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OUTLOOK @MSRI: March 27, 2006

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=========== CRITICAL ISSUES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ===========

Third Annual "Critical Issues in Mathematics Education" Conference:
Raising the Floor: Progress and Setbacks in the Struggle for Quality
Mathematics Education for All
PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for registration MARCH 28.
May 7, 2006 to May 10, 2006 at MSRI in Berkeley
Organized By: Deborah Ball, Herb Clemens, Carlos Cabana, Ruth Cossey, Bob
Megginson, Bob Moses
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/388/show_workshop

==================== MSRI SPECIAL EVENTS =======================

MSRI celebrated the Inauguration of the Simons Auditorium and the Dedication
of Chern Hall on March 2nd and 3rd, respectively. To view pictures from
these festivites, please see:
http://www.msri.org/specials/dedication/index.html

The AMS and MSRI present "Who Wants to Be a Mathematician" on April 5,
9am-1pm in MSRI's Simons Auditorium at Chern Hall. This popular AMS game
(see http://www.ams.org/wwtbam/) brings together top Bay Area students in a
fun competition for prizes. All are welcome to attend this free event. For
directions to MSRI, please see:
http://www.msri.org/about/directions/index_html

The AMS and MSRI present a free public lecture by Benoit Mandelbrot on "The
Nature of Roughness in Mathematics, Science, and Art" on Saturday, April 29
at 8pm at SFSU. Directions:
http://www.sfsu.edu/%7Eparking/text/tocampus.html. For more info see
http://www.msri.org/calendar/specialevents/SpecialEventInfo/214/show_specialevent

======================= NEXT WORKSHOP ==========================

Mathematics of Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks
April 10, 2006 to April 12, 2006
Organized By: Michael Gastpar, Gerhard Kramer, Nicholas Laneman
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/325/show_workshop

==================== UPCOMING 2006 WORKSHOPS ===================

Mathematical Systems Biology of Cancer
May 3, 2006 to May 5, 2006
Organized By: Dick Karp, Bahram Parvin, Terry Speed, Paul Spellman, Carolyn
Talcott, Wing Wong
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/326/show_workshop

Analytic Methods for Diophantine Equations
May 13, 2006 to May 18, 2006
Organized By: Michael Bennett, Chantal David, William Duke, Andrew Granville
(co-chair), Yuri Tschinkel (co-chair)
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/303/show_workshop

Women in Mathematics: the Legacy of Ladyzhenskaya and Oleinik
May 18, 2006 to May 20, 2006
Organized By: Susan Friedlander (Chair), Barbara Keyfitz, Irene Gamba and
Krystyna Kuperberg
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/328/show_workshop

New Developments in the Geometry and Physics of Gromov-Witten Theory
May 22, 2006 to May 26, 2006
Organized By: Mina Aganagic, A. Klemm, Jun Li, R. Pandharipande, Yongbin
Ruan
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/315/show_workshop

Mathematics of Markov Chain Monte Carlo
June 12, 2006 to June 16, 2006
Organized By: David A. Levin, Yuval Peres, Elizabeth Wilmer
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/391/show_workshop

Teaching a Course in Combinatorial Mathematical Games
June 19, 2006 to June 21, 2006
Organized By: Morton Brown
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/395/show_workshop

Recent Developments in Arrangements and Configuration Spaces
August 7, 2006 to August 11, 2006
Organized By: Michael Falk, Eva-Maria Feichtner, Hiroaki Terao
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/389/show_workshop

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology
August 31, 2006 to September 1, 2006
Organized By: Susan Holmes
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/377/show_workshop

Introductory Workshop on Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology
September 5, 2006 to September 8, 2006
Organized By: G. Carlsson, P. Diaconis, G. M. Ziegler
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/378/show_workshop

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Geometric analysis, Ricci Flow, and Porous Medium Equations
September 7, 2006 to September 8, 2006
Organized By: Christine Guenther and Panagiota Daskalopoulos
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/379/show_workshop

Introductory Workshop on Geometric Flows and Function Theory in Real and 
Complex Geometry
September 11, 2006 to September 15, 2006
Organized By: Bennett Chow, Peter Li and Gang Tian
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/380/show_workshop

Workshop on Application of Topology in Science and Engineering
September 18, 2006 to September 22, 2006
Organized By: G. Carlsson, P. Diaconis, and S. Holmes
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/381/show_workshop

Workshop on Topological Methods in Combinatorics, Computational Geometry, and 
the Study of Algorithms
October 2, 2006 to October 6, 2006
Organized By: G. Carlsson, P. Diaconis, R. Jardine, and G. M. Ziegler
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/382/show_workshop

Analytic and Computational Aspects of Elliptic and Parabolic Equations
October 23, 2006 to October 27, 2006
Organized By: Panagiota Daskalopoulos, Peter Li and Lei Ni
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/383/show_workshop

Modern Mathematics: An Introduction to 2007-08 Programs at MSRI
October 25, 2006 to October 26, 2006
Organized By: Ricardo Cortez, Hugo Rossi, Ivelisse Rubio
This workshop will be held at the Tampa Convention Center, directly
preceding the Annual Meeting of SACNAS.
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/394/show_workshop

================== WORKSHOPS AT BANFF IN 2007 ==================

MSRI remains a partner in operating the Banff International Research Station
(BIRS). For information on workshops in 2007, see http://www.pims.math.ca/birs. 
You can also submit a proposal for Research in Teams and Focused Research 
Groups at any time that is at least 4 months before the requested start date.

===================== ARCHIMEDES SOCIETY =======================

The Archimedes Society helps MSRI to diversify and plan its future funding.
Archimedes Society donor levels celebrate interesting numbers. For example,
the Noether donor level of $1,730 to $1,921 references the year 1921, when
Emmy Noether's "Idealtheorie in Ringbereichen" was published - a landmark
paper ushering in the beginning of the field of Abstract Algebra, which
became a dominant theme of 20th Century mathematics and flourishes into the
21st. Members are invited to MSRI'S special lectures and events at no or
reduced cost, offered reserved seating and invited to special reception. To
join the Archimedes Society, please go to
http://www.msri.org/alumdev/archimedes/index_html

MSRI would also welcome mention in your Will or Living Trust. Visit
http://www.msri.org/alumdev/ways/plannedgifts for more information. Please
notify us that you done so, and you will be recognized in the MSRI Gauss
Society.

=================== 2006-7 PROGRAMS @MSRI ======================

New Topological Structures in Physics
January 9, 2006 to May 19, 2006
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/229/show_program

Rational and Integral Points on Higher-Dimensional Varieties
January 9, 2006 to May 19, 2006
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/230/show_program

Geometric Evolution Equations and Related Topics
August 14, 2006 to May 18, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/242/show_program

Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology
August 14, 2006 to December 15, 2006
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/243/show_program

Dynamical Systems
January 08, 2007 to May 18, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/244/show_program

Geometric Group Theory
August 20, 2007 to December 14, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/245/show_program

Teichmuller Theory and Kleinian Groups
August 20, 2007 to December 14, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/246/show_program

======================== STREAMING VIDEO =======================

Many lectures given at MSRI are videotaped and made available via streaming
video through MSRI'S Vmath program. Please take a look at:
http://www.msri.org/communications/vmath/index_html

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