Tenative Schedule
| Time | Event | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:45-9:00 | Registration and refreshments. | ||
| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome and overview of the day. | ||
| 9:30-10:30 | Workshop series A: "The Mathematics of SET" Barnard 409 |
Workshop series B: "Jump Ropes and Arithmetic: Conway's Rational Tangles" Barnard 302 |
Workshop series C: "How to Solve a Rubik's Cube" The James Room |
| 10:30-11:30 | Workshop series A: "Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair" Barnard 409 |
Workshop series B: "What Are the Odds?" Barnard 302 |
Workshop series C: "Music Meets its Match: Mod-12 Math and Melody" Barnard 304 |
| 11:30-12:30 | Workshop series A: "Jump Ropes and Arithmetic: Conway's Rational Tangles" Barnard 409 |
Workshop series B: "Music Meets its Match: Mod-12 Math and Melody" Barnard 302 |
Workshop series C: "Pascal's Triangle" Barnard 304 |
| 12:30-1:00 | Lunch! | ||
| 1:00-2:00 | Problem solving competition. | ||
| 2:00-2:15 | Awards for competition, closing remarks. | ||
Speakers
| Speaker | Topic | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Bayer | "Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair" | Catherine O'Neil | "How to Solve a Rubik's Cube" |
| Jennifer Hom | "Jump Ropes and Arithmetic: Conway's Rational Tangles" | Daniela De Silva | "What Are the Odds?" |
| Dusa McDuff | "The Mathematics of SET" | Lauren Spencer | "Music Meets its Match: Mod-12 Math and Melody" |
| Walter Neumann | "Pascal's Triangle" |
More on Sonya Kovalevsky
(or Sofia Kovalevskaya?)
- Sofia Kovalevskaya on Wikipedia.
- Gender in Russian names (Wikipedia).
- More coming soon...
Behind the Scenes
Organizers. Mara Lewin-Tankel (UAI), Robert Lipshitz (Columbia) and Daniela De Silva (Barnard)
Funding. This event was partially supported by a Sonya Kovalevsky Day grant from the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), a program which in turn is funded by the National Science Foundation; and by an undergraduate science education grant to Barnard College from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The AWM maintains a list of other Sonya Kovalevsky Day events here.
More behind-the-scenes information. We plan to write a page with information helpful for planning this kind of event, including materials used in the workshops. If you would like to be notified when this page is written, e-mail Robert Lipshitz.