{"id":22001,"date":"2013-01-06T01:31:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T05:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/?p=22001"},"modified":"2013-01-06T01:31:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T05:31:21","slug":"joint-mathematics-meeting-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2013\/01\/06\/joint-mathematics-meeting-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"What to See and Do at the Joint Mathematics Meeting II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22002\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22002\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22002\" alt=\"Cedric Villani\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/files\/2013\/01\/C_Villani-med-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cedric Villani<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last month, I was <a href=\"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/mathematical-conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\">just beginning to plan my trip to the JMM<\/a> in San Diego.\u00a0\u00a0 The JMM is next week, and I am looking forward to meeting fellow students from other universities and interacting with mathematicians from around the country, and the world.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used the scheduling tool and imported my schedule to Google Calendar.\u00a0 I&#8217;m excited about Cedric Villani&#8217;s talk,\u00a0<em>On Disorder and Equilibration,<\/em> Wednesday night.\u00a0 This is partly because I&#8217;m a night owl, and partly because thermodynamics was my favorite subject as a chemical engineering student.\u00a0 I hope I&#8217;m still fresh for the 8:30 p.m. talk after waking early in the morning.\u00a0 I am printing the abstracts of the talks I have planned to attend.\u00a0 This will focus my mind on the information I will receive next week.<\/p>\n<p>However, I also want to stay open to other opportunities, for example lingering at lunch with newfound friends in lieu of attending a lecture as planned.\u00a0 Finally, I am excited about riding the rails each morning from my inn in Chula Vista to the Convention Center, and back again each night.\u00a0 If you have a chance, ride the San Diego <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdmts.com\/Trolley\/Trolley.asp\" target=\"_blank\">trolley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What are you excited about seeing or doing at the JMM, mathematically related or otherwise?\u00a0 I hope to see you next week.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; 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