Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Special Session

Current as of Thursday, January 15, 2009 00:44:10

Joint Mathematics Meetings
Washington, DC, January 5-8, 2009 (Monday - Thursday)
Meeting #1046

• Monday January 5, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, I
  Park Tower Suite 8226, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Darren A. Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Frames: Surgeries, Dilation, and Robustness.
    Jennifer L. Wolfe*, Central Michigan University
    Rachael L. Tomasino, Central Michigan University
    Eileen L. Radzwion, Central Michigan University
    Sara P. Rimer, Central Michigan University
    (1046-15-90)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Minimum Semidefinite Rank of a Graph.
    Taiji Tsutsui*, Hiram College, Hiram OH
    Rachel Ellen Cranfill, Harvey Mudd College
    (1046-15-91)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A numerical and analytical study of modeling techniques for microstructure evolution.
    M R Atkins*, George Mason University
    (1046-35-103)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Understanding and predicting materials properties from phase-field simulations.
    Thomas Dean Stephens*, George Mason University
    (1046-35-101)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Vector Invariants of Elementary Abelian p-Groups.
    Aaron B Adcock*, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
    (1046-13-22)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mathematical modeling, analysis and computation of a fluid-structure interaction problem with applications.
    Sarah Minerva Venuti*, Mathemathical Sciences, George Mason University
    Kevin Kelbaugh, Mathemathical Sciences, George Mason University
    Padmanabhan Seshayer, Mathemathical Sciences, George Mason University
    (1046-65-66)
• Monday January 5, 2009, 2:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, II
  Park Tower Suite 8226, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Darren A. Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Spectrally Accurate Initial Data for Numerical Relativity.
    Nicholas Battista*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Anthony Harkin, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1046-35-944)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A Network Theoretic Approach to Hyperspectral Image Classification.
    Ryan Lewis*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Anthony Harkin, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1046-91-1115)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Matrix Number Theory: Factorization in Integral Matrix Semigroups.
    David Hannasch*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Rene Ardila, City College of New York
    Audra Kosh, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Hanah McCarthy, Lawrence University
    Ryan Rosenbaum, San Diego State University
    Donald Adams, San Diego State University
    Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University
    (1046-11-349)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Class Number Indivisibility in Function Fields.
    Michael Daub, Berkeley
    Jackie Lang*, Bryn Mawr
    Mona Merling, Bard College
    Natee Pitiwan, Williams College
    Allison Pacelli, Williams College
    Michael Rosen, Brown University
    (1046-11-1092)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Soap Bubble Problem on the Sphere.
    Edward Souder Newkirk*, Williams College
    (1046-51-826)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The hitting time for a sequence pattern in a Markov chain.
    Shiliang Cui*, Lafayette College
    Evan Fisher, Lafayette College
    (1046-60-517)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Classifying the simplices of the 4-dimensional cube.
    Natalie Durgin*, Harvey Mudd College
    Helen Highberger, Harvey Mudd College
    Jacob Scott, Harvey Mudd College
    Francis Edward Su, Harvey Mudd College
    (1046-52-157)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    The Strong Symmetric Genus of Small Generalized Symmetric Groups.
    Michael A. Ginter, Grove City College
    Susannah E. Johnson, Grove City College
    James E. McNamara*, Grove City College
    (1046-20-36)
  • 6:10 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Tuesday January 6, 2009, 1:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, III
  Park Tower Suite 8226, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Darren A. Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Morgan Prize talk.
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On the realizability of certain graphs as Delaunay Tessellations.
    Nicholas L Michaud*, Bard College
    Liz Anet, Bard College
    Adam Chodoff, Bard College
    Viriya Ratanasangpunth, Bard College
    (1046-51-527)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Local Edge Detection with Wavelet Coefficients.
    Taylor Edward Burmeister*, Haverford College
    (1046-43-86)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Modeling the Dynamics of Feed-Forward Biological Networks.
    Lauren E Pace*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    John W Cain, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Dewey T Taylor, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1046-92-89)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Examining the Evolution of Molecular Gas in the Interstellar Medium: The Case of the Singular Ordinary Differential Equations.
    Benjamin Baxter*, Northern Kentucky University
    Lisa J. Holden, Northern Kentucky University
    (1046-34-104)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Numerical Evidence on the Uniform Distribution of Power Residues for Elliptic Curves.
    Jeffrey Hatley*, The College of New Jersey
    Amanda Hittson, Bryn Mawr College
    (1046-11-115)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An upper bound for the number of graceful labelings of a path with $n$ edges.
    Sylvia R. Naples*, Bard College
    (1046-00-301)
• Wednesday January 7, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, IV
  Park Tower Suite 8226, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Darren A. Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Least Perimeter Partitions of the Sphere into Equal Areas.
    Max D. Engelstein*, Yale University
    (1046-51-611)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Coloring Graphs.
    Nora Youngs*, Smith College
    Carolyn Gardner, Smith College
    Marissa Neal, Smith College
    Yoshi Merrybird, Smith College
    Agnieszka Rec, Smith College
    (1046-05-997)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Maximally Non-Matching Covered Graphs.
    Timothy B Muller*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Kimberly Jordan Burch, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    (1046-05-475)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Vector Coloring.
    Gerald S Haynes*, Central Michigan University
    (1046-05-84)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    The Relaxed Coloring Game on Certain Classes of Trees.
    Lynnette Snyder*, Simpson College
    (1046-05-159)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    A Tree with Maximum Degree Three and Game Chromatic Number Four.
    Victor O. Larsen*, Middlebury College
    (1046-05-155)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Multilevel and Multidimensional Hadamard Matrices.
    Matthew Crawford*, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Caitlin Greeley, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Bryce Lee, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Mathav Kishore Murugan, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
    Sarah Spence Adams, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    (1046-05-859)