IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute
2000 Summer Session
Friday, July 28, 2000
7:30-9:30 a.m.
Breakfast (AmeriSuites lobby or IAS Dining Hall, depending on where you are housed)
9:00-10:00 a.m.
GSS Problem Session; -- Simonyi Hall 101
HST Course: Building Mathematics in the Classroom; Dissections, Area, and
Transformations, Elaine Ellison and Susan Addington - Dilworth Room B
UP Course (Advanced): Logspace Division and its Consequences; David
Barrington; -- West Building Lecture Hall
10:15-11:15
GSS Lecture: Communication Complexity, Ran Raz – Wolfensohn Hall
HST Course: Advanced Mathematics: History of non-Euclidean Geometry; John
Polking -- Dilworth B
11:30-12:30
GSS
12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch (Dining Hall)
1:45-2:45
GSS Lecture: Algebraic Complexity, Michael Ben-Or – Wolfensohn Hall
HST Presentation and discussion with teachers from PROMYS program- Dilworth Room B
3:00-4:00
Cross Program Activity
Presentation by the participants of the PROMYS program at Boston University – Wolfensohn Hall
4:00-4:30
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
4:30-5:30
GSS Problem/Discussion Session - Simonyi Hall 101
6:00
Pizza Party (Dining Hall)
Evening:
UP Problem Session (AmeriSuites)
Announcements:
Tonight’s Pizza Party will be held in the Dining Hall at 6:00. Pizza is $1.00 per slice, and participants are welcome to bring their families. Please sign up on the Message Board so that we have a reasonable estimation of the amount of pizza we need to order. This is a BYOB evening: we provide the pizza and paper plates, you bring your own beverages (non-alcoholic, too). Also, the pizza party is a BYOT affair (Bus Your Own Table). If you’re interested in volunteering to serve pizza and/or help us clean up at the end, please contact Pam or Kirstie by this afternoon. We need about 4 people, and all volunteers eat free. See you there!
Cross Program Activity Information:
Today:
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. This is an elementary lecture for a general audience on some of the interesting mathematical ideas in code making and breaking.
Exit surveys will be available next week starting on Monday. Along with the background questionnaire, the exit surveys are extremely important to our assessment process. Before you leave PCMI, please take a moment to fill one out and give us your opinion on the program – the forms are available on the table near the PCMI Message Board (upper level of the Dining Hall). We very much appreciate your help!
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).
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!