Ramanujan Auditorium
9-12 December 2014
This is the second in a conference series that explores new ways of helping students achieve 21st Century competencies in mathematics and computer science, which includes math activities across the curriculum. The first conference in the series, held in Charles Darwin University, Northern Territories, Australia, from August 2 to 8, 2013, saw a unique interaction between artists (theatre, dance, graphic arts) and mathematicians / mathematics educators.
The main theme of the conference is popularizing the rich mathematics underlying computer science, a new kind of mathematics much of the school / college education community is largely untouched by. And yet, this has the potential to unlock a great amount of creativity, currently stifled by the calculus oriented math curricula. We do NOT wish to discuss how to make math easy, or how to teach topic X or Y in the syllabus easily, but to attract children to open problems, to dare reach for gold. We believe that combinatorics and computer science mathematics offer extensive opportunities in this regard.
Importantly, the conference aims to engage research mathematical scientists in outreach and communication. Bringing together researchers, educators and communicators committed to bringing exploration and discovery into classrooms and among the educated public, the conference hopes to explore new ways of thinking initiated by Computer Science Unplugged and other similar efforts in the 1990s.
The conference features keynote talks by researchers and communicators with original work in popularizing mathematics and computer science, and sharing of experience by activists with extensive experience in education and outreach.
The conference is being held at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai from December 9 to 12, 2014.
Participation in the conference is open to everyone and will be limited only by logistical constraints.
Please note that the conference will be streamed live. During talk timings, please visit: CMSC live stream .
On the 8th, there is a discussion meeting on Multivariate Algorithmics: Fresh Ideas and New Results at Alladi Ramakrishnan Hall from 9-30 AM to 5 PM.
December 9:
8.00-8.45 | Registration |
8.45-9.00 | Opening remarks |
9.00-10.00 | Keynote talk by Mike Fellows on Infinity for Kids: As Concretely as Possible - Some New Ideas |
10.30-12.00 | Presentations by : Matt Skoss on My Journey with Cubes and Hyper-Cubes Ambat Vijayakumar on Mathematics is everywhere- some attempts to encourage creativity among students in Kerala Erika Pickworth on Patterns Preschoolers and Processors |
12.00-12.30 | Discussions |
2.00-3.00 | Keynote talk by Sunita Vatuk on Art, Math, and the Qualitative: Changing the Focus in the Math Classroom |
3.30-5.00 | Presentations by : Noy Rotbart on Class activity and self study Anita Rampal on Problem posing pedagogies: Situated learning in mathematics Ruediger Reischuk on Games to illustrate adversial strategies in algorithm design |
5.00-5.30 | Discussions |
December 10:
9.00-10.00 | Keynote talk by Wolfgang Slany on Learning programming with Pocket Code, a Scratch-like Android app |
10.30-12.00 | Presentations by: Jonaki Ghosh on Developing students' mathematical thinking through investigatory projects Tim Bell (Telepresentation) on CS Unplugged and the new school curricula Elena Prieto-Rodriguez (Telepresentation) Fred Sagwe (Telepresentation) on Case for ICT, Computer Science and Chess in Early Childhood Education: Redesigning the Kenyan Curriculum |
12.00-12.30 | Discussions |
2.00-3.00 | Keynote talk by Vivek Monteiro on Mattermatics |
3.15-4.15 | Demo session |
4.30-6.00 | Verena Sprecht-Ronique (performance and discussion) on Adventures with the DRAGON - An interactive performance
Discussion: a conversation with Preethi Athreya |
December 11:
Mathematics and Science festival for children in Arcot, Vellore district, organized by Tamil Nadu Science Forum . Details: About 300 children from middle schools participate in the festival. The venue is Govt Girls Higher Secondary school, Arcot. This will be followed by interaction with school teachers; nearly 200 middle school teachers participate. The venue for this event is Sri Sitheeswarar polytechnic college, Arcot. Click here to download the activities conducted by Tamil Nadu Science Forum for the kids in the festival. |
December 12:
9.00-10.00 | Keynote talk by Benny Chor on Teaching Computer Science at the community |
10.30-11.30 | Presentations by: Maya Saran on What's the point? Some answers to this question T.V. Venkateswaran on Mass mathematics popularisation programmes |
11.45-13.00 | Telepresentations by:
Sarah Carruthers (Telepresentation) on Sparking interest in mathematics and computing: Outreach efforts at the University of Victoria Nina Gierasimczuk (Telepresentation) on Improving logic education through games in a massively used online learning system. A proof-theoretic approach Valia Mitsou (Telepresentation) on Mathematical induction: games and activities |
2.30-4.30 | Open discussion (with Teleparticipation by Jennifer Rodin and others) |
4.30 | Closing remarks |
December 13:
Social excursion to Mahabalipuram |
Anantha Padmanabha, IMSc Chennai. ananthap@imsc.res.in
R Ramanujam, IMSc Chennai. jam@imsc.res.in
Fran Rosamond, Charles Darwin University. Frances.Rosamond@cdu.edu.au
Senthil Babu, French Institute, Pondicherry
Tim Bell, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Sarah Carruthers, University of Victoria, Canada
Benny Chor, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Mike Fellows, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Jonaki Ghosh, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi
Nina Gierasimczuk, ILLC, Amsterdam
Valia Mitsou, JST ERATO, Japan
Vivek Monteiro, Jodo Gyan, Pune
Erika Pickworth, NTSchools, Northern Territories, Australia
Elena Prieto-Rodriguez, University of Newcastle, Australia
Noy Rotbart, Datalogisk Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Anita Rampal, Delhi University, Delhi
Ruediger Reischuk, Luebeck University, Germany
Jennifer Rodin, Oglala Lakota College, San Diego, USA
Fred Sagwe, Teacher Service Commission, Kisii County, Kenya
Maya Saran, Ashoka University, Kundli, Haryana
Matt Skoss, Centralian Senior College, Alice Springs, Australia
Wolfgang Slany, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Verena Sprecht-Ronique, Universiteit Frankfurt, Germany
Jakub Szymanik, ILLC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sunita Vatuk, City College of New York, USA
T V Venkateswaran, Vigyan Prasar, Delhi
Ambat Vijayakumar, Cochin Univ of S&T, Cochin
Abdullah Abdul Khadir, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai
A. Anandhi, The School - KFI, Chennai
Vipula Abhyankar, Modern College, Pune
Abirami S, SSN College of Engineering
Ankit Agrawal, IMSc, Chennai
Anandkumar M, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Anusha R, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
P.R. Anusha, Student, Chennai
S. Aruna, Brainwave, Amar Chitra Katha and GCompris, Bangalore
Pradeesha Ashok, IMSc, Chennai
Pranav Ashok, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai
R. Athmaraman, Association of Math Teachers of India
Chitra Babu, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
K Mani Bharathy, Robotix Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Chennai
BataKrushna Dash, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur
Tsering Dhondup, Tibetan Children's Village School, Bylakuppe
Eswaran T, SSN College of Engineering
Renu Galada, The School - KFI, Chennai
Arun Ganesh, Wikimedia Foundation
T.V. Gopal,Anna University, Chennai
Chetan Gupta, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai
Akhirul Islam, Verizon R&D
Jayakrishnan M, IMSc, Chennai
Kailash S, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Chennai
P.Kalpana, Robotix Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Chennai
Sushanta Karmakar, IIT-Guwahati, Guwahati
Shyamlal Karra, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai
P. R. Karthikeyan, Anna University, Chennai
Krishnamoorthy, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Kamal Lodaya, IMSc, Chennai
Mahadevan, Association of Math Teachers of India
S. Markkandan, Anand Institute of Higher Technology, Chennai
Geeta Mahashabde, Navnirmiti and Sawyer Memorial Society, Mumbai
Mariappan N, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Hijaj Mohammed K, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Jerome Moses,National Institute of Technology, Trichy
Murugan V, Anna University, Chennai
Ayan Nandy, ISI, Kolkata
Anantha Padmanabha, IMSc, Chennai
Sayooj Panakkal, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Kathryn Pickworth, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Varuni Prabhakar, IMSc, Chennai
Prakash L, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Ashutosh Rai, IMSc, Chennai
V Rajeshwaran, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai
Geethapriya Ramakrishnan, Anna University, Chennai
R Ramanujam, IMSc, Chennai
Arvind Ranganathan, The School - KFI, Chennai
Fran Rosamond, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Shreyas Satish, HasGeek
M. Sumathi, Anna University, Chennai
Meena Suresh, Teacher educator, Chennai
Suba Surianarayanan, Anna University, Chennai
N.P. Swaroop, IMSc, Chennai
Vijayakumar K, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Jayashree Vipin, School teacher, Chennai