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MAA MATHFEST 2015Invited SessionsMAA100 INVITED PAPER SESSIONGenerations of Monthly GemsWednesday, August 5, 1:00 PM – 3:50 PMMarriott Wardman Park, Salon 1The session is designed to help celebrate the MAA’sCentennial. With thousands of papers to draw on, six speakerswill give 25-minute talks on papers chosen from throughoutthe Monthly’s history. Speakers will highlight the significance ofthese papers and remark on their impact on mathematics andscience in general.Scott Chapman, Sam Houston State UniversityDan Velleman, Amherst CollegeBruce Palka, National Science FoundationRoger Horn, University of UtahJohn Ewing, Math for AmericaSpeakers1894 – 1919Karen Parshall, University of Virginia1920 – 1939John Stillwell, University of San Francisco1940 – 1959Ron Graham, University of California at San Diego1960 – 1979Bob Devaney, Boston University1980 – 1999Paul Zorn, St. Olaf CollegeMAA INVITED PAPER SESSIONThe Non-Traditional “Traditional NSAMathematician”Wednesday, August 5, 1:00 PM – 3:45 PMMarriott Wardman Park, Delaware BThe National Security Agency’s (NSA) mathematicianscreate breakthroughs in cryptography and communicationssecurity. It is common to associate number theory and discretemathematics with cryptography. However, problems tackledby NSA mathematicians actually draw upon a much broadervariety of fields including statistics, geometry, analysis,topology, graph theory, neuroscience, big data analytics,theoretical computer science, and computational linguistics.As a result, the research community at NSA includes experts ina wide range of mathematics and math-related subjects.The purpose of this session is to highlight both usual andunusual problems applied to national security, with all talksbeing at the general non-expert level. NSA mathematicianshave produced fascinating and significant results over theyears, however much of the work is not published. This sessionis a great opportunity for the MAA community to be exposedto some of NSA’s leading mathematicians and learn about theimportant role mathematics plays in a variety of problems.Carla D. Martin, National Security AgencySpeakersDavid Perry, National Security AgencyBen Benoy, National Security AgencySteve Knox, National Security AgencyChristine Edwards, National Security Agency2000 – 2015Rebecca Goldin, George Mason University#MAAthFestWashington, DC | August 5–8, 2015 15