The 13th  Annual Meeting of Chairs

of Canadian Mathematics

Departments

 

 

 

 

November 11 - 12, 2011

 

Mathematics & Statistics

UBC Okanagan

I.K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences

Kelowna, BC

 

 

 

 

Organizers

Sylvie Desjardins, UBC Okanagan

Hans U. Boden, McMaster University

Ejaz Ahmed, University of Windsor

Raj Srinivasan, University of Saskatchewan

 

 

 

 

Wireless Network Access

 

Participants from Supported institutions have wireless access through eduroam-US. UBC Vancouver participants can use their normal login.

All other participants should connect to the ubcvisitor network. Then open a browser, read and agree to the conditions, and enter your email address to obtain wifi access.

 

 

 

Participants

 

Chairs: 

 

             Michael Lamoureux                  Calgary

             Karl Dilcher                               Dalhousie

             Adam Van Tuyl                        Lakehead

             Kalpdrum Passi                         Laurentian

             Hadi Kharaghani                       Lethbridge

             Jacques Hurtubise                     McGill

             Hans Boden                                McMaster

             Mayer Alvo                                Ottawa

             Allen Herman                             Regina

             Gord Simons                              Royal Military College

             Raj Srinivasan                            Saskatchewan

             Manfred Trummer                    Simon Fraser

             Joe Apaloo                                 St. Francis Xavier

             Konstantin Khanin                    Toronto

             Sylvie Desjardins                      UBC-Okanagan

             Rachel Kuske                             UBC-Vancouver

             Jennifer Hyndman                     UNBC

             Chris Bose                                  Victoria

             Kevin Lamb                               Waterloo

             Andre Boivin                             Western Ontario

             Marc Kilgour                             Wilfrid Laurier

             Ejaz Ahmed                               Windsor

                         

Invited Participants:    

 

             Johan Rudnick                           Executive Director, CMS

             Bud Homsy                                Deputy Director, PIMS

             Gail Ivanoff                                Group Chair - Mathematics & Statistics, NSERC

             Olga Stachova                            Chief Operating Officer, MITACS

             Hugh Williams                          Director, TIMC

                         

Regrets have been sent from the following people who are unable to attend:           

 

Arturo Pianzola (Alberta), Alejandro Adem (PIMS), Rick Brewster (TRU), Yogendra Chaubey (Concordia), Louis Charbonneau (UQAM), Nassif Ghoussoub (BIRS), Edgar Goodaire (Memorial), Frederic Gourdeau (Laval), Arvin Gupta (MITACS), Veronique Hussain (Montreal), David Jeffrey (UWO), Francois Lalonde (CRM), Ram Murty (Queen's), Ross Willard (Pmath-Waterloo).

 

 

Program Schedule

 

Friday, November 11            

                         

12:30 - 1:00      Meet and Greet - light lunch provided              

1:00 -  1:15       Opening Remarks        : Wesley Pue - UBC Okanagan Provost, Sylvie Desjardins

1:15 - 2:00        Research Talk: "Mathematical Analysis in Seismic Imaging," Michael Lamoureux

2:00 - 2:30        NSERC Competition -Discovery Grants: Gail Ivanoff

2:30 - 3:00        Update on the Long-Range Plan for Mathematical & Statistical Sciences: Rachel Kuske, LRP Steering Committee

3:00 - 3:15        Coffee Break     

3:15 - 4:00        Topic 1: Undergraduate Research, CUMC, and the Waterloo Mathematics Review: Kevin Lamb, Sylvie Desjardins, Hans Boden

4:00 - 4:30        Report from PIMS: Bud Homsy, PIMS

4:30 - 5:15        Panel Discussion on Mathematics & Statistics Funding: Gail Ivanoff, Rachel Kuske, Bud Homsy, Hugh Williams, Jacques Hurtubise

7:00 - 9:30        Dinner at Summerhill Winery              

                                 

Saturday, November 12                     

                         

9:00 - 9:30        Topic 2: 1st and 2nd year: honours courses, on-line assignments, etc: Karl Dilcher, Hadi Kharaghani

9:30 - 10:00      CMS & CRM  Updates: Jacques Hurtubise, Johan Rudnick CMS

10:00 - 10:15    Coffee Break     

10:15 - 11:00    First Departmental Overview: Andre Boivin, UWO

11:00 - 12:00    Topic 3: Annual Review of Faculty; Workload Determination; Lecturers: Arturo Pianzola,  Kalpdrum Passi,  Marc Kilgour

12:00 - 1:30      Lunch (Arts Artium)     

1:30 - 2:00        Report from MITACS: Olga Stachova, MITACS

2:00 - 2:30        Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing: Hugh Williams, TIMC

2:30 - 2:45        Coffee Break     

2:45 - 3:30        Second Departmental Overview: Allen Herman, Regina

3:30 - 4:00        Topic 4: Mathematics Education for Aboriginal Students: Gord Simons, Sylvie Desjardins, Allen Herman

4:00 - 4:25        Topic 5: Faculty Exchange Program & Mathematics Department database : Mayer Alvo, Raj Srinivasan,  Johan Rudnick

4:25 - 4:30        Closing Remarks and Announcement of Next Year's Host

 

Accomodations

 

A block of rooms have been reserved at the Manteo Resort and the Lakeshore Inn. These rooms

will be held until October 13, 2011. To receive the UBC rate at either hotel, please mention the

13th Annual Meeting  of the Chairs of the Canadian Mathematics Departments

 

Getting to campus

 

Information on our campus is available on the UBC Okanagan web page.

Our address is:

UBC Okanagan
3333 University Way
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7

UBCO Google maps

Directions to Manteo Resort

Map of the UBC Okanagan campus

 

 

Meeting Venue

 

All talks will take place in the Engineering, Management and Education (EME)

Building in room 1151-1. See MAP

 

Parking is available in Lot E.

 

 

History of Past meetings