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The Second Annual Conference of Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science

July 30 - August 1, 1999

Winfield, KS, USA

Mathematics

Host: Southwestern College
Homepage: http://www.sckans.edu/~bridges/
Email: sarhangi@jinx.sckans.edu

Organizers: DIRECTOR: Reza Sarhangi, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Mehri Arfahi (Chair, Contributed Sessions), Michelle Boucher (Director, Integrative Studies), Judith Charlton (Professor of English and Africian Studies), Dan Daniel (Integrative Studies), Sarabeth Farney (Education Department), George Gangwere (Chair, Physics Department), Teri Hackler (Chair, Workshop Sessions), David Nichols (V.P., Academic Affairs), Patrick Ross (Science Department), Sharon Shetler (Director, Summer Programs), Tim Shook (Music Department), Phil Schmidt (Professor of History), Michael Tessmer (Associate Professor of Chemistry), Sara Weinert (Director, Communications), Steve Wilke (V.P., Institutional Planning), ADVISORY BOARD: Brent Collins (Sculptor, Kansas City, Missouri), Nat Friedman (Mathematics Department, SUNY at Albany, New York), Michael Leyton (Psychology Department, Rutgers University, New Jersey), Carlo H. Séquin (EECS Department, Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley)

Deadline for abstracts: April 23, 1999

Description:
Suggested Topics: Fractals, math and music, tessellations, geometry in quilting, M. C. Escher work, math and 3-dimensional art, origami, mathematics and architecture, computer-generated art, math and art in culture, art in hyperbolic geometry.

Speakers: Brent Collins (Sculptor, Kansas City, Missouri), Carlo H. Séquin (Computer Scientist, University of California-Berkeley), Dan Daniel (Integrative Studies Program, Southwestern College), Pozzi Escot (Musician and Mathematician, New England Conservatory), Nat Friedman (Mathematician and Artist, University of New York-Albany), Martin Golubitsky (Mathematician, University of Houston), George W. Hart (Computer Scientist, Hofstra University, New York), Michael Leyton (Psychologist, Rutgers University-New Jersey), Charles O. Perry (Sculptor, Norwalk, Connecticut), Corey Cerovsek (International Violinist, will intergrate performance and comments throughout the conference)

Mail Address:

Professor Reza Sarhangi
Bridges Conference
Southwestern College
100 College Street
Winfield, KS 67156

Date received: December 09, 1998, revised May 17, 1999


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