Canadian Undergraduate Math Conference

[yoursecretninja]

So I heard about the upcoming Canadian Undergraduate Math Conference at Waterloo. I'm going to attend for at least two days. Is anybody else going to this? http://cumc.math.ca/2010/en/

Also, I know there are a lot of Waterloo students on here. Does anybody know about the Summer School in Combinatorics workshop the two days prior to CUMC? Is it for highschool or university students? How strong of a math background do you require? I'm a CS student but interested in learning something about this field.

[Brightguy]

I would go, but I don't feel like paying for the whole thing.

I wonder if the math talks will be guarded...

[Prabhakar Ragde]

The Web page for the Summer School in Combinatorics says that it's aimed at undergraduates. It's obviously trying to put the idea of grad school in C&O into people's heads, so it should be fairly accessible to anyone interested enough to attend CUMC. Looks like a good deal to me.

[Prabhakar Ragde]

PS Combinatorics rocks.

[Brightguy]

Brightguy @ Thu May 20, 2010 9:55 am wrote:

I wonder if the math talks will be guarded...

Someone asked me this today, and the official word is due to limited capacity the talks WILL be guarded. (Off the record: I bet there will be available space in the student's talks. )

Also, you have to pay the full $90 if you just want to give a talk. So yeah, that is kind of lame...

[jcollins1991]

If anyone here is a UW student you can apply to volunteer for the conference and get free admission...

[holderofthering]

Brightguy @ Wed May 26, 2010 10:57 pm wrote:

Brightguy @ Thu May 20, 2010 9:55 am wrote:

I wonder if the math talks will be guarded...

Someone asked me this today, and the official word is due to limited capacity the talks WILL be guarded. (Off the record: I bet there will be available space in the student's talks. )

Also, you have to pay the full $90 if you just want to give a talk. So yeah, that is kind of lame...

$90 also gets you 2 dinners, 3 lunches, and about 4 coffee breaks. Plus I hear that waterloo students get 50$ off.

[Brightguy]

jcollins1991 @ Thu May 27, 2010 7:23 am wrote:

If anyone here is a UW student you can apply to volunteer for the conference and get free admission...

Really? Well why didn't they say that in the first place! I can't find anything about this on their website...

holderofthering @ Thu May 27, 2010 8:15 am wrote:

$90 also gets you 2 dinners, 3 lunches, and about 4 coffee breaks.

I think that's the problem. OK, so maybe coffee is necessary, but banquets? I find that excessive.

[jcollins1991]

I don't know if it's on their website, but it was posted on the CSC newsgroup...

Quote:

Attention Mathematically slanted Waterloo students: The CUMC is
looking for smart, energetic, dedicated volunteers to help with the
logistics of this years conference! The Conference runs July 6th to
July 10th, and is looking to recruit approximately 15 volunteers for
running the event.

Perks for being a Volunteer include having your conference fee waved,
special CUMC staff Merch (Staffers get super special staff t-shirts)
and of course the joy of helping out the exciting event this summer.

For more information on the event, check out the website at cumc.math.ca.

If you would like to apply to be a volunteer, please send an email
with subject "VOLUNTEER", to cumc.2010@gmail.com. In the email,
indicate if you can commit full time, or if you have other academic
responsibilities that you will be doing concurrently. If you're
interested in being one of the 5-7 students who gets trained on the
visual equipment the conference will use, please indicate. We'll be
accepting application emails until June 3rd.

Thanks,
the CUMC team.

A bit more on CUMC: There is a discount on registration for UW students, since it is in town it makes a really great deal. If you are interested in attending more information can be found here: http://cumc.math.ca/2010/.