[cmath] "Diversity in Math 2020": Undergraduate online summer school and high school camp

[Malabika Pramanik]

The Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is hosting an online 
"Diversity in Math" summer school, a web-based outreach program devoted to 
enhancing the presence of under-represented groups in STEM fields. All eligible 
students from Canadian universities are encouraged to apply.

One arm of the program is open to female-identified undergraduate students 
studying mathematics or a related discipline such as computer science, physics 
and statistics. The other arm is gender-neutral, and is meant for high school 
students. The purpose of this program is to teach the participants interesting 
mathematics, and introduce them to a wide variety of mathematics-based 
professions and careers, within and outside academia.

We will consider undergraduate and high school students across Canada. The 
program takes place 9am-3pm PDT. Please be mindful of time zones.

Accepted participants can choose to attend one of both weeks of the program.

Mentorship is an important component of the program. Undergraduate participants 
are expected to interact with senior mathematicians in academia and industry, 
and also act as mentors for high school students around the lower mainland who 
are considering a STEM-based career.

Below is some basic information about the program:

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Dates: August 4 - August 14, 2020

Websites:

Main landing page:
https://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/200809-pdimop

Undergraduate summer school: 
https://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/200804-dmoussir

High school camp: https://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/200804-dmohsmcir

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Undergraduate summer school

Course 1: "Inverse problems and images" by Dr. Tracey Balehowsky, University of 
Helsinki

Course 2: "Self-complementary graphs and cyclic hypergraph decompositions" by 
Dr. Shonda Dueck, University of Winnipeg

Public lecture: John Mighton

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High School camp

Course 1: "Callysto mini-course" by Laura Gutierrez-Funderburk (Data scientist, 
Callysto project)

Course 2: "An introduction to mathematical thinking and the power of 
visualization" by Shawn Desaulniers (University of Alberta)

Course 3: "Communicating in secret: the mathematics of cryptography", Jamie 
Mulholland (Simon Fraser University)

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The application process is ongoing. For more information about the application 
procedures please visit the weblinks listed below.

The deadline for applications is

June 19, 2020: Undergraduate summer school
June 26, 2020: High school camp

The number of seats is limited, please apply early.

The program poster is available at

https://www.pims.math.ca/files/2020_DIM_Poster_May_11.pdf

Organizers:

Malgorzata Dubiel (SFU)
Veselin Jungic (SFU)
Malabika Pramanik (UBC)
Elyse Yeager(UBC)
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences