The Bridges Conference: Mathematical
Connections
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This programme is
subject to change. For current information, or if you have any
questions, please contact the organisers: Reza Sarhangi <gsarhangi@towson.edu> or John Sharp <Sliceforms@compuserve.com>
Registration: 4pm – 8pm, Jeffrey Hall
Art exhibit setup: 2pm – 8pm, Jeffrey Hall
Logan Hall
Chair: John Sharp
9.00-9.45 |
Registration: Concourse outside Logan Hall and Jeffrey
Hall |
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9.45-10.15 |
Welcome |
Bridges
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10.15-11.00 |
The
Work of Foster and Partners Specialist Modelling Group |
Brady
Peters and Xavier DeKestellier |
11.00-11.15 |
Break |
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11.15-11.50 |
Music
plenary (Title TBA) |
Veryan
Weston and others |
11.50-12.00 |
Mandelbrot
announcement |
Javier
Barallo |
12.00-12.10 |
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Phillip
Kent |
12.10-12.20 |
Bridges
Excursions details |
John
Sharp |
Time |
F1 in Room 822 |
F2 in Room 642 |
F3 in Room 739 |
F4 in Room 728 |
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Chairs: Rachel W. Hall Francisco Gómez |
Chairs: Robert W. Fathauer Helmer Aslaksen |
Chairs: Barbara Setsu Pickett Eva Knoll |
Chairs: Stephen Luecking Craig S. Kaplan |
2:00 |
On Mathematics,
Music and Autism Ioan James |
Patterns on the
Genus-3 Klein Quartic Carlo H. Séquin |
Cultural Insights
from Symmetry Studies Dorothy K. Washburn and Donald W. Crowe |
Celtic Knotwork
and Knot Theory Patricia Wackrill |
2:30 |
A New Use of the
Basic Mathematical Idea of Twelve-Tone Music Ward Douglas Maurer |
The Math of Art:
Exploring Connections between Math and Color Theory Amina Buhler-Allen |
On the Bridging
Powers of Geometry in the Study of Ancient Theatre Architecture Zeynep Aktüre |
The Gemini Family
of Triangles |
3:00 |
Chromatic Fantasy: Music-inspired Weavings Lead to a Multitude of
Mathematical Possibilities Jennifer Moore |
Tribute to the
Atomium Samuel Verbiese |
Interdisciplinary
Bridges: A Novel Approach for Teaching Mathematics Gail Kaplan |
Visualizing Escape
Paths in the Mandelbrot Set Anne M. Burns |
3:30 |
Playing Musical
Tiles Rachel W. Hall |
Fractal Tilings
Based on Dissections of Polyominoes Robert W. Fathauer |
Sashiko: the
Stitched Geometry of Rural Barbara Setsu Pickett |
Approximating
Mathematical Surfaces with Spline Modelers Stephen Luecking |
3.55 |
BREAK |
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4:15 |
The Integrated
Scale Desirability Function: A Musical Scale Consonance Measure Based
on Perception Data Richard J. Krantz and Jack Douthett |
Slide-Together
Structures Rinus Roelofs |
Mathematics and
the Architecture: The Problem and the Theory in Pre-Modern Cultures Zafer Sagdic |
On a Family of
Symmetric, Connected and High Genus Sculptures Ergun Akleman, Ozan Ozener and Cem Yuksel |
4:45 |
Mathematics and
Music — Models and Morals Meurig Beynon |
The Taming of
Roelofs Polyhedra Frits Göbel |
Cultural
Statistics and Instructional Designs Darius Zahedi |
Zome-inspired
Sculpture Paul Hildebrandt |
5:15 |
Steve Reich'S
Clapping Music and the Yoruba Justin Colannino, Francisco Gómez and Godfried T.
Toussaint |
In Search of
Demiregular Tilings Helmer Aslaksen |
An
Interactive/Collaborative Su Doku Quilt Eva Knoll and Mary Crowley |
Vortex Maze
Construction Jie Xu and Craig S. Kaplan |
5.40 |
FINISH |
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Organisers/Chairs: Mara Alagic
and Paul Gailiunas
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Room |
Room
(Computer room) |
2.00-3.10 |
Moving Beyond
Geometric Shapes: Other Connections between Mathematics and the Arts
for Elementary-grade Teachers Virginia Usnick and Marilyn Sue Ford |
Vermeer's "The
Music Lesson" in Modular Perspective Tomás García-Salgado |
3.10-3.15 |
Break |
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3.15-4.25 |
Building Simple and
Not So Simple Stick Models Robert McDermott |
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4.25-4.30 |
Break |
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4:30-5.40 |
Mathematical Book
Forms for Teachers Susan Happersett |
A
Geometric Inspection of Pennsylvanian Dutch Hex Signs Evan G. Evans and Reza Sarhangi |
For information: www.lkl.ac.uk/bridges/excursions.html
Logan Hall
Chair: Carlo Sequin
9.30-10.15 |
Collaboration
on the Integration of Sculpture and Architecture in The |
Peter
Randall-Page |
10.30-11.15 |
Illuminating Chaos — Art on Average |
Mike Field |
11.15-11.30 |
Break |
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11.30-12.15 |
Bridging the gap — a
search for a braid language |
Jacqui Carey |
Time |
S1 in Room 822 |
S2 in Room 739 |
S3 in Room 728 |
S4 in Room 642 |
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Chairs: Godfried Toussaint Michael Mahan |
Chairs: David A. Richter Jay Zimmerman |
Chairs: Robert Craig Ergun Akleman |
Chairs: Carol Bier B. Lynn Bodner |
2:00 |
Responsive
Visualization for Musical Performance Robyn Taylor, Pierre Boulanger and Daniel Torres |
Minkowski Sums and
Spherical Duals John M.Sullivan |
Streptohedrons
(Twisted polygons) David Springett |
Creating
Penrose-type Islamic Interlacing Patterns John Rigby |
2:30 |
The Effect of
Music-Enriched Instruction on the Mathematics Scores of Pre-School
Children Maureen Harris |
Literatronic: Use
of Hamiltonian Cycles to Produce Adaptivity in Literary Hypertext Juan B. Gutierrez |
Taitographs:
Drawings made by Machines Jack Tait |
“Geometry” in
Early Geometrical Disciplines: Representations and Demonstrations Elaheh Kheirandish |
3:00 |
Musical Scales,
Integer Partitions, Necklaces, and Polygons David Rappaport |
Asymmetry vs.
Symmetry in a New Class of Space-Filling Curves Douglas M. McKenna |
Linkages to Op-Art John Sharp |
An Introduction to
Medieval Spherical Geometry for Artists and Artisans Reza Sarhangi |
3:30 |
RHYTHMOS: An
Interactive System for Exploring Rhythm from the Mathematical and
Musical Points of View Jakob Teitelbaum and Godfried Toussaint |
Green Quaternions,
Tenacious Symmetry, and Octahedral Zome David A. Richter and Scott Vorthmann |
The Mechanical
Drawing of Cycloids, The Geometric Chuck Robert Craig |
Islamic Art: An
Exploration of Pattern Carol Bier |
3.55 |
BREAK |
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4:15 |
Towards
Pedagogability of Mathematical Music Theory: Algebraic Models and
Tiling Problems in Computer-aided Composition |
Sculpture Puzzles George W. Hart |
J-F. Niceron's La Perspective Curieuse Revisited J. L. Hunt |
Teaching Arabesque Jean-Marc Castera |
4:45 |
Magic Stars and
Their Components Sergei Zagny |
Constellations of
Form: New Compositional Elements Related to Polyominoes James Mai and Daylene Zielinski |
D-Forms: 3D Forms
from Two 2D Sheets Tony Wills |
Asymmetry in
Persian Symmetrical Art and Architecture Hourieh Mashayekh and Hayedeh Mashayekh |
5:15 |
The Necessity of
Time in the Perception of Three Dimensions: A Preliminary Inquiry Michael Mahan |
Portraits of Groups Jay Zimmerman |
Developable
Sculptural Forms of Ilhan Koman Tevfik Akgün, Ahmet Koman and Ergun Akleman |
B. Lynn Bodner |
5.40 |
FINISH |
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Organisers/Chairs: Mara Alagic
and Paul Gailiunas
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Room |
Room
(Computer room) |
2.00-3.10 |
Paper
Sculptures with Vertex Deflection Tevfik Akgün, Ahmet
Koman and Ergun Akleman |
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3.10-3.15 |
Break |
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3.15-4.25 |
Understanding
the Mathematics Based Formulation on Dome Tessellation in Architect
Sinan's Mosques Design Zafer Sagdic,
Mujdem Vural and Gokce Tuna Taygun |
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4.25-4.30 |
Break |
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4:30-5.40 |
The
Plato Bead: A Bead Dodecahedron Laura
Shea |
Creating
Sliceforms with 3D Modelers Stephen Luecking |
Logan Hall
Chair: Nat Friedman
9.30-10.15 |
The
Borromean Rings — A Tripartite Topological Relationship |
Louis
H. Kauffman |
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Love, Understanding, and Soap Bubbles |
Simon Thomas |
11.15-11.30 |
Break |
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11.30-12.15 |
Non-Euclidean Symmetry
and Indra's Pearls |
Caroline Series |
Time |
M1 in Room 822 |
M2 in Room 739 |
M3 in Room 728 |
M4 in Room 642 |
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Chairs: Ken Kahn Russell Jay Hendel |
Chairs: Daylene Zielinski Carla Farsi |
Chairs: Ramgopal Rajagopalan Jay Kappraff |
Chairs: Gary R. Greenfield Douglas G. Burkholder |
2:00 |
Modular
Perspective and Vermeer's Room Tomás García-Salgado |
Eva Hild:
Topological Sculpture from Life Experience Nat Friedman |
Repeated Figures Susan McBurney |
More “Circle Limit
III” Patterns Douglas Dunham |
2:30 |
Introducing the
Precious Tangram Family |
Polygon Foldups in
3D Kate Mackrell |
Transformations of
Vertices, Edges and Faces to Derive Polyhedra Robert McDermott |
Sand Drawings and
Gaussian Graphs Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Perouz Taslakian, and
Godfried T. Toussaint |
3:00 |
New Ways in
Symmetry María Francisca Blanco Martín and Elena
Elvira Nieto |
Tiled Artworks
Based on the Goldbach Conjecture Sharol Nau |
Models of Cubic
Surfaces in Polyester Sergio Hernández, Carmen Perea, Irene Polo Blanco
and Cayetano Ramírez “Tano” |
Spidron Domain:
The Expanding Spidron Universe Dániel Erdély and Marc Pelletier |
3:30 |
A Program to
Interpolate (and Extrapolate) between Turtle Programs
Ken Kahn |
A Braided Effort:
A Mathematical Analysis of Compositional Options James Mai and Daylene Zielinski |
Inference and
Design in Kuba and Zillij Art with Shape Grammars Ramgopal Rajagopalan, Eric Hortop, Dania El-Khechen,
Cheryl Kolak Dudek, Lydia Sharman, |
Ant Paintings
using a Multiple Pheromone Model Gary R. Greenfield |
3.55 |
BREAK |
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4:15 |
The Lorenz
Manifold: Crochet and Curvature Hinke M Osinga and Bernd Krauskopf |
Circle Folded
helices |
Teaching Design
Science: An Exploration of Geometric Structures Carl Fasano |
A Meditation on
Kepler's Aa Craig S Kaplan |
4:45 |
Photography and
the Understanding of Mathematics Richard Phillips |
Fabric Sculpture —
Jacob's Ladder Louise Mabbs |
Knot Designs from
Snowflake Curves Paul Gailiunas |
Symmetric
Characteristics of Traditional Hawaiian Patterns: a Computer Model Tony Cao and |
5:15 |
The Programmer as
Poet Russell Jay Hendel |
Math must be
Beautiful Carla Farsi |
The Lost Harmonic
Law of the Bible Jay Kappraff |
Affine Regular
Pentagon Sculptures Douglas G. Burkholder |
Organisers/Chairs: Mara Alagic
and Paul Gailiunas
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Room |
Room
(Computer Room ) |
2.00-3.10 |
The Aréte of Line
Designs Michael Round |
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3.10-3.15 |
Break |
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3.15-4.25 |
Mandala
and 5, 6 and 7-fold Division of the Circle Paul F. Stang |
Topological
Mesh Modeling Ergun Akleman and Vinod Srinivasan |
4.25-4.30 |
Break |
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4:30-5.40 |
Zellij Multipuzzle Jean-Marc Castera |
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7.30 – 10.30:
Bridges Musical Evening, Logan Hall
For information: www.lkl.ac.uk/bridges/musical.html
Conference
excursion to Salisbury Cathedral,
For information: www.lkl.ac.uk/bridges/excursions.html
10.00 – 5.00:
Bridges Family Day
The morning (10am -12.30pm) will consist of two activities in parallel:
1. Mathematics
Masterclasses to be held at the
2. A Zometool workshop to be held at the
London Knowledge Lab
The afternoon
(1.30pm to 5 pm) will take the form of a Mathematics Activities Event
(and Bridges participants will lead some of these activities).
More information: www.lkl.ac.uk/bridges/familyday.html
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