Fall 2000

IMA Career Workshop:

Mathematical problems arising in industrial applications typically involve complicated, interdisciplinary issues of formulation, analysis and solution. Many women in mathematical sciences today are contributing to this important work in industrial applications, but more women should be informed of the opportunities provided by real world problems for high quality research, contributions to practical solutions and rewarding careers. This weekend workshop is intended to increase and enhance the awareness of women mathematicians about industrial applications.

The diverse nature of industrial applications will be conveyed through technical talks by selected participants, chosen based on their successful experiences with real world problems.A panel of women established in successful industrial careers will give their viewpoints to encourage women to become involved with industrial problems. Focused small group discussions will be included to exchange ideas on strategies to enhance the participation of women in industrial applications.

This workshop will include approximately 60 invited participants: 20 mathematical scientists and managers whose work involves solving industrial problems,and 40 graduate students in applied mathematics and related fields.

Foreign Nationals (F-1/ H-1 visas), if you are receiving financial support, you will need to provide a copy of your 1-94 in order to receive reimbursement.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

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FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8
6:00 pm	Reception at Radisson Metrodome Hotel- Ballroom D
7:00 pm	Dinner at Radisson Metrodome Hotel -Ballroom D Brief welcoming remarks made by Willard Miller and Suzanne Lenhart
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted.
8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast	Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
8:30 am	Rosemary E. Chang Coastcom	Roadmap to the Workshop
8:45 am	Rosemary E. Chang Coastcom	Some Realities of Working in Industry
9:00 am	Lynne E. Parker Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Multi-Robot Cooperation: From Fundamental Research to Real-World Applications
9:30 am	Sarah Holte Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	A Competition Model for Viral Inhibition of Host Cell Proliferation Talk   pdf   postscript
10:00 am	Break	Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
10:30 am	Sharon Filipowski Boeing Company	Applications of Nonsmooth Optimization in Industry
11:00 am- 12:00 pm	Panel Discussion - moderated by Suzanne Lenhart	Finding Opportunities in Industry Panelists - Bin Yu, Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Sarah Holte and Kathy Brenan
1:30 pm	Carolyn R. Cho SmithKline Beecham R&D	Modeling Osteoporosis: Parathyroid Hormone Receptor Binding Kinetics
2:00 pm	Anna Gilbert AT&T Labs-Research	New Problems in Industrial Mathematics Research
2:30 pm	Kathleen Hoffman University of Maryland, Baltimore County	A Simple Model of Sheet Metal Assembly
3:00 pm	Break	Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
3:30 pm	Tamara G. Kolda Sandia National Laboratories	Optimization, Engineering, and Cluster Computing
4:00-5:30 pm	Breakout groups IMA East, Lind Hall 4th Floor Group assignments and room locations will be announced at the workshop.	How can colleges, universities, industry, government laboratories, funding agencies, and professional organizations encourage women mathematical scientists to become involved with industrial problems? What strategies and policies would be constructive?
6:15 pm	Reception at Sky-U-Mah Room	Gateway Center
7:00 pm	Dinner with speaker: Alessandra Chiareli 3M	On Becoming an Industrial Mathematician & the Mathematics of Fiber Optics Dinner at Gateway Center
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted.
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast	IMA East, Lind Hall 400
8:30-10:00 am	Breakout groups (continued)	IMA East, Lind Hall 4th Floor
10:00 am	Break	IMA East, Lind Hall 400
10:30 am	Reports of the breakout groups
11:15 am	Summary Discussion led by Suzanne Lenhart and Rosemary Chang

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LIST OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

as of 9/8/2000

2000-2001 Program: Mathematics in Multimedia