Announcements

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will be hosting the 39th SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Section Conference (SIAM-SEAS) on March 20-22, 2015. The conference consists of four plenary talks, several parallel sessions and a poster session. The plenary speakers are: Yuefan Deng (Stony Brook), Irena Lasiecka (Memphis), Tai-Ping Liu (Academia Sinica/Stanford) and James Nagy (Emory).

Important Dates

January 5, 2015 January 20, 2015 (extended deadline): Minisymposium proposal
February 23, 2015: Abstract submission for contributed (lecture or poster) and minisymposium speakers
February 23, 2015: Student Travel Award Application Deadline
Hotel reservation due dates: Feb 25 Feb 27 (extended deadline), Feb 26, Mar 5 (various dates)
March 11, 2015: Pre-registration and UAB Math Faculty/Student Registration

Conference Events

Welcome Reception on Friday (Mar 20) at the Heritage Hall Lobby at 7-9pm
Student Sessions on Saturday:
UAB SIAM STUDENT CHAPTER Career Panel (Alzaki Fadlallah and Caleb Moxley) on "How to succeed in graduate school": 12:00-2pm, Heritage Hall 106
Contributed Session II (CS2): 2:15-4:15pm, Heritage Hall 106
Poster Session: 4:45-6:30pm at Heritage Lobby (pizza provided)
Special Session (10-minute talks of MS speakers): 4:45-6:30pm, Heritage Hall 106
Student Awards Luncheon on Sunday: 12:30-2:00pm, Heritage Hall Lobby

Student Awardees

Chaoxu Pei (Florida State University), Student Travel Award
Javier Ruiz Ramirez (Clemson University), Student Travel Award
Xiang Wan (University of Virginia), Student Travel Award
Shuhan Xu (Clemson University), Student Travel Award
Alexandra Fry (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Best Poster Prize
Duc Nguyen (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), Best Poster Prize
Amanda Diegel (University of Tennessee), Best Lecture Prize
Alzaki Fadlallah (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Best Lecture Prize

Conference Pictures