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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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We are pleased to announce a Workshop on Making Models:
Stimulating Research in Rigidity Theory and Spatial-Visual
Reasoning, August 5 – 9, 2014, hosted by The Fields Institute for
Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<b>.</b><b><br>
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On behalf of the organizing committee, we invite submissions for
Poster Presentations in discrete geometry (rigidity theory) and/or
spatial-visual reasoning research. We are seeking abstracts of up
to 500 words that briefly describe the context, research
questions, goals and findings of your work. We especially
encourage submissions from new scholars, post-doctoral fellows,
and graduate students. The deadline for submission of abstracts
is June 1, 2014.<br>
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Information regarding registration, housing, and current program
can be found at the event website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/14-15/making_models/">http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/14-15/making_models/</a><br>
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The overarching aim of the workshop is to promote research that
examines or directly uses visual-spatial approaches in
mathematics. The event is planned in two parts, with three days
focused on research in discrete geometry and rigidity theory
(August 5-7), and two days focused on educational research in
spatial-visual reasoning (August 8-9). A variety of sessions
have been planned to support and foster on-going research and
collaborations, including discussion groups, problem sessions,
model-making seminars, panel discussions, as well as research
talks by Walter Whiteley (York University), David Henderson
(Cornell University) and Nora Newcombe (Temple University), among
others. These sessions will combine to provide an opportunity to
identify and address important questions in both discrete geometry
and education research, with some attention toward how the two
communities can support one another.<br>
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We appreciate your interest, and request that you send your
abstracts to Elissa Ross (discrete geometry topics: <a
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href="mailto:eross2@wpi.edu">eross2@wpi.edu</a>) or Ami Mamolo
(education topics: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:ami.mamolo@uoit.ca">ami.mamolo@uoit.ca</a>).<br>
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We look forward to hearing from you!<br>
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