A few hours ago, I returned home from the 15th annual Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. I would have to say that it was even more fun from the CUMC event from last year. It's always a lot of fun to meet new people with interests that are similar to yours and CUMC certainly did not have a shortage of such people. I must congratulate the organizers on their very successful conference.
It might have been a bad idea to go the conference directly after my stay in the Bay Area. I had two huge luggage bags and they were not easy to get around with. I must thank the guys from Université Laval for being generous enough to bring me along on their way back. Without their help, I would probably not have made it home to Montreal tonight.
I gave a short 25 minute talk on the third day of the conference (Friday 14:45 to 15:10). It was an introduction to the untyped λ-calculus and some in the audience have asked me to post my slides so here they are. In retrospect, I should probably have given a 40 minute presentation. It was very hard to say all I wanted to say in 25 minutes and I easily could have filled 40. I will know for next year. I'd also like to encourage others to send in their slides to Julia Evans. She intends to collect all the slides from presentations and make them available in some convenient location.
I definitely plan on attending next year's CUMC at Carleton University—Especially since it is so close-by! I look forward to seeing old faces as well as new ones when that time comes.
It might have been a bad idea to go the conference directly after my stay in the Bay Area. I had two huge luggage bags and they were not easy to get around with. I must thank the guys from Université Laval for being generous enough to bring me along on their way back. Without their help, I would probably not have made it home to Montreal tonight.
I gave a short 25 minute talk on the third day of the conference (Friday 14:45 to 15:10). It was an introduction to the untyped λ-calculus and some in the audience have asked me to post my slides so here they are. In retrospect, I should probably have given a 40 minute presentation. It was very hard to say all I wanted to say in 25 minutes and I easily could have filled 40. I will know for next year. I'd also like to encourage others to send in their slides to Julia Evans. She intends to collect all the slides from presentations and make them available in some convenient location.
I definitely plan on attending next year's CUMC at Carleton University—Especially since it is so close-by! I look forward to seeing old faces as well as new ones when that time comes.
