SUMS@Brown: Math & Illusions
Brown University's Department of Mathematics is pleased to invite you to the 2021 Symposium for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (SUMS) conference! This virtual conference will be on Sunday, March 14, 2021 9 am to 5 pm CST.
SUMS 2021: Math and Illusion is slated to cover 4 subtopics: Optical Illusions, Magic, Misinformation and Misleading Patterns. This event is free and open to anyone!
When: March 14th, 2021 (Pi-day) from 9 AM CST to 5 PM CST
Where: Virtual (links to be shared near event day, register to receive the links)
Registration: sign-up form (for attendance/student talk*/poster session*/artwork)
Events:
• Four superb faculty talks (see below)
• Awesome student presentations and poster sessions
• Artwork inspired by mathematics or illusion
• Community-building social and games
Questions? Please visit https://sites.google.com/brown.edu/sums or email them at sums@brown.edu!
Faulty Talks:
THE (one and only) RANDOM GRAPH
Persi Diaconis, Stanford University
The Art of Maths
Chris Budd, University of Bath
The Art of Deception - Encountering Perception as a Creative Material
Shiry Ginosar, University of California, Berkeley
Patterns in Number Theory - Misleading or True?
Peter Sarnak, Princeton University