Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Conference
at James Madison University, October 28, 2006
Schedule

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Edward Burger
Tim Chartier

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New Image Gallery
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SUMS 2005
Downloadable  poster in .pdf  form: 8.5x11
11 X 17
Contact the organizers: SUMS at math dot jmu dot edu

Here is the final schedule for SUMS 2006. All events save lunch will be held in the Health and Human Services building on the east side of the JMU campus. Lunch will be held in the adjoining ISAT building, room 259. Driving directions from I-81 and the hotel area are on the Local Information page.           Detail map of the area surrounding HHS                 Campus map

9:00-10:00
       
Registration and breakfast
Please check in at the registration table when you arrive.
Poster presenters should also check in at room 2201.
Foyer (second floor of HHS)
10:00-11:00
Opening Ceremonies
Opening Remarks
Opening Address:  "Conjugate Coupling: The romantic adventure of the quintessential quadratic" Edward Burger, Williams College
HHS 2301
11:10-12:25

Contributed Undergradute Research Talks I-IV
Each talk will be fifteen minutes long, with five minutes at the end for questions and room change.
Specific order tba, pending speakers' confirmation. Please see the abstracts page for talk abstracts.
HHS 2203, 2204, 2209, 2210
12:30-2:00

Lunch    ISAT 259 "nTelos Room"
Poster Session   ISAT/HHS walkway and open area
2:00-3:40
High School Problem-Solving Workshop
(concurrent with panel sessions and contributed talks V-VII)
 HHS 2207, 2208
2:00-2:30
Panel Sessions:
        Summer research opportunities     HHS 2203
        Graduate school     HHS  2204
        Careers and industry    HHS 2209
2:40-3:15
Contributed Undergradute Research Talks V-VII
Each talk will be fifteen minutes long, with five minutes at the end for questions and room change.
Specific order tba, pending speakers' confirmation. Please see the abstracts page for talk abstracts.
HHS 2203, 2204, 2209, 2210
3:40-4:00
Tea
 Foyer
4:00-5
Closing Ceremonies
Prize Session: Laura Taalman and Elizabeth Brown, organizers
Closing Address"Putting a Spring in Yoda's Step" 
Tim Chartier, Davidson College
HHS 2301

SUMS-Related Events:

AMC Problem-Solving workshop for high school students, 2-3:40 in HHS 2207, 2208 during SUMS.

Gallery Reception: The New Image Gallery at JMU, currently exhibiting Contemporary Mathematical Photography and New Media, will host a reception from 7-9 PM on Friday, October 27.  The gallery is located inside of artWorks, JMU's student-run gallery, at 131 Grace Street in Harrisonburg.