The Bridges Conference The Bridges Conference Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science the largest, best-established, annual Math / Art conference in the world www.BridgesMathArt.org
The Bridges ConferenceThe Bridges Conference
Mathematical Connections
in Art, Music, and Science
the largest, best-established, annual
Math / Art conference in the world
www.BridgesMathArt.org
The Bridges ConferenceThe Bridges Conference
Annually held in July/August since 1998 (4-5 days).
Attracts: mathematicians, scientists, artists, educators, musicians, writers, dancers, weavers, model builders, and computer scientists.
Explores: the relationship between science, math, geometryand many other facets of culture, such as: the fine arts, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, poetry, origami, …
George Reza Craig Carlo
Reza Sarhangi (President),
Department of Mathematics, Towson University, Maryland.
George W. Hart
Computer Science, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, N.Y.
Craig Kaplan
Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada.
Carlo H. Séquin
EECS, Computer Science Division, University of California Berkeley.
Bridges Organization, Board of DirectorsBridges Organization, Board of Directors
Bridges held in Many Wonderful Places:Bridges held in Many Wonderful Places:
Winfield, Towson, in the Banff Center (Canada) {international research station for mathematical innovation and discovery}
European cities: London, Coimbra, Granada, Donostia, Leeuwarden, Enschede, Pécs, …
My Favorite Annual Conference: 2014My Favorite Annual Conference: 2014
BRIDGES Art …
Components of the Bridges ConferencesComponents of the Bridges Conferences
Papers: regular; short; invited.
Workshop Sessions.
Mathematical Art Exhibition.
Informal Show-&-Tell / Sell
Participatory Zome-Tool Construction.
Evening Programs: music; theater; films.
Family Day for the general public.
Excursion Day.
Proceedings and Art Catalog.
Regular Paper SessionsRegular Paper Sessions
Contributed Papers: 2-4 Parallel SessionsContributed Papers: 2-4 Parallel Sessions
The conference encourages individuals to participate in the conference by presenting their work in the Parallel Sessions. Papers are reviewed and published in the Proceedings,(6, 8, or 10 pages) ‒ and are presented in a 30 min. time slot.
My First 20 Bridges PapersMy First 20 Bridges Papers
Session on Mathematical Poetry
Sarah GlazThe Bridges Mathematical Poetry Coordinator
Professor of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, Author of the book “Commutative Coherent Rings”
Springer,1989 (reprinted in 2007)
Parallel Sessions ‒ Short PapersParallel Sessions ‒ Short Papers
The conference tries to be rather inclusive and encourages people to present their ideas in short 15 min presentations. Those contributions are published as short papers (2-4 pgs) in the Bridges Conference Proceedings.
Plenary Sessions ‒ Invited Talks Plenary Sessions ‒ Invited Talks
Cosmologist, and Physics Nobel Prize Laureate for his work on the Cosmic Background Radiation.
2012 Bridges Conference Keynote Speaker
2013 Bridges Conference Keynote Speaker
Sir Harold Walter Kroto awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for the discovery of Buckminsterfullerene.
Workshop SessionsWorkshop Sessions
Workshop sessions provide opportunities for participants Workshop sessions provide opportunities for participants to watch and work hands-on with established contributorsto watch and work hands-on with established contributorswho are crossing the mathematics-arts boundaries.who are crossing the mathematics-arts boundaries.
Mathematical Art ExhibitionMathematical Art Exhibition
Bridges conferences have an accompanying art exhibition showing submitted and juried work from its participants.
Art ExhibitionArt Exhibition
Mathematical Art ExhibitionMathematical Art Exhibition
Robert Fathauer
Curator of Annual Art Exhibitions at Bridges and at the Joint Mathematics Meetings.
Former Research Scientist and Technical Group Leader (PhD in EE, Cornell) of the Advanced Materials Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
Founder and Owner of the Tessellations Company.
More Art ObjectsMore Art Objects
Antal Kelle: Helix Interactive Composition 3D
Informal Show-&-Tell {and Sell}Informal Show-&-Tell {and Sell}
ReceptionReception
Zome Tool Module BuildingZome Tool Module Building
Participatory Zome Tool ConstructionParticipatory Zome Tool Construction
The Bridges Short (Math) Movie FestivalThe Bridges Short (Math) Movie Festival
Coordinators: Amy and Nathan SelikoffDigital Awakening StudiosOrlando, Florida, USA
More artists and educators than ever are using movies, videos, and animations for different purposes comprising education, industry, and art.
Theatre EveningTheatre Evening
During the Bridges Conference, one night is devoted to a theatre show (scripts read by participants)with a theme that links art with mathematics or science.
Theater EveningTheater Evening
Steve Abbott
Bridges Theater Evening Coordinator,Professor of Mathematics, Middlebury College,Author of Understanding Analysis, Springer UTM series,Co-editor of Math Horizons.
Another Type of Performance
The Schaffer and Stern Dance Ensemble performs
The Secret Life of Squares
Music Night Music Night (the formal part)(the formal part)
Dmitri Tymoczko (organizer)
Music Professor, Princeton University, NJ.Composer and Music Theorist.
His article "The Geometry of Musical Chords" was the first music theory article ever published by Science.
Recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship, Charles Ives Scholarship, Hugh F. MacColl Prize from Harvard University, and the Eisner & Delorenzo Prize from U.C. Berkeley
Music Night(s) Music Night(s) – the informal part. – the informal part.
Vi Hart
Family Night Music Director
Recreational Mathemusician
Famous on YouTube for her mathematical doodles.
Family DayFamily Day
A very important component of the conference is the presentations of some lectures, workshops, and artfor the general public ‒ and especially for children.
Bridges Family DayBridges Family Day
Kristóf Fenyvesi
Bridges Public Event Coordinator,
Ph.D. in Art History, Jyväskylä University, Finland
Tessellation PuzzlesTessellation Puzzles
Excursion Day (Portugal)Excursion Day (Portugal)
Bridges Conference ProceedingsBridges Conference Proceedings
Bridges Conference Art CatalogBridges Conference Art Catalog
High-quality photographic record of all items exhibited
MATHEMATICS, MUSIC, ART, ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Gwacheon National Science Museum Seoul, Republic of Korea
Regular Papers: 1 February 2014
Workshop Papers: 1 March 2014
Short Papers: 15 March 2014
Art Exhibition: 15 March 2014
Math Movies: 15 May 2014
There is still time !
Bridges Seoul Bridges Seoul August 14-19, 2014August 14-19, 2014