Computing and Mathematics Across the Sciences
Workshop Program
| Thursday, June 4, 2009 | |||||||||||
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast, Welsh Hills Room | ||||||||||
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome Joan Krone, Professor of Computer Science, Denison University Bradley Bateman, Provost, Denison University |
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| 9:15 - 9:30 | Participant Introductions Jessen Havill, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Denison University |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote Presentation `That does not compute.' How Modern is the Modern Liberal Arts Science Curriculum? [pdf] Daniel Kaplan, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science, Macalester College |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | ||||||||||
| 10:45 - 12:00 | Panel Discussion Interdisciplinary Curricula and Courses Steven Bogaerts [ppt], Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Wittenberg University Timothy W. Hanks, Professor of Chemistry, Furman University Jessen Havill [pdf], Associate Professor of Computer Science, Denison University Mary Miller, Associate Professor of Biology, Rhodes College |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch, Welsh Hills Room | ||||||||||
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Teaching Modeling in the Earth Sciences with STELLA [ppt] Kirsten Menking, Associate Professor of Earth Science, Vassar College |
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| 2:00 - 2:45 | Modeling with Ordinary Differential Equations [ppt] Darryl Yong, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College Michael Huber, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Muhlenberg College modeling process [pdf] | modeling process (blank) [pdf] pendulum programs [zip] | www.codee.org |
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| 3:00 - 3:45 | Introducing Computation via Statistics, and vice versa [pdf] Daniel Kaplan, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science, Macalester College |
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| 4:00 - 4:45 | BECCE: Back of Envelope Calculations in Classroom Exercises [ppt] Patricia Manley, Professor of Geology, Middlebury College |
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| 5:00 - 6:00 | Break | ||||||||||
| 6:00 | Dinner, Welsh Hills Room | ||||||||||
| Friday, June 5, 2009 | |||||||||||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast, Welsh Hills Room | ||||||||||
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Keynote Presentation Biology without Math is Like a One-Handed Clap [pps] Malcolm Campbell, Professor of Biology, Davidson College |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break | ||||||||||
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Panel Discussion Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Examples and Opportunities David Bradley [ppt], Assistant Professor of Physics, Vassar College Malcolm Campbell, Professor of Biology, Davidson College Michael Huber, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Muhlenberg College Suresh Muthukrishnan, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Furman University Jeffrey Thompson, Associate Professor of Biology, Denison University |
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| 11:00 - 12:00 | Panel Discussion What math & CS should every scientist know? Daniel Kaplan, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science, Macalester College |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch, Welsh Hills Room | ||||||||||
| 1:00 - 1:45 | My Mind is Willing, but My Collaborations are Weak Malcolm Campbell, Professor of Biology, Davidson College |
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| 2:00 - 2:45 | Population Modeling and the R language: An Example Using Big-Leaf Mahogany [pdf] R. Matthew Landis, Associate in Science Instruction in Biology, Middlebury College |
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| 3:00 - 5:00 | Wrap up discussion | ||||||||||
| 6:00 | Picnic | ||||||||||