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Otices of The OTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 1991 AMS-MAA Survey First Report page 1086 NOVEMBER 1991, VOLUME 38, NUMBER 9 Providence, Rhode Island, USA ISSN 0002-9920 Calendar of AMS Meetings and Conferences This calendar lists all meetings approved prior to the date this issue went to press. is possible. Abstracts should be submitted on special forms which are available The summer and annual meetings are joint meetings of the Mathematical Asso­ in many departments of mathematics and from the headquarters office of the So­ ciation of America and the American Mathematical Society. The meeting dates ciety. Abstracts of papers to be presented at the meeting must be received at the which fall rather far in the future are subject to change; this is particularly true headquarters of the Society in Providence, Rhode Island, on or before the deadline of meetings to which no numbers have been assigned. Programs of the meet­ given below for the meeting. The abstract deadlines listed below should be care­ ings will appear in the issues indicated below. First and supplementary announce­ fully reviewed since an abstract deadline may expire before publication of a first ments of the meetings will have appeared in earlier issues. Abstracts of papers announcement. Note that the deadline for abstracts for consideration for presenta­ presented at a meeting of the Society are published in the journal Abstracts of tion at special sessions is usually three weeks earlier than that specified below. For papers presented to the American Mathematical Society in the issue correspond­ additional information, consult the meeting announcements and the list of special ing to that of the Notices which contains the program of the meeting, insofar as sessions. Meetings Abstract Program Meeting# Date Place Deadline Issue 871 * January 8-11 , 1992 Baltimore, Maryland October 2 December (98th Annual Meeting) 872 * March 13-14, 1992 Tuscaloosa, Alabama January 2 March 873 * March 20-21, 1992 Springfield, Missouri January 2 March 874 * April11-12, 1992 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania January 30 April 875 * June 29-July 1, 1992 Cambridge, England February 28 May-June (Joint Meeting with the London Mathematical Society) 876 * October 3D-November 1, 1992 Dayton, Ohio August3 October January 13-16, 1993 San Antonio, Texas (99th Annual Meeting) March 26-27, 1993 Knoxville, Tennessee April9-10, 1993 Salt Lake City, Utah May 21-22, 1993 DeKalb, Illinois August15-19, 1993 Vancouver, British Columbia (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 January 25-28, 1995 Denver, Colorado (1 01 st Annual Meeting) March 24-25, 1995 Chicago, Illinois January 1Q-13, 1996 Orlando, Florida (1 02nd Annual Meeting) *Please refer to page 1158 for listing of Special Sessions. Conferences January 6-7, 1992: AMS Short Course on New scientific applications July 6-24, 1992: AMS Summer Research Institute on Quadratic of geometry and topology, Baltimore, Maryland. forms and division algebras: connections with algebraic K-theory June 13-July 24, 1992: Joint Summer Research Conferences in the and algebraic geometry, location to be announced. Mathematical Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, July 26-August 1, 1992: AMS-SIA Summer Seminar in Aoolied Massachusetts. Mathematics, Exploiting symmetry in appliec analysis, Colorado State University, Fort Co Deadlines January Issue February Issue March Issue April Issue Classified Ads* December 12, 1991 January 9, 1992 January 30, 1992 February 26, 1992 News Items December 4, 1991 December 31, 1991 January 21, 1992 February 20, 1992 Meeting Announcements** December 5, 1991 January 6, 1992 January 23, 1992 February 24, 1992 * 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. OTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY DEPARTMENTS ARTICLES 1083 Letters to the Editor 1129 Forum 1086 1991 Annual AMS-MAA Survey First Report 1144 News and Announcements The first report on the 1991 survey includes the 1991 survey of new 1149 Funding Information for the doctorates, starting salaries of new doctorates, faculty salaries, and a list of Mathematical Sciences names and thesis titles for members of the 1990-1991 Ph.D. class. 1150 1992 AMS Elections 1123 Mathematics under Hardship Conditions in the Third World 1153 Meetings and Conferences of Neal Koblitz the AMS Baltimore, MD What is the situation for mathematics in the Third World? In this lively and January 8-11, 1153 controversial article, Koblitz examines such questions as why mathematics 1992 Summer Research Institute, research flourishes in Vietnam, while other countries contend with "brain 1155 drain" to the U.S. and Europe. He also looks at mathematics education in Joint Summer Research some Central American countries, where the "New Math" craze took hold, Conferences in the Mathematical sometimes with disastrous results. Koblitz concludes with a number of Sciences, 1156 suggestions for ways to improve the conditions for mathematical colleagues Invited Speakers, 1158 in the Third World. 1162 Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society FEATURE COLUMNS 1164 Mathematical Sciences Meetings and Conferences 1133 Computers and Mathematics Keith Devlin 1173 New AMS Publications Computer-assisted proofs are the theme of this month's feature article, 1177 Bylaws of the AMS by William Farmer and Javier Thayer of the MITRE Corporation. This is followed by two software reviews. Larry Riddle of Agnes Scott College 1192 Miscellaneous reviews Plot and Tevian Dray of Oregon State University describes his Personal Items, 1192 experiences with the two programs Cube and Tess. Deaths, 1192 Visiting Mathematicians, 1192 1142 Inside the AMS 1193 New Members of the AMS Jeremy Soldevilla, the director of marketing, discusses the role of the newly 1195 Classified Advertising formed AMS Marketing Division. 1219 Forms NOVEMBER 1991, VOLUME 38, NUMBER 9 1081 From the Executive Director ... VALUES What do we, as mathematicians, value in our profession? Do we adequately AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY encourage our values? How do we recognize merit within our value system? What is the basis for reward? These questions, addressed here to mathematicians, echo a central theme facing the professoriate and higher education. The value and reward system of faculties and the relationship between mission and practice of institutions of higher education are under examination. Although these issues, in the broad sense, EDITORIAL COMMITTEE are independent of discipline, it is necessary that we as mathematicians consider Michael G. Crandall discipline-dependent values and how we recognize and reward merit. Amassa Fauntleroy Responsibilities of the mathematics professoriate have not really changed; re­ Robert M. Fossum (Chairman) Carolyn S. Gordon (Forum Editor) search, teaching, and service are the generally accepted broad categories. What has D.J. Lewis changed is the clear need to respond in a more pro-active and balanced way to our L. Ridgway Scott full range of responsibilities. Of course, not every faculty member will have the same Robert E. L. Turner (Letters Editor) expectations, but collectively, ours is a challenging range of responsibilities. MANAGING EDITOR U.S. mathematics research has been preeminent in the world, but there are serious John S. Bradley concerns for the maintenance and renewal of the mathematics research enterprise. We have a responsibility to the quality and vitality of mathematics research. Socio­ ASSOCIATE EDITORS economic and demographic trends indicate that fewer students will study mathematics Ronald L. Graham, Special Articles and choose mathematically related careers, while other indicators point toward the Jeffrey C. Lag arias, Special Articles increasing need for a mathematically literate workforce. The nation depends on the success of mathematics education, and the college/university mathematics faculty SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION share the responsibility for mathematics education. Mathematics is identified as a Subscription prices for Volume 38 (1991) are $121 list; $97 institutional member; $73 individual critical and enabling component of science and technology that is vital to economic member. (The subscription price for members is in­ competitiveness. It is a responsibility of mathematics faculty to connect discovery in cluded in the annual dues.) A late charge of 10% mathematics to discovery, education, and applications in other disciplines. 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