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| Harvey
Mudd College Mathematics Conference on Public Sector Operations Research Friday - Saturday, September 28-29, 2007 Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California |
The Department of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College will host the 9th annual Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Conference (previously known as the Mt. Baldy Mathematics Conference) on Friday-Saturday, September 28-29, 2007. The topic this year is public sector operations research. Keynote speakers will discuss applications of operations research models in the public sector and future directions for such research. Speakers will make the first portion of their talks accessible to a general mathematical audience. We encourage anyone who wishes to learn more about research in this area to attend.
The
conference is sponsored by the Department
of Mathematics at Harvey
Mudd College.
The organizer is Susan
Martonosi.
Speakers and Schedule
The
opening talk will take place at 7pm on Friday, September 28, 2007.
The conference on Saturday,
September 29, 2007, will run from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Galileo
Halls
at Harvey Mudd College.
Friday 7:00 p.m.
Opening
Talk: Arnold
Barnett (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Is It Really Safe to Fly?" (abstract)
This
talk is free and open to the public. You do not need to be registered
for the meeting to attend this
Saturday 8:30 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
and introductory remarks (Galileo Hall)
9:15 a.m.
Margaret
L. Brandeau (Stanford University)
"OR and Public Health: A Little Help Can Go a Long Way" (abstract)
10:15 a.m.
Poster
session and refreshments
10:45 a.m.
Richard
C. Larson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Designing and Managing
Critical Infrastructures at the Intersection of
Engineering/OR, Management and the Social Sciences"
(abstract)
11:45 a.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Eva K. Lee
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Modeling and Optimizing the Public Health Infrastructure for Emergency
Response to Bioterror Attacks and Infectious Disease Outbreaks" (abstract)
2:30 p.m.
Poster
session and refreshments
3:00 p.m.
Stephanie Snyder
(USDA Forest Service)
"Applying
Operations Research Tools to Important
Public Sector Problems in Forestry and Habitat Conservation"
(abstract)
4:00
p.m.
Open
Discussion: Future Directions in Public Sector O.R.
If
you are interested in presenting a poster, please send
an abstract to martonosi@math.hmc.edu
by
September 3, 2007.
In
addition to our main conference program on Saturday, we will have an
opening talk on Friday, September 28 that will have strong appeal to
students and members of the Claremont community. The talk will take
place in the Galileo
Halls at Harvey Mudd College.
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Friday 7:00 p.m. |
Opening Talk: Arnold Barnett (MIT) This talk is free and open to the public. You do not need to be registered for the meeting to attend this |
Travel Support for Students and Recent PhDs
Pending funding, travel support for graduate students and recent
doctorate (or
equivalent) recipients living outside of southern California may be
available. If you
would like to receive support to attend this conference, please send
an e-mail to martonosi@math.hmc.edu
by September 3, 2007,
with the following
information: name, amount requested, research interests, years since
receiving doctorate, reasons for requesting support, other sources of
support, and if you anticipate presenting a poster at the
conference. Priority for support will be given to advanced graduate
students, recent doctorate recipients, women, and underrepresented
minorities.
Registration
Pre-registration for the conference is now closed. Attendees may still register in person at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the conference at Hixon Court (see directions below). The registration fee for the conference is $20 (waived for students). Checks should be made payable to the HMC Math Department.
Pre-registrants will receive a complimentary catered lunch.
Please send your check to this address, or bring it with you to the conference.
phone: (909) 621-8023
The closest accommodations are at the DoubleTree Hotel Claremont, which is within walking distance from the colleges, at 555 W. Foothill Blvd, 800-854-5733. All out of town guests who are receiving travel support should register at this hotel.
Other
hotels (not as near):
The
Doubletree Ontario Airport is next to Ontario airport and 9
miles
from the Claremont Colleges. More minimalist accommodations are
available at the Howard
Johnson Express Inn, 2.3 miles from the Claremont Colleges.
Directions
Harvey Mudd College
is located at 301
Platt Blvd, Claremont CA 91711, in the eastern Los Angeles
area. Click here
for driving directions from various points in Southern California.
(Please note that the portion of 12th Street running through campus
has been recently renamed to Platt Blvd.)
Free parking is available in the parking lots indicated in the map above or anywhere along 12th street or Dartmouth Ave.
Registration for the conference begins at 8:30 a.m. at Hixon Court. A campus map is available at http://www.hmc.edu/campusmap. Hixon court is below ground level and can be accessed by the stairs to the east of the court or by the elevators in the Olin or Parsons buildings.
 Stairs leading down to Hixon Court |
 Venus Fountain and koi pond at Hixon Court |
Harvey Mudd
College is a private, liberal arts undergraduate institution
of
science, engineering and mathematics. The Department of Mathematics
at Harvey
Mudd College recently received the 2006 Award
for an
Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department
from
the American Mathematical
Society. The college enrolls about 700 students of high
ability; a
third of them are National Merit Finalists and each year there are
over 35 graduates in mathematics, with approximately half going on to
graduate school. HMC is a member of the Claremont College consortium,
which includes four other undergraduate colleges (Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Scripps, Pitzer) and two
graduate institutions
(Claremont Graduate University
and Keck Graduate Institute),
forming an
academic community of about 5000 students. There is an active
research community of over 40 mathematicians in Claremont, with
faculty seminars in analysis, topology, algebra and combinatorics, and
applied mathematics.
Claremont is situated approximately 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains. The community is known for its tree-lined streets and village charm. It is an easy drive from Claremont to the cultural attractions of the greater Los Angeles area, as well as the ocean, mountains and deserts of southern California.
To learn more about mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, please visit our department homepage. You can also see a list of previous Mt. Baldy conferences at HMC.