MATRIX x IMAGINARY Conference 2022

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The MATRIX x IMAGINARY Conference takes place from 31 August to 2 September 2022.

Official website

Official program (pdf)

Below is a non-official account of the talks with some links and resources that were shared. Participants are welcome to add information.

Talks

Welcome

Adrien Rossille (IHP) - Holo Math

Maison Poincaré, new math museum in Paris. Info about opening dates, spaces, plans.

Augmented/mixed/virtual reality. Different devices. Samples of existing exhibits in museums with those technologies.

Holo Math. 45 min (30 of mixed reality), groups or 12 people + explainer. Existing episodes:

1. Brownian motion (pollen grain, random walk, galton board...)

2. Artificial intelligence (in progress. dissect perception algorithm and artificial neural networks)

Tracy Drinkwater (Seattle Universal Math Museum)

Focus on education. Pomote STEM studies. Attention to gender and ethnic balance. Address problems of math achievement, aggravated by pandemic. Focus on 8-14 years old children.

Current focus:

- Create mobile math exhibition.

- Espand programs (now hiring staff).

- Establish temporary space (in South King County).

- Identify a site for the permanent museum and open within the next 5 years.


Can Ozan Oğuz (via videoconference) Mathematics Culture Center, Istanbul

Ongoing project. History: Workshops, Mathigon platform translation, New Horizon courses for teachers, Math seminars for the general public, Weekly mathematics bulletin, free online proof methods book, Book translations, youtube channel, online database of math projects in Turkey, workshops at Gazhane museum, Tutam Tutam math festival 2022.

https://matematiginpesinde.com


Keynote: Nicky Case - Some people just want to watch the world learn

Earlier projects worked on. populations, covid-19... Nutshell: the tool from Nicky to make "expandable embeddable explanations"

5 Tricks to make explanations:

- show me what made you care (make it interesting, relevant, attracting curiosity...)

- Show, then tell. Concrete, then abstract. Familiar, then new. Use Pictures, Examples, Analogies

- "Therefore & but", not "and then". Conflict/problem -therefore-> Change/solution -but-> conflict...

- Write a draft, then cut 10%

- Do real tests, early and often.

https://ncase.me

https://explorabl.es


Panels

Panel 1: Science of mathematics communication

Panel 2: Building worldwide communities