Geometry LLC

OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSION Math Teacher’s Circle Demonstration 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Morrow

GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER SESSION Great Talks for a General Audience: Coached Presentations by Graduate Students 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Madison

MINICOURSE Minicourse 1. Creating a Purposeful Student Learning Experience, Part B 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft B

MINICOURSE Minicourse 6. Teaching Introductory Statistics with Simulation-Based Inference 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Taft D

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Sponsors & Exhibitors

Maplesoft National Association Sponsors (BOOTH 19) of Math Circles Drexel University (BOOTH 38) Maplesoft has provided mathematics- Department of Mathematics In a growing field of mathematical based software solutions to educators outreach programs, Math Circles The Drexel University Department of and researchers in science, technology, Mathematics offers MS and PhD degrees stand out as an innovative approach engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in Mathematics. These degrees offer a to cultivating mathematically-talented fields for over 25 years. Maplesoft’s solid grounding in theory, with enough youth and increasing mathematical flexibility for students to pursue their flagship product, Maple, combines the appreciation and proficiency. The own interests. Research specialties in world’s most powerful mathematics National Association of Math Circles the department include combinatorics, engine with an interface that makes it provides training, resources and ongoing probability and stochastic processes, extremely easy to explore, visualize, and support to the leaders and facilitators of Math Circles. Visit www.mathcircles. scientific computing, mathematical solve mathematical problems. Building on org for a listing of Math Circles and their neuroscience, optics, operator theory, this technology, Maplesoft also provides websites, sample problems and lesson and applied analysis and partial STEM-focused solutions for online differential equations. Recent graduates plan collections, and the Circle in a Box assessment and online courseware, have undertaken careers in academia as handbook. To learn more about Math including the Maple T.A. MAA Placement well as in industry. PhD students are able Circles, meet members of the Math Circle to get full funding, which includes tuition Test Suite, which offers the renowned community, see mathematical outreach remission and teaching or research Mathematical Association of America demonstrations and materials, and assistantships. placement tests in an online environment. learn from contributed talks about Math Circles, visit our booth or attend one of the SIGMAA-MCST sessions. Hawkes Learning McGraw Hill Education (BOOTHS 33-34) (BOOTH 6) Pearson Discover the advantages of interactive At McGraw-Hill Education, we believe (BOOTHS 13-14) software created by a company that has that our contribution to unlocking a A leader in mathematics and statistics been specializing in mathematics for 30 brighter future lies within the application educational solutions, Pearson provides years. Hawkes Learning promotes grade of our deep understanding of how course content from respected authors. improvement and motivates students by learning happens and how the mind Pearson’s online courses within engaging them in the learning process. develops. It exists where the science MyMathLab and MyStatLab have helped Students learn more effectively through of learning meets the art of teaching. millions of students succeed since 2001. tutorials, unlimited practice, mastery- Our mission is to accelerate learning See us online at www. pearsonhighered. based homework, and error-specific through intuitive, engaging, efficient com. feedback. Hawkes Learning is the and effective experiences – grounded solution for your students’ success! in research. Why? Because learning changes everything. WebAssign (BOOTH 20)

WebAssign is a flexible and fully customizable online instructional system that puts powerful tools in the hands of teachers, enabling them to deploy assignments, instantly assess individual student performance, and realize their teaching goals. Adopted by all major academic publishers, integrated with Wednesday, August 3, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM more than 900 science and math EXHIBIT HALL (Grand Opening Reception) textbooks, and enhanced with a robust Thursday, August 4, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM selection of independently developed HOURS: Friday, August 5, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM original content, WebAssign makes it Saturday, August 6, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM easy for faculty to enrich the teaching and learning experience.

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Sponsors & Exhibitors (continued)

Other Exhibitors Think Through Math (BOOTH 24) McGraw Hill Education WebAssign (BOOTH 20) MAA Pavilion Thursday, August 4, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 pm Wiki Education Foundation Columbus Convention Center, Ohio Center Board Room Books (BOOTH 8) Increasing Student Success through Membership Wiley (BOOTH 37) Proper Math Placement and Competitions Remediation WeBWorK-Online Homework Source Worldwide Center of PicMath Mathematics (BOOTH 40) Data shows that students are well served by an accurate placement test combined with an opportunity to Exhibitors remediate areas of weakness and to demonstrate improved skills through American Association of Two Commercial subsequent placement testing. With an Year Colleges (BOOTH 27) Presentations effective placement program, institutions American Institute of can improve course preparedness and Mathematics (BOOTH 21) Hawkes Learning retention. During our workshop, Rich American Mathematical Society Thursday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 pm Kolasa, Director of Math Placement and (BOOTHS 1-4) Columbus Convention Center, Ohio Center Board Matt Swinand, Sr. Placement Consultant Association for Women in Room from ALEKS will discuss the impact Mathematics (BOOTH 36) ALEKS Placement, Preparation, and Learning (PPL) has had on student success Basic Books (BOOTH 17) Customize the Pathway to Student at institutions across the country. Budapest Semesters in Success with Hawkes Mathematics Education (BOOTH 41) Rich Kolasa, Director of Math Accelerate students through their Placement at ALEKS / McGraw-Hill Cambridge University Press pathways with NEW integrated courses: Education (BOOTH 5) Beginning Statistics Plus Integrated Matt Swinand, Sr. Strategic Placement Castle Point Learning Systems LLC Review Consultant at ALEKS / McGraw-Hill (BOOTH 7) Viewing Life Mathematically Plus Education Freeman/Macmillan (BOOTH 22) Integrated Review

Hawkes Learning (BOOTH 33-34) • Provide curriculum-level math content Maplesoft (BOOTH 19) • Integrate applicable review skills Math in Moscow (BOOTH 42) • Target remediation needs for just-in- McGraw-Hill Education (BOOTH 6) time supplementation of foundational Food and Beverage in the concepts National Association of Math Exhibit Hall • Allow for further customization with Circles (BOOTH 38) Battelle South Concession Stand new instructor tools and features National Science Foundation (Breakfast, snacks and lunch for purchase) Thursday, August 4: 9:00 am-3:00 pm (BOOTH 35) Attend Hawkes Learning’s presentation Friday, August 5: 9:00 am-3:00 pm National Security Agency and enter to win one of three $50 Saturday, August 6: 9:00 am-12:00 pm (BOOTH 16) Amazon gift cards! Oxford University Press Strawberry Fields Cart (BOOTH 18) (Snacks and smoothies for purchase) Pearson (BOOTH 13-14) Thursday, August 4: 11:00 am-4:00 pm Princeton University Press Friday, August 5: 11:00 am-4:00 pm (BOOTH 23) Coffee Breaks SIGMAA-MCST (BOOTH 39) (Complimentary) Springer Nature (BOOTH 15) Thursday, August 4: 10:00-10:30 am, 3:00-3:30 pm Taylor & Francis Group Friday, August 5: 10:00-10:30 am, 3:00-3:30 pm (BOOTHS 25-26) Saturday, August 6: 10:00-10:30 am

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Pearson Maplesoft Friday, August 5, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 pm Friday, August 5, 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 pm Columbus Convention Center, Ohio Center Board Columbus Convention Center, Ohio Center Board Room Room Success in Mathematics: Balancing A Practical Approach to Placement Fundamentals, Application, and Testing Attitude Join the MAA and Maplesoft for an Imagine there was basketball team in-depth session on placement testing that never played in a scrimmage or and the Maple T.A.-MAA Placement a game --a team that only practiced Test Suite. This session will include dribbling, passing, and shooting. Or, detailed information on running on the other hand, a team that only placement testing programs and creating played games without attention to skills. testing instruments. It will also provide Strictly playing games may be fun, but discussion time where experts can this approach could also lead to a very answer your questions. Specifically, this disappointing season. Both practice and session will cover: playing time are needed to be successful. Overview • Choosing the right test and setting cut Being successful in mathematics is similar scores to sports in the sense that students • Using data to verify and improve your need to master fundamental skills to placement program fully understand, model, and solve real Research problems. At the same time, having the • Testing concepts versus skills chance to apply these skills to solve • Performance data on CCR and APCR interesting problems can give a student • Report on the URSIP project the same satisfaction that a great athletic Demonstration performance in a game affords and can • Student and placement test be a catalyst to their future success. administrator experience This presentation will discuss ways to • Setting policies and delivering the achieve the perfect balance between tests fundamentals and applications in order • Gathering data and viewing results to give students the best of both worlds. Analogies from the world of sports Breakout sessions for further discussions will be used to develop a balanced Bernard Madison, Professor of approach to applied calculus and finite Mathematics, University of Arkansas mathematics classes and will also Marilyn Carlson, Professor and include easy-to-implement strategies and Director of Research Innovations in examples in Pearson’s MyMathLab. Mathematics and Science Education, Arizona State University Louise Krmpotic, Senior Director, Digital Learning and Business Development, Maplesoft

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Greater Columbus Convention Center Floor Plan: Exhibit Hall

Food and Beverage in the Exhibit Hall Battelle South Concession Stand

(Breakfast, snacks and lunch for purchase)

Thursday, August 4: 9:00 am - 3:00 PM

Friday, August 5: 9:00 am - 3:00 PM

Saturday, August 6: 9:00 am -12:00 PM

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