The Ottawa Mathematics Conference will be held May 16-17, 2009 at the University of Ottawa. This event is a 2-day student-organized conference whose purpose is to provide a venue for local graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and undergraduate summer researchers to showcase their original research in all areas of mathematics in a 20-25 minute presentation. There will also be two invited speakers from Ottawa universities.
This year marks the second Ottawa Mathematics Conference. Information on last year's conference, held in May 2008, can be found at http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~aburg018/omc.html.
There is no registration fee. Interested graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and undergraduate student researchers in any area of mathematics should register by emailing Maryam Haghighi at mhagh051@uottawa.ca by April 27, 2009. Please include the following information in your email:
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Name
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Institution
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Contact information
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Major area of research
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Whether you are interested in giving a talk. More information on contributed talks may be found below.
Please note that travel and accommodation subsidies will not be provided for participants coming from outside of Ottawa; however, out-of-town presenters and participants are most welcome.
A complimentary lunch will be provided on Saturday, May 16.
The conference will feature talks by graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and undergraduate student researchers on their original research. All talks should be 20-25 minutes in length.
Participants who would like to give a talk must submit a preliminary title and abstract to mhagh051@uottawa.ca by Monday, April 27, 2009. A final abstract will be due Friday, May 8. Abstracts may be submitted as plain text in your email, or may be submitted in tex or pdf format.
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Dr. Steven Desjardins, University of Ottawa.
Title: Tips for Effective Teaching (abstract)
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Dr. Daniel Panario, Carleton University
Title: Counting Polynomials over Finite Fields: Random Properties and Algorithms (abstract)
Names of speakers link to their individual abstracts. A complete list of abstracts can be found here.
Registration and breaks will take place in Fauteux Hall (FTX), Room 137. Talks will be held in Fauteux Hall (FTX), Room 135. (Campus map)
Saturday, May 16 Sunday, May 17 9:00 Registration / Coffee 9:30 Breakfast 10:00 10:30 Break 11:00 Invited speaker: Daniel Panario Invited speaker: Steven Desjardins 12:00 Lunch (provided) Lunch (on your own) 2:00 2:30 3:00 Break Break 3:30 4:00 (As of 13 May, 2009)
Abstracts
Local Information / Acommodations
The Canadian Tulip Festival will be held May 1-18, 2009.
Getting to / from Ottawa:
The bus terminal, train station and airport are all conveniently located near public transit. For more information, see the OCTranspo website.
Local links:
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OC Transpo (Ottawa public transit)
For your convenience, here is a list of some nearby accommodations. Please note that presence on this list does not imply an endorsement of an establishment by the organizers.
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University of Ottawa residence (on campus)
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Ottawa Jail Hostel (75 Nicholas St.)
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Quality Hotel (290 Rideau St.)
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Days Inn (319 Rideau St.)
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Holiday Inn (111 Cooper St.)
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Gasthaus Switzerland Inn (89 Daly Ave.)
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Auberge 'The King Edward' (525 King Edward Ave.)
For other accommodation options, you can find listings of hotels and bed and breakfasts at the City of Ottawa webpage.
Organizers:
Andrea Burgess (aburg018@uottawa.ca),
Abdelkrim El-basraoui (aelba026@uottawa.ca),
Shonda Gosselin (sgoss053@uottawa.ca),
Maryam Haghighi (mhagh051@uottawa.ca),
Ratnadha Kolhatkar (rkolh090@uottawa.ca),
Patrick Niesink (pnies014@uottawa.ca).
Phone: (613) 562-5800, ext. 3508
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa
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Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Ottawa
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Mathematics Graduate Students' Association, University of Ottawa
- CUPE Local 2626
