Editor: Sharene Bungay (sharene@mun.ca)

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Society News

1. CAIMS*SCMAI 2014 Call for Proposals
2. DEADLINE EXTENSION – CAIMS*SCMAI 2014 Election

3. CAIMS*SCMAI E-news Information

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CAIMS*SCMAI 2014 Call for Proposals

The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics (CAIMS 2014) will take place from June 22 to 26, 2014 at the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon, SK.

For more information, please see

http://caims2014.caims.ca//

Questions can be directed to

caims2014@caims.ca/

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Call for Minisymposia

The organizing committee is now accepting proposals for minisymposia. The proposals should contain the following information:

– Name(s) of the minisymposium organizer(s).
– Affiliation(s) and e-mail(s) of the minisymposium organizer(s).
– Title of the minisymposium.
– A 100-word description of the minisymposium.
– List of potential speakers. A minisymposium should have 4 speakers.

Minisymposia are scheduled to be 120 minutes (four 25-minute talks plus 5 minutes for questions / audience transit time).

Proposals for minisymposia will be accepted until February 28, 2014 and can be entered on-line at

http://caims2014.caims.ca//caims2014/Submissions_caims2014/mini_symposium…

Final acceptance will be confirmed by March 17, 2014.

Speaker titles and abstracts for approved minisymposia will be due before March 31, 2014. Submission details will be provided to the minisymposia organizers.

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Call for Contributed Talks

The organizing committee is now accepting proposals for contributed talks. The proposals should contain the following information:

– Name(s) of the presenter (and all co-authors).
– Affiliation(s) of presenter (and all co-authors).
– Title of the talk.
– A 100-word abstract.

Proposals for contributed talks will be accepted until February 28, 2014 and can be entered on-line at

http://caims2014.caims.ca//caims2014/Submissions_caims2014/talk_contribut…

Final acceptance will be confirmed by March 17, 2014.

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Call for Poster Presentations

We are accepting proposals for poster presentations. The proposals should contain the following information:

– Name(s) of presenter (and all co-authors).
– Affiliation(s) of presenter (and all co-authors).
– Title of the poster.
– A 75-word abstract.

Proposals for poster presentations will be accepted until February 28, 2014 and can be entered on-line at

http://caims2014.caims.ca//caims2014/Submissions_caims2014/poster_contrib…

Final acceptance will be confirmed by March 17, 2014.

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CAIMS*SCMAI 2014 Election: Call for Nominations

DEADLINE EXTENDED to February 14, 2014

CAIMS*SCMAI will be holding an election next winter (March 2014) for:

– Two Member-at-Large positions on the Board of Directors
– Treasurer
– Communications Officer

The member-at-large positions held by Matt Davison, Hongmei Zhu, and Nilima Nigam will come to an end in 2014. Due to a tied election in 2013, resulting in an additional member-at-large, the upcoming three vacancies will be filled by two new members. These member-at-large positions will be for a three-year term. The appointments of Treasurer and Communications Officer will be for two years.

The position of Communications Officer was introduced this year following approval at the 2013 Annual General Meeting. A description of this position is as follows:

The Communications Officer is a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee. The main duties of the Communications Officer are to manage those affairs of CAIMS*SCMAI that concern public visibility, promotion of CAIMS*SCMAI and the professional activities of the membership. As well as short-term activities to do with the day-to-day activities of CAIMS*SCMAI, the Communications Officer will manage long-term development of communications technology that supports the goals of CAIMS*SCMAI. In this role, the Communications Officer will work closely with the Secretary and Treasurer. The precise duties of the Communications Officer shall be determined by the Board of Directors and are likely to evolve with the needs of the corporation. The ideal nominee will be bilingual (English/French).

All members of CAIMS*SCMAI are invited to put forward names of candidates for these offices. Nominations should reach the CAIMS Secretary, Sharene Bungay <sharene@mun.ca> by February 14, 2014.

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CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information

CAIMS*SCMAI E-News is distributed electronically several times a year by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society/Societe Canadienne de Mathematiques Appliquees et Industrielles (https://www.caims.ca/).

Past issues are available on the web at https://www.caims.ca//content/e-news-archive
Submissions are welcome and should be sent in plain text format to:

Sharene Bungay, CAIMS-SCMAI Secretary,
Email: sharene@mun.ca

The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Board or Membership of CAIMS*SCMAI. The editorial policy of this publication is to encourage the discussion of issues and facilitate the dissemination of information relevant to Canadian applied and industrial mathematics.

If you wish to have your name removed from the e-mailing list for the CAIMS*SCMAI E-News, please send an email message to Sharene Bungay as above.