Réunion d'hiver SMC 2012

Fairmont Le Reine Elizabeth (Montréal), 7 - 10 décembre 2012

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CMS Town Hall Meeting
Sunday, December 9, 12:30 - 13:30

The CMS Executive is inviting all CMS members and meeting participants to join them at an informal luncheon to learn what CMS has planned for 2013 and to discuss any interests or concerns that members of our community may have. Unlike the AGM that focuses on what was achieved last year, this meeting focuses on what lies ahead. There will be a short presentation followed by questions and answers. This is an opportunity for participants to get together with the CMS Executive and discuss emerging issues as well as directly voice their opinions, concerns and interests.


Mathematical Science Investigation (MSI): The Anatomy of Integers and Permutations
Vendredi, 7 décembre, 16h30 - 18h00
Samedi, 8 décembre, 20h30 - 22h00

Il s'agit d'un travail expérimental qui brouille les frontières entre les mathématiques pures, la performance et une bande dessinée. Andrew Granville, mathématicien et vulgarisateur; Jennifer Granville, comedienne et scénariste, Michael Spencer, créateur de performance, et Robert Schneider, musicien et compositeur, ont collaboré pour présenter cette lecture répétée.

Laissez-vous transporter meurtres mystérieux, émerveillez-vous devant déductions détectives, et gémir à la mathématique des jeux de mots! Ne manquez pas cette occasion d'être présent à un événement inhabituel théâtrale et mathématique.
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Mathematics for the Life Sciences, Panel and Discussion
Dimanche, 9 décembre, 08h30 - 10h00

According to the report BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists, prepared by the National Research Council of the National Academies, “Biological concepts and models are becoming more quantitative, and biological research has become critically dependent on concepts and methods drawn from other scientific disciplines. The connections between the biological sciences and the physical sciences, mathematics, and computer science are rapidly becoming deeper and more extensive.” The report continues, claiming that “In contrast to biological research, undergraduate biology education has changed relatively little during the past two decades. The ways in which most future research biologists are educated are geared to the biology of the past, rather than to the biology of the present or future. […] undergraduate education must be transformed to prepare students effectively for the biology that lies ahead. Life sciences majors must acquire a much stronger foundation in […] mathematics than they now get.”

A number of Canadian universities have taken steps toward creating (or have created) mathematics and/or statistics courses appropriate for future biologists (and life scientists in general). In this session, we plan to discuss issues, challenges and successes surrounding the creation, development and teaching of math and stats courses for life sciences students (MSLS for short). For instance:

  • Curriculum for (one-semester and full-year) MSLS courses: what math (calculus, linear algebra, several variables, probability and statistics)? How much math?
  • What applications to include? How to best integrate math and applications?
  • Institutional opportunities arising from the development of MSLS courses (teaching and collaboration between departments, interdisciplinary approaches)
  • Institutional barriers to the creation and teaching MSLS courses
  • Challenges in teaching MSLS courses (large classes, assessment, etc.)
  • Moving away from the concept of service teaching; making an MSLS course attractive to all students, including math majors
  • Resources for teaching MSLS courses, including textbooks and online materials
  • Need for departmental resources (instructors, teaching assistants, etc.)

    The objectives of this session are:
    (1) To provide an opportunity for the faculty in charge of thinking about/ designing/ teaching math and stats for life sciences courses to come together and exchange ideas and experiences.
    (2) To create a network of faculty interested in teaching math for life sciences. This could be a good opportunity for faculty from departments across Canada to collaborate, in order to develop good math courses.
    (3) Decide on ways to continue this dialogue and further the collaboration between faculty at different universities.

    Lancement du plan à long terme pour les sciences mathématiques et statistiques
    Le samedi 8 décembre 2012, 12h30 à 14h00
    Salon Saint-François

    À la demande du CRSNG, les communautés mathématique et statistique canadiennes se sont livrées à un exercice approfondi de planification à long terme, dont l’objectif était d’établir des priorités et des orientations pour le développement de ces disciplines au Canada au cours des cinq à dix prochaines années. Le Plan à long terme (http://longrangeplan.ca/fr/) est le résultat de plus de deux ans de travaux et de consultations étendues. Il reflète le dynamisme, la force et la diversité des aspirations des diverses composantes des communautés mathématiques et statistiques canadiennes.

    Outre le CRSNG, qui a financé cet exercice et y a apporté un soutien essentiel, les partenaires clés de cette entreprise ont été la Société mathématique du Canada (SMC), la Société canadienne de mathématiques appliquées et industrielles (SCMAI), la Société statistique du Canada (SSC), le Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), l’Institut Fields, l’Institut des sciences mathématiques du Pacifique (PIMS) et la Station de recherche internationale de Banff (BIRS).

    Vous êtes cordialement invités au lancement officiel du Plan à long terme pour les sciences mathématiques et statistiques, qui se tiendra dans le cadre de la réunion d’hiver de la Société mathématique du Canada, en présence de Mme Suzanne Fortier, présidente du CRSNG, des présidents de la SMC, de la SCMAI et de la SSC, ainsi que des directeurs du CRM, du Fields, de PIMS et de BIRS.

    Programme:

    1. Rafraîchissements
    2. Mot de bienvenue et présentations par Jacques Hurtubise, président sortant de la SMC
    3. Présentation du Plan par Nancy Reid, présidente du Comité de PLT
    4. Discours de Suzanne Fortier, présidente du CRSNG

    Graduate Student Lecture -- Yvan Saint-Aubin, Université de Montréal
    Friday, December 7, 2012, 09:00 - 12:00
    Salon Saint Francois

    Lattice models in 2d: universality and conformal invariance

    The study of phase transitions was launched by physicists and major advances were done during the 1950s and then during the 1980s. In the last twenty years mathematicians joined in and two recent Fields Medals (Werner (2006) and Smirnov (2010)) were given for results in this domain. This field of research touches physics, of course, but also probability, complex analysis and algebra. (You do not need to be a specialist in any of these to attend!) There are still much to be done, both for the physical and mathematical descriptions of this phenomena. The talk will review briefly recent accomplishments and current efforts. Emphasis will be on ideas and methods and some open problems will be described.

  • Commanditaires

    Centre de recherches mathématiques AARMS: Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences Fields Institute Institut des sciences mathématiques Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

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