IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute
2000 Summer Session
July 21, 2000
7:30-9:30 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00-10:00 a.m.
ER Seminar; White-Levy Room
GSS Problem Session; Simonyi Hall 101
HST Course: Building Mathematics in the Classroom: Vectors, coordinates and
Postscript; Susan Addington - Dilworth Room B
UF Seminar: Engaging undergraduates with mathematics; - Liebowitz Classroom
UP Course (Advanced): The landscape of complexity classes; David Barrington;
- West Building Lecture Hall
10:15-11:15
ER Seminar – White-Levy Room
GSS Lecture: Quantum computing, Ran Raz; – Wolfensohn Hall
HST Course: Advanced Mathematics: Spherical Geometry and Cartography; John
Polking - Dilworth B
11:30-12:30
ER Seminar - White-Levy Room
GSS Lecture: Quantum computing, Ran Raz; – Wolfensohn Hall
HST Course: Teaching Mathematics with Technology: Conics; Jim King -
Dilworth Room A
UP Course (introductory): Non-regular languages and uniformity; Alexis
Maciel - West Building Lecture Hall
12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch (Dining Hall)
1:45-2:45
GSS Lecture: Quantum computing, Ran Raz; Wolfensohn Hall
HST Presentation - Dilworth Room B
3:00-4:00
Cross Program Activity
A conversation with the high school teachers about computational complexity, Steven Seif, University of Louisville; – (West Building Lecture Hall – note change of location for today)
4:00-4:30
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
4:30-5:30
HST Problem Session - Dilworth Room B
RP Seminar: Phase Transitions in Computer Science, Part II; Jennifer Chayes
and Christian Borgs, Microsoft Research – Wolfensohn Hall
GSS Problem/Discussion Session - Simonyi Hall 101
UF Video Festival: Steven Rudich’s introduction to complexity –
White Levy Room.
Evening:
UP Problem Session (AmeriSuites meeting room)
Announcements:
Undergraduate Faculty Program Discussion will continue on Saturday at 9:30, after breakfast at the AmeriSuites.
Cross Program Activity Information:
Today:
3:00 A conversation with the high school teachers about computational complexity; Steven Seif, University of Louisville. This presentation is designed for the high school teachers at PCMI and is open to everyone. Today’s Cross Program activity will be held in the West Building Lecture Hall (lower level of West Building).
Monday:
3:00 Presentation by Steven Rudich, Carnegie Mellon University
Library Books on reserve for PCMI participants in the School of Mathematics Library may not be removed from the library. Reserved books should be read only within the library. Several of the books have been taken from the library and we ask that they be returned immediately.
The shuttle bus schedule is timed according to the clock on the tower of Fuld Hall – we ask that everyone using the shuttle please synchronize your watches with the Fuld Hall clock.
The shuttle bus will run on both Saturday and Sunday – see the latest schedule for times. Shoppers: Please note that Quakerbridge Mall closes at 6:00 on Sundays.
Background Questionnaires (found in your welcome packet) should be turned in to the box on the table near the PCMI Message Board (upper level of the Dining Hall). The background questionnaires are important to the process of assessing how well PCMI works, and we appreciate your taking a few minutes to fill it out and submit it.
The Computer Lab is open for general use 12:30 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, and all day on weekends. Due to fire code restrictions on the capacity of the combined Dilworth Room space, the lab is closed for general use from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each weekday while the High School Teacher Program is in session. We appreciate your cooperation in this important matter. The lab is located in the Dilworth Room on the lower level of the Dining Hall. Please note that you will need your Institute Access Card in order to get into the Dining Hall after hours.
Lunch Clarification: The following information might help to make the lunch line more efficient for everyone.
Your lunch ticket entitles you to the following:
Important: Cold entrees are in the section of the food line that begins just inside the entrance door where you pick up your tray. If you are planning on choosing a hot entrée, you need not stand in the line that goes past the cold entrées -- you may go directly to the hot entrée section and form a separate line there. Likewise, if you would prefer a sandwich, you may go directly to that section.
PCMI tote bags are for sale in the PCMI office. Made of canvas duck, these roomy totes are perfect for carrying books, notebooks and pens. The cost is $5.00; quantities are limited.
All PCMI participants are invited to join a High School Teacher Program Working Group. See list of groups and meeting times on the bulletin board.
The PCMI Office is located at 95 Morse Lane, in the housing complex. This is adjacent to the laundry room and is entered through the door underneath the carport. Office hours are 8:15-5:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 8:15-1:00 on Wednesdays. Phone: 8140 from any house phone or 734-8140 from the outside.
Coffee and Tea are available daily in the Coffee Lounge (mid-level of the Dining Hall) from 9:30-11:30 a.m. There are water fountains in all buildings on the campus.
We ask that no beverages or food be taken into the computer lab or any of the lecture halls or meeting rooms. Thank you!
Weekend and Wednesday afternoon trips and get-togethers are organized on a casual basis by PCMI participants. There are blank sign-up sheets available on the table near the Message Board if you would like to organize an activity.