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"First NSF Workshop for High School Teachers of Math
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June
27, 2000 |
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P R O G R A M |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Welcome and Introductions | |
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Bozenna
Pasik-Duncan, Organizing Committee Chair Tamer Basar, President, IEEE Control Systems Society Naim Kheir, President, American Automatic Control Council A. Galip Ulsoy, General Chair, 2000 American Control Conference |
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| 8:45 - 9:10 | Kishan Baheti, Program Director, Control, Networks, and Computer Intelligence, National Science Foundation | |
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I |
Chair:
Renee Koplon Ramaz Upper School, New York |
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| 9:10 - 9:40 | "How
Feedback Changed the World" Dennis Bernstein Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan |
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| 9:40 - 10:10 | "When
Computers Control-Joys and Perils of Automation" Christos Cassandras Professor, Departments of Manufacturing Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University |
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| 10:10 - 10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break | |
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II |
Chair:
Andrew Bucki Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | "Controlling
the Fictional World: Making a Digital Feature Film" Brian Rosen Senior Technical Director, Pixar Animation Studios |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | "Understanding
Phenomena Through Real Physical Objects-Understanding Controlling Pendulum" Katsuhisa Furuta Professor, Department of Computers and Systems Engineering, Tokyo Denki University |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Summary
of Morning Sessions Discussion Moderators: Molly Shor, Oregon State University, Renee Koplon, Ramaz Upper School Andrew Bucki, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch | |
| Session
III |
Chair:
Fahmida Chowdhury University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 | "Automatic
Control: A Fascinating Field of Study" Theodore Djaferis Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering, University of Massachusetts |
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| 2:00 - 2:30 |
"The Robot Files: Building the Best Robot Soccer Team in the World" Raffaello D'Andrea Assistant Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University |
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| 2:30 - 3:00 | Summary
of the Session Discussion Moderators: Fahmida Chowdhury Anna Treohan, Evans High School, Georgia and Ronald Vavrinek, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| Session
IV |
Chair:
Tyrone Duncan University of Kansas |
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| 3:30 - 4:00 |
"Using Mathematics for Epileptic Seizure Warning" Ivan Osorio, M.D., Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center University of Kansas Medical Center and Mark Frei, Ph.D., Operating Manager and Technical Director, Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
"Powerful Ideas in the World of the Child" Alan Kay, Disney Fellow and Vice President of Research and Development, The Walt Disney Company |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 | Making
Calculus Fun: How to Entertain at Parties" Colin Adams, Mark Hopkins Professor and Director of Mathematics Department, Williams College, Massachusetts |
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| 5: 00 - 5:10 | Break | |
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V |
Chair:
Harris McClamroch University of Michigan Past President, Control Systems Society |
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| 5:10 - 6:00 | Welcome
by Masayoshi Tomizuka Past President, American Automatic Control Council and Steve Yurkovich Past President, Control Systems Society |
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| Closing
Session-Discussion with Moderators: Harris McClamroch and Steve Warshaw, Principal of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics |
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| 7:30 - 9:30 | Dinner - Comisky Room | |
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Keynote
Address: "Systems, Control, and Mathematics" Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephen Boyd Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Stephen Boyd received the A. B. degree in Mathematics from Harvard University in 1980, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985. In 1985 he joined the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford University, where he is now Professor and Director of the Information Systems Laboratory. His interests include computer-aided control system design, and convex programming applications in control, signal processing, and circuits. |
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