Past and future events for
Hinged Dissections: Swinging & Twisting

October 13:: "Beyond Swinging: Hinged Dissections that Twist or Fold," a talk at Oberlin College.
Tuesday, October 13, at 4:30pm in King 239. Hosted by the Mathematics Department.
March 15:: "The Heptagon to the Square, and Other Wild Twists,"
a talk for the contestants and their families at the Finals of the 2008 Topcoder High School Tournament,
Purdue University, Department of Computer Science, Lawson 1142, 1:15pm.

July 27:: "Symmetry and Structure in Twist-Hinged Dissections of Polygonal Rings and Polygonal Anti-Rings,"
a talk at the Bridges Donostia: Mathematics, Music, Art, Culture,
San Sebastian, Spain, The University of the Basque Country, School of Architecture, Luis Peña Ganchegui Auditorium, 10:15-11:00am.
June 14:: "Unexpected Twists in Geometric Dissections,"
a plenary talk at the Kyoto International Conference on Computational Geometry and Graph Theory,
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 10:10-11:00am, Centennial Hall.
March 24:: "Designing a Table Both Swinging and Stable,"
a talk at the Spring 2007 meeting of the Indiana MAA Section,
University of Indianapolis, 11:30am-12:00noon, Lilly 108.

October 16:: "The Heptagon to the Square, and Other Wild Twists,"
a talk for the Purdue University College of Science Dean's Freshman Honors Seminar (SCI 110)
at 4:30 pm, in Beering 2280.
March 18:: "The Heptagon to the Square, and Other Wild Twists,"
at the Gathering for Gardner at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, 2:20-2:50 pm.

October 21:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
a talk at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1:00 - 1:50 pm in Dennis 214.
September 23:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
a distinguished talk in the seminar series for the Department of Computer and Information Science
at the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), 11:00am - 12:00 noon in SL 206.

November 18:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
for the Purdue freshman math class MATH 108: Mathematics As A Profession And A Discipline,
taught by Aaron Nung Kwan Yip, 4:30-5:20 pm in University 317.
September 21:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
banquet talk for the 13th International Meshing Roundtable, Williamsburg, VA. (See pdf file of the presentation)
August 13:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
a talk in the "Advances in Recreational Mathematics" session at the 2004 MathFest, at Providence, RI, 4:15-4:35.
May 28:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
a colloquium talk for the Department of Computer Science
at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
February 9:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
a talk for the School of Science Dean's Freshman Seminar (SCI 111) at 4:30 pm, in Beering 2290.

October 13:: A talk, "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist",
jointly sponsored by the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and the Department of Mathematics.
Butler University, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The talk was at 3:00 pm in Jordan Hall 242.
Here is a picture of me, taken by Pete Henderson, after I had subjected the audience to all manner of twists and turns!
September 26:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
a 60-minute class, taught for the Purdue University Annual Weekend Back-to-Class Program,
hosted by the President's Council, at 9:15 am, in Purdue Memorial Union 112. (See the the announcement.)
March 12:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
a talk for the Math Club at Purdue University at 7:00 pm, in Beering 1245. (Here is the the abstract.)

October 7:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist,"
for the Pi Mathematical Sciences Club at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
noon, in Kettler 216. (link now inactive) (See the the announcement.)
April 6:: "Hinged Dissections: Swingers, Twisters, Flappers,"
at the Gathering for Gardner at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, 11:20-11:40 am.

November 17:: "Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist," the second of two invited talks
at the Fall 2001 meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America,
at Bridgewater State College, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 2:30-3:20 pm, in Moakley Auditorium.
Also check out the talks relating to material in my first book.
March 19:: A talk, "Geometric Dissections That Swing and Twist",
in the CS 690S seminar, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University,
in Math Sciences Building 175, 4:30-5:20 pm. Abstract.

November 22:: An invited talk, "Geometric Dissections that Swing and Twist",
at the The Japan Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry 2000 (JCDCG 2000)
at Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan, room 2341, 4:20-5:00 pm.
September 25:: A talk, "Geometric Dissections That Swing and Twist",
in SCI 110, the Dean's Freshman Honors Seminar in the School of Science, Purdue University,
in LAEB 2290, 4:30-5:20 pm.
May 5:: An invited talk, "Geometric Dissections that Swing and Twist",
at Recent Trends in Geometry and Symmetry: A Conference in Honor of Donald W. Crowe
at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in the Friedrick Center, room 154, 8:30-9:30 am.
February 18:: A talk, "Hinged Dissections: Turning on the Past, Swinging into the Future",
at the Gathering for Gardner IV at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
February 7:: A talk, "Geometric Dissections That Swing and Twist",
in the CS 690S seminar, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University,
in Math Sciences Building 175, 4:30-5:20 pm. Abstract.
January 19:: A talk, "Geometric Dissections That Swing and Twist",
in the SCI 490H (freshman honors) seminar, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University,
in Liberal Arts and Education Building 1260, 2:40-3:20 pm.

December 4:: A talk, "Geometric Dissections That Swing and Twist",
at the Midwest Theory Day sponsored by the Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago,
in 251 Ryerson Laboratory, University of Chicago. Abstract.

Last updated September 12, 2008.