Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences (ACMS) 
Biennial Conference 2005

June 1 - 4, 2005
Huntington College
Huntington, Indiana

Schedule

(Note: Indiana Time is currently the same as central daylight savings time i.e. Chicago)

Wednesday, June 1

3:30 – 5:30

Arrival and Registration

Roush Hall Lobby

5:30 – 6:30

Dinner

Habecker Dining Commons (HDC) lower level

7:00 - 7:15

Welcome

HDC upper level

7:15 – 8:45

Several short light talks

Roberto Bencivenga  -- Chaplaincy in a secular institution

Russ Howell -- short review of John Byle's book entitled The Divine Challenge.

Erich Hauenstein -- The 3 handsome geniuses and the beautiful heiress

Charles Ford -- The German Resistance - 60 years

Don Josephson -- A Curious Integration of
Mathematics and Scrabble

Ward Canfield -- Korean Language Activities

HDC upper level

9:00 – 10:00

Snacks

Roush Lounge

 

Thursday, June 2

7:00 - 7:30

Computer Lab Open - e-mail and www

Science 164
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast HDC lower level

8:00 – 9:00

Registration continues

HDC upper level and Roush Hall Lobby

8:30 – 9:00

Informal singing or other music

Devotions: Matt Lunsford

 

Welcome & announcements

HDC upper level

9:00 – 10:00

Invited address: Fernando Q. Gouvκa - "Was Cantor Surprised?"

HDC upper level

10:00 – 10:15

Break with light refreshments

HDC upper level

10:15 – 11:15

Invited address: Larry Wall - CS Keynote

HDC upper level

11:15 – 11:30

Larry Wall Follow-up session

HDC upper level

11:30 – 11:45

Conference Photo

Lawn near HDC

11:45 – 1:15

Lunch

ACMS Board Meeting

Computer Lab Open - e-mail and www

HDC lower level

HDC Forrester Room

Science 164

 

Contributed Papers / Parallel Sessions

 

1:30 – 2:30

Philosophy and Math

1:30 PM Jonathan Zderad (Mathematics from a World-View Perspective)

 

2:00 PM Russell W. Howell (Does the Success of Mathematics Defeat Naturalism?)

 

Science 125

1:30 – 3:00

Christian Perspective and Mathematics

1:30 PM  Erich Hauenstein  (Investigating deterministic chaos in some mathematical models; ideas and possible implications for Christianity and our world)


2:00 PM  Gene B. Chase (Bibliography of Christianity & Math)


2:30 PM John Noonan  (Mathematics and understanding of the nature of God)

 

Science 124

1:30 – 3:00

History of Math

1:30 PM  Mary Wagner-Krankel  (Integrating Catholic and Marianist Historical Perspectives in a Mathematics Course for Elementary Education Majors)

 

2:00 PM Maria Zack (Integrating the teaching of the history of mathematics with art and architecture)

 

2:30 PM Charles Ford (Scientific Socialism and the Assault on Religion)

 

Science 121

1:30 – 3:00

Just Math!

1:30 PM  Gary Raduns  (Determinants and Zero Divisors in Rings of Matrices )


2:00 PM Steven Lay (Visualizing the Fourth Dimension)


2:30 PM  Andrew Simoson  (Playing Ball in Space)

Science 122

1:30 – 3:00

Computer Science

1:30 PM   Charles Peck (Cluster Computing for Computational Science, invited speaker)

 

2:00 PM Charles Peck (continued)


2:30 PM  Phil Armour   (The Five Orders of Ignorance)

 

Science 175

3:00 – 3:30

Break with light refreshments

Science Atrium

 

Contributed Papers / Parallel Sessions

 

3:30 – 5:00

Philosophy and Math

3:30 PM Jim Turner (Some theological reflections on the nature of mathematical reasoning)

4:00 PM Troy Riggs, Jeremy Case     (Mathematics as Poesis: A preliminary project report)

4:30 PM Paul Moffet  (Jesus, Plato, Math, and Theology)

Science 125

3:30 – 5:00

Christian Perspective and Mathematics

3:30 PM Dale McIntyre (Reflections upon the Relationship between Mathematical and Biblical Truth)

4:00 PM Doug Phillippy & Angela Hare (Integration of Faith, Learning, and Christian Vocation with First-Year Mathematics Majors)

4:30 PM Phillippy & Hare (continued)

Science 124

3:30 – 4:30

History of Math

 

3:30 PM  Sean Bird (James Clerk Maxwell and why to read biographies)

4:00 PM  Tim Sipka  (VI. 31)


4:30 PM  Henry Williams (Theistic Implications of the Pythagorean Music Scale)

Science 121

3:30 – 5:00

Just Math!

3:30 PM Hanna VanderZee (Explicit Null Space of the Discrete Laplacian)

4:00 PM Stephen Brown (The Other Side of the Equation: De-simplification, a Strong Prerequisite for Calculus II)

4:30 PM Dennis Keeler (Online Calculus Homework)

Science 122

3:30 – 4:30

Computer Science

3:30 PM   Kim Kihlstrom (Asserting CS != Can't Socialize: Building Community in a Computer Science Program)

4:00 PM  Longy O. Anyanwu  (Object Information Repository in Christian Theory of Technology)

Science 224

5:30 – 7:00

Picnic Dinner

HDC patio

8:00

Choir Practice

Merilat Centre (MCA) 110
8:30 - 9:30 Telescope Viewing Science Observation Deck (3rd floor)
5:00 - 11:00 Computer Lab Open - e-mail and www Science 164

6:00 - 10:00

 Open Gym Merilat Physical Education Recreation Center (MPERC)

 

Friday, June 3

 

7:00 - 7:30

Computer Lab Open - e-mail and www

Science 164

7:30 – 8:30

Breakfast

HDC lower level

8:30 – 9:00

Informal singing or other music

Devotions: Sharon Robbert

Welcome & announcements

HDC upper level 

9:00 – 10:00

Invited address by Fernando Q. Gouvκa

(Nicole Oresme and His Mathematics_

HDC upper level

10:00 – 10:15

Break with light refreshments

HDC upper level

10:15 – 10:45

Follow up with Fernando Q. Gouvκa

HDC upper level

 

Contributed Papers / Parallel Sessions

 

11:00 – 11:30

Christian Perspectives and Mathematics

Dave Klanderman  & Jeffrey Barrett (A Christian Constructivist?  The impact of worldview on learning theories and the mathematics education research community.)
 

Science 125

11:00 – 11:30

Curricular Issues

Roberto Bencivenga  (Do opposites attract? Innovation at the two ends of the math teaching spectrum.)
 

Science 121

11:00 – 11:30

Just Math!

Michael Stob  (Is the Continuum Hypothesis True of False?)
 

Science 122

11:00 – 11:30

Computer Science

Derek Schuurman   (Artificial Intelligence: Can we Create Machines in Our Own Image?)
 

Science 124

11:45 – 1:15

Lunch

Computer Lab Open - e-mail and www

HDC lower level

Science 164

 

Contributed Papers / Parallel Sessions

 

1:30 – 3:00

Christian Perspective and Mathematics

1:30 PM Saburo Matsumoto (Call for a Non-Euclidean, Post-Cantorian Theology)
 

2:00 PM  Tim Rogalski (Blaise Pascal – Mathematician, Mystic, and Disciple)

 

2:30 PM   Gene B. Chase (Filtering Spam and Filtering the Bible)
 

Science 125

1:30 – 3:00

Curricular Issues

1:30 PM  Darrell E. Allgaier (A Christian Perspective for a First Course in Calculus)
 

2:00 PM Dave Klanderman  & Gary Talsma (Writing math lessons that integrate Christian beliefs:  The Kuyers Institute Grant Project)

2:30 PM David E. Boliver (Reaching Out to the Entire Campus through Mathematics)
 

Science 121

1:30 – 3:00

Just Math!

1:30 PM  David Neuhouser (C. S. Lewis and Mathematics)
 

2:00 PM Jeremy Case (Mathematics on Stage)

2:30 PM David Horrocks (Playing Nim on a Simplicial Complex)
 

Science 122

1:30 – 3:00

Computer Science

1:30 PM Jeff Lehman  (Tutorial - Exploring the World of Knoppix)
 

2:00 PM Jeff Lehman (continued)

 

2:30 PM Cary G. Gray (Technology and formation: how does computing shape us?)

 

Science 175/177
3:00 - 4:00 Science Hall Tour Science Hall Atrium (1st floor)

3:00 – 6:00

Free time

 
3:00 - 10:00 Open Gym Merilat Physical Education Recreation Center (MPERC)

4:00 - 5:00

Choir Practice

Merilat Centre (MCA) 110
5:00 - 11:00 Computer Lab Open - e-mail and www Science 164

6:00 – 6:30

Punch & Reception

HDC upper level

6:30 – 8:00

Banquet

HDC upper level

8:00 – 10:30

Movie & discussion – A Beautiful Mind

Norm’s Place

 

 

 

Saturday, June 4

 

7:30 - noon

Computer Lab Open - e-mail and www

Science 164

7:30 – 8:30

Breakfast

HDC lower level

8:30 – 8:45

Singing and announcements

HDC upper level

8:45 – 9:15

Business Meeting

HDC upper level

9:15 – 10:30

Panel - James Bradley, Paul Zwier, Jonathan Zderad, Troy Riggs (ACMS & Christian perspective on mathematics)

HDC upper level

10:30 – 11:00

Break with light refreshments

HDC upper level

11:00 – 12:00

Worship

Speaker: Patrick Eggleton, Huntington College (Called to wash feet)

HDC upper level

12:00

Conference ends