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ISSN 0002-9920 (print) ISSN 1088-9477 (online) of the American Mathematical Society April 2018 Volume 65, Number 4 Ad Honorem Claire Voisin page 390 AMS Spring Sectional Sampler page 401 Mathematically Modelling Baseball page 428 AMS Prize Announcements page 455 Shanghai Meeting page 501 Call for Nominations AMS EXEMPLARY PROGRAM AWARD The AMS Award for Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department is presented annually to a department that has distinguished itself by undertaking an unusual or particularly effective program of value to the mathematics community, internally or in relation to the rest of the society. Examples might include a department that runs a notable minority outreach program, a department that has instituted an unusually effective industrial mathematics internship program, a department that has promoted mathematics so successfully that a large fraction of its university’s undergraduate population majors in mathematics, or a department that has made some form of innovation in its research support to faculty and/or graduate students, or which has created a special and innovative environment for some aspect of mathematics research. The award amount is $5,000. All departments in North America that offer at least a bachelor’s degree in the mathematical sciences are eligible. The Award Selection Committee requests nominations for this award, which will be announced in Spring 2019. Letters of nomination may be submitted by one or more individuals. Nomination of the writer’s own institution is permitted. The letter should describe the specific program(s) for which the department is being nominated as well as the achievements that make the program(s) an outstanding success, and may include any ancillary documents which support the success of the program(s). The letter should not exceed two pages, with supporting documentation not to exceed an additional three pages. Further information about AMS prizes can be found at the Prizes and Awards website: www.ams.org/prizes. Further information and instructions for submitting a nomination can be found at the prize nomination website: www.ams.org/nominations. For questions contact the AMS Secretary at [email protected]. Deadline for nominations is September 15, 2018. AMS MEMBERS SAVED $ OVER 200,000 ON BOOKS IN 2017! Join the AMS to enjoy 25% off the list price of most AMS and MAA Press titles everyday at the AMS Bookstore and 40% off at exhibits. Members also receive free standard shipping on all purchases. Photo by Kate Awtrey, Atlanta Convention Photography Atlanta Convention Awtrey, Photo by Kate Learn more about AMS member bene ts at ams.org/membership. Visit the AMS Bookstore at bookstore.ams.org. Notices of the American Mathematical Society AMS SPRING SECTIONAL SAMPLERApril 2018 FEATURED 390684 401 26416 Ad HonoremFrom left Claire to right: Voisin J. M. Landsberg,AMS Jennifer Spring Morse, Sectional Kirsten Wickelgren,Graduate Sándor Kovács, Student Dimitri Section Shlyakhtenko, Guest EditorEdward Arnaud Frenkel, Beauville and ValentinoSampler Tosatti. Ljudmila Kamenova Interview Alexander Diaz-Lopez Southeastern Sectional J. M. Landsberg, Jennifer Morse, WHAT IS...Hypoellipticity? Kirsten Wickelgren Dance Your PhD: Representations of the Western Sectional Braid Groups In this sampler, the speakersSándor below Kovács, have Dimitri kindly Shlyakhtenko provided introductionsNancy Scherich to their Invited Addresses for the AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional (Vanderbilt University, April 14–15), the AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Graduate Student Blog Western Sectional (PortlandEdward State Frenkel, University, Valentino April Tosatti 14–15), and the AMS Spring Eastern Sectional (Northeastern University, April 21–22) Meetings. This month weSpring honor Claire Southeastern Voisin, world leader Sectional in algebraic Meeting geometry and in particular HodgeSpring theory, Western recent winner Sectional of the Shaw Meeting Prize and the CNRS Gold Medal. For Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, we have a new Mathematical Moment and accompanying article onOn statistical the Geometry analysis in baseball. of Matrix In the Graduate Multiplication Student Section, LjudmilaModuli Kamenova Theory talks aboutand Singularitiesher collaborative proof of Kobayashi'sby conjecture J. M. Landsberg and her victories in tournament bridge, and Nancy Scherichby writesSándor as the Kov overallács winner across all disciplines in the 2017 Science magazine Dance Your PhD video competition. Our spring sampler features talks from AMS Sectionals at Vanderbilt, Portland pageState, and 402 Northeastern. Enjoy all that and more this month. —Frank pageMorgan, 406 Editor-in-Chief Computing, Combinatorics, A (Co)homology Theory for Subfactors ALSO INand THIS k-Schur ISSUE Functions ALSO INand THIS Planar ISSUE, Algebras CONT'D by Jennifer Morse by Dimitri Shlyakhtenko 424 WHATpage ELSE 403 about...Hypoellipticity? 450 JMM page2018 Photo408 Collage Brian Street An Arithmetic Count of the Lines 452 Key for JMM 2018 Photo Collage 427 A Mathematicalon a Smooth Moment: Cubic Scoring Surface with New Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting Thinkingby Kirsten Wickelgren FROM THE AMS SECRETARY page 404 428 Mathematically Modelling Baseball AMS Einstein Public Lecture: Bruce G. Bukiet Call for NominationsImagination and Knowledge by Edward Frenkel 432 A Review of Directions for Mathematics Research cover 2 Exemplarypage 410 Program Award Experience for Undergraduates Tamás Forgács 388 NEWMetric 2019 Dolciani Limits Prize of Calabi-Yau Manifolds by Valentino Tosatti A 437 Don't Just Begin with “Let be an algebra...” Prize Announcements Martin H. Krieger page 413 455 2018 Leroy P. Steele Prizes 440 Letters to the Editor 459 2018 Chevalley Prize in Lie Th eory For permission to reprint this article, please contact: [email protected]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/noti1656 Notices of the American Mathematical Society FROM THE AMS SECRETARY, CONT'D. 461 2018 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra 463 2018 Levi L. Conant Prize 465 2018 AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student 468 2018 Ulf Grenander Prize 470 2018 Bertrand Russell Prize 472 2018 Albert Leon Whiteman Prize 475 2018 Award for Distinguished Public Service NO NOT USE 477 2018 George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Math- AVAILABLE IN EBOOK FORMAT ematics AVAILABLE IN EBOOK FORMAT AVAILABLE IN EBOOK FORMAT 479 2018 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communica- tions Awards An Open Door to AVAILABLE IN Number Theory EBOOK FORMAT IN EVERY ISSUE Duff Campbell, Hendrix College, Conway, AR 444 Mathematics People Using a geometric and intuitive approach, this well-written, inviting textbook is designed for 447 Mathematics Opportunities a one-semester, junior-level course in elemen- tary number theory. The text features over 400 448 Inside the AMS carefully designed exercises, which include a balance of calculations, conjectures, and 482 New Publications Offered by the AMS proofs. Readers will be well prepared for a second-semester course focusing on algebraic 491 Classified Advertising number theory. 494 Meetings and Conferences of the AMS MAA Textbooks, Volume 39; 2018; approximately 290 pages; Hardcover; ISBN: 978-1-4704-4348-1; List US$60; Individual member US$45; Order code 512 The Back Page TEXT/39 NO NOT USE PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY AT AVAILABLE IN EBOOK FORMAT CURRENT INVITATIONS bookstore.ams.org/text-39 AVAILABLE IN EBOOK FORMAT FROM THE AMS AVAILABLE IN EBOOK FORMAT To explore more titles in the AMS/MAA Textbook Series, visit bookstore.ams.org/TEXT cover 2 Call for Nominations: Exemplary Award = Textbook AV= AvailableAILABLE IN in eBook Format 385 Crossover Member Savings EBOOK FORMAT 388 Call for Nominations: NEW 2019 Dolciani Prize 507 Call for Proposals for JMM 2019 About the Cover: The photo portrait of Claire Voisin is by Didier Goupy. Call for Nominations AMS MARY P. DOLCIANI PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH This prize is funded by a grant from the Mary P. Dolciani Halloran Foundation. Mary P. Dolciani Halloran (1923–1985) was a gifted mathematician, educator, and author. She devoted her life to developing excellence in mathematics education and was a leading author in the field of mathematical textbooks at the college and secondary school levels. The AMS Mary P. Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research recognizes a mathematician from a department that does not grant a PhD who has an active research program in mathematics and a distinguished record of scholarship. The primary criterion for the prize is an active research program as evidenced by a strong record of peer-reviewed publications. Additional selection criteria may include the following: • Evidence of a robust research program involving undergraduate students in mathematics; • Demonstrated success in mentoring undergraduates whose work leads to peer reviewed publication, poster presentations, or conference presentations; • Membership in the AMS at the time of nomination and receipt of the award is preferred but not required. The prize amount is $5,000, awarded every other year for five award cycles. The first award will be made in 2019. Further information about AMS prizes can be found at the Prizes and Awards website: www.ams.org/prizes. Further information and instructions for submitting a nomination can be found at the prize nomination website: www.ams.org/nominations. For questions contact the AMS Secretary at [email protected]. Nomination Period: March 1–June 30, 2018. Notices of the American
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