IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute
2000 Summer Session
Thursday, July 27, 2000
KEY:
UP
= Undergraduate Student Program
7:30-9:30 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00-10:00 a.m.
GSS Problem Session; -- Simonyi Hall 101
HST Course: Building Mathematics in the Classroom; Transformations and matrices
in the Core Plus curriculum, Carol Haid, and More transformations: shears and
strains, Susan Addington - Dilworth Room B
UP Course (Advanced): Towards Logspace Division; David Barrington; -- West
Building Lecture Hall
10:15-11:15
GSS
11:30-12:30
GSS
12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch (Dining Hall) [Reserved tables for PCMI discussion groups are in the Birch
Garden.]
1:45-2:45
GSS
3:00-4:00
Cross Program Activity
Technically Speaking: Thoughts on lecturing and teaching; Steven Rudich, Carnegie Mellon University – Wolfensohn Hall
4:00-4:30
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
4:30-5:30
HST Problem Session - Dilworth Room B
RP Seminar: The Zig-Zag Graph Product, and Elementary Construction of Expander
Graphs, Omar Reingold– Wolfensohn Hall.
GSS Problem/Discussion Session - Simonyi Hall 101
Evening:
UP
Announcements:
Cross Program Activity Information:
Today:
Lunchtime: informal mixed discussion groups for David Dennis’ talk (see above)
3:00: Technically Speaking: Thoughts on lecturing and teaching; Steven Rudich,
Carnegie Mellon University. Steven Rudich will describe how he thinks about teaching
mathematics and how his philosophy plays out in the courses, talks, and materials he
develops. Ample time will be reserved for questions, discussion and comment at the end of
the talk.
Friday:
3:00: Presentation by the participants of the PROMYS program at Boston University.
Monday:
3:00: The Digital Envelope – A crash course in Modern Cryptography, Avi
Wigderson.
Please confirm your departure reservations. If you are taking the Airporter shuttle back to the airport, please confirm your departure information by initialing the sheet posted on the PCMI message board. PCMI cannot be responsible for unconfirmed travel arrangements. If there are any problems with your arrangements as posted, please contact Kirstie in the PCMI Office immediately so that there is adequate time to make the necessary changes (ext. 8025 or kvenanzi@ias.edu).
Nametags! Please wear your nametag every day. PCMI emphasizes interaction among all participants, and nametags help to facilitate this important aspect of our program. We appreciate the cooperation of all PCMI participants.
The shuttle bus schedule is timed according to the clock on the tower of Fuld Hall – we ask that everyone using the shuttle please be aware of the time on the Fuld Hall clock.
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.
PCMI T-Shirts and tote bags are for sale in the PCMI office. T-shirts come in either white or gray, and are $10.00 each. Sizes are S, M, L, XL, and XXL – sizes S and XXL are limited. The tote bags are made of canvas duck, and are $5.00 each. Both T-shirts and tote bags are available in the PCMI office during regular office hours. They will occasionally be sold at lunch time, next to the PCMI message board, and at the pizza parties on July 28 and August 4. Quantities of some items are limited. Note: cash and check only.
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!
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