Dear Colleagues and SIMIODE Aficionados,
The SIMIODE session organizers at JMM are pleased to announce the AMS Special Session "Creating, Doing, and Sharing Modeling Approaches to Teaching Differential Equations" at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) in Washington, D.C.
We invite you to contribute a 20-minute talk to our session. To assist with planning, please let us know at your earliest convenience whether you are able to accept this invitation.
Session Description: Our speakers will discuss support for a modeling-first approach to motivate and teach differential equations: nuts and bolts of activities, engaging nature of applications, alignment of modeling with course content, interactions between classmates and/or the instructor, student deliverables, assessments, student reactions, and other reflections. Speakers are encouraged to submit modules to SIMIODE and/or articles, such as to the CODEE Journal or PRIMUS.
Dates: The conference is January 4-7, 2026. Our two sessions are on January 5, 2026 8am-noon and 1-5pm. See jointmathematicsmeetings.org/jmm Abstracts are due on Tuesday, September 9 at 11:59 PM, EDT. (We encourage you to submit your abstract at least a week before that deadline to avoid any last-minute problems.)
Abstract Submission Form: meetings.ams.org/math/jmm2026/cfp.cgi Click on the "Begin a Submission" button under the AMS. Scroll to SS30A AMS Special Session on "Creating, Doing, and Sharing Modeling Approaches to Teaching Differential Equations, I" with the Session Subject: Ordinary differential equations. The maximum abstract length is 2000 characters. When the "Conclude Submission" button is clicked, an email will be sent to the Presenting Author's email and the Submitter's email confirming receipt of the submission. Please note your abstract is not submitted until you click the "Conclude Submission" button.
Further information: Submission to JMM involves only an abstract and title. Our AMS Special Sessions has two four-hour portions of 30-minute slots, (20-minute talk with 5-minute discussion and 5-minute break.) Authors should keep in mind that abstracts should be informative enough to enable a person attending the meeting to decide which session to attend at a given time. We encourage all who wish to share pedagogy and technology for using modeling in teaching undergraduate differential equations to submit an abstract to present their work in these special sessions. We welcome speakers from a variety of institutional types, geographic regions, and academic ranks, including those incorporating perspectives from interdisciplinary fields.
Some AMS policies concerning special sessions: Your talk must be delivered via a computer projection system. Everyone who attends the meeting is required to pay a registration fee; registration is a separate process from submitting the abstract. The AMS does not pay any expenses of faculty attending special sessions. However, graduate students are encouraged to apply for travel funding from AMS; see http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/grad-students/emp-student-JMM for more information. The AMS also has a program of childcare grants for all JMM attendees (faculty, students, etc.); see https://www.ams.org/profession/opportunities/meetings-child-care-grants for more information.
We hope you will join us to share ideas, exchange resources, and build lasting collaborations.
Sincerely,
Therese Shelton, Southwestern University
with other session organizers:
Brian Winkel, SIMIODE
Jean Marie Linhart, Central Washington University
Pushpi Paranamana, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), NYC