11th Annual Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences

June 21 - 24, 2005

Schedule and Presentations

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Organizing Committee:

Mark Green (IPAM)
William Massey (Princeton University)

Scientific Background

In the early 1990s, William Massey of Bell Laboratories (then AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) had an idea for an organization devoted mainly to addressing critical issues involving African-American researchers and graduate students in the mathematical sciences. It was envisioned that this organization would highlight current research by African-American researchers and graduate students in mathematics, strengthen the mathematical sciences by encouraging increased participation of African-Americans and members of other underrepresented groups, facilitate working relations among them, and provide assistance to them in cultivating their careers.

This organization became known as the Conference for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS).

It was Massey’s industry, determination and energy, coupled with that of Raymond Johnson, James Turner and others, that led to the first meeting of the organization (CAARMS1) which was held at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California, June 1995. CAARMS2 [organized by Massey and Nathaniel Dean] was held at DIMACS at Rutgers University in Piscataway, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the Bell Laboratories and the AT&T Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, June 26-28, 1996; CAARMS3 was held at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, and the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland, June 1997; and the CAARMS4 at Rice University in Houston, Texas, June 1998; CAARMS5 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, June 1999; CAARMS6 at Morgan State University in June 2000; CAARMS7 at Duke University in June 2001; CAARMS8 at Princeton University in June 2002; CAARMS9 at Purdue University in June 2003; CAARMS10 at The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley in June 2004; and, CAARMS11 at The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA in June 2005.

The 2005 CAARMS program will include invited speakers, tutorials, and a graduate student poster session. The conference will spotlight the accomplishments of mathematicians from underrepresented minority backgrounds, and is open to all. Registration instructions follow below. Please contact IPAM staff at , or call (310) 825-4755, if you wish to attend the Banquet Dinner only. There will be a fee of $35 for the Banquet Dinner.

Some funding is available to support graduate students who wish to make poster presentations. All interested graduate students should submit their titles and abstracts to before the funding deadline of May 24, 2005, and also indicate on the electronic application form (see the registration link below) that funding is sought. Students requesting funding for the poster presentation do not need to submit the extra materials (additional e-mail to IPAM, letter from a faculty advisor) mentioned below under Application.

Speakers

Contact Us:

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Attn: CAARMS2005
460 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095-7121
Phone: 310 825-4755
Fax: 310 825-4756
Email: ipam@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/caarms2005/