Women in Mathematical Sciences Connections to Industry

February 23-25, 1996

Organizers
Name	Present Institution
Margaret Cheney Margaret Wright Rosemary Chang	Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. AT&T Bell Labs Silicon Graphics

Mathematical problems arising in industrial applications typically embody complicated, interdisciplinary issues of formulation, analysis, and solution. Women in the mathematical sciences today should be as aware as possible of the many opportunities provided by real-world problems for high-quality research, contributions to practical results, and rewarding scientific careers. The weekend workshop is intended to increase and enhance this awareness in two ways: first, by conveying the diverse nature, structure, and consequences of industrial applications of mathematics; and second, by developing a set of concrete action items for colleges and universities, industry, government laboratories, funding agencies, and professional organizations to encourage women mathematical scientists at all levels to become involved with industrial problems.

The first goal will be achieved through technical talks by selected participants, chosen based on their successful experiences with real-world problems. The collection of action items will be developed from focused small-group and plenary discussions in which participants contribute their ideas about policies and strategies that will be both constructive and achievable.

Workshop Schedule

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SCHEDULE for FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Reception Holiday Inn

Dinner Holiday Inn

Avner Friedman,
IMA Director Welcome

Margaret Wright,
AT & T Bell Labs What we hope to accomplish

SCHEDULE for SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Continental Breakfast Reception Room, EE/CS 3-176

Margaret Wright,
IBM Overview of the workshop

Rosemary Chang,
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Issues for Women Scientists in Industry

Linda Petzold,
Univ. of Minnesota Challenges for Women Scientists: We're All in This Together

Questions and Discussion

Coffee Break Reception Room EE/CS 3-176

Technical Talks

Margaret Cheney,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Some electromagnetic inverse problems

Mary Brewster,
Batelle Laboratories Estimating Retained Gas in Hanford Tank Waste

Maria Celis
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Scientific Software Libraries

Kathryn Lenz,
Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth Computation of the Structured Singular Value

Miriam Lucian,
Boeing Company Tolerances in computer-aided geometric design

Monika Nitsche,
IMA Blood Flow Visualization using data obtained with MRI techniques

Linda Thiel,
SIAM Demonstration of AMS/SIAM world-wide web site for non-academic career information

Coffee Break Reception Room EE/CS 3-176

Susan Minkoff
Univ. of Texas, Austin Mathematical problems in geophysical imaging and reservoir simulation

Natalia Alexandrov
NASA Langley Center

Breakout groups

Reception Nicollet Island Inn

Dinner Nicollet Island Inn

Hilary Ockendon
Oxford University A Woman's place is in Mathematics-in-Industry

SCHEDULE for SUNDAY, FEBRURAY 26

Continental Breakfast Reception Room, EE/CS 3-176

Breakout Groups

Coffee Break Reception Room, EE/CS 3-176

Reports of Breakout Groups EE/CS 3-176

Workshop Summary Margaret Wright, Rosemary Chang and Margaret Cheney

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