From spassion at dimacs.rutgers.edu Mon Mar 23 12:11:41 2009 From: spassion at dimacs.rutgers.edu (Christine Spassione) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:11:41 -0400 Subject: [Sy-cg-global] Announcement: Reconnect 2009 Program Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20090323121134.01774560@dimacs.rutgers.edu> DIMACS would like to call your attention to Reconnect 2009 program. Please pass this announcement along to anyone you think might be interested. Sincerely, Christine Spassione Reconnect Program Coordinator ****************************************************************************** Reconnect Conference 2009 Reconnecting Teaching Faculty to the Mathematical Sciences Enterprise and Exposing Researchers in Government and Industry to Relevant Current Research Visual Analytics and its Applications Principal Speaker: Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts Lowell, grinstein at cs.uml.edu Dates: August 9 -15, 2009 (Sunday evening through Saturday afternoon) About the Reconnect Conference: The DyDAn Summer Reconnect Conferences will expose faculty teaching undergraduates to the role of the mathematical sciences in homeland security by introducing them to a current research topic that will be relevant for classroom presentation. The conferences also offer researchers in government or industry the opportunity to learn about recent techniques in emerging application areas relevant to homeland security. Topics will be presented in a week-long series of lectures and activities led by an expert in the field. Participants will be involved in both research activities and in writing materials useful in the classroom or to share with their colleagues, with the possibility of ultimately preparing these materials for publication in either our Technical Report or our Educational Modules Series. These workshops offer the opportunity for junior faculty as well as mid-level and senior faculty and government and industry professionals to explore research questions in a new area of the mathematical sciences. Participants will also acquire materials and gain ideas for seminar presentations and for undergraduate research projects and have the opportunity to network with people from a variety of backgrounds. Conference Organizer: Fred S. Roberts, Rutgers University (froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu) Where: Sessions will be held at the DyDAn Center, located at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ. Registration Fees, Lodging, Meals and Travel: ? Academic participants: Lodging and meals will be provided through DHS funding. Limited funds are expected to be available for travel awards. There are no registration fees. ? Applicants from government and for-profit corporations are asked to provide their own travel and lodging, plus registration fees* (that cover all meals from Sunday dinner to Saturday lunch) as follows: o Government Lab participants: $350. o Corporate participants: $500. *Funds may be available to waive part or all of the registration fee and/or partially support travel and lodging. Who May Apply? Anyone may apply. Preference will be given to faculty whose primary job is undergraduate teaching and those working at government labs. Two-year college faculty are welcome to apply. Faculty from groups under-represented in mathematics are also encouraged to apply. Application deadline is April 15, 2009. To receive more information, visit our web site at http://dydan.rutgers.edu/Education/reconnect/2009/. Or, contact the Reconnect Program Coordinator, at reconnect at dimacs.rutgers.edu, or telephone at (732) 445-4304. Reconnect Program Coordinator DyDAn / CoRE Building / 4th Floor / Room 438 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 96 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8018 USA