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