[seqfan] conference in recreational mathematics (may be of interest)

[Tanya Khovanova]

FIRST CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

MOVES Conference, August 4-6 in New York City
A research conference on the Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects

Join MoMath, the National Museum of Mathematics, for its first-ever conference on recreational mathematics.

Explore
 America's only museum of math in a night open exclusively to conference
 attendees and their families, then participate in two days of research 
talks on the mathematics of games and puzzles.  Family and kids 
activities will run concurrently with the scientific research program 
for guests of conference attendees.

Keynote speaker:  Erik Demaine, MIT

Call
 for papers:  Now accepting submissions for 15-30 minute research talks 
on recreational mathematics and the mathematics of games and puzzles, on
 a refereed, rolling basis, until April 15.  Papers on selected talks will have the opportunity to be published in a post-conference volume with Princeton University Press.

Call for activities:  Also accepting submissions for family/kids track concurrent activities, until April 15.

Registration deadline:  May 15

For more information and to register or submit a talk or activity, visit the MOVES Conference website at moves.momath.org<http://moves.momath.org/>.  Please feel free to forward this announcement to any interested parties.

- Glen Whitney, MoMath Executive Director
- Cindy Lawrence, MoMath Associate Director & Chief of Operations
- Laura Taalman, MOVES Conference Organizer