[*Concerns of Young Mathematicians*] YMN newsletter - special Joint Meetings edition

[Kung, David T]

It's a rare sabbatical-year posting from me, but I wanted to let
everyone who's attended YMN events at the Joint Meetings know what's on
tap for this year's events.  Below that, I've included a couple of
teasers for some of the more recent stories from our website,
www.youngmath.net <http://www.youngmath.net/> .

 

Since it's the giving season, I'll make two quick plugs in hopes that
you're still in the giving mood.  First, if you've benefited from
reading YMN things in the past, please consider taking a minute to
forward this message along to a few aspiring young mathematicians.
Second, if you'd like to give back to the community by helping out with
YMN, drop me a line or come to the YMN Board Meeting in San Diego
(Tuesday night at 8pm after the Town Hall Meeting.)

 

Best wishes for a great New Year!

 

dave

 

dtkung at smcm.edu

 

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YMN Events at the Joint Meetings

Here's a quick list of what's going on (see the program for locations.) 

 

Panel: Tenure (and promotion)---You know you want it.
Sunday January 6, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.

 

MAA-Project NExT and Young Mathematicians Network Joint Poster Session
Sunday January 6, 2008, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.

Panel: How to interview for a job in the mathematical sciences.
Sunday January 6, 2008, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.

 

Young Mathematicians Network Town Meeting
Tuesday January 8, 2008, 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

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Knots in the News

 

Knot theory [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory] is the branch of
mathematics used to classify and analyze different types of knots.  The
mathematical focus is primarily on knots that have already formed, but
recently two physicists from UC San Diego, Dorian M. Raymer and  Douglas
E. Smith, examined why knots form.  To find their article, click below.

 

    http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2007/12/21/163832/11

 

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Have Math Searches Moved to the Fall?

 

As recently as 10 years ago, you never would have heard of a college or
university going finishing a job search before the New Year. There were
many advantages to this sort of system for both sides of the interview
table. 

 

Word on the street is that as with the Presidential primaries, the job
search calendar is moving up.  Click below for more.

 

http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2008/1/3/72958/11531 

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Fall 2007 Issue of The Harvard College Mathematics Review -- Vol. 1 No.
2 

 

The second issue (Vol. 1 No. 2) of The Harvard College Mathematics
Review is now available online and in print! This issue includes
"Problems of Circle Tangency" by Gregory Minton (Harvey Mudd '08),
"Fireflies &amp; Oscillators" by Pablo Azar (Harvard '09), a faculty
feature article by Elemer Elad Rosinger (University of Pretoria),
original problems, and more! 

 

Find out more about this issue:

    http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2007/12/18/192412/72

 

Or about how to submit an article for the next issue:

    http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2007/12/18/192731/11

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A new concept in publishing ...

 

I am now sure how serious a journal this Rejecta is, but the concept is
interesting and novel. From their website: Rejecta Mathematica is a new,
open access, online journal that publishes only papers that have been
rejected from peer-reviewed journals (or conferences with comparable
review standards) in the mathematical sciences.

 

For more details and to share your thoughts and comments visit

    http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2007/11/29/4574/7330

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The YMN Board:

Brian Birgen        brian.birgen at wartburg.edu

Kevin Charlwood     kevin.charlwood at washburn.edu 

Dov Chelst          dchelst at nj.devry.edu 

Vanessa Garcia      vanessagarcia63 at gmail.com 

Raouf Ghomrasni     ghomrasni at yahoo.ca 

James Hamblin       jehamb at ship.edu 

Bill Higdon         whigdon at uindy.edu 

Jackie Jensen       jensen at shsu.edu 

Lloyd Kilford       l.kilford at gmail.com 

Chawne Kimber       kimberc at lafayette.edu 

David Kung          dtkung at smcm.edu 

Josh Laison         jlaison at coloradocollege.edu 

Heather Lewis       hlewis5 at naz.edu 

Kristy Meyers       Kristi.Meyer at wlc.edu 

Kim Roth            kroth at juniata.edu 

Sarah Ann Stewart   stewarts at mail.belmont.edu 

John Vano           jvano at youngmath.net 

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