Workshop on
Mathematical Knowledge Management: Sustainability, Scalability and Interoperability
Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science: April 26-28, 2007
Sponsors: Dalhousie Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie D-Drive, MathResources Inc, AARMS
Overview: The purpose is to discuss various issues of knowledge management in the mathematical sciences and to explore opportunities for further interaction between the projects represented at the workshop. We shall hold a series of working sessions, not standard conference presentations.
There will be five half-day sessions each beginning with a 45 minute presentation by the session organizer (integrating material from others) followed by general discussion, interaction and working groups for the rest of the session. Lunch will be catered in D-drive on each of the three days. There will be plenty of time for other discussions.
11.30-1.00 Preliminary Seminar. Dan Lozier (NIST) will offer an informal seminar on the soon-to-be completed NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions.
| Session 1 | Thursday Afternoon 2:00-4:30 pm | Setting the Stage - Jon Borwein (Dalhousie) |
| Thursday Evening 4:30 pm | Conference Reception Computer Science Atrium | |
| Session 2 | Friday Morning 9:30-12:00 noon | Building Meaningful Online Mathematical Communities - Aaron Krowne (Emory) |
| Session 3 | Friday Afternoon 2:00-4:30 pm | Mathweb: People and Subjects - Jim Pitman (Berkeley) |
| Friday Evening 6:30 pm | Conference Dinner Saege Bistro 5883 Spring Garden Road 429-1882 | |
| Session 4 | Saturday Morning 9:30-12:00 noon | Current Issues in Electronic Publishing - Neil Calkin, Michael Doob, José Francisco Rodrigues |
| Session 5 | Saturday Afternoon 2:00-4:30 pm | Commercial Perspectives - Ron Fitzgerald (MathResources) |
Since we will be meeting in Ddrive (www.cs.dal.ca/ddrive) we will have constant access to five large Smart Boards and can have almost anything we wish to discuss up and active.
Session organizers
- Ron Fitzgerald (MathResources)
- Michael Kohlhase (Jacobs University Bremen)
- Aaron Krowne (Emory University)
- Jim Pitman (University of California, Berkeley)
Participants (from outside D-Drive, links to MathPeople prototype)
- Neil Calkin (Clemson University)
- Jacques Carette (McMaster University)
- Joe Corneli (Planet Math)
- Michael Doob (University of Manitoba)
- William M. Farmer (McMaster University)
- Aaron Krowne (Emory University)
- Dan Lozier (NIST)
- Robert Miner (Design Science)
- Jim Pitman (University of California, Berkeley)
- José Francisco Rodriques (Lisbon)
- Michael Trott (wolfram Research)
- Carolyn Watters (Dalhousie University)
Registration
Participation is by invitation. Interested parties should contact David Langstroth.
Accommodation
A block of rooms has been set aside for the dates of April 25-28 inclusive, at the discounted rate of $115.00, at the Holiday Inn. Please call the hotel to register yourself before April 11. Any rooms that have not been booked by that point will no longer be held. Identify yourself as part of the Workshop on Mathematical Knowledge Management Group.
The hotel's website has maps and local information to help make your stay more enjoyable.