2011 Bridges Keynote Speakers / Lead Coordinators
William Thurston
- Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University
- Winner of the Fields Medal in Mathematics
- Former Director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley
- An Inspirational Figure in the Establishment of the Geometry Center, University of Minnesota
Paulus Gerdes
- Vice-President for Southern Africa, African Academy of Sciences
- Chairman, AMU Commission for the History of Mathematics in Africa
- President, International Studygroup for Ethnomathematics
- Maputo, Mozambique
Carlo H. Séquin
- Professor of Computer Science and Geometric Sculptor
- EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Fellow, IEEE and ACM; Member, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
Penousal Machado
- Informatics Engineering Professor of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology
- Researcher at the Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra
- Co-Editor, The Art of Artificial Evolution, Springer London
George W. Hart
- Chief of Content at The Museum of Mathematics, New York, USA
- The North America's only museum dedicated to the wonders of mathematics
- Former Computer Scientist at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and MIT Energy Laboratory
- Former Computer Science Professor at Columbia University, and Stony Brook University
- A sculptor and a pioneer in using computer technology and solid freeform fabrication in the design and fabrication of sculpture
Dmitri Tymoczko
- Composer and Music Theorist
- His article "The Geometry of Musical Chords" was the first music theory article ever published by Science
- Recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship, Charles Ives Scholarship, Hugh F. MacColl Prize from Harvard University, and the Eisner & Delorenzo Prize from the UC, Berkeley
- Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Craig S. Kaplan
- Mathematical Art Software Developer in Maze Design, Star Patterns, Escherization, Patterns on surfaces, TSP Art, Metamorphoses and Deformations
- Associate Editor of the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts
- Computer Science Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada
Robert Fathauer
- Curator of Annual Art Exhibitions at Bridges and the Joint Mathematics Meetings
- Former Research Scientist and Technical Group Leader (PhD in EE, Cornell) of the Advanced Materials Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
- Founder and owner of the Tessellations Company
- Artist, Puzzle Designer, and Author concentrating on Tiling, Fractals, and Knots
Kristóf Fenyvesi
- Coordinator of Community Events of the Bridges Organization
- Curator of the Experience Bridges Traveling Exhibit - a growing collection of international math-art
- Curator in Chief of Ars Geometrica International Conferences which hosted the Bridges World Conference in 2010
- Leader of the Experience Workshop: the Experience-Centered Math-Art Movement
- Researcher at Art and Culture Studies, Jyväskylä University, Finland
JP Xavier
- Architect and Geometry Professor, Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP)
- Worked in the Office of Architect Álvaro Siza
- Author of "Perspectiva, perspectiva acelerada e contraperspectiva" (FAUP Publicações, 1997) and "Sobre as origens da perspectiva em Portugal" (FAUP Publicações, 2006)
- Corresponding Editor of the Nexus Network Journal
Manuel Arala Chaves
- Full Professor of Mathematics, Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (FCUP), 1973-2002.
- Member of the Directing Board of the Atractor Project-Interactive Mathematics (www.atractor.pt), since 1999.
Fabien Vienne's Pentigloo
- The latest of the large self-sustained Zometool Structures which have become a Bridges tradition.
- A project supported by Zometool Inc. to promote connections between Mathematics and the Arts.
- The Pentigloo is a creation of Noted Designer Fabien Vienne, expressing the findings of his explorations into "Cubic Fuzzy Precision".
- A realization of the patterns that emerge from the overlaying of 5 cubic lattices in icosidodecahedral symmetry.
- Will be built using 44,771 parts with a Diameter of almost 19 feet.
Kelly Delp
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Buffalo State College
- Visiting Scholar, Cornell University Spring 2010
- Researcher of Geometric Structures on Manifolds and Orbifolds
- Geometry and Fashion Workshop Coordinator with Bill Thurston
Nathan Selikoff
- Award-winning artist who has exhibited in galleries and venues throughout the United States and around the world
- Graphic and web designer and developer from Orlando, Florida
- Bridges Webmaster and Co-editor of the Art Exhibition Catalog
Steve Abbott
- Professor of Mathematics, Middlebury College
- Co-editor of Math Horizons
- Author of Understanding Analysis, Springer UTM series
- Currently researching the intersections of Mathematics and Theater
Reza Sarhangi
- Mathematics Professor, Towson University, Maryland, USA
- President of the Bridges Organization
Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science