More than 900 people flocked to Auckland, NZ, for December’s Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Mathematical Society (NZMS), Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS), and American Mathematical Society (AMS). It was a landmark assemblage. “Yes, we’re calling it New Zealand’s biggest maths gathering,” said Paul Panckhurst, spokesperson for host University of Auckland, where the website proclaimed on December 9: “There are higher-than-normal odds of bumping into a mathematician in Auckland this week.” The Joint Meeting offered nine invited plenary presentations, 41 special sessions, two sessions of contributed presentations, a poster session with more than 50 presenters, and a public lecture by Persi Diaconis (Stanford University). Read the full story on our website: https://lnkd.in/ezwpJiUa
