The Bridges Conference: Mathematical Connections
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Please note this is an uncorrected pre-conference draft of the schedule.
Logan Hall
Chair: John Sharp
9.00-9.45 |
Registration: Concourse outside Logan Hall and Jeffrey Hall |
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9.45-10.15 |
Welcome |
Bridges |
10.15-11.00 |
The Work of Foster and Partners Specialist Modelling Group |
Brady Peters and Xavier DeKestellier |
11.00-11.15 |
Break |
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11.15-11.50 |
Music plenary (Title TBA) |
Veryan Weston and others |
11.50-12.00 |
Mandelbrot announcement |
Javier Barallo |
12.00-12.10 |
Phillip Kent |
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12.10-12.20 |
Bridges Excursions details |
John Sharp |
Time |
F1 in Room 822 |
F2 in Room 642 |
F3 in Room 739 |
F4 in Room 728 |
Chairs: Rachel W. Hall Francisco Gómez |
Chairs: Robert W. Fathauer Helmer Aslaksen |
Chairs: Barbara Setsu Pickett Eva Knoll |
Chairs: Stephen Luecking Craig S. Kaplan |
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2:00 |
On Mathematics, Music and Autism Ioan James |
Patterns on the Genus-3 Klein Quartic Carlo H. Séquin |
Cultural Insights from Symmetry Studies Dorothy K. Washburn and Donald W. Crowe |
Celtic Knotwork and Knot Theory Patricia Wackrill |
2:30 |
A New Use of the Basic Mathematical Idea of Twelve-Tone Music Ward Douglas Maurer |
The Math of Art: Exploring Connections between Math and Color Theory Amina Buhler-Allen |
On the Bridging Powers of Geometry in the Study of Ancient Theatre Architecture Zeynep Aktüre |
The Gemini Family of Triangles |
3:00 |
Chromatic Fantasy: Music-inspired Weavings Lead to a Multitude of Mathematical Possibilities Jennifer Moore |
Tribute to the Atomium Samuel Verbiese |
Interdisciplinary Bridges: A Novel Approach for Teaching Mathematics Gail Kaplan |
Visualizing Escape Paths in the Mandelbrot Set Anne M. Burns |
3:30 |
Playing Musical Tiles Rachel W. Hall |
Fractal Tilings Based on Dissections of Polyominoes Robert W. Fathauer |
Sashiko: the Stitched Geometry of Rural Barbara Setsu Pickett |
Approximating Mathematical Surfaces with Spline Modelers Stephen Luecking |
3.55 |
BREAK |
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4:15 |
The Integrated Scale Desirability Function: A Musical Scale Consonance Measure Based on Perception Data Richard J. Krantz and Jack Douthett |
Slide-Together Structures Rinus Roelofs |
Mathematics and the Architecture: The Problem and the Theory in Pre-Modern Cultures Zafer Sagdic |
On a Family of Symmetric, Connected and High Genus Sculptures Ergun Akleman, Ozan Ozener and Cem Yuksel |
4:45 |
Mathematics and Music — Models and Morals Meurig Beynon |
The Taming of Roelofs Polyhedra Frits Göbel |
Cultural Statistics and Instructional Designs Darius Zahedi |
Zome-inspired Sculpture Paul Hildebrandt |
5:15 |
Steve Reich'S Clapping Music and the Yoruba Justin Colannino, Francisco Gómez and Godfried T. Toussaint |
In Search of Demiregular Tilings Helmer Aslaksen |
An Interactive/Collaborative Su Doku Quilt Eva Knoll and Mary Crowley |
Vortex Maze Construction Jie Xu and Craig S. Kaplan |
5.40 |
FINISH |
Organisers/Chairs: Mara Alagic and Paul Gailiunas
Room |
Room (Computer room) |
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2.00-3.10 |
Moving Beyond Geometric Shapes: Other Connections between Mathematics and the Arts for Elementary-grade Teachers Virginia Usnick and Marilyn Sue Ford |
Vermeer's "The Music Lesson" in Modular Perspective Tomás García-Salgado |
3.10-3.15 |
Break |
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3.15-4.25 |
Building Simple and Not So Simple Stick Models Robert McDermott |
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4.25-4.30 |
Break |
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4:30-5.40 |
Mathematical Book Forms for Teachers Susan Happersett |
A Geometric Inspection of Pennsylvanian Dutch Hex Signs Evan G. Evans and Reza Sarhangi |
Logan Hall
Chair: Carlo Sequin
9.30-10.15 |
Collaboration on the Integration of Sculpture and Architecture in The |
Peter Randall-Page |
10.30-11.15 |
Illuminating Chaos — Art on Average |
Mike Field |
11.15-11.30 |
Break |
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11.30-12.15 |
Bridging the gap — a search for a braid language |
Jacqui Carey |
Time |
S1 in Room 822 |
S2 in Room 739 |
S3 in Room 728 |
S4 in Room 642 |
Chairs: Godfried Toussaint Michael Mahan |
Chairs: David A. Richter Jay Zimmerman |
Chairs: Robert Craig Ergun Akleman |
Chairs: Carol Bier B. Lynn Bodner |
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2:00 |
Responsive Visualization for Musical Performance Robyn Taylor, Pierre Boulanger and Daniel Torres |
Minkowski Sums and Spherical Duals John M.Sullivan |
Streptohedrons (Twisted polygons) David Springett |
Creating Penrose-type Islamic Interlacing Patterns John Rigby |
2:30 |
The Effect of Music-Enriched Instruction on the Mathematics Scores of Pre-School Children Maureen Harris |
Literatronic: Use of Hamiltonian Cycles to Produce Adaptivity in Literary Hypertext Juan B. Gutierrez |
Taitographs: Drawings made by Machines Jack Tait |
“Geometry” in Early Geometrical Disciplines: Representations and Demonstrations Elaheh Kheirandish |
3:00 |
Musical Scales, Integer Partitions, Necklaces, and Polygons David Rappaport |
Asymmetry vs. Symmetry in a New Class of Space-Filling Curves Douglas M. McKenna |
Linkages to Op-Art John Sharp |
An Introduction to Medieval Spherical Geometry for Artists and Artisans Reza Sarhangi |
3:30 |
RHYTHMOS: An Interactive System for Exploring Rhythm from the Mathematical and Musical Points of View Jakob Teitelbaum and Godfried Toussaint |
Green Quaternions, Tenacious Symmetry, and Octahedral Zome David A. Richter and Scott Vorthmann |
The Mechanical Drawing of Cycloids, The Geometric Chuck Robert Craig |
Islamic Art: An Exploration of Pattern Carol Bier |
3.55 |
BREAK |
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4:15 |
Towards Pedagogability of Mathematical Music Theory: Algebraic Models and Tiling Problems in Computer-aided Composition |
Sculpture Puzzles George W. Hart |
J-F. Niceron's La Perspective Curieuse Revisited J. L. Hunt |
Teaching Arabesque Jean-Marc Castera |
4:45 |
Magic Stars and Their Components Sergei Zagny |
Constellations of Form: New Compositional Elements Related to Polyominoes James Mai and Daylene Zielinski |
D-Forms: 3D Forms from Two 2D Sheets Tony Wills |
Asymmetry in Persian Symmetrical Art and Architecture Hourieh Mashayekh and Hayedeh Mashayekh |
5:15 |
The Necessity of Time in the Perception of Three Dimensions: A Preliminary Inquiry Michael Mahan |
Portraits of Groups Jay Zimmerman |
Developable Sculptural Forms of Ilhan Koman Tevfik Akgün, Ahmet Koman and Ergun Akleman |
B. Lynn Bodner |
5.40 |
FINISH |
Organisers/Chairs: Mara Alagic and Paul Gailiunas
Room |
Room (Computer room) |
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2.00-3.10 |
Paper Sculptures with Vertex Deflection Tevfik Akgün, Ahmet Koman and Ergun Akleman |
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3.10-3.15 |
Break |
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3.15-4.25 |
Understanding the Mathematics Based Formulation on Dome Tessellation in Architect Sinan's Mosques Design Zafer Sagdic, Mujdem Vural and Gokce Tuna Taygun |
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4.25-4.30 |
Break |
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4:30-5.40 |
The Plato Bead: A Bead Dodecahedron Laura Shea |
Creating Sliceforms with 3D Modelers Stephen Luecking |
Logan Hall
Chair: Nat Friedman
9.30-10.15 |
The Borromean Rings — A Tripartite Topological Relationship |
Louis H. Kauffman |
Love, Understanding, and Soap Bubbles |
Simon Thomas |
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11.15-11.30 |
Break |
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11.30-12.15 |
Non-Euclidean Symmetry and Indra's Pearls |
Caroline Series |
Time |
M1 in Room 822 |
M2 in Room 739 |
M3 in Room 728 |
M4 in Room 642 |
Chairs: Ken Kahn Russell Jay Hendel |
Chairs: Daylene Zielinski Carla Farsi |
Chairs: Ramgopal Rajagopalan Jay Kappraff |
Chairs: Gary R. Greenfield Douglas G. Burkholder |
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2:00 |
Modular Perspective and Vermeer's Room Tomás García-Salgado |
Eva Hild: Topological Sculpture from Life Experience Nat Friedman |
Repeated Figures Susan McBurney |
More “Circle Limit III” Patterns Douglas Dunham |
2:30 |
Introducing the Precious Tangram Family |
Polygon Foldups in 3D Kate Mackrell |
Transformations of Vertices, Edges and Faces to Derive Polyhedra Robert McDermott |
Sand Drawings and Gaussian Graphs Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Perouz Taslakian, and Godfried T. Toussaint |
3:00 |
New Ways in Symmetry María Francisca Blanco Martín and Elena Elvira Nieto |
Tiled Artworks Based on the Goldbach Conjecture Sharol Nau |
Models of Cubic Surfaces in Polyester Sergio Hernández, Carmen Perea, Irene Polo Blanco and Cayetano Ramírez “Tano” |
Spidron Domain: The Expanding Spidron Universe Dániel Erdély and Marc Pelletier |
3:30 |
A Program to Interpolate (and Extrapolate) between Turtle Programs Ken Kahn |
A Braided Effort: A Mathematical Analysis of Compositional Options James Mai and Daylene Zielinski |
Inference and Design in Kuba and Zillij Art with Shape Grammars Ramgopal Rajagopalan, Eric Hortop, Dania El-Khechen, Cheryl Kolak Dudek, Lydia Sharman, |
Ant Paintings using a Multiple Pheromone Model Gary R. Greenfield |
3.55 |
BREAK |
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4:15 |
The Lorenz Manifold: Crochet and Curvature Hinke M Osinga and Bernd Krauskopf |
Circle Folded helices |
Teaching Design Science: An Exploration of Geometric Structures Carl Fasano |
A Meditation on Kepler's Aa Craig S Kaplan |
4:45 |
Photography and the Understanding of Mathematics Richard Phillips |
Fabric Sculpture — Jacob's Ladder Louise Mabbs |
Knot Designs from Snowflake Curves Paul Gailiunas |
Symmetric Characteristics of Traditional Hawaiian Patterns: a Computer Model Tony Cao and |
5:15 |
The Programmer as Poet Russell Jay Hendel |
Math must be Beautiful Carla Farsi |
The Lost Harmonic Law of the Bible Jay Kappraff |
Affine Regular Pentagon Sculptures Douglas G. Burkholder |
Organisers/Chairs: Mara Alagic and Paul Gailiunas
Room |
Room (Computer Room ) |
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2.00-3.10 |
The Aréte of Line Designs Michael Round |
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3.10-3.15 |
Break |
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3.15-4.25 |
Mandala and 5, 6 and 7-fold Division of the Circle Paul F. Stang |
Topological Mesh Modeling Ergun Akleman and Vinod Srinivasan |
4.25-4.30 |
Break |
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4:30-5.40 |
Zellij Multipuzzle Jean-Marc Castera |
7.30 – 10.30: Bridges Musical Evening
For information: www.lkl.ac.uk/bridges/musical.html
Conference excursion to Salisbury Cathedral,
Bridges Family Day
More information: www.lkl.ac.uk/bridges/familyday.html
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