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Keynote: Deborah Hughes Hallett – How Will Mathematics Be Learned in the Age of AI?
As generative AI develops, how will education change? How should it change? How will the Class of 2040 learn? History illuminates the impact of prior innovations on mathematics curriculum and pedagogy. What does this suggest about the future? In this talk, we will see how calculators, computers, and computer algebras have altered the way mathematics is taught and the way students learn. We are now faced by the most significant innovation of them all: generative AI. How will AI change the way mathematics is used professionally? The challenge for all of us is to envisage how AI can help students learn mathematics and statistics. Will AI change what students need to know? Will AI change what students can achieve? Will AI change how students learn?
Deborah Hughes Hallett is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at Harvard. Her work is on strategies to improve the teaching of mathematics, and she is interested in promoting international cooperation between mathematicians. She co-founded the Calculus Consortium for Higher Education and started a foundation to promote innovative curriculum and pedagogy. Her work has been recognized by the Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America