The 2012 International Mathematica Symposium will be hosted by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science at University College London in June 2012.  The IMS organizers are grateful to NVIDIA and HP for their sponsorship of IMS 2012.

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About the International Mathematica Symposium

The International Mathematica Symposium is an interdisciplinary conference for and by users of Mathematica in the physical and life sciences, mathematics, engineering, graphics and design, arts and music, education, industry, finance, and commerce.

If you use Mathematica in research or teaching, or if you have developed or are developing products based on Mathematica, then IMS is an opportunity to share your results with like-minded colleagues. IMS has built up a deserved reputation as an exceptionally convivial and friendly gathering.

See the IMS web site http://www.internationalmathematicasymposium.org/ for information about past meetings.

Nvidia and HP - primary sponsors of IMS 2012

NVIDIA awakened the world to the power of computer graphics when it invented the GPU in 1999. In the early 2000s, our invention of a programmable processor expanded NVIDIA's reach into professional graphics. We have since led the industry with breathtaking graphics on computers ranging from smartphones to engineering workstations. Our expertise in GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing, empowering scientists with access to ultra-efficient supercomputers. Scientists and researchers around the world are using Tesla GPUs to tackle the most complex challenges, from climate modeling to quantum physics to finding a cure for cancer. NVIDIA® CUDA® architecture enables GPUs to work not just with the pixels of an image, but with numerical data. NVIDIA Tesla processors harness CUDA to make supercomputing more efficient and more accessible. Three of the world's top five supercomputers are powered by Tesla GPUs.

 

Turing Session

June 2012 is the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, and the Monday afternoon session in the Symposium will be devoted to Turing’s life and work.

Guest Speakers:

Dr Andrew Hodges, author of Alan Turing: The Enigma.

Professor Sir Roger Penrose FRS

Sir John Dermot Turing

Dr Stephen Wolfram

Event information

The main meeting will be held 11-13 June. It is intended to offer the option of post-Symposium workshops or training events on the day(s) after the main meeting.

Additionally, a free Mathematica training session will be offered on the Sunday afternoon prior to the conference to the first 40 of those registering and desiring to attend.

Check back for further details.

Special Topics

These are intended to include, but are not limited to

GPU and GRID applications

Mathematica in Education

Mathematica in Finance

Expressions of interest in developing other session topics, suggestions for invited speakers and pre- or post-Symposium workshops to the Conference Director: Professor William T. Shaw w.shaw@ucl.ac.uk

Submissions

Further information, include templates for abstracts and papers, is available here. Once you have completed an abstract template you go to here for submission instructions.

Abstract submission deadline extended to April 10th 2012.

Conference Program

A detailed, tentative program schedule of the multi-track conference will be made available after the completion of the submission process.

Registration - now open

For registration information and associated fees clink the link at the top of this page.

Maps, transport etc.

The location of UCL in London, further information on transport etc. are all available here:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/locations/ and the Symposium will be in the Roberts building on the Bloomsbury campus. The location of UCL within central London is shown here, and a map of the Bloomsbury campus is available here (the entrance to the conference area is on the boundary of C4/C5 with a coffee icon!). Transport to UCL is documented on this web page.

Hotels

You are advised to book early in view of the Olympics taking place later in the summer! UCL and its departments has lists of sensible choices available on the following links:

UCL hotel list

EE hotel and other information (this links to other hotel lists

There are also commercial lists (no endorsement from UCL) such as

Expedia’s list of hotels near UCL.