Schedule
| Time | Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Welcome and overview of the day. The James Room | |||
| 10:30-11:30 | Workshop A: "The mathematics of SET" Barnard 302 |
Workshop B: "Jump ropes and arithmetic" The James Room |
Workshop C: "Rope tangles around rings" Barnard 403 |
Workshop D: "Geometry of the Tower of Hanoi game" Barnard 409 |
| 11:45-12:45 | Lunch! The James Room | |||
| 1:00-2:00 | Workshop A: "Rope tangles around rings" Barnard 302 |
Workshop B: "The mathematics of SET" The James Room |
Workshop C: "Cracking Codes with Numbers" Barnard 403 |
Workshop D: "Baller geometry: when quickest path isn't a straight line" Barnard 409 |
| 2:00-2:15 | Closing remarks. The James Room | |||
(The workshops scheduled in the James Room may move to Barnard 406 if it has enough space.)
Speakers
| Speaker | Topic | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Hom | "Jump ropes and arithmetic" | Dusa McDuff | "The mathematics of SET" |
| Ailsa Keating | "Rope tangles around rings" | Joanna Nelson | "Baller geometry: when quickest path isn't a straight line" |
| Jason Behrstock | "Geometry of the Tower of Hanoi game" | Paul Siegel | "Cracking Codes with Numbers" |
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Behind the Scenes
Organizers. Noam Pillischer, Danielle Romano, and Jamie Ross (UAI); Daniela De Silva (Barnard); Robert Lipshitz and Davesh Maulik (Columbia).
Assistant. Emily Blady (Barnard).
Funding. This event was supported by NSF grant DMS-1149800.
Previous Barnard Kovalevsky Days: 2012, 2013.
The AWM maintains a list of other Sonya Kovalevsky Day events here.