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Calendar of AMS Meetings and Conferences This calendar lists all meetings and conferences approved prior to the date this insofar as is possible. Abstracts should be submitted on special forms which are issue went to press. The summer and annual meetings are joint meetings of the available in many departments of mathematics and from the headquarters office of Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society. The the Society. Abstracts of papers to be presented at the meeting must be received meeting dates which fall rather far in the future are subject to change; this is par­ at the headquarters of the Society in Providence, Rhode Island, on or before the ticularly true of meetings to which no numbers have been assigned. Programs of deadline given below for the meeting. The abstract deadlines listed below should the meetings will appear in the issues indicated below. First and supplementary be carefully reviewed since an abstract deadline may expire before publication of announcements of the meetings will have appeared in earlier issues. Abstracts a first announcement. Note that the deadline for abstracts for consideration for of papers presented at a meeting of the Society are published in the journal Ab­ presentation at special sessions is usually three weeks earlier than that specified stracts of papers presented to the American Mathematical Society in the issue below. For additional information, consult the meeting announcements and the list corresponding to that of the Notices which contains the program of the meeting, of special sessions. Meetings Abstract Program Meeting# Date Place Deadline Issue 876 * October 30-November 1 , 1992 Dayton, Ohio August 3 October 877 * November ?-November 8, 1992 Los Angeles, California August 3 October 878 * January 13-16, 1993 San Antonio, Texas OctoberS December (99th Annual Meeting) 879 * March 26-27, 1993 Knoxville, Tennessee January 5 March 880 * April9-10, 1993 Salt Lake City, Utah January 29 April 881 • Apnl 17-18, 1993 Washington, D.C. January 29 April 882 * May 21-22, 1993 DeKalb, Illinois February 26 May-June 883 * August15-19, 1993 Vancouver, British Columbia May 18 July-August (96th Summer Meeting) (Joint Meeting with the Canadian Mathematical Society) October 22-23, 1993 College Station, Texas January 12-15, 1994 Cincinnati, Ohio (1 OOth Annual Meeting) March 18-19, 1994 Lexington, Kentucky March 25-26, 1994 Manhattan, Kansas June 16-18, 1994 Eugene, Oregon October 28-29, 1994 Stillwater, Oklahoma January 25-28, 1995 Denver, Colorado (101st Annual Meeting) March 24-25, 1995 Chicago, Illinois January 10-13, 1996 Orlando, Florida (1 02nd Annual Meeting) March 22-23, 1996 Iowa City, Iowa * Please refer to page 614 for listing of Special Sessions. Conferences July 26-August 1, 1992: AMS-SIAM Summer Seminar in Applied January 11-12, 1993: AMS Short Course on Wavelets and Mathematics, Exploiting symmetry in applied and numerical Applications, San Antonio, Texas. analysis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Deadlines October Issue November Issue December Issue January Issue Classified Ads* August 27, 1992 October 1 , 1992 November 13, 1992 December 10, 1993 News Items August 13, 1992 September 21, 1992 October 29, 1992 December 2, 1993 Meeting Announcements** August 17, 1992 September 21, 1992 October 29, 1992 December 2, 1993 * Please contact AMS Advertising Department for an Advertising Rate Card for display advertising deadlines. ** For material to appear in the Mathematical Sciences Meetings and Conferences section. ...................................................... ·······························- ·······································-··········--------llllllllr OTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY DEPARTMENTS ARTICLES 555 Letters to the Editor 582 Forum 557 ALERT! Assistance Needed for Mathematical Colleagues in the Former 599 News and Announcements Soviet Union 605 Funding Information for the Severe economic conditions are causing a rapid deterioration of the Mathematical Sciences mathematical sciences community in the former Soviet Union. The AMS is developing a plan to directly assist mathematical scientists there and 607 For Your Information calls upon the international mathematical community to help in this 609 1992 AMS Elections important endeavor. This article describes aspects of the AMS plan, and an accompanying display advertisement provides instructions for making 610 Meetings and Conferences of contributions. (Also see the "From the Executive Director" column on page the AMS 554, which provides further background on this effort.) Dayton, OH Ocrober3D-November1,610 560 Applying for Jobs: Advice from the Front Annalisa Crannell Los Angeles, CA This article provides practical advice to jobseekers from one who's been November 7-8, 612 there-and found a job. Invited Speakers, 614 Call for Topics, 618 564 Canada's Fields Institute Opens its Doors San Antonio, TX Allyn Jackson describes the activities of the newly-established Fields January 13-16, 620 Institute and its official opening held in June. 1992 Symposium on Some Mathematical Questions in Biology, 567 JPBM Presents Testimony Before Congress 623 Phillip Griffiths and I. M. Singer presented testimony on behalf of the Joint 624 Mathematical Sciences Meetings Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) before Congress in April. Allyn and Conferences Jackson describes the ensuing informal discussion, and the full text of the testimony is reprinted here. 633 New Publications Offered by the AMS 570 Highlights of the 1990 CBMS Survey Donald C. Rung 639 Miscellaneous This article describes some of the main findings in the most recent CBMS Personal Items, 639 Survey of mathematical sciences departments, faculty, and courses. Deaths, 639 Visiting Mathematicians (Second Report) Donald E. McClure 573 1991 Annual AMS-MAA Survey (Supplementary List), 640 This report includes an update on the number of and the employment status of the 199o-1991 new doctorates, as well as information on enrollments and 642 Reciprocity Agreements faculty characteristics. 650 New Members of the AMS 657 AMS Policy on Recruitment FEATURE COLUMNS Advertising 658 Classified Advertising 587 Computers and Mathematics Keith Devlin 669 Forms Three of the four reviews that make up this month's column fall into the 671 ElMS Subscription Form category of textbook-software combinations. The other review is of the software development package Prograph, by Jon Barwise. 597 Inside the AMS A brief look at the 1993 AMS Operating Plan, currently under development, as well as a description of the AMS' sponsored membership program. JULY/AUGUST 1992, VOLUME 39, NUMBER 6 553 ·······················-···-·············-------············································ From the Executive Director ... A CALL FOR HELP AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY The AMS is being called upon to assist mathematics and mathematicians in the republics of the former Soviet Union (fSU). Most of the requests for assistance address the need to preserve the vitality of this school of mathematics and the opportunities for new levels of communication and collaboration. Many individual mathematicians and groups of mathematicians are exploring avenues to support fSU mathematics. At EDITORIAL COMMITTEE the same time, government agencies, Congress, the National Academy of Sciences, pri­ Michael G. Crandall vate foundations, and numerous professional and scientific societies are initiating pro­ Amassa Fauntleroy grams and activities to assist the various constituencies within the fSU scientific Robert M. Fossum (Chairman) community. Carolyn S. Gordon (Forum Editor) D. J. Lewis The mathematical community in the fSU has long received world-wide recogni­ L. Ridgway Scott (Letters Editor) tion for its creativity and productivity. From this school of mathematics come many of Robert E. L. Turner our leading mathematicians and a prolific production of mathematical literature. The character of this mathematics, the educational process, and the style of writing bring MANAGING EDITOR a distinctive component to the world's mathematical culture. It is an important world John S. Bradley resource to preserve. Within the fSU, mathematics is regarded as one of the leading ASSOCIATE EDITORS scientific and intellectual enterprises, and mathematicians are among the most respected Ronald L. Graham, Special Articles academicians. Many mathematicians are among the leaders of change there. It is es­ Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Special Articles sential for the transition to an open society and a new economy that the mathematical community in the fSU be supported and sustained. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Subscription prices for Volume 39 (1992) are The AMS is in a unique position to provide leadership and coordinate efforts for $131 list; $1 05 institutional member; $79 individ­ assisting mathematics and mathematicians in the fSU. Certainly such an effort needs the ual member. (The subscription price for members collective representation and coordination of many constituencies, and this the Society is included in the annual dues.) A late charge of can provide. The relationship between the Society and mathematicians in the fSU goes 10% of the subscription price will be imposed upon back many years. In 1948, the AMS began its translation and publication of Russian orders received from nonmembers after January 1 mathematical literature into English. Since then, the Society has assisted with commu­ of the subscription year. Add for postage: Surface nication and travel between fSU mathematicians
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