Schedule

Schedule: 

Saturday, March 4th

10:00AM-12:30PM Registration with boxed lunch provided

12:30PM-1:30PM Lightning Talks

1:30PM-2:00PM Coffee/Snacks

2:00PM-3:00PM Workshops: STEMProv + Website Design

3:00PM-3:30PM Coffee/Snacks

3:30PM-4:30PM Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karen Uhlenbeck

4:30PM-5:00PM Break/Snacks

5:00PM-6:20PM Lightning Talks

7:00PM-9:00PM Conference Dinner at Clay Pit

Sunday, March 5th 

8:30AM-9:00AM Breakfast and coffee provided

9:00AM-10:00AM Plenary Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Garcia 

10:00AM-10:30AM Coffee/Snacks

10:30AM-11:30AM Lightning Talks

11:30AM-12:00PM Coffee/Snacks

12:00PM-1:00PM Plenary Speaker: Dr. Anne Shiu

1:00PM-1:15PM Closing Remarks

1:30PM- Suggested Lunch 

Plenary Speakers: 

TWIMS 2023 will feature two plenary lectures: The first plenary lecture will be given by Dr. Anne J. Shiu, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University. Her research interests include algebraic, geometric, and combinatorial approaches to mathematical biology, biochemical dynamical systems, neural coding, parameter identifiability, algebraic statistics, and genomics. The second plenary lecture will be given by Dr. Rebecca Garcia, a professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Sam Houston State University and a Co-Director for the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Undergraduate Program (MSRI UP). Her research interests are in algebraic combinatorics, computational commutative algebra, and computational algebraic geometry.

Keynote Speaker: 

In honor of the event’s fifth iteration, there will be a virtual keynote lecture given by Dr. Karen Uhlenbeck, who is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair. She is currently a distinguished visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a visiting senior research scholar at Princeton University. She is also the first, and currently only, woman to win the Abel Prize. 

Contributed Talks:

There will be four concurrent sessions of talks contributed by conference participants divided by mathematical subfield. Each session will consist of three 15 minute-talks, with a 5 minute question and transitions period. Researchers of all career stages and in any mathematical subfield are encouraged to apply to give a talk. 

Contributed Talks Schedule (PDF)

Professional Development Workshops: 

There will be two professional development workshops where attendees will have their choice:

• The first event will be led by Nic Bennett, who researches belonging in science communication at The University of Texas as a doctoral candidate of the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations. 

  • STEMprov: Improv for Mathematicians

Improv requires you to understand group dynamics, tell stories, and say yes in the face of the unknown. In many ways, improv draws upon the very same skills we cultivate as mathematicians. This beginner-friendly improv workshop will use the tools of improvisational theater to help you become a better collaborator, increase your storytelling skills, and become more relaxed with all of the unknowns that come with your path in mathematics.

•  The second event will be led by Rachel Moglen, a fourth-year Ph.D. student studying operations research in the Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Program (ORIE) at the University of Texas at Austin. 

  • Building a Personal Website

Join MEGSB officer Rachel Moglen in an introduction to building a personal website. This workshop covers some examples of different personal websites, what content to include on your website, and an overview of some of the different hosting options (Squarespace, Google Sites, and Github Pages).

The goal of these workshops is to give our participants the tools to share their mathematics with the broader community at large, either by cultivating soft-skills like expository conversations, or more traditional tools, such as an effective and engaging personal webpage.