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Celebrate the 110th Birth Year of M.C. Escher in His Birthplace during the 11th Annual Bridges Conference
BRIDGES
Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
http://www.BridgesMathArt.Org
A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY
Bridges:
Mathematical
Connections in Art, Music, and Science
July 29 Mathematical Art Public Activity Day
Five
days of Bridges
Conference activities (July 24-28)
including an Escher Day on July 28,
are followed by a Family Math/Art Day (July 29).
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THE CONFERENCE
The Bridges Conferences, running annually since 1998, brings together practicing mathematicians, scientists, artists, educators, musicians, writers, computer scientists, sculptors, dancers, weavers, model builders in a lively atmosphere of exchange and mutual encouragement. Important components of these conferences, in addition to formal presentations, are hands-on workshops, gallery displays of visual art, working sessions with artists who are crossing the mathematics-arts boundaries, and musical/theatrical events in the evening.
THE 2008 EVENTS
In addition to a set of extraordinary speakers and many intellectually stimulating sessions in the connections of mathematics, science, and the arts, the 2008 conference also offers the following events:
BTTB
Workshops
Bridges
for Teachers, Teachers for Bridges (BTTB) is a collection of special
workshop
sessions with a theme Fostering Understanding of Mathematical
Visualization.
BTTB is organized for K-12 teachers.
Musical
Event
There
will be a night of music performed by a combination of Bridges
conference
participants and professionals.
Visual
Art Exhibit
The
Conference will be complemented by an exhibit of mathematical art.
There are
opportunities for participants and contributors to show their work in
the
exhibition (see instructions below).
The
Excursion
The excursion
starts from the conference
site and takes the people to several monumental and historical churches
built
during the middle Ages that also are the exhibit place of artwork of
several
modern artists from the
THE PLACE
The Bridges Leeuwarden Conference will
be held at
the Christelijke Hogeschool in the Netherlands (CHN University),
Well-known buildings in the city
centre include the Kanselarij (the former chancellery), the Waag
(old trade centre of the city), the
For
information about how to get to the school, please see
the “Location and Travel Guide” on the Bridges website.
ACCOMMODATION AND
FACILITIES
Participants have a wide range of selections from
four star
hotels (with discount) to bed and breakfast facilities, and
apartments.
The list of all the accommodations and their prices will be posted
during
December 2007.
Meals: The campus facility has a dining hall that serves breakfast and
lunch
every day. For dinner there is an extensive collection of
restaurants
offering international cuisine of many types, ranging from simple to
luxurious,
within walking distance from the university.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The conference will feature presentations of regular, plenary, and short papers, as well as several workshops. The program for the conference is composed from a combination of submitted and invited presentations.
Papers submissions are due by
February 1,
2008 for the reviewing process.
UPDATE:
Because some people have had
difficulties with the new electronic submission system,
the 2008 submission deadline is
extended to February 8.
Regular and plenary presentations require a regular paper with a maximum length of eight pages; short presentations require a two page short paper; and workshops can be accompanied by either a regular or a short paper.
All papers are to be submitted properly formatted as they would appear in the conference proceedings (see the formatting instructions and template on the Bridges website). Papers that ignore the formatting guidelines or the length limits will not be entered into the reviewing process.
In order to have as diverse a
representation
of authors as possible and to keep the proceedings to a reasonable
size,
conference participants can be the main author and presenter on only
one paper.
The main author on each submitted paper should be identified with an
asterisk:
“*”. This rule includes all contributions: short and regular papers
as well as workshop papers.
The regular presentations will be
given a 25
minute time slot; short presentations will be given a 15-minute time
slot.
SCHEDULE
The Conference plans to distribute the refereed Proceedings at the conference. Thus, there is a tight and firm schedule:
Deadline for paper submissions
for
review: February 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance of
paper:
March 25, 2008.
Deadline for submission of final electronic manuscript: April 25, 2008.
All papers must follow the format specified on the Bridges website. You must also complete your registration by this date. Please note that one non-refundable full registration is required for one author of each paper.
Please note that if you plan to use the on-campus accommodations, you also need to register and pay in full for your accommodations by this deadline. Of course, you may still seek accommodations outside of campus after this deadline.
The 1998-2006 Bridges Proceedings are available through the online store mathartfun.com
http://mathartfun.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/index.html
WORKSHOPS
The key theme is: “Bridges for Teachers – Teachers for Bridges”
http://www.education.wichita.edu/alagic/bridges_conference/BTTB.asp
There will be several teacher workshops for K-12 teachers and
educators at
the 2008 Bridges Conference. If you are interested in making a
presentation in
one of these workshops you need to submit either a short (two page) or
long
(eight page) paper; The deadlines for submissions of preliminary and
final
versions are the same as for the contributed papers. However, the time
frame
for each accepted workshop will be between 45 and 75 minutes, depending
on the
nature of the presentation and the time slots that are available. If
the paper
itself does not make it clear what exactly the activities are that you
plan to
do in your workshop, please add additional material to explain; this
additional
material is not intended for publication. Papers intended for the
teacher
workshops should be marked by the words "BTTB" on the top right
corner of the first page of the article. The submission process is the
same as
for all other papers.
VISUAL ART EXHIBIT
At the conference, there will be
an
exhibition room for 2D and 3D mathematical art, ranging from computer
graphics
to quilts to geometrical sculptures. This art exhibit will be curated
by Robert
Fathauer. All submitted artwork will undergo a refereeing process. There is a limit of five submissions per artist.
Images of
accepted artworks will also be published on the conference CD.
The primary intent of the art
exhibit is to
foster active interaction between exhibiting artists and conference
participants. Thus we expect all exhibitors to attend the conference
and
require them to register once they obtain the notification that their
work has
been accepted. Work of non-registered participants will not be
exhibited and
will not appear on the conference CD. Submissions and questions
related
to the art exhibit should be addressed by e-mail to:
Dr. Robert Fathauer, Tessellations
Company, tessellations@cox.net.
If you would like to submit
your work,
please follow the instructions below. Nonconforming submissions will
not be entered
into the review process.
Please note that all the artworks
should be
hand delivered to the exhibit room on Monday July 23, 2008, preferably
in the
time frame 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The exhibit participants are also
responsible
for picking up their works at the end of the conference.
The
artworks will not be insured while on display, so the artist assumes
all risk
for damage or theft.
The exhibit space will only
accommodate a
limited number of works, which may necessitate rejecting some good
quality pieces.
Review criteria include:
•
Math
content (This is a mathematically sophisticated audience.)
• Esthetic appeal (This is admittedly highly subjective.)
• Medium (A variety of media will make for a more dynamic exhibit.)
• Craftsmanship (The level of skill and effort that goes into making an
effective presentation of the idea.)
Due to space constraints,
flat works will
be limited in size to 24" x 36" (including frame), and 3-D works will
be limited to 24" x 24" x 24".
Please note that the works
should be
presented in a manner that would be appropriate for a mainstream art
gallery. This is to be contrasted to a poster session or
technical
illustration look, which most mathematicians are more accustomed to.
For examples of the sort of
works that
are appropriate, recent art exhibits from the Bridges Conference and
Joint
Mathematics Meetings are available for viewing online at http://www.bridgesmathart.org.
For each piece of artwork
(limited to 5
per artist) please submit the following:
An Image of the Work:
Images should be e-mailed as
JPEG files
with a dimension of between 500 and 600 pixels in the larger
direction.
Color images should be in RGB format. Black and white images should be
in
grayscale format, not RGB, in order to minimize file size. The
file names
for the images must conform to the following format –
“Lastname1.JPG”. E.g., if John Doe submitted 2 works, the image for
his second work would be called Doe2.JPG.
Artist Information and
Descriptive Text
for each Submission:
In the body of your e-mail,
please
include the following, including the numbers and headings exactly as
shown here:
1.
Name (e.g.,
“John Doe”)
2. Description of your position/job/etc (e.g. “Freelance artist”,
“Associate Professor of Mathematics”)
3. Institution or affiliation (e.g. “None”, “Physics
Department,
4. Statement about your art (150 words maximum; can include the
techniques you
use, why you create mathematical art, what you’re trying to express
with
your work)
5. Title of Submission #1.
6. Year of completion for Submission #1.
7. Medium for Submission #1.
8. Dimensions of Submission #1.
9. Description Submission #1., focusing on the math content (100 words
maximum)
10. Title of Submission
#2 (if
applicable)
11. Year of completion for Submission
#2 (if
applicable)
12. Medium for Submission
#2 (if
applicable)
13. Dimensions of Submission
#2 (if
applicable)
14. Description of Submission #2., focusing on the math content (if
applicable;
100 words maximum)
15-19. Same information as above, for Submission #3 (if applicable)
20-24. Same information as above, for Submission #4 (if applicable)
25-29. Same information as above, for Submission #5 (if applicable)
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
There is a registration fee of US $180 that includes a copy of the Proceedings. Extra proceedings will be available during the conference with a price of US $50.
There is a special discounted rate for students, artists whose expenses are not otherwise supported, and K-12 teachers. Please visit the Registration page at the conference website.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT VISAS
Visitors from outside of The
Netherlands should
make themselves aware of the visa requirements for entering The
Netherlands
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
SCIENTIFIC
ORGANIZERS
Reza
Sarhangi, Department of Mathematics,
Rinus Roelofs, The Foundation Passages, The Netherlands
Zsófia Ruttkay, Department of Computer Science, University of
Twente, The Netherlands
PAPERS CHAIR
Carlo Sequin,
Andrew
Borgart, Department of Architecture, Delft University of Technology
Arno Pronk, Department of Architecture, Building and Planning,
Eindhoven
University of Technology
Zsófia Ruttkay, Department of Computer Science, University of
Twente, The Netherlands
Cor Wetting, The City of
Leeuwarden/The Foundation Passages
George
W. Hart, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Craig Kaplan,
Carlo Sequin, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
BRIDGES FOR TEACHERS, TEACHERS FOR BRIDGES WORKSHOPS
Mara
Alagic, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Wichita State
University
Paul Gailiunas,
BRIDGES VISUAL ART EXHIBIT
Robert W. Fathauer, Curator, Tessellations
Company,
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Robert
W. Fathauer, Tessellations Company,
CONFERENCE
WEB SITE
George W. Hart, Department of Computer Science, Stony
ELECTRONIC
CORRESPONDENCE
Craig Kaplan, David R.
OTHER
INQUIRIES
If you want to add your e-mail address to the conference mailing list visit the conference website: http://www.bridgesmathart.org
For any other information not available on the web page, please contact:
Professor Reza Sarhangi,
Department of
Mathematics,