ICMI: FUTURE CONFERENCES
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ATCM '97, June 1997
The Second Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics, focusing on
computer technology in mathematical research and teaching, will be
held 16- 20 June, 1997, in Penang, Malaysia, organised by School of
Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
The conference will provide an interdisciplinary forum where
researchers in the fields of mathematics, education, computers and
technology, together with teachers can present results and exchange
ideas and information. The conference will cover a broad range of
topics relevant to the use of technology in mathematics. These topics
include: The potential use of technology in teaching and learning of
mathematics; Development of user-friendly softwares; Computational
mathematics. The programme will include plenary sessions, special
sessions, short communications and exhibitions. Selected papers
presented at the conferecne will be published in the proceedings.
For further information, please contact
- Dr. Yahya Abu Hassan, Chair of the Organising Committee
- School of Mathematics
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
- 11800 Penang
- MALAYSIA
- Tel: +60 4 6577888 Ext. 3284 or +60 4 8603284
- Fax: +60 4 6570910
- e-mail: ayahya@cs.usm.my>
or
- Dr. Wei-Chi Chang, Chair of the International Programme Committee
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Radford University,
- Radford University, VA 24142
- USA
- Tel: +1 540 831-5232
- Fax: +1 540 831-6452
- e-mail: wyang@runet.edu
PME-1997, July 1997
The 1997 annual conference of the International Group for the
Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME, will be held in Lahti,
Finland, 14-19 July 1997.
The Richard Skemp Memorial Fund of PME has limited funds available to
support both academics who find difficulties in attending PME
conferences for racial, political, or philosophical reasons, and those
from developing countries that are under-represented within the
PME. Applications for an allowance from the Travel Fund containing
relevant information my be sent to the Executive Secretary, Dr. Joop
van Dormolen, Rehov Harofeh 48 Aleph, 34367 Haifa, ISRAEL, before 1
March 1997. Applicants are supposed to play an active part in a
Working Group or Discussion Group, or otherwise). PME members may
nominate recipients for support from this fund by writing to the
Executive Secretary.
For further information about PME-1997, please contact
- Marja-Liisa Neuvonen, Conference Secretary
- University of Helsinki, Lahti Research and Training Centre
- Kirrkkikatu 16
- SF-15140 Lahti
- FINLAND
- tel: +358 3 892 299
- fax: +358 3 892 219
- e-mail:
marja-liisa Neuvonen
- http://frodo.helsinki/kongress
or ftp://frodo.helsinki.fi
CIEAEM 49: The interactions in the mathematics classroom, July 1997
La Commission Internationale pour l'etude et l'Amelioration de
l'Enseignement des Mathematiques (CIEAEM) organises its 49th
conference on the above-mentioned theme, 24-30 July 1997, at the
Escola Superior de Educac o, Instituto Politecnico de Setubal,
Portugal. The sub-themes of the conference are 'The interactions among
students', 'The teacher's role', 'Task, curriculum materials and
problems', 'Images/-views of mathematics', 'The observation and
analysis of classroom interactions'.
The International Programme Committee is chaired by
- Paulo Abrantes,
- Fax: +351 1 750082
- e-mail: epa@cc.fc.ul.pt
from whom further information can be obtained.
International Symposium on DERIVE and the TI-92:
Fun in Learning Mathematics, August 1997
The Austrian Centre for Didactics of Computer Algebra organises this
conference in Kungsbacka (near Gothenburg) in Sweden, 7-9 August
1997. For further information please contact the chair of the
programme committee and local organiser
- David Sjoestrand
- Mejerivaegen 31
- S-539 36 Onsala,
- SWEDEN
- Tel & Fax: +46 300 641 60
- e-mail: david.sjostrand@edkm.se
Justification and Enrolment Problems
in Education Involving Mathematics or Physics, August 1997
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Roskilde University
(Denmark), IMFUFA (the Department of Mathematics and Physics and their
Functions in Education, Research and Applications) is pleased to
invite mathematics and physics educators; scholars and scientists
working in areas to which mathematics or physics are essential;
representatives of institutions, agencies and organisations of
research, industry or commerce; educational administrators, planners,
authorities, and politicians; and other interested parties to attend
this international conference which is going to be held at IMFUFA,
Roskilde University, 22-26 August 1997.
Mathematics and physics play objectively significant roles in a large
number of educational subjects and study programmes in various areas,
not only as subjects in their own right but even more, perhaps, as
essential components in other subjects and fields of study. Yet, in
many places pupils and students have considerable difficulty in
finding mathematics and physics relevant, and in coming to grips with
their study. Similarly, in many countries students, to a manifest
extent, are opting away from tertiary studies in which mathematics or
physics form a key component.
Although national and local conditions and circumstances are
undoubtedly important in this context, the problems are clearly
international and non-superficial. This implies that attempts to
explain or counteract the problems have to rely on in-depth analyses
of their scientific, socio-economic, cultural, didactial,
philisophical, and pedagogical aspects. The main purpose of the
international conference Justification and enrolment problem in
education involving mathematics or physics is to elucidate and analyse
the problems with respect to these aspects, and to do so from a
variety of different perspectives, such as educational sector and
level, geography and culture.
If you are interested in receiving further information about this
conference please contact the organisers:
- Jens Hoejgaard Jensen (physics)
- e-mail: jhj@mmf.ruc.dk
or
- Mogens Niss (mathematics)
- e-mail: mn@mmf.ruc.dk
or the Conference Secretariat:
- Ms. Karina Larsen,
- IMFUFA, Roskilde University
- P.O. Box 260,
- DK-4000 Roskilde,
- DENMARK
- Fax: +45 46755065
- e-mail: kl@mmf.ruc.dk
ICTMT-3, September-October 1997
The Third International Conference on Technology in Mathematics
Teaching will take place 29 September - 2 October 1997 at the
University of Koblenz, Germany. The conference will bring together
classroom practitioners, curriculum developers and mathematics
education researchers who share a desire to improve the quality of
student learning. Main lectures by distinguished speakers will be
complemented by a programme of specialist short talks and
workshops. There will be an exhibition of books and IT materials. The
conference languages are English and German.
Conference themes include: 'Impact of technology on teaching and
learning'; 'Access to education through technology'; 'Technology and
assessment'; 'Ways forward - future trends'. Deadline for the
submission of abstracts is 30 June 1997. Abstracts should be submitted
to Professor Wolfgang Fraunholz, Mathematisches Institut der
Universitaet, Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany.
For further information about this conference, please contact
- Institut fuer Mediendidaktik
der Universitaet in Koblenz,
- Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz,
- GERMANY
- Tel: +49 261 9119651
- Fax: +49 261 9119652
International Conference on Mathematical Education, October 1997
This conference, which is co-sponsored by Hangzhou Teachers College
and California State University at San Marcos, USA, is going to be
held in Hangzhou, China, 3-5 days in the middle of October 1997. The
exact dates have not yet been decided. The topics for discussion in
the conference include: 'continuing education in mathematics',
'middle-school mathematics education', 'university mathematics
education', 'modern technology and mathematics education', '"literacy"
in mathematics education'. The deadline for the submission of
abstracts (not exceeding two pages) to the address below is 31 July.
For further information, please contact
- Yu, Xiuyuan, Conference Co-Chair
- Hangzhou Teachers College,
- 91 Wenyi Road, Hangzhou 310012,
- CHINA
- Tel: +86 571 808 1082 or 808 7339
- Fax : +86 571 808 1082
PME-NA XIX, October 1997
Illinois State University is proud to host the 1997 PME-NA (Psychology
of Mathematics Education - North America) meeting at Chateau,
Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, USA, 18-21 October 1997. A rich and
stimulating program is in the planning stages. Tentative program
planning features several plenary sessions with a focus on mathematics
education research on learning and instruction. Suggestions for other
plenary topics and/or speakers are invited.
At present the planned session formats include research paper
sessions, symposia, discussion groups, short oral presentations, and
poster sessions. As usual, decisions about acceptance will rely on
peer review, which shortens the timeline for proposal subsmission. It
is not too early to be thinking about your propossal, which will be
due by 27 January, 1997.
Bloomington/Normal is located in Central Illinois, 125 miles south of
Chicago. Weather in October will be moderate with trees and fields in
fall harvest colors. Planned excursions may include an evening at the
theatre or a barn dance. Accommodations will be availabe at
Jumeris Chateau, a five-storey hotel offering the warmth and charm
of a French country estate. A walking-jogging trail in back of
Jumeris leads all the way to the University and can be particularly
colorful in October. We look forward to your participation in the
program and to your presence among us in 1997.
For further information about the 1997 PME-NA meeting, please contact:
- Jane Swafford, 1997 PME-NA Annual Conference
- Department of Mathematics
- Campus Box 4520
- Ilinois State University
- Normal, IL 61790-4520
- USA
- tel: +1 309 438-7797
- fax: +1 309 438 5866
- e-mail: swafford@math.ilstu.edu
IFIP Working Group 3.1. Working Conference, October 1997
Working Group 3.1 (Secondary Education) of the International
Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is organising a Working
Conference on the topic Secondary School Mathematics in the World of
Communication Technology: Learning, Teaching and the Curriculum. This
Working Conference is a sequel to two previous ones organised by IFIP
WG 3.1 on similar themes in Varna (Bulgaria) in 1977, and in Sofia
(Bulgaria) in 1987. It was felt appropriate to look again, ten years
later, at the rich relationships between mathematics and the new
technologies of information and communication. The conference will
take place in Villard de Lans, a mountain resort located in the Alps
35 km from Grenoble (France), from October 26 to 31, 1997.
The programme of the conference will be built around four themes:
- Curriculum: curriculum evolution; relationships with informatics
- Teachers: professional development; methodology and practice
- Learners: tools and techniques; concept development; research and theory
- Human and social issues: culture and policy; personal impact
Participation at the Working Conference is by invitation only and will
be limited to 80-90 participants. Both the philosophy underlying such
a working conference and the physical capacities of the venue impose
this limitation on the number of participants.
For further information, please contact
- Bernard R. Hodgson
- Chair of the Programme Committee (Grenoble 1997)
- Departement de mathematiques et de statistique
- Universite Laval
- Quebec G1K 7P4,
- Canada
- e-mail: bhodgson@mat.ulaval.ca
- Fax : +1 418 656 2817
If such is the case, you should briefly explain the reasons why you
wish to take part in the Working Conference.
This Working Conference is being organised by IFIP WG 3.1, with the
help of the IUFM (Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maitres)
of Grenoble and the Leibniz Laboratory of IMAG (Institut
d'informatique et de mathematiques appliquees de Grenoble).
Teaching in mathematics, July 1998
An International Conference of the title indicated above will take
place 3-6 July 1998 in the island of Samos, Greece. The main objective
of the conference is to examine new ways of teaching undergraduate
mathematics. It will provide a unique and centralised forum and bring
together faculty members from various countries who are committed to
introducing and using innovative teaching methods. The conference will
be of great interest to mathematics faculty as well as to anyone
involved in the teaching and learning process of undergraduate
mathematics. Conference themes include: Integration of computing
technology; Innovative ways of teaching; Reform issues related to
calculus and other math courses; Distance learning technologies;
Assessment of student learning; The role of mathematics in other
disciplines.
For further information, please contact the conference chair:
- Ignatios Vakalis
- Department of Math & Computer Science, Capital University
- e-mail: ivakalis@capital.edu
or consult the World Wide Web at
http://icg.harvard.edu/~samos98
Third International DERIVE and TI-92 Conference, July 1998
This conference will be held 14-17 July 1998, on the campus of
Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Papers submitted
for consideration by the Conference Committee should reach conference
organiser Professor Carl Leinbach (see below) no later than 15
November 1997. For further information please contact either of the
following conference organisers
- Carl Leinbach,
- Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17235,
- USA
- e-mail:
leinbach@gettysburg.edu
or
- Bert K. Waits,
- Mathematics Department, The Ohio State University
- 231 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210
- USA
- e-mail:
waitsb@math.ohio-state.edu
ICMI-EARCOME 1, August 1998
The First ICMI East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education
(ICMI-EARCOME 1) will be held 17-21 August 1998 at the Korea National
University of Education, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea. See announcement
elsewhere in this Bulletin.
International Congress of Mathematicians, ICM-98, August 1998
This congress will be held, under the auspices of the International
Mathematical Union, 18-27 August 1998 in Berlin, Germany. The Board of
Directors of the Organizing Committee consists of
- President: M. Groetschel, Berlin
- Vice-President: M. Aigner, Berlin
- Honorary President: F. Hirzebruch, Bonn
- Treasurer: J. Sprekels, Berlin
- Secretary General: J. Winkler, Berlin
The International Programme Committee is chaired by
Phil. J. Griffiths, Princeton, USA.
The current plans for the congress include the following sections:
1. Logic; 2. Algebra; 3. Number Theory and Arithmetic Algebraic
Geometry; 4. Algebraic Geometry; 5. Differential Geometry and Global
Analysis; 6. Symplectic Geometry and Hamiltonian Theory; 7. Topology;
8. Lie Groups and Lie Algebra; 9. Analysis; 10. Ordinary Differential
Equations and Dynamical Systems; 11. Partial Differential Equations;
12. Mathematical Physics; 13. Probability and Statistics;
14. Combinatorics; 15. Mathematical Aspects of Computer Science;
16. Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing; 17. Applications;
18. Control Theory and Optimization; 19. Teaching and Popularization
of Mathematics; 20. History of Mathematics.
Further information about ICM-98 can be obtained through the World
Wide Web, through URL:
http://elib.zib.de/ICM98
Third European Congress of Mathematics, July 2000
The Third European Congress of Mathematics will be held in Barcelona,
Spain, 10-14 July, 2000. Further information will be released in due
course.
ICME-9, July-August 2000
The Ninth International Congress on Mathematical Education, ICME-9, is
going to be held 31 July - 7 August 2000, at the Chiba Convention
Centre, Makuhari, at the Tokyo Bay, near Narita Airport. Further
information will be available in forthcoming issues of this Bulletin.
Please send suggestions and corrections to:
helmberg@zib.de
Mon Nov 17 17:27:43 1997