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May 2017
University of PEI Math Camp
This Math Camp is an initiative of the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, in association with the Canadian Mathematical Society and the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences. The first Math Camp at UPEI took place in 2002, and has been held annually since then. Math Camp brings to campus a group of top grade 10 and 11 students, who spend a weekend participating in a variety of math-related activities, such as group problem solving, math relays,…
Find out more »Hopf Algebras and their Generalizations from a Categorical Point of View
Folklore says that Hopf algebras are distinguished algebras whose representation category admits a closed monoidal structure. In the mini course we will discuss generalizations of bialgebras and Hopf algebras based on this principle. Read the report
Find out more »University of New Brunswick Math Camp
The annual UNB-CMS Spring Math Camp, for Grade 10 and 11 students, starts on the same day (a Friday in May) as the annual NB Math Competition. The camp is by invitation with selection based, primarily, on performance in the NB Math Competition. Students work on math problems (some fun, some quite challenging); they hear interesting talks about mathematics, and applications of mathematics; they get to know some UNB profs; they live in residence for the weekend; they go home on…
Find out more »35th Annual New Brunswick Mathematics Competition
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New Brunswick and the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering of l’Université de Moncton invite students inGrades 7, 8 and 9 of the Province of New Brunswick to participate in the Thirty-fifth Annual Mathematics Competition to be held on FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2017. It should be noted that the Competition will be written on the same day and at the same time on the campuses of l’Université de Moncton at Moncton, Edmundston and Shippagan and on both the…
Find out more »Blundon Seminar Camp at Memorial
The Blundon seminar is our annual three-day event for senior high school students who are interested in mathematics and demonstrate consistently good performance in mathematics competitions. Participation in the seminar is by invitation only based on the results of preceding Blundon, Euclid, Fermat,and Cayley contests. Each year we have about 35-50 students. During the seminar the students attend two one-hour talks given by professors from MUN on various mathematical topics and applications in science and engineering. There are several problem…
Find out more »St. Francis Xavier University Math Camp
The Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (MSCS) at St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) will be hosting a Math Camp to begin on Friday May 19 and end on Sunday May 21, 2017. The camp has the support of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS), and St. Francis Xavier University. This Camp is the fourth of a recurring series of annual Math Camps to be held at StFX. These Camps are designed for…
Find out more »2017 AARMS Workshops on Scientific Computing Software
AARMS (the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences), the AARMS Collaborative Research Group in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, the Centre for Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and the Department of Mathematics and Computing Science at Saint Mary's University will bring students and researchers interested in scientific computing to a 5-day workshop in beautiful St. John's, NL, Canada. The meeting will consist of two independent workshops, a 2-day Software Carpentry workshop, presented by…
Find out more »Atlantic General Relativity 2017
The conference was in three parts all held at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. On Sunday May 28 before the main part of the workshop, post-doc members of the AARMS CRG gave set of introductory lectures aimed at beginning graduate students. From Monday May 29 to Wednesday May 31, there was a workshop hosted by the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) collaborative research group (CRG) “Mathematical and physical aspects of black holes”. It featured four invited speakers who each…
Find out more »June 2017
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group
The 41st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG)/ Groupe Canadien D’Étude en Didactique des Mathématiques (GCEDM) will be held from June 2-June 6, 2017. This conference brings together mathematics educators and mathematicians from across Canada to discuss key issues in mathematics education. The conference includes working group sessions, plenary speaker sessions, invited topic sessions, talks by new PhDs, a gallery walk featuring emergent research, and opportunities to connect with others passionate about mathematics education. Please view www.cmesg.org for more…
Find out more »AARMS Annual Outreach Meeting
The AARMS annual outreach meeting draws educators and researchers from across Atlantic Canada to discuss their current outreach programs, problems and challenges they face, and plans for the future. Following the presentation of each of the programs, there is an opportunity for small-group discussion on a variety of pertinent topics.
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