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February 2024
AARMS Seminar: EDI in STEM with Dr. Lisa Willis
While EDI has become an often referred to issue in academia and society, it remains a challenging topic to discuss, especially for people in STEM fields. Fear of making a mistake or not knowing what to say results in people disengaging from the conversation. Additionally, the multitude of initiatives and obligations in the EDI space, few of which seem to be making a real difference, is leading to EDI fatigue. In this talk, we will discuss how we as imperfect…
Find out more »Girls STEM Up
Established in 2019, Girls STEM Up (GSU) has grown into a vibrant community of over members advocating for diversity, inclusion, and equity in STEM. Focused on changing perceptions, GSU hosts an annual conference spotlighting women's accomplishments in STEM. The event serves as a transformative platform for networking and knowledge exchange, fueling the passion of young women pursuing STEM careers. The upcoming GSU: Bridging the Gap conference in February 2024 promises to be a pivotal experience. Beyond the conference, GSU remains…
Find out more »Atlantic Graph Theory Seminar
Pursuit-evasion on Graphs Trent Marbach, Toronto Metropolitan University The study of pursuit-evasion on graphs looks at games played between two adversaries, with one player tasked with alluding capture from the other on the graph. We will describe these types of games in general, although we will take a particular focus on two games: the Cops and Robber game, and the Localization game. A famous open conjecture for the Cops and Robber game has spurred recent work in the area, and…
Find out more »2024 Integration Competition
The Integration Competition (held 4 times in the past at this university, funded by AARMS), is a head-to-head competition, in which all first-year calculus students are eligible to compete. Integrals of increasing difficulty are projected, and two students work head to head, to solve it first. The winner moves on, and the other student is eliminated. This process moves through successive rounds until only 2 students are left, solving a challenging problem in integration. This generates excitement about mathematics among…
Find out more »March 2024
Acadia Math Buffet
Acadia's Math Buffets are a chance for students in grades 9- 12 in Hants, Kings and Annapolis counties to explore new and interactive topics in mathematics. In these 2-hour sessions, students will learn about a variety of math topics, such as networks, Google page rank, cryptography, problem solving and how to win at darts.
Find out more »Atlantic Graph Theory Seminar
Induced subgraphs and treewidth Speaker: Sophie Spirkl, University of Waterloo Abstract: Treewidth is a measure of the complexity of a graph and has both structural and algorithmic consequences. While results of Robertson and Seymour characterize which minors appear in graphs of large treewidth, the same question is still open for induced subgraphs. I will present some recent results towards an answer to this question, in particular, about when excluding a finite set of induced subgraphs leads to the answer being…
Find out more »Integration Tournament for UPEI students
Integration Tournament and Pi day event for UPEI Undergraduate Students.
Find out more »May 2024
39th Annual New Brunswick Mathematics Competition
The provincial New Brunswick Math Competition is a bilingual math competition that takes place in May each year. Students in grades 7-9 from across the province (approximately 1,100 students) attend one of five university locations to simultaneously write the one-hour math competition. There are three competition papers according to grade; each available in both English and French. Following the competition in the morning, students attend enrichment activities held at the universities; awards are distributed at all locations late afternoon. The…
Find out more »CMS-UPEI-AARMS Regional Math Camp
The School of Mathematical and Computational Science (SMCS) is once again organizing the UPEI-CMS-AARMS Regional Math Camp, to be held at UPEI between May 10 – May 12, 2024. We anticipate hosting some of the most talented grade 10 and grade 11 math students from across the Island. This year, we expect to invite 20-25 students. We offer students an opportunity to participate in challenging, intellectual activities with their peers, guided by the UPEI SMCS faculty members. The students will…
Find out more »16th East Coast Combinatorics Conference
The East Coast Combinatorics Conference is a 2-day annual event that brings together researchers in graph theory, design theory, and other areas of combinatorics. There will be two plenary speakers, and a number of contributed talks, in addition to opportunities for collaboration. The event brings together established researchers and those in the early stages of their academic careers and provides opportunities for subsequent collaborative research projects. We encourage participation by students since they greatly benefit from the opportunity to meet…
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