Joint Mathematics Meetings Full Program

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Joint Mathematics Meetings
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and Grand Hyatt San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
January 10-13, 2015 (Saturday - Tuesday)
Meeting #1106

Associate secretaries:

Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu
Gerard A. Venema, MAA venema@calvin.edu

Thursday January 8, 2015

• Thursday January 8, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  AMS Short Course on Finite Frame Theory: A Complete Introduction to Overcompleteness, Part I
  Room 212, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kasso A. Okoudjou, University of Maryland, College Park
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    An introduction to finite frame theory.
    Peter G. Casazza*, University of Missouri
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A primer on finite unit norm tight frames.
    Dustin G. Mixon*, Air Force Institute of Technology
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Algebro-Geometric Techniques and Geometric Insights for Finite Frames.
    Nate Strawn*, Duke University
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Frames and phaseless reconstruction.
    Radu Balan*, University of Maryland, College Park
• Thursday January 8, 2015, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  NSF-EHR Grant Proposal Writing Workshop
  Seguin, Grand Hyatt San Antonio

Friday January 9, 2015

• Friday January 9, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
  AMS Short Course on Finite Frame Theory: A Complete Introduction to Overcompleteness, Part II
  Room 212, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kasso A. Okoudjou, University of Maryland, College Park
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Preconditioning techniques in frame theory and probabilistic frames.
    Kasso A. Okoudjou*, University of Maryland
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Compressed sensing and dictionary learning.
    Chen Guangliang*, San Jose State University
    Deanna Needell*, Claremont McKenna College
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Quantization for Finite Frames.
    Alexander Powell*, Vanderbilt University
    Ozgur Yilmaz*, University of British Columbia
• Friday January 9, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
  AMS Department Chairs Workshop
  Texas Ballroom, Salon D, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Friday January 9, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Ancillary Workshop
  Teaching the statistical investigation process with Randomization-based inference.
  Bowie B, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
  Presenters:
  Beth Chance, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
  Robin Lock, St. Lawrence University
  Soma Roy, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
  Todd Swanson, Hope College
• Friday January 9, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #1: Part A
  Introductory proposal writing for grant applications to the NSF EHR Division of Undergraduate Education.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  John Haddock, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
  Lee Zia, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
• Friday January 9, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Ancillary Workshop
  Embedding undergraduate research into a living-learning community.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Mark Daniel Ward, Purdue University
• Friday January 9, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  MAA Ancillary Workshop
  National research experiences for undergraduates.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dennis Davenport, Howard University
• Friday January 9, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Board of Governors
  Lone Star Ballroom, Salons AB, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Friday January 9, 2015, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #1: Part B
  Introductory proposal writing for grant applications to the NSF EHR Division of Undergraduate Education.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  John Haddock, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
  Lee Zia, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
• Friday January 9, 2015, 2:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  AMS Council
  Texas Ballroom, Salon A, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Friday January 9, 2015, 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Friday January 9, 2015, 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Email Center
  East Registration, Convention Center

Saturday January 10, 2015

• Saturday January 10, 2015, 7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
  MAA Minority Chairs Meeting
  Presidio B, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
  Email Center
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 7:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Game Theory, Economics, Control Theory, and Information
  Room 101A, Convention Center
  

  • 7:45 a.m.
    Analysis of the Error in an Iterative Algorithm for Solution of the Regulator Equations for linear distributed parameter Control Systems.
    Thanuka Hansameenu Pathiranage*, Texas Tech University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
    (1106-93-1929)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Finite Horizon Time Inhomogeneous Singular Control Problem of One-dimensional Diffusion via Dynkin Game.
    Yipeng Yang*, University of Houston-Clear Lake
    (1106-90-2516)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Stability Analysis of Discrete time Recurrent Neural Networks.
    Jayant Singh*, North Dakota State University
    (1106-93-507)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Geometry of the Region of Uniform Exponential Stability on an Arbitrary Time Scale.
    Dylan R Poulsen*, Baylor University
    John M Davis, Baylor University
    Ian A Gravagne, Baylor University
    (1106-93-1056)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes for geophysical data analysis.
    Indranil SenGupta*, North Dakota State University
    Semere Habtemicael, North Dakota State University
    (1106-93-748)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Optimal control of coffee-berry disease using both chemical and cultivational methods.
    David Jaures Fotsa Mbogne, ENSAI, University of Ngaoundere
    Chris Thron*, Texas A&M University - Central Texas
    (1106-93-2278)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Preventative Analytics for Infectious Disease Pandemics.
    Elinor L Velasquez*, New York, New York
    (1106-93-2662)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Estimation of global network statistics from incomplete data.
    Catherine A Bliss*, University of Vermont
    Christopher M Danforth, Univeristy of Vermont
    Peter Sheridan Dodds, University of Vermont
    (1106-94-2011)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Convolutional Codes from Group Rings.
    Jessica OShaughnessy*, Shenandoah University
    (1106-94-1065)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Decoding and Merging of Helberg Codes.
    Tuan A Le*, Rowan University
    Hieu D Nguyen, Rowan University
    (1106-94-1892)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On MDS Codes with Constrained Generator Matrices and Related Problems.
    Igor Zelenko*, Texas A&M University
    Muxi Yan, Texas A&M University
    Alex Sprintson, Texas A&M University
    Swanand Kadhe, Texas A&M University
    (1106-94-2908)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Reassembling Humpty Dumpty: 3D Puzzles and Invariant Signature Curves.
    R. R. Slechta*, University of St. Thomas
    (1106-92-1811)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Educational Economics.
    Matthew J Christen*, Simpson College
    (1106-91-1765)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Advances in Coding Theory, I
  Room 002, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Felice Manganiello, Clemson University manganm@clemson.edu
  Gretchen L. Matthews, Clemson University
  Judy L. Walker, University of Nebraska
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Coding theory for distributed storage and networks.
    Iwan Duursma*, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-05-2873)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Explicit Constructions of Information-Theoretically Secure Regenerating Codes for Distributed Storage.
    Swanand Kadhe*, Texas A&M University
    Alex Sprintson, Texas A&M University
    (1106-94-2880)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Capacity and Constructions of Non-Malleable Codes.
    Mahdi Cheraghchi*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1106-68-1575)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Skew Polynomials in Coding Theory.
    Siyu Liu*, University of Toronto
    Felice Manganiello, Clemson University
    Frank R Kschischang, University of Toronto
    (1106-12-2926)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Linkage Construction for Subspace Codes.
    Carolyn Troha*, University of Kentucky
    (1106-15-892)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics and Representation Theory, I
  Room 008A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Zajj Daugherty, Dartmouth College
  Ben Salisbury, Central Michigan University ben.salisbury@cmich.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Schur-Positivity in a Square.
    Cristina M Ballantine*, College of the Holy Cross
    Rosa C Orellana, Dartmouth College
    (1106-05-616)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Generalized Gelfand--Graev characters, Kostka polynomials, and supercharacters.
    Scott Andrews*, Dartmouth College
    Nathaniel Thiem, University of Colorado Boulder
    (1106-05-405)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Integral bases for the universal enveloping algebras of map superalgebras.
    Samuel Chamberlin*, Park University
    Irfan Bagci, University of North Georgia
    (1106-17-970)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On Schur Superfunctors.
    Jonathan Axtell*, Iowa State University
    (1106-16-946)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    k-charge and energy function.
    Jennifer Morse, Drexel University
    Anne Schilling*, Department of Mathematics, UC Davis
    (1106-05-409)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Inclusion relations between faces of of highest weight modules.
    Apoorva Khare*, Stanford University
    (1106-17-956)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Applications of Dynamical Systems to Biological Models, I
  Room 001B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Yu Jin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln yjin6@unl.edu
  Xiang-Sheng Wang, Southeast Missouri State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Periodic systems of delay differential equations and the dynamics of avian influenza.
    Xiang-Sheng Wang*, Southeast Missouri State University
    Jianhong Wu, York University
    (1106-92-1984)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Mathematical Assessment of the Role of Temperature Variations on Malaria Transmission Dynamics.
    Abba Gumel*, Arizona State University
    Folashade Agusto, Austin Peay State University
    Paul Parham, Imperial College London
    (1106-92-1661)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Emerging disease dynamics in a model coupling within-host and between-host systems.
    Zhilan Feng*, Purdue University
    (1106-92-220)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Modeling cross-contamination during poultry processing: dynamics in the chiller tank.
    Daniel S. Munther*, Department of Mathematics/ Cleveland State University
    Jianhong Wu, Centre for Disease Modelling/ York University
    Sanyi Tang, School of Mathematics/Shaanxi Normal University
    Yanni Xiao, School of Mathematics/Shaanxi Normal University
    Helio Shimozako, Centre for Disease Modelling/ York University
    (1106-92-2063)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Modeling the dynamics of intermitotic time distributions.
    Rachel Leander*, Middle Tennessee State University
    Edward Allen, Texas Tech University
    Darren Tyson, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
    Shawn Garbett, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
    Zach Jones, Middle Tennessee State University
    Vito Quaranta, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Institute
    (1106-92-1620)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Optimal Control in an ODE/DE Model for a Massive anthrax Outbreak: A preliminary Report.
    Buddhi R Pantha*, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,TN
    Suzanne Lenhart, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
    (1106-37-258)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Beyond First-Order Model Theory, I
  Room 006B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  John T. Baldwin, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Xavier Caicedo, Universidad de los Andes
  Rami Grossberg, Carnegie Mellon University
  Jose Iovino, University of Texas at San Antonio jose.Iovino@utsa.edu
  Boris Zilber, Oxford University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Up and Out: Frames and tameness in Abstract Elementary Classes.
    Will Boney*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1106-03-1625)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Model theory and the Mean Ergodic Theorem for abelian unitary actions.
    Eduardo Dueñez*, The University of Texas at San Antonio
    José Iovino, The University of Texas at San Antonio
    (1106-03-1681)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Modeling isomorphic embeddings between Banach spaces.
    Mirna Dzamonja*, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
    (1106-03-1433)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Infinitary model theory in the study of graphons.
    Cameron E. Freer*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1106-03-1025)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the white parts of the map of classification theory for AECs.
    Rami Grossberg*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-03-2301)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Measuring independence in metric model theory.
    Asa Hirvonen*, University of Helsinki, Finland
    (1106-03-513)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications, I
  Room 007B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Steven Miller, Williams College
  Michael A. Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology michael.radin@rit.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A nonautonomous hierarchical model with the strong Allee effect.
    Laila Assas, King Abdul Aziz University
    Saber Elaydi*, Trinity University
    Eddy Kwessi, Trinity University
    George Livadiotis, Southwest Research Institute
    Brian Dennis, University of Idaho
    (1106-39-2202)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Geometry and Global Stability of Monotone Discrete Dynamical Systems.
    E Cabral Balreira*, Trinity University
    Saber Elaydi, Center for Mathematical Analysis, Technical University of Lisbon
    Rafael Luis, Center for Mathematical Analysis, Technical University of Lisbon
    (1106-39-362)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Host-Parasitoid Discrete Models with strong Allee Effect.
    George Livadiotis*, Southwest Research Institute
    Leila Assas, King Abdul Aziz University
    Brian Dennis, University of Idaho
    Saber Elaydi, Department of Mathematics, Trinity University; Technical University of Lisbon
    Eddy Kwessi, Department of Mathematics, Trinity University
    (1106-39-1533)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Stochasticity on a modified Beverton-Holt model with Allee effects.
    Eddy A Kwessi*, Trinity University
    Laila Assas, King Abdul Aziz University
    Brian Dennis, University of Idaho
    Saber Elaydi, Trinity University
    George Livadiotis, Southwest Research Institute
    (1106-39-605)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Existence Of Bounded Solutions For Almost Linear Volterra Difference Equations Using Fixed Point Theory and Lyapunov Functionals.
    Youssef Naim Raffoul*, University of Dayton
    Ernest Yankson, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
    (1106-39-359)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some Facts and Some Open Problems and Conjectures on Rational Systems.
    Emmanouil Drymonis*, Providence College
    (1106-39-1401)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, I
  Room 003, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury, University of Texas-Pan American roychowdhurymk@utpa.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Degrees of stickiness in mushroom billiards.
    Carl P Dettmann*, University of Bristol, UK
    (1106-37-1779)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Dynamics of dianalytic maps on Klein surfaces.
    Jane M. Hawkins*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1106-37-582)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Boundary measures minimizing the Rayleigh quotient.
    François Ledrappier*, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
    (1106-37-503)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Finitely presented groups associated with expanding maps.
    Volodymyr Nekrashevych*, Texas A&M University, College Station
    (1106-37-2423)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Topological Conjugacy of Constant Length Substitution Dynamical Systems.
    Michael Sylvester Keane*, Wesleyan University, Delft University of Technology, Leiden University
    (1106-37-954)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Wojtkowski's Falling Balls Revisited.
    Nandor J Simanyi*, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Mathematics
    (1106-37-1408)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Factorization Theory and Its Applications, I
  Room 007D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Nicholas Baeth, University of Central Missouri baeth@ucmo.edu
  Scott Chapman, Sam Houston State University
  Jim Coykendall, Clemson University
  Alfred Geroldinger, Karl Franzens University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Koszul modules over short graded Gorenstein rings.
    Luchezar Avramov, University of Nebraska
    Courtney Gibbons, Hamilton College
    Roger Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (1106-13-984)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A semigroup-theoretical view of direct-sum decompositions over HNP rings.
    Nicholas R. Baeth, University of Central Missouri, USA
    Alfred Geroldinger, University of Graz, Austria
    David J. Grynkiewicz, University of Memphis, USA
    Daniel Smertnig*, University of Graz, Austria
    (1106-16-1696)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the structure of $S_2$-ifications of complete local rings.
    Sandra Spiroff*, University of Mississippi
    Sean Sather-Wagstaff, North Dakota State University
    (1106-13-1576)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Generalized Unique Factorization Domains.
    Jim Coykendall, Clemson University
    Richard Hasenauer, Eureka College
    Bethany Kubik*, United States Military Academy
    (1106-13-613)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Factorization properties of Prüfer domains.
    Jim Coykendall, Clemson University
    Richard Erwin Hasenauer*, Eureka College
    (1106-13-559)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Fractal Geometry and Dynamics, I
  Room 214D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Michel L. Lapidus, University of California, Riverside
  Robert G. Niemeyer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque niemeyer@math.unm.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The dynamics of rational functions of the form $z \mapsto z^n +\frac{\lambda}{z^d}$.
    Paul Blanchard*, Boston University
    (1106-AA-1146)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Spectral Decimation and Complex Dynamics: Laplacians on Self-Similar Fractals and Their Spectral Zeta Functions.
    Nishu Lal*, Occidental College
    Michel L. Lapidus, University of California, Riverside
    (1106-AA-2551)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Complex rational maps and the structure of Julia sets from accessible Mandelbrot sets.
    Elizabeth L. Fitzgibbon*, Salve Regina University
    (1106-AA-2733)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Self-Similar Subsets of the Cantor Set.
    Yang Wang*, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    (1106-AA-1674)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Bounded Geometry and Characterization of Some Holomorphic Transcendental Dynamical Systems.
    Tao Chen, The City University of New York-LaGuardia Community College
    Yunping Jiang*, The City University of New York-Queens College and Graduate Center
    Linda Keen, The City University of New York-Lehman College and Graduate Center
    (1106-AA-830)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Shell hyperbolic components of transcendental meromorphic maps.
    Nuria Fagella, Facultat de Matemàtiques, Univ. Barcelona
    Linda Keen*, CUNY Graduate Center and Lehman College
    (1106-AA-717)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Frames and Their Applications, I
  Room 007A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Radu Balan, University of Maryland, College Park
  Kasso A. Okoudjou, University of Maryland kasso@math.umd.edu
  Rachel Ward, University of Texas, Austin
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Some new results regarding equiangular tight frames.
    Matthew Fickus*, Air Force Institute of Technology
    (1106-42-119)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Erasure Robust Frames.
    Yang Wang*, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    (1106-42-1664)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Distribution of Hilbert Space Frame Coefficients.
    Peter G. Casazza*, University of Missouri
    Lindsey M. Woodland, University of Missouri
    Kevin Brewster, University of Missouri
    (1106-46-326)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Probabilistic Frames: Ideas from Optimal Transport.
    Clare G Wickman*, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
    (1106-43-485)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Error bounds for consistent reconstruction.
    Alexander Powell*, Vanderbilt University
    Tyler Whitehouse, Arlington, VA
    (1106-42-2126)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A tour from sparse approximation over dictionary learning to random sparse properties of frames.
    Karin Schnass*, University of Sassari
    (1106-43-595)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, I (in memory of Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 1941-2014)
  Room 005, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Sloan Despeaux, Western Carolina University
  Patti Hunter, Westmont College
  Deborah Kent, Drake University
  Adrian Rice, Randolph-Macon College arice4@rmc.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Table Parameter Estimation and Inference in Historical Mathematical Tables.
    David R Bellhouse*, University of Western Ontario
    (1106-01-245)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Remarks on N. Oresme's Definition of Curvitas.
    Bogdan D. Suceava*, California State University, Fullerton
    Isabel M. Serrano, California State University, Fullerton
    (1106-01-59)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Natures of curves in the early modern period and the emergence of transcendence.
    Bruce J. Petrie*, University of Toronto
    (1106-01-1863)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The representation of curves in the early Leibnizian calculus.
    Viktor Blasjo*, Utrecht University
    (1106-01-856)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    How Johann Bernoulli Solved a Problem whose Solution was Obvious (Or Was It?).
    George W Heine*, (retired) Pueblo, Colorado
    (1106-01-459)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Euclid's Elements in Spanish, during the XXth century (part I), Vera's edition.
    Alejandro R Garciadiego*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
    (1106-01-268)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Holomorphic Dynamics in One and Several Variables, I
  Room 006D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Tanya Firsova, State University of New York at Stony Brook and Kansas State University tanya@math.sunysb.edu
  Thomas Sharland, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Chebyshev-like maps via Newton's identities.
    Joshua P Bowman*, Smith College
    (1106-37-2239)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Topological models for semi-parabolic Hénon maps.
    Remus Radu*, Stony Brook University
    Raluca Tanase, Stony Brook University
    (1106-37-2789)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Matings of cubic polynomials with a fixed critical point.
    Thomas Sharland*, Stony Brook University
    (1106-37-1483)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Continuity of core entropy of quadratic polynomials.
    Giulio Tiozzo*, Yale University
    (1106-37-1964)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Pseudo-automorphisms of Blowup of Projective space along a set of points.
    Kyounghee Kim*, Florida Sate University
    (1106-37-1407)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Classification of Thurston maps with parabolic orbifolds.
    Nikita Selinger*, Stony Brook University
    (1106-37-1032)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Model Theory and Applications, I
  Room 006A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David Marker, University of Illinois at Chicago marker@uic.edu
  Sergei Starchenko, University of Notre Dame
  Carol Wood, Wesleyan University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Unlikely intersections and differential algebra.
    James Freitag*, University of California Berkeley
    (1106-03-1937)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Differential Algebra Meets Derived Categories.
    Taylor Dupuy*, The Hebrew University
    (1106-14-1082)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Model theory and Mod-$\ell$ Galois theory.
    Adam Topaz*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1106-11-2109)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Unlikely intersections in complex dynamics.
    Holly Krieger*, MIT
    (1106-14-1838)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Compact complex manifolds with a generic automorphism.
    Rahim Moosa*, University of Waterloo
    (1106-03-1328)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Operator Algebras and Their Applications: A Tribute to Richard V. Kadison, I
  Room 001A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Robert S. Doran, Texas Christian University r.doran@tcu.edu
  Efton Park, Texas Christian University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Expanders --- Exact and Morita-compatible crossed products.
    Paul Frank Baum*, Penn State University
    (1106-19-535)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The generalization of C*-algebra methods.
    David P Blecher*, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston
    (1106-46-1785)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Maps similar to essentially normal ones.
    Ronald G. Douglas*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-46-413)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Classifying right-angled Artin semigroup $C^*$-algebras.
    Søren Eilers*, University of Copenhagen
    Xin Li, Queen Mary University of London
    Efren Ruiz, University of Hawaii Hilo
    (1106-46-800)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Well behaved dynamics.
    George A. Elliott*, University of Toronto
    Zhuang Niu, University of Wyoming
    (1106-46-1601)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Quantum Variables.
    Edward G. Effros*, UCLA
    (1106-81-756)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in Discrete and Intuitive Geometry, I
  Room 007C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Andras Bezdek, Auburn University bezdean@mail.auburn.edu
  Ted Bisztriczky, University of Calgary
  Wlodek Kuperberg, Auburn University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    About the piercing number of boxes and beyond.
    Deborah Oliveros*, Instituto de Matematicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, UNAM.
    (1106-52-1676)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    About an Erd{ö}s-Gr{ü}nbaum conjecture concerning piercing of non-bounded convex sets.
    A. Montejano, National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Luis Montejano*, National Autonomous University of Mexico
    E. Roldán-Pensado, University of London
    P. Soberón, University of London
    (1106-52-1334)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the total perimeter of disjoint convex bodies.
    Arseniy V. Akopyan, The Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences
    Alexey Glazyrin*, The University of Texas at Brownsville
    (1106-52-424)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bounds for outer parallel domains of unit ball packings.
    Karoly Bezdek*, University of Calgary, Canada
    Zsolt Langi, Budapest University of Technology, Hungary
    (1106-52-521)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Extreme point configurations on spheres and locally rigid contact graphs.
    Oleg R Musin*, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Brownsville
    (1106-52-1114)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The packing density of the $n$-dimensional cross-polytope.
    Gábor Fejes Tóth, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungary
    Ferenc Fodor*, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungary, and University of Szeged, Hungary
    Viktor Vígh, University of Szeged, Hungary
    (1106-52-2223)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Recent Advances in Mathematical Modeling of the Environment and Infectious Diseases
  Room 217B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Linda Allen, Texas Tech University linda.j.allen@ttu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Modeling Environmental Variability With Mean-Reverting Processes.
    Edward Allen*, Texas Tech University
    (1106-AF-501)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Environmental change and life history strategies: cannibalism and reproductive synchrony.
    Jim M. Cushing*, University of Arizona.
    Amy Veprauskas, Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics / University of Arizona
    Shandelle M. Henson, Andrews University
    (1106-AF-1071)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Influence of heterogeneity in model predictions for public health policymaking.
    Zhilan Feng*, Purdue University
    (1106-AF-502)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Dynamics of phytoplankton-zooplankton systems with toxin producing phytoplankton.
    Sophia Jang*, Texas Tech University
    James Baglama, University of Rhode
    Li Wu, University of Rhode
    (1106-AF-1443)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, I
  Room 004, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Darren A Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno
  Jobby Jacob, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Spiral Knot Determinants.
    Seong Ju Kim, James Madison University
    Ryan Stees*, James Madison University
    Laura Taalman, James Madison University
    (1106-55-1247)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the Structure of Minimal $4(2k+1)$-orbits of the Continuous Endomorphisms on the Real Line and Universality in Chaos.
    Rashad U. Abdulla*, University of Pennsylvania
    Ugur G. Abdulla, Florida Institute of Technology
    Batul Kanawati, California State University of Long Beach
    Anders Ruden, University of Redlands.CA
    (1106-37-115)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Analysis of Interfaces for the Nonlinear Diffusion Equation with Linear Convection.
    Ugur G. Abdulla, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences at Florida Institute of Technology
    Jian Du, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences at Florida Institute of Technology
    Jonathan Goldfarb, Florida Institute of Technology
    Kev Johnson, Auburn University, Montgomery
    Lauren Lanier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Taylor Schluter*, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1106-35-116)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On some inverse free boundary problems for second order parabolic PDEs.
    Ugur G Abdulla, Florida Institute of Technology
    Nicholas Crispi, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College, The City University of New York
    Jonathan Goldfarb, Florida Institute of Technology
    Daniel Kassler*, University of Chicago
    Scott Pelton-Stroud, Williams College
    Bruno Giuseppe Poggi, Florida Institute of Technology
    Paige Elizabeth Williams, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (1106-35-117)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Family of Rank 6 Elliptic Curves over Number Fields.
    David Mehrle*, Carnegie Mellon University
    Tomer Reiter, Carnegie Mellon University
    Joseph Stahl, Boston University
    Dylan Yott, Boston University
    Steven Miller, Williams College
    (1106-11-427)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Newman's conjecture for function field $L$-functions.
    Joseph Stahl*, Boston University
    David Mehrle, Carnegie Mellon University
    Tomer Reiter, Carnegie Mellon University
    Dylan Yott, Boston University
    Steven Miller, Williams College
    (1106-11-426)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Ricci Curvature for Homogeneous Spaces and Related Topics, I
  Room 006C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Megan Kerr, Wellesley College mkerr@wellesley.edu
  Tracy Payne, Idaho State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Non-compact, homogeneous Einstein spaces.
    Michael Jablonski*, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-53-48)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Alekseevskii conjecture in low dimensions.
    Romina M. Arroyo*, FaMAF & CIEM, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
    Ramiro A. Lafuente, FaMAF & CIEM, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
    (1106-53-479)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Einstein solvmanifolds have maximal symmetry.
    Carolyn Gordon*, Dartmouth College
    Michael Jablonski, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-53-620)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Two-step nilpotent Lie groups with prescribed Ricci tensor.
    Patrick B Eberlein*, University of North Carolina at hhapel Hill
    (1106-53-694)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Solvable Lie groups of negative Ricci curvature.
    Yuri Nikolayevsky*, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    (1106-53-948)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The space of left-invariant metrics and submanifold geometry.
    Hiroshi Tamaru*, Hiroshima University, Japan
    (1106-53-505)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Set-Valued Optimization and Variational Problems with Applications, I
  Room 008B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Akhtar A. Khan, Rochester Institute of Technology aaksma@rit.edu
  Mau Nam Nguyen, Portland State University
  Miguel Sama, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid
  Christiane Tammer, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Higher-order Kuhn-Tucker optimality conditions for set-valued optimization with nonsolid ordering cones.
    P.Q. Khanh*, International University, Vietnam National Universityf Hochiminh City
    (1106-90-1305)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A D.C. Algorithm via Convex Analysis Approach for Solving a Location Problem Involving Sets.
    Mau Nam Nguyen*, Portland State University
    (1106-49-1400)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Regularization error estimates for integral constraint regularization of state-constrained elliptic control problems.
    Miguel Sama*, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid
    Akhtar Khan, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-49-1329)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Pontryagin Maximum Principle for Control Systems on Infinite Dimensional Manifolds.
    Robert J Kipka*, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
    Yuri S. Ledyaev, Western Michigan University
    (1106-49-968)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fixed points and variational principles with applications to behavioral sciences.
    Bao Truong*, Northern Michigan University
    (1106-49-1732)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Stability of an equation error approach for an inverse problem.
    Baasansuren Jadamba*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-49-1648)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Cryptology for Undergraduates, I
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Robert Lewand, Goucher College robert.lewand@goucher.edu
  Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Topics in Steganography: Hiding Text within Text.
    Ann E Moskol*, Rhode Island College
    (1106-C1-2556)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Cryptography Activities in a Mathematics Course for Liberal Arts Majors.
    Jay A Malmstrom*, Oklahoma City Community College
    (1106-C1-77)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Ciphers and Heroes: Introducing first-year students to the world of cryptology.
    Sharon M. Frechette*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1106-C1-848)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Mathematics and Politics of Military Cryptography.
    Mark Kozek*, Whittier College
    (1106-C1-2843)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Approaching Cryptology Through The Enigma of Alan Turing.
    Michael Olinick*, Middlebury College
    Robert P. Martin, Middlebury College
    (1106-C1-1509)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Twisting the Keyword Length from a Vigenère Cipher.
    Andrew J Simoson*, King University
    Thomas H Barr, Indian Springs School
    (1106-C1-304)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Cranks, Rotors, Rods, Algorithms, Quilts and Computations: designing and building encryption devices and methods in a Cryptology course.
    Ward Heilman*, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-C1-259)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Decrypting Cryptography.
    Edmund A. Lamagna*, University of Rhode Island
    (1106-C1-1413)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Locating Large Primes Promptly.
    Jeffrey A. Ehme*, Spelman College
    (1106-C1-735)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Inquiry-Based Learning in First-Year and Second-Year Courses, I
  Room 209, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dana C. Ernst, Northern Arizona University Dana.Ernst@nau.edu
  Angie Hodge, University of Nebraska Omaha
  Theron J Hitchman, University of Northern Iowa
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    IBL in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Course.
    Hansun To*, Worcester State University
    (1106-G5-1818)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Experiences with Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in a general education mathematics course.
    Brian Johnson*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Katie V. Johnson, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (1106-G5-1386)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Inquiry-Based Learning in a Quantitative Reasoning Course for Business Students.
    Victor I Piercey*, Ferris State University
    (1106-G5-357)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Modified Moore Method in Introduction to Proofs.
    Li-An Daniel Wang*, Trinity College
    (1106-G5-1778)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Using IBL to Bridge the Gap Between Math for Liberal Arts and Intro to Proofs.
    McKenzie R. Lamb*, Ripon College
    (1106-G5-2644)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Writing Across the Curriculum and IBL.
    Kevin Hartshorn*, Moravian College
    (1106-G5-2253)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Exploring Velocity and Acceleration Vectors Visually.
    Paul E Seeburger*, Monroe Community College
    (1106-G5-2846)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Inquiry-Based Calculus III.
    Amy Ksir*, United States Naval Academy
    Christine von Renesse, Westfield State University
    Margaret C. Nikolov, United States Naval Academy
    (1106-G5-2281)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Raising Calculus to the Surface: Using Physical Surfaces to Facilitate Inquiry-Based Learning in Multivariable Calculus.
    Brian Fisher*, Lubbock Christian University
    Jason Samuels, City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College
    Aaron Wangberg, Winona State University
    Eric Weber, Oregon State University
    (1106-G5-1884)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics and Technology, I
  Room 212A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Using SAGE Mathematics software in Numerical Analysis courses. It's Free and Easy.
    Razvan Alexandru Mezei*, Lenoir-Rhyne University
    (1106-VE-75)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Maplets for Calculus, Present and Future.
    Philip B Yasskin*, Texas A&M University
    Douglas B. Meade, University of South Carolina
    Matthew J Barry, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
    Don Van Huyck, Texas A&M University
    Dmitriy Shatalov, Texas A&M University
    Ethan Corpus, Somerville High School
    Parth Sarin, A&M Consolidated High School
    Michael Sprintson, A&M Consolidated High School
    (1106-VE-2208)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Effective ways to use GeoGebra for selected topics in Calculus II.
    Anna Savvopoulou*, Indiana University South Bend
    (1106-VE-796)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Using mathematical and computable data in Mathematica 10.
    Eric W Weisstein*, Wolfram|Alpha
    (1106-VE-2432)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Using Analytic Geometry and Computer Algebra to Construct Gravity Field Energy Curves.
    Alexander L. Garron*, Sand Box Geometry LLC
    (1106-VE-314)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Can the measurement of student engagement be automated?
    Paulette N Willis*, Reasoning Mind
    James Cooper, Reasoning Mind
    (1106-VE-2038)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Modeling or Applications, I
  Room 213A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Correspondence of regular and generalized mass action systems.
    Matthew D. Johnston*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1106-VG-716)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Using Modeling to Motivate and Drive Learning in Differential Equations Courses.
    Brian J. Winkel*, U.S. Miltary Academy
    (1106-VG-945)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Bringing the Orion Space Vehicle Home Safe: the Mathematics of Thermal Protection Systems.
    Justin Droba*, NASA Johnson Space Center
    (1106-VG-2700)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Using Crowd Simulation to suggest Efficient Evacuation in Emergency Situation.
    Roshan Thapaliya*, Howard University
    Brian Ricks, Rutgers University
    (1106-VG-2828)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Analysis of the Innate and Adaptive Immune response in Antitumor Laser Immunotherapy.
    Bryan Alexander Dawkins*, University of Central Oklahoma
    Sean Michael Laverty, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1106-VG-2848)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Estimating Parameters in a Bacterial Community Using Inverse Methods.
    Benjamin Jackson*, Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University
    James Connolly, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University
    Albert Parker, Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University
    Isaac Klapper, Temple University
    Robin Gerlach, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University
    (1106-VG-1952)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Game-Theoretic Approach to Protein Clustering.
    Brittney Hinds*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-VG-989)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Applications of SIR-type models in kudzu growth.
    Elisha D Hall*, Austin Peay State University
    Ramanjit K. Sahi, Austin Peay State University
    (1106-VG-567)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A note on the onset of synchrony in avian ovulation cycles.
    Danielle Burton*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Shandelle M Henson, Andrews University
    (1106-VG-436)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Social Insect Simulation.
    Jared Anthony Scolaro*, Arizona State University
    (1106-VG-2865)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Maximum entropy modeling of plant biodiversity.
    J. Christopher Tweddle*, Governors State University
    (1106-VG-2108)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Effects of the Lubrication Force on a Bouncing Droplet.
    Matthew R. Cessna*, Claremont Graduate University
    (1106-VG-2225)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on the History and Philosophy of Mathematics
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Short History of Statistics and Its Application.
    Treena Basu*, Occidental College
    Lokenath Debnath, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1106-VB-2495)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Reaching for Cultural Roots of The Representamen: Developmental Math Students' Internal Signs.
    Jacqueline S Ward*, Long Beach City College
    (1106-VB-537)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Should it be the Dirichlet Rearrangement Theorem?
    John R. Botzum*, Kutztown University
    (1106-VB-2879)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Jan De Witt: The Equations for Curves.
    Daniel J. Curtin*, Northern Kentucky University
    (1106-VB-611)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On Sophie Germain's Essays.
    Christina Tran*, California State University, Fullerton
    Bogdan D. Suceavă, California State University, Fullerton
    (1106-VB-62)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Confusion and Unity in Handling of Heat Motion and Fluid Motion in the 19th Century.
    Shigeru Masuda*, Kyoto Univ.
    (1106-VB-707)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Mathematics of the Encyclopédie.
    Lawrence A. D'Antonio*, Ramapo College
    (1106-VB-1593)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    An examination of the mathematics educations of select Presidents of the United States.
    Ronald L Merritt*, Athens State University
    (1106-VB-120)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A New Technique to Solve the Instant Insanity Problem.
    Salar Y. Alsardary*, University of the Sciences
    HweeJung Kim, University of the Sciences
    Julie George, University of the Sciences
    (1106-VB-656)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematical Physics
  Room 203A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Asteroid seismology: using natural frequencies distribution to infer internal structure.
    James D. Walker*, Southwest Research Institute
    Sidney Chocron, Southwest Research Institute
    Rory P. Bigger, Southwest Research Institute
    Trent Kirchdoerfer, California Institute of Technology
    (1106-86-1997)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Well Posedness Theory for a Coupled Thermo-Chemo-Poroelastic System.
    T. Malysheva*, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
    L. White, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
    (1106-86-1827)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Geometry of Space-Time-Matter.
    David Betounes*, Univ. of Texas, Permian Basin
    (1106-83-489)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Numerical investigation of the equation for the Higgs boson in the de Sitter spacetime.
    Andras Balogh, The University of Texas-Pan American
    Jacob N Banda*, The University of Texas-Pan American
    Karen Yagdjian, The University of Texas-Pan American
    (1106-85-2896)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Study of Artificial Neural Network Techniques Used to Mine Data in Astronomy.
    Hriday Bharat Thakkar*, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
    Narayan Thapa, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
    (1106-85-1723)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    An Approximation to the Mass Ratio of the Proton to the Electron.
    Harry A. Watson*, Eastvale, California
    (1106-81-87)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Perspectives and Experiences on Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Research, I
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Aihua Li, Montclair State University lia@mail.montclair.edu
  Thomas Hagedorn, College of New Jersey
  Jan Rychtar, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Why? and How? Undergraduate Research and its Benefits.
    Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo*, Valparaiso University
    (1106-K1-2895)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Introductory Research Experiences at the End of the First Year of College.
    Brittany Smith Baum*, Middle Tennessee State University
    Jesse Beck, Middle Tennessee State University
    Ginger Holmes Rowell, Middle Tennessee State University
    D. Christopher Stephens, Middle Tennessee State University
    Thomas Cheatham, Middle Tennessee State University
    Jennifer Yantz, Austin Peay State University
    Donald Nelson, Middle Tennessee State University
    (1106-K1-2513)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    The less you teach, the more students learn!
    Min-Lin Lo*, California State University, San Bernardino
    (1106-K1-1416)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Co-Mentoring for the National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in two Institutions.
    Hyunju Oh*, Bennett College
    Jan Rychtar, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    (1106-K1-999)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Starting and Sustaining an Undergraduate Research Program: The SURIEM/REM Experience at Michigan State University (MSU).
    Aklilu Zeleke*, Michigan State University
    (1106-K1-763)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Mentoring Collaboration for REU Groups at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics.
    Suzanne Lenhart*, University of Tennessee and NIMBioS
    Kelly Sturner, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
    (1106-K1-690)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Undergraduate Research in an Urban Minority University.
    Zhixiong Chen*, New Jersey City University
    Yi Ding, New Jersey City University
    (1106-K1-2459)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Lessons Learned from the Pilot Project 'Smooth Transition for Advancement to Graduate Education (STAGE) for Underrepresented Students in Mathematical Sciences'.
    Christina Eubanks-Turner*, Loyola Marymount University
    Patricia Beaulieu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Nabendu Pal, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Aghalaya S. Vatsala, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1106-K1-2193)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    An Applied Project-Driven Approach to Undergraduate Research Experiences.
    Michael A. Karls*, Ball State University
    (1106-K1-2673)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
  MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, I
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Karen Keene, North Carolina State University kakeene@ncsu.edu
  Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Drexel University
  Michelle Zandieh, Arizona State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    From intuition to the formal world of mathematical thinking: A geometric topologist's teaching diaries and thought processes.
    Sepideh Stewart*, University of Oklahoma
    Clarissa Thompson, Kent State University
    Noel Brady, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-L1-2876)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Connecting Abstract Algebra to Secondary School Mathematics: How Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators Discuss Mathematical Connections.
    Ashley L Suominen*, University of Georgia
    (1106-L1-1363)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Mathematicians' and Mathematics Educators' Perspectives on "Doing Mathematics".
    Jim Brandt*, Southern Utah University
    Jana Lunt, Southern Utah University
    Gretchen Rimmasch Meilstrup, Southern Utah University
    (1106-L1-1348)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The use of examples in the learning and teaching of proof writing.
    Sarah Hanusch*, Texas State University
    (1106-L1-901)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Undergraduates' Example-Related Activity in Proving Conjectures.
    Alison G. Lynch*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Pooneh Sabouri, New York University
    Rebecca Vinsonhaler, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Amy B. Ellis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1106-L1-2498)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Can mathematics majors make connections between informal arguments and formal proofs?
    Dov Zazkis*, Oklahoma State University
    Matthew Villanueva, Rutgers University
    (1106-L1-729)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Examining expert and novice proving process for "linearity" of deductive logic.
    Shiv Karunakaran*, Washington State University
    (1106-L1-470)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    The Role of Proof in Undergraduate Mathematics: A Case Study of Lagrange's Theorem.
    Eyob S Demeke, University of New Hampshire
    May Chaar*, University of New Hampshire
    (1106-L1-624)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Revitalizing Complex Analysis at the Undergraduate Level, I
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Russell Howell, Westmont College howell@westmont.edu
  Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College
  Alan Noell, Oklahoma State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A new complex analysis / algebra / geometry transition to higher mathematics course in development.
    Robert Sachs*, George Mason University
    (1106-L5-1804)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Implementing modules - a case study.
    Tamas Forgacs*, California State University, Fresno
    (1106-L5-1990)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Unifying PDEs, Linear Algebra, and Complex Analysis.
    Eric Sullivan*, Carroll College
    (1106-L5-1350)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Revitalizing Complex Analysis: Three Philosophies (part 1).
    Russell W. Howell*, Westmont College
    Alan Noell, Oklahoma State University
    (1106-L5-2827)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Revitalizing Complex Analysis: Three Philosophies (part 2).
    Alan Noell*, Oklahoma State University
    Russell W. Howell, Westmont College
    (1106-L5-2867)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Complex Curve Maps.
    Paul Zorn*, St. Olaf College
    (1106-L5-1925)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using Color Graphs in Complex Analysis.
    Lawrence J. Crone*, American University
    (1106-L5-167)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Elementary Geometry and Ptolemy's theorem in a complex analysis course.
    Jane M McDougall*, Colorado College
    (1106-L5-2905)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Sprinkling Complex Analysis Across the Undergraduate Curriculum.
    Hortensia Soto-Johnson*, University of Northern Colorado
    Marki Dittman, University of Northern Colorado
    (1106-L5-352)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Statistics
  Room 202B, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Bayesian Joinpoint Regression Model for Childhood Brain Cancer Mortality.
    Netra P Khanal*, The University of Tampa
    (1106-62-1577)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Asymptotics of Signed-Rank Estimator in Two-phase Linear Model.
    Brice Merlin Nguelifack*, Auburn University
    (1106-62-410)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Bathtub and Unimodal Hazard Flexibility Classification of Parametric Lifetime Distributions.
    Anh V Nguyen*, Texas Christian University
    Dana M Lacey, North Central College
    Kahadawala Cooray, Central Michigan University
    (1106-62-638)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A Multiscale Spectral Algorithm for Estimating the Number of Clusters in a Data Set.
    Anna V. Little*, Jacksonville University
    Alicia Byrd, Jacksonville University
    (1106-62-950)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The beta model for random hypergraphs with a given degree sequence: modelling multi-way interactions in networks.
    Despina Stasi*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Kayvan Sadeghi, Carnegie Mellon University
    Alessandro Rinaldo, Carnegie Mellon University
    Sonja Petrovic, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Stephen E. Fienberg, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-62-2803)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Measures of Predictor Variable Importance in Logistic Regression: A Comparative Study.
    Ranil Weerackoon*, California State University, Long Beach
    Dmitry Suvorov, The College of New Jersey
    (1106-62-803)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Approaches to Addressing Overfitting in Averaging Classifiers.
    James D Munyon*, Youngstown State University
    Rebecca M Thiem, Eastern Kentucky University
    (1106-62-652)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A Bayesian Approach to Sequential Change Point Detection.
    Eric Ruggieri*, College of the Holy Cross
    Marcus Antonellis, College of the Holy Cross
    (1106-62-2060)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hotelling Trace Criterion as a Figure of Merit for the Optimization of Chromatogram Alignment.
    Edward J Soares, College of the Holy Cross
    Gopal R Yalla*, College of the Holy Cross
    John B O'Conner, College of the Holy Cross
    Kevin A Walsh, College of the Holy Cross
    Amber M Hupp, College of the Holy Cross
    (1106-62-1994)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Modeling Cancer Mortality Rates through Differential Equations.
    Keshav P. Pokhrel*, Mercyhurst University
    Chris P. Tsokos, University of South Florida
    (1106-62-1963)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Decomposing the Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Statistic by Hadamard-Like Matrices.
    Abbas M Alhakim*, American University of Beirut
    (1106-62-2830)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Determination of the Probability Distribution of strength of a Polymer Fiber Bundle Using Statistical Analysis.
    Krishan Agrawal*, Virginia State University
    Ronald Moore, Performance Polymers, Honeywell
    Eugene Evans, Virginia State University
    (1106-62-93)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, I
  Room 204A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jacqueline Dewar, Loyola Marymount University jdewar@lmu.edu
  Thomas Banchoff, Brown University
  Curtis Bennett, Loyola Marymount University
  Pam Crawford, Jacksonville University
  Edwin Herman, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Individual student confidence during classroom voting - what can the data tell us?
    Ann C. Stewart*, Hood College
    (1106-M1-2765)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Exploring students' preferences and performance in a cooperative mathematics classroom.
    Sayonita Ghosh Hajra*, University of Utah
    Natalie Hobson, University of Georgia
    (1106-M1-2338)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Attribution, participation, and formative assessment in introductory calculus: A growth model.
    Rebecca Anne Dibbs*, Texas A&M University-Commerce
    (1106-M1-508)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Introductory Statistics Students' Development of Reasoning about Variability.
    Rachel M Chaphalkar*, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
    (1106-M1-2618)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    The Impact of a Flipped Learning Environment on Student Attitudes and Achievement in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Course.
    J. Lynn Gieger*, Oglethorpe University
    Brian Patterson, Oglethorpe University
    C. Rett McBride, Oglethorpe University
    (1106-M1-2247)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Using Journals to Support Student Learning: The Case of an Elementary Number Theory Course.
    Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer*, Texas State University
    Christina Starkey Richardson, Texas State University
    Max Leon Warshauer, Texas State University
    (1106-M1-1582)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Engaging students using temperament profiles: Using ROMP to increase student success in first and second year STEM courses.
    Shelly M McGee*, Our Lady of the Lake University
    Jess A White-Phillip, Our Lady of the Lake University
    (1106-M1-1079)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Encouraging a "Growth Mindset" in Our Mathematics Courses.
    Mike Pinter*, Belmont University
    (1106-M1-66)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Student Use of Example Generation in a Calculus Course: Implementation and Student Attitudes.
    Elaine Rumsey Wagner*, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    Susan Marla Orme, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    Heidi Jean Turner, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    (1106-M1-1378)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Topology and Manifolds, I
  Room 101B, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Almost Homotopies and Intrinsic Flat Convergence.
    Zahra Sinaei*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
    Christina Sormani, CUNY Graduate Center
    (1106-54-312)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Partial Metric Spaces: Representation and Classification.
    Shaun G. Benvie*, University of Connecticut
    Owen S. Hill, College of William & Mary
    Elizabeth T. Brown, James Madison University
    (1106-54-642)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Metrics on CAT(0) Boundaries.
    Molly A Moran*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1106-54-1093)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Homological stability of diffeomorphim groups made discrete.
    Sam Nariman*, Stanford
    (1106-55-480)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Finite Set of Generators for the Arc Algebra.
    Dylan Peifer, Cornell University
    Martin D. Bobb*, University of Texas at Austin
    Helen Wong, Carleton College
    Stephen Kennedy, Carleton College
    (1106-54-2766)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Intersection numbers on moduli spaces of curves through topological recursion.
    Ayman Mohammad Almomany*, Central Michigan Univercity
    Brad Safnuk, Central Michgin Univercity
    (1106-55-2718)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Abelian Arrangements.
    Christin Bibby*, University of Oregon
    (1106-55-1792)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Homotopy transfer is a simple consequence of the Goldman-Millson Theorem.
    Christopher L Rogers*, Institut für Mathematik und Informatik, Universität Greifswald
    (1106-55-2246)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Circle subgroups of compact Lie groups.
    Jeffrey D. Carlson*, Tufts University
    (1106-55-2823)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Recognizing nullhomotopic maps between the classifying spaces of Kac-Moody groups.
    John D. Foley*, University of Copenhagen
    (1106-55-2273)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Index Theory in a Paschian Geometry.
    Marian F Anton, Central Connecticut State University
    Kim-Vui H. Duong*, Central Connecticut State University
    (1106-55-2330)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Partial Differential Equations and Applications, I
  Room 202A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Evelyn Lunasin, United States Naval Academy lunasin@usna.edu
  Edriss S. Titi, University of California, Irvine titi@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Lagrangian-Eulerian methods for uniqueness in hydrodynamic systems.
    Peter Constantin*, Princeton University
    (1106-35-952)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Fluid-Composite Structure Interaction.
    Suncica Canic*, University of Houston
    Boris Muha, University of Zagreb
    Martina Bukac, Notre Dame University
    (1106-35-845)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Approximation by continuous finite elements of invariant sets of hyperbolic systems.
    Jean-Luc Guermond*, Texas A&M
    (1106-65-789)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Some results on singular transport equations.
    Tarek M Elgindi*, Princeton University
    (1106-35-658)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A New Data Assimilation Algorithm for the 2D Navier-Stokes equations and the 3D $\alpha$-Models of Turbulence.
    Aseel Farhat*, Indiana University Bloomington
    Evelyn Lunasin, The United States Naval Academy
    Edriss Titi, The Weizmann Institute of Science and Texas A&M University
    (1106-76-1652)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic Stability of the Diffusive Carr-Penrose Model.
    Joseph Conlon, University of Michigan
    Michael Dabkowski*, University of Michigan
    Jingchen Wu, University of Michigan
    (1106-35-1709)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Project NExT Workshop
  Room 217D, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Professional Development Workshops: NSF Funding Opportunities for the Learning and Teaching of the Mathematical Sciences, Part I
  Undergraduate/graduate education programs; workforce; and broadening participation (DUE, DGE, DMS, HRD).
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  John Haddock, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
  Lee Zia, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
  Karen King, Division of Research on Learning, National Science Foundation
  Tasha Inniss, Division of Human Resource Development, National Science Foundation
  Jennifer Slimowitz Pearl, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, I
  Room 208, Convention Center
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Artin Group Presentations Arising from Cluster Algebras.
    Hailee Peck*, Millikin University
    David Hemminger, Duke University
    Jacob Haley, University of Notre Dame
    Aaron Landesman, Harvard University
    (1106-05-786)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Representations of generalized Weyl algebras arising from non-commutative cluster structures.
    Ibrahim A Saleh*, University of Wisconsin Colleges
    (1106-05-1167)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    T-Path Formula and Atomic Bases for Cluster Algebras of Type D.
    Emily Gunawan*, University of Minnesota
    Gregg Musiker, University of Minnesota
    (1106-05-1879)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the structure of Specht modules in the principal block of $F\Sigma_{3p}$.
    Michael Anthony Rosas*, SUNY, the University at Buffalo
    (1106-05-2101)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Generic Representation Theory of the Unipotent Upper Triangular Groups.
    Michael N Crumley*, University of Findlay
    (1106-05-2507)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Tridiagonal pairs of $q$-Racah type and the quantum group $U_q(\mathfrak{sl}_2)$.
    Sarah R Bockting-Conrad*, Oberlin College
    (1106-05-2515)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Cyclic Factorial Schur Polynomials and Geometry.
    Elizabeth Beazley, Haverford College
    Anna Bertiger*, University of Waterloo
    Kaisa Taipale, University of Minnesota
    (1106-05-2553)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Combinatorial evaluation of Hecke algebra characters.
    Samuel Clearman*, Lehigh University
    (1106-05-2745)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Sub-neofields of finite D-neofields.
    Scott Lacy*, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1106-05-2397)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Stasinski and Voll's Hyperoctahedral Group Conjecture.
    Aaron Landesman*, Harvard University
    (1106-05-785)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Value sets of functions with finite domain, with applications to planar functions.
    Steven Michael Senger*, Missouri State University
    (1106-05-2547)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematical Biology, I
  Room 102A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Computational Modeling of Murine GL261 Brain Tumors.
    Barrett J. Anderies*, Arizona State University
    Eric J. Kostelich, Arizona State University
    (1106-92-1772)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Integrate-and-Fire Model of Insect Olfaction.
    Pamela B Fuller*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Gregor Kovacic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    David Cai, Courant Institute
    (1106-92-720)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Combinatorics of Linked Systems of Quartets.
    Emili Moan*, Winthrop University
    Joseph Rusinko, Winthrop University
    (1106-92-2534)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Computing Cophylogenetic Invariants.
    Heather Gronewald*, Southwestern University
    (1106-92-1907)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Statistical tests for genetic associations in populations with three-way admixture.
    Abra Brisbin*, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    Michelle Pflughoeft, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    Harrison Reeder, Carleton College
    Samir Rachid, Carleton College
    Aleksandra Mandic, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    Andrew Boyd, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    Guoxi Lei, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    (1106-92-1244)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Modeling RNA.
    Elizabeth Drellich, Smith College
    Sarah Karr, Smith College
    Sydney Ness, Smith College
    Pamela Badian-Pessot*, Smith College
    (1106-92-2456)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Mathematical RNA Biology: Graph Theory Approaches for RNA Structure Modeling and Prediction.
    Namhee Kim*, New York University
    Tamar Schlick, New York University
    (1106-92-2603)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A preliminary model of phosphorylation states of endothelial nitric oxide synthase.
    Lake Ritter*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    (1106-92-1205)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A fast ADI algorithm for nonlinear Poisson equation in heterogeneous dielectric media.
    Wufeng Tian*, Broward College
    Shan Zhao, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
    (1106-92-2452)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Modeling Follicle Wave Dynamics in the Menstrual Cycle.
    Nicole M Panza*, North Carolina State University
    James Selgrade, North Carolina State University
    (1106-92-1257)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    DNA Hairpin Simulation using the Peyrard-Bishop Model.
    Erin Boggess*, Simpson College
    Kyle Jensen, Simpson College
    (1106-92-2428)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:20 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Humor and Teaching Mathematics, I
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College skilic-bahi@colby-sawyer.edu
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Debra Borkovitz, Wheelock College
  

  • 8:20 a.m.
    True Nature to Advantage Dressed.
    Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
    (1106-E5-1710)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Clowning around with mathematical ideas.
    Tim Chartier*, Davidson College
    (1106-E5-1364)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Jive Talkin', Math Walkin'.
    Randall E Cone*, Virginia Military Institute
    (1106-E5-1580)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Unrealistic Word Problems, and Other Stupid Math jokes or Take My Dept Chair $ ... $ Please.
    Leigh Atkinson*, University of North Carolina - Asheville
    (1106-E5-1454)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Research, Resources, and Recommendations for Using Humor/Fun in College Mathematics/Statistics Courses: Lessons Learned from Survey Research and NSF-funded Randomized Experiments and a Case Study.
    Lawrence M. Lesser*, The University of Texas at El Paso
    John Weber, Georgia Perimeter College
    (1106-E5-1292)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Art of Themed Exams.
    Janine E Janoski*, King's College
    (1106-E5-2028)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Comic strips as semi-authentic applied problems.
    Dawn Archey*, University of Detroit Mercy
    (1106-E5-1788)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    The Class Joke Contest: Encouraging Creativity and Improving Attendance.
    John C. Wierman*, Johns Hopkins University
    (1106-E5-97)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:20 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics and the Arts, I
  Room 213B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Douglas Norton, Villanova University douglas.norton@villanova.edu
  

  • 8:20 a.m.
    Aesthetics and motivating principles: comparing mathematical art to contemporary art.
    Sarah Stengle*, St. Paul, MN
    Rebekah Dupont, Augsburg College
    (1106-H1-2332)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Mathematics in the works of Dorothea Rockburne.
    David Peifer*, UNC Asheville
    (1106-H1-1703)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Using Audio Segments to Present Math-Music Connections.
    Craig M. Johnson*, Marywood University
    (1106-H1-1816)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Addressing the Contested Authorship of CM Eddy's "The Loved Dead" using Stylometry.
    Daniel M Look*, St. Lawrence University
    (1106-H1-425)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Creating Rhythm and Repetition In Algorithmic Images Using Non-Dihedral Elements of $S_4$.
    Robert M Spann*, Washington, DC
    (1106-H1-1655)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Perchance to Dream: The Mathematics of Hamlet.
    Randall E Cone*, Virginia Military Institute
    (1106-H1-1796)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Connections between Indian Classical Music and Mathematics.
    Srividhya Balaji*, Pittsburg State University
    (1106-H1-1850)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Dancing Deformations.
    Karl H Schaffer*, De Anza College
    (1106-H1-1256)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Ballroom A, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #3: Part A
  Introduction to process-oriented, guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) in mathematics courses
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Catherine Beneteau, University of South Florida
  Zdeñka Guadarrama, Rockhurst University
  Jill E. Guerra, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
  Laurie Lenz, Marymount University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #14: Part A
  Teaching statistics using R and RStudio.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Randall Pruim, Calvin College
  Nicholas Horton, Amherst College
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #5: Part A
  Two visual topics using undergraduate complex analysis.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Mike Brilleslyper, U S. Air Force Academy
  Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  AMS Directors of Graduate Studies
  Room 217C, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Student Hospitality/Information Center
  Bridge Hall, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics-AMS-SIAM Freeman A. Hrabowski, Sylvester James Gates, and Richard A. Tapia Lecture Series
  Room 214C, Convention Center
  Chairs:
  Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University
  Lloyd Douglas, Chair, MAA Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Advances in Computational Modeling of Microorganism Motility.
    Ricardo Cortez*, Tulane University
    (1106-A0-168)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    Mathematical models of tumor vessel formation and targeted therapies that attack the vascular supply.
    Trachette Jackson*, University of Michigan
    (1106-A0-171)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Department Liaisons Meeting
  Lone Star Ballroom, Salons AB, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Technologies in Mathematics Education and SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using the Web Panel Discussion
  MOOCs and me: Massive online materials for my students.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  John Travis, Mississippi College
  Panelists:
  Jim Fowler, Ohio State University
  Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Wesleyan University
  Tom Morley, Georgia Tech University
  Grace Lyo, Stanford University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Professional Development Workshops: NSF Funding Opportunities for the Learning and Teaching of the Mathematical Sciences, Part II
  The K--16 continuum: Learning science and research and pre- and in-service teachers (DUE/DRL).
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  John Haddock, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
  Lee Zia, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
  Karen King, Division of Research on Learning, National Science Foundation
  Tasha Inniss, Division of Human Resource Development, National Science Foundation
  Jennifer Slimowitz Pearl, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 10:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Outreach
  Room 216A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Regional Dinner Meeting: An Opportunity for Outreach, Interaction, and Learning.
    Sarah L. Mabrouk*, Framingham State University
    (1106-VH-2154)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Games Teachers Play: Games as the vehicle for bringing deep mathematical thinking into PreK -- 12 classrooms.
    Polina D Sabinin*, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-VH-2121)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    University of Illinois and Urbana High School outreach collaboration to enhance student success in high school mathematics and improve the transition to college-level mathematics.
    Alison Ahlgren Reddy*, University of Illinois
    (1106-VH-951)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Texas A&M Summer Educational Enrichment in Math (SEE-Math): Doing not Lecturing.
    Philip B Yasskin*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-VH-2214)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Texas A&M Math Circle.
    Frank Sottile*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-VH-1153)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Random orderings and unique ergodicity of automorphism groups.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Omer Angel, University of British Columbia
  Alexander Kechris, California Institute of Technology
  Russell Lyons*, Indiana University, Bloomington
  (1106-37-22)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  Combinatorial designs, finite geometries, and beating the lottery.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Jordan S. Ellenberg*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  (1106-00-2162)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 12:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures, Lecture I
  Algebraic topology: new and old directions.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Michael J. Hopkins*, Harvard University
  (1106-55-1707)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Dispelling obesity myths through mathematical modeling.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Diana L. Thomas*, Montclair State University
  (1106-A0-15)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Accelerated Advances in Multiobjective Optimal Control Problems and Mathematical Programming Based on Generalized Invexity Frameworks, I
  Room 008B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  N. J. Huang, Sichuan University
  R. N. Mohapatra, University of Central Florida
  Ram Verma, Texas State University verma99@msn.com
  Alexander Zaslavski, Israel Institute of Technology
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Generalized Hybrid Invexities with Second-Order Parametric Optimality Criteria for Discrete Minmax Fractional Programming.
    R. N. Mohapatra*, University of Central Florida
    Ram U. Verma, Texas State University
    (1106-90-187)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Complete Fractional Monotone Approximation.
    George Anastassiou*, University of Memphis
    (1106-41-56)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Weighted low-rank matrix approximation: a new algorithm based on optimization.
    Xin Li*, University of Central Florida
    Aritra Dutta, University of Central Florida
    (1106-41-1081)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    An Extension of a Result of Golub, Hoffman and Stewart.
    Aritra Dutta*, University of Central Florida
    Xin Li, University of Central Florida
    (1106-41-1084)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Some Sufficient Efficiency Conditions in Semiinfinite Multiobjective Fractional Programming Based on Exponential Type Invexities.
    Ram U. Verma, Texas State University-San Marcos
    Youngsoo Seol*, Texas State University-San Marcos
    (1106-90-183)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Pricing Multi-Asset American Options with Regime-Switching by Exponential Time Differencing Schemes.
    Paul Eloe*, University of Dayton
    Yuchen Zhou, Nanhua Futures, Co., Ltd.
    (1106-65-381)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Looking for an Optimal Unistochastic Preimage.
    Aaron Carl Smith*, University of Central Florida
    (1106-49-222)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Local convergence for an improved Jarratt-type method in anach space.
    Ioannis Konstantinos Argyros*, Cameron University
    Daniel González, Escuela Politécnica Nacional
    (1106-65-282)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Applications of Dynamical Systems to Biological Models, II
  Room 006C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Yu Jin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln yjin6@unl.edu
  Xiang-Sheng Wang, Southeast Missouri State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Feedback control methods for population management.
    Richard L Rebarber*, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    Chris Guiver, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall
    Stuart Townley, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall
    Hartmut Logemann, University of Bath
    David Hodgson, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall
    Adam Bill, University of Bath
    Brigitte Tenhumberg, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    (1106-92-1988)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Towards a persistence theory for sexually reproducing structured populations.
    Horst R Thieme*, Arizona State University
    Wen Jin, Seattle , Washington
    (1106-92-568)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Gierer--Meinhardt system with activator production saturation and gene expression time delays.
    Shanshan Chen, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai
    Junping Shi*, College of William and Mary
    (1106-92-847)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A spatial model for populations with expanding and contracting habitats.
    Ying Zhou*, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University
    Bill Fagan, Department of Biology, University of Maryland
    (1106-39-807)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Homing Fidelity and Reproductive Rate for Migratory Populations.
    Qihua Huang*, University of Alberta
    Mark A, Lewis, University of Alberta
    (1106-39-272)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Sensitivity of the dynamics of the general Rosenzweig-MacArthur model to the mathematical form of the functional response: a bifurcation theory approach.
    Gunog Seo*, Colgate University
    Gail S.K. Wolkowicz, McMaster University
    (1106-92-2256)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Population persistence in stochastic river networks.
    Kurt E. Anderson, University of California, Riverside
    Scott Manifold, University of California, Riverside
    Jonathan Sarhad*, University of California, Riverside
    (1106-92-1695)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Population persistence in temporally varying river environments.
    Yu Jin*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Jon Jacobsen, Harvey Mudd College
    Mark A. Lewis, University of Alberta
    (1106-92-1649)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Current Trends in Classical Dynamical Systems, I
  Room 006D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Lennard Bakker, Brigham Young University bakker@math.byu.edu
  Skyler C. Simmons, Brigham Young University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Family of Orbits in the Newtonian 3-Body Problem.
    Elizabeth Zollinger*, St. Joseph's College
    (1106-70-1562)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Variational method with SPBC and periodic solutions in N-body problems.
    Zhifu Xie*, Virginia State University
    Tiancheng Ouyang, Brigham Young University
    (1106-37-460)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Stability analysis and bifurcations of the Hip-Hop orbit and beyond.
    Pietro-Luciano Buono*, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
    Daniel C. Offin, Queen's University
    Mark Lewis, Queen's University
    Mitchell Kovacic, Simon Fraser University
    (1106-34-867)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Transport orbits in an equilateral restricted four--body problem.
    Martha Alvarez-Ramirez*, Departamento de Matematicas. UAM-Iztapalapa.
    (1106-70-1836)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    $N$-body problems and fluids mechanics.
    Cristina Stoica*, Wlifrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
    (1106-70-1041)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Open sets of diffeomorphisms with trivial centralizer in the $C^1$ topology.
    Lennard Bakker*, Brigham Young University
    Todd Fisher, Brigham Young University
    (1106-37-644)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Periodic orbits in spaces of constant negative curvature.
    Ernesto Perez-Chavela*, UAM-Iztapalapa, Department of Mathematics
    Luis Garcia-Naranjo, IIMAS, UNAM, Mexico
    Juan Carlos Marrero, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
    (1106-70-526)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Canonical Transformations of Null Forms.
    Walter Craig, McMaster University, Fields Institute
    Amanda French*, McMaster University
    Chi-Ru Yang, McMaster University
    (1106-35-2142)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications, II
  Room 007B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Steven Miller, Williams College
  Michael A. Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology michael.radin@rit.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    On a second order nonlinear discrete multipoint eigenvalue problem.
    Johnny Henderson*, Baylor University
    Rodica Luca, Gh. Asachi Technical University
    (1106-39-83)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Stability of difference equation formulations of Gordon-Schaefer-Munro and analogous harvesting equations.
    Harold M Hastings*, Bard College at Simon's Rock and Hofstra University
    Michael Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-39-2800)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Dynamics of a nonlinear discontinuous difference equation.
    Raegan Higgins, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
    Candace M Kent, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
    Vlajko L Kocic*, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
    Yevgeniy Kostrov, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
    (1106-39-435)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Piecewise-Defined Difference Equations: Open Problem.
    Candace M. Kent*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1106-39-529)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Convergence Results for the Class of Periodic Left Nested Radicals.
    Chris D. Lynd*, Bloomsburg University
    Devyn A. Lesher, Bloomsburg University
    (1106-00-774)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    From Fibonacci Quilts to Benford's Law through Zeckendorf Decompositions.
    Steven J Miller*, Williams College
    (1106-11-641)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Boundary value problems for a self-adjoint Caputo nabla fractional equation.
    Allan C Peterson*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-39-361)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Exact Finite Difference Schemes for the Cauchy-Euler Equation: Application to the Black-Sholes Equation.
    Ronald E. Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University Physics
    (1106-39-363)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Enumerative Combinatorics, I
  Room 008A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Brian K. Miceli, Trinity University
  Jay Pantone, University of Florida jaypantone@ufl.edu
  Vince Vatter, University of Florida
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Collatz meets Fibonacci.
    Michael Albert*, Department of Computer Science, University of Otago (NZ)
    Bjarki Gudmundsson, School of Computer Science, Reykjavik University
    Henning Ulfarsson, School of Computer Science, Reykjavik University
    (1106-05-370)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Binomial coefficients, rational Catalan numbers, and their $q$-analogues.
    Nicholas A. Loehr*, Virginia Tech and USNA
    Drew Armstrong, University of Miami
    Gregory S. Warrington, University of Vermont
    (1106-05-348)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Patterns in Random Walks.
    Sergi Elizalde, Dartmouth College
    Megan Martinez*, Dartmouth College
    (1106-05-871)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    $\mu$ patterns in $n$-cycles.
    Sergey Kitaev, University of Strathclyde
    Miles Jones, Universidad de Talca
    Jeffrey B. Remmel*, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-05-918)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Another (more refined) look at the Wilf-equivlance of certain length 4 pattern.
    Jonathan S. Bloom*, Rutgers University
    Alex Burstein, Howard University
    (1106-05-1123)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Frequency of factors in reduced words.
    Bridget Eileen Tenner*, DePaul University
    (1106-05-415)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Combinatorial Proofs of Fibonomial Identities.
    Arthur T Benjamin*, Harvey Mudd College
    Elizabeth Reiland, Johns Hopkins University
    (1106-05-637)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Open problems for Catalan number analogues.
    Bruce E Sagan*, Michigan State University
    (1106-03-202)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Factorization Theory and Its Applications, II
  Room 007D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Nicholas Baeth, University of Central Missouri baeth@ucmo.edu
  Scott Chapman, Sam Houston State University
  Jim Coykendall, Clemson University
  Alfred Geroldinger, Karl Franzens University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    On conductor ideals.
    Andreas Reinhart*, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
    (1106-13-1319)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Set of Elasticities in Numerical Monoids.
    Thomas Barron, University of Kentucky
    Christopher ONeill*, Texas A&M University
    Roberto Pelayo, University of Hawaii Hilo
    (1106-08-466)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Realization Problem for Delta Sets of Numerical Semigroups.
    Nathan Kaplan*, Yale University
    Stefan Colton, Hunter College High School
    (1106-20-1738)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Arithmetic of Numerical Semigroups on Compound Sequences.
    Christopher O'Neill, Texas A&M University
    Vadim Ponomarenko*, San Diego State University
    Claire Spychalla, Taylor University
    (1106-20-569)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    On Sets of Lengths in Krull Monoids.
    Alfred Geroldinger, University of Graz
    David J. Grynkiewicz*, University of Memphis
    Pingzhi Yuan, South China Normal University
    (1106-11-612)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    When is the sum of two sets of lengths a set of lengths?
    Wolfgang A. Schmid*, LAGA, University Paris 8
    (1106-11-1023)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    On the structure of sets of lengths in $\eta$-systems.
    Salvatore Tringali*, Texas A&M University at Qatar
    (1106-05-2040)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    New Developments for the Plus-Minus Davenport Constant.
    Paul Baginski*, Fairfield University
    Abraham Bekele, University of Colorado, Denver
    Katie Lynn Rosenberg, Austin Peay State University
    Benjamin Wright, Providence College
    (1106-20-1598)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Fractal Geometry and Dynamics, II
  Room 214D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Michel L. Lapidus, University of California, Riverside
  Robert G. Niemeyer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque niemeyer@math.unm.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Old Wine in Fractal Bottles.
    Michael F. Barnsley*, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University
    (1106-AA-1665)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A totally disconnected thread: some p-adic fractals.
    William C Abram, Hillsdale College
    Jeffrey C Lagarias*, University of Michigan
    (1106-AA-497)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Nontrivial paths of the T-fractal billiard in rational and irrational directions.
    Michel L. Lapidus, University of California, Riverside
    Robert G. Niemeyer*, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
    (1106-AA-818)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Quasicrystal Myths.
    Marjorie Wikler Senechal*, Smith College
    (1106-AA-805)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    New canonical renormalization for polynomials.
    Ricardo G Perez-Marco*, CNRS-Université Paris XIII (France)
    (1106-AA-1055)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On the measure of the Feigenbaum Julia set.
    Scott Sutherland*, Stony Brook University
    (1106-AA-2384)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The largest dimension of sets on which Brownian motion is monotone.
    Richard Balka, University of Washington
    Yuval Peres*, Microsoft Research
    (1106-AA-1809)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Fractal transition in melt ponds and dynamics of the climate system.
    Ivan Sudakov*, University of Utah
    (1106-AA-2764)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Frames and Their Applications, II
  Room 007A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Radu Balan, University of Maryland, College Park
  Kasso A. Okoudjou, University of Maryland kasso@math.umd.edu
  Rachel Ward, University of Texas, Austin
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Data-driven frames: Non-asymptotic bounds for Geometric Multiresolution Analysis.
    Mauro Maggioni, Duke University, Departments of Mathematics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science
    Stanislav Minsker, Duke University
    Nate Strawn*, Duke University
    (1106-62-1135)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Recovery of signals with sparse frame expansions.
    Simon Foucart*, University of Georgia
    (1106-65-2409)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Linear Independence of Time-Frequency Shifts of Functions with Decay.
    Darrin Speegle*, Saint Louis University
    (1106-42-1716)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Sparse shearlet representations and applications to fluorescent image analysis of neuronal cultures.
    Demetrio Labate*, University of Houston
    (1106-42-1274)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Quantization of compressed sensing measurements:exponential accuracy.
    Ozgur Yilmaz*, University of British Columbia
    (1106-41-1260)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Random encoding of quantized compressed sensing measurements.
    Rayan Saab*, University of California San Diego
    Rongrong Wang, The University of British Columbia
    Ozgur Yilmaz, The University of British Columbia
    (1106-41-2170)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Distributed noise-shaping and beta encoding for general sampling systems.
    Sinan Gunturk*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
    Evan Chou, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
    (1106-94-1968)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Model-based Sketching and Recovery with Expanders.
    Bubacarr Bah*, Institute of Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
    Luca Baldassarre, Laboratory for Information and Inference Systems, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    Volkan Cevher, Laboratory for Information and Inference Systems, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    (1106-65-1222)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Groups, Algorithms, and Cryptography, I
  Room 002, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Bren Cavallo, City University of New York Graduate Center
  Delaram Kahrobaei, City University of New York Graduate Center and New York City College of Technology dkahrobaei@gc.cuny.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Tarski numbers of groups.
    Mark Sapir*, Vanderbilt University
    (1106-20-1667)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Navigating the Cayley graph of $SL_2(F_p)$ and applications to hashing.
    Lisa Bromberg, Graduate Center, City University of New York
    Vladimir Shpilrain*, The City College of New York
    Alina Vdovina, University of Newcastle
    (1106-20-1069)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Knapsack problems for nilpotent groups.
    Markus Lohrey*, University of Siegen
    (1106-20-1161)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Ergodic decomposition of group actions on rooted trees.
    Rostislav I Grigorchuk*, Texas A&M University
    Dmytro M Savchuk, University of South Florida
    (1106-20-318)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Ordering trees, free groups, and free products.
    Zoran Sunic*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-20-1163)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Conjugacy in Baumslag's group, generic case complexity, and division in power circuits.
    Volker Diekert*, University of Stuttgart, Germany
    (1106-20-890)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Orbit automata as a new tool to attack finiteness problem for automaton groups.
    Dmytro M Savchuk*, University of South Florida
    Ines Klimann, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7
    Matthieu Picantin, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7
    (1106-20-1520)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Public-Key Exchange Using Extensions by Endomorphisms and Matrices over a Galois Field.
    Delaram Kahrobaei*, City University of New York Graduate Center and New York City College of Technology
    Ha T. Lam, CUNY Graduate Center and Infosheild
    Vladimir Shpilrain, City College and CUNY Graduate Center
    (1106-00-2088)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, II (in memory of Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 1941-2014)
  Room 005, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Sloan Despeaux, Western Carolina University
  Patti Hunter, Westmont College
  Deborah Kent, Drake University
  Adrian Rice, Randolph-Macon College arice4@rmc.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The history and philosophy of mathematics for information engineering.
    Chris C Bissell*, Open University, UK
    (1106-01-563)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Polemics in public: controversies around the principle of duality in early nineteenth century geometry.
    Jemma Lorenat*, Simon Fraser University, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
    (1106-01-1479)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Communicating mathematics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: aims, strategies, messages, politics.
    Laura E Turner*, State University of New York at New Paltz
    (1106-01-2389)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    How drawings sprang up in a particular field of celestial mechanics.
    Tatiana Roque*, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    (1106-01-1776)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Panel Discussion on Mathematical Communication.
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Benjamin Finkel and the Ohio Normal University Herald.
    J. J. Tattersall*, Providence College
    (1106-01-499)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Gaston Darboux: monster-maker par excellence.
    Janet Heine Barnett*, Colorado State University - Pueblo
    (1106-01-770)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    A Hard(y) Integral.
    William Dunham*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-01-175)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #15: Part A
  How to run a successful math circle.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Amanda Katharine Serenevy, Riverbend Community Math Center
  Philip B. Yasskin, Texas A&M University
  Paul Zeitz, University of San Francisco
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #10: Part A
  Humanistic mathematics.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Eric Marland, Appalachian State University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Inequalities and Quantitative Approximation, I
  Room 006B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Feng Dai, University of Alberta fdai@ualberta.ca
  Mourad E. H. Ismail, University of Central Florida
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Applications of Hermitian Ordering and Spectral Theory to Operator and Matrix Inequalities.
    M. Zuhair Nashed*, University of Central Florida
    (1106-47-2863)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Weighted Hardy and Rellich type inequalities on complete Riemannian manifolds.
    Ismail Kombe*, Istanbul Commerce University
    (1106-58-1947)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    From Discrete to Analytic Inequality.
    Fred Halpern*, Dallas, Texas
    (1106-26-1604)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Quantitative Approximation by Fractional Generalized Discrete Singular Operators.
    George Anastassiou, University of Memphis
    Merve Kester*, University of Memphis
    (1106-41-55)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    On the Modulus of the Grötzsch Ring.
    Horst Alzer, Waldbröl, Germany
    Kendall Richards*, Southwestern University
    (1106-33-1568)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A Sharp Inequality for Taylor Coefficients in Fock Spaces.
    William E Gryc*, Muhlenberg College
    Todd Kemp, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-46-337)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Mathematical Techniques for Signature Discovery
  Room 217B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Emilie Hogan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Emilie.Hogan@pnnl.gov
  Paul Bruillard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A Mathematical View of Signature Discovery for Classification Systems.
    Mark E. Oxley*, Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Dept of Mathematics and Statistics
    (1106-AE-1465)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Mathematical Formulation of "Fuzzy" Problems for Signature Discovery.
    Jennifer B. Webster*, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Zoe N. Gastelum, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    (1106-AE-1226)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Topology of Biological Swarms.
    Lori Beth Ziegelmeier*, Macalester College
    Chad Topaz, Macalester College
    Tom Halverson, Macalester College
    (1106-AE-2398)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Break.
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Intra-Category Image Classification using Texture and Shape Features.
    Elizabeth Jurrus*, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    P. Thomas Fletcher, University of Utah
    Eleanor Wong, University of Utah
    Andrew Stevens, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Yannun Sun, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Michael S Hughes, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    (1106-AE-2852)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Dictionary learning for automatic feature extraction in signature discovery.
    Andrew Stevens*, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    (1106-AE-2650)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The Application of Signature Models to Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Research.
    Nathaniel Beagley*, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
    (1106-AE-1326)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Model Theory and Applications, II
  Room 006A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David Marker, University of Illinois at Chicago marker@uic.edu
  Sergei Starchenko, University of Notre Dame
  Carol Wood, Wesleyan University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Complicated strongly minimal sets from the $j$-function.
    James Freitag, University of California, Berkeley
    Thomas Scanlon*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1106-03-1412)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The unimodularity conjecture in $DCF_0$.
    Joel Nagloo*, Graduate Center, City University of New York
    (1106-03-1462)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Differential fields with free operators.
    Omar León Sánchez*, McMaster University
    (1106-03-257)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Definable Metric Spaces and Definable Equivalence Relations.
    Erik Walsberg*, UCLA
    (1106-03-934)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Geometric measures on definable sets in o-minimal structures.
    Jana Marikova*, Western Illinois University
    Masahiro Shiota, Nagoya University
    (1106-03-1823)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Model theory of transseries.
    Lou van den Dries*, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-12-1070)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Operator Algebras and Their Applications: A Tribute to Richard V. Kadison, II
  Room 001A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Robert S. Doran, Texas Christian University r.doran@tcu.edu
  Efton Park, Texas Christian University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Topology of natural numbers and entropy of arithmetic functions.
    Liming Ge*, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Univ of New Hamphsire
    (1106-46-790)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Operator algebras, operator spaces and categories of representations.
    Nigel Higson*, Penn State University
    (1106-46-475)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Proper actions and coactions.
    Magnus B Landstad*, NTNU, Norway
    (1106-46-1024)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Operator-valued measures, dilations and frame theory.
    David R. Larson*, Texas A&M University
    Deguang Han, University of Central Florida
    Bei Liu, Tianjin University of Technology
    Rui Liu, Nankai University and Texas A&M University
    (1106-47-1301)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Projective multiresolution structures for direct limits of $C^{\ast}$-algebras.
    Judith A. Packer*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1106-46-1143)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Towards a good cohomology theory for II$_1$ factors.
    Sorin Popa*, UCLA
    (1106-46-1072)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Spectral triples for subshifts.
    Antoine Julien, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Ian F. Putnam*, University of Victoria
    (1106-47-877)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Matricial bridges for "matrix algebras converge to the sphere".
    Marc A Rieffel*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1106-46-323)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Partitions, q-Series, and Modular Forms, I
  Room 003, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Atul Dixit, Tulane University
  Tim Huber, University of Texas-Pan American hubertj@utpa.edu
  Amita Malik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Ae Ja Yee, Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A multi-dimensional extension of Sylvester's identity.
    Krishnaswami Alladi*, University of Florida
    (1106-11-385)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Multiplicative properties of the number of $k$-regular partitions.
    Olivia Beckwith*, Emory University
    Christine Bessenrodt, Leibniz University Hannover
    (1106-11-816)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Parity results for t-core partitions.
    Amita Malik*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-11-2807)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On some implications of 1907 Hurwitz formula.
    Alexander Berkovich*, University of Florida
    (1106-11-1384)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Arithmetic Properties of Andrews' Singular Overpartitions.
    James A Sellers*, Penn State University
    (1106-11-341)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A formula for the partition function that "counts".
    Andrew V. Sills*, Georgia Southern University
    Yuriy Choliy, Rutgers University
    (1106-05-552)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Asymptotic behavior of distinct parts partitions without sequences.
    Karl Mahlburg*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-11-2816)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    A Supercrank for $P(n,3)$ modulo Primes of the form $6j-1$.
    Brandt Kronholm*, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
    Felix Breuer, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
    Dennis Eichhorn, University of California, Irvine, California
    (1106-11-1748)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Probability and Applications, I
  Room 001B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Rick Kenyon, Brown University
  Russell Lyons, Indiana University, Bloomington rdlyons@indiana.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Randomize to optimize: a brief excursion in the uses of randomness in numerical line algebra algorithms.
    Ioana Dumitriu*, University of Washington
    James Demmel, University of California, Berkeley
    Olga Holtz, University of California, Berkeley
    Grey Ballard, University of California, Berkeley
    Chris Melgaard, University of California, Berkeley
    (1106-60-2640)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Area-one rectangulations.
    Aaron Abrams, Washington and Lee University
    Richard Kenyon*, Brown University
    (1106-60-718)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A threshold for reconstruction in stochastic block models.
    Elchanan Mossel, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California, Berkeley
    Joseph Neeman*, University of Texas, Austin
    Allan Sly, University of California, Berkeley
    (1106-60-527)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Asymptotics of symmetric functions: applications to some integrable models.
    Greta Panova*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-60-1004)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in Discrete and Intuitive Geometry, II
  Room 007C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Andras Bezdek, Auburn University bezdean@mail.auburn.edu
  Ted Bisztriczky, University of Calgary
  Wlodek Kuperberg, Auburn University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Polygonal Complexes and Nets.
    Egon Schulte*, Northeastern University
    (1106-52-1508)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Discrete Equidecomposability and Period Collapse.
    Paxton M Turner*, Louisiana State University
    Yuhuai Wu, University of New Brunswick
    (1106-52-647)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    X-Raying 3-Dimensional Convex Bodies with Mirror Symmetry.
    Ryan Gordon Trelford*, University of Calgary
    (1106-52-2755)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Lattice Embeddings of Planar Point Sets.
    Michael Knopf*, University of California, Berkeley
    Jesse Milzman, Georgetown University
    Derek Smith, Lafayette College
    Dantong Zhu, Lafayette College
    Dara Zirlin, Mount Holyoke College
    (1106-51-1512)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A Number associated with a Hyperplane Arrangement in $R^d$ or a Graph.
    Jim Lawrence*, George Mason University
    (1106-52-1563)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Extendability of Surface Triangulations.
    Braxton Carrigan*, Southern Connecticut State University
    (1106-52-684)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Deletion-Induced Triangulations.
    Clifford Taylor*, University of Kentucky
    Carl Lee, University of Kentucky
    (1106-52-1166)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Sporadic Reinhardt polygons.
    Kevin G. Hare, University of Waterloo
    Michael J. Mossinghoff*, Davidson College
    (1106-52-1639)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #9: Part A
  Teaching college mathematics (for instructors new to teaching at the collegiate level and for instructors who prepare GTAs for their first teaching experience).
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Ann Humes, Michigan Technological University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Theory and Application of Reaction Diffusion Models, I
  Room 004, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jerome Goddard II, Auburn University Montgomery jgoddard@aum.edu
  Ratnasingham Shivaji, University of North Carolina Greensboro
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Rotationally symmetric solutions for a semilinear Laplace-Beltrami equation on spheres.
    Alfonso Castro*, Harvey Mudd College
    Emily Fischer, Harvey Mudd College
    (1106-35-571)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Degenerate parabolic system and its approximate solutions.
    Zhaosheng Feng*, University of Texas---Pan American
    (1106-35-2486)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Reaction-Diffusion Problem with Hysteresis.
    Georg Hetzer*, Auburn University
    (1106-35-1333)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    On Positive Solutions for a Class of Semipositone Problems with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions.
    David G Costa*, University of Nevada Las Vegas
    (1106-34-1635)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Asymptotic Behavior for Neutral Functional PDEs with General Boundary Conditions.
    M. N. Nkashama*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1106-35-2728)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Bifurcation from infinity for reaction-diffusion equations subject to nonlinear boundary conditions.
    Nsoki Mavinga*, Swarthmore College
    Rosa Pardo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    (1106-35-2725)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    An infinite dimensional version of the Tube Theorem.
    Robert Stephen Cantrell*, The University of Miami
    Chris Cosner, The University of Miami
    King Yeung Lam, The Ohio State University
    (1106-35-730)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Associative Rings and Algebras
  Room 101A, Convention Center
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Syzygies for the basis-free definition of quaternionic or Clifford polynomial ring.
    Hongbo Li*, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Lei Huang, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Yue Liu, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Shoubin Yao, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Ge Li, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Changpeng Shao, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    (1106-16-162)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The unit group of $\mathbb{F}_{q^{k}}(C_{n}\rtimes_{r} C_{q})$.
    Neha Makhijani*, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
    Rajendra K Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
    (1106-16-286)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Quasi-Hereditary Structures in Representation Theory.
    Daiva Pucinskaite*, Florida Atlantic University
    (1106-16-2669)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Good Gradings of Generalized Incidence Algebras.
    Kenneth L. Price*, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
    (1106-16-517)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Towards a classification of quantum Drinfeld Hecke algebras.
    Christine M Uhl*, University of North Texas
    (1106-16-1915)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Covering Numbers of Finite Rings.
    Nicholas J Werner*, The Ohio State University-Newark
    (1106-16-811)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Some Special Matrix Algebra Presentations.
    Sam S. Mendelson*, George Mason University
    Geir Agnarsson, George Mason University
    (1106-16-1195)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Finding the hereditary crossed product that contains a given weak crossed product---when will it be weak?
    Christopher James Wilson*, Butler University
    (1106-16-1867)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Representations of finite subgroups of $\mathrm{GL}_2(\mathbb{C})$ and universal deformation rings.
    David C Meyer*, University of Iowa
    (1106-16-1939)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Lifts of modules over Brauer tree algebras.
    Dan Wackwitz*, University of Iowa
    (1106-16-1948)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Universal Deformation Rings and Semidihedral 2-groups.
    Roberto C Soto*, The University of Iowa
    (1106-16-2021)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A generalization of Exchange rings.
    Feroz Siddique*, Saint Louis University
    (1106-16-2636)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Primitive ideals and the variety of one-dimensional representations of finite $W$-algebras.
    Jonathan S Brown*, SUNY Oneonta
    (1106-16-2329)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On an analogue of Schröder-Bernstein theorem.
    Najmeh Dehghani*, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran/The Ohio State University, USA
    Fatma Azmy Ebrahim, Al-Azhar University, Egypt/ The Ohio State University, USA
    S. Tariq Rizvi, The Ohio State University
    (1106-16-2002)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Best Practices for Teaching the Introductory Statistics Course, I
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Randall Pruim, Calvin College rpruim@calvin.edu
  Scott Alberts, Truman State University
  Patti Frazer Lock, St. Lawrence University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Current thoughts on the introductory course for math and stat majors.
    Beth L Chance*, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
    Allan J Rossman, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
    (1106-A5-2270)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Teaching Statistics with Developmental Mathematics.
    Mary R Parker*, Austin Community College
    (1106-A5-2485)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    What do we know about best practices in teaching the introductory course?
    Elizabeth Brondos Fry*, University of Minnesota
    Joan B. Garfield, University of Minnesota
    (1106-A5-1129)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Students' Conceptual Understanding of Inference: Connections between Randomization-Based and Traditional Methods.
    Catherine Case*, University of Florida
    (1106-A5-2424)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Addressing social scientists' misconceptions about hypothesis testing.
    Chris Thron*, Texas A&M University - Central Texas
    (1106-A5-1606)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Helping Statistical Concepts "Click" with Students.
    M. Leigh Lunsford*, Longwood University
    (1106-A5-2537)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    What do students know about the mean and what do we expect that they know?
    Samuel A. Cook*, Wheelock College
    (1106-A5-2532)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Teaching introductory statistics with candies and chopsticks.
    Wei Wei*, Metropolitan State University
    (1106-A5-227)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Design Project-based Activities in Teaching Introductory Business Statistics.
    Wenyi Lu*, The Graduate Center, CUNY
    Lina Wu, BMCC, CUNY
    (1106-A5-2029)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Histograms, Percentiles and Contrast Stretching.
    Yevgeniy V. Galperin*, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-A5-1959)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Using simulations, data pulled from websites, and student data sharing to enhance understanding of the Central Limit Theorem and to better understand what is meant by a confidence interval.
    Rob Eby*, Blinn College - Bryan Campus
    (1106-A5-26)
  • 5:55 p.m.
    Using simulation to teach inference about correlation and regression in introductory statistics courses.
    Soma Roy*, California Polytechnic State University
    Beth L Chance, California Polytechnic State University
    Allan J Rossman, California Polytechnic State University
    (1106-A5-2810)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, II
  Room 208, Convention Center
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Some Results on Two-Lifts of Graphs.
    Carsten L Peterson*, Yale University
    (1106-05-2605)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A splitter theorem for internally $4$-connected graphs.
    Carolyn Chun*, Brunel University London
    Dillon Mayhew, Victoria University of Wellington
    James Oxley, Louisiana State University
    (1106-05-1332)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Maximal Parter-sets of Matrices Whose Graph is a Tree.
    Curtis G Nelson*, University of Wyoming
    Bryan L. Shader, University of Wyoming
    (1106-05-274)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bounded Complete Embedding Graphs.
    Jennifer K. Aust*, Auburn University
    (1106-05-2616)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Intersection graphs of oriented hypergraphs and their matrices.
    Nathan Reff*, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
    (1106-05-2758)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Algebraic Characterizations of Hypergraph Colorings.
    Michael Krul*, Emmanuel College
    Lubos Thoma, University of Rhode Island
    (1106-05-1327)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On Certain Induced Subgraphs of Paley Graphs.
    Risto Atanasov*, Western Carolina University
    Mark Budden, Western Carolina University
    Joshua Lambert, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    Kyle Murphy, Western Carolina University
    Andrew Penland, Texas A&M University
    (1106-05-2600)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On $2-2$ Graph Achievement Games.
    Curtis Clark*, Morehouse College
    (1106-05-2400)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    1-Relaxed Modular Edge-Sum Labeling.
    Hang M Do*, Linfield College
    Brent Moran, University of Colorado Denver
    Timothy Singer, Linfield College
    (1106-05-2567)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Abundance of Graph Statistics.
    Tom Kelly*, Princeton University
    (1106-05-2272)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Are All $2$-connected Maximal Non-Hamiltonian Graphs Spanned by $\theta$ Graphs?
    David Petrie Moulton*, San Francisco CA
    (1106-05-2356)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Excluding four-edge paths and their complements.
    Peter Lawson Maceli*, Columbia University
    Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University
    Irena Penev, ENS Lyon
    (1106-05-378)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Upper bounds on the $k$-forcing number of a graph.
    David Amos*, Texas A&M University
    Yair Caro, University of Haifa-Oranim
    Randy Davila, Rice University
    Ryan Pepper, University of Houston - Downtown
    (1106-05-724)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Total Acquisition Number of the Randomly Weighted Path.
    Anant Godbole, East Tennessee State University
    Elizabeth Kelley*, Harvey Mudd College
    Emily Kurtz, Wellesley College
    Yiguang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University
    (1106-05-779)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Enomoto and Ota's Conjecture Holds for Large Graphs.
    Vincent Coll, Lehigh University
    Alexander Halperin*, Salisbury University
    Colton Magnant, Georgia Southern University
    Pouria Salehi, Georgia Southern University
    (1106-05-988)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Integrally Closed Polytopes and an Application to Symmetric Magic Squares.
    Robert Davis*, University of Kentucky
    (1106-05-1886)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Cryptology for Undergraduates, II
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Robert Lewand, Goucher College robert.lewand@goucher.edu
  Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Recovering Additives from Superenciphered Code.
    Chris Christensen*, Northern Kentucky University
    (1106-C1-88)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    KRYPTOS: A Cryptanalysis Contest for Undergraduates.
    Cheryl Beaver, Western Oregon University
    Stuart Boersma*, Central Washington University
    (1106-C1-292)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    More than "Just Math": The Historical Side of Cryptology.
    Kristi Meyer*, Wisconsin Lutheran College
    (1106-C1-2276)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Analysis of Substitution Ciphers.
    Joshua E Hill*, University of California, Irvine
    (1106-C1-2104)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Cryptology By Discovery: Favorite Inquiry-Based Activities.
    Tamara B Veenstra*, University of Redlands
    (1106-C1-696)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Codes and Secret Messages: An Analytic Reasoning Course at Butler University.
    Karen M Holmes*, Butler University
    (1106-C1-566)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics Education, I
  Room 212A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A Note on the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
    Jing-Zhong Zhang, The National Academy of Science, China
    Zhaochi Zhang*, Journal of Studies in College Mathematics
    Shangzhi Li, Beihang University
    Zengxiang Tong, Otterbein University
    (1106-VD-178)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Teachers' Beliefs about the Connected Nature of Mathematics.
    Laura M. Singletary*, Lee University
    (1106-VD-2692)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    When Students Do Their Homework?
    Ioannis Souldatos*, University of Detroit, Mercy
    Mustafa Demir, University of Detroit, Mercy
    (1106-VD-548)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Unraveling Big Ideas Associated with Difficulties in Connecting Representations.
    Kyunghee Moon*, University of West Georgia
    (1106-VD-1107)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Characterizing the Pedagogical Utility of a Secondary Teacher's Understanding of Angle Measure.
    Michael A. Tallman*, Arizona State University
    (1106-VD-1422)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Adapting Common Problem Types to Incorporate More Modeling.
    Kevin Murphy*, St. Norbert College
    (1106-VD-1572)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Piece of the Third Generation of Calculus.
    Jing-Zhong Zhang, The National Academy of Science, China
    Shangzhi Li*, Beihang University
    Zengxiang Tong, Otterbein University
    (1106-VD-177)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Teacher Change in the Context of a Proof-Centered Professional Development: A Case Study of One Teacher's Proof Schemes.
    Osvaldo Daniel Soto*, University of California San Diego
    (1106-VD-2183)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A Gem of New Euclidean Geometry.
    Jing-Zhong Zhang, The National Academy of Science, China
    Xucheng Peng*, Huazhong Normal University
    Shangzhi Li, Beihang University
    Zengxiang Tong, Otterbein University
    (1106-VD-179)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Letter Number Substitution Problems for Mathematics Education Majors.
    Diana S Cheng*, Towson University
    Nicole Horner, Towson University
    (1106-VD-76)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Louisiana Mathematics Masters in the Middle.
    Kathleen D. Lopez*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Patricia W. Beaulieu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1106-VD-2680)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The Subspace Game.
    Rebekah B Johnson Yates*, Houghton College
    (1106-VD-1513)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Modeling or Applications, II
  Room 213A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Optimal Pricing Plans for Auction Houses.
    Sean F. Ellermeyer*, Kennesaw State University
    Jesse A. Schwartz, Kennesaw State University
    (1106-VG-1392)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Epidemic Modeling and Control.
    Ellina Grigorieva*, Texas Woman's University
    Evgenii Khailov, Moscow State University
    (1106-VG-500)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The effect of assuming a constant population size in models for the spread of Wolbachia.
    Tim Antonelli*, North Carolina State University
    Michael A. Robert, University of New Mexico
    Alun L. Lloyd, North Carolina State University
    (1106-VG-2877)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mathematical modeling of insulin therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus.
    Boniface Otieno Kwach*, Kibabii University College, Bungoma, Kenya
    Naphtali Omolo Ongati, SMAS, JOOUST
    Michael Oduor Okoya, SMAS, JOOUST
    Amos E. O Otedo, Kisumu East District Hospital
    (1106-VG-1543)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Effect of structural organization of the kidney medulla on oxygen transport: A mathematical model.
    Brendan C. Fry*, Duke University
    (1106-VG-1638)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Modeling of human airway swelling by continuum mechanics.
    Kun Gou*, Michigan State University
    Thomas J Pence, Michigan State University
    (1106-VG-713)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Modeling fetal heart and brain activity during labor.
    Aisha Najera Chesler*, Claremont Graduate University
    Ami E Radunskaya, Pomona College
    (1106-VG-1013)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Mathematical model of dynamic protein interactions regulating protein stability of tumor suppressors.
    H. Wang*, Georgia Southern University
    G. Peng, MD Anderson Cancer Center
    (1106-VG-1233)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Surface Modeling of the left Ventricle of the heart.
    Hashim AM Saber*, University of North Georgia
    (1106-VG-2538)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the practical identifiability of a mathematical model for the interactions of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in a wound.
    Nitin A Krishna*, University of Chicago
    Hannah M Pennington, Western Kentucky University
    Richard C Schugart, Western Kentucky University
    (1106-VG-2083)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Modeling Local Drainage within an Emulsion using the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Method.
    Andrew S. Brandon*, University of Maryland
    Ramagopal Ananth, Naval Research Laboratory
    (1106-VG-1324)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Disparities analysis in cervical cancer between White and African American/Black women using a longitudinal hyperbolastic mixed-effects model.
    Jean-Jacques Kengwoung-Keumo*, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
    (1106-VG-782)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    An Agent-based Model of Drug Switching Incorporating Ethnographic Data.
    Jacob F Norton*, North Carolina State University
    Georgiy Bobashev, Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina State University
    (1106-VG-2854)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Motion Tracking Simulations in Health Training.
    Vahid Anvari*, University of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (SIAST)
    (1106-VG-1926)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Parameterized Spatial Transformations for Block Match based Medical Image Registration.
    Arturo Vargas*, Rice University
    (1106-VG-2067)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematical Biology, II
  Room 102A, Convention Center
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    3D Mathematical Modeling and Simulations of Cell Mitosis by a Phase Field Approach.
    Jia Zhao*, University of South Carolina
    Qi Wang, University of South Carolina
    (1106-92-1127)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Applications of the Droop Cell Quota Model to Cancer Treatment.
    Rebecca A Everett*, Arizona State University
    Yang Kuang, Arizona State University
    (1106-92-1841)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Cancer Stem Cells in treating Glioblostoma Multiform Brain Cancer.
    Patricia K McCarthy*, Loras College
    Jeremy Burke, Vassar College
    (1106-92-1842)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bifurcation approach to analysis of mathematical model of CRISPR hosts/virus population.
    Faina Berezovskaya*, Howard University
    Georgiy Karev, National Institute of Health Bethesda MD
    (1106-92-1486)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Topological Microstructure of Murine Tumors.
    David B Damiano, College of the Holy Cross
    Melissa R McGuirl*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1106-92-1131)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A model of the impact of morphological choice on the Arizona Tiger Salamander.
    Maeve L McCarthy*, Murray State University
    Dorothy Wallace, Dartmouth College
    (1106-92-905)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Costs and Benefits of Lizard Thermoregulation Revisited: From Conceptual to Computational Models.
    John G. Alford*, Sam Houston State University
    William I. Lutterschmidt, Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Houston State University
    (1106-92-1555)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Cell-Cycle and Drug Resistance: A Spatial Mechanism.
    James Greene*, University of Maryland and the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling
    (1106-92-2178)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Effects of drugs of abuse on HIV-1 dynamics: a mathematical model.
    Naveen K. Vaidya*, University of Missouri - Kansas City
    (1106-92-2321)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The contradictory experimental results of CD200-CD200R in cancer proliferation.
    Kang-Ling Liao*, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University
    Avner Friedman, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University
    Xue-Feng Bai, Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University
    (1106-92-2043)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Estimating Residual Stresses in Arteries by an Inverse Spectral Technique.
    Sunnie Joshi*, Temple University
    (1106-92-373)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Unsteady Two-Phase Flow in a Catheterized Artery with Atherosclerosis.
    Ranadhir Roy*, University of Texas Pan American
    (1106-92-85)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Self-Organizing Maps for Data Clustering in Acoustic Radiation Force Ultrasound Imaging of Cardiovascular Tissues.
    Amanda J. Mangum*, Niagara University
    Mansoor Haider, North Carolina State University
    (1106-00-1954)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Applications of Mathematical Modeling in Diagnosing Breast Cancer.
    Kelsey Pearson, University of St Thomas
    Naomi Latt*, University of St Thomas
    (1106-92-1860)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Diagnosing Breast Cancer with Symmetry of Signature Curves.
    Anna Grim*, University of St. Thomas
    (1106-92-1973)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, I
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  R. Drew Pasteur, College of Wooster rpasteur@wooster.edu
  John David, Virginia Military Institute
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Elvis Lives! Mathematical surprises inspired by Elvis, the Welsh corgi.
    Stephen J Bacinski, Davenport University
    Mark J Panaggio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Timothy J Pennings*, Davenport University
    (1106-H5-743)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Basketball Defensive Efficiency.
    Jeffrey W Heath*, Centre College
    Alexander L Cope, Centre College
    (1106-H5-2530)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Bringing Analytics to College and High School Football.
    Ross A Kruse*, Davidson College
    Tim Chartier, Davidson College
    (1106-H5-2410)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Davidson Basketball - by the numbers.
    Tim Chartier*, Davidson College
    (1106-H5-1354)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    The choking index: An analysis of performance under pressure on the PGA tour.
    Sammi E. Smith*, Stetson University
    William W Miles, Stetson University
    (1106-H5-1322)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    The Effect of Wind on the Flights of Golf Balls and Baseballs.
    Paul R. Bouthellier*, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
    (1106-H5-265)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Luck in Volleyball.
    Tom Brown*, Eastern New Mexico University
    Brian Pasko, Eastern New Mexico University
    (1106-H5-2596)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Predicting NCAA Lacrosse Games with Cohorts of Neural Networks.
    Glenn Sidle*, North Carolina State University
    John David, Virginia Military Institute
    Hien Tran, North Carolina State University
    (1106-H5-899)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    The Ex-Cub Factor.
    E. Lee May, Jr.*, Salisbury University
    Frank Van Santen, Northwestern University
    (1106-H5-1618)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A New Linear Formula to Predict a Team's Winning Percentage.
    Stanley Rothman*, Quinnipiac University
    (1106-H5-128)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Analysis of a Table Tennis Game: A Teaching Tool.
    Reza D. Noubary*, Bloomsburg University
    (1106-H5-2531)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics and the Arts, II
  Room 213B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Douglas Norton, Villanova University douglas.norton@villanova.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Visualizing Partitions of Integers.
    Margaret Kepner*, Washington, DC
    (1106-H1-1893)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Make Your Own Torus Knot -- Crafty Constructions in Bead Crochet and Beyond.
    Ellie Baker*, Freelance
    Susan Goldstine, St. Mary's College of Maryland
    (1106-H1-2679)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Tiling the Beaded Torus.
    Susan Goldstine*, St. Mary's College of Maryland
    Ellie Baker, Freelance
    (1106-H1-2798)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    An Algorithm for Creating Artistic Random Fractal Patterns.
    Douglas Dunham*, University of Minnesota, Duluth
    John Shier, Apple Valley, Minnesota
    (1106-H1-1134)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    The quaternion group as a symmetry group.
    Vi Hart, Communications Design Group, SAP Labs
    Henry Segerman*, Oklahoma State University
    (1106-H1-1162)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Visualizing Affine Regular, Area-Preserving Decompositions of Irregular 3D Pentagons and Nonagons.
    Douglas G Burkholder*, Lenoir-Rhyne University
    (1106-H1-1255)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Methods for Creating Mosaic Designs.
    Reza Sarhangi*, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
    (1106-H1-1669)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Creative Uses of Basic Geometry to Construct Elegant Pattern Designs.
    Elizabeth Whiteley*, Studio Artist
    (1106-H1-1979)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Halftoning images using solid convex and nonconvex dodecagons on a hexagonal tessellation.
    David A. Reimann*, Albion College
    (1106-H1-2130)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Van Kampen Tessellations.
    R. Daniel Hurwitz*, Skidmore College
    (1106-H1-2322)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Color, Texture, and Geometry.
    Vincent J. Matsko*, Proof School
    (1106-H1-1826)
  • 5:55 p.m.
    6th or 5th century before Christ: the start up of globalization, the beginning of a magic.
    Rosanna Iembo*, University of Calabria, Italy
    Irene Iaccarino, School of Music, Crotone, Italy
    (1106-H1-808)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Operator Theory
  Room 203A, Convention Center
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Kernels of Composition Operators and Their Adjoints on the Bergman Space.
    Brittney R. Miller*, Purdue University
    (1106-47-2116)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some results in the study of multiple-valued composition operators.
    Erin E. M. Rizzie*, Purdue University
    (1106-47-1739)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Composition Operators on Generalized Weighted Nevanlinna Class.
    Waleed K. Al-Rawashdeh*, Montana Tech
    (1106-47-1389)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Numerical Ranges of Weighted Composition Operators.
    Gajath Gunatillake*, American University of Sharjah
    Mirjana Jovovic, University of Hawaii
    Wayne Smith, University of Hawaii
    (1106-47-1539)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Representations of Pick functions in several variables.
    R. Tully-Doyle*, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-47-1590)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Equivalence and Exact Groupoids.
    Scott M. LaLonde*, University of Texas at Tyler
    (1106-47-2723)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    AF-Embeddings of Certain Graph $C^*$-Algebras.
    Christopher P Schafhauser*, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    (1106-47-1629)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Existence of the Matui-Sato tracial Rokhlin property.
    Michael Y Sun*, WWU Muenster
    (1106-47-1396)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    New operator-numerical advances on Hammerstein equations.
    Dan D. Pascali*, Courant Institute, New York University
    (1106-47-1810)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Nonzero Solutions to Operator Inclusions Involving Perturbed Maximal Monotone Operators.
    Dhruba R. Adhikari*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    (1106-47-1417)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Examples of Scaled-free Operator Spaces.
    William Benjamin Grilliette*, Texas State University
    (1106-47-2598)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Weighted shifts induced by Hamburger moment sequences.
    George R. Exner*, Bucknell University
    Joo Young Jin, Kyungpook National University
    Il Bong Jung, Kyungpook National University
    Mi Ryeong Lee, Catholic University of Daegu
    (1106-47-1271)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Lovász Theta Type Norms and Operator Systems.
    Carlos M. Ortiz-Marrero*, University of Houston
    Vern I. Paulsen, University of Houston
    (1106-47-1044)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Symmetric normed ideals and symmetric norming functions with examples and motivation.
    Adam S Orenstein*, University at Buffalo
    (1106-47-1371)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Generators of Quantum Markov Semigroups.
    Matthew J. Ziemke*, University of South Carolina
    George Androulakis, University of South Carolina
    (1106-47-1637)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Perspectives and Experiences on Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Research, II
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Aihua Li, Montclair State University lia@mail.montclair.edu
  Thomas Hagedorn, College of New Jersey
  Jan Rychtar, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    All It Takes Is One.
    Joe A. Stickles, Jr.*, Millikin University
    (1106-K1-49)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Cycling Undergraduate Students through Graph Theory Research.
    Joe DeMaio*, Kennesaw State University
    (1106-K1-234)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Implementing CURM Model in Mentoring Undergraduate Research.
    Violeta Vasilevska*, Utah Valley University
    (1106-K1-2010)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A different way to begin.
    Vesta Coufal*, Gonzaga U.
    (1106-K1-1708)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    My Experience about How to Start the Undergraduate Research.
    Yun Lu*, Kutztown University
    (1106-K1-2264)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Ramanujan and the Icosahedron: A Research Experience with Many Faces.
    Jordan Schettler*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1106-K1-241)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Kick-starting undergraduate research.
    Laura Taalman*, MoMath / James Madison University
    (1106-K1-494)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Mentoring an Undergraduate Research Project: A Mathematical Model of Glacier Retreat.
    Irina Seceleanu*, Brigewater State University
    (1106-K1-512)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Origami, Geometry and Undergraduate Research.
    Shenglan Yuan*, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
    (1106-K1-2777)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A Data Mining Research Project and Its Benefits.
    Mehdi Razzaghi*, Bloomsburg University
    (1106-K1-2762)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    New Curvature Invariants: a Research Topic Suitable to Undergraduate Students.
    Bogdan D. Suceava*, California State University, Fullerton
    (1106-K1-61)
  • 5:55 p.m.
    Egalitarian research: How to have successful research experiences for students of all levels.
    Jonathan Needleman*, Le Moyne College
    (1106-K1-669)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  MAA Session on Revitalizing Complex Analysis at the Undergraduate Level, II
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Russell Howell, Westmont College howell@westmont.edu
  Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College
  Alan Noell, Oklahoma State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Flipping the Classroom and Mathematica-Based Modules in Complex Analysis.
    William M Kinney*, Bethel University
    (1106-L5-439)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Microworlds with Maple for Investigating Complex Analysis.
    William C Bauldry*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-L5-465)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Complex Differentiation in Contexts.
    Jeff Randell Knisley*, East Tennessee State University
    (1106-L5-2730)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Bermuda Triangle and Geometric Visualization of Complex Path Integrals.
    Ricardo L. Diaz*, University of Northern Colorado
    (1106-L5-2857)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Approaches to Cauchy's Theorem.
    Stephan Ramon Garcia*, Pomona College
    (1106-L5-709)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Discovering the Gauss-Lucas Theorem.
    Beth Schaubroeck*, U.S. Air Force Academy
    Michael Brilleslyper, U.S. Air Force Academy
    (1106-L5-1210)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Revitalizing Complex Analysis: The Next Steps.
    Russell W. Howell*, Westmont College
    Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College
    (1106-L5-2845)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  MAA Session on Technology, the Next Generation: Integrating Tablets into the Mathematics Classroom
  Room 209, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kevin Charlwood, Washburn University kevin.charlwood@washburn.edu
  Janet Sharp, Washburn University janet.sharp@washburn.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Dynamic Representations as a Conceptual Foundation for Defending non-Traditional Procedures in a Subtraction Algorithm.
    Janet Sharp*, Washburn University
    (1106-P1-1311)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Using iPads in Applied Abstract Algebra.
    Cynthia J. Huffman*, Pittsburg State University
    (1106-P1-86)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    iPad/laptop/Surface/smartphone: how do you choose?
    Jacci White*, Saint Leo University
    Scott White, St. Petersburg College
    Brian Camp, Saint Leo University
    (1106-P1-719)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    WeBWorK CLASS: Using tablets to capture authentic student work for classroom discussion.
    Gulden Karakok*, University of Northern Colorado
    Aaron Wangberg, Winona State University
    Nicole Engelke, West Virginia University
    (1106-P1-1755)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Incorporating iPads and Apple TVs in the classroom.
    Daniel R Moseley*, Jacksonville University
    (1106-P1-2258)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Calculus and Mobile Apps: Mathematics Partnering with Computer Science to Provide Informal Learning Opportunities.
    M. Reba*, Clemson University
    A. Guest, Clemson University
    M. Burr, Clemson University
    R. Pargas, School of Computing, Clemson University
    C. Williams, Clemson University
    T. Khan, Clemson University
    (1106-P1-2357)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Mobile apps for teaching empirical probability.
    Anders O.F. Hendrickson*, St. Norbert College
    (1106-P1-2732)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Online Workshops for Calculus Students using the Articulate Mobile Player App.
    Elizabeth A Miller*, The Ohio State University
    (1106-P1-2849)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  MAA Session on The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, II
  Room 204A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jackie Dewar, Loyola Marymount University jdewar@lmu.edu
  Thomas Banchoff, Brown University
  Curtis Bennett, Loyola Marymount University
  Pam Crawford, Jacksonville University
  Edwin Herman, University of Wisconsin-Stephens Point
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Do we know how students view mathematics and how they study it?
    Wes Maciejewski*, The University of British Columbia
    (1106-M1-2868)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Do students really know what a function is?
    Tara C Davis*, Hawaii Pacific University
    Georgianna L Martin, Hawaii Pacific University
    (1106-M1-700)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    FastTrack: Enhancing College Readiness in Mathematics.
    Jennifer Kosiak*, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Robert Allen, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Bob Hoar, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Jim Sobota, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    (1106-M1-1052)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Math Anxiety and Reading Strategies in Math Content Courses.
    Joy L. Becker*, Wartburg College
    Jennifer L. Pothast, Wartburg College
    (1106-M1-2167)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    The dreaded word problem: What do students remember?
    Tharanga M.K. Wijetunge*, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
    Kirthi Premadasa, University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County, WI
    Kavita Bhatia, University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County
    (1106-M1-2284)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Believe it or Not! Challenging Prospective Teachers' Beliefs About Mathematics in a History of Mathematics Course.
    Richard A. Edwards*, Michigan State University
    (1106-M1-262)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Effectiveness of Concept Questions in a Transition to Proof Course.
    Matthew G Jones*, California State University, Dominguez Hills
    (1106-M1-277)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Examining proficiency with operations on irrational numbers.
    Sarah Hanusch*, Texas State University
    Sonalee Bhattacharyya, Texas State University
    (1106-M1-900)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Results from a College Readiness Math MOOC.
    Bob Hoar*, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Jim Sobota, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Jennifer Kosiak, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    (1106-M1-1053)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Examining the Impact on Students of a Flipped Classroom with Multiple Instructors.
    James S Rolf*, Yale University
    Susie Kimport, Yale University
    (1106-M1-2939)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Emphasizing Mathematical Definitions in a College Algebra Course.
    Jim Brandt, Southern Utah University
    Jana Lunt*, Southern Utah University
    Gretchen Rimmasch Meilstrup, Southern Utah University
    (1106-M1-1344)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Partial Differential Equations and Applications, II
  Room 202A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Evelyn Lunasin, United States Naval Academy lunasin@usna.edu
  Edriss S. Titi, University of California, Irvine titi@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Mixing and transport by incompressible flows.
    Anna L Mazzucato*, Penn State University
    (1106-35-665)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The two-dimensional Boussinesq equations with fractional dissipation.
    Jiahong Wu*, Oklahoma State University
    (1106-35-1132)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Regularity, blow up, and small scale creation in fluids.
    Alexander Kiselev*, Rice University
    (1106-35-1340)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Well posedness for solutions to linear kinetic equations with rough force fields.
    P. E. Jabin*, University of Maryland
    (1106-35-1383)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Well-posedness for an interface damped free boundary fluid-structure model.
    M. Ignatova*, Princeton University
    I. Kukavica, University of Southern California
    I. Lasiecka, University of Memphis
    A. Tuffaha, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    (1106-35-1581)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Homogenization of the evolution Stokes equation in a perforated domain with a stochastic Fourier boundary condition.
    Hakima Bessaih*, University of Wyoming
    Yalchin Efendiev, TAMU and KAUST
    Florin Maris, Numerical Porous Media SRI Center, KAUST
    (1106-35-1671)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Flow is karstic geometry.
    Xiaoming Wang*, Florida State University
    (1106-76-824)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    The exponential-like moments of the Boltzmann equation without cutoff.
    Ricardo Alonso, PUC-Rio, Brasil
    Irene Gamba, University of Texas at Austin
    Natasa Pavlovic*, University of Texas at Austin
    Maja Taskovic, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-35-1791)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  Young Mathematicians' Network-Project NExT Poster Session
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jonathan Needleman, Le Moyne College
  Kimberly A, Roth, Juniata College
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics-MAA Committee on the Mathematical Education of Teachers Panel Discussion
  Recommendations for the 21st century mathematical sciences major.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Martha J. Siegel, Towson University
  Carol Schumacher, Kenyon College
  Panelists:
  Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College
  Nicholas J. Horton, Amherst University
  Organizers:
  Elizabeth A. Burroughs, Montana State University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Committee for Undergraduate Student Activities and Chapters Panel Discussion
  What every student should know about the JMM.
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Pamela Richardson, Westminster College
  Panelists:
  Frank Morgan, Williams College
  Richard Neal, University of Oklahoma
  George Yates, Youngstown College
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Association for Women in Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Breaking the glass ceiling permanently.
  Room 216A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University
  Delaram Kahrobaei, City University of New York Graduate Center and New York City College of Technology
  Kathryn Leonard, California State Channel Islands
  Christina Sormani, City University of New York, Graduate Center and Lehman College
  Moderators:
  Christina Sormani, City University of New York, Graduate Center and Lehman College
  Panelists:
  Lenore Blum, Carnegie Mellon
  Estela Gavosto, Kansas University
  Susan Hermiller, University of Nebraska
  Megan Kerr, Wellesley College
  Joan Leitzel, University of New Hampshire
  Jill Pipher, ICERM
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:30 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Topics in Algebra
  Room 101B, Convention Center
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Characterization of self dual lattices in $\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R}^2,$ and $\mathbb{R}^3$.
    Comlan de Souza*, California State University Fresno
    (1106-06-1876)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Peckness of Edge Posets.
    David Hemminger*, Duke University
    Aaron Landesman, Harvard University
    Zijian Yao, Brown University
    (1106-06-2152)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Omega Values of the Generators of Certain Primitive Numerical Monoids.
    Jillian E Parker*, Sam Houston State University
    Monica Elizabeth Gorman, University of Notre Dame
    (1106-06-2310)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Generalized splines and quotient rings.
    McCleary Philbin*, Smith College
    Lindsay Swift, Smith College
    Alison Tammaro, Smith College
    Julianna Tymoczko, Smith College
    Danielle Williams, Smith College
    Nealy Bowden, Smith College
    (1106-08-2588)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mahler measures and irreducible polynomials.
    DoYong Kwon*, Chonnam National University
    (1106-12-1713)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Invariants and Arrangements of Finite Complex Reflection Groups.
    Nils Amend, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    Angela Berardinelli*, University of North Texas
    J. Matthew Douglass, University of North Texas
    Gerhard Roehrle, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    (1106-12-966)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 2:55 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Humor and Teaching Mathematics, II
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College skilic-bahi@colby-sawyer.edu
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Debra Borkovitz, Wheelock College
  

  • 2:55 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Using Science Fiction and Impossible Situations in Mathematical Modeling.
    Phong Le*, Niagara University
    (1106-E5-2630)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Engaging Students with Mathematical Humor: "The Simpsons," Comics and More.
    Sarah J Greenwald*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-E5-325)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Applied Humor in Undergraduate Calculus Courses.
    Cesar Martinez-Garza*, The Pennsylvania State University at Berks
    (1106-E5-2651)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A Mathematician's "aHa" Moment.
    Guanshen Ren*, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Mn 55811
    (1106-E5-68)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Peanut Butter and Jelly Guy: Audience, Correctness, and Revision in a Proofs Course.
    Erika L. Ward*, Jacksonville University
    (1106-E5-2315)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Teaching abstraction via wackadoodle scenarios.
    sarah-marie belcastro, MathILy
    Thomas C Hull*, Western New England University
    (1106-E5-2150)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Enhancing learning in a proof writing course.
    Katarzyna Kowal*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1106-E5-1474)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  MAA-AMS-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture
  From Voting Paradoxes to the Search for "Dark Matter".
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Donald G. Saari*, University of California, Irvine
  (1106-00-4)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  AWM Business Meeting
  Room 216A, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA-AMS Panel Discussion
  Career ladders for full-time, nontenure-track faculty.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Amy Cohen, Rutgers University
  Judy Walker, University of Nebraska Lincoln
  David Manderschied, The Ohio State University
  Panelists:
  David Manderschied, The Ohio State University
  Sue Geller, Texas A&M University
  Ellen Kirkman, Wake Forest University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA-YMN Panel Discussion
  Graduate school: Choosing one, getting in, staying in.
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Nicholas A Scoville, Ursinus College
  Kristine Roinestad, Georgetown College
  Panelists:
  Bill Velez, University of Arizona
  Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College
  Peter Howard, Texas A&M University
  Brian Miceli, Trinity University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 4:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematical Logic
  Room 101B, Convention Center
  

  • 4:00 p.m.
    Urysohn spaces over restricted distance sets.
    Gabriel Conant*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1106-03-1646)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    An Introduction to Self-Modifying Infinite-Time Turing Machines.
    James T. Long III*, Lehigh University
    Lee J. Stanley, Lehigh University
    (1106-03-1174)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Restricting the Turing degree spectra of structures.
    Tyler John Markkanen*, Springfield College
    (1106-03-2355)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    An Automorphism Basis in $\mathcal{L}^{\mathcal{\ast }}(V_{\infty })$.
    Rumen D Dimitrov*, Western Illinois University
    (1106-03-2421)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Characterization of Existence for a Class of Continuous Equivariant Maps to Subshifts of Finite Type.
    Edward W. Krohne*, University of North Texas
    Su Gao, University of North Texas
    Steve Jackson, University of North Texas
    Brandon Seward, University of Michigan
    (1106-03-1675)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Chain conditions, elementary amenability, and descriptive set theory.
    Philip Wesolek, Institut de Recherche en Mathématiques et Physique (IRMP), Université catholique de Louvain
    Jay Williams*, California Institute of Technology
    (1106-03-1391)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Locally Contractive Maps on Perfect Polish Ultrametric Spaces.
    Francis George*, University of Scranton
    (1106-03-1409)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Hilbert logic and product logic.
    James Kuodo Huang*, AIUC.ORG
    (1106-03-2911)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Quantifier Elimination for an Unstable Generic Structure.
    Ali Valizadeh*, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
    Massoud Pourmahdian, Amirkabir Univ. of Tech. & Inst. for Research in Fundamental Sciences(IPM)
    (1106-03-2227)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Section Officers
  Lone Star Ballroom, Salons AB, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
  Chairs:
  Rick Gillman, Valparaiso University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Reception for Undergraduate Students
  Bridge Hall, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #4: Part A
  A dynamical systems approach to the differential equations course.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Paul Blanchard, Boston University
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #12: Part A
  Introducing matroids to undergraduates.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Jenny McNulty, University of Montana
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #13: Part A
  WeBWorK: An open source alternative for generating and delivering online homework problems.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Paul Pearson, Hope College
  Geoff Goehle, Western Carolina University
  Peter Staab, Fitchburg College
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 5:00 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
  SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Guest Lectures and Reception
  Room 214C, Convention Center
  

  • 5:00 p.m.
    Mathematical problems in the "shoebox collection" of the Paul A.M. Dirac papers at Florida State University: Piecing together parts of the puzzle.
    Kathy Clark*, Florida State University
    (1106-01-525)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Reception
  • 6:30 p.m.
    Letters from the master: My correspondence with Paul Erdős.
    Carl Pomerance*, Dartmouth College
    (1106-01-1064)
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA-Young Mathematicians' Network Discussion
  Managing your own course.
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ralucca Gera, Naval Postgraduate School
  Timothy Goldberg, Lenoir-Rhyne University
  Gwyneth R Whieldon, Hood College
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time Participants
  Texas Ballroom Salons DE, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  SIGMAA QL Business Meeting
  Room 213A, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 6:20 p.m.-7:40 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Film Presentation
  Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Primes Conjecture.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematics and the Arts Business Meeting
  Room 213B, Convention Center
• Saturday January 10, 2015, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
  Graphs, vectors, and matrices.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Daniel A. Spielman*, Yale University
  (1106-15-20)

Sunday January 11, 2015

• Sunday January 11, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
  Email Center
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 7:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Numerical Analysis and Computer Science
  Room 101A, Convention Center
  

  • 7:45 a.m.
    Piecewise Polynomial Approximations to the Standard Normal Cumulative Distribution Function.
    Edward W. Swim*, Sam Houston State University
    Stephen M. Scariano, Sam Houston State University
    (1106-65-2135)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Adaptive Algorithms for Computing Expectations and Integrals.
    Fred J. Hickernell*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    (1106-65-2099)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Convergent Finite Difference Methods for Fully Nonlinear Second Order Partial Differential Equations.
    Xiaobing Feng, The University of Tennessee
    Chiu-Yen Kao, Claremont McKenna College
    Thomas Lewis*, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    (1106-65-110)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Weak Galerkin Mixed Finite Element Method for Linear Elasticity Problems.
    Yujie Zhang*, Oklahoma State University
    (1106-65-186)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Inverse Scattering Approach on Tomography Problem Using Multi-frequency Problem.
    Ying Li*, Saint Francis University
    (1106-65-472)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Solving of fractional order differential equations by using hybrid function.
    Somayeh Mashayekhi*, Mississippi State University
    (1106-65-704)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Source separation of undersampled composite signals via the Dantzig selector.
    Ashley A. Prater*, Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate, Rome NY
    (1106-65-1397)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A time-splitting scheme for fully compressible atmospheric models.
    Andrei Bourchtein*, Pelotas State University, Brazil
    Ludmila Bourchtein, Pelotas State University, Brazil
    (1106-65-1537)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    An adaptive method for the fast numerical solution for the radiative transport equation.
    Joseph Eichholz*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1106-65-2065)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    One Type of Efficient and Long-Time Accurate Third-Order Method for the Stokes-Darcy System.
    Wenbin Chen, Fudan University
    Max Gunzburger, Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University
    Dong Sun*, Florida State University
    Xiaoming Wang, Florida State University
    (1106-65-2189)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Applications and mathematical challenges of digital image mosaicking.
    Hanna M Kristensen*, Pepperdine University
    Erika Ordog, Pepperdine University
    (1106-65-2632)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Non-partitioned Recognition Algorithm for 2-tree Probe Interval Graphs.
    Matthew Nabity*, Western Oregon University
    David Avery, Western Oregon University
    (1106-65-2341)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Algebraic algorithms for hard combinatorial problems: Graph coloring.
    Hannah Alpert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jesús A. De Loera, University of California, Davis
    Susan Margulies, United States Naval Academy
    Michael Pernpeintner, TU Munich
    Eric Riedl, Harvard University
    David Rolnick*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Gwen Spencer, Dartmouth College
    Despina Stasi, Pennsylvania State University
    Jonathan Swenson, University of Washington
    (1106-68-2919)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Security in the Semi-Quantum Setting.
    Walter O Krawec*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (1106-68-322)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Analysis of Interference and Scheduling for a Robust Channel Assignment Method in Cognitive Radio Networks.
    Amalya Mihnea*, Florida Atlantic University
    Mihaela Cardei, Florida Atlantic University
    (1106-68-261)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    High dimensional learning rather than computing in quantum chemistry.
    Matthew Hirn*, Ecole normale superieure
    Stephane Mallat, Ecole normale superieure
    Nicolas Poilvert, Pennsylvania State University
    (1106-68-2232)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    From Start to Finish: Linux Clusters for Applied Mathematics.
    Ryan Poffenbarger*, Virginia Military Institute
    Christopher Siebert, Virginia Military Institute
    (1106-68-1802)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Accelerated Advances in Multiobjective Optimal Control Problems and Mathematical Programming Based on Generalized Invexity Frameworks, II
  Room 008B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  N. J. Huang, Sichuan University
  R. N. Mohapatra, University of Central Florida
  Ram Verma, Texas State University verma99@msn.com
  Alexander Zaslavski, Israel Institute of Technology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Higher Order Parametric Optimality Conditions for Discrete Minmax Fractional Programming.
    Ram U. Verma*, Texas State University
    (1106-90-191)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Global Solutions to Optimal Automatic Control Systems.
    Reza R Ahangar*, Texas A & M University- Kingsville
    (1106-93-354)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamic string-averaging projection methods for convex feasibility problems in the presence of computational errors.
    Alexander Zaslavski*, Israel Institute of Technology
    (1106-49-324)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Frontiers of Bernstien type Inequalities for Polynomials and Rational Functions.
    Wali Muhammad Shah*, Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Mathematical Sciences,Kashmir,J&K ,India
    (1106-30-483)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Variational Inclusions and Algorithms in Uniformly Convex Smooth Banach Spaces.
    Nabin Kumar Sahu*, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar
    (1106-46-204)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On Some Inequalities Concerning the Polar Derivative of a Polynomial.
    Abdul Liman Wani*, National Institute of Technology,Srinagar
    (1106-30-484)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Equilibrium Problems, multi-valued, variational-like inequalities.
    Nihar Kumar Mahato*, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design, and Manufacturing
    (1106-46-209)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic and Geometric Methods in Applied Discrete Mathematics (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), I
  Room 007B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Heather Harrington, University of Oxford
  Mohamed Omar, Harvey Mudd College
  Matthew Wright, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota mlwright@ima.umn.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Algebra and Geometry in Computer Vision.
    Rekha R Thomas*, University of Washington
    (1106-14-1531)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Persistent homology analysis of brain artery trees.
    Paul Bendich, Duke University
    J. S. Marron, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Ezra Miller*, Duke University
    Alex Pieloch, Duke University
    Sean Skwerer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (1106-62-2209)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Geometric Approach to Learning Bayesian Networks.
    David Haws*, IBM T.J. Watson Research
    (1106-52-1932)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Algebra on hypergraphs with applications to statistics.
    Sonja Petrovic*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    (1106-62-1759)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Catenary Degrees of Elements in Numerical Monoids.
    Christopher ONeill*, Texas A&M University
    Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University
    Reuben Tate, University of Hawaii Hilo
    Gautam Webb, Colorado College
    (1106-08-768)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Computational applications of Helly-type Theorems.
    Nina Amenta*, University of California, Davis
    (1106-52-2053)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Applying Applied Math to Algebra.
    Persi Diaconis*, Stanford University
    (1106-00-419)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Beyond First-Order Model Theory, II
  Room 006A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  John T. Baldwin, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Xavier Caicedo, Universidad de los Andes
  Rami Grossberg, Carnegie Mellon University
  Jose Iovino, University of Texas at San Antonio jose.Iovino@utsa.edu
  Boris Zilber, Oxford University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Definability and Independence in Randomizations.
    H. Jerome Keisler*, University of Wisconsin
    (1106-03-780)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Hanf number for amalgamation property.
    Alexei S Kolesnikov*, Towson University
    Christopher Lambie-Hanson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    (1106-03-1446)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Scott processes.
    Paul B. Larson*, Miami University
    (1106-03-1187)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Seeking dividing lines for classes of atomic models.
    Michael C. Laskowski*, University of Maryland
    (1106-03-1741)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A basic dividing line: Are there arbitrarily large models?
    John T. Baldwin*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1106-03-1749)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Toward A Categorical Model Theory.
    Michael J Lieberman*, Masaryk University
    (1106-03-417)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The model theory of first-order logic with dependent sorts.
    Michael Makkai*, McGill University
    (1106-03-1469)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Saturation of ultrapowers and Keisler's order.
    M Malliaris*, University of Chicago
    (1106-03-1946)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Classification Problems in Operator Algebras, I
  Room 001A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Arnaud Brothier, Vanderbilt University
  Ionut Chifan, The University of Iowa
  Darren Creutz, Vanderbilt University
  Remus Nicoara, University of Tennessee
  David Penneys, University of California, Los Angeles dpenneys@math.toronto.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The complexity of classification problems in operator algebras.
    Martino Lupini*, York University
    (1106-46-1762)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Segal--Bargmann Analysis in Deformed Gaussian Algebras.
    Natasha Blitvić*, Indiana University
    Todd Kemp, UC San Diego
    (1106-46-2016)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Partial classification of the Baumslag-Solitar group von Neumann algebras.
    Niels Meesschaert*, KU Leuven
    Stefaan Vaes, KU Leuven
    (1106-47-463)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Free monotone transport without a trace.
    Brent Nelson*, UCLA
    (1106-46-2018)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hereditary C*-Subalgebra Lattices.
    Tristan M Bice*, Federal University of Bahia
    Charles A Akemann, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1106-06-206)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    $\mathrm{C}^*$-algebras associated to minimal dynamical systems.
    Karen R. Strung*, Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences
    (1106-46-2235)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Some recent results related to the Toms-Winter conjecture.
    George A. Elliott*, University of Toronto
    Zhuang Niu, University of Wyoming
    Luis Santiago, University of Aberdeen
    Aaron Tikuisis, University of Aberdeen
    Wilhelm Winter, University of Muenster
    (1106-46-1977)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Cluster Algebras (a Mathematics Research Communities session), I
  Room 007A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Andrew T. Carroll, DePaul University mrcclusters@gmail.com
  Ian T. Le, University of Chicago
  Greg Muller, University of Michigan
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Picture groups and Cluster theory.
    Kiyoshi Igusa, Brandeis University
    Kent Orr, Indiana University
    Gordana Todorov*, Northeastern University
    Jerzy Weyman, University of Connecticut
    (1106-13-2372)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Initial-seed recursions and dualities for $\bf d$-vectors.
    Nathan Reading, NCSU
    Salvatore Stella*, NCSU
    (1106-05-2443)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bott-Samelson varieties, subword complexes and associahedra.
    Laura Escobar*, Cornell University
    (1106-14-2727)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Linear independence of generic functions in cluster algebras coming from surfaces.
    Daniel Labardini-Fragoso*, Instituto de Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    (1106-16-2461)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic triangulations and Coxeter transformations of the annulus.
    Hannah Vogel*, University of Graz
    (1106-08-2224)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Clusters for quantum Richardson varieties.
    Milen Yakimov*, Louisiana State University
    Tom Lenagan, University of Edinburgh
    (1106-22-1666)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computing Intensive Modeling in Mathematical and Computational Biology, I
  Room 006B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Timothy D Comar, Benedictine University tcomar@ben.edu
  Olcay Akman, Illinois State University
  Daniel Hrozencik, Chicago State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Identification of parameters in mathematical biology.
    R. R. Poteau*, Florida Institute of Technology
    U. G. Abdulla, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1106-49-2699)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Approaches in parameter and model selection for the study of cholera.
    Elsa Schaefer*, Marymount University
    Olcay Akman, Illinois State University
    K. Renee Fister, Murray State University
    Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
    Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee Knoxville
    Marina Romadan, Marymount University
    (1106-92-1341)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Constructing Stable Stochastic Gene Regulatory Networks via Genetic Algorithms.
    Olcay Akman, Illinois State University
    Timothy Comar, Benedictine University
    Daniel Hrozencik*, Chicago State University
    (1106-92-973)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Optimal Control Methods for Stochastic Gene Regulatory Networks.
    David Murrugarra*, University of Kentucky
    (1106-92-1076)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An Optimization Model that Links Masting to Seed Herbivory.
    Glenn Ledder*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-92-1918)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Modeling and Analysis of Disturbance Specialist Plants.
    Eric A Eager*, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    (1106-92-280)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Optimal cycle length for a managed forest.
    Michael Kelley*, Appalachian State University
    Bill Bauldry, Appalachian State University
    Eric Marland, Appalachian State University
    (1106-92-565)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Model Selection for Integrated Pest Management with Stochasticity.
    Timothy D Comar*, Benedictine University
    Olcay Akman, Illinois State University
    Daniel Hrozencik, Chicago State University
    (1106-92-1782)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Enumerative Combinatorics, II
  Room 008A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Brian K. Miceli, Trinity University
  Jay Pantone, University of Florida jaypantone@ufl.edu
  Vince Vatter, University of Florida
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Parking functions with undesirable spaces.
    Andrew T. Wilson*, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-05-850)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A new record in 1324-avoiding permutations.
    Miklos Bona*, University of Florida
    (1106-05-969)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Simple Frame Patterns in Words.
    Janine LoBue Tiefenbruck*, University of California, San Diego
    Jeffrey B. Remmel, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-05-983)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Counting on Cells in Cellular Automata.
    Neil J. A. Sloane*, OEIS Foundation and Rutgers University
    (1106-05-251)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Increasing Forests in Graphs and Simplicial Complexes.
    Art M Duval, University of Texas at El Paso
    Joshua Hallam*, Michigan State University
    Jeremy L Martin, University of Kansas
    Bruce E Sagan, Michigan State University
    (1106-05-600)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Pattern-avoiding ascent sequences.
    Lara Pudwell*, Valparaiso University
    (1106-05-891)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    \textsf{Struct}: An algorithm for guessing the structure and enumeration of permutation sets.
    Michael Albert, University of Otago
    Anders Claesson, University of Strathclyde
    Bjarki Gudmundsson, Reykjavik University
    Henning Ulfarsson*, Reykjavik University
    (1106-05-982)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Counting permutations with even valleys and odd peaks.
    Ira M. Gessel*, Brandeis University
    Yan Zhuang, Brandeis University
    (1106-05-622)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Groups, Algorithms, and Cryptography, II
  Room 002, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Bren Cavallo, City University of New York Graduate Center
  Delaram Kahrobaei, City University of New York Graduate Center and New York City College of Technology dkahrobaei@gc.cuny.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Ideal lattice problems and applications to cryptography.
    Jean-Francois Biasse*, University of Waterloo
    (1106-06-1173)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Conjugacy languages in groups.
    Laura Ciobanu, University of Neuchâtel
    Susan Hermiller*, University of Nebraska
    Derek Holt, University of Warwick
    Sarah Rees, University of Newcastle
    (1106-20-1573)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the rationality of the conjugacy growth series in hyperbolic groups.
    Laura Ciobanu*, University of Neuchâtel
    Yago Antolín, Vanderbilt University
    Susan Hermiller, University of Nebraska
    Derek Holt, Warwick University
    Sarah Rees, University of Newcastle, UK
    (1106-20-1147)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The proper geometric dimension of Coxeter groups.
    Conchita Martinez-Perez*, Universidad de Zaragoza
    (1106-20-1616)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A geometric approach to the conjugacy search problem: the conjugacy length function.
    Andrew Sale*, Vanderbilt University
    (1106-20-1570)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The decidability of flow equivalence for shifts of finite type and stable isomorphism for Cuntz Krieger $C^*$-algebras.
    Benjamin Steinberg*, City College of New York
    Mike Boyle, University of Maryland
    (1106-20-560)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Decoy-Based Secure Delegation of Computation, With Application to RSA.
    Bren Cavallo*, City University of New York Graduate Center
    Delaram Kahrobaei, City University of New York Graduate Center and New York City College of Technology
    Vladimir Shpilrain, CUNY Graduate Center and the City College of New York
    (1106-68-1641)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Centralizers of centralizers of parabolic subgroups of braid groups and its application to the conjugacy problem.
    David Garber*, Faculty of Science, Holon Institute of Technology
    Arkadius Kalka, Bar-Ilan University
    Eran Liberman, Bar-Ilan University
    Mina Teicher, Bar-Ilan University
    (1106-20-2401)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, III (in memory of Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 1941-2014)
  Room 005, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Sloan Despeaux, Western Carolina University
  Patti Hunter, Westmont College
  Deborah Kent, Drake University
  Adrian Rice, Randolph-Macon College arice4@rmc.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Schilling Kinematic Models at the Smithsonian.
    Amy Shell-Gellasch*, Montgomery College
    (1106-01-164)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    F.R. Moulton and his plans for a new lunar theory.
    Craig Alan Stephenson*, Madrid, Spain
    (1106-01-343)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematical Abstraction from Ancient Greece to the Stone Age.
    Alma Steingart*, Society of Fellows, Harvard University
    (1106-01-2420)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Stratification of the American Mathematical Community: The MAA and the AMS, 1915-1925.
    Karen V. H. Parshall*, University of Virginia
    (1106-01-721)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    "Constructing a Mathematical Laboratory": An Early History of Computer Algebra Systems.
    Stephanie A Dick*, Harvard University
    (1106-01-1459)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Recent Trends in the History of American Mathematics: Rethinking Politics.
    Della Dumbaugh*, University of Richmond
    (1106-01-1234)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Recent Trends in the History of American Mathematics -- A Digital Divide?
    Peggy Aldrich Kidwell*, Smithsonian Institution
    (1106-01-329)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Panel Discussion on Recent Trends in the History of American Mathematics.
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Inverse Problems, I
  Room 006C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Peter Muller, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Kaitlyn Voccola, Colorado State University voccola@math.colostate.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Synthetic Aperture Correlation Imaging.
    Kaitlyn Voccola*, Colorado State University
    (1106-78-1005)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Reconstructing a function from its conical Radon transform.
    Rim Gouia-Zarrad*, American University of Sharjah, UAE
    (1106-42-2228)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Pulmonary imaging using Electrical Impedance Tomography with a Direct D-bar Admittivity Method.
    Sarah Jane Hamilton*, Marquette University
    (1106-65-860)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Inverse Free Boundary Problems for the Parabolic PDEs.
    Ugur G. Abdulla*, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1106-49-2197)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Statistical Analysis of Shear Wave Speed Recovery Using the Direct Algorithm and the Arrival Time Algorithm.
    Jessica L. Jones*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Joyce R. McLaughlin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Daniel Renzi, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
    (1106-60-1022)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Application of generalized local regularization to an inverse problem in option pricing.
    Xiaoyue Luo*, Linfield College
    (1106-65-699)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Age classification of human electromagnetic scattering at ultra high frequency.
    Analee M Miranda*, Air Force Research Laboratory
    Stephanie R Keith, Air Force Institute of Technology
    Grant Erdmann, Air Force Research Laboratory
    Loria Wang, Macauley Brown
    (1106-35-896)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Classification of Schrödinger operators in terms of a canonical system.
    Injo Hur*, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-47-1654)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Mathematics and Voting Theory
  Room 217B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Michael Jones, AMS Mathematical Reviews maj@ams.org
  Tommy Ratliff, Wheaton College
  Russel Caflisch, UCLA
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Borda Count for Partially Ordered Ballots.
    John Cullinan*, Bard College
    Sam Hsiao, Bard College
    (1106-AD-376)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Finding Geometric Answers to Voting Problems.
    Tomas J. McIntee*, University of California-Irvine
    Don Saari, University of California-Irvine
    (1106-AD-2185)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some Uses of Polytopes and Hyperplane Arrangements in Voting Theory.
    Catherine Stenson*, Juniata College
    (1106-AD-1130)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Basic Algebra of Voting.
    Michael E. Orrison*, Harvey Mudd College
    (1106-AD-2200)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Consensus and Disagreements in the Axelrod Model for the Dissemination of Culture.
    Nicolas Lanchier*, Arizona State University
    (1106-AD-374)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Partitions, q-Series, and Modular Forms, II
  Room 003, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Atul Dixit, Tulane University
  Tim Huber, University of Texas-Pan American hubertj@utpa.edu
  Amita Malik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Ae Ja Yee, Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Holomorphic Projection and Mock Modular Forms.
    Michael H. Mertens*, Emory University
    (1106-11-852)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Weierstrass points on Drinfeld modular curves.
    Christelle Vincent*, Stanford University
    (1106-11-2392)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Congruences and relations for the Fishburn numbers.
    Frank Garvan*, University of Florida
    (1106-11-1464)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Congruences for Fishburn numbers modulo prime powers.
    Armin Straub*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-11-1220)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the distributions of rank type functions.
    Byungchan Kim*, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
    (1106-11-1283)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    cubic modular equations in two variables.
    Daniel P Schultz*, Penn State University
    (1106-33-734)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction and its level $13$ analogue.
    Shaun Cooper, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
    Dongxi Ye*, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
    (1106-11-296)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Congruences for the Number of Smallest Parts in Partitions.
    Chris Jennings-Shaffer*, University of Florida
    (1106-11-448)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Probability and Applications, II
  Room 001B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Rick Kenyon, Brown University
  Russell Lyons, Indiana University, Bloomington rdlyons@indiana.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Convergence and learning in majority dynamics on infinite graphs.
    Omer Tamuz*, MIT
    (1106-60-190)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Zeroes of Random Tropical Polynomials, Random Polytopes and Stick-breaking.
    Francois Baccelli, University of Texas, Austin
    Ngoc Mai Tran*, University of Texas, Austin
    (1106-60-836)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Permutations and Spin Systems.
    Shahrzad Haddadan, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
    Peter Winkler*, Dartmouth College
    (1106-60-1858)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Intersections of SLE paths.
    Hao Wu*, MIT
    Jason Miller, MIT
    (1106-60-65)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Information and Fusion Categories (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), I
  Room 007C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Paul Bruillard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory mrcquantum@gmail.com
  Henry J. Tucker, University of Southern California
  Amanda Young, University of California, Davis
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the classification of rank 4 fusion categories.
    Ryan Johnson, Grace College
    Siu Hung Ng, Louisiana State University
    David Penneys, University of California, Los Angeles
    Jolie Roat*, Iowa State University
    Matthew Titsworth, University of Texas at Dallas
    Henry Tucker, University of Southern California
    (1106-18-2111)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: An invariant that distinguishes Tambara-Yamagami categories.
    Ryan Timothy Johnson*, Grace College and Theological Seminary
    (1106-18-2465)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On strictly weakly integral modular categories of rank 8 and 9.
    Paul Bruillard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    César Galindo, Universidad de los Andes
    Seung-Moon Hong, University of Toledo
    Julia Yael Plavnik*, Universidad de Buenos Aires
    Eric C. Rowell, Texas A&M University
    Michael Sun, WWU Münster
    (1106-18-2068)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On integral modular categories of Frobenius-Perron dimension $pq^n$.
    Jingcheng Dong*, College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
    Henry Tucker, University of Southern California
    (1106-81-2153)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Representations of the loop braid group $LB_3$.
    Paul Bruillard, Texas A&M University
    Liang Chang*, Texas A&M University
    Cesar Galindo, Universidad de los Andes
    Seung-Moon Hong, University of Toledo
    Ian Marshall, University of New Hampshire
    Julia Plavnik, Universidad de Buenos Aires
    Eric Rowell, Texas A&M University
    Michael Sun, University of Oregon
    (1106-16-1974)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Universal Quantum Computation with Metaplectic Anyons.
    Xingshan Cui*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Zhenghan Wang, Microsoft Research, Station Q University of California Santa Barbara
    (1106-81-799)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Patterns of many-body entanglement and tensor category theory.
    Xiao-Gang Wen*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1106-18-2090)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in the Analysis and Applications of Modern Splitting Methods, I
  Room 004, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Abdul Q. M. Khaliq, Middle Tennessee State University
  Qin Sheng, Baylor University Qin_Sheng@baylor.edu
  Bruce Wade, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Exploration of the Exponential Splitting.
    Josh Padgett*, Baylor University: Department of Mathematics and CASPER
    Qin Sheng, Baylor University: Department of Mathematics and CASPER
    (1106-65-1302)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Real Rational Poles Exponential Time Differencing Scheme for Nonlinear Advection-Diffusion-Reaction Systems.
    Emmanuel Asante-Asamini*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Abdul Q.M. Khaliq, Middle Tennessee State University
    Bruce A. Wade, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1106-65-492)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Patching strategy for second-order two-point singularly perturbed boundary value problems.
    A. M. S. Sayfy*, American University of Sharjah, UAE
    S. A. Khoury, American University of Sharjah, UAE
    (1106-65-355)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Efficient two--step hybrid mixed finite element methods.
    JaEun Ku*, Oklahoma State University
    (1106-65-313)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Generalized FDTD method for solving Schrodinger equations and open dissipative Gross-Pitaevskii equations.
    Weizhong Dai*, Louisiana Tech University
    (1106-65-194)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Re-entrant neural circuits for actively controlled operator splitting.
    Andrew T Sornborger*, University of California, Davis
    Louis Tao, Peking University
    (1106-92-2072)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: A Numerical Modeling and Simulation Study of Airplane Crash and Water Landing.
    Goong Chen, Texas A&M University
    Cong Gu*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-76-1037)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Nonlinear Waves Arising from Modeling of Graphene and Polyimide Structures.
    Dongming Wei*, Nazarbayev University
    (1106-65-2211)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
  MAA Session on Activities, Demonstrations, and Projects that Enhance the Study of Undergraduate Geometry, I
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State University smabrouk@framingham.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Napoleon's Problem.
    Pat Touhey*, Misericordia University
    (1106-A1-1839)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Geometric constructions through paper folding.
    Ewelina S. McBroom*, Southeast Missouri State University
    (1106-A1-101)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Locus problems and analytic geometry.
    Peiyi Zhao*, St. Cloud State University
    (1106-A1-2156)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Compass and Ruler Constructions Revisited.
    Marian F Anton*, Central Connecticut State University
    (1106-A1-2244)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Trisections in the Undergraduate Geometry Classroom.
    Teresa E. Moore*, Ithaca College
    L. Christine Kinsey, Canisius College
    (1106-A1-2419)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Using a Dynamic Software Program to Develop Geometrical Theorems.
    Laura M. Singletary*, Lee University
    (1106-A1-2690)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Completing SET: Using the card game SET to demonstrate how to extend finite affine geometry to finite projective geometry.
    Douglas G Burkholder*, Lenoir-Rhyne University
    (1106-A1-1254)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry
  Room 203A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Surfaces of general type with $K^2 = 2\chi -1$.
    Caryn Werner*, Allegheny College
    (1106-14-1154)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Lifting Galois covers to characteristic zero with non-Archimedean analytic geometry.
    Turchetti Daniele*, Université de Versailles / IMJ-PRG
    (1106-14-593)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Quiver Hecke algebras and filtered quiver representations.
    Mee Seong Im*, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
    (1106-14-1442)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    An iterated residue perspective on stable Grothendieck polynomials.
    Justin Allman*, Wake Forest University
    Richard Rimanyi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (1106-14-682)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Descent of line bundles to the GIT quotients $(G/B \times G/B \times G/B)//G$.
    Nathaniel Bushek*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (1106-14-1983)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A method for computing Segre classes in arbitrary projective schemes.
    Corey S Harris*, Florida State University
    (1106-14-2328)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A generalization of Young diagrams.
    Ellen J Goldstein*, Boston College
    (1106-14-510)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Okounkov Bodies of Borel Orbit Closures.
    Jason A. Miller*, The Ohio State University
    (1106-14-2731)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Motives of noncommutative tori.
    Yunyi Shen*, Florida State University
    (1106-14-2778)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: H-Representation of the Kimura-3 Polytope.
    Marie Kelly Mauhar*, Lenoir-Rhyne University
    (1106-14-2252)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Homogeneity of order $m$ and Completeness in $K[x_1,\cdots,x_n]$.
    Rostam Sabeti*, Olivet College
    (1106-14-1440)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Unit Distance Embeddings of Graphs via Numerical Algebraic Geometry.
    Eric M. Hanson*, Colorado State University
    (1106-14-2562)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Exploring Adinkras and Clifford Algebra representations.
    Leah A. Balay-Wilson*, Smith College
    Yixin Bao, Smith College
    Hana Foe, Smith College
    (1106-14-2568)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, III
  Room 208, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    $(0, 2)$-graphs and their codes.
    Padmapani Seneviratne*, Texas A&M University-Commerce
    (1106-05-2128)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Gray Code Distance 2 Graphs.
    Emily Kurtz*, Wellesley College
    Fan Yang, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-05-1031)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Online Dominating Set.
    Chris Coscia, Boston College
    Jon DeWitt, Haverford College
    Fan Yang*, Carnegie Mellon University
    Yiguang Zhang, Johns Hopkins University
    (1106-05-1139)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The PC-Tree Algorithm, the Torus, and Kuratowski Subdivisions.
    Charles J Suer*, University of Louisville
    (1106-05-1336)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Replacing square grids with triangular grids in Robertson and Seymour.
    Brett C. Smith*, Wesleyan University
    (1106-05-1352)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Self-embeddings of doubled Steiner triple systems.
    Justin Z. Schroeder*, George Mason University
    M. J. Grannell, The Open University
    T. A. McCourt, Plymouth University
    (1106-05-1477)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Complex Two-graphs via Equiangular Tight Frames.
    James P. Solazzo*, Coastal Carolina University
    Thomas R. Hoffman, Coastal Carolina University
    (1106-05-1768)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    The Mixing Rate of Non-backtracking Random Walks of Graphs.
    Mark Kempton*, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-05-1920)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    How to best defend against an attack that can't be thwarted.
    Mercedes S. Coleman*, Lamar University
    (1106-05-1980)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On a pursuit-evasion model without instantaneous movement.
    Jeong-Ok Choi, Gwangju Inst. of Science and Technology
    John P Georges, Trinity College
    David Mauro*, Trinity College
    (1106-05-2058)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On Erdos' conjecture on the number of edges in 5-cycles.
    Zoltan Furedi, Renyi Institute of Mathematics
    Zeinab Maleki*, Isfahan University of Technology
    (1106-05-2155)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Origami mountain-valley assignments and graph colorings.
    Thomas C Hull*, Western New England University
    (1106-05-2157)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Minimum Representations of Rectangle Visibility Graphs.
    John S. Caughman, Portland State University
    Charles L. Dunn, Linfield College
    Joshua D. Laison*, Willamette University
    Nancy Ann Neudauer, Pacific University
    Colin L. Starr, Willamette University
    (1106-05-2217)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    A study of competition graphs induced by permutations.
    Elizabeth Y. Yang*, Princeton University
    (1106-05-2371)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Thoughts on the Energy of Ramanujan graphs.
    Michelle R. DeDeo*, Univ. of North Florida
    (1106-11-1887)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Modeling functional connectivity of the brains of athletes.
    Nathan Cahill, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Anthony Harkin, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Darren A. Narayan*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-05-72)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra, I
  Room 204A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David M Strong, Pepperdine University David.Strong@pepperdine.edu
  Gilbert Strang, MIT
  Megan Wawro, Virginia Tech
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Visualizing Linear Algebra using the HTML5 Canvas.
    Paul R. Bouthellier*, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
    (1106-G1-266)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Collaboration and Community in Fully Online Synchronous Linear Algebra Recitations.
    Greg Stuart Mayer*, The Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1106-G1-1981)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Motivating Students for linear algebra by using puzzles.
    Naima Naheed*, Benedict College
    (1106-G1-556)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    GeoGebra and Linear Algebra.
    Philip Joseph Lombardo*, St. Joseph's College of New York
    (1106-G1-1556)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Interleaving Connections of Difficult 2D and 3D Linear Algebra Concepts using Interactive Explorative GeoGebra Applets.
    James D. Factor*, Alverno College
    Susan Pustejovsky, Alverno College
    (1106-G1-2216)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Enhanced student learning and attitudes with weekly MATLAB explorations.
    Dan Seth*, West Texas A&M University
    (1106-G1-192)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Linear Algebra with the Hand and Eye.
    Sarah J Greenwald*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-G1-327)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Introducing Galois theory in an introductory linear algebra course.
    Chad Awtrey*, Elon University
    (1106-G1-1338)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Teaching Linear Algebra in the embodied, symbolic and formal worlds of mathematical thinking: Is there a preferred order?
    John Hannah, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
    Sepideh Stewart*, University of Oklahoma
    Michael Thomas, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    (1106-G1-2316)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Unifying Concepts in the Introductory Linear Algebra Course.
    Spencer Payton*, Washington State University
    (1106-G1-2536)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    My Favorite MAA Articles for Linear Algebra.
    Jeremy Case*, Taylor University
    (1106-G1-2077)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Inquiry-Based Learning in First-Year and Second-Year Courses, II
  Room 209, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dana C. Ernst, Northern Arizona University Dana.Ernst@nau.edu
  Angie Hodge, University of Nebraska Omaha
  Theron J Hitchman, University of Northern Iowa
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An inquiry-based learning in Developmental Mathematics Course.
    Annie Y Han*, BMCC-CUNY
    Michael George, BMCC-CUNY
    Yevgeniy Milman, BMCC-CUNY
    (1106-G5-2851)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Inquiry-Based Activities in a Precalculus with Trigonometry Course.
    Rachel Schwell*, Central Connecticut State University
    (1106-G5-2714)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Inquiry-Based Learning on the Way to Calculus.
    John C Mayer*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1106-G5-2446)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    IBL College Algebra.
    Joseph W. Eyles*, Gordon State College
    (1106-G5-1982)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    A Modified Moore Method in Precalculus: Achievement, Attitudes, and Beliefs.
    Thomas E Cooper*, University of North Georgia
    Brad Bailey, University of North Georgia
    John E Holliday, University of North Georgia
    (1106-G5-949)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Reasons behind rules -- aligning the `unreachable' asymptotes.
    Girija S Nair-Hart*, University of Cincinnati Clermont College
    (1106-G5-2506)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Teaching Physics-Calculus with Applications to Engineering.
    Kathleen Grace Kennedy*, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    Naomi Ridge, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    Rachel Maitra, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    James O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    Franz Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    (1106-G5-2474)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    POGIL Flu for Calculus: Influenza Data to Help Students Investigate Antiderivatives, Accumulations, and FTC.
    Therese Shelton*, Southwestern University
    (1106-G5-1971)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Engaging calculus students through problem-solving workshops.
    Silvia Saccon*, The University of Texas at Dallas
    (1106-G5-1725)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    To $\delta\varepsilon$ or not to $\delta\varepsilon$.
    Brian Katz*, Augustana College
    (1106-G5-1455)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    The Developement and Implementation of Inquiry-Based Learning Projects in Precalculus and Calculus.
    Candice M Quinn*, Cleveland State University
    (1106-G5-2429)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Effective implementations of POGIL in the Calculus I classroom.
    Catherine Bénéteau, University of South Florida
    Zdeňka Guadarrama, Rockhurst University
    Jill E Guerra*, University of Arkansas Fort Smith
    Laurie Lenz, Marymount University
    (1106-G5-1421)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Assorted Topics, I
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Computer Science Education: Closing the Hiring Gap.
    Belinda Copus, University of Central Missouri
    Mahmoud Yousef*, University of Central Missouri
    (1106-VX-2509)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Generating Pythagorean Triples of a Given Height.
    Jathan Austin*, Salisbury University
    (1106-VX-124)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Improving the Preparation of Graduate Students to Teach Undergraduate Mathematics.
    Jack Bookman*, Duke University
    (1106-VX-203)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The Erdős 25 Cent Problem.
    Chad Scott*, University of Wisconsin
    (1106-VX-390)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Counting paths in corridors using circular Pascal arrays.
    Shaun V. Ault, Valdosta State University
    Charles J. Kicey*, Valdosta State University
    (1106-VX-467)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Card Trick Involving Basic Algebra.
    Raymond N. Greenwell*, Hofstra University
    (1106-VX-488)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Structure Theorems for Commutative Noetherian Moore-Penrose Two (MP2) Rings and Elementary Divisor Rings.
    David S. Torain, II*, Hampton University
    (1106-VX-536)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Writing Projects in a First Year Seminar Class in Mathematics.
    Jason J Molitierno*, Sacred Heart University
    (1106-VX-564)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Alternate approach to conic sections.
    Hossein Behforooz*, Utica College
    (1106-VX-606)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    When Can You Factor a Quadratic Form?
    Brian G. Kronenthal*, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
    Felix Lazebnik, University of Delaware
    (1106-VX-681)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    College Algebra Suffices: No Calculator, No Calculus.
    Ricardo E. Rojas*, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD
    (1106-VX-698)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    The descent set polynomial revisited.
    Norman Bradley Fox*, University of Kentucky
    Richard Ehrenborg, University of Kentucky
    (1106-VX-739)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Constructing matroids with fixed parameters.
    Wing Hong Tony Wong*, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
    Sin Tsun Edward Fan, California Institute of Technology
    (1106-VX-777)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Application of Fourier Transform to Image Noise Removal.
    Mohamed Allali*, Chapman University
    (1106-VX-1951)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Minor errors but a joy to read: Assessing portfolio problems in calculus.
    David C Clark*, Grand Valley State University
    (1106-VX-2261)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Property T and amenable transformation group $C^*$-algebras.
    Firuz Kamalov*, Canadian University of Dubai
    (1106-VX-650)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics and Technology, II
  Room 212A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Applications of R to Introductory and Intermediate Statistics.
    Leon Kaganovskiy*, Touro College, NY
    (1106-VE-469)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Teaching MATLAB Programing to First Year Engineering Students.
    Amanda Hattaway*, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    James McCusker, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    Stephen Chomyszak, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    (1106-VE-2760)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Simulation in the classroom using Excel.
    Howard Troughton*, Babson College
    (1106-VE-1529)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Lessons learned while developing an online, modeling-based College Algebra course.
    Jeffery D. Sykes*, Ouachita Baptist University
    (1106-VE-2285)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Using an Online "Clicker" Application to Promote Student Engagement in a Differential Calculus Course.
    Mel Henriksen*, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    (1106-VE-2936)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Creating an Introductory Procedural Programming Course with Mathematical Problem Solving.
    Caroline Haddad*, State University of New York at Geneseo
    (1106-VE-1615)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Did you do your homework?
    Peter T. Olszewski*, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    (1106-VE-1832)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Realizing the full potential of online instructional systems.
    Darren A. Narayan*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-VE-1078)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Enhancing Students' Learning Experiences Through Online Instructional Aids.
    Justin Ryan*, Oswego State University
    Jack Narayan, Oswego State University
    (1106-VE-885)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Using an online homework system for written homework.
    Matthew Leingang*, New York University
    (1106-VE-625)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
    James Cooper*, Reasoning Mind
    Paulette N Willis, Reasoning Mind
    (1106-VE-2037)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Overcoming the Impact of Reduced Funding Through Course Redesign.
    Robert Hunt*, University of Mississippi
    (1106-VE-379)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Probability or Statistics, I
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Almost periodic sequences and applications.
    Paul H Bezandry*, Howard University
    (1106-VI-2369)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    On the range of self-normalized Cramer type moderate deviations.
    Hailin Sang, University of Mississippi
    Lin Ge*, Mississippi State University at Meridian
    (1106-VI-129)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Goodness of Fit Test: Recovered noise for CAR(1) Processes.
    Ibrahim Abdelrazeq*, Whitman College
    Gail Ivanoff, University of Ottawa
    Rafal Kulik, University of Ottawa
    (1106-VI-208)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Small data sets with outliers and alternate measures of central tendency.
    Blane J Hollingsworth*, Middle Georgia State College
    (1106-VI-291)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Simple evolving sequences.
    Bruce W. Atkinson*, Samford University
    (1106-VI-2306)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Equality of covariance operators when data are in functional space.
    Krishna Kaphle*, University of Maine at Fort Kent
    (1106-VI-2470)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Weibull Lomax distribution: An alternative to Weibull-Pareto distribution.
    Ahmad Alzaghal*, State University of New York At Oswego
    Indranil Ghosh, Austin Peay State University
    Ayman Alzaatreh, Austin Peay State University
    (1106-VI-2533)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Based Detection Procedure for Change-Point in Mean Residual Life Functions.
    Ying-Ju Chen*, Bowling Green State University
    Wei Ning, Bowling Green State University
    Ajrun K. Gupta, Bowling Green State University
    (1106-VI-2557)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An Exploration of the Impact of Iteration on Positional Election Procedures.
    Mark A. Krines*, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    (1106-VI-1819)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Analyzing Factors Influencing Teaching as a Career Choice using Structural Equation Modeling.
    Budhinath Padhy*, Black Hills State University
    Kenneth R. Emo, University of Minnesota, Morris
    Gemechis Djira, South Dakota State University
    Amit V. Deokar, Pennsylvania State University, Erie
    (1106-VI-2589)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Estimation of expected responses at "future" covariate values/vectors in zero-inflated generalized linear model under unequal probability sampling designs.
    Khyam Paneru*, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
    (1106-VI-2192)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Robust Principal Components For Multivariate Functional Data.
    Pallavi Sawant*, Kansas State University
    Nedret Billor, Auburn University
    (1106-VI-2186)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Signed-Rank Estimation of Partial Linear Models with B-splines.
    Eddy A Kwessi*, Trinity University
    Brice M Nguelifack, Auburn University
    (1106-VI-1733)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Robust Variable Selection in Functional Linear Models.
    Jasdeep Kaur Pannu*, Auburn University
    Nedret Billor, Auburn University
    (1106-VI-558)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Rank Estimation for the Functional Linear Model.
    Melody Denhere*, University of Mary Washington
    Frazier Bindele, University of South Alabama
    (1106-VI-581)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Signed rank regression inference via empirical likelihood.
    Huybrechts F. Bindele*, University of South Alabama
    Yichuan Zhao, Georgia State University
    (1106-VI-575)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Applied Mathematics, I
  Room 213A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Overlapping grids for hyperbolic conservation laws.
    Ilija Jegdic*, Houston Baptist University
    (1106-VL-2026)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Higher-Order Concentration Factor Design For Nonlinear Underlying Functions in Fourier Edge Detection.
    Shane Michael Lubold*, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
    Anne Gelb, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
    (1106-VL-2184)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Numerical Determination of the Fourier Coefficients for the Leah-Cosine Function.
    Kale Oyedeji*, Morehouse College
    Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta University
    (1106-VL-2587)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Lie Symmetry Solution of Fourth Order Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equation.
    Titus J. O. Aminer*, SMAS, JOOUST
    (1106-VL-1554)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Polynomial differential equations and removable singularities.
    David C. Carothers*, James Madison University
    (1106-VL-1374)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Functional Differential Equations with Linear Anticipation and Retardation Operators.
    Duane Chin-Quee*, Indian River State College
    (1106-VL-2881)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A transport model for thermodynamic estimation of cryogenic hydrogen.
    Amir Zareian Jahromi*, University of Tehran
    (1106-VL-25)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On the Numerical Treatment of Water Pollution Model.
    Jordan L Torgunrud*, Minot State University
    Narayan Thapa, Minot State University
    (1106-VL-1458)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Network Model for Water and Energy Infrastructure.
    Csilla Szabo*, Bard College
    (1106-VL-2775)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Mathematical Modeling of Competition for Light and Nutrients Between Phytoplankton Species in a Poorly Mixed Water Column.
    Thomas G Stojsavljevic*, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
    (1106-VL-2275)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Using Optimal Control Theory with a PDE Model for the Treatment of a Bacterial Infection in a Wound Using Oxygen Therapy.
    Richard Schugart*, Western Kentucky University
    Stephen Guffey, Western Kentucky University
    K Renee Fister, Murray State University
    (1106-VL-2416)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Epidemic Modeling with Optimal Controls in a Setting with Limited Resources and Spatial Dynamics.
    Rachel Elizabeth TeWinkel*, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    (1106-VL-199)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Modeling Seasonal Dynamics and Spatial Patterns of Seasonal Influenza at the Global Scale.
    Shiyun Tang*, University of Oklahoma
    Xiangming Xiao, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma
    Maria C.A. Leite, University of South Florida at St. Petersburg
    Meijun Zhu, University of Oklahoma
    Yuelong Su, Chinese National Influenza Center
    Tao Chen, Chinese National Influenza Center
    (1106-VL-1039)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Cancer Lineages and Radiotherapy.
    Geena Ildefonso*, University of Central Florida
    (1106-VL-2464)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Optimal Control of Mastitis in Dairy Cow Populations.
    Javier Garza*, Tarleton State University
    (1106-VL-2914)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Modeling protein mediated changes in membrane morphology.
    Michael A Mikucki*, Colorado State University
    (1106-VL-2645)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematical Biology, III
  Room 102A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Necessary and sufficient conditions for instability in an $SI$ model.
    Kamuela E Yong*, Arizona State University
    (1106-92-1843)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: The dynamic modeling of disease extinction and immigration.
    Scott W Greenhalgh*, Center for Infectious Disease Modeling, Yale University
    Jan Medlock, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University
    Alison Galvani, Center for Infectious Disease Modeling, Yale University
    (1106-92-2407)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A predator-prey-disease model with immune response in infected-prey.
    Souvik Bhattacharya*, University of Trento
    Maia Martcheva,
    Xue-Zhi Li,
    (1106-92-42)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A Clinically Parameterized Mathematical Model of Shigella Immunity to Inform Vaccine Design.
    Courtney Davis*, Pepperdine University
    Rezwanul Wahid, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Frank R Toapanta, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Marcelo B Sztein, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Doron Levy, University of Maryland, College Park
    (1106-92-1264)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An evaluation of malaria vaccines as a control strategy in regions with naturally acquired immunity.
    Olivia F Prosper*, Dartmouth College
    Nick Ruktanonchai, University of Southampton
    Maia Martcheva, University of Florida
    (1106-92-1390)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Mathematical Model For Obesity Epidemic in a Non-Constant Population.
    Elif Demirci*, Ankara University
    (1106-92-2262)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Two-sex model of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Cuba.
    Antonio Mastroberardino*, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    Ahmed Abdelrazec, Arizona State University
    Folashade Agusto, Austin Peay State University
    Lea Lanz, Norfolk State University
    (1106-92-2703)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Modeling population decline of Tasmanian devils due to the spread of Devil facial tumor disease (DFTD).
    Megan O Powell*, University of St. Francis
    (1106-92-1219)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A compartmental epidemiological model with infectious-deceased class.
    Olivia Brozek, George Mason University
    Matthew Glomski*, Marist College
    (1106-92-645)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Dynamics of a seedling-herbivore model in presence of plant toxin defense.
    Yiqiang Zheng*, Purdue University
    Zhilan Feng, Purdue University
    (1106-92-2864)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mathematical Modeling of Control Strategies of Malaria.
    Ruijun Zhao*, Minnesota State University, Mankato
    (1106-92-2835)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Bacteria Growth Using Leslie Matrix Model.
    Kailynne E Herron*, Prairie View A&M University
    (1106-00-2929)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Fitting models of imperfect vaccines to pertussis incidence data.
    Felicia Maria G Magpantay*, University of Michigan
    (1106-92-2234)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    A Quantitative and Mechanistic Approach to Model Replication,Death and Quiescence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice.
    Margaret M McDaniel*, NIMBioS
    Winode G. Handagama, NIMBioS
    Nitin Krishna, NIMBioS
    Shigetoshi Eda, NIMBioS
    Vitaly Ganusov, NIMBioS
    (1106-92-2015)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Mathematical study of predation equations.
    Nomyon Pak*, nomyon pak agency
    (1106-00-423)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    An exploratory investigation using electroencephalography and machine learning techniques for fine motor classification in the EggLink brain-computer interface.
    Chrono Strai Nu*, Westminster College, Salt Lake City
    Richard Wellman, Westminster College, Salt Lake City
    (1106-92-1866)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics and the Arts, III
  Room 213B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Douglas Norton, Villanova University douglas.norton@villanova.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Anamorphic Art and Mathematics.
    Jonathan P Keiter*, East Stroudsburg University
    (1106-H1-332)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    3D-printed research: Combining mathematics and art to introduce students to knot theory.
    Laura Taalman*, MoMath / James Madison University
    (1106-H1-495)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Motivating Math with Unit Origami.
    Heidi Burgiel*, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-H1-1750)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Rendering Photorealistic Knots: Theory and Practice.
    Lee Stemkoski*, Adelphi University
    (1106-H1-2131)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Studio Art Assignments in a Liberal Arts Geometry Course.
    James Morrow*, Mount Holyoke College
    (1106-H1-2317)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    A Glass Cane Project in Calculus II.
    John H Wilson*, Centre College
    (1106-H1-2378)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: M$^{2}$ART(Mathematics, Museums, and ART): A Renewable Pedagogical Resource.
    Van Herd*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-H1-2522)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Linking Mathematics and the Arts through a Poster Assignment.
    Andrew J Miller*, Belmont University
    (1106-H1-2550)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Folding, imagining, and constructing a math and art class.
    Dina Buric*, Western Washington University
    Teresa Downard, Western Washington University
    (1106-H1-2746)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Desargues's Theorem and drawing shadows: a discovery-based approach.
    Annalisa Crannell*, Franklin & Marshall College
    Marc Frantz, Indiana University
    Fumiko Futamura, Southwestern University
    (1106-H1-69)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Harmonic ratios: music and art in an inquiry-based Geometry course.
    Fumiko Futamura*, Southwestern University
    Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College
    Marc Frantz, Indiana University
    (1106-H1-74)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Hyperbola: Under Construction!
    Marc Frantz*, Indiana University
    Fumiko Futamura, Southwestern University
    Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College
    (1106-H1-673)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations
  Room 101B, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Differentiation with Respect to Parameters of Solutions of Nonlocal Boundary Value Problems for Difference Equations.
    Xuewei Jiang*, Baylor University
    (1106-34-198)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A Newton-like Method That Permits Zero Derivatives.
    Cesar Martinez-Garza*, The Pennsylvania State University at Berks
    William E Manigat, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg
    William A Keller, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg
    (1106-34-2858)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Structured discontinuous systems.
    Peter R Wolenski*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-34-2619)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    On the genericity of non-degenerate spectral edges.
    Ngoc Do*, Texas A&M University
    Peter Kuchment, Texas A&M University
    Frank Sottile, Texas A&M University
    (1106-34-2571)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An isospectral flow for Hessenberg matrices and its optimality.
    Krishna P Pokharel*, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
    A Arsie, The University of Toledo
    (1106-34-1298)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Differential equations through the lens of power series.
    Roger J Thelwell*, James Madison University
    (1106-34-1124)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Existence Results for Some Classes of Integro-differential Equations.
    Toka Diagana*, Howard University
    (1106-34-99)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Some Properties of Solutions of Differential Systems Under Caratheodory Conditions.
    Zhivko S. Athanassov*, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    (1106-34-714)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Finite time blow-up in nonlinear suspension bridge models.
    Petronela Radu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Daniel Toundykov, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Jeremy Trageser*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-34-1193)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Investigation of energy losses due to contact angle hysteresis in capillary effect.
    Bhagya Athukorallage*, Texas Tech University
    Ram Iyer, Texas Tech University
    (1106-34-2928)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Dynamics of a Lotka-Volterra competition model with Allee effects and stocking.
    Mihiri M. De Silva*, Texas Tech University
    Sophia R. Jang, Texas Tech University
    (1106-34-2122)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Mixed mode oscillations in a singularly perturbed predator-prey-scavenger model with Holling Type II functional response.
    Susmita Sadhu*, Georgia College & State University
    Saikat Chakraborty Thakur, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-34-1685)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A Nonlinear Model of Cancer Tumor Treatment with Cancer Stem Cells.
    Alexander Middleton*, Winthrop University
    (1106-34-1949)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    SIR Model, Changing Behavior, and Education Campaign.
    Hem Raj Joshi*, Xavier University, CIncinnati
    Renee Margevicius, Xavier University
    (1106-34-2073)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Perspectives and Experiences on Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Research, III
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Aihua Li, Montclair State University lia@mail.montclair.edu
  Thomas Hagedorn, College of New Jersey
  Jan Rychtar, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Spotlight on undergraduate research -- engaging the media.
    Dominic Klyve*, Central Washington University
    (1106-K1-1789)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Mentoring Student Mentors.
    Shannon R. Lockard*, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-K1-2757)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Developing an REU at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution.
    Joseph Rusinko*, Winthrop University
    Kristen Abernathy, Winthrop University
    Zach Abernathy, Winthrop University
    Beth Costner, Winthrop University
    Kristi Westover, Winthrop University
    (1106-K1-2363)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Identifying Topics for Undergraduate Research Projects.
    Benjamin Hutz*, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1106-K1-2057)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Improving mathematical undergraduate research at a small liberal arts college through scientific computing.
    Christopher E Brown*, California Lutheran University
    Grady Hanrahan, California Lutheran University
    Craig Reinhart, California Lutheran University
    (1106-K1-1276)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Building Capacity for a Research Rich Curriculum in Mathematics at Georgia College.
    Ryan Brown, Georgia College
    Marcela Chiorescu, Georgia College
    Darin Mohr*, Georgia College
    (1106-K1-2801)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The 24-Hour Mathematical Modeling Challenge: A Gateway to Undergraduate Research.
    Theodore J Wendt*, Carroll College
    Benjamin Galluzzo, Shippensburg University
    (1106-K1-2493)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Assessing Undergraduate Research Through Journaling.
    Debra L Mimbs*, Lee University
    (1106-K1-2233)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    One approach to researching, presenting, and publishing with undergraduate pure math majors.
    Chad Awtrey*, Elon University
    (1106-K1-1337)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Mathematics Summer Research Camp: A Report.
    William W. Johnston*, Butler University
    (1106-K1-1008)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Research Experiences for Secondary Teachers.
    Justin Lanier*, Princeton Learning Cooperative
    (1106-K1-2643)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    A Holistic Approach to Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics.
    Jonathan K. Hodge*, Grand Valley State University
    (1106-K1-422)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, II
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Karen Keene, North Carolina State University kakeene@ncsu.edu
  Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Drexel University
  Michelle Zandieh, Arizona State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Rational Numbers and the Common Core State Standards: A Descriptive Case Study.
    Roger Mark Fischer*, Southern Utah University
    Brian J Lindaman, California State University Chico
    (1106-L1-2901)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Prospective teachers' evaluation of students' arguments that use mathematical induction.
    Hyejin Park*, University of Georgia
    (1106-L1-2683)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Teacher as Learner: Reflections from Pre-service Mathematics Teachers.
    Andrew Hoffman*, Purdue University
    Jia He, Michigan State University
    Leonardo Medel, Michigan State University
    (1106-L1-2570)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Comparing oral and traditional assessment in a content course for pre-service elementary school teachers.
    Daniel Visscher*, University of Michigan
    Nina White, University of Michigan
    (1106-L1-1444)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    The impact of instructional practices on conceptual calculus learning: what can analyzing item-bias tell us?
    Guadalupe I. Lozano*, The University of Arizona
    (1106-L1-1622)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Students' Reasoning When Sketching Graphs of Plane Curves Defined Parametrically.
    Harrison E. Stalvey*, Georgia State University
    Draga Vidakovic, Georgia State University
    (1106-L1-2000)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Influence of Dynamic Visualizations in Calculus Learning.
    Julie M. Skinner Sutton*, University of Texas - Arlington
    (1106-L1-2442)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Calculus Students' Meanings for Order of Operations and Consequences for Performing Differentiation Tasks.
    Stacy Marie Musgrave*, Arizona State University
    (1106-L1-509)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Choosing a definition of function: Linguistic concerns that impact students.
    Joshua D. Chesler*, California State University, Long Beach
    (1106-L1-446)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Students' Challenges with Covariational Reasoning in the Polar Coordinate System.
    Samer S. Habre*, Lebanese American University
    (1106-L1-273)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Developing Flexible Derivative Procedures.
    Wes Maciejewski*, The University of British Columbia
    Jon R Star, Harvard University
    (1106-L1-1969)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    An Extended Theoretical Framework for the Concept of the Derivative.
    Tevian Dray*, Oregon State University
    Corinne A. Manogue, Dept. of Physics, Oregon State University
    David Roundy, Dept. of Physics, Oregon State University
    Joseph F. Wagner, Xavier University
    Eric Weber, College of Education, Oregon State University
    (1106-L1-1430)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Modeling Across the Curriculum
  Room 202A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College
  Peter Turner, Clarkson University pturner@clarkson.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The SIAM-NSF Modeling across the Curriculum Initiative.
    Peter R Turner*, Clarkson University
    (1106-97-1261)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Mathematical Modeling in the Early Grades.
    Rachel Levy*, Harvey Mudd College
    (1106-97-1214)
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Modeling and Secondary School STEM Education.
    Katie Fowler*, Clarkson University
    Katherine Socha, The Park School of Baltimore
    (1106-97-1603)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Modeling Across the Undergraduate Curriculum.
    Jeffrey Humpherys*, Brigham Young University
    (1106-97-1184)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Discussion
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
  Project NExT-Sunday
  Room 217D, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Professional Development Panel Discussions
  Presenters from the NSF describe experiences with the general NSF grant proposal process; see the full description in detail in MAA Panels, etc.
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  John Haddock, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
  Lee Zia, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Session for Chairs
  Program assessment: Making it easier and better.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Catherine M. Murphy, Purdue University Calumet
  Daniel Maki, Indiana University
  Panelists:
  Barbara Loud, Regis College
  William O. Martin, North Dakota State University
  Deborah Pace, Stephen F. Austin State University
  Elizabeth C. Yanik, Emporia University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:15 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematics Education
  Room 207B, Convention Center
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Implementing a full curriculum in blended learning: A K12 Case Study.
    Victor Kostyuk*, Reasoning Mind
    Nathaniel Rounds, Reasoning Mind
    (1106-97-2044)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the creation of a Mathematics Teachers' Circle, and why you should get involved too.
    George F McNulty, University of South Carolina
    Nieves F McNulty, Columbia College
    Douglas B. Meade*, University of South Carolina
    (1106-00-2872)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    My Experiences from Organizing a Mathematics Workshop for Teachers in Belize.
    Sandra J Schroeder*, Ohio Northern University
    (1106-97-1756)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Synthesizing pedagogical strategies to teach solving linear equations.
    Imre Tuba*, Saint Louis University
    Gregorio A Ponce, San Diego State University, Imperial Valley
    (1106-97-2866)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A class of one: preparing teachers to make the most of a blended learning environment.
    Matthew Smedberg*, Reasoning Mind
    (1106-97-2046)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Instructional Game In Teaching Algebra For High School Students: Basis For Instructional Intervention.
    Jhemson Caaway Elis*, Batangas National High School
    (1106-97-35)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Teaching Developmental Algebra at Berkshire Community College.
    Frank Morgan*, Williams College
    (1106-97-594)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Successes and Challenges in Teaching Calculus.
    Yun Lu*, Kutztown University
    (1106-97-1865)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The Way to Quantitative Literacy for College Developmental Mathematics Students.
    Michael George*, BMCC-CUNY
    Annie Y Han, BMCC-CUNY
    Yevgeniy Milman, BMCC-CUNY
    (1106-00-2838)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Visually Verifying Homework Problems in Multivariable Calculus.
    Paul E Seeburger*, Monroe Community College
    (1106-97-2869)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Talk Math 2 Me: A Seminar for Students by Students.
    Joni J Schneider*, Texas State University
    (1106-97-2629)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Ed the Imaginary Kid and the Case of a Missing Point.
    Girija S Nair-Hart*, University of Cincinnati Clermont College
    (1106-97-2520)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Computer Science Applications for Learning K9-12 Math Concepts.
    Rahman Tashakkori*, Appalachian State University
    Robert Mitchell Parry, Appalachian State University
    (1106-97-2318)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:20 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, II
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  R. Drew Pasteur, College of Wooster rpasteur@wooster.edu
  John David, Virginia Military Institute
  

  • 8:20 a.m.
    Does the NBA Finals format change affect the likelihood of the higher seeded team winning the series?
    Kelvin Tiongson, Dominican University
    Paul R. Coe*, Dominican University
    (1106-H5-1403)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    The FA Cup Draw and Pairing Up Probabilities.
    Patrick Sullivan*, Valparaiso University
    (1106-H5-401)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Defensive Forwards and Offensive Backs: The 2013 Season of Manhattan College Women's Soccer.
    Andre P Oliveira*, Manhattan College
    Helene Tyler, Manhattan College
    (1106-H5-2548)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Maximizing Potential in a Fantasy Football Draft.
    Geoff Converse*, Simpson College
    Jared Grove, Simpson College
    Kylie Pape, Simpson College
    (1106-H5-1870)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Statistical Analysis of Track and Field Events of 1988 Seoul Olympics: How Probable Are the Winning Records?
    Reza O Abbasian*, Texas Lutheran University
    John T Sieben, Texas Lutheran University
    (1106-H5-1110)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Pattern Recognition and Trends of Senior AFL/NFL Players from HBCUs.
    Jacqueline Brannon Giles*, HCCS Central College/Texas Southern University
    (1106-H5-1463)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Modeling Economy Rate in Cricket: An Application of Negative Binomial Regression.
    Ananda Manage*, Sam Houston State University
    Yang Liu, Temple, TX
    (1106-H5-2528)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Boxing in Basketball: A Round-By-Round Analysis of the American College Game.
    Paul Britton, Davidson College
    Carl Yerger*, Davidson College
    (1106-H5-1844)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Realignment in the NHL, MLB, NFL, and NBA.
    Brian Macdonald*, Florida Panthers
    William Pulleyblank, United States Military Academy
    (1106-H5-2635)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Two New Metrics for Evaluating How NBA Players Help Their Teams Win.
    Sameer K Deshpande*, Department of Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    Shane Jensen, Department of Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-H5-1515)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Estimating a players' influence on his teammates' BoxScore statistics using a modified Adjusted Plus Minus framework.
    Jeremias Engelmann*, Heidelberg, Germany
    (1106-H5-1542)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Current Trends in Classical Dynamical Systems, II
  Room 006D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Lennard Bakker, Brigham Young University bakker@math.byu.edu
  Skyler C. Simmons, Brigham Young University
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Regions of central configurations in a 4+1-body problem.
    Abdul-Rehman Kashif*, University of Ha'il
    Muhammad Shoaib, University of Ha'il
    (1106-37-2335)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The point of collapse under pentagram maps.
    Zijian Yao*, Brown University
    (1106-37-697)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Convergence to Fixed Cycles and the Inverse Schroder Function.
    Lawrence J. Crone*, American University
    (1106-30-166)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Symmetric Periodic Orbits in Three Sub-Problems of the $N$-body Problem.
    Nai-Chia Chen*, University of Minnesota
    (1106-37-41)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Separating Surface for the Generalized Sitnikov Problem.
    Skyler C. Simmons*, Brigham Young University
    Lennard Bakker, Brigham Young University
    (1106-70-666)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Network Science (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), I
  Room 007D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Bailey Fosdick, Colorado State University
  Franklin H. J. Kenter, Rice University fhk2@rice.edu
  Christine Klymko, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Johan Ugander, Microsoft Research
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Adding Structure to Network Science.
    Blair D. Sullivan*, North Carolina State University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    (1106-05-2367)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Nonlinear eigenvalues of graphs.
    Mary Radcliffe*, University of Washington
    (1106-05-1216)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Eigenvector Norms Matter in Spectral Graph Theory.
    Franklin H. J. Kenter*, Rice University
    (1106-05-2466)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Statistical properties of average linkage hierarchical clustering under the Stochastic Blockmodel.
    Karl Rohe*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Mohammad Khabbazian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Haoyang Liu, Peking University
    (1106-60-2402)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Modeling and Predicting Evolution of Networks.
    Feng Shi*, Computation Institute, University of Chicago
    (1106-90-1221)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on The Mathematics of Planet Earth, I
  Room 214D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Christiane Rousseau, Université de Montréal rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca
  Hans G Kaper, Georgetown University and Mathematics and Climate Research Network
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Mathematics of Planet Earth - What is it all about?
    Hans G Kaper*, Georgetown University
    Christiane Rousseau, Université de Montréal
    (1106-AC-2677)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Patterns in collective motion and space use of animal populations: a mechanistic approach.
    Pietro-Luciano Buono*, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
    (1106-AC-741)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Lithopanspermia Hypothesis.
    Edward Belbruno*, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
    (1106-AC-2359)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mathematics of the Coastal Ocean.
    Clint Dawson*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-AC-953)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Hopf Bifurcation for Discontinuous Vector Fields with Application to an Ocean Box Model.
    Juliann Leifeld, University of Minnesota
    Richard McGehee*, University of Minnesota
    (1106-AC-1516)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Ballroom A, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Golden numbers and identities: The legacy of Rogers and Ramanujan.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Ken Ono*, Emory University
  (1106-A0-12)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #8: Part A
  Doing the scholarship of teaching and learning in mathematics.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Jackie Dewar, Loyola Marymount University
  Pam Crawford, Jacksonville University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #7: Part A
  Teaching introductory statistics (for instructors new to teaching statistics).
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Carolyn Cuff, Westminster College
  Leigh Lunsford, Longwood University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #16: Part A
  Using games in an introductory statistics course.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Rod Sturdivant, Ohio State University
  Shonda Kuiper, Grinnell College
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Student Hospitality/Information Center
  Bridge Hall, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
  SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers Special Presentation
  Math circle demonstration.
  Room 214C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David Auckly, Kansas State University
  Japheth Wood, Bard College/New York Math Circle
  Philip Yasskin, Texas A&M University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 10:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Poster Session
  Mathematical outreach programs.
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Elizabeth Yanik, Emporia State University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AWM-AMS Noether Lecture
  Modular Forms for Congruence and Noncongruence Subgroups.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Wen-Ching Winnie Li*, Pennsylvania State University
  (1106-11-1541)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA Officers Meeting
  Lone Star Ballroom, Salons AB, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
  Chairs:
  Karen A. Marrongelle, Portland State University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Presentation
  A conversation on nonacademic employment.
  Room 202B, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 10:35 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Subcommittee on Research by Undergraduates Panel Discussion
  Undergraduate research: View points from the student side.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Herbert A. Medina, Loyola Marymount University
  Angel R. Pineda, California State University, Fullerton
  Samantha VanSchalkwyk, Mount Holyoke College
  Panelists:
  Alejandro Camacho, California State University Fullerton
  Jeffrey Laylon Davis, University of South Carolina
  Sarah Klett, Davidson College
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  SIAM Invited Address
  Concentration inequalities for random matrices.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Joel A. Tropp*, California Institute of Technology
  (1106-60-1199)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures, Lecture II
  The Kervaire invariant problem.
  Room 217A, Convention Center
  Michael J. Hopkins*, Harvard University
  (1106-55-1715)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Advances in Coding Theory, II
  Room 002, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Felice Manganiello, Clemson University manganm@clemson.edu
  Gretchen L. Matthews, Clemson University
  Judy L. Walker, University of Nebraska
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Polar codes: Reliable communication with complexity polynomial in the gap to Shannon capacity.
    Venkatesan Guruswami*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-94-627)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Multipoint kernels for polar coding.
    Sarah E Anderson*, Clemson University
    (1106-14-2476)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Using concatenated algebraic geometry codes in channel polarization.
    Abdulla Eid*, University of Bahrain
    Duursma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-94-649)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Higher Weight Enumerators and Rational Points on Intersections of Plane Curves.
    Nathan Kaplan*, Yale University
    (1106-11-1744)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Dualilty Preserving Gray Maps and Self-Dual Codes over Rings.
    Steve Szabo*, Eastern Kentucky University
    Felix Ulmer, RIMAR, Université de Rennes 1
    (1106-94-1356)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics and Representation Theory, II
  Room 008A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Zajj Daugherty, Dartmouth College
  Ben Salisbury, Central Michigan University ben.salisbury@cmich.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A noncommutative geometric Littlewood-Richardson rule.
    Edward Richmond*, Oklahoma State University
    Vasu Tewari, University of British Columbia
    Stephanie Van Willigenburg, University of British Columbia
    (1106-05-962)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Combinatorics and geometry of symmetric orbit closures.
    Alexander Woo, University of Idaho
    Benjamin Wyser, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Alexander Yong*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-05-555)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A Tokuyama-type formula for $G_2$.
    Holley Friedlander*, Dickinson College
    Louis Gaudet, Yale University
    Paul E. Gunnells, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1106-05-1035)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Highest-weight crystals, Demazure-Lusztig operators and Metaplectic Whittaker functions.
    Anna Puskás*, University of Alberta
    (1106-05-843)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Tokuyama-type formulas for characters of Spin groups.
    Solomon Friedberg*, Boston College
    Lei Zhang, National University of Singapore
    (1106-05-350)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Quantum Groups and Whittaker Functions.
    Daniel Bump*, Stanford University
    (1106-22-1014)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic and Geometric Methods in Applied Discrete Mathematics (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), II
  Room 007B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Heather Harrington, University of Oxford
  Mohamed Omar, Harvey Mudd College
  Matthew Wright, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota mlwright@ima.umn.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Using Rational Knots and Links to Model Difference Topology Experiments.
    Candice Price*, United States Military Academy, West Point
    (1106-92-2274)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    New Algebraic Relaxations for Polynomial and Discrete Optimization.
    Amir Ali Ahmadi*, Dept. of Operations Research and Financial Eng., Princeton University
    Anirudha Majumdar, MIT
    (1106-90-731)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Biologically inspired real-world applications of discrete mathematics.
    Christopher J Hillar*, UC Berkeley
    (1106-92-2024)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Using Phylogenetic Invariants in Coalescent-Based Methods.
    Ruth Davidson*, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Siavash Mirarab, University of Texas-Austin
    Tandy Warnow, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-92-1846)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Numerical computation of Newton polytopes.
    Frank Sottile*, Texas A&M University
    Jonathan D Hauenstein, University of Notre Dame
    (1106-52-646)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Beyond First-Order Model Theory, III
  Room 006A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  John T. Baldwin, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Xavier Caicedo, Universidad de los Andes
  Rami Grossberg, Carnegie Mellon University
  Jose Iovino, University of Texas at San Antonio jose.Iovino@utsa.edu
  Boris Zilber, Oxford University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Reduction of Embedded Multivalued Dependence to Dividing in Atomless Boolean Algebras.
    Gianluca Paolini*, University of Helsinki
    Tapani Hyttinen, University of Helsinki
    (1106-03-462)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Joint Embedding Property and Maximal Models.
    Ioannis Souldatos*, University of Detroit, Mercy
    John Baldwin, University of Illinois, Chicago
    Martin Koerwien, Berlin, Germany
    (1106-03-1100)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Survey of Tame Abstract Elementary Classes.
    Monica M VanDieren*, Robert Morris University
    (1106-03-2337)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Independence in tame abstract elementary classes.
    Sebastien Vasey*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-03-2249)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Around the Small Index Property and Reconstruction of Classes from Automorphism Groups, in Non-Elementary Classes.
    Andrés Villaveces*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    Zaniar Ghadernezhad, Universität Münster
    (1106-03-2207)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Around metric versions of tameness and type-shortness in Metric Abstract Elementary Classes.
    Pedro Zambrano*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    Will Boney, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1106-03-2375)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Cluster Algebras (a Mathematics Research Communities session), II
  Room 007A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Andrew T. Carroll, DePaul University mrcclusters@gmail.com
  Ian T. Le, University of Chicago
  Greg Muller, University of Michigan
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Webs on surfaces, rings of invariants, and clusters.
    Sergey Fomin, University of Michigan
    Pavlo Pylyavskyy*, University of Minnesota
    (1106-05-1753)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The TwinSort Congruence.
    Emily Barnard*, North Carolina State University
    Nathan Reading, North Carolina State University
    (1106-05-1943)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Exotic cluster structures on $SL_n$ with Belavin-Drinfeld data of minimal size.
    Idan Eisner*, University of Haifa
    (1106-13-1856)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A modified combinatorics for greedy bases.
    Dylan C Rupel*, Northeastern University
    (1106-13-1757)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Cluster Integrable Systems and Categorification.
    Harold Matthew Williams*, University of Texas, Austin
    (1106-05-1558)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Creating Coherence in K--12 Mathematics, I
  Room 006B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Brigitte Lahme, Sonoma State University
  William McCallum, University of Arizona
  Cody Patterson, University of Arizona
  Kristin Umland, University of New Mexico umland@math.unm.edu
  Ellen Whitesides, University of Arizona
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Building intercommunity collaborative capacity for preparing mathematics teachers to enact mathematical coherence.
    Mark Hoover*, University of Michigan
    (1106-97-2899)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    From here, to there, to everywhere: Connecting mathematical time scales to improve teacher education.
    Yvonne Lai*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Mary Alice Carlson, Montana State University
    Ruth Heaton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education)
    (1106-97-2288)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Coherent use of bases in preservice elementary content courses.
    Dev P. Sinha*, University of Oregon
    Tricia Bevans, University of Oregon
    (1106-97-433)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Seeking Coherence in the Mathematical Education of Elementary Teachers.
    W. James Lewis*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-97-1501)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Developing connection, coherence and creative content for online CCSSM professional development.
    Jason A Aubrey*, University of Arizona
    (1106-97-2404)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Can meaning create coherence? The case of a math course for inservice secondary teachers.
    Cody Patterson*, The University of Arizona
    (1106-97-2220)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #2: Part A
  Developing departmental self-studies.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Donna Beers, Simmons College
  Rick Gillman, Valparaiso University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, II
  Room 003, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury, University of Texas-Pan American roychowdhurymk@utpa.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Unique equilibrium states for some robustly transitive systems.
    Vaughn Climenhaga*, University of Houston
    Todd Fisher, Brigham Young University
    Daniel J Thompson, The Ohio State University
    (1106-37-1236)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Negativity of Lyapunov Exponents of Generic Random Dynamical Systems of Complex Polynomials.
    Hiroki Sumi*, Osaka University
    (1106-37-221)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Bounded Rank-One Transformations.
    Su Gao*, University of North Texas
    Aaron Hill, University of Louisville
    (1106-37-1705)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Drawing Julia sets of Rational Semigroups.
    Rich L Stankewitz*, Ball State University
    Sumi Hiroki, Osaka University
    (1106-37-1630)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Self-Referential Descriptions of Analytic Functions.
    Peter R. Massopust*, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
    (1106-37-1691)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Fractal dimension in abstract spaces.
    Milan Stehlik*, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
    (1106-37-2590)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Frames and Their Applications, III
  Room 001B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Radu Balan, University of Maryland, College Park
  Kasso A. Okoudjou, University of Maryland, College Park kasso@math.umd.edu
  Rachel Ward, University of Texas, Austin
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Compressive classification and the rare eclipse problem.
    Dustin G. Mixon*, Air Force Institute of Technology
    (1106-42-2259)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Robust width: A characterization of uniformly stable and robust compressed sensing.
    Jameson Cahill*, Duke University
    Dustin G Mixon, Air Force Institute of Technology
    (1106-15-1645)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Stability of phase retrieval with low-redundancy frames.
    Bernhard G. Bodmann*, University of Houston
    Nathaniel Hammen, University of Houston
    (1106-42-980)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Fusion frames and randomized subspace actions.
    Xuemei Chen*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    Alexander Powell, Vanderbilt University
    (1106-41-636)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A correspondence between Paley-Wiener spaces and exponential bases.
    Azita Mayeli*, City University of New York, The Graduate Center and QCC
    (1106-42-1148)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Smooth orthogonal projections on sphere.
    Marcin Bownik*, University of Oregon
    Karol Dziedziul, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
    (1106-42-2940)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #11: Part A
  Healthcare applications and projects for introductory college mathematics courses.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Theresa Laurent, St. Louis College of Pharmacy
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, IV (in memory of Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 1941-2014)
  Room 005, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Sloan Despeaux, Western Carolina University
  Patti Hunter, Westmont College
  Deborah Kent, Drake University
  Adrian Rice, Randolph-Macon College arice4@rmc.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Ancient Egyptian mathematics - questions vs. evidence.
    Annette Imhausen*, Historisches Seminar, Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany)
    (1106-01-1434)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    New Directions in Mesopotamian Mathematics.
    Duncan J. Melville*, St. Lawrence University
    (1106-01-1489)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Trigonometric Methods in Ancient Greece, Medieval Islam, and Early India.
    Glen Robert Van Brummelen*, Quest University
    (1106-01-1532)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Ancient Chinese Methods for Determining Square Roots, the Areas of Circles, and Volumes of Pyramids and Spheres.
    Joseph W. Dauben*, City University of New York
    (1106-01-1369)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    "Symbolic Algebra" in China.
    J.-P. Jeff Chen*, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
    (1106-01-122)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Panel Discussion on Common Themes in the History of Ancient and Nonwestern Mathematics
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Holomorphic Dynamics in One and Several Variables, II
  Room 006D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Tanya Firsova, State University of New York at Stony Brook and Kansas State University tanya@math.sunysb.edu
  Thomas Sharland, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Continuity of Julia sets in $\mathbb{C}^{2}$.
    Raluca Tanase*, Stony Brook University
    Remus Radu, Stony Brook University
    (1106-37-2804)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Automorphisms of blowups of projective space.
    Eric Bedford*, Stony Brook University
    (1106-37-1197)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A priori bounds for infinitely primitively renormalizable polynomials of bounded type.
    Joe Adams*, Stony Brook University
    (1106-37-2408)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Parameterizing degree $n$ rational maps by multipliers of periodic orbits.
    Igors Gorbovickis*, University of Toronto
    (1106-37-2708)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Embedding Complex Surface Automorphisms Into Birational Self-Maps of Rational Varieties.
    Paul Reschke*, University of Michigan
    (1106-32-2255)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Applications of polynomial dynamics to spectral theory of aperiodic infinite Jacobi matrices.
    William Yessen*, Rice University
    (1106-37-1928)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Network Science (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), II
  Room 007D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Bailey Fosdick, Colorado State University
  Franklin H. J. Kenter, Rice University fhk2@rice.edu
  Christine Klymko, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Johan Ugander, Microsoft Research
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Communities in Multilayer Networks.
    Peter J. Mucha*, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1106-91-2449)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    WTM maps for complex contagion on noisy geometric networks.
    Dane Taylor*, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
    (1106-91-1213)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Identifying Influential Upsets in College Football.
    Kevin Hutson*, Furman University
    Michael Berry, University of Tennessee
    Tim Chartier, Davidson College
    Amy Langville, College of Charleston
    (1106-91-2381)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Sampling Single Cut-or-Join Scenario.
    Heather Smith*, University of South Carolina
    István Miklós, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
    (1106-92-1481)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Operator Algebras and Their Applications: A Tribute to Richard V. Kadison, III
  Room 001A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Robert S. Doran, Texas Christian University r.doran@tcu.edu
  Efton Park, Texas Christian University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Elementary amenable groups are quasidiagonal.
    Mikael Rordam*, University of Copenhagen
    (1106-46-544)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Structure and applications of real $C^*$-algebras.
    Jonathan Rosenberg*, University of Maryland
    (1106-46-298)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Cohomology theory for von Neumann algebras.
    Roger R. Smith*, Texas A&M University
    Florin Pop, Wagner College
    (1106-46-750)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Separable states and positive maps.
    Erling Størmer*, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo
    (1106-46-851)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Recent developments in the theory of Murray-von Neumann algebras.
    Zhe Liu*, University of Central Florida
    (1106-46-921)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Extensions of Pure States. Murray-von Neumann Algebras.
    Richard Kadison*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-46-964)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #6: Part A
  Public- and private-key cryptography.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky University
  Jeff Ehme, Spelman College
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Information and Fusion Categories (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), II
  Room 007C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Paul Bruillard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory mrcquantum@gmail.com
  Henry J. Tucker, University of Southern California
  Amanda Young, University of California, Davis
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Symmetry, Defects, and Gauging of Topological Phases.
    Maissam Barkeshli*, Microsoft Station Q
    Parsa Bonderson, Microsoft Station Q
    Meng Cheng, Microsoft Station Q
    Zhenghan Wang, Microsoft Station Q
    (1106-18-2364)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Entanglement Spectra in Levin-Wen models for Topological Phases in Two Dimensions.
    Yuting Hu*, University of Utah
    Brendan G. Pankovich, University of Utah
    Yong-Shi Wu, University of Utah; Fudan University
    (1106-81-2768)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Operator algebras and topological quantum phases.
    Pieter Naaijkens*, Leibniz University Hannover
    (1106-81-1245)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Classifying small index subfactors.
    David Penneys*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (1106-46-903)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Weak amenability for subfactors.
    Arnaud Brothier*, Vanderbilt University
    (1106-46-662)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, II
  Room 004, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Darren A Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno
  Jobby Jacob, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Unit Bar Visibility Number of Graphs.
    Emily Gaub, Pacific University
    Michelle Rose*, Mount Saint Mary's University
    (1106-05-455)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Efficiency modularity for finding communities and anti-communities in networks.
    Kristen Bales*, East Tennessee State University
    Zachary Eager, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-05-456)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Density Determined Graphs and Analyzing Cognitive Changesin the Brains of Athletes.
    Alex Strang*, Case Western Reserve University
    Oliver Haynes, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-05-454)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Phenomenological Mathematical Model of a Cardiac Action Potential with Intracellular Calcium Cycling.
    Alexander Galarce*, New College of Florida
    Sageanne Senneff, University of California - Santa Cruz
    (1106-92-678)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bifurcation scenarios in external cavity and delay-coupled semiconductor lasers.
    Ethan Koenig*, Cornell University
    Jessica Walker, Mary Balwin College
    (1106-37-679)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Continuous Methods for the Inverse Problem of Identifying a Parameter in Fourth-Order Boundary Value Problems.
    Baasansuren Jadamba, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Raphael Kahler*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Akhtar A Khan, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-49-1591)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Ricci Curvature for Homogeneous Spaces and Related Topics, II
  Room 006C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Megan Kerr, Wellesley College mkerr@wellesley.edu
  Tracy Payne, Idaho State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Boundary effect of Ricci curvature.
    Xiaodong Wang*, Michigan State University
    (1106-53-547)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Ricci curvature in Sasakian and Kaehler Geometry.
    Christina Wiis Tonnesen-Friedman*, Union College
    (1106-53-515)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Rigidity Theorems for Submetries in Positive Curvature.
    Karsten Grove*, University of Notre Dame
    Xiaoyang Chen, University of Macau, China
    (1106-53-683)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Universal Covers of Spaces with Curvature Bounded from Below.
    Guofang Wei*, UC Santa Barbara
    (1106-53-1018)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Positive weighted Sectional Curvature.
    William Wylie*, Syracuse University
    (1106-53-1033)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Discrete Yamabe Problem.
    Andrea N Young*, Ripon College
    (1106-51-1168)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Set-Valued Optimization and Variational Problems with Applications, II
  Room 008B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Akhtar A. Khan, Rochester Institute of Technology aaksma@rit.edu
  Mau Nam Nguyen, Portland State University
  Miguel Sama, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid
  Christiane Tammer, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A unified approach to uncertain optimization.
    Christiane Tammer*, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
    Kathrin Klamroth, University of Wuppertal
    Elisabeth Köbis, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Anita Schöbel, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    (1106-49-1859)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On Proximal Forward-Backward Splitting Method for Convex Optimization Problems.
    Jose Yunier Bello Cruz*, Federal University of Goiás / University of British Columbia
    T.T.A. Nghia, Oakland University
    (1106-90-1448)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Iterative Methods for Generalized Mixed Equilibrium and Fixed Point Problems for Nonexpansive Semigroups in a Hilbert Space.
    Behzad Djafari Rouhani*, University of Texas at El Paso
    Kaleem Raza Kazmi, Aligarh Muslim University
    Mohammad Farid, Aligarh Muslim University
    (1106-49-1424)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Computation of Dynamic Multivariate Risk Measures and a Relation to a Set-Valued Bellman's Principle.
    Zach Feinstein*, Washington University in St. Louis
    Birgit Rudloff, Princeton University
    (1106-90-1179)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Higher-order metric subregularity and its applications.
    Boris S. Mordukhovich, Wayne State University
    Wei Ouyang*, Wayne State University
    (1106-49-103)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Dennis--Moré Theorems for Nonsmooth Generalized Equations.
    Asen L Dontchev*, Mathematical Reviews (AMS)
    (1106-49-858)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on The Mathematics of Planet Earth, II
  Room 214D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Christiane Rousseau, Université de Montréal rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca
  Hans Kaper, Georgetown University and Mathematics and Climate Research Network
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Modeling the Melt: What Math Tells Us About the Shrinking Polar Ice Caps.
    Kenneth M. Golden*, University of Utah
    (1106-AC-1569)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Inverse Retrospective Problems in Dynamics of the Earth's Interior.
    Alik Ismail-Zadeh*, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    (1106-AC-264)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Approximation of a Degenerate Elliptic Equation Arising from a Two-Phase Mixture Modeling the Motion of the Earth's Mantle.
    Todd Arbogast*, University of Texas at Austin
    Marc A Hesse, University of Texas at Austin
    Abraham L Taicher, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-AC-580)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Coupling flow and mechanics porous media.
    Mary F Wheeler*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-AC-1727)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Activities, Demonstrations, and Projects that Enhance the Study of Undergraduate Geometry, II
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Sarah Mabrouk, Framingham State University smabrouk@framingham.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Mathematics, fractals & fashion design: A student-created fractal sculpture.
    Alice E Petillo*, Marymount University
    (1106-A1-2686)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Wooden you like to play with some Penrose Tiles?
    Josh Thompson*, Northern Michigan University
    (1106-A1-2415)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    On the use of visual mathematics.
    Andras Bezdek*, Auburn University
    (1106-A1-2473)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Ruler Matters.
    Daniel Dobbs*, Huntington University
    (1106-A1-1743)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Geometry via Student Proof Presentations.
    Mark A. Brown*, MidAmerica Nazarene University
    (1106-A1-2414)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Finding Treasure: Exploring Taxicab Geometry through a Game.
    Leah R Childers*, Benedictine College
    (1106-A1-961)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Jack and the Beanstalk, Flintstone and Color Geometries: Teaching Finite Geometries in a course for Secondary Education Mathematics Students.
    Ward Heilman*, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-A1-246)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Transformation Composition - A Concrete, Constructive Approach.
    Michael D Hvidsten*, Gustavus Adolphus College
    (1106-A1-1909)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Mini-Chapters for College Geometry.
    William E. Fenton*, Bellarmine University
    (1106-A1-1944)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Planar Hyperbolic Geometry through Inquiry.
    David Crombecque*, University of Southern California
    (1106-A1-2382)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Commutative Algebra
  Room 102A, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Hopf algebras of reductive differential algebraic groups.
    Andrey Minchenko*, Weizmann Institute of Science
    (1106-13-2519)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Castelnuovo-Mumford Regularity of Mixed Spline Spaces.
    Michael DiPasquale*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-13-2560)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Strongly Generic Artinian Monomial Ideals and Upper Intervals in the Weak Bruhat Order.
    Gwyneth R Whieldon*, Hood College
    Jill Bigley Dunham, Irvine, CA
    (1106-13-2608)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A generalization of strong Mori domains.
    Jung Wook Lim*, Kyungpook National University
    (1106-13-165)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Factorization in Mori Domains.
    Mark Batell*, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1106-13-1730)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Intersection algebras for principal monomial ideals in polynomial rings.
    Florian Enescu, Georgia State University
    Sara L. C. Malec*, University of the Pacific
    (1106-13-2399)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Gorenstein Liaison of Skew Tableau Ideals.
    Uwe Nagel, University of Kentucky
    Bill Robinson*, University of Kentucky
    (1106-13-2089)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Gorenstein Dimensions of Some Rings of the Form $R \oplus C$.
    Pye Phyo Aung*, North Dakota State University
    (1106-13-632)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Group of Divisibility of a Finite Intersection of Valuation Rings.
    Lokendra P Paudel*, New Mexico State University
    (1106-13-814)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On the Cohen-Macaulayness of $S_n$-Invariant Subspace Arrangements.
    Aaron N Brookner*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    David Corwin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Steven V Sam, UC Berkeley
    Pavel Etingof, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1106-13-2646)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Convex and Discrete Geometry
  Room 208, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Constructing Covers for Convex Codes.
    Chad Giusti, University of Pennsylvania
    William Kronholm*, Whittier College
    (1106-52-1038)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Optimal Polarization for Integrable Kernels.
    Brian Simanek*, Vanderbilt University
    (1106-52-1728)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Polygon Curvature Flow.
    Ryan Gallagher*, University of Connecticut
    Jessie De La Cruz Santos, College of the Holy Cross
    Sarah Hadaidi, University of Kentucky
    (1106-52-1506)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A Substructure of Maximal Caps in $AG(4,3)$.
    Elizabeth McMahon*, Lafayette College
    Jordan Awan, Brandeis University
    Claire Frechette, Brown University
    Yumi Li, First Investors Corporation
    (1106-52-389)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Counting the Unit Polyhedron Volumes in a Tetrahedral Construction.
    Jeremy Newton*, Lee University
    Debra Mimbs, Lee University
    (1106-52-2497)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Bounds on Induced Multinets.
    Jeremiah Bartz*, Francis Marion University
    (1106-52-2110)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Finding The Inverse Of A Doodle.
    Bryan A Curtis*, Metropolitan State University of Denver
    (1106-52-2160)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Helping Students See Beyond Calculus
  Room 204A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David M Strong, Pepperdine University David.Strong@pepperdine.edu
  Courtney Davis, Pepperdine University
  Angela Spalsbury, Youngstown State University
  James Tanton, MAA
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Helping students see beyond Calculus.
    David M Strong*, Pepperdine University
    (1106-E1-2521)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    An introduction to Linear Algebra.
    David M Strong*, Pepperdine University
    (1106-E1-2524)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Systems of Equations as Matrices and Hill Cipher.
    Annela R Kelly*, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-E1-2704)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Spanning and weighted spanning trees: a different kind of optimization.
    Sarah-marie Belcastro*, MathILy (serious Mathematics Infused with Levity)
    (1106-E1-2085)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Music and the Symmetry Group of the Dodecagon.
    Philip Joseph Lombardo*, St. Joseph's College of New York
    (1106-E1-1410)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Investigating the mathematics of folding regular-polygon-base boxes.
    Tamara B Veenstra*, University of Redlands
    sarah-marie belcastro, Smith College
    (1106-E1-1955)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Applications of Derivatives to Image Processing within a Calculus Course.
    Yevgeniy V. Galperin*, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-E1-1940)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Connecting STE to M.
    Robert R Rogers*, State University of New York at Fredonia
    (1106-E1-1642)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Teaching with a Smile.
    Igor V. Minevich*, Boston College
    (1106-E1-908)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Shortest paths, soap films, and mathematics.
    Michael Dorff*, Brigham Young University
    (1106-E1-305)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Inquiry-Based Learning in First-Year and Second-Year Courses, III
  Room 209, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dana C. Ernst, Northern Arizona University Dana.Ernst@nau.edu
  Angie Hodge, University of Nebraska Omaha
  Theron J Hitchman, University of Northern Iowa
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Inquiry-Based Learning in Honors Calculus I.
    Oscar Chavez*, University of Texas at San Antonio
    (1106-G5-2578)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Applying the Inquiry-Based Learning Elements in Teaching Calculus II class.
    Yun Lu*, Kutztown University
    (1106-G5-1752)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Incorporating Social Norms and "Leveling Up" to a Medium-Sized Calculus II Course.
    Milos Savic*, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-G5-1689)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Developing a set of IBL course notes for integral calculus: ideas, challenges, and a request for suggestions.
    Brian M. Loft*, Sam Houston State University
    (1106-G5-1560)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Teaching Calculus 1 and 2 using Inquiry.
    Christine von Renesse*, Westfield State University, MA
    Mairead Greene, Rockhurst University, MO
    Paula Shorter, Rockhurst University
    (1106-G5-1414)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Inquiry-based learning of transcendental functions in calculus I and II.
    Celil Ekici*, University of the Virgin Islands
    Andrew Gard, University of the Virgin Islands
    (1106-G5-1277)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Small-group activities instead of examples: an inquiry-based approach to calculus.
    Matt Boelkins*, Grand Valley State University
    (1106-G5-1087)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    IBL Course Notes for Calculus I, II, & III.
    W. Ted Mahavier*, Lamar University
    (1106-G5-993)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Interactive Engagement in Calculus Labs at Missouri S&T.
    Stephanie L. Fitch*, Missouri S&T
    Robert P. Roe, Missouri S&T
    Paul N. Runnion, Missouri S&T
    (1106-G5-1357)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Daily Student Presentations in Quantitative Reasoning and Calculus.
    Allison K Henrich*, Seattle University
    (1106-G5-1365)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics Education, II
  Room 212A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The influence of hands-on activities incorporating different models on student understandings of rational numbers.
    Xiaofen Zhang*, Texas State University San Marcos
    (1106-VD-1579)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Equivalent fractions and the importance of whole.
    Sayonita Ghosh Hajra*, University of Utah
    (1106-VD-2444)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    What is the best way to learn Regression Analysis ?
    Aldo R. Maldonado*, Park University
    (1106-VD-2297)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    University students' attitudes toward mathematics.
    Soofia Malik*, University of Wyoming
    (1106-VD-5)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Implementing Reform-Oriented Statistics in the Middle Grades: A Case Study.
    Natasha E. Gerstenschlager*, Middle Tennessee State University
    (1106-VD-457)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    The Interrelationship of Preservice Elementary Teachers' Beliefs About Rational Numbers.
    Sandra Richardson*, Virginia State University
    (1106-VD-534)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Using the coordinate plane to connect algebra and geometry and develop symbol sense.
    Jeanne-Marie Linker*, Texas State University
    Sonalee Bhattacharyya, Texas State University
    Nama Namakshi, Texas State University
    Christina Starkey, Texas State University
    (1106-VD-159)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    John's Lemma: How One Student's Proof Activity Informed his Understanding of Inverse.
    David Plaxco*, Virginia Tech
    (1106-VD-927)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Cultivating mathematical affections: Re-imagining research on affect in math education.
    Joshua B. Wilkerson*, Texas State University
    (1106-VD-938)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Calculus for Bio and Medicine: Course and Pedagogy Assessment.
    Melissa A Stoner*, Salisbury University
    (1106-VD-994)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Making math your own: a final project for quantitative literacy courses.
    Carrie Muir*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1106-VD-2670)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Deducing the Age of an Ancient Natural Nuclear Reactor in a Pre-Calculus Class.
    Alexander G. Atwood*, SUNY Suffolk County Community College
    (1106-VD-2687)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Probability or Statistics, II
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    An Analysis of the Coherence Between Experiential and Behavioral Emotional Response During Ambiguous Emotional Stimuli.
    Marina L Massaro*, State University of New York College at Geneseo
    Kelly R Moran, Clemson University
    (1106-VI-1478)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    A Time Series Model for the Prediction of Flooding in Water Rivers.
    Katerina Tsakiri*, University of Brighton
    Antonios Marsellos, University of Brighton
    Igor Zurbenko, State University of New York at Albany
    (1106-VI-2383)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Interpretation of Probability is not a Philosophical Argument.
    Paolo Rocchi*, LUISS University and IBM Italia
    (1106-VI-1047)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Modeling Stock Price Changes using a Finite Mixture.
    Rasitha Rangani Jayasekare*, Centre College, Danville, KY
    Ryan Gill, University of Louisville
    Kiseop Lee, University of Louisville
    (1106-VI-667)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Optimal Sensor Design for Photovoltaic Power Plants.
    Justin R. Sims*, Baylor University
    Jane L. Harvill, Baylor University
    Clifford W. Hansen, Sandia National Laboratories
    (1106-VI-1086)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Anthropometric and nutritional correlates of obesity in Native American adolescents.
    Benjamin David Knisley*, California Baptist University
    Grace Crosby, California Baptist University
    Hannah Te Stipek, California Baptist University
    Margaret Barth, PhD, California Baptist University
    Linn Carothers, PhD, California Baptist University
    (1106-VI-2736)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Analysis of Property Values in New York State: Transactions vs. Assessments.
    Devin P Kapper*, Clarkson University
    Sumona Mondal, Clarkson University
    Martin D Heintzelman, Clarkson University
    (1106-VI-2413)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Statistical and Bayesian Analysis of Factors Associated with Fibromyalgia Syndrome Subjects.
    Veroni Jayawardana*, Clarkson University, Potsdam NY
    Sumona Mondal, Clarkson University, Potsdam NY
    (1106-VI-2373)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Transitional Modeling of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere by Climate Regions in the United States.
    Doo Young Kim*, University of South Florida
    Chris P. Tsokos, University of South Florida
    (1106-VI-2935)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Modeling Carbon Dioxide Emission Data using Functional Data Analysis Approach.
    Ram C Kafle*, Sam Houston State University
    Netra Khanal, The University of Tampa
    Chris P. Tsokos, University of South Florida
    (1106-VI-1188)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Statistical Analysis of Land Cover of South Dakota.
    Mitra Lal Devkota*, Shawnee State University
    Gary D Hatfield, South Dakota State University
    Saroj Thapa, University of North Dakota
    (1106-VI-1950)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Artificial Neural Network for Competing risks using Bayesian Learning.
    Taysseer Sharaf*, University of South Florida
    Chris Tsokos, University of South Florida
    (1106-VI-2487)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Modeling Lung Cancer Mortality Using Bayesian Analysis.
    Bhikhari P. Tharu*, University of South Florida
    Ram C. Kafle, Sam Houston State University, TX, USA
    Chris P. Tsokos, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
    (1106-VI-2512)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Number Theory, I
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Prime number pattern Having stated that;the distance's between consecutive squares are odd.
    Nick Bogatirev*, Monterey, California
    (1106-VQ-43)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Explicit point on elliptic curves over function fields.
    Ricardo Conceicao*, Oxford College of Emory University
    Chris Hall, University of Wyoming, Laramie
    Douglas Ulmer, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1106-VQ-91)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A New Proof of the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott Problem.
    Hieu D Nguyen*, Rowan University
    (1106-VQ-339)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Mathematical properties of decimal counting boards.
    Patricia Baggett*, New Mexico State University
    Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, Computer Science Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1106-VQ-476)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Computing the Least Factorial that Multiplies a Rational Number into an Integer.
    Gregory V. Bard*, University of Wisconsin---Stout
    (1106-VQ-2889)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Ternary Representation of Collatz function.
    Ji Young Choi*, Shippensburg University of PA
    (1106-VQ-787)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Class group and unit group computation in large degree number fields and applications.
    Jean-Francois Biasse*, University of Waterloo
    (1106-VQ-1176)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The most popular largest prime divisors.
    Nathan G McNew*, Dartmouth College
    (1106-VQ-1360)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Some algebraic and geometric properties of Fibonacci Polynomials in the Hosoya triangle.
    Rigoberto Florez*, The Citadel
    Robinson Higuita, Universidad de Antioquia
    Antara Mukherjee, The Citadel
    (1106-VQ-1404)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Essentially Unique Representations by Certain Ternary Quadratic Forms.
    Frank Patane*, University of Florida
    A. Berkovich, University of Florida
    (1106-VQ-1962)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An Infinite Family of Cubic Polynomials with Emergent Reducibility at Depth 1.
    Jason I Preszler*, University of Puget Sound
    (1106-VQ-1636)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Finding L-functions of hyperelliptic curves.
    David W Farmer, American Institute of Mathematics
    Sally Koutsoliotas*, Bucknell University
    Stefan Lemurell, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothernburg
    (1106-VQ-1822)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Teaching or Learning Developmental Mathematics
  Room 213B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Social Media - a Supplemental Instructional Platform to promote Dynamic Self-Regulated Learning: Deconstructing mathematical precepts through virtual social constructivism lenses.
    Wayne D Russell*, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York
    (1106-VU-279)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Teaching Developmental Mathematics Courses at HBCUs.
    Qingxia Li*, Fisk University
    (1106-VU-572)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    FastTrack Summer Math Program: Supporting Developmental Math Students.
    Jennifer Kosiak*, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Bob Hoar, University of Wisconsin -La Crosse
    Jim Sobota, University of Wisconsin -La Crosse
    Robert Allen, University of Wisconsin -La Crosse
    (1106-VU-1050)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Fostering Student Success in Developmental Math.
    Alvina J Atkinson*, Georgia Gwinnett College
    Barry D. Biddlecomb, Georgia Gwinnett College
    D. Natasha Brewley, Georgia Gwinnett College
    (1106-VU-1159)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Understanding One Faculty Member's Experience Teaching College Algebra.
    Mary H Williams*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Ruth Heaton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Wendy Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-VU-1656)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Embedding Remedial Mathematics in Liberal Arts Quantitative Reasoning Course.
    Hansun To, Worcester State University
    Eileen Perez*, Worcester State University
    (1106-VU-1815)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Adapting the Singapore Model Method of Problem Solving Framework to College Level -- Progress Report.
    Umesh P. Nagarkatte*, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
    Joshua Berenbom, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
    (1106-VU-2753)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Faculty Perspectives on College Readiness and Remedial Courses.
    Nihan S. Er*, Akdeniz University Alanya Education Faculty-Antalya-Turkey
    (1106-VU-2365)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Teaching Beginning Algebra Beyond Visual Forms.
    Shumei C Richman*, Midlands Technical College
    (1106-VU-1045)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Get ready: A competency-based path to avoiding the developmental mathematics course using Khan Academy.
    Jeff Bay, Maryville College
    Maria Siopsis*, Maryville College
    (1106-VU-2136)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Using Assessment and Management to Improve Learning Outcomes in Precalculus.
    Christina Lee*, The College of New Jersey
    (1106-VU-2902)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Topology
  Room 213A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Topologically Beta-Type Transitive Maps.
    Mohammed N. Murad*, University of Sulaimani
    (1106-VR-38)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Discrete Morse theory at the service of elementary number theory.
    Nicholas A Scoville*, Ursinus College
    Dominic Klyve, Central Washington University
    (1106-VR-271)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Ascending Number of Virtual Link Diagrams.
    Ramanjit K. Sahi*, Austin Peay State University
    Noureen A. Khan, University of North Texas Dallas
    (1106-VR-519)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    The Natural Semidirect product $R^{n} \rtimes G(n)$ is an Algebraically Determined Polish Group.
    Weam M. Al-Tameemi*, Texas A&M International University
    Robert R. Kallman, University of North Texas
    (1106-VR-1190)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    An Algebraic Structure on Cubical Sets.
    Rostam Sabeti*, Olivet College
    (1106-VR-1712)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Proximal compact spaces are Corson compact.
    Steven Clontz*, Auburn University
    (1106-VR-1883)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Weighted $L^2$-(co)homology of Coxeter Groups.
    Wiktor Jerzy Mogilski*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1106-VR-1921)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Patterns in a Non-Symmetric Polynomial related to the Colored Jones Polynomial of Amphichiral Knots.
    Katherine P. Walsh*, University of Arizona
    (1106-VR-2191)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Models for Configuration Spaces and their Relations.
    Jason Marshall Lucas*, Purdue University
    (1106-VR-2287)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Goodwillie calculus in the category of small categories.
    Deborah Vicinsky*, University of Oregon
    (1106-VR-2514)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Topology of the Complement of Certain Families of Trigonal Curves and Their Associated Dessins d'Enfants.
    Mehmet Emin Aktas*, Florida State University
    Eriko Hironaka, Florida State University
    (1106-VR-2729)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Introducing $\pi$-Base: An Interactive Encyclopedia of Topological Spaces.
    James Dabbs, Atlanta, GA
    Austin Mohr*, Nebraska Wesleyan University
    (1106-VR-438)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A product of nested radicals for the AGM.
    Thomas J. Osler*, Rowan University
    (1106-VR-490)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Government
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Carla Martin, U.S. Department of Defense carla.dee@gmail.com
  Phil Gustafson, Mesa State University
  Michael Monticino, University of North Texas
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Noise removal in Fourier transform profilometry.
    Thomas Höft*, University of St. Thomas
    (1106-J1-1653)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    The Adventures of an Academic Working as an Analyst for the Air Force.
    Michelle L. Ghrist*, U.S. Air Force Academy
    (1106-J1-2668)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Is my indoor air affected by vapor intrusion? If so, is it dangerous?
    Stephanie Fitchett*, Neptune and Company
    (1106-J1-1267)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Ranking terrorist as targets using a hybrid AHP-TOPSIS methodology.
    William P. Fox*, Naval Postgraduate School
    Brendan Ormond, Naval Postgraduate School
    Alex Williams, Naval Postgraduate School
    (1106-J1-1192)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Long-term crime forecasting and setting crime reduction targets.
    Erik Bates*, Stanford University
    Anthony Gusman, Vanguard University
    Stephanie Sanchez, University of California, Los Angeles
    Sarah Verros, Colorado School of Mines
    (1106-J1-2776)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    The Future of Image/Video Feature Detection.
    Candice Rockell Gerster*, Department of Defense
    (1106-J1-1798)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Math in the City.
    Adam H. Fuller*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Jeremy Trageser, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    (1106-J1-2327)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Methodologies for Statistical Analysis of the Effects of Drug Use on Hidden Populations.
    Omayra Ortega*, Arizona State University
    Gloria Crispino, StatisticaMedica Ltd
    Catherine Comiskey, National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (NACDA) and TCD
    (1106-J1-2942)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Automated Scoring of Graphs.
    James H. Fife*, Educational Testing Service
    (1106-J1-990)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Math and the Mouse: Explorations of Mathematics and Science at Walt Disney World.
    Elizabeth L Bouzarth*, Furman University
    John Harris, Furman University
    Kevin Hutson, Furman University
    (1106-J1-1231)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Nonassociative Rings and Algebras, Category Theory, and Homological Algebra
  Room 101A, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    How to Do Homological Algebra with Complete Modules.
    Gabriel Valenzuela*, Wesleyan University
    (1106-55-1780)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    The Grothendieck-Teichmuller group, homotopy algebras, and formality morphisms.
    Brian J. Paljug*, Temple University
    Vasily A. Dolgushev, Temple University
    (1106-18-1075)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On Modules with an Upper Triangular Presentation Matrix.
    Denise A. Rangel Tracy*, Syracuse University
    (1106-18-2331)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    On the classification of fusion categories Grothendieck equivalent to $B_{p,2}$.
    E. Ardonne, Department of Physics, Stockholm University
    P. Finch, Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Leibniz Universitat Hannover
    M. Titsworth*, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas
    (1106-18-2368)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Cofree coalgebras in common abelian monoidal categories.
    Adnan Abdulwahid, University of Iowa
    Miodrag Iovanov*, University of Iowa
    (1106-18-2836)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Hopf algebra gauge theory.
    Derek K. Wise*, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
    (1106-18-2477)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some Demazure Crystals for $U_q\left(A_n^{(1)}\right)$.
    Margaret L Rahmoeller*, North Carolina State University
    (1106-00-626)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Additional Symmetries of the Extended Toda Hierarchy.
    William Wheeless*, North Carolina State University
    (1106-00-2127)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A multivariate generating function for the Weyl Dimension Formula.
    Wayne Johnson*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (1106-17-1182)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Coisotropic subalgebras of complex semisimple Lie bialgebras.
    Nicole Kroeger*, SC Governor's School for Science and Math
    (1106-17-1522)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Solvable Leibniz Algebras with Abelian Nilradical.
    Lindsey Bosko-Dunbar, Spring Hill College
    Matthew Burke*, The University of Texas at Tyler
    Jonathan Dunbar, Spring Hill College
    J.T. Hird, West Virginia University, Institute of Technology
    Kristen Stagg-Rovira, The University of Texas at Tyler
    (1106-17-2166)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A count of maximal dominant weights of integrable modules.
    Rebecca L. Jayne*, Hampden-Sydney College
    (1106-17-2500)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An infinite wedge representation of the Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{gl}_{\infty|\infty}$.
    Brad J Schleben*, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    (1106-17-1495)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, III
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Karen Keene, North Carolina State University kakeene@ncsu.edu
  Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Drexel University
  Michelle Zandieh, Arizona State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Undergraduate students' understanding of logical components in problem solving.
    Kyeong Hah Roh, Arizona State University
    Austin Tanner*, Arizona State University
    Yong Hah Lee, Ewha Womans University
    (1106-L1-428)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Implementing inquiry-oriented instructional materials: A comparison of two classrooms.
    Hayley ML Milbourne*, San Diego State University
    (1106-L1-2633)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    We will present the results of a qualitative analysis of the amount and quantity of students' discourse in an inquiry oriented differential equations class and those students academic performance.
    Karen Keene*, North Carolina State University
    Nicholas Fortune, North Carolina State University
    Celethia McNeil, North Carolina State University
    (1106-L1-2440)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Transfer of Knowledge from Groups to Rings: An Exploratory Study.
    John Paul Cook*, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
    Brian Katz, Augustana College
    Milos Savic, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-L1-2354)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra (IOLA): An RME-based instructional sequence for change of basis and eigentheory.
    Michelle Zandieh*, Arizona State University
    Megan Wawro, Virginia Tech
    David Plaxco, Virginia Tech
    (1106-L1-1855)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    What's a factorial? Insights into student reasoning about the multiplication principle.
    Elise Lockwood*, Oregon State University
    Craig A. Swinyard, University of Portland
    John S. Caughman, Portland State University
    (1106-L1-219)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Student Use of Venn Diagrams to Represent Additive and Multiplicative Reasoning in Counting Problems.
    Aviva Halani*, Phillips Exeter Academy
    (1106-L1-655)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    From Telling and Doing to Thinking, Explaining, and Anticipating: Mathematics Graduate Students' Changing Descriptions of Their Role as Instructors.
    Mary Beisiegel*, Oregon State University
    (1106-L1-2685)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Perspectives of Beginning Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistants on Teaching and Learning Mathematics and their Preparation Program.
    Kedar M Nepal*, Mercer University
    (1106-L1-2105)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A self-regulated learning intervention for developmental mathematics students at a community college: Effects of study journals on achievement and study habits.
    Jennifer L Travis*, Lone Star College-North Harris
    (1106-L1-2222)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Statistics Education beyond the Introductory Statistics Course, I
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Randall Pruim, Calvin College rpruim@calvin.edu
  Scott Alberts, Truman State University
  Patti Frazer Lock, St. Lawrence University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Opportunities for Statistics Students: Undergraduate Requirements, Research, Internships, and Future Employment.
    Barbara A Wainwright*, Salisbury University
    (1106-M5-416)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    A Modified Team-Based Learning Approach to a First Semester Mathematical Statistics Course.
    Logan Tyler Soich*, Ripon College
    Chester Ivan Ismay, Ripon College
    (1106-M5-1259)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Choose-Your-Own Capstone Adventure: Providing Flexible Paths for Undergraduate Statistics Majors.
    Rebecca Nugent*, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-M5-2822)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A Second Course in Undergraduate Statistics with an Interdisciplinary Approach.
    Mary Majerus*, Westminster College, Fulton, MO
    (1106-M5-2358)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The increasing role of data science in undergraduate statistics programs: new guidelines, new opportunities, and new challenges.
    Nicholas J Horton*, Amherst College
    (1106-M5-680)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Statistical Computing: Strengthening Conceptual Understanding of Statistical Science.
    John D Emerson*, Middlebury College
    (1106-M5-2695)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    How R You Using Statistics? Connecting the Second Statistics Course to Multiple Disciplines through Projects.
    Judith E Canner*, California State University, Monterey Bay
    (1106-M5-2501)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Data from Everywhere, Analysis for All!
    Dominic Klyve*, Central Washington University
    (1106-M5-1786)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Jazz up projects with web crawling.
    Sue B Schou*, Idaho State University
    (1106-M5-1632)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Teaching the Background for Data Science and Analytics.
    Rick Cleary*, Babson College
    (1106-M5-380)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Topology and Manifolds, II
  Room 101B, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Geometrically Similar Hyperbolic Pretzel Knots.
    Christian R Millichap*, Temple University
    (1106-57-231)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Spun Almost Normal Form.
    Katherine L. Paullin*, Saint Louis University
    (1106-57-2406)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    HOMFLY polynomial calculus for links and AENV conjecture.
    Semeon Arthamonov*, Rutgers University
    Andrei Mironov, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
    Alexei Morozov, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
    Andrey Morozov, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
    (1106-57-2781)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    An algebraic construction of colored HOMFLY-PT homology.
    Michael A Abel*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Matt Hogancamp, Indiana University
    (1106-57-2386)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Planar algebra structure in bordered Khovanov homology.
    Nguyen D Duong*, The University of Alabama
    Lawrence P Roberts, The University of Alabama
    (1106-57-437)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    The minimal genus problem in $\mathbb{C} \mathbb{P}^2 # \mathbb{C} \mathbb{P}^2$.
    Mohamed Ait Nouh*, University of Texas at El Paso
    (1106-57-1270)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    All 4-dimensional infra-solvmanifolds are boundaries.
    Scott Van Thuong*, Pittsburg State University
    (1106-57-276)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Action Dimension of Right-Angled Artin Groups.
    Grigori Avramidi, University of Utah
    Michael W. Davis, Ohio State University
    Boris Okun, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Kevin Schreve*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1106-57-1766)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Approximating optimal curvature-constrained paths in nonpositively curved square complexes.
    Jason Thomson La Corte*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1106-57-1456)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Classification of V-Transverse Knots and Loose Legendrians.
    Patricia Cahn*, University of Pennsylvania
    Vladimir Chernov, Dartmouth College
    (1106-57-278)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Sparse Grassmannian Embeddings for Hyperspectral Image Classification.
    Sofya Chepushtanova*, Colorado State University
    Michael Kirby, Colorado State University
    (1106-58-1265)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Matrix Concentration Inequalities
  Room 202A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Joel A. Tropp, California Institute of Technology jtropp@cms.caltech.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Computing Active Subspaces.
    Paul G Constantine*, Colorado School of Mines
    David F Gleich, Purdue University
    (1106-65-1670)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Matrix probing and some of its applications.
    Laurent Demanet*, MIT
    (1106-41-1102)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Coherent matrix completion.
    Rachel Ward*, University of Texas, Austin
    Yudong Chen, UC Berkeley
    Srinadh Bhojanapalli, UT Austin
    Sujay Sanghavi, UT Austin
    (1106-62-1406)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Rank Centrality: Ranking from pairwise comparisons.
    Sewoong Oh*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Prateek Jain, Microsoft Research
    (1106-15-1431)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Matroid Bases and Matrix Concentration.
    Nicholas J.A. Harvey*, University of British Columbia
    Neil Olver, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    (1106-68-1108)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Stein's Method for Matrix Concentration.
    Lester Mackey*, Stanford University
    Michael I Jordan, UC Berkeley
    Richard Y Chen, California Institute of Technology
    Brendan Farrell, California Institute of Technology
    Joel A. Tropp, California Institute of Technology
    (1106-60-1473)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion
  Active learning strategies for mathematics.
  Room 207B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David Bressoud, Macalester College
  Ruth Charney, Brandeis University
  Jesus Antonio DeLoera, University of California, Davis
  Moderators:
  Douglas Mupasiri, University of Northern Iowa
  Panelists:
  Stephen DeBacker, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  Dennis DeTurck, University of Pennsylvania
  Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College
  Michael Starbird, University of Texas-Austin
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers-American Mathematics Competitions Special Presentation
  Math wrangle.
  Room 214C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Steve Dunbar, American Mathematics Competitions
  Ed Keppelman, University of Nevada, Reno
  Philip Yasskin, Texas A&M University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers-American Mathematics Competitions Special Presentation
  Math wrangle.
  Room 216B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Steve Dunbar, American Mathematics Competitions
  Ed Keppelman, University of Nevada, Reno
  Philip Yasskin, Texas A&M University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA-Young Mathematicians' Network Panel Discussion
  On-campus interview survival guide.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Thomas Wakefield, Youngstown State University
  Jacob A. White, Texas A&M University
  Panelists:
  Antonia Cardwell, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
  Greta Panova, University of California Los Angeles
  Frank Sottile, Texas A&M University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  Speed interviewing marathon for students.
  Room 217B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University
  Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Participation of Women in Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Writing competitive grant applications.
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College
  Kimberly A. Roth, Juniata College
  Panelists:
  Florence Fasanelli, MAA
  Elizabeth Teles, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation
  Victoria Powers, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation
  Roselyn E. Williams, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences Panel Discussion
  Effective self-promotion to advance your career in mathematics.
  Room 203A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Christine Guenther, Pacific University
  Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  Tanya Leise, Amherst College
  Panelists:
  Pam Cook, University of Delaware
  Deborah Lockhart, National Science Foundation
  Dana Randall, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Sara Y. Del Valle, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM) Reunion
  Room 216A, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Project NExT Lecture
  Room 217D, Convention Center
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Ruminations on learning to teach: developing pedagogical intimacy, productive persistence, and other aspects of critical pedagogy.
    Uri Treisman*, University of Texas at Austin
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Poster Session on Projects Supported by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jon Scott, Montgomery College jon.scott@montgomerycollege.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Collaborative Research: Updating the WeBWorK National Problem Library.
    Jeff Holt*, University of Virginia
    John Jones, Arizona State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Distributome: An Interactive Web-based Resource for Probability Distributions.
    Kyle Siegrist*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Ivo Dinov, University of Michigan
    Dennis Pearl, The Ohio State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Native American-based Mathematics Materials for Integration into Undergraduate Courses.
    Charles Peter Funkhouser*, California State University Fullerton
    Harriet C. Edwards, California State University Fullerton
    Miles Pfahl, Turtle Mountain Community College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    NJ Partnership for Excellence in Middle School Mathematics.
    Amy Cohen*, Rutgers University
    Michael Weingart, Rutgers University
    Mike Beals, Rutgers University
    Joan Bennett, Rutgers University
    Carolyn Maher, Rutgers University
    John Coleman, Toms River Schools
  • 2:00 p.m.
    PIC Math, CURM, and RUMC - Three Programs that Promote Undergraduate Research Nationally.
    Michael Dorff*, Brigham Young University
    Linda Braddy, MAA
    Reza Malek-Madani, United States Naval Academy
    Suzanne Weekes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Heidi Berger, Simpson College
    Joyati Debnath, Winona State University
    Tyler Jarvis, Brigham Young University
    Kathryn Leonard, California State University-Channel Islands
    Colin Adams, Williams College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Capacity building: Preparing to Train STEM Professionals as Educators.
    Mohammed Qazi*, Tuskegee University
    Carlton Morris, Tuskegee University
    Alicia Curry, Tuskegee University
    Michael Curry, Tuskegee University
    Melvin Gadson, Tuskegee University
    Lauretta Garrett, Tuskegee University
    Gerald Griffin, Tuskegee University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Progress through Calculus.
    David Bressoud*, Macalester College
    Jess Ellis, Colorado State University
    Chris Rasmussen, San Diego State University
    Sean Larsen, Portland State University
    Linda Braddy, MAA
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program at California State University, Stanislaus: Teachers from the Valley, for the Valley.
    Viji Sundar*, California State University-Stanislaus
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Seamless Mentoring for STEM Teachers.
    Keith Hubbard*, Stephen F. Austin State University
    Lesa Beverly, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    STEM Real World Applications of Mathematics.
    Darren A. Narayan*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Joy Lind, University of Sioux Falls
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Rocky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program.
    Diana White*, University of Colorado Denver
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Investigating the Impact of Math Teachers' Circles on Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching and Classroom Practice.
    Diana White*, University of Colorado Denver
    Brianna Donaldson, American Institute of Mathematics
    Kristin Umland, University of New Mexico
    Michael Nakayame, University of New Mexico
    Brian Conrey, American Institute of Mathematics
  • 2:00 p.m.
    UTMOST: Undergraduate Teaching of Mathematics with Open Software and Textbook.
    Thomas Judson*, Stephen F. Austin State University
    Jason Grout, Drake University
    Robert Beezer, University of Puget Sound
    Kiran Kedlaya, University of California, San Diego
    Susan Lynds, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Sandra Laursen, University of Colorado at Boulder
    William Stein, University of Washington, Seattle
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Recruiting and Preparing Mathematics Majors for Houston-Area Classrooms: The University of Houston-Downtown Noyce Mathematics Teacher Scholarship Program.
    Timothy A. Redl*, University of Houston-Downtown
    Rebecca J. Quander, University of Houston-Downtown
    Nancy A. Leveille, University of Houston-Downtown
    Jacqueline J. Sack, University of Houston-Downtown
    Michael L. Connell, University of Houston-Downtown
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Paradigms in Physics: Representations of Partial Derivatives.
    Tevian Dray*, Oregon State University
    Corinne Manogue, Oregon State University
    Emily van Zee, Oregon State University
    David Roundy, Oregon State University
    Eric Weber, Oregon State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Math in the City.
    Adam H. Fuller*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Jeremy Trageser, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Petronela Radu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Stephen Hartke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A Handbook for Directors of Quantitative and Mathematical Support Centers.
    Michael Schuckers*, St. Lawrence University
    Mary O'Neill, Hamilton College
    Grace Coulombe, Bates College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Supporting Pedagogical Innovation for a Generation of Transformation via Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics (SPIGOT).
    Stan Yoshinobu*, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    Carol Schumacher, Kenyon College
    Matthew Jones, California State University, Dominguez Hills
    Sandra Laursen, University of Colorado
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Attracting Liberal Arts STEM Majors to Teaching: Challenges and Successes in our Noyce Program.
    Catherine A. Roberts*, College of the Holy Cross
    Danuta Bukatko, College of the Holy Cross
    Heather Johnson, College of the Holy Cross
    Daniel Bitran, College of the Holy Cross
    Janine Shertzer, College of the Holy Cross
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Transforming Developmental Mathematics Education in Partnership with Teacher Preparation.
    Pavel Sikorskii*, Michigan State University
    Kristen Bieda, Michigan State University
    Raven McCrory, Michigan State University
    Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Michigan State University
    Kenneth Bradfield, Michigan State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Improving the Preparation of Graduate Students to Teach Undergraduate Mathematics.
    Jack Bookman*, Duke University
    Natasha Speer, University of Maine
    Linda Braddy, MAA
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Ithaca College Robert Noyce Teaching Scholarship Program.
    David Brown*, Ithaca College
    Michael Rogers, Ithaca College
    Matthew Price, Ithaca College
    Aaron Weinberg, Ithaca College
    Linda Hanrahan, Ithaca College
    Marty Alderman, Ithaca College
    Jim Overhiser, Ithaca College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Mathematics Studio Fellowship Program-A Model for Mentoring New and Master Teachers.
    Thomas Dick*, Oregon State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Ensuring Early Mathematics Success for STEM Majors.
    Amanda Hattaway*, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    Fred Driscoll, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    K. Grace Kennedy, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    Emma Smith Zbarsky, Wentworth Institute of Technology
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Mathematical ACES: Algebraic Concepts for Elementary Students.
    Davida Fischman*, California State University, San Bernardino
    Shawn McMurran, California State University, San Bernardino
    Joseph Jesunathadas, California State University, San Bernardino
    Jennifer Harrison, Ontario Montclair School District
    Carol Cronk, Victor Valley Union High School District
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Undergraduate Sustainability Experiences in Mathematics.
    Benjamin Galluzzo*, Shippensburg University
    Corrine Taylor, Wellesley College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Playing Games with a Purpose: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning Statistics.
    Rodney X. Sturdivant*, The Ohio State University
    Shonda R. Kuiper, Grinnell College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Discovery Learning Projects in Introductory Statistics.
    Dianna Spence*, University of North Georgia
    Brad Bailey, University of North Georgia
  • 2:00 p.m.
    From the Laboratory to the Classroom: Building Capacity for Math and Science Teaching in DC (Lab2Class).
    John P. Nolan*, American University
    Michael Keynes, American University
    Sarah Irvine-Belson, American University
    Kiho Kim, American University
    Bianca Abrahms, Math for America DC/Carnegie Institute of Washington
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Playing with Statistics.
    Shonda R. Kuiper*, Grinnell College
    Rodney X. Sturdivant, The Ohio State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Evaluation and Assessment of Teaching and Learning About Statistics (e-ATLAS).
    Joan Garfield*, University of Minnesota
    Elizabeth Brondos Fry, University of Minnesota
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Nebraska Math Scholars (NMS).
    Brittney Hinds*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Richard Rebarber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Stephen Hartke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Amber Hunter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Daniel Toundykov, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Tom Marley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • 2:00 p.m.
    STEPping UP: An Interdisciplinary Mentoring Network to Recruit and Retain STEM Majors.
    Ying Li*, Saint Francis University
    Joel Bandstra, Saint Francis University
    Rose Clark, Saint Francis University
    William Strosnider, Saint Francis University
    Norbert Youmbi, Saint Francis University
    Edward Zovinka, Saint Francis University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Elementary Pre-Service Teachers Mathematics (EMP) Project.
    Suzanne Chapin*, Boston University
    Ziv Feldman, Boston University
    Alejandra Salinas, Boston University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Collaborative Research: Maplets for Calculus.
    Douglas B. Meade*, University of South Carolina
    Philip B. Yasskin, Texas A&M University
    Edwin Dickey, University of South Carolina
    Robert Petrulis, EPRE Consulting LL
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Mobile Math Apps.
    Doug Ensley*, Shippensburg University
    Barbara Kaskosz, University of Rhode Island
    Lea Adams, Shippensburg University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The NebraskaMATH Partnership: From Implementation to Institutionalization.
    W. James Lewis*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Carolyn Edwards, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Ruth Heaton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Tom McGowan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Ira Papick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Walt Stroup, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Jadi Miller, Lincoln Public Schools
  • 2:00 p.m.
    NebraskaNOYCE: High-Quality Teachers in High-Need Schools.
    W. James Lewis*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Yvonne Lai, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Lorraine Males, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Stephen Swidler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Wendy Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Dynamic Visualization Tools for Multivariable Calculus.
    Paul E. Seeburger*, Monroe Community College
    Monica VanDieren, Robert Morris University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    What Next? Sustaining Interactions with Former Noyce Scholarship Recipients.
    Jeff Randell Knisley*, East Tennessee State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Operation STEM.
    John Holcomb*, Cleveland State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Robert Noyce Scholarships for Teaching Miners.
    Amy Wagler*, The University of Texas at El Paso
    Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El Paso
    Ron Wagler, The University of Texas at El Paso
    Laura Serpa, The University of Texas at El Paso
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Raising Calculus to the Surface.
    Aaron Wangberg*, Winona State University
    Brian Fisher, Lubbock Christian University
    Jason Samuels, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York
    Eric Weber, Oregon State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Project UPLIFT: Universal Portability of Learning Increased by Fun Teaching.
    John J. Weber III*, Georgia Perimeter College
    Lawrence. M Lesser, University of Texas at El Paso
    Dennis K. Pearl, The Ohio State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    AugSTEM Scholarships: Preparing Juniors and Seniors for Careers in STEM.
    Rebekah Dupont*, Augsburg College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Math Success for STEM Majors.
    Allan Mills*, Tennessee Tech University
    Holly Anthony, Tennessee Tech University
    Sally Pardue, Tennessee Tech University
    Steve Robinson, Tennessee Tech University
    Chris Wilson, Tennessee Tech University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Collaborative Research: Maplets for Calculus.
    Philip Yasskin*, Texas A&M University
    Douglas Meade, University of South Carolina
    Matthew Barry, Texas Center for Applied Technology
    Don Van Huyck, Texas A&M University
    Dmitriy Shatalov, Texas A&M University
    Ethan Corpus, Somerville High School
    Parth Sarin, A&M Consolidated High School
    Michael Sprintson, A&M Consolidated High School
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Preliminary assessment of the Scots Science Scholars summer experience bridge from high school to college.
    Maria Siopsis*, Maryville College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    PREP: MAA's Professional Development Program.
    Nancy Hastings*, Dickinson College
    Barbara Edwards, Oregon State University
    Nathaniel Dean, Texas State University San Marco
    Virginia Buchanan, Hiram College
    Mike Brilleslyper, United States Air Force Academy
    Linda Braddy, MAA
    Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University
    Jon Scott, Montgomery College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The PRISM Scholars Program at Texas Tech University.
    Jaclyn Cañas-Carrell, Texas Tech University
    Jerry Dwyer, Texas Tech University
    Sophia Jang, Texas Tech University
    Nancy McIntyre, Texas Tech University
    Jessica L. Spott*, Texas Tech University
    G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Transforming Linear Algebra Education with GeoGebra Applets.
    James D. Factor*, Alverno College
    Susan Pustejovsky, Alverno College
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Integrating Knowledge: A Model for Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation.
    Matthew S. Winsor*, Illinois State University
    David Barker, Illinois State University
    John Dossey, Illinois State University
    Beverly Rich, Illinois State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Does FORCE (Financially Oriented Research Calculus Experience) increase achievement in Calculus.
    Carolyn Morgan*, Hampton University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Hampton University Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program: Advancing A Research Focused Agenda for Pre-Service Math and Biology Teacher.
    Carolyn B. Morgan*, Hampton University
    Clair Berube, Hampton University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Integrated Undergraduate Research Experiences in Biological and Mathematical Sciences.
    Gabriella Pinter*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Michael Carvan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Erica Young, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    John Berges, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Istvan Lauko, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Arlington Undergraduate Research-based Achievement for STEM (AURAS).
    James A. Mendoza Epperson*, University of Texas-Arlington
    Julie Skinner Sutton, University of Texas-Arlington
    Lynn Peterson, University of Texas-Arlington
    Ramon Lopez, University of Texas-Arlington
    Kevin Schug, University of Texas-Arlington
    Carter Tiernan, University of Texas-Arlington
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Texas Leadership Initiative: Mathematics Instruction Transformed.
    Kimberly Childs, Stephen F. Austin State University
    Lesa Beverly*, Stephen F. Austin State University
    Debbie Pace, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Posters on Expeditions in Training, Research, and Education for Mathematics and Statistics through Quantitative Explorations of Data (EXTREEMS-QED)
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Tor A. Kwembe, Jackson State University
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    EXTREEMS-QED at William and Mary, Year 1.
    Junping Shi*, College of William and Mary
  • 2:00 p.m.
    EXTREEMS-QED: Laboratory for interdisciplinary statistical analysis and mathematics learning through exploration of data.
    Tor A. Kwembe*, Jackson State University
    Remata Reddy, Jackson State University
    Carmen M. Wright, Jackson State University
    Xing Yang, Jackson State University
    Zhenbu Zhang, Jackson State University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    An introduction to data analysis and research for freshman.
    Kristin Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic University
    Bruce Piper*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The EXTREEMS-QED Data Cubed Project at CU Boulder: An integrated research and curriculum approach to data-enabled science.
    Anne Dougherty*, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Elliptic curves and explicit class field theory.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Henri Darmon*, McGill University
  (1106-11-19)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Mathematicians write: Publishing options and outlets beyond the standard research journal.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Panelists:
  Brian Hopkins, Saint Peter's University
  Marjorie Senechal, Smith College
  Janet Beery, University of Redlands
  Jo Ellis-Monaghan, Saint Michael's College
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Statistically relevant metrics for complex data.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Susan Holmes*, Stanford University
  (1106-62-21)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 4:25 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government Guest Lecture
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  

  • 5:30 p.m.
    Mathematical challenges in the evaluation of medical imaging.
    Kyle Myers*, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US FDA
    (1106-A0-136)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 5:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Statistics Education Reception and Business Meeting
  Room 211, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Special Presentation Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Poetry Reading.
  All mathematical poets and those interested in mathematical poetry are invited.
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Lawrence M. Lesser, University of Texas, El Paso
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA-Young Mathematicians' Network Discussion
  Finding a research collaborator.
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ralucca Gera, Naval Postgraduate School
  Timothy Goldberg, Lenoir-Rhyne University
  Gwyneth R. Whieldon, Hood College
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session Reception
  Lila Cockrell Theatre Lobby, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Two-Year College Reception
  Presidio AB, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Reception and Business Meeting
  Room 210B, Convention Center

• Sunday January 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Reception and Business Meeting
  Reception.
  Room 210B, Convention Center

• Sunday January 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Reception and Business Meeting
  Business Meeting.
  Room 210B, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Dramatic Presentation
  The Mathematics of Being Human.
  Room 103, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 6:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government Reception
  Room 210A, Convention Center
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 6:30 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Statistics Education Guest Lecture
  Room 211, Convention Center
  

  • 6:30 p.m.
    Reactive documents for teaching.
    Hadley Wickham*, RStudio and Rice University
    (1106-A0-140)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 7:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Guest Lecture
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    Can Cannibalism Save the Day? Dynamic Models for Adaptive Life History Strategies in Response to Climate Change.
    Jim M. Cushing*, University of Arizona
    (1106-A0-137)
• Sunday January 11, 2015, 7:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government Business Meeting
  Room 210A, Convention Center

Monday January 12, 2015

• Monday January 12, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, I
  Room 208, Convention Center
  

  • 7:30 a.m.
    Existence of Nodal Solutions for Neumann Problems.
    Michael E. Filippakis*, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus
    Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou, National Technical University, Zografou Campus
    (1106-35-822)
  • 7:45 a.m.
    The 2D incompressible Boussinesq equations with partial dissipation.
    Dhanapati Adhikari*, Marywood University
    (1106-35-2894)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    The 2D Euler-Boussinesq equations with a singular velocity.
    Dipendra Regmi*, Farmingdale State College, SUNY
    (1106-35-795)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Nonlinear Pseudo-differential Equations, Sobolev Gradients & Application to Nonlinear Pseudo-differential Equations.
    Ramesh Karki*, The University of Toledo
    (1106-35-2266)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Large Time Behavior of Solutions to Hyperbolic Balance Laws.
    Jiao Chen*, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Yanni Zeng, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1106-35-589)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Gibbs' measure and almost sure global well-posedness for one dimensional periodic fractional Schrödinger equation.
    Seckin Demirbas*, UIUC
    (1106-35-1938)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Integral transform approach to the initial-value problem for the evolution equations.
    Karen Yagdjian*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1106-35-2716)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Symmetries of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.
    Danny Arrigo*, University of Central Arkansas
    Kyle Barker, University of Central Arkansas
    (1106-35-1718)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Numerical Methods for Solving Optimal Control Problems for the Second Order Parabolic PDEs.
    Ugur Abdulla, Florida Institute of Technology
    Jonathan Goldfarb*, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1106-35-2581)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Time Discrete Approximation of Weak Solutions for Stochastic Equations of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Applications.
    Chuntian Wang*, Indiana University Bloomington
    (1106-35-1398)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Numerical Solution of the Sine-Gordan Equation using Method of Lines.
    Chloe L Ondracek*, Minot State University
    Narayan Thapa, Minot State University, Minot ND USA
    (1106-35-1217)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Modeling Mixed Boundary Conditions with the Complex Variable Boundary Element Method (CVBEM).
    Anthony N. Johnson*, United States Military Academy
    Theodore V. Hromadka, United States Military Academy
    Steven B. Horton, United States Military Academy
    (1106-35-160)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Random Attractor of Stochastic Brusselator System with Multiplicative White Noise.
    Junyi Tu*, University of South Florida
    Yuncheng You, University of South Florida
    (1106-35-663)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Approximate Diagonalization of Variable-Coefficient Differential Operators Through Similarity Transformations.
    James V Lambers*, University of Southern Mississippi
    (1106-35-998)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Email Center
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Advances in Coding Theory, III
  Room 002, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Felice Manganiello, Clemson University manganm@clemson.edu
  Gretchen L. Matthews, Clemson University
  Judy L. Walker, University of Nebraska
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Designing error correcting codes for flash memories.
    Christine A. Kelley*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Kathryn Haymaker, Villanova University
    (1106-94-2657)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Constructions of codes for the grain-error model.
    Kathryn Haymaker*, Villanova University
    (1106-05-2242)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Properties of Neural Codes via the Neural Ring.
    Katherine Morrison*, University of Northern Colorado
    (1106-92-1774)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Network Coding and Applications.
    Kristin E. Lauter*, Microsoft Research
    (1106-94-1020)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Classification Problems in Operator Algebras, II
  Room 001B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Arnaud Brothier, Vanderbilt University
  Ionut Chifan, The University of Iowa
  Darren Creutz, Vanderbilt University
  Remus Nicoara, University of Tennessee
  David Penneys, University of California, Los Angeles dpenneys@math.toronto.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Noncommutative uncertainty principles.
    Chunlan Jiang, Hebei Normal University
    Zhengwei Liu*, Vanderbilt University
    Jinsong Wu, University of Science and Technology of China
    (1106-46-364)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Metric Mean Dimension for Algebraic Actions of Sofic Groups.
    Ben Hayes*, Vanderbilt University
    (1106-37-1686)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Von Neumann Algebras of Equivalence Relations with Nontrivial One-Cohomology.
    Daniel J Hoff*, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-47-2637)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Invariant Basis Number for $C^*$-Algebras.
    Philip M Gipson*, University of Nebraska -- Lincoln
    (1106-47-440)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Subfactors and Topological Defects in Conformal Quantum Field Theory.
    Marcel Bischoff*, Vanderbilt University
    Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, The University of Tokyo
    Roberto Longo, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"
    Karl-Henning Rehren, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Göttingen
    (1106-81-1747)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Maximal amenable von Neumann subalgebras arising from maximal amenable subgroups.
    Remi Boutonnet*, UCSD
    (1106-47-1262)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computing Intensive Modeling in Mathematical and Computational Biology, II
  Room 006B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Timothy D Comar, Benedictine University tcomar@ben.edu
  Olcay Akman, Illinois State University
  Daniel Hrozencik, Chicago State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Simulation of Stochastic Differential Equations arises in mathematical neurosciences.
    M. Rahman*, University of North Florida
    (1106-34-1574)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Simulations of a lattice model and pairwise approximation equations to predict unstable calcium release in a cardiac cell.
    Robert J Rovetti*, Loyola Marymount University
    (1106-92-2455)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Pre-Copulatory Sexual Cannibalism: effects of voracity, growth, and maturation time.
    Sara A Reynolds*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-92-2403)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    large scale multi agent simulation of infectious disease on the lazarus gpu cluster with applications to epidemiology and zombies.
    John M Calhoun*, Texas Tech University
    (1106-92-1814)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Modeling and analysis of a temperature-driven outbreak of waterfowl disease in the Upper Mississippi River.
    James P Peirce*, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Greg Sandland, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Barbara Bennie, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Mary O'Driscoll, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    (1106-92-421)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Two-Sex Mosquito Model for the Spread of Wolbachia.
    Ling Xue*, Tulane University
    Carrie Manore, Tulane University
    Panpim Thongsripong, Tulane University
    Soodeh Azizi, Tulane University
    Mac Hyman, Azizi
    (1106-34-151)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, I
  Room 004, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  James Mc Laughlin, West Chester University
  Nancy J. Wyshinski, Trinity College nancy.wyshinski@trincoll.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Convergence of random continued fractions.
    Lisa Lorentzen*, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
    (1106-30-1702)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Some q-Continued fractions and their connections with Lambert series and mock theta functions.
    Mohan V G K Rudravarapu*, Government Polytechnic, Department of Technical Education,Srikakulam,AP,India
    Pankaj Srivastava, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology,Allahabad,UP,India
    (1106-33-778)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Effects of Perturbation of Terms of S-fractions in the Corresponding Stieltjes Transforms.
    Saroj Aryal*, Montana State University Billings
    Farhad Jafari, University of Wyoming
    (1106-33-482)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Continued Fraction Digit Averages and Maclaurin's Inequalities.
    Steven J Miller*, Williams College
    Francesco Cellarosi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Doug Hensley, Texas A&M University
    Jake Wellens, California Institute of Technology
    (1106-11-58)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Dynamics of semigroup actions of linear fractional transformations.
    Mohammad Javaheri*, Siena College
    (1106-37-210)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Creating Coherence in K--12 Mathematics, II
  Room 007A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Brigitte Lahme, Sonoma State University
  William McCallum, University of Arizona
  Cody Patterson, University of Arizona
  Kristin Umland, University of New Mexico umland@math.unm.edu
  Ellen Whitesides, University of Arizona
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Empiricism as unifying theme in the Standards for Mathematical Practice.
    Glenn Stevens*, Boston University
    (1106-97-2931)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Developing the Horizon Content Knowledge of Teachers through a Math Teachers' Circle.
    Thomas J Clark*, Dordt College
    (1106-97-1461)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Content courses and practice based teacher education.
    Emina Alibegovic*, University of Utah
    (1106-97-2206)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Engaging Preservice and Inservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers in Backmapping Essential Understandings in Calculus to School Algebra.
    James A. Mendoza Epperson*, University of Texas-Arlington
    (1106-97-2841)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Mathematical connections: Curricular and cognitive.
    Hyman Bass*, University of Michigan
    (1106-97-1468)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    No Coherence without Rigor.
    Nathaniel Rounds*, Reasoning Mind
    (1106-97-2626)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Differential Geometry and Statistics, I
  Room 007C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Susan Holmes, Stanford University susan@stat.stanford.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    From Volume of Tubes to Volume Testing.
    Persi Diaconis*, Stanford University
    (1106-62-823)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Statistical Learning from Invariance Principles: Robust Algorithms from Information Theory and Riemannian Geometry.
    Yann Ollivier*, CNRS, Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, Université Paris-Saclay
    (1106-62-295)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Positive Curvature and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.
    Susan Holmes, Stanford University
    Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo*, Stanford University
    Christof Seiler, Stanford University
    (1106-60-269)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Fixed Point Theory and Applications, I
  Room 007D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Clement Boateng Ampadu, drampadu@hotmail.com
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Coupled coincidence point and coupled fixed point theorems on modified intuitionistic fuzzy metric spaces with applications.
    Bhavana Deshpande*, Govt. P. G. Arts and Science College, Ratlam (MP), India
    (1106-46-108)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On unification of fixed point techniques - Applications of $(\delta , k)-$weak contractions.
    Xavier Alexius Udo-utun*, University of Uyo, Nigeria
    (1106-47-37)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Partial metric spaces with negative distances and fixed point theorems.
    Koushik Pal*, University of Saskatchewan
    Samer Assaf, University of Saskatchewan
    (1106-54-400)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    n-Dimensional U-Convexity and Fixed Point for Non-expansive Mappings in Banach Spaces.
    Ji Gao*, Community College of Philadelphia
    Satit Saujung, Knon Kaen University
    (1106-46-336)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some Approximate Fixed Point Results for Generalized Nonexpansive Mappings in Ptolemy Spaces.
    Talat Nazir*, Eindhoven
    (1106-46-36)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Fixed Point Theorem for Spherically Complete V-Continuity Spaces.
    Nate Ackerman*, Harvard University
    (1106-54-804)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Fractional, Stochastic, and Hybrid Dynamic Systems with Applications, I
  Room 003, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  John R. Graef, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
  Gangaram S Ladde, University of South Florida
  Aghalaya S Vatsala, University of Louisiana at Lafayette vatsala@Louisiana.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Eigenvalue comparison for fractional boundary value problems with the Caputo derivative.
    Johnny Henderson*, Baylor University
    Nickolai Kosmatov, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    (1106-34-84)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Existence of Positive Solutions of Fractional Boundary Value Problems Involving Bounded Linear Operators.
    John R. Graef, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Xueyan Sherry Liu*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (1106-34-172)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Infinitely Many Periodic Solutions to Perturbed Second-order Impulsive Hamiltonian Systems.
    John R. Graef*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Shapour Heidarkhani, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
    Lingju Kong, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (1106-34-391)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Real Zeros of a Random Algebraic Polynomial with Infinite Variance.
    M. Sambandham*, Morehouse College
    M. Sudharani, Surya Engineering College, Erode, India
    (1106-60-736)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Vector-born Disease Scale-Structured Network Delay Stochastic Epidemic dynamic model.
    Divine Wanduku*, Keiser University, Florida
    (1106-60-737)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Generalized Monotone Method for Caputo Fractional Integro-Differential Equations of order $q$, $0<q<1$.
    J. Diego Ramirez*, Lamar University
    (1106-34-773)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Holomorphic Dynamics in One and Several Variables, III
  Room 006D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Tanya Firsova, State University of New York at Stony Brook and Kansas State University tanya@math.sunysb.edu
  Thomas Sharland, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A combinatorial classification of postcritically finite Newton maps.
    Russell Lodge*, Jacobs University Bremen
    Yauhen Mikulich, Frankfurt, Germany
    Dierk Schleicher, Jacobs University, Bremen
    (1106-37-516)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Random Iteration of Rational Maps.
    Jesse D Feller*, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
    (1106-37-1375)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Fjords in a Parameter Space for Antipode Preserving Cubic Maps.
    Araceli Bonifant*, University of Rhode Island
    Xavier Buff, Universite Paul Sabatier
    John Milnor, Stony Brook University
    (1106-37-2638)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the measure of the Feigenbaum Julia set.
    Scott Sutherland*, Stony Brook University
    (1106-37-2380)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Constraints on automorphism groups of higher dimensional manifolds.
    Turgay Bayraktar*, Syracuse University
    (1106-32-835)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Domain of attraction along an apparent direction for holomorphic maps tangent to the identity.
    Sara W. Lapan*, Northwestern University
    (1106-32-2648)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Limits of Discrete Structures, I
  Room 006A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Peter Diao, Stanford University
  Dominique Guillot, Stanford University
  Apoorva Khare, Stanford University
  Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University brajarat@stanford.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the asymptotics of constrained exponential random graphs.
    Richard Kenyon, Brown University
    Mei Yin*, University of Denver
    (1106-60-486)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A case for graph limits: The Logarithmic Calculus and Application to Sidorenko's Conjecture.
    Xiang Li*, UC Berkeley
    Balázs Szegedy, MTA Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
    (1106-60-2013)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An $L^p$ theory of sparse graph limits I: limits, sparse random graph models, and power law distributions.
    Christian Borgs, Microsoft Research
    Jennifer T Chayes*, Microsoft Research
    Henry Cohn, Microsoft Research
    Yufei Zhao, MIT
    (1106-05-1829)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An $L^p$ theory of sparse graph convergence II: LD convergence, quotients, and right convergence.
    Christian Borgs, Microsoft Research
    Jennifer T Chayes, Microsoft Research
    Henry Cohn*, Microsoft Research
    Yufei Zhao, MIT
    (1106-05-1834)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Making the Case for Faculty Relevance: Case Studies in Best Practices for Classroom Teaching
  Room 217B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Martha Abell, Georgia Southern University martha@georgiasouthern.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    What technology should I use---oh, and how does it enhance student learning?
    P. Gavin LaRose*, University of Michigan
    (1106-AG-1662)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Gaising into the Future of Teaching Statistics.
    Robin H. Lock*, St. Lawrence University
    (1106-AG-2754)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Four-and-a-half useful methods for grading mathematical writing.
    Annalisa Crannell*, Franklin & Marshall College
    (1106-AG-635)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    What we say/What they hear: Culture Shock in the Classroom.
    Carol Schumacher*, Kenyon College
    (1106-AG-2299)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Could an ecology of teaching and learning inform us about best practices in classroom teaching?
    Jacqueline M. Dewar*, Loyola Marymount University
    (1106-AG-732)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    An Introduction to Best Practices of Modified Moore Method in the Teaching of Proofs.
    Rachel Schwell*, Central Connecticut State University
    (1106-AG-2713)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Natural Resource Modeling, I
  Room 008B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Shandelle M. Henson, Andrews University henson@andrews.edu
  Catherine A. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A model for the Darwinian dynamics of an adult-on-juvenile cannibalistic population.
    Jim M. Cushing*, University of Arizona
    (1106-92-674)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Allee effects and colony collapse disorder in honey bees.
    Brian Dennis*, Department of Statistical Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
    William P Kemp, USDA-ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND
    (1106-92-1258)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Optimal Control for Management in Gypsy Moth Models.
    Marco V. Martinez*, North Central College
    (1106-92-1268)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Climate dynamics: the scale of uncertainty.
    Eric Marland*, Appalachian State University
    Dawn Woodard, University of California, Irvine
    Susannah Hogue, Appalachian State University
    Maya Hutchins, Arizona State University
    Gordon Buckingham, Appalachian State University
    Meredith Branham, Appalachian State University
    Jeff Colby, Appalachian State University
    Gregg Marland, Appalachian State University
    (1106-92-451)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Allee effects and invasive insect management: how to optimally allocate resources.
    Julie C Blackwood*, Williams College
    (1106-92-1387)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Sustainable strategies of environmental protection: modeling and optimization.
    Natali Hritonenko*, Prairie View A&M University
    Yuri Yatsenko, Houston Baptist University
    (1106-92-239)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Poland: Interbellum, World War II, and Immediate Post-War Developments, I
  Room 005, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Mohammad Javaheri, Siena College
  Emelie A. Kenney, Siena College kenney@siena.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Polish Cipher Bureau's Attack on the German Enigma Cipher Machine.
    Chris Christensen*, Northern Kentucky University
    (1106-01-89)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    PhD recipients and distinguished graduates in mathematics at the Jagiellonian University (Kraków) in the years 1918-1939.
    Stanisław Domoradzki, University of Rzeszów, Poland
    Małgorzata Stawiska-Friedland*, Mathematical Reviews
    (1106-01-478)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Fifty Years Later---Reflections from the Classroom of the First Year Study of Mathematics at Warsaw University.
    Bozenna Pasik-Duncan*, University of Kansas
    (1106-01-2817)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Legacy of Jerzy Neyman.
    Dominique Duncan*, University of California, Davis
    (1106-01-2850)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Alfred Rosenblatt (1880-1947). A first Polish algebraic geometer.
    Danuta Ciesielska*, Institute of Mathematics, Pedagogical University of Cracow
    (1106-01-2627)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Function Theory, I
  Room 001A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Paul S. Muhly, University of Iowa
  Gelu F. Popescu, University of Texas at San Antonio gelu.popescu@utsa.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Noncommutative Inequalities.
    J William Helton*, UCSD
    (1106-46-849)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    PI and GIT Methods in Free Analysis.
    Erin Griesenauer, University of Iowa
    Paul S. Muhly*, University of Iowa
    Baruch Solel, Technion
    (1106-47-651)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Euler Characteristic on Noncommutative Polyballs.
    Gelu F Popescu*, The University of Texas at San Antonio
    (1106-47-281)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Symmetric states and tail algebras.
    Ken Dykema*, Texas A&M University
    Claus Koestler, University Colllege Cork
    John D. Williams, University of Saarland
    (1106-46-834)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Matricial function theory and weighted shifts.
    Paul S. Muhly, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
    Baruch Solel*, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    (1106-47-801)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Lebesgue-type decomposition theorem for linear functionals on noncommutative function spaces.
    Matthew Kennedy*, Carleton University
    (1106-47-1042)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Ricci Curvature for Homogeneous Spaces and Related Topics, III
  Room 006C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Megan Kerr, Wellesley College mkerr@wellesley.edu
  Tracy Payne, Idaho State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Geometry of gradient Ricci solitons.
    Chenxu He*, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-53-2132)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the stability of expanding Ricci solitons.
    Michael Bradford Williams*, UCLA
    Michael Jablonski, University of Oklahoma
    Peter Petersen, UCLA
    (1106-53-985)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Symmetries of generalized Ricci solitons.
    Jeffrey Jauregui*, Union College
    (1106-53-2436)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The RG-2 bracket flow on Lie groups and related flows.
    David Alan Glickenstein*, University of Arizona
    (1106-53-1119)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Updates on the second order renormalization group flow.
    Christine M Guenther*, Pacific University
    (1106-58-1335)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Second order renormalization group flow.
    Karsten Gimre*, Columbia
    (1106-53-2891)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Selmer Groups, I
  Room 007B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Mirela Ciperiani, University of Texas at Austin mirela@math.utexas.edu
  Henri Darmon, McGill University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Random Selmer groups over function fields.
    Jordan S. Ellenberg*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (1106-14-1906)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Iwasawa theory of symmetric powers of modular forms.
    Robert Harron*, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
    (1106-11-976)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Heights of generalized Heegner cycles.
    Ari Shnidman*, University of Michigan
    (1106-11-723)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Generalised Heegner cycles and p-adic L-functions.
    Francesc Castella*, University of California, Los Angeles
    Ming-Lun Hsieh, National Taiwan University
    (1106-11-1861)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on The Mathematics of Rogers and Ramanujan
  Room 214D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ken Ono, Emory University ono@mathcs.emory.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Generalized Rogers-Ramanujan Series and Related Mysteries.
    George E Andrews*, The Pennsylvania State University
    (1106-AB-40)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Survey of the Rogers--Ramanujan Continued Fraction.
    Bruce C. Berndt*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-AB-45)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized Rogers-Ramanujan identities and vertex operator algebra theory.
    James Lepowsky*, Rutgers University
    (1106-AB-102)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Selberg's q-difference equations, the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction, and unit groups.
    Amanda Folsom*, Amherst College/Yale University
    (1106-AB-1088)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hall--Littlewood polynomials and Rogers--Ramanujan identities.
    S. Ole Warnaar*, The University of Queensland
    (1106-AB-113)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Algebraic units arising from a framework of Rogers--Ramanujan identities.
    Michael J. Griffin*, Emory University
    (1106-AB-861)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
  MAA Session on Best Practices for Teaching the Introductory Statistics Course, II
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Randall Pruim, Calvin College rpruim@calvin.edu
  Scott Alberts, Truman State University
  Patti Frazer Lock, St. Lawrence University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Using Supplemental Instruction in Mathematical Statistics at OUC: The study of how Supplemental Instruction has improved student success in introductory statistics at OUC.
    Dywayne Allen Nicely*, Ohio University-Chillicothe
    (1106-A5-232)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Adventures in Teaching Statistics to Energy Systems Engineers.
    Eleanor S. A. Farrington*, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
    (1106-A5-2641)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Best Practices for Responding to (the Increasing) Cultural and Linguistic Diversity of Introductory Statistics Students: Research, Resources and Recommendations.
    Lawrence M. Lesser*, The University of Texas at El Paso
    Amy E. Wagler, The University of Texas at El Paso
    (1106-A5-1296)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The First Night of Statistics Class (Revisited).
    Michael D. Miner*, American Public University System
    (1106-A5-2612)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Motivating the Material: Theme-Based Introductory Statistics.
    Adam F Childers*, Roanoke College
    (1106-A5-979)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Student Perspectives of a Non-Traditional Introductory Statistics Course.
    Rachel M Bates*, Redlands Community College
    (1106-A5-1295)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Analyzing Grade Inflation Data in an Introductory Statistics course.
    Dale K Hathaway*, Olivet Nazarene University
    (1106-A5-657)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Statistics in the World Around Us -- A Group Project for an Introductory Statistics Course.
    Eric Ruggieri*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1106-A5-2066)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  MAA Session on Collaborations between Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions that Create Pathways to a Math Major
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Nancy Sattler, Terra State Community College nsattler@terra.edu
  Judy Ackerman, Montgomery College Rockville Campus
  Elizabeth Teles, National Science Foundation
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Creating a Pathway for Transfer: A Partnership between Two-year and Four-year Public Institutions in Massachusetts.
    Rebecca Metcalf*, Bridgewater State University
    Irina Seceleanu, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-B5-2861)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Tropic of Calculus: No Course Is an Island.
    Luke T Walsh*, Catawba Valley Community College
    Katie J Mawhinney, Appalachian State University
    (1106-B5-2523)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    South Plains Mathematics Fellow Program: A partnership to attract new STEM students as mathematics majors.
    Kent Pearce*, Texas Tech University
    Jerry Dwyer, Texas Tech University
    Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
    (1106-B5-2313)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    MCTP: A Partnership between Arizona State University and Maricopa Community Colleges.
    K. Harrison Holmes*, Arizona State University
    Eric J. Kostelich, School of Mathematical and Statistical Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
    (1106-B5-1891)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Mathematics Mentoring Partnership between the Maricopa County Community College District and Arizona State University.
    Eric J. Kostelich*, Arizona State University
    Roberto Ribas, Scottsdale Community College
    (1106-B5-1719)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory, and Difference and Functional Equations, I
  Room 102A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On Systems of Rational Difference Equations with Periodic Coefficients.
    Y. Kostrov*, Xavier University
    Z. Kudlak, Monmouth University
    (1106-39-1068)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Dynamics of a Nonlinear Rational Difference Equation.
    Sebahat Ebru Das*, Yildiz Technical University
    Fatma Celiker, Yildiz Technical University
    (1106-39-2912)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Classification of the Local Dynamics of Real Analytic Planar Maps with a Non-Isolated 1-1 Resonant Fixed Point.
    William T Jamieson*, University of Rhode Island
    Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island
    (1106-39-653)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Concavity and Convexity in Discrete Fractional Calculus.
    Christopher S. Goodrich*, Creighton Preparatory School
    (1106-39-1805)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamics at a Finite Resolution: A Study of Isolating Neighborhoods.
    Martin M Salgado-Flores*, College of William & Mary
    Yu-Min Chung, College of William & Mary
    Sarah Day, College of William & Mary
    (1106-37-911)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Rank-one homeomorphisms of $\mathbb{T}^2$.
    Sahana Vasudevan*, Harvard University
    (1106-37-2163)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Construction of a Non-Uniquely Ergodic Minimal Cantor Set.
    Erin Farrell Denette*, University of Rhode Island
    Araceli Medina-Bonifant, University of Rhode Island
    (1106-37-2268)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Parameter Space Structures for Rational Maps.
    Daniel Cuzzocreo*, Smith College
    (1106-37-2770)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An Equidistribution Result in Non-Archimedean Dynamics.
    Kenneth Scott Jacobs*, The University of Georgia
    (1106-37-2345)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On the Ergodicity of Products of Transformations in Infinite Measure.
    Julien E Clancy*, Yale University
    Rina Friedberg, University of Chicago
    Indraneel Kasmalkar, University of California, Berkeley
    Isaac Loh, Williams College
    Tudor Pădurariu, University of California, Los Angeles
    Cesar Silva, Williams College
    Sahana Vasudevan, Harvard University
    (1106-37-2750)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Conservativity of Products in Infinite-Measure.
    Julien Clancy, Yale University
    Rina Siller Friedberg*, University of Chicago
    Indraneel Kasmalkar, University of California, Berkeley
    Isaac Loh, Williams College
    Tudor Padurariu, University of California, Los Angeles
    Cesar E Silva, Williams College
    Sahana Vasudevan, Harvard University
    (1106-37-2615)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
  MAA Session on Ethnomathematics: A Tribute to Marcia Ascher, I
  Room 213B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ximena Catepillan, Millersville University ximena.catepillan@millersville.edu
  Amy Shell-Gellasch, Montgomery College
  Janet Beery, University of Redlands
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Shongo Networks--A Sand Graph.
    Cynthia E. Taylor*, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-D1-815)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    A Unique and Successful Course in Multicultural Mathematics.
    Betty C Rogers*, Piedmont College
    (1106-D1-2829)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    The role of an alternative natural language based on Mesoamerican concepts in teaching algebraic processes.
    Ivan Lina-Ramos*, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    Alma Fabiola Rangel-Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico
    (1106-D1-2793)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Ethnomathematics in a First Year Seminar.
    Edwin (Jed) P Herman*, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
    (1106-D1-2649)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Discovering Universal Connections in Mathematics Through Native American Culture.
    Charles Peter Funkhouser*, California State University Fullerton
    Miles R. Pfahl, Turtle Mountain Community College
    Harriet C. Edwards, California State University Fullerton
    (1106-D1-383)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    An Island Divided: Diversity and Mathematics on St. Maarten.
    Anne M Raymond*, Bellarmine University
    (1106-D1-623)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Marcia Ascher and Ethnomathematics.
    Victor J. Katz*, University of the District of Columbia
    (1106-D1-1165)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Geometry
  Room 202B, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Skeleta of algebraic curves and surfaces.
    Surya Thapa Magar*, Kansas State University
    (1106-51-2271)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Piecewise domains in staircase metric space-times.
    Kusha Mohammadi, Austin College
    J Mealy*, Austin College
    (1106-51-1253)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Capturing the evader in 2-d Euclidean space with topological strategy.
    Yiqing Cai*, Postdoc/Institute for mathematics and its applications
    Andrew Beveridge, Associate Professor/Macalester College
    (1106-51-1275)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Double Bubbles in Hyperbolic Surfaces.
    Alyssa Kealohi Loving*, University of Hawaii at Hilo
    (1106-51-1303)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Isoperimetric Problem in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with Density $r^p$.
    Sarah E Tammen*, University of Georgia
    (1106-51-1441)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    $\alpha$-flokki.
    Oscar Vega*, California State University, Fresno
    (1106-51-1536)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Maximal regular polygons inscribed in a triangle.
    Michael McAsey*, Bradley University
    Libin Mou, Bradley University
    (1106-51-1922)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    The Local Isomorphism Class of the Discrete Hyperbolic Plane.
    Dane P. Mayhook*, Florida State University
    (1106-51-2097)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Geometric Modeling of Hexagonal Joints.
    Traymon Beavers, James Madison University
    Michael Caple, James Madison University
    Ezekiel Mihelcic*, James Madison University
    Lisha White, James Madison University
    (1106-51-2304)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A New Perspective on Laguerre Planes.
    Robert D. Knight*, Ohio University-Chillicothe
    (1106-51-2606)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Partitions of Tetrahedra.
    Derege H. Mussa*, University of Texas at Dallas
    (1106-51-1496)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra, II
  Room 204A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David M Strong, Pepperdine University David.Strong@pepperdine.edu
  Gilbert Strang, MIT
  Megan Wawro, Virginia Tech
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An IBL-influenced Approach to Teaching Linear Algebra.
    C Ray Rosentrater*, Westmont College
    (1106-G1-1196)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Use of Just-In-Time-Teaching, Khan Academy Videos, and MyMathLab to Partially Flip a Linear Algebra Course.
    Diana White*, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-G1-1287)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Exploring Ax = b in a DavidsonX MOOC.
    Shane Macnamara*, Davidson College
    Tim Chartier, Davidson College
    (1106-G1-2280)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    You can use a matrix to do that?
    Meghan M De Witt*, St Thomas Aquinas College
    (1106-G1-1339)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Magic Squares and Other Explorations in Linear Algebra.
    Michelle L Ghrist*, U.S. Air Force Academy
    (1106-G1-2893)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Topics in Linear Algebra through Signal and Image Processing.
    Yevgeniy V. Galperin*, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-G1-1970)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    How Do Badly Conditioned Systems Misbehave?
    J D Fortin*, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte
    (1106-G1-2660)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    An instructional sequence for change of basis and eigentheory.
    Megan Wawro*, Virginia Tech
    Michelle Zandieh, Arizona State University
    David Plaxco, Virginia Tech
    (1106-G1-1482)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
  MAA Session on Inquiry-Based Learning in First-Year and Second-Year Courses, IV
  Room 209, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dana C. Ernst, Northern Arizona University Dana.Ernst@nau.edu
  Angie Hodge, University of Nebraska Omaha
  Theron J Hitchman, University of Northern Iowa
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Teaching an Inquiry-Based Elementary Linear Algebra Course at a Small Liberal Arts University.
    William G. Hager*, Texas Lutheran University
    (1106-G5-2468)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    IBL Linear Algebra with a mixed audience and Sage.
    Theron J Hitchman*, University of Northern Iowa
    (1106-G5-2417)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Creating and Sustaining Productive Whole Class Discussions.
    Chris L Rasmussen*, San Diego State University
    (1106-G5-2071)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Computational inquiry in elementary statistics.
    Carl Toews*, University of Puget Sound
    (1106-G5-2059)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Exploration and Inquiry in an Introductory Course for Mathematics Majors.
    Helmut Knaust*, The University of Texas at El Paso
    (1106-G5-1597)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    A Writing Seminar on Mathematical Topics: Changing Views by Considering Perplexing Counterfactual Themes.
    Mircea Pitici*, Cornell University
    (1106-G5-1451)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Inquiry-Based Instruction in a Standard Differential Equations Course for Math Education Major.
    A. S. Elkhader*, Northern State University
    (1106-G5-408)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics Education, III
  Room 212A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Helping future high school teachers integrate their mathematical and pedagogical knowledge.
    Matthew S. Winsor*, Illinois State University
    (1106-VD-2542)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Potentional Teachers' Sources.
    Fatma Celiker*, Yildiz Technical University
    Pinar Albayrak, Yildiz Technical University
    Sebahat Ebru Das, Yildiz Technical University
    (1106-VD-2913)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Informal and formal proofs in geometry: Evidence from a large scale curriculum comparison study.
    Oscar Chavez*, University of Texas at San Antonio
    Ruthmae Sears, University of South Florida
    (1106-VD-2546)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Using WeBWorK for Reading Quizzes to Encourage Reading the Text Before Class.
    Mike May*, Saint Louis University
    (1106-VD-2812)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education: A Study Abroad Program for Pre-Service Secondary Teachers.
    Ryota Matsuura*, Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education
    (1106-VD-1111)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Do High School Mathematics Courses Prepare Students for College Placement Tests?
    Daniel Showalter*, Ohio University
    (1106-VD-1144)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    STEM Bridge Program.
    Matt M Bell*, Eastern New Mexico University
    Joan Brown, Eastern New Mexico University
    (1106-VD-1380)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Promoting Research in Educational Mathematics.
    Jing-Zhong Zhang*, The National Academy of Science, China
    Shangzhi Li, Beihang University, Beijing, China
    Zengxiang Tong, Otterbein University
    (1106-VD-1266)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Orient Students to your Course with a Treasure Hunt.
    Elizabeth A Miller*, The Ohio State University
    Jason A Miller, The Ohio State University
    Carolyn Johns, The Ohio State University
    (1106-VD-2875)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    How to have group exams but an individual final exam for students. A discussion of how this promoted collaborative learning and lead to individual student inquiry in several types of classes.
    Rob Eby*, Blinn College - Bryan Campus
    (1106-VD-3)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Impact of Mathematics Teacher's Classroom Discourse on Developing Student's Mathematical Thinking in Elementary School in China.
    Jialing Dai*, THe University of the Pacific
    (1106-VD-2469)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Developing Metacognition in Students' Learning of Mathematics.
    Julie C Beier*, Earlham College
    Carolyn Yackel, Mercer University
    (1106-VD-1279)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Algebra, I
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The homomorphic image of a variant of the bicyclic semigroup.
    Berit Nilsen Givens*, Cal Poly Pomona
    Amber Rosin, Cal Poly Pomona
    Karen Linton, Cal Poly Pomona
    (1106-VJ-1224)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Heilbronn Characters of Finite Groups.
    Hy Ginsberg*, Worcester State University
    (1106-VJ-404)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Break.
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Peak Sets of Coxeter Groups of Classical Lie Types.
    Darleen Perez-Lavin*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Erik Insko, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Pamela Harris, United States Military Academy West Point
    (1106-VJ-1493)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An Introduction to Lie Algebra Multipliers.
    Louis A. Levy*, Baker University
    (1106-VJ-1960)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Free Field Representations of Twisted Toroidal Lie Algebras.
    Chad R Mangum*, Niagara University
    (1106-VJ-2194)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Category of Elementary Subalgebras of a Restricted Lie Algebra.
    Harry Jared Warner*, University of Southern California
    (1106-VJ-2309)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Primitive Idempotents of Schur Rings.
    Andrew F. Misseldine*, Southern Utah University
    (1106-VJ-2390)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Induced Automorphisms of Residuated Function Lattices.
    R Marshall Lagani*, University of Louisville
    (1106-VJ-2526)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On $S$-Noetherian domains.
    Dong Kyu Kim*, Kyungpook National University
    Jung Wook Lim, Kyungpook National University
    (1106-VJ-1692)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Power Series under conjugation by the Nottingham Group.
    Matthew P Gardner Spencer*, The College of the Holy Cross
    (1106-VJ-2353)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Poset Diagrams for $\theta$-Twisted Involutions of Weyl Groups.
    J. Tyrel Winebarger*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-VJ-1449)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On the symmetric $k$-varieties of orthogonal groups over fields of even characteristic.
    Nathaniel J Schwartz*, Washington College
    (1106-VJ-1773)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Cross Section Lattices of $\mathcal{J}$-irreducible Reductive Monoids as a Product of Chains.
    Stephen M. Adams*, Cabrini College
    (1106-VJ-1643)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Generalizations of the Cartan and Iwasawa Decompositions for SL$(2,k)$.
    Amanda K. Sutherland*, North Carolina State University
    (1106-VJ-420)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Generalized Complexification of the Orbits of Parabolic $k$-subgroups Acting on Symmetric $k$-Varieties.
    Mark C Hunnell*, North Carolina State University
    (1106-VJ-1057)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Applied Mathematics, II
  Room 213A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    De-noising and Deblurring Images Based on Tichonov Regularization With Random Data.
    Walid Sharabati*, Purdue University
    Yanling Zhao, Purdue University
    (1106-VL-2496)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Recognition of Textural Differences in Infrared and Ultraviolet Imagery Using Fractal Characteristics.
    Jack A. Ryan*, North Central College
    (1106-VL-263)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Investigating the Dependence of Transmission Rate to Water Temperature in a Host-Parasite System.
    Mary O'Driscoll*, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    James Peirce, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    (1106-VL-1200)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Numerical simulation of wave propagation in dynamic materials.
    Mihhail Berezovski*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    (1106-VL-1048)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A numerical study of the potential flow around two spheres in arbitrary motion through an ideal fluid.
    Abhinandan Chowdhury*, Gettysburg College
    Mark L Delcambre, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1106-VL-2792)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Simplified Mathematical Model of Neck Formation and Breakup of a Slender Fluid Jet.
    Muhammad Irfan Hameed*, University of South Carolina Upstate
    (1106-VL-1895)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Interface of Two Fluids Under a Shear Flow.
    Stephanie A. Blanda*, The Pennsylvania State University
    (1106-VL-1423)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Numerical Simulation of 3D Thin Metallic Liquid Film Dynamics.
    Agegnehu Atena*, Savannah State University
    (1106-VL-1599)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Thin viscous films: thinning driven by surface-tension energy dissipation.
    Fatma N. A. Mohamed*, West Virginia University
    (1106-VL-1415)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A split-explicit time-filtered Leapfrog Scheme with Application to Atmospheric Modeling.
    Joseph Richard Sadow*, Arizona State University
    (1106-VL-2147)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Real-Time Implementation of Nonlinear Control Methodologies for a Single Inverted Pendulum.
    Emese A. Kennedy*, North Carolina State University
    Hien T. Tran, North Carolina State University
    (1106-VL-597)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Stability of localized structure for a semi-arid climate model.
    Thomas Bellsky*, University of Maine
    (1106-VL-1388)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-8:10 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Logic or Foundations
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Elementary Theory of the Categories of Graphs.
    Demitri J. Plessas*, Northeastern State University
    (1106-VP-1989)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Teaching or Learning Introductory Mathematics
  Room 214C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Development of a General Education Online Course.
    Whitney George*, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    (1106-VW-608)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Writing and mathematics in a first-year seminar.
    Andrew R Gainer-Dewar*, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    (1106-VW-1098)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Turbo-charging freshman engagement in introductory courses through a 2-lecture motivational seminar on how and why to succeed at college mathematics.
    Wendy Hageman Smith*, Longwood University
    Becker Sidney Smith, Platonic Realms
    (1106-VW-2048)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Making a College Algebra Class Accessible to Students with Visual Impairments.
    John W. Hoggard*, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-VW-2188)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Effects of Assignment Timing on Student Learning.
    Emma Smith Zbarsky*, Wentworth Institute of Technology
    (1106-VW-2749)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Developing and Teaching a Hybrid, Mid-Term College Algebra for Business, Life and Social Science Majors.
    Chris Oehrlein*, Oklahoma City Community College
    (1106-VW-2795)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Games as a Learning Tool in Mathematics.
    Annela R Kelly*, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-VW-2709)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Tailgating and trajectories: Using corn hole data to illustrate transformations and characteristics of parabolas.
    Maria Siopsis*, Maryville College
    (1106-VW-2165)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Challenges of Teaching Developmental Mathematics Courses: Making Mathematics Appeal to Disengaged Learners by Seeking Depth Over Breadth.
    Carolyn E. Luna*, The University of Texas at San Antonio
    (1106-VW-2751)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Scholarships-Creating Opportunities for Applying Mathematics-- DUE 0966206 Project Outcomes Report (2010-2014).
    Yu-Ju Kuo*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Rick Adkins, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-VW-2454)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Can I be the change I want to see? Navigating the ease and obstacles between research ideals and classroom realities.
    Mary Beisiegel*, Oregon State University
    (1106-VW-2667)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, I
  Room 101A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On Higher Etale Regulators and Application to Higher Class Field Theory.
    Sin Tsun Edward Fan*, California Institute of Technology
    (1106-11-2785)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Moduli of elliptic curves via twisted stable maps.
    Andrew Niles*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1106-11-702)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Discriminants of simplest $3^n$-tic extensions.
    T. Alden Gassert*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1106-11-1797)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Diophantine Equations of the Form $X^{2N} + 2^{2\alpha} 5^{2\beta} p^{2\gamma} = Z^5$.
    Eva G. Goedhart*, Bryn Mawr College
    Helen G. Grundman, Bryn Mawr College
    (1106-11-1763)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On Solving the Equation $(a^2x^k - 1)(b^2y^k - 1) = (abz^k - 1)^2$.
    Eva G. Goedhart, Bryn Mawr College
    Helen G. Grundman*, Bryn Mawr College
    (1106-11-1767)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    $p$-adic measures on $\mathbb{Z}_p$ and $\mathbb{Z}_p^2$.
    Scott Zinzer*, Arizona State University
    (1106-11-2134)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Average of the First Invariant Factor of the Reductions of Abelian Varieties of CM Type.
    Sungjin Kim*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (1106-11-588)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Counting Artin-Schreier Curves Over Finite Fields.
    Anne M. Ho*, Colorado State University
    (1106-11-586)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Generalized integral Hopf-Galois module structure in characteristic $p$.
    Alan Koch*, Agnes Scott College
    (1106-11-2279)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Purity Results on F-crystals.
    Jinghao Li*, SUNY Binghamton
    Adrian Vasiu, SUNY Binghamton
    (1106-11-1985)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, I
  Room 203A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The joint belief function and Shapley value for the joint cooperative game.
    Zheng Wei*, New Mexico State University
    Tonghui Wang, New Mexico State University
    Baokun Li, School of Statistics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economy, China
    Phoung Anh Nguyen, International University, Vietnam National University
    (1106-60-1016)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Finite Factors of Bernoulli Schemes.
    Andrew Lazowski*, Sacred Heart University
    (1106-00-1419)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Hyperfinite Construction of G-expectation.
    Tolulope Rhoda Fadina*, Bielefeld University, Germany.
    (1106-60-1323)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Generalized conditional Wiener integrals and their applications over analogues of Wiener paths.
    Dong Hyun Cho*, Kyonggi University
    (1106-60-1687)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Random weighted projections, random quadratic forms and random eigenvectors.
    Ke Wang*, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota
    Van Vu, Yale University
    (1106-60-2574)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Asymptotic Zero Distribution of random polynomials.
    Turgay Bayraktar*, Syracuse University
    (1106-60-1521)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Finding the probability of all Markov chain sample paths from j to k in n-steps where j,k that are bounded below by the x-axis and having transitions of size one of two (up or down).
    Alan C. Krinik*, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
    Dmitry, Vladimir V. Kruchinin, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
    (1106-60-7)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On the sup-norm of the Bernstein density estimator.
    Lu Lu*, Colby College
    (1106-60-2756)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hybrid Deterministic-Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics for Bayesian Learning.
    Qi He*, University of California, Irvine
    Jack Xin, University of California, Irvine
    (1106-60-173)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Distribution of Distances Between Random Gaussian Points in n-Space.
    Benjamin Thirey*, United States Military Academy at West Point, NY
    Randal E Hickman, United States Military Academy at West Point, NY
    (1106-60-2576)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some Asymptotic Properties of Silverman's Smoothed Functional Principal Components.
    Pemantha Lakraj Gamage*, Texas Tech University, Texas, USA.
    Frits Ruymgaart, Texas Tech University, Texas, USA.
    (1106-60-2726)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Multistep-ahead forecasting in FX rates using K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm with Mahalanobis Distance.
    Vindya Kumari Pathirana*, University of South Florida
    Kandethody M Ramachandran, University of South Florida
    (1106-60-2347)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on The Times They Are a Changin': Successful Innovations in Developmental Mathematics Curricula and Pedagogy, I
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Suzanne Dorée, Augsburg College doree@augsburg.edu
  Joanne Peeples, El Paso Community College
  Donald Small, U. S. Military Academy
  Bruce Yoshiwara, Los Angeles Pierce College
  Chris Oehrlein, Oklahoma City Community College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Comprehensive Reform of Developmental Mathematics at Xavier University of Louisiana.
    G. Arora, Xavier University of Louisiana
    A. Klimas, Xavier University of Louisiana
    V. L. Kocic*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    D. Stutson, Xavier University of Louisiana
    S. Unnithan, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (1106-P5-549)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    A Personalized Solution for Increased Student Success.
    Rodica Cazacu*, Georgia College
    Marcela Chiorescu, Georgia College
    (1106-P5-2769)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    The Way to Quantitative Literacy for College Developmental Mathematics Students.
    Michael George*, BMCC-CUNY
    Annie Y Han, BMCC-CUNY
    Yevgeniy Milman, BMCC-CUNY
    (1106-P5-2870)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Contemporary Approach to Intermediate Algebra.
    Donald Small*, U. S. Military Academy
    (1106-P5-846)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    The Carnegie Pathways: Innovating for Student Success in Statway and Quantway.
    Ann Edwards*, Carnegie Foundation
    Cinnamon Hillyard, University of Washington Bothell
    (1106-P5-2701)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Implementing NCBO (Non-Credit Bearing Option) Bridge Mathematics Courses in the Research University: Lessons Learned in a Tier-1 Setting.
    Van Herd*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-P5-2554)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Eliminating Barriers and Establishing Connections: Practices Outside of the Classroom to Encourage Successful Mathematics Remediation.
    Kimberly J Presser*, Shippensburg University
    (1106-P5-441)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    An Inquiry-Based Approach to Using and Manipulating Formulas.
    Victor I Piercey*, Ferris State University
    (1106-P5-360)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    A Personalized Learning Approach to Developmental Mathematics.
    Jan Orton Case*, Jacksonville State University
    (1106-P5-1249)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Topology and Manifolds, III
  Room 101B, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Skein Theory and q-series.
    Mustafa Hajij*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-55-158)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Predicting the number and type of twist sits in a rational knot or link.
    Kerry M. Luse*, Trinity Washington University
    Mark E. Kidwell, United States Naval Academy
    (1106-55-1972)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Intrinsic Linking and Knotting in Directed Graphs.
    Joel Foisy, State University of New York at Potsdam
    Hugh N Howards, Wake Forest University
    Natalie R Rich*, University of Nebraska
    (1106-55-528)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Knot Invariants from Spanning Surfaces for a Two-Bridge Knot.
    Vincent F Longo*, The College of New Jersey
    (1106-19-1682)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Even and odd Kauffman bracket ideals for genus-1 tangles.
    Susan M. Abernathy*, Angelo State University
    Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University
    (1106-57-1751)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Alexander- and Markov-type theorems for virtual singular links.
    Sarah R McGahan*, California State University, Fresno
    Andrew V de la Pena, California State University, Fresno
    (1106-57-1799)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On the Jones polynomial of 2n-plat presentations of knots.
    Bo-hyun Kwon*, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1106-57-434)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Bulky Knots.
    Dennis M. Roseman*, University of Iowa
    (1106-57-384)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Heegaard diagrams corresponding to Turaev surfaces.
    Cody Armond*, University of Iowa
    Nathan Druivenga, University of Iowa
    Thomas Kindred, University of Iowa
    (1106-57-1934)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Volume Bounds for Families of A-Adequate Link Diagrams.
    Adam Giambrone*, Alma College
    (1106-57-2196)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Decomposing Dehn Twists in Terms of Lickorish Generators.
    Darren M Garbuz*, Saint Louis University
    (1106-57-1807)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Character Varieties of Dehn Fillings of a 3-component Link.
    Meredith G Anderson*, New Mexico State University
    (1106-57-1347)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Advances in Continuous Optimization and Applications
  Room 202A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dominique Orban, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal dominique.orban@gerad.ca
  Robert Vanderbei, Princeton University rvdb@princeton.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Distributed augmented Lagrangian method with applications to stochastic programming.
    Darinka Dentcheva*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (1106-90-1609)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Alternating Minimization for Structured Optimization.
    Andrzej Ruszczynski*, Department of Management Sci. and Information Sys., Rutgers University
    (1106-90-1612)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Taking Advantage of Degeneracy in Cone Optimization: with Applications to Sensor Network Localization.
    Henry Wolkowicz*, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
    (1106-90-1824)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Direct Extension of ADMM for Multi-block Convex Minimization Problems is Not Necessarily Convergent.
    Yinyu Ye*, Stanford University
    (1106-90-2241)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Countably-infinite linear programming approaches and simplex-type algorithms for Markov Decision Processes.
    Ilbin Lee, University of Michigan
    Marina A Epelman*, University of Michigan
    H Edwin Romeijn, National Science Foundation
    Robert L Smith, University of Michigan
    (1106-90-2525)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Branch and bound algorithm for $k$-Min-Ball problem.
    Marta Cavaleiro, RUTCOR, Rutgers--The state Univwersity of New Jersey
    Farid Alizadeh*, MSIS Dept., Rutgers-State University of New Jersey
    (1106-90-2842)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Project NExT Workshop
  Room 217D, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  PME Council Meeting
  Independence, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:15 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Teaching or Learning Advanced Mathematics
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Teaching Mathematical Modeling - What WORKS, What Does NOT.
    Ronald M. Brzenk*, Hartwick College
    (1106-VS-153)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Analysis of Students' Proofs in Light of the Structure of Proof Construction.
    Tetsuya Yamamoto*, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-VS-997)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Points-free grading in an intro-to-proof course.
    Matt Boelkins*, Grand Valley State University
    (1106-VS-1118)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Game Theory Course in 14 Days.
    Heather Molle*, Lakeland College
    (1106-VS-1589)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Hybrid IBL/Traditional Abstract Algebra Class.
    Rebecca L. Jayne*, Hampden-Sydney College
    (1106-VS-2510)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Teaching Approaches of College Geometry for Pre-service High School Teachers.
    Ali S Shaqlaih*, University of North Texas at Dallas
    (1106-VS-2593)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Projects in an Introductory Abstract Algebra Course.
    Scott M. LaLonde*, University of Texas at Tyler
    (1106-VS-2773)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Partial Credit for Partial Proofs?
    Philip P. Mummert*, Butler University
    (1106-VS-2779)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The Evolution of an Introduction to Proofs Course, Its Beginning, Present, and Future.
    Regina D Aragon*, Eastern New Mexico University
    (1106-VS-2177)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics and Representation Theory, III
  Room 008A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Zajj Daugherty, Dartmouth College
  Ben Salisbury, Central Michigan University ben.salisbury@cmich.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the alcove model for Kirillov-Reshetikhin crystals.
    Cristian Lenart*, State University of New York at Albany
    Arthur Lubovsky, State University of New York at Albany
    (1106-05-889)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Crystal structure for rigged configurations and the filling map.
    Anne Schilling, University of California Davis
    Travis Scrimshaw*, University of California Davis
    (1106-05-742)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Combinatorial approach to root multiplicities of rank two hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebras.
    Seok-Jin Kang, Seoul National University
    Kyu-Hwan Lee*, University of Connecticut
    Kyungyong Lee, Wayne State University
    (1106-17-619)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Homogeneous Representations of Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier Algebras.
    Gabriel Feinberg*, Haverford College
    Kyu-Hwan Lee, University of Connecticut
    (1106-05-996)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Permutation patterns and Stanley symmetric functions.
    Brendan Pawlowski*, University of Washington
    Sara Billey, University of Washington
    (1106-05-972)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  MAA Session on Cartography and Mathematics: Imaging the World Around Us
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Emek Kose, St. Mary's College of Maryland ekose@smcm.edu
  Casey Douglas, St. Mary's College of Maryland
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Maps based on Max Elevation Angles to the Horizon.
    Michael A Brilleslyper*, U. S. Air Force Academy
    Mark Staley, HQ AF Space Command
    (1106-B1-1089)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Geometry of The Night Sky (or, An Ape Pointing at The Stars).
    Aaron Fenyes*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-B1-2878)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Loxodromes and Orthodromes: Two Methods for Computing Perimeters of Geographic Regions and their Applications.
    Chase P. Ashby*, Northern Michigan University
    Josh Thompson, Northern Michigan University
    (1106-B1-2144)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Flying Around the World: A Journey into Map Projections.
    Itai Seggev*, Wolfram Research
    (1106-B1-1958)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Grad School Fair
  Undergrads! Take this opportunity to meet representatives from mathematical science graduate programs.
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Ballroom A, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Divergent series and differential equations: Past, present, future $ ... $
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Christiane Rousseau*, Université de Montréal
  (1106-A0-11)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #3: Part B
  Introduction to process-oriented, guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) in mathematics courses.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Catherine Beneteau, University of South Florida
  Zdeñka Guadarrama, Rockhurst University
  Jill E. Guerra, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
  Laurie Lenz, Marymount University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #14: Part B
  Teaching statistics using R and RStudio.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Randall Pruim, Calvin College
  Nicholas Horton, Amherst College
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #5: Part B
  Two visual topics using undergraduate complex analysis.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Mike Brilleslyper, U S. Air Force Academy
  Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Student Hospitality/Information Center
  Bridge Hall, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:05 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  TALK CANCELLED: Topological dynamics and definable groups.
  Room 214A, Convention Center
  Anand Pillay*, University of Notre Dame
  (1106-03-145)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  AMS Special Presentation
  Who wants to be a mathematician---National contest.
  Room 103, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Michael S. Breen, AMS
  William T. Butterworth, DePaul University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Benefits and challenges of introducing multivariate topics earlier in the calculus sequence.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Mark Gruenwald, University of Evansville
  Ken Luther, Valparaiso University
  Panelists:
  Dave Dwyer, University of Evansville
  Stephen Davis, Davidson College
  Presenters:
  Jim Fowler, The Ohio State University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Matrix factorizations and complete intersection rings.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Irena Peeva*, Cornell University
  David Eisenbud, MSRI and UC Berkeley
  (1106-13-23)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  The strength of determinacy and Turing determinacy within second order arithmetics.
  Room 214A, Convention Center
  Richard A. Shore*, Cornell University
  (1106-03-149)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  The Remarkable Journey of the Isoperimetric Problem: From Euler to Steiner to Weierstrass.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Richard A. Tapia*, Rice University
  (1106-49-30)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  Undergrad Poster Judges session
  Room 214D, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education Informational Session
  Bowie A, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures, Lecture III
  Chern-Weil theory and abstract homotopy theory.
  Room 217A, Convention Center
  Michael J. Hopkins*, Harvard University
  (1106-55-2238)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  Current Events Bulletin
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David Eisenbud, MSRI and UC Berkeley de@math.berkeley.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Exploring the Galois group of the rational numbers: recent breakthroughs.
    Jared S Weinstein*, Boston University
    (1106-11-2946)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The nonlinear Schrodinger equation on tori: integrating harmonic analysis, geometry and probability.
    Andrea R Nahmod*, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    (1106-35-2834)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    String Theory and Math: Why This Marriage May Last.
    Mina Aganagic*, UC Berkeley
    (1106-81-2181)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    From rational billiards to dynamics on moduli spaces.
    Alex Wright*, Stanford University and Clay Mathematics Institute
    (1106-37-2174)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
  MAA Lecture for Students
  Math is cool!
  Room 103, Convention Center
  George Hart*, Stony Brook University
  (1106-A0-13)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, II
  Room 004, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  James Mc Laughlin, West Chester University
  Nancy J. Wyshinski, Trinity College nancy.wyshinski@trincoll.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Generalized Stern polynomials, hyperbinary expansions, and continued fractions.
    Karl Dilcher*, Dalhousie University
    Larry Ericksen, Millville, NJ
    (1106-11-1679)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    End-symmetric continued fractions and binary quadratic forms.
    Barry R. Smith*, Lebanon Valley College
    (1106-11-255)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Jacobi-Perron Variant and Hermite's Problem.
    Richard C. Burge*, Garden Valley, CA
    (1106-11-706)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A new family of multidimensional continued fractions: translated triangle maps.
    Thomas Garrity*, Williams
    Ilya Amburg, Williams
    (1106-11-1624)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Functional Analysis of Triangle Partition Maps, a Family of Multidimensional Continued Fraction Algorithms: Transfer Operators, Zeta-Likeness, and Special Functions.
    Ilya Amburg*, Williams College
    Thomas Garrity, Williams College
    (1106-46-1693)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Nearest Integer Continued Fraction Systems.
    Eugen Andrei Ghenciu*, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    Mario Roy, York University
    Sara Munday, University of York
    (1106-37-1447)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The $(u,v)$-Calkin-Wilf Tree.
    Sandie Han, New York City College of Technology
    Ariane Masuda, New York City College of Technology
    Satyanand Singh, New York City College of Technology
    Johann Thiel*, New York City College of Technology
    (1106-11-2349)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Calkin-Wilf Tree for Linear Fractional Transformations.
    Sandie Han, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
    Ariane Masuda*, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
    Satyanand Singh, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
    Johann Thiel, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
    (1106-11-2427)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Differential Geometry and Statistics, II
  Room 007C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Susan Holmes, Stanford University susan@stat.stanford.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Role of Geometry in Model Independent Statistical inference on Non-Euclidean Spaces.
    Rabi Bhattacharya*, University of Arizona
    (1106-62-260)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Riemannian and affine Structures for Geometric Statistics in Computational Anatomy.
    Xavier Pennec*, Inria, Asclepios team
    (1106-62-356)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Analog Forecasting with Dynamics-Adapted Kernels.
    Zhizhen Zhao*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    Dimitris Giannakis, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    (1106-37-1450)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Fractional, Stochastic, and Hybrid Dynamic Systems with Applications, II
  Room 003, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  John R. Graef, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
  Gangaram S Ladde, University of South Florida
  Aghalaya S Vatsala, University of Louisiana at Lafayette vatsala@Louisiana.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Two-scale Network Dynamic Model for Energy Commodity Process.
    Olusegun M Otunuga*, Marshall University
    Gangaram S Ladde, University of South Florida
    (1106-37-769)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Levy-type Stochastic Dynamic Modeling of Option Pricing Process under Semi-Markovian Structural Perturbations.
    Patrick A Assonken*, University of South Florida
    Gangaram S Ladde, University of South Florida
    (1106-60-960)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Chaos in a Two-stage Discrete Model with Periodic Birthrates.
    Ross Chiquet*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1106-39-1015)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Collective Behavior of Multi-Cultural Social Networks Under Stochastic Structural Perturbations.
    Kristina B Hilton*, University of South Florida
    Gangaram S Ladde, University of South Florida
    (1106-91-1097)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Monotone Method for Multi-Order N-Systems of Riemann-Liouville Fractional Differential Equations.
    Zachary Denton*, North Carolina A&T State University
    (1106-34-1320)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Comparisons of Green's Functions for Multiple Term Fractional Differential Equations.
    Paul Eloe*, University of Dayton
    Jeffrey Lyons, Nova Southeastern University
    Jeffrey Neugebauer, Eastern Kentucky University
    (1106-26-1358)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Some Basic Results of Caputo Fractional Differential Equations.
    Aghalaya S. Vatsala*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Bhuvaneswari Sambandham, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1106-34-1232)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A fractional boundary value problem with Dirichlet boundary conditions.
    John R. Graef, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Lingju Kong, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Qingkai Kong, Northern Illinois University
    Min Wang*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (1106-34-1644)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Epidemiological Modeling and Stochastic Neural Networks.
    Ryan M Thurman*, University of South Florida
    Gangaram S Ladde, University of South Florida
    (1106-92-1917)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A threshold network dynamic and applications.
    Gangaram S Ladde*, University of South Florida
    (1106-92-1840)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometries Defined by Differential Forms, I
  Room 007D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Sergey Grigorian, University of Texas-Pan American grigorians@utpa.edu
  Sema Salur, University of Rochester
  Albert J Todd, University of California, Riverside
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Generalized Willmore surfaces and applications.
    Magdalena D. Toda*, Texas Tech University
    Bhagya Athukorallage, Texas Tech University
    (1106-53-82)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Almost Contact Structures and $G_2$-Manifolds.
    Albert J. Todd*, University of South Alabama
    (1106-53-2219)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Formality in Cosymplectic and Sasakian Geometries.
    Marisa Fernandez*, University of the Basque Country, Spain
    (1106-53-330)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Conformal and Bochner flatness in complex contact geometry and in the geometry of metric contact pairs.
    David E. Blair*, Michigan State University
    (1106-53-1370)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Special Hermitian metrics on compact complex manifolds and holomorphic deformations.
    Luis Ugarte*, University of Zaragoza, Spain
    (1106-53-1724)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Geometry and topology of $G_2$ and Spin$(7)$ submanifolds.
    Rebecca Glover*, University of Rochester
    (1106-53-2412)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Cylindrical Contact Homology: An Abridged Restrospective.
    Jo Nelson*, Institute for Advanced Study and Columbia University
    Micheal Hutchings, UC Berkeley
    (1106-53-1046)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Tensor Categories, I
  Room 006D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California
  Siu-Hung Ng, Louisiana State University and Iowa State University rng@math.lsu.edu
  Sarah Witherspoon, Texas A&M University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Reflection Hopf Algebras.
    Ellen E Kirkman*, Wake Forest University
    James J Kuzmanovich, Wake Forest University
    James J Zhang, University of Washington, Seattle
    (1106-16-931)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A Triviality Theorem for Yetter-Drinfel'd Hopf Algebras.
    Yorck Sommerhäuser*, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
    (1106-16-2093)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Twisted Exponents for Hopf Algebras.
    Maria D Vega*, North Carolina State University
    Daniel S Sage, Louisiana State University
    (1106-16-1871)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On classification of semisimple Hopf algebras.
    Yevgenia Kashina*, DePaul University
    (1106-17-2361)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Classification of connected Hopf algebras up to prime-cube dimension.
    Xingting Wang*, University of Washington
    (1106-16-238)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Semisimple Hopf actions on quantizations.
    Pavel Etingof, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Chelsea Walton*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1106-81-157)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Automorphisms of semisimple Hopf algebras which are biproducts.
    David E Radford*, University of Illinios at Chicago
    (1106-16-46)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Bismash Products and Exact Factorizations of $S_n$.
    Joseph B Timmer*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-17-2305)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Universal enveloping algebras of Poisson Hopf algebras.
    Jiafeng Lv, Zhejiang Normal University
    Xingting Wang, University of Washington
    Guangbin Zhuang*, University of Southern California
    (1106-17-353)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Free actions of compact quantum groups.
    Paul Frank Baum*, Penn State University
    (1106-22-643)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #15: Part B
  How to run a successful math circle.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Amanda Katharine Serenevy, Riverbend Community Math Center
  Philip B. Yasskin, Texas A&M University
  Paul Zeitz, University of San Francisco
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #10: Part B
  Humanistic mathematics.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Eric Marland, Appalachian State University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Inequalities and Quantitative Approximation, II
  Room 008A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Feng Dai, University of Alberta fdai@ualberta.ca
  Mourad E. H. Ismail, University of Central Florida
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On the Mahler Measure of the Hadamard Product of Polynomials.
    Alexander (Oleksandr) V Tovstolis*, Oklahoma State University
    (1106-30-1090)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Extremal properties of weighted convolutions.
    Arcadii Z. Grinshpan*, University of South Florida
    (1106-33-340)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Break
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Modified Kantorovich operators providing a better error estimation.
    Qiulan Qi*, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, P.R.China
    (1106-41-193)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Closure in a Hilbert Space of a CHEBYSHEV Set Fails to be a CHEBYSHEV Set.
    Gordon G Johnson*, University of Houston
    (1106-41-161)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Spherical harmonics with maximal norm growth.
    Xiaolong Han*, Australian National University
    (1106-33-100)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Inverse Problems, II
  Room 001B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Peter Muller, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Kaitlyn Voccola, Colorado State University voccola@math.colostate.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Resolution Optimization with Irregularly Sampled Fourier Data.
    Matthew Ferrara, Matrix Research Inc.
    Jason T. Parker, Air Force Research Laboratory
    Margaret Cheney*, Colorado State University
    (1106-42-2702)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Active control for fields Modelled by Helmholtz equation.
    Daniel T. Onofrei*, University of Houston
    (1106-35-121)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Kinetic models for imaging in random media.
    Olivier Pinaud*, Colorado State University
    (1106-35-722)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Optimizing Quantities of Interest in High Dimensions to Improve Solutions to Inverse Problems.
    Scott N. Walsh*, University of Colorado Denver
    Troy Butler, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-65-1300)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Checker-board Tiling Problem.
    Curtis G Nelson*, University of Wyoming
    Bryan L. Shader, University of Wyoming
    (1106-05-471)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Time reversal and inverse problems for radiative transport.
    Sebastian Acosta*, Baylor College of Medicine
    (1106-35-864)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Fréchet Differentiability of Parabolic Partial Differential Equation.
    Narayan Thapa*, Minot State University
    (1106-35-766)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The factorization method for a defective region in an anisotropic material.
    Isaac Harris*, University of Delaware
    Fioralba Cakoni, University of Delaware
    (1106-35-621)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Radiation therapy planning as an inverse problem -- Mathematical perspective.
    Abebaw Tadesse*, Langston University
    Andrew Bucki, Langston University
    (1106-49-237)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A finite difference approach to solving the D-bar equation.
    Peter A Muller*, Colorado State University
    David Isaacson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Gary Saulnier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Jonathan Newell, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (1106-92-1908)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knot Theory, I
  Room 006B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Tim Cochran, Rice University cochran@rice.edu
  Shelly Harvey, Rice University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Sutured Floer homology and invariants of Legendrian and transverse knots.
    John Etnyre*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    David Shea Vela-Vick, Louisiana State University
    Rumen Zarev, University of California, Berkeley
    (1106-57-865)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Legendrian Knots, Augmentations, and Rulings.
    Caitlin Leverson*, Duke University
    (1106-53-1243)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Structure in Lower Order Quotients of the n-Solvable Filtration.
    Taylor E. Martin*, Sam Houston State University
    (1106-57-1402)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    An infinite rank summand of topologically slice knots.
    Jennifer Hom*, Columbia University
    (1106-57-1096)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Infection By A String Link.
    Diego A Vela*, Rice University
    (1106-55-958)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Combinatorial tangle Floer homology.
    Ina Petkova*, Rice University
    Vera Vertesi, Universite de Strasbourg
    (1106-57-1106)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Tau invariants for balanced spatial graphs.
    Katherine Vance*, Rice University
    (1106-57-1228)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The large scale geometry of strongly aperiodic subshifts of finite type.
    David Bruce Cohen*, Rice University
    (1106-20-825)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Exceptional and cosmetic surgeries on knots.
    Ryan Blair, CSU Long Beach
    Marion Campisi*, Stanford University
    Jesse Johnson, Oklahoma State University
    Scott Taylor, Colby College
    Maggy Tomova, University of Iowa
    (1106-57-275)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Left-orderability and cyclic branched covers.
    Cameron McA. Gordon*, University of Texas at Austin
    Tye Lidman, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-57-1273)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Limits of Discrete Structures, II
  Room 006A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Peter Diao, Stanford University
  Dominique Guillot, Stanford University
  Apoorva Khare, Stanford University
  Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University brajarat@stanford.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Non-parametric block model estimation for sparse graphs.
    Christian Borgs*, Microsoft Research
    (1106-05-1837)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On sequences of dense graphs.
    Vera T. Sós*, Rényi Institute
    (1106-05-1998)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Differential Calculus on Graphon Space.
    Peter Diao*, Stanford University
    Dominique Guillot, Stanford University
    Apoorva Khare, Stanford University
    Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University
    (1106-05-1995)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Measurable edge coloring.
    Endre Csoka, University of Warwick
    Gabor Lippner*, Northeastern University
    Oleg Pikhurko, University of Warwick
    (1106-05-793)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Differential calculus on the space of countable labelled graphs.
    Apoorva Khare*, Stanford University
    Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University
    (1106-05-2001)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Generalized Limits for Weighted Structures.
    Ashwini Aroskar*, University of Michigan
    James Cummings, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-03-2173)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Math Teachers Circles and the K--20 Continuum
  Room 007A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Brian Conrey, American Institute of Mathematics
  Michael Nakamaye, University of New Mexico nakamaye@math.unm.edu
  Kristin Umland, University of New Mexico
  Diana White, University of Colorado Denver
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Mathematics of MTC's spanning the K-20 Spectrum.
    Michael Nakamaye*, University of New Mexico
    (1106-97-687)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Northern Colorado Math Teachers' Circle's Implementation of Common Core State Standards.
    Katherine Morrison*, University of Northern Colorado
    Gulden Karakok, University of Northern Colorado
    (1106-97-1223)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Drawing on Effective Professional Development Research: Using a Pedagogical-Content Model in the Philadelphia Area Math Teachers Circle (PAMTC).
    Joshua A. Taton*, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
    Amy N. Myers, Bryn Mawr College
    Cathryn Anderson, Washington Township School District
    Stephen Bartholomew, The Philadelphia School
    (1106-97-226)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Quirky Mathematics: Its Joy and its Pedagogical Value.
    James Tanton*, MAA
    (1106-97-432)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modeling with Mathematics: MTC sessions that encourage and illuminate this CCSS Mathematical Practice.
    Michelle A Manes*, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    (1106-97-761)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Establishing and Maintaining a Math Teachers Circle.
    Fawn P Nguyen*, Mesa Union Junior High
    (1106-00-826)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Mathematics Departments hosting MTCs.
    Brian Conrey*, American Institute of Mathematics
    (1106-97-1957)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Baa Hozho': The Navajo Nation Math Circle Project.
    Bob Klein*, Ohio University
    (1106-97-2008)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Using Math Teachers' Circles to Sustain a K-16 Partnership among Teachers and University Faculty.
    W. James Lewis*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Angie Hodge, University of Nebraska at Omaha
    Michelle Homp, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-97-1490)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Math Teacher Circles: Sustaining an NSF Math Science Partnership.
    Amy Cohen*, Rutgers University
    (1106-97-349)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Natural Resource Modeling, II
  Room 008B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Shandelle M. Henson, Andrews University henson@andrews.edu
  Catherine A. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A general structured population model with application to amphibians and associated diseases.
    Azmy S Ackleh*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Jacoby Carter, National Wetlands Research Center-USGS
    Vinodh Chellamuthu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Baoling Ma, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Tingting Tang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1106-92-832)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of a two-stage model with egg cannibalism for social insects.
    Yun Kang*, School of Letters and Sciences, Arizona State University
    Marisabel Rodriguez, Arizona State University
    Stephen Evilsizor, Arizona State University
    (1106-34-315)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Anthrax epizootic and migration: Persistence or extinction.
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University
    Avner Friedman, The Ohio State University
    (1106-92-1141)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Missing Constraints: Local Incentives May Sabotage Landscape-Scale Coordinated Management.
    Gwen Spencer*, Smith College
    (1106-90-971)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Periodic Matrix Population Model for Monarch Butterflies.
    Emily Hunt, James Madison University
    Anthony Tongen*, James Madison University
    (1106-92-1125)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Optimal time dependent sampling for invasive species management.
    Matthew H. Holden*, Cornell University
    Stephen P. Ellner, Cornell University
    Jan P. Nyrop, Cornell University
    (1106-92-538)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Modeling and analysis of avian populations vulnerable to wind energy.
    Eric A Eager*, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    Richard A Erickson, United States Geological Survey
    Wayne E Thogmartin, United States Geological Survey
    (1106-92-302)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Estimating the contributions of discrete habitats to population dynamics of migratory species.
    Ruscena Wiederholt*, University of Arizona
    Laura Lopez-Hoffman, University of Arizona
    Brady Mattson, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Austria
    Waynge Thogmartin, United States Geological Survey
    Jay E Diffendorfer, United States Geological Survey
    Richard A Erickson, United States Geological Survey
    Paula Federico, Capital University
    (1106-92-293)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Optimum reserve size, fishing induced change in carrying capacity, and phenotypic diversity.
    Worku T Bitew*, State University of New York-Farmingdale
    Wisdom Akpalu, UNU-WIDER
    (1106-91-1063)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A diffuse interface model for two phase flow in karst aquifers.
    Daozhi Han*, Florida State University
    Xiaoming Wang, Florida State University
    Dong Sun, Florida State University
    Hao Wu, Fudan University
    (1106-76-1426)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Poland: Interbellum, World War II, and Immediate Post-War Developments, II
  Room 005, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Mohammad Javaheri, Siena College
  Emelie A. Kenney, Siena College kenney@siena.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Polish Mathematical School and the Foundations of Mathematics.
    Jan Woleński*, University of Management, Information and Technology, Rzeszow, Poland
    (1106-01-1180)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Mathematicians and the 1920 Polish-Soviet War.
    James T Smith*, San Francisco State University
    (1106-01-928)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Life and Logic of Stanisław Leśniewski.
    V. Frederick Rickey*, West Point
    (1106-01-1432)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Journeys of a Mathematician -- Mieczyslaw Altman's life story during and after World War II -- and his quest to discover the methods that will find the optimal solution.
    Tom Altman*, University of Colorado Denver, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
    (1106-01-1012)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Logic, Language and the Polish School.
    Michael B Kac*, Department of Philosophy and Program in Linguistics, University of Minnesota
    (1106-01-1760)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Recollections of a mathematician's daughter: a history of 20th century Polish intelligentsia in a nutshell.
    Zofia Golab-Meyer*, Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
    (1106-01-2689)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Function Theory, II
  Room 001A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Paul S. Muhly, University of Iowa
  Gelu F. Popescu, University of Texas at San Antonio gelu.popescu@utsa.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The matrix cube, dilations, linear matrix inequalities and probability.
    J William Helton, University of California, San Diego
    Igor Klep, University of Auckland
    Scott McCullough*, University of Florida
    Markus Schweighofer, University of Konstanz
    (1106-47-884)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Dilation and functional-model theory for Hilbert space noncommutative $n$-hypercontractive operator tuples.
    Joseph A. Ball*, Virginia Tech
    Vladimir Bolotnikov, College of William & Mary
    (1106-47-755)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Implicit/inverse function theorems for free noncommutative functions.
    Gulnara Abduvalieva, Drexel University
    Dmitry Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi*, Drexel University
    (1106-46-754)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Operator-valued monotone convolution semigroups.
    Michael Anshelevich*, Texas A&M University
    John D Williams, Universität des Saarlandes
    (1106-46-628)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Cross Section Algebras of Holomorphic Matrix Bundles.
    Erin Griesenauer*, University of Iowa
    Paul S. Muhly, University of Iowa
    Baruch Solel, Technion
    (1106-47-553)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Pick Interpolation in a Weighted Noncommutative Setting.
    Jennifer Good*, University of Iowa
    (1106-47-506)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Local maps and the representation theory of operator algebras.
    Elias G. Katsoulis*, East Carolina University
    (1106-47-297)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Free functions with symmetry.
    J. E. Pascoe*, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-47-1996)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Noncommutative Integrability.
    Victor Vinnikov*, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
    (1106-47-1770)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The dual of the continuous multipliers on Drury-Arveson space.
    Raphael Clouatre, University of Waterloo
    Kenneth R. Davidson*, University of Waterloo
    (1106-47-874)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in the Analysis and Applications of Modern Splitting Methods, II
  Room 006C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Abdul Q. M. Khaliq, Middle Tennessee State University
  Qin Sheng, Baylor University Qin_Sheng@baylor.edu
  Bruce Wade, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Operator splitting methods for pricing options under jump-diffusion models.
    Jari Toivanen*, Stanford University
    (1106-65-397)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Locally Extrapolated Exponential Time Differencing LOD Scheme for Multidimensional Reaction-Diffusion Systems.
    Harish P. Bhatt*, Middle Tennessee State University
    Abdul Q. M. Khaliq, Middle Tennessee State University
    (1106-65-1049)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A Superconvergence Analysis of the Quadratic Finite Element Method Based on Unstructured Anisotropic Meshes.
    Weiming Cao*, University of Texas at San Antonio
    (1106-65-607)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Multiproduct Expansions in Application to Singular Partial Differential Equations.
    Matthew A. Beauregard*, Stephen F. Austin State University
    Jurgen Geiser, Ernst-Moritz-Arntz University of Greifswald, Institute of Physics
    (1106-65-1740)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A numerical split-explicit method for integration of the Linear Shallow Water Equations.
    Grace Ann Kennedy*, Arizona State University
    Mohamed Moustaoui, Arizona State University
    (1106-35-914)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hessian Recovery for Finite Element Methods.
    Hailong Guo*, Wayne State University
    Zhimin Zhang, Wayne State University
    Ren Zhao, Wayne State University
    (1106-65-106)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    High-order Path-Integral Monte Carlo methods for solving many-fermion problems.
    Siu A. Chin*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-65-1793)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Stability and Accuracy Analysis of a Split-Explicit Scheme based on a Fourth-Order Time-Filtered Leapfrog Method.
    Dalton M. Woodard*, Arizona State University
    Mohamed Moustaoui, Arizona State University
    (1106-65-1965)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Analysis of Mixed FEMs for Cahn-Hilliard-Flow Models.
    Amanda E Diegel*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Steve Wise, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Xiaobing Feng, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Cheng Wang, University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth
    (1106-65-197)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A Split Explicit Scheme for Integration of Nonlinear Atmospheric Equations Involving Multiple Timescales.
    Brian W. Bell*, Arizona State University
    Mohamed Moustaoui, Arizona State University
    (1106-35-1966)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Selmer Groups, II
  Room 007B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Mirela Ciperiani, University of Texas at Austin mirela@math.utexas.edu
  Henri Darmon, McGill University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Congruences between Abel-Jacobi images of generalized Heegner cycles and special values of p-adic L-functions.
    Daniel J Kriz*, Princeton University
    (1106-11-943)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Shadow lines in the arithmetic of elliptic curves.
    Jennifer Balakrishnan*, University of Oxford
    Mirela Çiperiani, University of Texas at Austin
    Jaclyn Lang, University of California, Los Angeles
    Bahare Mirza, McGill University
    Rachel Newton, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn
    (1106-11-937)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Universal norm of crystalline classes.
    Antonio Lei*, Université Laval
    (1106-11-894)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    $p$-Selmer growth in extensions of degree $p$.
    Kestutis Cesnavicius*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1106-11-181)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The distribution of the Tamagawa ratio in the family of elliptic curves with a two-torsion point.
    Zev Klagsbrun, Center for Communications Research
    Robert J Lemke Oliver*, Stanford University
    (1106-11-833)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #9: Part B
  Teaching college mathematics (for instructors new to teaching at the collegiate level and for instructors who prepare GTAs for their first teaching experience).
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Ann Humes, Michigan Technological University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Theory and Application of Reaction Diffusion Models, II
  Room 002, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jerome Goddard II, Auburn University Montgomery jgoddard@aum.edu
  Ratnasingham Shivaji, University of North Carolina Greensboro
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Solutions to a singularly perturbed supercritical elliptic equation on a Riemannian manifold concentrating at a submanifold.
    Mónica Clapp*, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    Marco Ghimenti, Università di Pisa
    Anna Maria Micheletti, Università di Pisa
    (1106-35-809)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Steady state solutions of a reaction-diffusion system modeling an autocatalytic chemical reaction with decay.
    Junping Shi*, College of William and Mary
    (1106-35-844)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Existence, stability, and bifurcation results for positive solutions for classes of semilinear elliptic boundary value problems with nonlinear boundary conditions.
    Jerome Goddard II*, Auburn University Montgomery
    R. Shivaji, University of North Carolina Greensboro
    (1106-35-1726)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Optimal control of PDE models for populations.
    Suzanne Lenhart*, University of Tennessee and NIMBioS
    (1106-35-691)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Geometry of radial states in $p$-Laplacian equations.
    Bevin Laurel Maultsby*, University of Minnesota
    (1106-35-2314)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Continua of solutions for asymptotically linear systems of three equations.
    Maya Chhetri*, UNC Greensboro
    Petr Girg, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
    (1106-35-2566)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Analysis of Steady State Solutions in an Abstract Model of Glioblastoma Multiforme under Immunotherapy Treatment.
    Kristen Abernathy*, Winthrop University
    (1106-34-1825)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Mathematical Model of Treatment of Cancer Stem Cells with Immunotherapy.
    Zachary J. Abernathy*, Winthrop University
    (1106-34-2120)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Linear Elliptic Eigenproblems and Observing Lyapunov Exponents of Infinite-dimensional Dynamics.
    Mauricio Alexander Rivas*, Wake Forest University
    (1106-35-2308)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory, and Difference and Functional Equations, II
  Room 102A, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Optimal points for nonhomogeneous Cantor distributions.
    Lakshmi Roychowdhury*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1106-37-2831)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    The Grigorchuk groups and Toeplitz subshifts.
    Yaroslav Vorobets*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-37-2885)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Transition fronts of Fisher-KPP equations in locally spatially inhomogeneous patchy environments.
    Aijun Zhang*, Drexel University
    Erik S Van Vleck, University of Kansas
    (1106-37-810)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Parameter Driven Dynamics of Trypanosomiasis in a Cattle Population.
    Joyce Akinyi Otieno*, Maseno University
    Joseph Y. T Mugisha, Makerere University
    Betty K Nannyonga, Makerere University
    Paul O. Oleche, Maseno University
    (1106-37-866)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Optimal synchronization of complex networks.
    Per Sebastian Skardal*, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    (1106-37-1304)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Bistability in Inhomogeneity --- Effects of Flow Coherent Structures on the Fate of a Bi-stable Reaction.
    Aditya Dhumuntarao*, Arizona State University
    Wenbo Tang, Arizona State University
    (1106-37-1852)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Measuring Complexity and Structure in Dynamical Systems.
    Benjamin N Wilson*, University of North Carolina at Chape Hill
    Karl Petersen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1106-37-1927)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Efficient Algorithms with an application to Wildland Fire Simulation.
    Volodymyr Kondratenko*, University of Colorado Denver
    Jan Mandel, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-37-2215)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Kinetic Model for HIV-1 Viral Capsid Nucleation.
    Farrah Sadre-Marandi*, Colorado State University
    (1106-37-2343)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Bifurcation Analysis of Systems of Neutral Equations of Mixed Type.
    Charles Lamb*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Erik S. Van Vleck, University of Kansas
    (1106-37-2659)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Treatment for Analytical Solution of Nonlinear Oscillation System Via Decomposition Method.
    Mahmoud Najafi, Kent State University Ashtabula
    D Wayne Fincher*, Kent State University Ashtabula
    (1106-37-70)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    An Analogy of Li-Yorke's Period Three Implies Chaos for Simple Dendrites.
    Jorge Luis Guerrero*, Texas A&M International University
    (1106-37-2824)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Rank-one transformations of ergodic index $k$ in infinite measure.
    Terrence M Adams, Department of Defense
    Cesar E Silva*, Williams College
    (1106-37-2610)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Existence and Uniqueness of Time-Invariant Measure for the Time-Dependent Navier-Stokes Equations.
    Gregory A Varner*, John Brown University
    (1106-37-1117)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Subdiagrams and invariant measures on Bratteli diagrams.
    Sergey Bezuglyi*, University of Iowa
    (1106-37-1511)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A Boundary Value Problem in Nabla Fractional Calculus.
    Julia St. Goar*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-39-2145)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Multispecies hierarchical competition models with the Allee effect.
    Laila Assas*, King Abdul Aziz University
    Saber Elaydi, Trinity University
    Eddy Kwessi, Trinity University
    George Livadiotis, Southwest Research Institute
    Brian Dennis, University of Idaho
    (1106-39-2199)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The Flour Beetle - A Discrete Mathematical Model.
    Matthew Joshua Buhr*, University of South Dakota
    (1106-39-542)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic Constancy for Pantograph Equations with Impulses.
    Fatma Karakoc*, Ankara University
    Huseyin Bereketoglu, Ankara University
    (1106-39-429)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    The Familiarity Curve of the Slow Flashcard System.
    Joel D Nishimura*, Arizona State University
    Timothy P Novikoff, New York City, NY
    (1106-82-2710)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Ethnomathematics: A Tribute to Marcia Ascher, II
  Room 213B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ximena Catepillan, Millersville University ximena.catepillan@millersville.edu
  Amy Shell-Gellasch, Montgomery College
  Janet Beery, University of Redlands
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Game Analysis of Mu Torere and Related Ethnographic Games.
    Darrah P. Chavey*, Beloit College
    Philip D. Straffin, Jr., Beloit College, Emeritus
    (1106-D1-2886)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Śiśubodha Taraṅgi#x0194;ī: A 1933 mathematics and astrology book from Nepal, its content and backstory.
    Deepak Basyal*, New Mexico State University
    (1106-D1-784)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    The Ethnomathematics of North American Rock Art.
    James V. Rauff*, Millikin University
    (1106-D1-28)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Comparing Traditions of Fairness.
    Jennifer Wilson*, The New School
    (1106-D1-2674)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Women and Ethnomathematics: Aspects of Gender.
    Thomas E. Gilsdorf*, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
    (1106-D1-587)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Remarks on Vedic Arithmetic - multiplication.
    Ximena Catepillan, Millersville University
    Waclaw Szymanski*, West Chester University
    (1106-D1-1849)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Functional Analysis
  Room 101B, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Limited sets and bibasic sequences.
    Ioana Ghenciu*, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
    (1106-46-319)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Distributions in Spaces with Thick Points.
    Yunyun Esther Yang*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-46-711)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Variational inequality and surjectivity of noncoercive operators and application to nonlinear parabolic problems.
    Teffera M Asfaw*, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    (1106-46-1445)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Stolarsky Means and Fremlin Tensor Products.
    Christopher Michael Schwanke*, University of Mississippi
    Gerard Buskes, University of Mississippi
    (1106-46-1869)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Cover-strict topologies and algebraic structures for some spaces of vector-valued functions.
    Terje Hõim*, Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic Univ, and Univ. of Tartu, Estonia
    D. A. Robbins, Trinity College
    (1106-46-614)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    A Classification of Two-Dimensional Operator Systems in $M_2$.
    Roy M. Araiza*, San Jose State University
    Heather Buyu, Coker College
    Kimberly Duran, University of Memphis
    Richard Morris, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-46-1494)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Similarity Degree of Approximately Divisible C$^*$-algebras.
    Weihua Li*, Columbia College Chicago
    (1106-46-570)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Generalized Stone-Weierstrass Theorem for C*(Y).
    Hueytzen J. Wu*, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
    Wan-Hong Wu, Magnolia, Texas
    (1106-46-1218)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On one theorem of Kadison for locally C*-algebras.
    Alexander A Katz*, St. John's University, NY, USA
    (1106-46-2260)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On Gelfand-Naimark type theorem for real locally C*-algebras.
    Alexander A. Katz, St. John's University, NY
    Oleg Friedman*, U of South Africa, RSA/Lander College for Men of Touro College, NY
    (1106-46-2286)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Quantum Pair of Pants.
    Matthew McBride*, University of Oklahoma
    Slawomir Klimek, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
    Sumedha Rathnayake, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
    Kaoru Sakai, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
    (1106-46-2489)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Functional calculus and spectral theorem for self-adjoint operators on Pontrjagin $P_1$ space with indefinite metric.
    Sofya Masharipova*, Ashford University
    Shukhrat Usmanov, Ashford University
    (1106-46-2856)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On Positive Tensor Products of $\ell_p$-spaces.
    Qingying Bu, University of Mississippi
    Byunghoon Lee*, University of Mississippi
    (1106-46-1754)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Adjoints of Orthogonally Additive Polynomials.
    Stephan C Roberts*, University of Mississippi
    Gerard Buskes, University of Mississippi
    (1106-46-2005)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Mass Renormalization in the Nelson Model.
    Fumio Hiroshima, Kyushu University
    Susumu Osawa*, Hokkaido University
    (1106-46-2237)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A new approach to $\alpha$-$\psi$-contractive mappings along with multiplicative distances and generalized Ulam-Hyers stability, well-posedness and limit shadowing results.
    Wutiphol Sintunavarat*, Thammasat University
    (1106-46-2425)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The Union of Frame Theoretic and Gegenbauer Reprojection Techniques to Improve Image Construction Rates.
    L. Hall*, Arizona State University
    (1106-46-2890)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A Generalized Wolff's Ideal Theorem on Certain Subalgebras of $H^{\infty}(\mathbb{D})$.
    Debendra P Banjade*, Coastal Carolina University
    Caleb D Holloway, University of Arkansas
    Tavan T Trent, The University of Alabama
    (1106-46-2447)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Group Theory, Topological Groups, and Lie Groups
  Room 203A, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Posets related to Coxeter groups of type $H_2$,$H_3$, and $H_4$.
    Abigail C Bishop*, North Carolina State University
    (1106-00-634)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Partial decomposition bases and partial subbases.
    Peter Loth*, Sacred Heart University
    (1106-20-123)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Graph Products of Groups in Thompson's group V.
    Nathan Corwin*, Rutgers University
    Kathryn Haymaker, Villanova University
    (1106-20-2791)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Generalizations of commutativity in finite groups.
    Thomas Langley*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1106-20-2802)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Variation on a Theme of I.D. MacDonald.
    Joseph Phillip Brennan*, Binghamton University SUNY
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe, Binghamton University SUNY
    (1106-20-531)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Some recent advances in lattices of supercharacter theories.
    Anders O.F. Hendrickson*, St. Norbert College
    (1106-20-2790)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Reverse Cayley Graphs: Imposing Group Structure on the Platonic Solids.
    David Plaxco*, Virginia Tech
    (1106-20-523)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Distance Spectra of Cayley Graphs of Complex Reflection Groups.
    Briana Foster-Greenwood*, Idaho State University
    Cathy Kriloff, Idaho State University
    (1106-20-2597)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The horofunction boundary of the lamplighter group with the Diestel-Leader metric.
    Keith Jones, SUNY Oneonta
    Gregory A. Kelsey*, Trinity College
    (1106-20-1734)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Monotone Catenary Degrees for Small Groups.
    Alexander F. Card*, University of Central Missouri
    (1106-20-2613)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Groups with the weak minimal condition on non-permutable subgroups.
    Laxmi K. Chataut*, The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa
    (1106-20-1353)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The Cross Number of Zero-sum Free Sequences in Finite Abelian Groups.
    Bumsoo Kim*, Princeton University
    (1106-20-2786)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Recognizing $\operatorname{PGL}_3$ via generic $4$-transitivity.
    Joshua Wiscons*, Hamilton College
    (1106-20-1660)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Relative divergence of finitely generated groups.
    Hung Cong Tran*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1106-20-1813)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Conjugacy Classes of $\theta$ -stable, maximal $k$-split tori invariant under involutions of SL($n,k$).
    Sarah B Mason*, North Carolina State University
    (1106-20-1717)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    An algebraic proof of Szeméredi's affine cube lemma via ultrafilters.
    John H. Johnson*, The Ohio State University
    (1106-20-2125)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Extending the Euclidean Dimension of Spinpossible.
    Ethan Kowalenko*, Metropolitan State University of Denver
    (1106-20-2143)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A natural two-generator construction of the sporadic Mathieu group $M_{24}$.
    Paul E. Becker*, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    Jennifer Ulrich, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    Sheridan Houghten, Brock University
    Martin Derka, Waterloo University
    (1106-20-388)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Smooth Locus of Spiral Schubert Varieties of type $\tilde A_2$.
    William Graham, University of Georgia
    Wenjing Li*, City University of New York
    (1106-22-182)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Computing hermitian forms.
    Jonathan Francis Fernandes*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (1106-22-2860)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Global Actions of the Symmetry Group of the $n$-dimensional Porous Medium Equation.
    Jose A Franco*, University of North Florida
    (1106-22-1901)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Modeling or Applications,III
  Room 213A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Modeling Local Pattern Formation on Membrane Surfaces using Non-local Interactions.
    Melissa R. Adkins*, Colorado State University
    Yongcheng Zhou, Colorado State University
    (1106-VG-629)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Application of Gaussian Process and Maximum Entropy Sampling in Methane Plume Prediction.
    Raquel A Barata*, Adams State University
    David R Thompson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Lance Christensen, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    (1106-VG-2294)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Stochastic Transport Theory and Applications.
    Richard Vasques*, UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    (1106-VG-1677)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Increasing prosperity, decreasing satisfaction: insights from an agent-based model.
    Chris Thron*, Texas A&M University - Central Texas
    (1106-VG-1602)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Local Image Comparison Using Krawtchouk Moment Invariants.
    Atilla Sit*, Eastern Kentucky University
    Daisuke Kihara, Purdue University
    (1106-VG-2385)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    A Piece of Paper and a Pair of Scissors.
    Claudiu Mihai*, Daemen College
    Christine Rakowski, Amherst, NY
    (1106-VG-2437)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Using Predictive Mathematical Modeling to Determine What Impacts Student Retention in the First, Second, and Third Years.
    Larry Wayne Lewis*, Ivy Tech Community College
    Rebecca Patterson, University of Louisville
    (1106-VG-2705)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Restructuring of Languages by Learners: a Mathematical Framework.
    Jacquelyn L Rische*, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    Natalia L Komarova, University of California, Irvine
    (1106-VG-1817)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Applying the common sense test as a diagnostic in mathematical modeling for decision making or research.
    William P. Fox*, Naval Postgraduate School
    (1106-VG-1198)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Fractional order bilingualism model without conversion from dominant unilingual group to bilingual group.
    Yusuf Sofuoglu*, Ankara University
    Nuri Ozalp, Ankara University
    (1106-VG-1700)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Aligned Hierarchies for Sequential Data.
    Katherine M. Kinnaird*, Macalester College
    (1106-VG-2617)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Geometry
  Room 212A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Properties of Integral Invariants of The Ruled Surface with Darboux Frame in $\mathbb{E}^{3}$.
    Gülsüm Yeliz Şentürk*, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
    Salim Yüce, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
    (1106-VM-2204)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    On The Octonionic Inclined Curves In The 8 Dimensional Euclidean Space.
    Özcan Bektaş*, Yıldız Technical University
    Salim Yüce, Yıldız Technical University
    (1106-VM-2205)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On The Special Octonionic Curves In The 8 Dimensional Euclidean Space.
    Salim Yüce*, Yıldız Technical University
    Özcan Bektaş, Yıldız Technical University
    (1106-VM-2324)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Cyclotomic Sets in AG($2,q$).
    Philip DeOrsey*, University of Colorado Denver
    William Cherowitzo, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-VM-1472)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On the maximum and minimum number of "sets" in subspaces of the affine space represented by the cards in the game of SET.
    Anthony J. Macula*, SUNY Geneseo
    (1106-VM-1116)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Cosmologies determined by pairs of quadrics.
    Jonathan E Holland*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1106-VM-2243)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: An affine Calabi-Yau manifold with irregular tangent cone at infinity.
    Ronan J Conlon*, CIRGET, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
    Hans-Joachim Hein, University of Maryland
    (1106-VM-366)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On the Moving Coordinate System and Pole Points in Affine Cayley-Klein Planes.
    Nurten (Bayrak) Gürses*, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
    Salim Yüce, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
    (1106-VM-1872)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Triangles in Wonderland. Are there more obtuse or acute triangles?
    Joseph P Previte*, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    Michelle Previte, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    (1106-VM-2712)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Degenerate Tetrahedra.
    Derege H. Mussa*, University of Texas at Dallas
    (1106-VM-1578)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Amoebas, Nonnegative Polynomials and Sums of Squares Supported on Circuits.
    Timo de Wolff*, Texas A&M University
    Sadik Iliman, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
    (1106-VM-1621)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Spiraling geodesics in staircase metric geometries.
    Ryan Hood, Austin College
    J Mealy*, Austin College
    (1106-VM-1251)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Entropies, Stability and Yang-Mills Flow.
    Casey L Kelleher*, University of California, Irvine
    Jeffrey D Streets, University of California, Irvine
    (1106-VM-308)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Tropical Brill-Noether theory.
    Yoav Len*, Yale University
    (1106-VM-1647)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A simple proof of Bernstein theorem for de Sitter spaces.
    Dat P Nguyen*, SUNY Stony Brook
    (1106-VM-2678)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On the Positivity of Kirillov's Character Formula.
    Ehssan Khanmohammadi*, Penn State University
    (1106-VM-2743)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Compact Moduli Space of Elliptic K3 Surfaces.
    Adrian Brunyate*, University of Georgia
    (1106-VM-2859)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Loxodromic Curves on Surfaces of Revolution.
    Jacob M Blackwood, Siena College
    Adam M Dukehart*, Siena College
    (1106-VM-1851)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Geometry of the Fermat-Torricelli problem.
    Faruk F. Abi-Khuzam*, American University of Beirut
    (1106-VM-2269)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Do typical visual representations obstruct mathematical cognition?
    Milé Krajcevski*, University of South Florida
    (1106-VM-1900)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Graph Theory, I
  Room 217B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Disjoint Cycles and Equitable Coloring.
    H. Kierstead, Arizona State University
    A. Kostochka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign
    T. Molla, University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign
    E. Yeager*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign
    (1106-VN-78)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Containment: A Variation of Cops and Robbers.
    Natasha Komarov*, Carnegie Mellon University
    John Mackey, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-VN-215)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Saturation of trees in the hypercube.
    Kavish P. Gandhi*, Newton North High School
    Chiheon Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1106-VN-228)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Distance Labelings of Amalgamations and Injective Labelings of General Graphs.
    Nathaniel Karst, Babson College
    Jessica Oehrlein*, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Denise Sakai Troxell, Babson College
    Junjie Zhu, Stanford University
    (1106-VN-242)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Gridline Graphs in Higher Dimensions.
    Adam Volk*, University of Dayton
    Joshua Mireles, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-VN-294)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Two-Player Pebbling on Diameter 2 Graphs.
    Matthew J Prudente*, Lehigh University
    (1106-VN-520)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The minimum number of edges in a 4-critical graph that is bipartite plus 3 edges.
    A. V. Kostochka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, Russia
    B. M. Reiniger*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-VN-573)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Strongly Regular Graphs from Generalized Quadrangles.
    Liz Lane-Harvard*, University of Central Oklahoma
    Tim Penttila, Colorado State University
    (1106-VN-601)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Graphs of polytopes and abstract polytopes.
    Edward D. Kim*, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    (1106-VN-604)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Diameters of polytope graphs and an improved upper bound on subset partition graphs.
    J. Mackenzie Gallagher*, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    (1106-VN-725)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Complete $r$-partite graphs determined by their domination polynomial.
    Barbara M Anthony*, Southwestern University
    Michael E. Picollelli, California State University San Marcos
    (1106-VN-726)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Counting the isomorphism classes of the generalized Petersen graphs.
    Sarah Hanusch*, Texas State University
    (1106-VN-897)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On Chorded Cycles.
    Megan Cream*, Emory University
    Ronald Gould, Emory University
    Ralph Faudree, University of Memphis
    Kazuhide Hirohata, Keio University
    (1106-VN-1010)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Existence of Trees for Given Values of $\lambda$, $\bar{\kappa}$, and $\kappa$ for $L(2,1)$-Colorings and Irreducible $L(2,1)$-Colorings.
    John Villalpando*, California Lutheran University
    Vesta Coufal, Gonzaga University
    Kathie Yerion, Gonzaga University
    Rob Ray, Gonzaga University
    (1106-VN-1021)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    All Graphs are Hall $\Delta(G)$-Completable.
    Sarah Holliday, Southern Polytechnic State University
    Jennifer Vandenbussche, Southern Polytechnic State University
    Erik Westlund*, Kennesaw State University
    (1106-VN-1054)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The Generalized Steiner Cable-Trench Problem with Application to Error Correction in Vascular Imaging.
    Eric J. Landquist*, Kutztown University
    (1106-VN-1067)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    $T_{r}-span$ of Directed Wheel Graphs.
    Marc J Besson*, Dickinson College
    (1106-VN-1112)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    4-equitable Tree Labelings.
    Zena Coles, Bard College
    Alana Huszar, The College of New Jersey
    Jared Miller, Bob Jones University
    Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo*, Valparaiso University
    (1106-VN-2897)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Teaching or Learning Calculus
  Room 214C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    GeoGebra 5.0 and Multivariable Calculus.
    Philip Joseph Lombardo*, St. Joseph's College of New York
    (1106-VT-1559)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Calculus with and without Top Hat.
    John W. Thompson*, U. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
    Stephen Curran, U. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
    (1106-VT-317)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A Study of Calculus Instructors' Perceptions of Approximation as a Unifying Thread of the First-Year Calculus.
    Kimberly S. Sofronas*, Emmanuel College
    Thomas C. DeFranco, University of Connecticut
    Hariharan Swaminathan, University of Connecticut
    Nicholas Gorgievski, Nichols College
    Charles Vinsonhaler, University of Connecticut
    (1106-VT-346)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    "How does this help me?" Modeling growth in introductory calculus by using participation in formative assessment.
    Rebecca Anne Dibbs*, Texas A&M University-Commerce
    (1106-VT-398)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Teaching Calculus II in modular format to increase student success.
    Lake Ritter*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    (1106-VT-1308)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Enneper Surfaces -- An Example of History and Exploration in the Teaching of Calculus.
    Paul Sisson*, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
    Tibor Szarvas, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
    (1106-VT-1771)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Blending Mathematical Modeling and Calculus: A Data Driven Approach to Calculus.
    Joel M Kilty*, Centre College
    (1106-VT-2182)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Alignment in Students, Teaching Assistants, and Instructors on the Purpose and Practice of Calculus I Labs.
    Yuliya Melnikova*, Texas State University
    (1106-VT-2379)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    "I Used to Hate Math. Now I Hate it Even More!" Undergraduate Calculus I Students' Perceptions of Mathematics: A Look at Survey Responses.
    Ryan Grover*, University of Colorado - Boulder
    (1106-VT-2448)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Students' Knowledge of Functions and Their Learning of Key Calculus Concepts.
    Caroline J. Hagen*, Tufts University
    (1106-VT-2698)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Inverting multivariable calculus.
    Joel Louwsma*, Smith College
    (1106-VT-2871)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Working to Improve Student Success in Calculus I Through Pre-calculus Support.
    Therese Shelton*, Southwestern University
    Alison M Marr, Southwestern University
    (1106-VT-2377)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An Innovative, Three-Dimensional Approach to Multivariable Calculus Instruction.
    Jason Samuels*, City University of New York-BMCC
    Aaron Wangberg, Winona State University
    Brian Fisher, Lubbock Christian University
    Eric Weber, Oregon State University
    (1106-VT-2169)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Student Use of Example Generation in a Calculus Course: Potential Barriers to Student Learning with Example Generation.
    Susan Marla Orme*, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    Heidi Jean Turner, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    Elaine Rumsey Wagner, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    (1106-VT-1379)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Student Use of Example Generation in a Calculus Course: Student Success in Learning with Example Generation.
    Heidi Jean Turner*, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    Elaine Rumsey Wagner, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    Susan Marla Orme, Brigham Young University-Idaho
    (1106-VT-1381)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, II
  Room 101A, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Large gaps between zeros of the Dedekind zeta-function of a quadratic number field.
    Caroline L. Turnage-Butterbaugh*, North Dakota State University
    (1106-11-2300)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Gaps between zeros of $\operatorname{GL}(2)$ $L$-functions.
    Owen F. Barrett*, Yale University
    Brian McDonald, University of Rochester
    Steven J. Miller, Williams College
    Patrick Ryan, Harvard University
    Caroline L. Turnage-Butterbaugh, North Dakota State University
    Karl Winsor, University of Michigan
    (1106-11-2820)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On the index of genus one curves over infinite, finitely generated fields.
    Pete L. Clark, University of Georgia
    Allan Lacy*, University of Georgia
    (1106-11-2752)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Minimal value set polynomials and a generalization of the Hermitian curve.
    Ricardo Conceicao*, Oxford College of Emory University
    Herivelto Borges, Universidade de Sao Paulo, ICMC, Sao Carlos, Brazil
    (1106-11-92)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Distribution of integral division points on the algebraic torus.
    Philipp Habegger, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
    Su-ion Ih*, University of Colorado at Boulder
    (1106-11-1936)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    On Arboreal Galois Representations of Rational Functions.
    Ashvin Anand Swaminathan*, Harvard College
    (1106-11-1113)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Elliptic construction of modular generators.
    Tim Huber*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1106-11-2494)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Hermitian Jacobi Forms and Congruences.
    Olav K Richter, University of North Texas
    Jayantha N Senadheera*, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
    (1106-11-1735)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Rankin-Cohen brackets for Hermitian Jacobi forms and for Hermitian modular forms.
    James D Martin*, University of North Texas
    (1106-11-2159)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Quantum modular forms from mock Jacobi forms.
    Susie Kimport*, Yale University
    (1106-11-1608)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The zeros of certain weakly holomorphic Drinfeld modular forms and quasi-modular forms.
    SoYoung Choi, Dongkuk University, Kyeongju
    Bo-Hae Im*, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
    (1106-11-180)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Orbital Integrals and Shalika Germs for $\mathfrak{sl}_n$ and $\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}$.
    Sharon M. Frechette*, College of the Holy Cross
    Lance Robson, Vancouver, British Columbia
    Julia Gordon, University of British Columbia
    (1106-11-870)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Extensions of Selberg-Delange Method.
    M.Tip E. Phaovibul*, University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-11-2774)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Hyperbolic Fourier coefficients of Poincaré series.
    Cormac O'Sullivan, Bronx Community College
    Karen Taylor*, Bronx Community College
    (1106-11-2748)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic nature of higher Mahler Measure.
    Arunabha Biswas*, Texas Tech University
    (1106-11-1904)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Using trees to find optimal factorizations of numbers.
    Charles L Samuels*, Oklahoma City University
    (1106-11-205)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The Hausdorff dimension of sets of numbers defined by their $Q$-Cantor series expansions.
    D. Airey*, University of Texas at Austin
    B. Mance, University of North Texas
    (1106-11-2837)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The Moonshine Module for Conway's Group.
    John F. R. Duncan, Case Western Reserve University
    Sander Mack-Crane*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1106-11-2325)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: The Average Order of an Element of the Symmetric Group.
    Joshua Harrington, Cedar Crest College
    Lenny Jones*, Shippensburg University
    Alicia Lamarche, Shippensburg University
    (1106-11-1099)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Program and Assessment Implications of Common Core State Standards Implementation
  Room 209, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  William Martin, North Dakota State University william.martin@ndsu.edu
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
  John Carter, Westlake High School
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Collaborative Effort to Address Content and Practice Standards in a Middle School Mathematics Teacher Preparation Program.
    Ruthmae Sears*, University of South Florida
    Burgos Fernando, University of South Florida
    Rebecca Wooten, University of South Florida
    (1106-K5-105)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Impacting Change in the Common Core Era through a Mathematics Partnership.
    Kathryn Ernie*, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    Erick Hofacker, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    Sherrie Serros, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
    Barb Bennie, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
    (1106-K5-212)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Rich Mathematical Tasks Aligned with Common Core Math Standards.
    Sherrie Serros*, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
    Kathryn Ernie, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    Erick Hofacker, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    Barb Bennie, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
    (1106-K5-213)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Revising the Mathematics Major to Align with the Common Core State Standards - Decisions and Challenges.
    Diana White*, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-K5-1289)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Aligning Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics Curriculum at UAB with CCSS and MET-II.
    John C Mayer*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1106-K5-2614)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Modeling and the Common Core -- A Series of Workshops.
    Kevin Murphy*, St. Norbert College
    (1106-K5-1571)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Writing a Specialized Professional Association (SPA) Report.
    AbdelNaser Al-Hasan*, Newberry College
    (1106-K5-1263)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Statistics and the Common Core.
    Patti Frazer Lock*, St. Lawrence University
    (1106-K5-2094)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Statistical Education of Teachers in the Common Core Era.
    Catherine Case*, University of Florida
    Anna Bargagliotti, Loyola Marymount University
    (1106-K5-2139)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Needs of High School Mathematics Teachers to Teach Conditional Probability.
    Adam Molnar*, University of Georgia
    (1106-K5-2435)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    A Partnership with Local Schools: Implementing the Paradigm Shift to Teaching Common Core Mathematics.
    Jennifer Bergner*, Salisbury University
    Michael Bardzell, Salisbury University
    (1106-K5-2254)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Pre-service teachers views of the Standards of Mathematical Practice vs. the Content Standards.
    Karrolyne Fogel*, California Lutheran University
    Nathan Carlson, California Lutheran University
    (1106-K5-2370)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Advanced Teacher Capacity in Common Core Mathematics.
    Gregory D. Foley*, Ohio University
    (1106-K5-2721)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    If we can't teach to the test, then we'll have to actually teach math.
    Michael Von Korff*, Reasoning Mind
    Victor Kostyuk, Reasoning Mind
    (1106-K5-2041)
  • 5:40 p.m.
    Teacher training: Helping the students in solving word problems.
    Victoria Kofman*, Quality Engineering Education, Inc.
    (1106-K5-543)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Using Rich Mathematical Tasks to Promote the Standards for Mathematical Practice.
    Dave Kennedy*, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
    Yvonne Lai, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    Judith Jacobs, JEJMath, Ltd.
    (1106-K5-1976)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-1:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on Statistics Education beyond the Introductory Statistics Course, II
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Randall Pruim, Calvin College rpruim@calvin.edu
  Scott Alberts, Truman State University
  Patti Frazer Lock, St. Lawrence University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Statistics for Everyone: Integrating Statistical Reasoning on Campus.
    Laura A. McSweeney*, Fairfield University
    (1106-M5-744)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Getting inside the black box of chemometrics: interdisciplinary research between statistics and chemistry.
    Carolyn K. Cuff*, Westminster College, PA
    (1106-M5-872)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Teaching Inquiry, I
  Room 204A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Brian Katz, Augustana College briankatz@augustana.edu
  Elizabeth Thoren, University of California, Santa Barbara
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Lessons that Last--Teaching Effective Thinking.
    Michael Starbird*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-N1-1659)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Teaching College Algebra Students to Formulate Questions.
    Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin*, Lamar University
    (1106-N1-554)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Using Linked Courses and Classroom Configurations to Teach Mathematical Inquiry to Freshman Business Students.
    Victor I Piercey*, Ferris State University
    Roxanne Cullen, Ferris State University
    (1106-N1-382)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Homework Presentations in Calculus I.
    Valerie J. Peterson*, University of Portland
    (1106-N1-2426)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Teaching Inquiry through Calculus TACTivities.
    Angie Hodge*, University of Nebraska Omaha
    Janice Rech, University of Nebraska Omaha
    Faan Tone Liu, University of Colorado Boulder
    Kimberly Bunning, University of Colorado Boulder
    David Webb, University of Colorado Boulder
    Eric Stade, University of Colorado Boulder
    Ron Tubbs, University of Colorado Boulder
    (1106-N1-1083)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Raising Calculus to the Surface: Discovering geometric connections behind multivariable calculus.
    Aaron Wangberg*, Winona State University
    Brian Fisher, Lubbock Christian University
    Jason Samuels, City University of New York - Borough of Manhattan Community College
    Eric Webber, Oregon State University
    (1106-N1-1437)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Discovering the Art of Inquiry: Creating a Culture of Asking Open Questions.
    Volker Ecke*, Westfield State University
    Christine von Renesse, Westfield State University
    Julian Fleron, Westfield State University
    Philip K Hotchkiss, Westfield State University
    (1106-N1-2118)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Nurturing Inquiry in a Moore Method Geometry Classroom.
    Theron J Hitchman*, University of Northern Iowa
    (1106-N1-2339)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Ask questions to encourage questions asked.
    Sarah-marie Belcastro*, MathILy (serious Mathematics Infused with Levity)
    (1106-N1-2095)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Transitioning students from consumers to producers.
    Dana C. Ernst*, Northern Arizona University
    Nandor Sieben, Northern Arizona University
    (1106-N1-2639)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    How Students Experience a Mathematics Program with an Inquiry-Based Philosophy.
    Samuel A. Cook*, Wheelock College
    Debra K Borkovitz, Wheelock College
    Galina Dobrynina, Wheelock College
    (1106-N1-2333)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Methods for Democratizing Inquiry for K-16 Students and Teachers.
    Steven Greenstein*, Montclair State University
    Catherine Buell, Fitchburg State University
    Zahava Wilstein, Berry College
    (1106-N1-2744)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Faculty Knowledge of Teaching in Inquiry-Based Learning Mathematics.
    Anne M Cawley*, University of Michigan
    Vilma Mesa, University of Michigan
    (1106-N1-1888)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Critical Components of Inquiry-Oriented Teaching.
    Estrella MS Johnson*, Virginia Tech
    (1106-N1-671)
  • 5:40 p.m.
    Teaching Inquiry in a Capstone Course for Future Secondary School Teachers.
    Stan Yoshinobu*, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    (1106-N1-1385)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on The Times They Are a Changin': Successful Innovations in Developmental Mathematics Curricula and Pedagogy, II
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Suzanne Dorée, Augsburg College doree@augsburg.edu
  Joanne Peeples, El Paso Community College
  Donald Small, U. S. Military Academy
  Bruce Yoshiwara, Los Angeles Pierce College
  Chris Oehrlein, Oklahoma City Community College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Using Reform mathematics pedagogy in developmental mathematics courses to improve student success with application problems.
    Luke Smith*, Auburn University Montgomery
    (1106-P5-169)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Improving Students Success in First Year Mathematics Courses at the University of Nebraska.
    Nathan Wakefield*, University of Nebraska--Lincoln
    (1106-P5-882)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    The Implementation of Online Homework in Developmental Mathematics and Its Impact on Successive Courses.
    Paula R Stickles*, Millikin University
    (1106-P5-584)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    College Quantitative Reasoning: An Innovative Yearlong Course in Mathematics, Statistics, and Modeling.
    Gregory D. Foley*, Ohio University
    (1106-P5-2738)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Developmental Math: Forward Thinking and Backward Designed.
    Pangyen Ben Weng*, Metropolitan State University
    (1106-P5-96)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Accelerating Developmental Mathematics by Contextualizing Prerequisites into a Single Course using Problem-Solving (for STEM, too!).
    G Michael Guy*, Queensborough Community College
    (1106-P5-609)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Shorter Math Pipeline: Redesign and Assessment.
    Joan E Brown*, Eastern New Mexico University
    Tom R Brown, Eastern New Mexico University
    (1106-P5-919)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Creating a Cognitively Demanding Environment for Developmental Mathematics Student Learning.
    Kenneth R. Bradfield*, Michigan State University
    Raven McCrory, Michigan State University
    Steve Wolf, Texas State University
    Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Michigan State University
    Durrell Jones, Michigan State University
    Kristen Bieda, Michigan State University
    (1106-P5-772)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Seeking Mathematics Success for College Students: A Randomized Field Trial of an Adapted Approach.
    Taras Gula, George Brown College
    Carolyn Hoessler, University of Saskatchewan
    Wes Maciejewski*, The University of British Columbia
    (1106-P5-2681)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Assessing the effectiveness of the Carnegie Pathways: A multilevel propensity score approach.
    Hiro Yamada*, Carnegie Foundation
    Chris Thorn, Carnegie Foundation
    (1106-P5-2697)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on Trends in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Education
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Timothy D Comar, Benedictine University tcomar@ben.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    An Oracle Method to Rank a Tournament from NFL Teams to Green Anoles.
    E Cabral Balreira*, Trinity University
    (1106-Q1-6)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    An Animal Population Simulation and Mathematical Modeling Activity for Secondary Mathematics Majors.
    Diana S Cheng*, Towson University
    David Thompson, Towson University
    (1106-Q1-90)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    A Mathematical Model for Alzheimer Disease and it's Treatment Based on the Metal Ions Hypothesis.
    Shantia Yarahmadian*, Mississippi State University
    Hadi Khani, Mississippi State University
    Eda Asili, Mississippi State University
    (1106-Q1-2505)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Mathematical Biology research program and minor at Truman State University.
    Pam Ryan*, Truman State University
    (1106-Q1-2491)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Involving Undergraduates in Biomath Research Using High Performance GPU Computing.
    G. Brock Williams*, Texas Tech University
    John Calhoun, Texas Tech University
    Whitney Green, Texas Tech University
    Levi Johnson, Texas Tech University
    Jessica Spott, Texas Tech University
    (1106-Q1-802)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Interactive Mathematica-based biodiversity exercise enhances student understanding.
    Elizabeth C. Davis-Berg, Columbia College Chicago
    Daniel R. Jordan*, Columbia College Chicago
    (1106-Q1-1399)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: IQS 2.0: A Modularized Integrated Math and Science Course.
    Lester F Caudill*, University of Richmond
    (1106-Q1-2431)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Computer Laboratory Activities for Biocalculus Courses.
    Timothy D Comar*, Benedictine University
    (1106-Q1-2788)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Using Flipping Pedagogy to Engage Students in Learning Mathematics, I
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jean McGivney-Burelle, University of Hartford burelle@hartford.edu
  Larissa Schroeder, University of Hartford
  Fei Xue, University of Hartford
  John Williams, University of Hartford
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Using a Hybrid Model to Build Math Skills in a Prerequisite College Algebra Course.
    Debbie Gochenaur*, Shippensburg University
    (1106-R1-2688)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    A Comparison of Student-Learned Outcomes in Multi-Sections of `Large' College Algebra Classrooms: A Preliminary Study.
    Perry Y.C. Lee*, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
    Padraig McLoughlin, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-R1-2374)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Flipping College Algebra to Increase Student Engagement and Achievement.
    Jennifer E Clinkenbeard*, California State University Fullerton / Claremont Graduate University
    Cherie Ichinose, California State University Fullerton
    (1106-R1-1027)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A Team-Based Approach to a Partially Flipped Linear Algebra Class.
    Rebecca Swanson*, Colorado School of Mines
    Deb Carney, Colorado School of Mines
    Nic Ormes, University of Denver
    (1106-R1-925)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Adventures in flipping college algebra.
    Jenna Van Sickle*, Fontbonne University
    (1106-R1-27)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Using Flipping Pedagogy in an Online Course.
    Jason A Miller*, The Ohio State University
    Gary Kennedy, The Ohio State University
    Elizabeth A Miller, The Ohio State University
    (1106-R1-2814)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Flipping Freshman Mathematics: Discouraging Results and How to Adapt for the Future.
    Jenny G. Fuselier*, High Point University
    Laurie Zack, High Point University
    Adam Graham-Squire, High Point University
    Karen O'Hara, High Point University
    (1106-R1-895)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Flipping an Introductory Statistics Class: Students' Attitudes About and Success with the use of Online Tools.
    Craig Patrick McBride*, University of Washington Tacoma
    (1106-R1-585)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Flipping the Classroom Routine in Statistics.
    Erick Hofacker*, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    (1106-R1-214)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Using rotating student groups to increase participation and decrease anxiety.
    Carrie Muir*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1106-R1-2658)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Using the Flipped Classroom to offer Dual Enrollment courses.
    Krista Maxson*, Shawnee State University
    (1106-R1-1351)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Flipping the class using Google Documents at the Naval Academy Preparatory School.
    Matthew J. Peeples*, Naval Academy Preparatory School
    (1106-R1-283)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Perspectives of Flipping an Undergraduate Precalculus Class.
    Dr. Jason A. Willis*, Gardner-Webb University
    Dr. George Olson, Appalachian State University
    Dr. Deborah Crocker, Appalachian State University
    Dr. Tracy Goodson-Espy, Appalachian State University
    (1106-R1-524)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Engaging the Introverted Learner using the Flipped Classroom in a Hybrid Calculus Class.
    Terry L Barron*, Georgia Gwinnett College
    (1106-R1-2737)
  • 5:40 p.m.
    Students' Perceptions of Flipped Calculus.
    Larissa Schroeder*, University of Hartford
    Jean McGivney-Burelle, University of Hartford
    Fei Xue, University of Hartford
    (1106-R1-1905)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Wavelets in Undergraduate Education
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Caroline Haddad, State University of New York at Geneseo haddad@geneseo.edu
  John Merkel, Oglethorpe University
  Edward Aboufadel, Grand Valley State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Multi-Resolution Analysis for the Haar Wavelet: A Minimalist Approach.
    Helmut Knaust*, The University of Texas at El Paso
    (1106-R5-1592)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Teaching wavelets to a freshman.
    David W Roach*, Murray State University
    (1106-R5-2624)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Using Wavelets as a Tool for Statistical Analysis of Big Data.
    Caroline Haddad*, State University of New York at Geneseo
    (1106-R5-1614)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Compressed Sensing Impacts the Statistical Inferences Made from fMRI.
    Susannah Shoemaker*, Pomona College
    Deanna Needell, Claremont McKenna College
    Wesley Kerr, UCLA
    Arpineh Asadoorian, UCLA
    Jessica Nadalin, UC Berkeley
    Christian Ayala, Claremont McKenna College
    Ryan McCarthy, University College Cork
    (1106-R5-2717)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Discrete Wavelets in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Course.
    John C. Merkel*, Oglethorpe University
    (1106-R5-2292)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    3D Printing and Wavelets, Continued.
    Edward Aboufadel*, Grand Valley State University
    (1106-R5-514)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bases, Frames and associated operators in a Hilbert Space.
    Ghanshyam Bhatt*, Tennessee State University
    (1106-R5-1914)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Well-Designed Online Assessment: Well-Formed Questions, Discovery-Based Explorations, and Their Success in Improving Student Learning
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Paul Seeburger, Monroe Community College pseeburger@monroecc.edu
  Matthew Leingang, New York University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Interactive Online Lessons using Articulate Storyline.
    Elizabeth A Miller*, The Ohio State University
    Carolyn Johns, The Ohio State University
    Jason A Miller, The Ohio State University
    (1106-S1-2839)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Implementing Multiple Forms of Assessment in Carnegie's Community College Pathways' Online Platform to Support Student Learning and Achievement in Community College Developmental Mathematics.
    Maria Mendiburo*, Carnegie Foundation
    Scott Strother, Carnegie Foundation
    (1106-S1-2882)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Don't Show Your Work! Online Assessment in CBAL Mathematics.
    James H. Fife*, Educational Testing Service
    (1106-S1-991)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Test Well and Test Often: Differentiating Instruction Using Micro-Assessment.
    Nathaniel Rounds*, Reasoning Mind
    Michael Von Korff, Reasoning Mind
    (1106-S1-2032)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Putting College Algebra Online: Breaking Away from Traditional Assessment.
    Samuel Luke Tunstall*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-S1-1085)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Transitioning from discovery-based worksheets to online explorations in a multi-variable calculus class.
    Monica M VanDieren*, Robert Morris University
    (1106-S1-2923)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Creating Effective Online Homework Problems in Intermediate Algebra (Using WeBWorK).
    Paul E Seeburger*, Monroe Community College
    (1106-S1-2809)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-1:55 p.m.
  NAM Granville-Brown-Haynes Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences
  Room 215, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dawn Lott, NAM dlott@desu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The adjoint representation of a classical Lie algebra and the support of Kostant's weight multiplicity formula.
    Pamela Estephania Harris*, United States Military Academy
    Erik Insko, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Lauren Kelly Williams, Mercyhurst University
    (1106-17-692)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Mod 4 Galois Representations From Elliptic Curves and a Certain Brauer-Type Embedding Problem.
    Kevin M Mugo*, Lafayette, Indiana
    (1106-11-2441)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Multivariate Signal Analysis and Inverse Problems, I
  Room 202A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Carlo Bardaro, University of Perugia Carlo.Bardaro@unipg.it
  M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida zuhair.nashed@ucf.edu
  Gianluca Vinti, University of Perugia gianluca.vinti@unipg.it
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Dynamical sampling in Hilbert spaces.
    Akram Aldroubi*, Vanderbilt University
    Carlos Cabrelli, University of Buenos Aires
    Ursula Molter, University Of Buenos Aires
    Sui Tang, Vanderbilt University
    (1106-47-1318)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A Blind Matrix Decomposition Algorithm.
    Xin Li*, University of Central Florida
    (1106-15-2947)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A multiple multiresolution analysis for image processing.
    Mariantonia Cotronei*, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
    Milvia Rossini, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
    Tomas Sauer, University of Passau, Germany
    (1106-65-2257)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Multidimensional Shannon Sampling.
    Willi Freeden*, University of Kaiserslautern
    M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida, Orlando
    (1106-41-1310)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Greedy Algorithm for the Regularization of Inverse Problems in Geophysics and Medical Imaging.
    Volker Michel*, University of Siegen
    (1106-65-2236)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Sparsity and spatial localization of spatially decaying systems.
    Qiyu Sun*, University of Central Florida
    (1106-94-1880)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Approximation by multivariate Kantorovich sampling operators and applications to Image Processing.
    Gianluca Vinti*, University of Perugia
    (1106-41-1453)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Mathematics and the sciences: Necessary dialogue.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Martha J. Siegel, Towson University
  Peter Turner, Clarkson University
  Panelists:
  Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University
  Mark Green, University of California Los Angeles
  S. James Gates,Jr, University of Maryland
  Kirk E. Jordan, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, IV
  Room 208, Convention Center
  

  • 1:15 p.m.
    An Asymptotic Formula for the Number of Balanced Incomplete Block Design Incidence Matrices.
    Aaron M. Montgomery*, Baldwin Wallace University
    (1106-05-1764)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Species with an equivariant group action.
    Andrew R Gainer-Dewar*, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    (1106-05-1101)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Distinguishing extension numbers for $\mathbf R^n$ and $S^n$.
    Alex Lombardi*, Harvard University
    (1106-05-1491)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Coefficients of Bivariate Analytic Functions with Algebraic Singularities.
    Torin Greenwood*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-05-2564)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Superpatterns and Alon's Conjecture.
    Yiguang Zhang*, Johns Hopkins University
    Yonah Biers-Ariel, Whitman College
    (1106-05-753)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Generalized Central Sets Theorem and Applications.
    Dev R Phulara*, Howard University
    (1106-05-740)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Avoidability and Density of Words.
    Danny Rorabaugh*, University of South Carolina
    Joshua Cooper, University of South Carolina
    (1106-05-2434)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Maximal Green Sequences and Type A Quivers.
    Alexander Garver*, University of Minnesota
    Gregg Musiker, University of Minnesota
    (1106-05-256)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Power Graphs of Finite Associative Rings.
    Mary K Flagg*, University of St. Thomas, Houston
    (1106-05-880)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Betti Numbers of Simplicial Forests.
    Nursel Erey*, Dalhousie University
    Sara Faridi, Dalhousie University
    (1106-05-855)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Distinguishing subgroups of the rationals by their Ramsey properties.
    Ben Barber, University of Birmingham
    Neil Hindman*, Howard University
    Imre Leader, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge
    Dona Strauss, University of Leeds
    (1106-05-331)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Linear Extensions and Exceptional Sequences.
    Alexander Garver, University of Minnesota
    Jacob P. Matherne*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-05-2696)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Enumerating $Q$-factorial Posets.
    Eric L Clark*, Kentucky Wesleyan College
    (1106-05-1967)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    From signal processing to lattice paths.
    Shaun V. Ault*, Valdosta State University
    Charles J. Kicey, Valdosta State University
    (1106-05-468)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Motzkin Paths with Exactly One Weak Ascent.
    Ralph P. Grimaldi*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1106-05-747)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Face Structures of Lattice Path Matroid Polytopes.
    Suhyung An, Yonsei University
    JiYoon Jung*, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences
    Sangwook Kim, Chonnam National University
    (1106-05-1690)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Path Systems: A New Systematic Approach to Finding Quartets.
    Chelsea M Lawhorn*, Winthrop University
    Joseph Rusinko, Winthrop University
    (1106-05-2062)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Relating Fox and face colorings of knot diagrams.
    Alexander Craig Madaus*, Washington College
    Heather M. Russell, Washington College
    Maisie Jann Newman, Washington College
    (1106-05-2467)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Coloring Techniques for Pattern Avoidance over an Infinite Sequence.
    Paula Egging, Benedictine College
    Robert P Laudone*, Boston College
    Amanda Owens, McDaniel College
    (1106-05-630)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Invariant random subgroups of locally finite groups.
  Room 214A, Convention Center
  Robin Tucker-Drob*, Rutgers University
  (1106-03-146)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 1:40 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Best Practices for Teaching the Introductory Statistics Course, III
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Randall Pruim, Calvin College rpruim@calvin.edu
  Scott Alberts, Truman State University
  Patti Frazer Lock, St. Lawrence University
  

  • 1:40 p.m.
    Teaching Basic Statistics Summer Course Online.
    Hasan Hamdan*, James Madison University
    (1106-A5-2388)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    MIT's new introductory course: from probability to frequentist statistics through Bayesian inference.
    Jeremy Orloff*, MIT
    Jonathan Bloom, MIT
    (1106-A5-2821)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    MIT's new introductory course: using physical space and technology to flip the classroom.
    Jonathan Bloom*, MIT
    Jeremy Orloff, MIT
    (1106-A5-2825)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Creating Critical Thinkers in an Introductory Statistics Course.
    RaKissa D Cribari*, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-A5-2042)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Statistically Significant Attempts at Students' Understanding.
    Rodica Cazacu*, Georgia College
    George E Cazacu, Georgia College
    (1106-A5-2818)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Exploring the quantification of evidence: A Better Fit for Goodness-Of-Fit.
    Alexander White*, Texas State University
    M. Alejandra Sorto, Texas State University
    (1106-A5-2289)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Enhancing the Benefits of Discovery Projects in Elementary Statistics.
    Dianna Spence*, University of North Georgia
    Brad Bailey, University of North Georgia
    (1106-A5-1362)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    From the classroom to the community (and back again): Stories of statistics, significance, and service.
    Joshua B. Wilkerson*, Texas State University
    (1106-A5-935)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Teaching Introductory Statistics through big data projects -- reflections from a mathematician's first statistics course.
    Kathryn J Montovan*, Bennington College
    (1106-A5-2543)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Using Hands on Labs In Basic Statistics to Engage Students and Enhance Learning.
    Paul J Plummer*, University of Central Missouri
    (1106-A5-1902)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Tying Statistics to the Real World -- Group Projects using Linear Regression.
    Robin Lovgren*, Belmont University
    (1106-A5-1911)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  Presentations by MAA Teaching Award Participants
  Room 103, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Barbara Faires, Westminster College
  Robert L. Devaney, Boston University
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Problem Solving in the Classroom.
    Judith Covington*, Louisiana State University Shreveport
    (1106-00-1062)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Frustrate Your Students and Other Questionable Tips.
    Brian Hopkins*, Saint Peter's University
    (1106-A0-2422)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Access to Mathematics. Does it matter? What can we do about it?
    Shahriar Shahriari*, Pomona College
    (1106-00-2221)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Linear and Multilinear Algebra and Matrix Theory
  Room 202B, Convention Center
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Triphos: An alternative coordinate system.
    Erica Johnson*, Benedictine College
    Paula Egging, Benedictine College
    (1106-15-1857)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Existence of a nowhere-zero eigenbasis for a matrix whose graph and eigenvalues are prescribed.
    Keivan Hassani Monfared*, Western Illinois University
    Bryan L Shader, University of Wyoming
    (1106-15-1418)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Skew Characteristic Polynomials of Cacti.
    Amy Streifel*, Washington State University
    (1106-15-2833)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Matrices, Quaternions, Rotations, and Orientation in R3.
    Paul R. Bouthellier*, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
    (1106-15-267)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Methods of Relating Types of Canonical Algebraic Curvature Tensors.
    Elise McMahon*, Ave Maria University
    (1106-15-1293)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Decomposition of Quantum Gates.
    Dean J. Katsaros*, College of William and Mary
    (1106-15-2393)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Estimating the Dominant Eigenvector of Positive Matrices.
    Joann Martinez Coronado*, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
    (1106-15-1697)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Unitary Equivalence of Rank $k$ Partial Isometries on $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ via the Stiefel Manifold $S(k,n)$.
    Michael Kerckhove*, University of Richmond, VA 23173
    (1106-15-2366)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Tight Frame Structure and Scalability.
    Rachel Domagalski*, Central Michigan University
    Hong Suh, Pomona College
    Xingyu Zhang, Pennsylvania State University
    (1106-15-661)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Decomposition Scheme for some Unitary Matrices.
    Diane Pelejo*, College of William and Mary
    Chi Kwong Li, College of William and Mary
    (1106-15-2577)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Explicit Bounds for the Pseudospectra of Matrices and Operators.
    Feixue Gong*, Williams College
    Olivia Meyerson, Williams College
    Abigail Ward, The University of Chicago
    Jeremy Meza, Carnegie Mellon University
    Mihai Stoiciu, Williams College
    (1106-15-2129)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Positive Semidefinite Matrices with Special Block Structure.
    Eric Berry*, College of William and Mary
    Dean Katsaros, College of William and Mary
    Chi-Kwong Li, College of William and Mary
    Diane Pelejo, College of William and Mary
    (1106-81-2149)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Board of Directors Meeting
  Independence, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Monday January 12, 2015, 2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Equivalence relations in computable model theory.
  Room 214A, Convention Center
  Ekaterina Fokina*, Kurt Gödel Research Center
  (1106-03-148)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion
  The role of research in preserving the American dream.
  Room 207B, Convention Center
  Moderators:
  Eric Friedlander, University of Southern California
  Panelists:
  Mark Green, University of California Los Angeles
  Neal Lane, Rice University
  David Vogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Monday January 12, 2015, 2:40 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on First-Year Calculus: Fresh Approaches for Jaded Students, I
  Room 214D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Bob Sachs, George Mason University rsachs@gmu.edu
  Caren Diefenderfer, Hollins University
  

  • 2:40 p.m.
    New Teaching Metaphors in Calculus.
    Anders K H Bengtsson*, School of Engineering, University of Borås, Sweden
    Dragu Atanasiu, School of Engineering, University of Borås, Sweden
    (1106-D5-1896)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Early Continuity, Then Communicate, Communicate, Communicate.
    Kimberly O. Muller*, Lake Superior State University
    (1106-D5-1889)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Calculus Reshuffled.
    Vincent J. Matsko*, Proof School
    (1106-D5-1828)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    A Fresh Start: Reordering Calc II in the Fall.
    Jody Sorensen*, Augsburg College
    (1106-D5-2772)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Teaching calculus to large and diverse groups of engineering students.
    Frode Rønning*, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    (1106-D5-1607)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Teaching Business Calculus as a Terminal Course Focused on Business.
    Mike May*, Saint Louis University
    (1106-D5-1784)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Flipped and Flexible Calculus: A Different Calculus Experience.
    Elizabeth A Miller*, The Ohio State University
    Carolyn Johns, The Ohio State University
    (1106-D5-2541)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A guide-on-the-side approach to calculus.
    Dana C. Ernst*, Northern Arizona University
    (1106-D5-2631)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Inquiry as a way to engage ALL calculus students.
    Angie Hodge*, University of Nebraska Omaha
    Janice Rech, University of Nebraska Omaha
    (1106-D5-2450)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #4: Part B
  A dynamical systems approach to the differential equations course.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Paul Blanchard, Boston University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #12: Part B
  Introducing matroids to undergraduates.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Jenny McNulty, University of Montana
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
• Monday January 12, 2015, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #13: Part B
  WeBWorK: An open source alternative for generating and delivering online homework problems.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Paul Pearson, Hope College
  Geoff Goehle, Western Carolina University
  Peter Staab, Fitchburg College
• Monday January 12, 2015, 3:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  ASL Contributed Paper Session, I
  Room 214A, Convention Center
  

  • 3:30 p.m.
    Preservation theorems via dual proof trees.
    Fred Halpern*, Dallas, Texas
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Reverse mathematics and marriage problems with unique solutions.
    Noah A Hughes*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-03-2628)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Abstractionist Categories of Categories.
    Shay A Logan*, University of Minnesota
    (1106-03-2591)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 4:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Making the case for data journalism.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Catherine O'Neil*, Johnson Research Labs
  (1106-A0-10)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Congressional Fellowship Session
  Room 215, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Samuel M. Rankin, III, AMS
• Monday January 12, 2015, 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA Student Poster Session
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Joyati Debnath, Winona State University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Actuarial science: What faculty need to know.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kevin Charlwood, Washburn University
  Robert Buck, Slippery Rock University
  Patrick Brewer, Lebanon Valley College
  Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University
  Michelle Guan, Indiana University Northwest
  Steve Paris, Florida State University
  Susan Staples, Texas Christian University
  Moderators:
  Michelle Guan, Indiana University Northwest
  Panelists:
  Mike Boa, Casualty Actuarial Society
  Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University
  Stuart Klugman, Drake University
  Scott Merkord, USAA Property & Casualty
  Steve Paris, Florida State University
  Susan Staples, Texas Christian University
• Monday January 12, 2015, 5:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics Reception and Business Meeting
  Room 210B, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 5:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using the WEB Business Meeting
  Room 212B, Convention Center
• Monday January 12, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using the WEB Guest Lecture
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  

  • 6:00 p.m.
    SageMathCloud---Integrated mathematical tools in the cloud.
    William Stein*, University of Washington
    (1106-A0-141)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
  AWM Workshop Poster Presentations and Reception
  Bridge Hall, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
  Lerna Pehlivan, York University
  Brooke Shipley, University of Illiniois at Chicago
  

  • 6:00 p.m.
    On Monotonicity for Strain-Limiting Theories of Elasticity.
    Tina Mai*, Texas A&M University
    Jay R. Walton, Texas A&M University
    (1106-74-150)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Semidualizing complexes over tensor products.
    Hannah Lee Altmann*, North Dakota State University
    (1106-13-155)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Bratteli diagrams for weak solenoids.
    Jessica C. Dyer*, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
    (1106-37-200)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Extremal Questions for Matchings.
    Lauren Keough*, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    (1106-05-201)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    From graphs to Lie algebras to nilmanifolds.
    Allie Ray*, University of Texas-Arlington
    (1106-53-218)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    A Residual Based Aposteriori Error Estimation in a Fully Automatic hp--FEM for The 2 and 3-D Stokes Model Problem.
    Arezou Ghesmati*, Texas A&M University
    Wolfgang Bangerth, Texas A&M University
    (1106-35-236)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Topology of Configurations on Graphs.
    Safia Chettih*, University of Oregon
    (1106-55-243)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Braid groups and euclidean simplices.
    Elizabeth Leyton Chisholm*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Jon McCammond, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1106-20-289)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Rational maps with $\mathbb{Q}_p$ critical points.
    Bianca A Thompson*, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    (1106-11-320)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Tame filling invariants, examples, and closure properties.
    Anisah Nu'Man*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-20-334)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Classifying n-excisive functors by generic representations.
    Sarah A Yeakel*, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-55-342)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Coupled groundwater-surface water flow: effect of small parameters and numerical methods.
    Marina Moraiti*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1106-65-368)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    A Spatio-Temporal Point Process Model for Ambulance Demand.
    Zhengyi Zhou*, Center for Applied Math, Cornell University
    David S. Matteson, Department of Statistical Science, Cornell University
    Dawn B. Woodard, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University
    Shane G. Henderson, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University
    Athanasios C. Micheas, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia
    (1106-62-878)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Conjugacy Limits of the Group of Diagonal Matrices.
    Arielle M Leitner*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1106-22-1091)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Applications of algebraic geometry to polar coding.
    Sarah E Anderson*, Clemson University
    (1106-14-1104)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Deer : Forbidden Minimal Digraphs.
    Stacey Renae McAdams*, Louisiana Tech University
    (1106-05-1105)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Homotopy and homology theory of the moduli of elliptic curves.
    X Chang*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1106-00-1181)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Graph Determined Symbolic Dynamics and Hybrid Systems.
    Kimberly D. Ayers*, Iowa State University
    (1106-37-1299)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    An adaptive GMsFEM for high-contrast flow problems.
    Eric T. Chung, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Yalchin Efendiev, Texas A&M University
    Guanglian Li*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-65-1566)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    A looping-delooping adjunction for topological spaces.
    Martina Rovelli*, EPF Lausanne
    (1106-18-1699)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Special Dramatic Presentation
  Mathematically Bent Theater
  Room 103, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Colin Adams, Williams College
• Monday January 12, 2015, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  AMS {\bit Mathematical Reviews} Reception
  Bowie B, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
• Monday January 12, 2015, 6:30 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
  SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics Guest Lecture
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  

  • 6:30 p.m.
    Mathematical authority and inquiry-based learning.
    Matthew G Jones*, California State University, Dominguez Hills
    (1106-97-248)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 7:45 p.m.-8:35 p.m.
  NAM Cox-Talbot Address
  Mathematics: An Imitation of Life.
  Texas Ballroom, Salon A, Grand Hyatt San Antonio
  Jacqueline Brannon Giles*, HCCS Central College/Texas Southern University
  (1106-01-1429)
• Monday January 12, 2015, 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  Project NExT Reception
  All Project NExT Fellows, consultants, and other friends of Project NExT are invited.
  Alamo Ballroom, Salon C, San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk
  Organizers:
  Julia Barnes, Western Carolina University
  Alissa Crans, Loyola Marymount University
  Matthew DeLong, Taylor University
  David Kung, St. Mary's College of Maryland
  Anthony Tongen, James Madison University

Tuesday January 13, 2015

• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Tensor Categories, II
  Room 006D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California
  Siu-Hung Ng, Louisiana State University and Iowa State University rng@math.lsu.edu
  Sarah Witherspoon, Texas A&M University
  

  • 7:30 a.m.
    Coverings of pointed Hopf algebras.
    William Chin*, DePaul University
    (1106-16-2887)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    The braided Hopf algebra structure of reflected Nichols algebras.
    Hans-Juergen Schneider*, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
    István Heckenberger, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Germany
    (1106-16-1157)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Graded deformations of Nichols algebras.
    Mitja Mastnak*, Saint Mary's University
    (1106-16-1051)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Frobenius properties of tensor functors.
    Kenichi Shimizu*, Graduate School of Mathematics, Nagoya University
    (1106-00-1272)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Classification of Modular Categories.
    Eric C Rowell*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-18-224)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Classification of integral modular categories of Frobenius-Perron dimension $pq^4$ and $p^2q^2$.
    Paul Bruillard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    César Galindo, Universidad de los Andes
    Seung-Moon Hong, University of Toledo
    Yevgenia Kashina, DePaul University
    Deepak Naidu*, Northern Illinois University
    Sonia Natale, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
    Julia Yael Plavnik, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
    Eric C. Rowell, Texas A&M University
    (1106-18-598)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Higher Frobenius-Schur Indicators for Group-Theoretical Categories.
    Peter Schauenburg*, Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
    (1106-18-1769)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Email Center
  East Registration, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Creating Coherence in K--12 Mathematics, III
  Room 007A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Brigitte Lahme, Sonoma State University
  William McCallum, University of Arizona
  Cody Patterson, University of Arizona
  Kristin Umland, University of New Mexico umland@math.unm.edu
  Ellen Whitesides, University of Arizona
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Focus and coherence at the high school level: what they mean, and how to strive for them in the context of specific function and statistics tasks.
    Guadalupe I. Lozano*, The University of Arizona
    (1106-97-2656)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Flow of Mathematical Concepts in Grades 6-8.
    Hugo Rossi*, University of Utah
    (1106-97-1882)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Unit and Course Blueprints: Tools for building coherence.
    Kate Nowak*, Charlottesville, VA
    Patrick Callahan, Illustrative Mathematics
    (1106-97-1634)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Transformational Geometry in the High School Curriculum.
    Michael Nakamaye*, University of New Mexico
    (1106-97-533)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Coherence in geometry: Preparing students for transformational geometry.
    Scott Baldridge*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-97-715)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Geometry By and For High-School Geometry Teachers.
    James J. Madden*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-51-1382)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Fixed Point Theory and Applications, II
  Room 007D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Clement Boateng Ampadu, drampadu@hotmail.com
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Fixed point results for multivalued contractions on a metric space with a graph and applications.
    Marlene Frigon*, University of Montreal
    (1106-47-50)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Common fixed point of Jungck- Kirk-type iterations for non-self operators in normed linear spaces.
    Hudson Akewe*, University of Lagos, Nigeria
    A. A. Mogbademu, University of Lagos, Nigeria
    (1106-46-79)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Caristi Fixed Point Theorem in Metric Spaces with a Graph.
    Monther Rashed Alfuraidan*, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
    (1106-47-229)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fixed point optimization algorithm and its application to network resource.
    Thanyarat Jitpeera*, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
    Poom Kumam, Kmutt
    (1106-49-345)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Riemann problems for two-dimensional systems of conservation laws.
    Katarina Jegdic*, University of Houston - Downtown
    (1106-35-2020)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Every Order-Preserving Self-Map of the $L^p $ Unit Ball has a Fixed Point.
    Bernd S. W. Schroeder*, The University of Southern Mississippi
    (1106-06-1175)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geosystems Mathematics, I
  Room 008B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Willi Freeden, University of Kaiserslautern
  Volker Michel, University of Siegen
  M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida zuhair.nashed@ucf.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Melting Glaciers and Rising Sea Level --- Some Solved and Unsolved Mathematical Problems Behind a Complex Application.
    Volker Michel*, University of Siegen
    (1106-65-1698)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Regularized Orthogonal Matching Pursuit for Geoscientific Inverse Problems.
    Roger Telschow*, University of Siegen
    (1106-65-664)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Complications in atmospheric remotes sensing.
    W Van Snyder*, Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    (1106-86-749)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Reconstuction of electric currents in spherical geometries from magnetic field data via a regularized best basis algorithm.
    Sarah Orzlowski*, University of Siegen
    (1106-65-1711)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Multiscale Methods in Geomagnetic Modeling.
    Christian Gerhards*, University of Vienna
    (1106-86-1628)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    High-resolution crustal magnetic-field model of the Martian South Pole using altitude vector Slepian functions.
    Alain Plattner*, California State University, Fresno
    Frederik J Simons, Princeton University
    (1106-86-2034)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Graphs, Matrices, and Related Problems, I
  Room 006B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Cheryl Grood, Swarthmore College cgrood1@swarthmore.edu
  Thomas Hunter, Swarthmore College
  Sharon McCathern, Azusa Pacific University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Bases, frames and associated operators from graphs and vertices.
    Ghanshyam Bhatt*, Tennessee State University
    (1106-42-1820)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Random Walks on the BMW Monoid: an Algebraic Approach.
    Sarah Wolff*, Dartmouth College
    (1106-60-813)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized Symmetric Spaces of SL(2) over Finite Fields.
    Vicky W Klima*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-22-458)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Symmetric Spaces for $SL_n(\mathbb{F}_q)$ and Finitely Presented Groups.
    Ellen Ziliak*, Benedictine University
    Catherine Buell, Fitchburg State University
    Loek Helminck, North Carolina State University
    Vicky Kilma, Appalachian State University
    Jennifer Schaefer, Dickinson College
    Carmen Wright, Jackson State University
    (1106-20-365)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Stabilizing Discrete Event Systems with Tropical Eigenvectors.
    Catherine A. Buell*, Fitchburg State University
    Alex Nowak, Iowa State University
    (1106-15-806)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Tropical Orthogonal Labeling Problem.
    Bryant G. Mathews*, Azusa Pacific University
    (1106-15-1215)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Heavy-Tailed Distributions and Processes, I
  Room 001B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  U. Tuncay Alparslan, American University
  John P. Nolan, American University jpnolan@american.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Measuring independence for stable distributions.
    John P. Nolan*, American University
    Ugur Tuncay Alparslan, American University
    (1106-60-98)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Heavy-tailed Lévy processes in pricing exotic options in finance.
    Indranil SenGupta*, North Dakota State University
    (1106-60-104)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On infinitely divisible semimartingales.
    Andreas Basse-O'Connor, Aarhus University
    Jan Rosinski*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1106-60-1742)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Harmonic measure for subordinate Brownian motions with Gaussian components on $C^{1,1}$ open sets and its applications.
    Hyunchul Park*, The College of William and Mary
    Renming Song, UIUC
    (1106-31-107)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Does value-at-risk encourage diversification when losses follow tempered stable or more general Lévy processes?
    Michael Grabchak*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (1106-60-112)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Nonstandard regular variation of in-degree and out-degree in the preferential attachment model.
    Gennady Samorodnitsky*, Cornell University
    Sidney Resnick, Cornell University
    Don Towsley, University of Massachusetts
    Richard David, Columbia University
    Amy Willis, Cornell University
    Phyllis Wan, Columbia University
    (1106-60-689)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Positivity and Matrix Inequalities, I
  Room 006A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dominique Guillot, Stanford University dguillot@stanford.edu
  Apoorva Khare, Stanford University
  Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Hamburger Moment Completion Problem.
    Hayoung Choi*, University of Wyoming
    Farhad Jafari, University of Wyoming
    (1106-15-703)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Positive definite sequences and positivity with applications to spatial random fields.
    David Montague*, Stanford University
    Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University
    (1106-42-2007)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Tight bounds on the infinity norm of inverses of symmetric diagonally dominant positive matrices.
    Christopher J Hillar*, UC Berkeley
    Shaowei Lin, Institute for Infocomm Research
    Andre Wibisono, UC Berkeley
    (1106-15-1993)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Regularization of positive definite matrices: Connections between linear algebra, graph theory, and statistics.
    Dominique Guillot, Stanford University
    Bala Rajaratnam*, Stanford University
    (1106-26-2006)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    When Leading Imply All, Mixed Matrices, and Koteljanskii Inequalities.
    Sivaram K Narayan*, Central Michigan University
    (1106-15-1240)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Progress in Multivariable Operator Theory, I
  Room 001A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ronald G. Douglas, Texas A&M University
  Constanze Liaw, Baylor University Constanze_Liaw@Baylor.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Using operator theory to measure the asymptotic behavior of Pick functions in two variables at infinity.
    J. E. Pascoe*, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-46-1619)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Well-Localized Operators on Matrix-Weighted $L^2$ Spaces.
    Kelly Bickel*, Bucknell University
    Brett D. Wick, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1106-47-640)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Cyclicity in Dirichlet-type spaces and Optimal Polynomials.
    Alberto A. Condori*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (1106-30-1746)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Cyclic polynomials in two variables.
    C. Beneteau*, University of South Florida
    G. Knese, Washington University in St. Louis
    L. Kosinski, Jagiellonian University
    C. Liaw, Baylor University
    D. Seco, University of Warwick
    A. Sola, University of Cambridge
    (1106-32-975)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Capacity and cyclicity in Dirichlet spaces in several variables.
    Alan A. Sola*, University of Cambridge
    (1106-32-270)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Algebraic and analytic structure of stable polynomials.
    Greg Knese*, Washington University in St. Louis
    (1106-47-904)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Markov Chains, Quantum Walks, and Related Topics, I
  Room 006C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Chaobin Liu, Bowie State University cliu@bowiestate.edu
  Takuya Machida, University of California, Berkeley
  Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca, Tecnologicó de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México
  Nelson Petulante, Bowie State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Quantum walks on hyperbolic graphs.
    Etsuo Segawa*, Tohoku university
    (1106-60-1435)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Open Quantum Walks.
    Francesco Petruccione*, University of KwaZulu-Natal
    (1106-81-2927)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Quantum Recursion and Second Quantisation.
    Mingsheng Ying*, University of Technology, Sydney, China and Tsinghua University, China
    (1106-81-1492)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Limit distribution of a 3-period time-dependent quantum walk.
    F. Alberto Gr{ü}nbaum, University of California, Berkeley
    Takuya Machida*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1106-81-1359)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the behavior of quantum walks confined to a cycle coupled with a half line.
    Chaobin Liu*, Bowie State University
    Nelson Petulante, Bowie State University
    Forrest Ingram-Johnson, Bowie State University
    (1106-81-1986)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Open quantum random walks and the recurrence problem.
    Carlos F. Lardizabal*, Instituto de Matemática - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
    (1106-81-406)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-AWM Special Session on Recent Developments in Algebraic Number Theory, I
  Room 007B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Wen-Ching Winnie Li, Pennsylvania State University wli@math.psu.edu
  Tong Liu, Purdue University
  Ling Long, Iowa State University and Louisiana State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Visualising the arithmetic of quadratic imaginary fields.
    Katherine E Stange*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1106-11-1783)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Derivatives of p-adic L-functions of Hilbert modular forms.
    Daniel Barrera, University of Montreal
    Mladen Dimitrov, University of Lille
    Andrei Jorza*, University of Notre Dame
    (1106-11-2418)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Moduli Interpretations for Noncongruence Modular Curves.
    William Y Chen*, Pennsylvania State University
    (1106-11-1877)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    p-adic q-expansions and families of automorphic forms.
    Ellen Eischen*, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1106-11-1801)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Local points of supersingular elliptic curves on $\mathbb Z_p$-extensions.
    Mirela Ciperiani*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-11-2572)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the restriction of F-crystalline p-adic Galois representations.
    Bryden Cais*, University of Arizona
    Tong Liu, Purdue University
    (1106-11-1225)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, III
  Room 004, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Darren A Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno
  Jobby Jacob, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Modeling Fluid Flow Induced by C. elegans Swimming at Low Reynolds Number.
    Jonathan D Gutierrez, St. Mary's University
    Megan Michelle Sorenson*, Concordia University, Irvine
    (1106-76-126)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Dynamical Model of Consumer Rumor Transmission in a Twitter-like Network.
    Jessica Bustamante*, Westminster College, UT
    (1106-00-393)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Homotopy equivalence in graph-like digital spaces.
    Jason Haarmann, Eastern Illinois University
    Meg P Murphy*, University of North Carolina at Asheville
    Casey S Peters, University of Redlands
    P Christopher Staecker, Fairfield University
    (1106-54-109)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Rainbow boxes in grid graphs.
    Blanche Sonia Ngo Mahop, Smith College
    Daryl Seaver, Smith College
    Jasmine VanExel*, Smith College
    Katherine Weber, Smith College
    Ruth Haas, Smith College
    (1106-05-1361)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Finding NAIRU.
    Sara Reed*, Simpson College
    Levi Boxell, Taylor University
    Yihang Du, Lafayette College
    Jeffrey Liebner, Lafayette College
    Julie Smith, Lafayette College
    (1106-91-127)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Quantifying Option Implications.
    Michael Bauer, Lafayette REU
    Xiaowen Chang, Lafayette REU
    Michael Conway*, Lafayette REU
    (1106-00-1030)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Minimum Rank of Graphs with Zero Diagonal.
    Jorin S Schug*, Swarthmore College
    (1106-15-195)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Ranks of graphs over $\mathbb{Z}_2$.
    Oscar F Leong*, Swarthmore College
    (1106-15-196)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Studies in Interconnections among Parameters in Graph Theory, Combinatorics, and Discrete Geometry, I
  Room 008A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Cong X. Kang, Texas A&M University at Galveston
  Eunjeong Yi, Texas A&M University at Galveston yie@tamug.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Comparison between the metric dimension and zero-forcing number of trees and unicyclic graphs.
    Linda L Eroh*, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
    Cong X Kang, Texas A&M University at Galveston
    Eunjeong Yi, Texas A&M University at Galveston
    (1106-05-1185)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Equi-b-matchable Graphs.
    Bert L Hartnell*, Saint Mary's University
    Jennie Newman, Saint Mary's University
    (1106-05-596)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Code parameters and graph coloring.
    Gretchen L. Matthews*, Clemson University
    (1106-05-1694)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Identifying Codes on De Bruijn Graphs.
    Debra Boutin, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
    Victoria E Horan*, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY
    (1106-05-216)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Rectilinear crossing numbers of complete tripartite graphs.
    Leslie Hogben*, American Institute of Mathematics and Iowa State University
    (1106-05-496)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Graphs whose flow polynomials factor have only integer roots.
    Joseph Kung*, University of North Texas
    Gordon Royle, University of Western Australia
    (1106-05-163)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Syzygies, I
  Room 007C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Giulio Caviglia, Purdue University
  Jason McCullough, Rider University
  Irena Peeva, Cornell University irena@math.cornell.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Finiteness of Homological Dimensions with Respect to a Semidualizing Complex.
    Sean Sather-Wagstaff, North Dakota State University
    Jonathan Totushek*, North Dakota State University
    (1106-13-688)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Deviations of graded algebras.
    Adam Boocher, University of Edinburgh
    Alessio D'Ali, Università Degli Studi di Genova
    Jonathan Montaño*, Purdue University
    Eloisa Pires, University of Virginia
    Alessio Sammartano, Purdue University
    (1106-13-1524)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Supports and Support Varieties.
    Hailong Dao, University of Kansas
    William T Sanders*, University of Kansas
    (1106-13-967)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Artinian modules of finite flat dimension and the Frobenius functor.
    Thomas Marley*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Marcus Webb, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-13-1800)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The projective dimension of an ideal generated by 3 cubic forms.
    Paolo Mantero*, University of California at Riverside
    Jason McCullough, Rider University
    (1106-13-1538)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The projective dimension of quadrics.
    Craig Huneke*, University of Virginia
    (1106-13-654)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on The Scottish Book, I
  Room 005, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Krystyna Kuperberg, Auburn University
  R. Daniel Mauldin, University of North Texas mauldin@unt.edu
  Jan Mycielski, University of Colorado
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Some unsolved and recently solved problems from the Scottish Book.
    Dan Mauldin*, University of North Texas
    (1106-28-1001)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mazur's game and Choquet's game.
    Howard Becker*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (1106-03-1631)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Maximal symmetry in Banach spaces.
    Valentin Ferenczi, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Christian Rosendal*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1106-46-1237)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Topological Measures of Complexity: Inverse Limits, Entropy, and Structure of Attractors, I
  Room 003, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Loribeth M. Alvin, University of Denver
  Jan P. Boroński, National Supercomputing Centre IT4Innovations, Ostrava jan.boronski@osu.cz
  James Keesling, University of Florida
  Olga Lukina, University of Illinois at Chicago
  P. Oprocha, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Dynamics of the shift map on inverse limits with set-valued functions.
    Judy Anita Kennedy*, Lamar University
    Van Nall, University of Richmond
    Goran Erceg, University of Split
    (1106-37-453)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Topological Entropy of Set-valued Functions.
    James P Kelly*, Baylor University
    Timothy Tennant, Baylor University
    (1106-37-942)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Inverse limits and attractors in dimension 2.
    Jan P. Boroński, National Supercomputing Centre IT4Innovations, Ostrava, Czech Republic
    Piotr Oprocha*, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, AGH University, Kraków, Poland
    (1106-37-2282)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Horseshoe-like maps of plane and symbolic dynamics.
    Sonja Stimac*, University of Zagreb & IUPUI
    (1106-37-1121)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Minimal Cantor Omega-Limit Sets.
    Lori Alvin*, University of Denver
    Nic Ormes, University of Denver
    (1106-37-562)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Frequency spectrums of cut-and-project sets.
    Jamie J Walton*, The University of York
    (1106-37-686)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on What's New in Group Theory?, I
  Room 002, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Arturo Magidin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  Elizabeth Wilcox, Oswego State University elizabeth.wilcox@oswego.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A family of polycyclic groups over which the uniform conjugacy problem is NP-complete.
    Bren Cavallo, City University of New York Graduate Center
    Delaram Kahrobaei*, City University of New York Graduate Center and New York City College of Technology
    (1106-00-1507)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The strong symmetric genus of some small generalized symmetric groups.
    Michael A. Jackson*, Grove City College
    (1106-20-1128)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The solvability of groups with nilpotent minimal coverings.
    Russell D Blyth*, Saint Louis University
    Francesco Fumagalli, Università di Firenze
    Marta Morigi, Università di Bologna
    (1106-20-530)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bounding nilpotent and solvable quotients of primitive permutation groups.
    Thomas Michael Keller*, Texas State University
    Yong Yang, Texas State University
    (1106-20-579)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Dead-end elements and dead-end depth in groups.
    Margaret H. Dean*, CUNY BMCC
    Marianna C. Bonanome, CUNY NYCCT
    (1106-20-474)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Highly symmetric generalized quadrangles.
    Eric Allen Swartz*, Centre for the Mathematics and Symmetry and Computation, The University of Western Australia
    John Bamberg, Centre for the Mathematics and Symmetry and Computation, The University of Western Australia
    Cai-Heng Li, Centre for the Mathematics and Symmetry and Computation, The University of Western Australia
    (1106-05-207)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, V
  Room 208, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Permutations containing large number of a prescribed pattern.
    M Just, Georgia Southern University
    H Wang*, Georgia Southern University
    (1106-05-1006)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A combinatorial interpretation for Hall-Littlewood polynomials.
    Andrew J Wills*, Virginia Tech
    (1106-05-915)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Locally Convex Words and Permutations.
    Christopher Coscia*, Boston College
    Jonathan DeWitt, Haverford College
    (1106-05-1034)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Unimodality of Partitions in Near-Rectangular Ferrers Diagrams.
    Samuel Zbarsky*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-05-1036)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Packing Sequences Into Words.
    Yonah Biers-Ariel*, Whitman College
    Elizabeth Kelley, Harvey Mudd College
    (1106-05-842)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Longest Increasing Subsequences of Multiset Permutations.
    Jonathan DeWitt*, Haverford College
    (1106-05-794)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Enumeration of permutations in ${\rm Av}(52341,53241,52431,35142,42513,351624)$.
    Masaki Ikeda*, University of Idaho
    (1106-05-2647)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On Permutation Statistics and Algebras.
    Matthew Moynihan*, The College of Wooster
    (1106-05-2715)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Warping Degree of Virtual Links.
    Noureen Khan*, University of North Texas at Dallas
    (1106-05-828)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On the Asymptotic Statistics of the Number of Occurrences of Multiple Permutation Patterns.
    Svante Janson, Uppsala University
    Brian Nakamura*, Rutgers University
    Doron Zeilberger, Rutgers University
    (1106-05-2853)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Combinatorics Governing the Periodicity of $p(n,d)$ Modulo $M$.
    Dennis Eichhorn*, University of California, Irvine
    Felix Breuer, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC)
    Brandt Kronholm, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC)
    (1106-05-2023)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Connecting $M$-sequences with the Fibonacci sequence and integer partitions.
    Thomas Enkosky*, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
    Branden Stone, Adelphi University
    (1106-05-2311)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Universal Cycles of $k$-Partitions of $[n]$.
    Zachary Higgins*, University of Florida
    (1106-05-2439)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Universal Cycles of Partitions.
    Bertilla Sieben*, Princeton University
    (1106-05-1007)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Symmetry of the rational $q,t$-Catalan numbers for $3,n$-Dyck paths.
    Ryan L Kaliszewski*, Drexel University
    Huilan Li, Drexel University
    (1106-05-1848)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Few Products, Many $h$-fold Sums: Progress on the Multi-fold Sum-Product Problem in the Reals.
    Albert R. Bush*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Ernie Croot, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1106-05-1874)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  MAA Session on Discovery and Insight in Mathematics, I
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Daniel C, Sloughter, Furman University dan.sloughter@furman.edu
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Insights Gained and Lost.
    Daniel C Sloughter*, Furman University
    (1106-C5-583)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum.
    James R Henderson*, Penn State Behrend
    (1106-C5-443)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Removing bias: the case of the Dirac equation.
    Horia I. Petrache*, Department of Physics, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
    (1106-C5-2535)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An analogy to help understanding Discovery, Insight and Invention in Mathematics.
    Ruggero Ferro*, University of Verona, Italy
    (1106-C5-1961)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: How does the mind construct/discover mathematical propositions?
    Carl E. Behrens*, Alexandria, VA
    (1106-C5-1803)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics Education, IV
  Room 212A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Connecting Secondary and Tertiary Mathematics.
    Eileen Murray*, Montclair State University
    (1106-VD-2074)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Visual Representation in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: Lessons from the Pedagogy of the Sciences.
    Van Herd*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-VD-2480)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    An Inverted Proofs Course.
    Keri A Kornelson*, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-VD-1617)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Improving Flipped Classroom Software.
    John C. Miller*, The City College of The City University of New York
    (1106-VD-64)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Flipped Calculus III class.
    Theodore S. Erickson*, Wheeling Jesuit University
    (1106-VD-906)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Probability or Statistics, III
  Room 216A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Ratio limit theorem and shape results for pattern-avoiding permutations.
    Mahshid Atapour*, University of Saskatchewan
    Neal Madras, York University
    (1106-VI-1898)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Approximating the Distribution of Combined Dependent P-values from Multiple Experiments.
    Mehdi Razzaghi*, Bloomsburg University
    (1106-VI-1242)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Efficient Use of the Negative Hypergeometric Distribution in Randomized Response Sampling.
    Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
    Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
    Stephen Sedory*, Texas A & M University - Kingsville
    (1106-VI-2004)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Approximations of Generalized Negative Binomial Distribution.
    Salam Md. Mahbubush Khan*, Alabama A&M University
    (1106-VI-898)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the Generalized Exponential Distribution Parameter under Progressive Type-II Centering.
    Trenton Nash Brown*, University of South Dakota
    Yuhlong Lio, University of South Dakota
    Nan Jiang, University of South Dakota
    (1106-VI-668)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Dynamic System Based on Weibull Distribution.
    Quy Xuan Cao*, University of South Dakota
    Y. L. Lio, University of South Dakota
    Nan Jiang, University of South Dakota
    T. -R. Tsai, Department of Statistics, Tamkang University
    (1106-VI-660)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Zero Inflated Negative Multinomial Distributions.
    Santanu Chakraborty*, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, Texas - 78539
    (1106-VI-477)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Unit roots probabilities of the parameter of first order moving average model.
    Indika P Wickramasinghe*, Eastern New Mexico University
    (1106-VI-154)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Incorporating Quantitative Reasoning Skills in College Statistics Education.
    Lina Wu*, Borough of Manhattan Community College-The City University of New York
    Wenyi Lu, The Graduate Center of CUNY
    Margaret Dean, Borough of Manhattan Community College-The City University of New York
    (1106-VI-936)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Parameter Estimation of Correlated Spatial Data using EM Algorithm.
    Sami Cheong*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1106-VI-1133)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    A Functional Equation and Normal Distribution.
    Zengxiang Tong*, Otterbein University
    (1106-VI-1411)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Intrinsic Volumes of Random Cubical Complexes.
    Matthew Wright*, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota
    (1106-VI-211)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Dynamics of nanomagnetic particle systems.
    Mikhail Neklyudov*, University of Sydney
    (1106-VI-2312)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Applied Mathematics, III
  Room 213A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Finiteness of positive and radially symmetric standing-wave solutions to a nonlinear Schrödinger equation.
    Vladimir Georgiev, Universita' Degli Studi di Pisa
    Daniele Garrisi*, Inha University
    (1106-VL-1561)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Effective integration of ultra-elliptic solutions of the integrable nonlinear Schrödinger equation.
    Otis Wright*, Cedarville University
    (1106-VL-1919)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Two-level Schwarz Methods for Discontinuous Galerkin Approximations of Second Order Elliptic Problems.
    Ohannes Karakashian, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Craig D. Collins*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1106-VL-1978)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The Numerical Solution of the Exterior Impedance (Robin) Problem for the Helmholtz's Equation via Modified Galerkin Method: Super Ellipsoid.
    Hy Dinh*, Roger Williams University
    Yajni Warnapala, Roger Williams University
    (1106-VL-2488)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Choosing a Nonlinear Solver for the Moment-Based Accelerated Thermal Radiative Transfer Algorithm.
    Jeffrey Alan Willert*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (1106-VL-1178)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Finding Roots of a Non-Linear Function using The Brown-Johnson Method.
    Andy J Johnson, Saint Francis University
    Dillon M Brown*, Saint Francis University
    (1106-VL-1066)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On the Fokker-Planck equation for a coupled system of van-der Pol Oscillators.
    Pablo U Suarez*, Delaware State University
    (1106-VL-2652)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Applications of the Pfaffain technique to (3+1)-dimensional soliton equations of Jimbo-Miwa type.
    Alrazi M Abdeljabbar*, Savannah State University
    (1106-VL-2175)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Numerical Solution to boundary Value problems and Volterra Integrals.
    Hamid Semiyari*, James Madison University (JMU)
    (1106-VL-1420)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Solution of a Recurrence Relation Governing Prion Aggregation and Fragmentation.
    Jason Karl Davis*, University of California, Merced
    Suzanne S Sindi, University of California, Merced
    (1106-VL-1026)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Riccati-Ermakov systems and closed solutions for the degenerate parametric oscillator.
    Erwin Suazo*, Arizona State University/ University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
    Primitivo B. Acosta-Humanez, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
    Sergei K. Suslov, Arizona State University
    (1106-VL-1)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    high order parametrized maximum-principle-preserving and positivity-preserving weno schemes on unstructured meshes.
    Yuan Liu*, Michigan State University
    (1106-VL-1011)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A Multi-Time-Scale Analysis of Chemical Reaction Networks in Stochastic Description.
    Chang Hyeong Lee, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)
    Xingye Kan*, University of Minnesota
    Hans G. Othmer, University of Minnesota
    (1106-VL-2295)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Complete Synchronization on Networks of Identical Oscillators with Diffusive Delay-Coupling.
    Stanley R Huddy*, State University of New York at New Paltz
    Joseph D Skufca, Clarkson University
    (1106-VL-2583)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Equilibria and stability analysis in applications via numerical algebraic geometry.
    Noah S. Daleo*, North Carolina State University
    Jonathan D. Hauenstein, University of Notre Dame
    Dhagash Mehta, University of Notre Dame
    Florian Dörfler, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich
    (1106-VL-1136)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Randomized methods for rank-deficient linear systems.
    Josef A Sifuentes*, Texas A&M University
    Leslie Greengard, New York University
    Zydrunas Gimbutas, National Institute of Standards
    (1106-VL-2925)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Graph Theory, II
  Room 217B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Crossing Number of $K_{3,3,n}$.
    Mark Ginn*, Appalachian State University
    Faith Miller, Appalachian State University
    (1106-VN-1177)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Monochromatic sinks in $3$-switched tournaments.
    Adam Bland*, Middle Georgia State College
    Jeremy Aikin, California State University, San Bernardino
    (1106-VN-1372)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Fibonacci Number of the Jellyfish Graph.
    Joe DeMaio*, Kennesaw State University
    John Jacobson, Moxie
    (1106-VN-1373)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A New Proof of Nash-Williams -- Tutte and Generalizations to $S$-connectors.
    Jitender Deogun, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    Tyler Seacrest*, The University of Montana Western
    (1106-VN-1467)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Asymptotic density of $k$-critical graphs.
    Ron Gould, Emory University
    Victor Larsen*, Emory University
    Luke Postle, University of Waterloo
    (1106-VN-1503)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ramsey-Minimal Saturation Numbers for Sets of Stars.
    Brent Moran*, University of Colorado Denver
    Matt Mowrey, University of Colorado Denver
    Michael Ferrara, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-VN-1777)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Extremal Theorems for Degree Sequence Packing.
    Jennifer Diemunsch*, University of Colorado Denver
    Michael Ferrara, University of Colorado Denver
    Sogol Jahanbekam, University of Colorado Denver
    James Shook, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    (1106-VN-1794)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some Results on Path Localities of Completed Bipartite Graphs.
    Tung Hoang*, Millsaps College
    (1106-VN-1845)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Complete (i,j)-domination graphs of tournaments.
    Kim A. S. Factor*, Marquette University
    (1106-VN-1873)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Taking Sudoku a Step Further.
    James M Hammer*, Auburn University
    (1106-VN-1875)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Fair $1$-factorizations, fair holey $1$-factorizations and fair holey hamiltonian decompositions of complete multipartite graphs.
    Aras Erzurumluoglu*, Auburn University
    Chris Rodger, Auburn University
    (1106-VN-1992)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Mapping Distance One Neighborhoods within Knot Distance Graphs.
    Annette Marie Honken*, University of Iowa
    (1106-VN-2031)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Spanning trail with Independence number.
    Meng Zhang*, West Virginia University
    (1106-VN-2084)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Strongly Spanning Trailable Graphs with Short Longest Paths.
    Keke Wang*, West Virginia University
    (1106-VN-2091)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    New Upper Bounds on the Distance Domination Numbers of Grids.
    Erik A Insko*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Armando Grez, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Michael Farina, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (1106-VN-1633)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Linear Algebra
  Room 214D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Companion Matrix Developments.
    Brydon Eastman, Redeemer University College
    In-Jae Kim, Minnesota State University
    Bryan Shader, University of Wyoming
    Kevin N. Vander Meulen*, Redeemer University College
    (1106-VO-114)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Dense Alternating Sign Matrices and Extensions.
    Miroslav Fiedler, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
    Frank J. Hall, Georgia State University
    Mikhail Stroev*, Georgia State University
    (1106-VO-2805)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The $n$-th Power of a General 2x2 Matrix.
    Joshua Boone*, Lincoln Memorial University
    (1106-VO-375)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The volume of the spatial region corresponding to $n\times n$ correlation matrices.
    Sean Eastman*, Armstrong State University
    (1106-VO-1241)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Linearizations of matrix polynomials in non-standard bases.
    D. Steven Mackey, Western Michigan University
    Vasilije Perovic*, Western Michigan University
    (1106-VO-913)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    An $O(N^2)$ Eigenvalue Algorithm for Period--$N$ Jacobi Operators.
    Charles Puelz*, Rice University
    Mark Embree, Virginia Tech
    Jake Fillman, Rice University
    (1106-VO-817)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Construction of Faces of $\rm{CP}_{2}$.
    Andrew J. Klimas*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (1106-VO-873)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A Gale-Berlekamp Permutation-Switching Problem.
    Richard A Brualdi, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    Seth A Meyer*, St. Norbert College
    (1106-VO-2794)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A New Construction of Tight Frames Using Orthogonal Vectors.
    Somantika Datta, University of Idaho
    Jesse Ernest Oldroyd*, University of Idaho
    (1106-VO-1009)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: The Normal Hessenberg completion and Poncelet's Theorem.
    Russell L Carden*, University of Kentucky
    Josef Sifuentes, Texas A&M University
    (1106-VO-1910)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Extensions of Gersgorin Theory.
    Rachid Marsli*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303
    (1106-VO-2558)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Higher-Order Velocities and Accelerations under the One-Parameter Planar Dual Motions.
    Mutlu Akar*, Yildiz Technical University
    Serdal Sahin, Yildiz Technical University
    Salim Yuce, Yildiz Technical University
    (1106-VO-2307)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Number Theory, II
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Sign Changes of Fourier Coefficients of Half-Integral Weight Cusp Forms.
    Thomas A Hulse*, Queen's University
    (1106-VQ-2078)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On Calculating the Cardinality of the Value Set of a Polynomial.
    Joshua E Hill*, University of California, Irvine
    (1106-VQ-2117)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Massey Products of Eisenstein Series and Relations on Multiple Zeta Values.
    Anil B Venkatesh*, Duke University
    (1106-VQ-2115)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Determination of Quadratic Lattices by Local Structure and Sublattices of Codimension One.
    Nicolas David Meyer*, Southern Illinois University
    Andrew G. Earnest, Southern Illinois University
    (1106-VQ-2944)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Roots of polynomials with generalized Fibonacci number coefficients.
    Ron Taylor*, Berry College
    Eric McDowell, Berry College
    Jill Cochran, Berry College
    (1106-VQ-2832)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Rank-Unimodality of b-ary Partitions.
    Alexa Eryn Ortiz*, Austin, Texas
    (1106-VQ-2351)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Generalized Markoff Equations and Chebyshev Polynomials.
    Donald J McGinn*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    (1106-VQ-2482)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Hypergraphs on the Integers.
    Loren James Anderson*, North Dakota State University
    Peter D Johnson, Auburn University
    (1106-VQ-2483)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Visibility of Rectangles within the Integer Lattice Points.
    Bernd Sing*, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
    (1106-VQ-2490)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Critical sets in equiorthogonal frequency squares.
    Ilene H Morgan*, Missouri University of Science and Technology
    Rita SahaRay, Indian Statistical Institute
    (1106-VQ-2592)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    An algorithm to solve the Erdös-Strauss equation.
    Robert Erra*, EPITA
    (1106-VQ-2599)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    A generalization of a series for the density of abundant numbers.
    Mits Kobayashi*, Cal Poly Pomona
    (1106-VQ-2655)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Improving the Speed and Accuracy of the Miller-Rabin Primality Test.
    Shyam S. Narayanan*, MIT PRIMES-USA Program, Blue Valley West High School
    (1106-VQ-2665)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Fibonacci-like Sequences and Solving ODEs.
    Jason Allen Green*, Worcester State University
    (1106-VQ-2787)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On a Variant of the Lang-Trotter Conjecture Involving Binomial Elliptic Curve Coefficients.
    Patrick J Dynes*, Clemson University
    Brian McDonald, University of Rochester
    Christina Rapti, Bard College
    Steven J Miller, Williams College
    (1106-VQ-2782)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Lower-order biases in elliptic curve Fourier coefficients.
    Blake Mackall, Williams College
    Steven J Miller, Williams College
    Christina Rapti, Bard College
    Karl Winsor*, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    (1106-VQ-2168)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematical Biology, IV
  Room 102A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Computational Study of the Effects of Syk Activity on B Cell Receptor Signaling Dynamics.
    Reginald L McGee*, Purdue University
    Mariya O. Krisenko, Purdue University
    Robert L. Geahlen, Purdue University
    Ann E. Rundell, Purdue University
    Gregery T. Buzzard, Purdue University
    (1106-92-2569)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Clustering in inhibitory neural networks with nearest neighbor coupling.
    Jennifer Miller*, Trinity College
    Hwayeon Ryu, Duke University
    Zeynep Teymuroglu, Rollins College
    Xueying Wang, Washington State University
    Victoria Booth, University of Michigan
    Sue Ann Campbell, University of Waterloo
    (1106-92-2622)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Reconstruction of Structural Connectivity in Sparsely-Connected Neuronal Networks Using Compressive Sensing.
    Victor Barranca*, New York University
    (1106-92-854)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Extracting connectivity patterns from neural spikes.
    Charles Bergeron*, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
    Thomas R. Kiehl, Neural Stem Cell Institute
    (1106-92-2545)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Studying Brain Connectivity using Weighted Graph Comparison.
    Thierno Amadou Diallo*, New York City College of Technology
    Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, New York City College of Technology
    Justine Lamberg, Rutgers University
    (1106-92-2527)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The Neurodynamics of Bursting Oscillations in the Hindmarsh-Rose Model.
    Stanley L. Tuznik*, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College
    (1106-92-2047)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Megamap: Flexible representation of a large space by a hippocampal continuous attractor network.
    Kathryn R Hedrick*, Johns Hopkins University
    (1106-92-1706)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Dynamics of bump attractors in a model of spatial navigation.
    Khanh P Nguyen*, University of Houston
    Zachary Kilpatrick, University of Houston
    (1106-00-2561)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Taking a moment to measure networks -- A hierarchical approach.
    Kehinde Rilwan Salau*, The University of Arizona
    Jacopo A Baggio, Arizona State University
    Eli P Fenichel, Yale University
    Marco A Janssen, Arizona State University
    Joshua K Abbott, Arizona State University
    (1106-92-1294)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Modeling an Experimental Analog to Metapopulation Dispersal.
    K. Harrison Holmes*, Arizona State University
    Perry Olliver, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University
    Naomi M. Pier, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
    John D. Nagy, Arizona State University
    (1106-92-1103)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Habitat selection game in structured populations.
    Jan Rychtar*, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Mark Broom, City University London, UK
    (1106-92-254)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Friend or Foe? A Continuous Ideal Free Distribution Approach to Dynamics of Individualistic, Cooperative, and Kleptoparasitic Populations.
    Ilona Reding*, University of North Carolina Wilmington
    Michael Kelley, Appalachian State University
    Jonathan Rowell, University of North Carolina Greensboro
    Jan Rychtar, University of North Carolina Greensboro
    (1106-92-2604)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Equilibrium Selection for Markov Processes via Random Trajectory Entropy with applications to Finite Population Biology.
    Marc A Harper, Los Angeles, CA
    Dashiell Fryer*, Pomona College
    (1106-92-922)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Characterizations Stationary Extrema with Applications to Finite Population Models.
    Marc A Harper*, Los Angeles, CA
    Dashiell Fryer, Pomona College
    (1106-01-923)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A Powerful Long Memory Strategy for the Prisoner's Dilemma.
    Marc A Harper, Los Angeles, CA
    Chris Lee*, UCLA
    Dashiell Fryer, Pomona College
    (1106-92-924)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Sonification of EEGs.
    Katherine Loraine Ehnis*, Texas Tech University
    Stacy Philip, Texas Tech University
    Carl R. Seaquist, Texas Tech University
    Fredrick Ramirez, University Medical Center
    Renato Gonik, University Medical Center
    (1106-92-2759)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, III
  Room 101A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Local Conjugation in Groups and Applications to Number Fields.
    Bir B Kafle*, Purdue University North Central
    Robert V Perlis, Louisiana State University
    (1106-11-2517)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On the signature of a quadratic form.
    Jeremy Allen Jacobson*, Emory University
    (1106-11-2481)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Integral quadratic forms and graph isomorphism.
    Larry J. Gerstein*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1106-11-125)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Elliptic Curves with Non-abelian Entanglement Fields.
    K. McMurdy*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    N. Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago
    J. Brau, University of Cambridge
    (1106-11-2457)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Weighted Discriminants and Mass Formulas for Number Fields.
    Silas Johnson*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1106-11-1657)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On a construction of $C^1(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ functionals from $\mathbb{Z}_p$-extensions of algebraic number fields.
    Timothy James All*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Bradley Arthur Waller, The Ohio State University
    (1106-11-2054)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Modular Solvability of Non-Solvable Diophantine Equations.
    Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University
    Alicia Lamarche*, Shippensburg University
    (1106-11-1207)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Optimal bounds of $\pi (n)$ using Zagier's method.
    Philip L Bretz, University of Oklahoma
    Connor C McBryde*, University of Oklahoma
    (1106-11-1073)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Geometric Progression Free Sequences with Small Gaps.
    Xiaoyu He*, Harvard University
    (1106-11-321)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Characterizing Primality in Numerical Monoids.
    Z. Tripp*, Tufts University
    (1106-11-886)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Sets Characterized by Sums and Differences in Dilating Polytopes.
    Archit Kulkarni, Carnegie Mellon University
    David Moon*, Williams College
    (1106-11-2148)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Patterns in Pythagorean Triples.
    Dan King*, Northern Kentucky University
    Tom Richmond, Western Kentucky University
    (1106-11-2158)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A new algorithm for Galois groups of quintic polynomials.
    Robin French*, Elon University
    Chad Awtrey, Elon University
    (1106-11-659)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Generalized Pascal's Triangle.
    Carl Alan Libis*, University of Tennessee at Martin
    (1106-11-2050)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    The Search for Small Pseudoprimes.
    Jonathan Webster*, Butler University
    Jon Sorenson, Butler University
    (1106-11-1367)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Original Sources and Archives in the Classroom
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Amy Shell-Gellasch, Montgomery College amy.shell-gellasch@montgomerycollege.edu
  Dominic Klyve, Central Washington University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Dead Mathematicians Society: Instruction, Innovation and Inspiration in Developmental Mathematics from the University Archives.
    Van Herd*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-J5-2540)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Historical Mathematics Sources at SUNY Oneonta.
    Toke Knudsen*, SUNY Oneonta
    (1106-J5-1853)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An Activity Utilizing the Smithsonian's Transcription Center.
    Matthew J Haines*, Augsburg College
    (1106-J5-1953)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Mathematical Devices at the Smithsonian: Ideas for using digital collections in the classroom.
    Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, University of Maryland University College
    Amy Shell-Gellasch*, Montgomery College
    (1106-J5-63)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A novel approach to the integral of $x$ inspired by James Gregory's {\rm Vera Quadratura}.
    Walter Jacob*, Temple University
    (1106-J5-481)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Hindu sines, Persian tangents, and European triangles: teaching trigonometry with original sources.
    Daniel E Otero*, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
    (1106-J5-1252)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Teaching Inquiry, II
  Room 204A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Brian Katz, Augustana College briankatz@augustana.edu
  Elizabeth Thoren, University of California, Santa Barbara
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    To Each Their Own: A Semester Project Emphasizing Continuous Conceptual Involvement and Inquiry.
    Samuel Cook*, University of Alaska Anchorage
    Nicole Seaders, Oregon State University
    (1106-N1-1806)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Using Game Theory to Foster Inquiry and Writing.
    Jennifer Nordstrom*, Linfield College
    (1106-N1-672)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Puzzle Pedagogy: Riddles and Their Value in Mathematics Education.
    Elin Farnell*, Kenyon College
    (1106-N1-2722)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Graph theory by example.
    Peter Lawson Maceli*, Columbia University
    (1106-N1-377)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Using Journaling to Promote Inquiry.
    Debra L Mimbs*, Lee University
    (1106-N1-2229)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Teaching Inquiry through Experimental Mathematics.
    Lara Pudwell*, Valparaiso University
    (1106-N1-893)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using a Non-Traditional Mathematical Operation to Teach Inquiry.
    Diana White*, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-N1-1285)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Extending mathematical problems.
    Kristin A. Camenga*, Houghton College
    (1106-N1-2123)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    What do you notice? Using conjecturing activities to teach inquiry and ignite student's curiosity about mathematics.
    Suzanne Doree*, Augsburg College
    (1106-N1-2478)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on USE Math: Undergraduate Sustainability Experiences in the Mathematics Classroom
  Room 209, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Benjamin Galluzzo, Shippensburg University bjgalluzzo@ship.edu
  Corrine Taylor, Wellesley College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Planning Ahead: Database restructuring to support research.
    Kris H. Green*, St. John Fisher College
    (1106-Q5-2326)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    salt marshes math lab.
    Sharareh Nikbakht*, Senior Lecturer/Appalachian State University
    Yelena Meadows, Bishop Walsh High School
    (1106-Q5-2607)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Bringing Biodiversity into the Quantitative Literacy Classroom.
    Stephanie Kajpust*, Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan
    (1106-Q5-1787)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    SIGMAA-EM Business Meeting.
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Sustainability Projects in the Quantitative Reasoning Classroom.
    Janine M Lloyd*, MassBay Community College
    (1106-Q5-2582)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Measuring Sustainability as a First Year Seminar.
    Amanda I Beecher*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1106-Q5-1405)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Estimating Ocean Populations and Biodiversity in the Bay: An Algebra Activity.
    Maria L Hernandez*, The NC School of Science and Mathematics
    (1106-Q5-2552)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Group Projects on Sustainability in College Algebra.
    Monika Kiss*, Saint Leo University
    (1106-Q5-2051)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Comparing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Automobile Fuels: An Exploration for Algebra Courses.
    Jodin Morey*, Metropolitan State University
    Rikki Wagstrom, Metropolitan State University
    (1106-Q5-2203)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Monarch and the Milkweed: An Exploration for Algebra Courses.
    Rikki Wagstrom*, Metropolitan State University
    Jodin Morey, Metropolitan State University
    (1106-Q5-2201)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Sustainability on the Half Shell: Modeling Oyster Populations.
    Grant Lee Innerst*, Shippensburg University
    (1106-Q5-1330)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Introducing Students to Prioritizing Sustainability Options by Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.
    William C Bauldry*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-Q5-464)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Using Flipping Pedagogy to Engage Students in Learning Mathematics, II
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jean McGivney-Burelle, University of Hartford burelle@hartford.edu
  Larissa Schroeder, University of Hartford
  Fei Xue, University of Hartford
  John Williams, University of Hartford
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Evaluation of a Flipped Calculus Class.
    Wes Maciejewski*, The University of British Columbia
    (1106-R1-2433)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    SUNY Binghamton's Hybrid Approach to Teaching Calculus.
    Joseph Phillip Brennan*, Binghamton University SUNY
    Laura Anderson, Binghamton University SUNY
    (1106-R1-532)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Flipping Calculus: A Paradigm Shift.
    J.C. Price*, Georgia Gwinnett College
    (1106-R1-2296)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Effecting Student Learning Gains in Calculus I via the Flipped Classroom Model.
    Cassie Williams*, James Madison University
    John (Zig) Siegfried, James Madison University
    (1106-R1-1186)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Flipping the Integral Calculus Classroom with Multiple Sections and Instructors.
    Susie Kimport*, Yale University
    James S Rolf, Yale University
    (1106-M1-2938)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Flipping the developmental math classroom: Self-pacing is key.
    Pangyen Ben Weng*, Metropolitan State University
    (1106-R1-94)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Experience a Flipped Learning Outcome through Flipped Learning in an Introductory Linear Algebra Class.
    Julia Rose Murphy*, California State University, Long Beach
    Jen-Mei Chang, California State University, Long Beach
    (1106-R1-1460)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    A flipped Differential Equations with no videos.
    Charles Bergeron*, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
    (1106-R1-2293)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Application Driving Learning in Differential Equations.
    Brian J. Winkel*, U.S. Miltary Academy
    (1106-R1-944)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    ProofSpace: A Flipped Classroom Experience.
    Cathryn G Menarchem*, State University of New York at Geneseo
    John M Hines, State University of New York at Geneseo
    Aaron Heap, State University of New York at Geneseo
    (1106-R1-2430)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Jay Leno and Abstract Algebra.
    Adam M Glesser*, California State University, Fullerton
    (1106-R1-2240)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Using Preview Activities to Partially Flip an Undergraduate Abstract Algebra Course.
    Diana White*, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-R1-1288)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on What Makes a Successful Math Circle: Organization and Problems, I
  Room 214C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Philip Yasskin, Texas A&M University yasskin@math.tamu.edu
  Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State University
  Paul Zeitz, University of San Francisco
  Katherine Morrison, University of Northern Colorado
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mathematics and Logistics of the Bard Math Circle.
    Japheth Wood*, Bard College/New York Math Circle
    Lauren Rose, Bard College
    Eliana Miller, Bard College
    Jake Weissman, Bard College
    (1106-S5-2250)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Favorite Problems from the UWM Math Circle.
    Gabriella Pinter*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1106-S5-2771)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Know a good problem?
    George F McNulty*, University of South Carolina
    NIeves A McNulty, Columbia College
    Douglas B. Meade, University of South Carolina
    (1106-S5-2847)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Circle of Friends.
    Jane H Long*, Stephen F. Austin State University
    (1106-S5-2336)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Divisibility and Logic - A Problem for Math Circles.
    Martha H Byrne*, Earlham College
    (1106-S5-2107)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    A Math Circles Camp at Colorado State University.
    Lori Beth Ziegelmeier*, Macalester College
    (1106-S5-2855)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Math Circles in North Bay -- the Northern Experience.
    Tzvetalin S. Vassilev*, Nipissing University
    (1106-S5-792)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Chunking, auxiliary elements, and commutation as a topic for Math Circle.
    Victoria Kofman*, Quality Engineering Education, Inc.
    (1106-S5-540)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Math Teachers' Circles: A Time of FUNstration.
    Mark A. Brown*, MidAmerica Nazarene University
    (1106-S5-2797)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Assessing the Influence of a Mathematics Elementary Teachers' Circle.
    Mary L Garner*, Kennesaw State University
    Virginia Watson, Kennesaw State University
    (1106-S5-1897)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Fullerton Mathematical Circle: The First Three Years.
    Bogdan D. Suceava*, California State University, Fullerton
    (1106-S5-60)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Middle School Students and Yarn: Picture-Hanging Puzzles.
    Darren M Garbuz*, Saint Louis University
    (1106-S5-2056)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  AWM Workshop on Homotopy Theory, I
  Room 217A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Maria Basterra, University of New Hampshire
  Brenda Johnson, Union College
  Moderators:
  Brooke Shipley, University of Illiniois at Chicago
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Spaces of long embeddings and right-angled Artin operads.
    William G. Dwyer, Notre Dame University
    Kathryn Hess*, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    (1106-55-1557)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Geometric homology classes in the space of knots.
    Kristine Pelatt*, St. Catherine University
    (1106-55-156)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Constructing equivariant spectra.
    Anna Marie Bohmann*, Northwestern University
    Angelica M. Osorno, Reed College
    (1106-55-189)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Models for equivariant $(\infty, 1)$-categories.
    Julia E Bergner*, University of California, Riverside
    (1106-55-603)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Analytical and Computational Methods in Mathematical Finance
  Room 202A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Rafael Mendoza-Arriaga, McCombs School of Business Rafael.Mendoza-Arriaga@mccombs.utexas.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Fast and Efficient Numerical Methods for an Extended Black-Scholes Model.
    Samir Kumar Bhowmik*, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    (1106-65-648)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Inferring insider information from trading.
    Gordan Zitkovic*, University of Texas at Austin
    Pulak Goswami, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-00-757)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Ghost Calibration and Pricing Barrier Options and CDSs in Spectrally One-Sided Lévy Models: the Parabolic Laplace Inversion Method.
    Sergei Levendorskii*, University of Leicester
    (1106-00-758)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Barrier Options, CDS and Quanto CDS in Lévy Models with Stochastic Interest Rate.
    Svetlana Boyarchenko*, University of Texas at Austin
    Sergei Levendorskii, University of Leicester
    (1106-00-759)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Storage valuation.
    Long Zhao*, McCombs Business School
    (1106-00-765)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Modeling electricity prices: a time change approach.
    Rafael Mendoza-Arriaga*, McCombs School of Business
    Lingfei Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Daniel Mitchell, Singapore University of Technology and Design
    Zhiyu Mo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    (1106-00-760)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Project NExT-Tuesday
  Room 217D, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Committee on the Mathematical Education of Teachers Panel Discussion
  A positive feedback loop? The impact of mathematics education research and K--12 instructional changes on our teaching of undergraduate mathematics.
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ben Ford, Sonoma State University
  Klay Kruczek, Southern Connecticut State University
  Panelists:
  Chris Rasmussen, San Diego State University
  Klay Kruczek, Southern Connecticut State University
  Elise Lockwood, Oregon State University
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  SIGMAA on Teaching of Advance High School Mathematics-MAA Council on Outreach Workshop
  Creating a course in mathematical modeling.
  Room 214B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dan Teague, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Professional Development Session, Part I
  "Post Plus 5" session on open source resources in mathematics.
  Room 213B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Stan Yoshinobu, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  Thomas Judson, Stephen F. Austin State University
  Yousuf George, Nazareth College
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:15 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
  AMS Session on Differential Geometry
  Room 101B, Convention Center
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Conformally Kähler Surfaces and Orthogonal Holomorphic Bisectional Curvature.
    Mustafa Kalafat*, Tunceli University
    (1106-53-1317)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Explicit Solutions of the Schrodinger Equation on Families of Riemannian Manifolds.
    Alfredo Villanueva*, Savannah State University
    (1106-53-2190)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Existence and Non-existence of Half-Geodesics on $S^2$.
    Ian M. Adelstein*, Dartmouth College
    (1106-53-602)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Positive Sasakian structures on 5 and 7 dimensional links of hypersurface singularities and isolated complete intersection singularities in weighted projective space.
    Christopher Stuart Inbody*, University of New Mexico
    (1106-53-1395)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Representations of Low Dimensional Lie Algebras and Applications.
    Ryad A Ghanam*, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
    (1106-53-771)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Conformal Ricci Flow, Navier-Stokes Equations, and Conformal Reduction of Einstein's Evolution Equations of General Relativity.
    Arthur E. Fischer*, University of California, Santa Cruz
    (1106-53-1678)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The twisted Kähler-Ricci Hermitian Yang-Mills flow.
    Donovan Clark McFeron*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1106-53-2141)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Lorentzian Ricci Solitons On Nilpotent Lie Groups.
    T. H. Wears*, Longwood Universtiy
    (1106-53-2653)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Studying the Harmonic Differential Forms under Appropriate Growth Estimates by Extending the Scope of $L^q$ to Non-$L^q$ Space.
    Lina Wu*, Borough of Manhattan Community College-The City University of New York
    (1106-53-929)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Flat norm decomposition of integral currents.
    Sharif Ibrahim*, Washington State University
    Bala Krishnamoorthy, Washington State University
    Kevin R. Vixie, Washington State University
    (1106-53-2799)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Critical Values of Calibrations and Minimal Submanifolds.
    Ibrahim Unal*, Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus
    (1106-53-2438)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:15 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Algebra, II
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Some topics on type of relations in the theory of $\tau$-factorizations.
    Reyes M. Ortiz-Albino*, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
    Adolfo G. Vargas, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
    (1106-VJ-1721)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The $G$-Hilbert Scheme and the (0,2)-McKay Correspondence.
    Benjamin C Gaines*, Duke University
    (1106-VJ-1745)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Non-Assocative Algebraic Structures and Cryptology.
    Carl Edward Looney*, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1106-VJ-2092)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Properties of the Ring $A(X)$.
    Michelle Knox*, Midwestern State University
    Warren McGovern, Florida Atlantic University Honors College
    Ricardo Carrera, Nova Southeastern University
    (1106-VJ-1000)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On the Finitely Generated Modules of a Leavitt Path Algebra.
    Miodrag Iovanov, University of Iowa
    Alex Sistko*, University of Iowa
    (1106-VJ-2061)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Radicals of Extensions.
    Jessica L Williams*, University of Iowa
    (1106-VJ-1109)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematics Applied to the Physical Sciences
  Room 203A, Convention Center
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Granular Flows Based on Discrete Element Method Modeling.
    A. Bass Bagayogo*, Saint-Boniface University
    (1106-70-2663)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Numerical Modeling of Plane-Strain Fracture in the Context of a Strain-Limiting Theory of Elasticity.
    S. M. Mallikarjunaiah*, Texas A&M University
    Jay R. Walton, Texas A&M University
    (1106-74-491)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Analysis of several compressible versions of the incompressible neo-Hookean material.
    Kun Gou*, Michigan State University
    Thomas J Pence, Michigan State University
    (1106-74-712)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Revisiting the dissipation scales of the energy cascade of 3D turbulence as anomalous scaling functions.
    Eleftherios Gkioulekas*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1106-76-939)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On floating equilibria in a finite container.
    Ray Treinen*, Texas State University
    (1106-76-1942)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Navier Slip Condition for Viscous Fluids on a Rough Boundary.
    Silvia Jimenez Bolanos*, Colgate University
    Bogdan Vernescu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    (1106-76-746)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Wave propagation over the shelf or isolated obstacle.
    Sergei A Fomin*, California State University, Chico, CA 95929
    Ravi Shankar, California State University, Chico
    Vladimir A Chugunov, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
    (1106-76-1651)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Using the inviscid Burgers equation and the nonlinear shallow water equations to compute the time of wave breaking.
    Tucker Hartland*, California State University Chico
    Ravi Shankar, California State University Chico
    Sergei A. Fomin, California State University Chico
    (1106-76-791)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Simultaneous Space--Time Adaptive Wavelet Collocation for Modelling the Meditranian Eddies ("Meddies").
    Omid Khanmohamadi*, Florida State University
    (1106-76-2742)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    High order FDTD methods for electromagnetic systems in dispersive inhomogeneous media.
    Duc D Nguyen*, University of Alabama / Department of Mathematics
    Shan Zhao, University of Alabama
    (1106-78-578)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Asymptotic Analysis of High-Contrast Photonic Crystals.
    Robert P Viator Jr*, Louisiana State University
    Robert Lipton, Louisiana State University
    (1106-78-2411)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
  Exhibit Hall C, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Progress in 3-manifold topology and geometric group theory.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Ian Agol*, University of California, Berkeley
  (1106-57-14)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #8: Part B
  Doing the scholarship of teaching and learning in mathematics.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Jackie Dewar, Loyola Marymount University
  Pam Crawford, Jacksonville University
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #7: Part B
  Teaching introductory statistics (for instructors new to teaching statistics).
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Carolyn Cuff, Westminster College
  Leigh Lunsford, Longwood University
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #16: Part B
  Using games in an introductory statistics course.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Rod Sturdivant, Ohio State University
  Shonda Kuiper, Grinnell College
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
  Student Hospitality/Information Center
  Bridge Hall, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  NAM Panel Discussion
  Practices and concerns for developmental mathematics courses and programs.
  Room 215, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Ballroom A, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:05 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Inner models constructed using generalized logics.
  Room 214A, Convention Center
  Menachem Magidor*, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  (1106-03-143)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Out in mathematics: LGBTQ mathematicians in the workplace.
  Room 205, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  David Crombecque, University of Southern California
  Ron Buckmire, Occidental College
  Panelists:
  Andrew Bernoff, Harvey Mudd College
  Mike Hill, University of Virginia
  Lily Khadjavi, Loyola Marymount University
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 10:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Infusing Quantitative Literacy into Mathematics and Nonmathematics Courses, I
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Andrew Miller, Belmont University andrew.miller@belmont.edu
  Aaron Montgomery, Central Washington University
  Gary Franchy, Mott Community College
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using an online interactive tool in an assignment on percent.
    Michael P Saclolo*, St. Edward's University
    (1106-F5-1975)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Combining Hands-On Probability with Calculations: Enhancing Quantitative Literacy through Textbook and Course Design.
    David G Taylor*, Roanoke College
    (1106-F5-947)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    A Freshman Quantitative Reasoning Course at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
    Kathleen D. Lopez*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Melissa G. Myers, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1106-F5-2691)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Developing Quantitative Literacy across the Liberal Arts Curriculum (QLAC) at Worcester State University.
    Hansun To*, Worcester State University
    Maria Fung, Worcester State University
    Janice Yee, Worcester State University
    (1106-F5-1812)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    The impact of a hybrid course format on student learning and attitudes in a Quantitative Literacy Course.
    Catherine L. Crockett*, Point Loma Nazarene University
    Jesus Jimenez, Point Loma Nazarene University
    Ryan Botts, Point Loma Nazarene University
    (1106-F5-2672)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    The Efficacy of Projects and Discussion Boards in Increasing Quantitative Literacy Outcomes in an Online College Algebra Course.
    Samuel Luke Tunstall*, Appalachian State University
    (1106-F5-51)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 10:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Analysis, I
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A Stieltjes Type Extension of the $L^{r}$-Perron Integral.
    Eyad Massarwi*, Chicago State University
    Paul Musial, Chicago State University
    (1106-VK-52)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Constructing Prescale Functions via the Dilation Equation for Measures.
    Sarah Charley*, Lehigh University
    Vladimir Dobric, Lehigh University
    Rob Neel, Lehigh University
    (1106-VK-2112)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discrete Approximations of Metric Measure Spaces of Controlled Geometry.
    Marcos David Lopez*, University of Cincinnati
    James T Gill, Saint Louis University
    (1106-VK-995)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    The Metric Entropy of $q$-hulls and the Fractional Integral.
    Jim Cockreham*, University of Idaho
    (1106-VK-2030)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Difference of Two Composition Operators from a Weighted Bergman Space $A^{p}_{\alpha}$ to $L^{q}\left(\mu\right)$ when $0 \char'074 p \leq q \char'074 \infty$.
    Soumyadip Acharyya*, The University of Alabama
    Zhijian Wu, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
    (1106-VK-926)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Invertible Chaotic Extensions of Operators on Hilbert Subspaces.
    Gokul R. Kadel*, Cameron University
    Kit C. Chan, Bowling Green State University
    (1106-VK-2544)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Generalized bi-circular projections and averages of isometries on Hardy spaces.
    Raena B King*, Christian Brothers University, Memphis TN
    (1106-VK-2081)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  NAM Business Meeting
  Room 215, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Retiring Presidential Address
  Cantor and Sierpinski, Julia and Fatou: Crazy topology in complex dynamics.
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
  Robert L. Devaney*, Boston University
  (1106-A0-9)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Hands-on Playing Card Construction Workshop
  Room 103, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 11:05 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  A model of set theory in which every set of reals is universally Baire.
  Room 214A, Convention Center
  Trevor M. Wilson*, University of California, Irvine
  (1106-03-147)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  MAA Business Meeting
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  AMS Business Meeting
  Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
  NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture
  A Statistician's Guide to Becoming Your Body's Expert.
  Room 215, Convention Center
  Talithia Williams*, Harvey Mudd College
  (1106-62-1933)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #2: Part B
  Developing departmental self-studies.
  Room 206A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Donna Beers, Simmons College
  Rick Gillman, Valparaiso University
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometries Defined by Differential Forms, II
  Room 007D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Sergey Grigorian, University of Texas-Pan American grigorians@utpa.edu
  Sema Salur, University of Rochester
  Albert J Todd, University of California, Riverside
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Degeneracy of the Characteristic Variety and Canonical 1-forms on Involutive PDEs.
    Abraham D. Smith*, Fordham University
    (1106-58-1152)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The symplectic displacement energy.
    Peter Spaeth*, GE Global Research
    (1106-53-1122)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Symplectically flat vector distributions and their symmetries.
    Igor Zelenko*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-53-2671)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Space-Time Finite-Element Exterior Calculus and Variational Discretizations of Gauge Field Theories.
    Melvin Leok*, University of California, San Diego
    Joe Salamon, University of California, San Diego
    John Moody, University of California, San Diego
    (1106-65-1393)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Heterotic String Solutions with non-constant dilaton.
    Marisa Fernández, Universidad del País Vasco
    Stefan Ivanov, University of Sofia "St. Kl. Ohridski"
    Luis Ugarte, Universidad de Zaragoza
    Dimiter Vassilev*, University of New Mexico
    (1106-53-941)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Calculus on a Symplectic Reduced Space.
    Jordan Watts*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1106-51-1790)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Eigenvalues of moving domains in Riemannian manifolds of nonpositive curvature.
    Jesse Ratzkin*, University of Cape Town
    Tom Carroll, University College Cork
    (1106-35-1149)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geosystems Mathematics, II
  Room 008B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Willi Freeden, University of Kaiserslautern
  Volker Michel, University of Siegen
  M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida zuhair.nashed@ucf.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Geosystem Mathematics: Its Role, Its Aim, and Its Potential.
    Willi Freeden*, University of Kaiserslautern
    (1106-00-1306)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Multiscale model reduction for subsurface applications.
    Yalchin Efendiev*, Texas A&M University & KAUST
    (1106-65-2248)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Multiscale model reduction using Discontinuous Generalized Multiscale Finite Element Methods.
    Wing Tat Leung*, Texas A&M University
    Yalchin Efendiev, Texas A&M University
    Eric Chung, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    (1106-65-1376)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Methods of Fundamental Solutions in Poroelasticity.
    Matthias Augustin*, University of Kaiserslautern
    (1106-74-853)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Modeling of Forest Fire Spreading with Radial Basis Functions.
    Sarah Maria Eberle*, Geomathematics Group, University of Kaiserslautern
    Willi Freeden, Geomathematics Group, University of Kaiserslautern
    Ulrich Matthes, Rhineland-Palatinate Centre of Excellence for Climate Change Impacts
    (1106-80-1150)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Parameter Choices for Fast Multipole Accelerated Spline Approximation.
    Martin Gutting*, Geomathematics Group/University of Siegen
    (1106-65-1155)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Fast algorithms and software for low rank matrix approximation with applications to geotomographical inverse problems.
    Sergey Voronin*, University of Colorado Boulder
    Gunnar Martinsson, University of Colorado Boulder
    (1106-65-1584)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Full-waveform adjoint tomography based on wavelet multiscale analysis.
    Yanhua O. Yuan*, Princeton University
    Frederik J Simons, Princeton University
    Ebru Bozdağ, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
    (1106-86-2049)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Interpolating techniques and non-parametric regression methods applied to geophysical and financial data analysis.
    Kanadpriya Basu*, The University of Texas at El Paso
    Maria Christina Mariani, The University of Texas at El Paso
    (1106-86-592)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Graphs, Matrices, and Related Problems, II
  Room 006B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Cheryl Grood, Swarthmore College cgrood1@swarthmore.edu
  Thomas Hunter, Swarthmore College
  Sharon McCathern, Azusa Pacific University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On a problem of Halmos: unitary equivalence of a matrix to its transpose.
    Stephan Ramon Garcia*, Pomona College
    (1106-15-710)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Finding square patches of invisible lattice points using quasiprime matrices.
    aBa Mbirika*, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    (1106-11-310)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Graph Theoretic Applications on Fingerprint Analysis.
    Joyati Debnath*, Winona State University
    (1106-00-617)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    School Choice as a One-Sided Matching Problem: Cardinal Utilities and Optimization.
    Sinan Aksoy, University of California San Diego
    Alexander Adam Azzam, University of California Los Angeles
    Chaya Coppersmith, New York City, NY
    Julie Glass, California State University East Bay
    Gizem Karaali*, Pomona College
    Xueying Zhao, Northwestern University
    Xinjing Zhu, New York City, NY
    (1106-90-344)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A graph-theoretic proof of Newton's Identities.
    Louis Deaett*, Quinnipiac University
    Gerard Lisella, Quinnipiac University
    (1106-15-775)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Prime Graph Labelings.
    Cayla D McBee*, Providence College
    (1106-05-859)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Classifying coloring graphs.
    J. Beier, Earlham College
    J. Fierson, La Salle University
    R. Haas, Smith College
    C. Lienert, Fort Collins College
    Heather M. Russell*, Washington College
    K. Shavo, Presbyterian College
    (1106-05-857)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Induced Subgraphs of Coloring Graphs.
    Kara L Shavo*, Presbyterian College
    Heather Russell, Washington College
    Ruth Haas, Smith College
    Julie Beier, Earlham College
    Janet Fierson, La Salle University
    Carl Lienert, Fort Lewis College
    (1106-05-733)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Numerical Approximation of Coefficients of Beyl{ĭ} Maps.
    Luis A Melara*, Shippensburg University
    Edray Goins, Purdue University
    Alejandra Alvarado, Eastern Illinois University
    Karoline Pershell, American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Emille Lawrence, University of San Francisco
    Naiomi Cameron, Lewis & Clark College
    (1106-49-738)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The numerical range of a matrix.
    Patrick X. Rault*, SUNY Geneseo
    Kristin A. Camenga, Houghton College
    (1106-15-1881)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #11: Part B
  Healthcare applications and projects for introductory college mathematics courses.
  Room 207A, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Theresa Laurent, St. Louis College of Pharmacy
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Heavy-Tailed Distributions and Processes, II
  Room 001B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  U. Tuncay Alparslan, American University
  John P. Nolan, American University jpnolan@american.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Random dispersion coefficients and Tsallis entropy.
    Daniel O'Malley*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Velimir V Vesselinov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    John H Cushman, Purdue University
    (1106-60-751)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Upper bounds on Value-at-Risk for the maximum portfolio loss.
    Robert Alohimakalani Yuen*, University of Michigan
    Stilian A Stoev, University of Michigan
    (1106-60-907)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Semi-Markov approach to continuous time random walk limit processes.
    Mark M Meerschaert*, Michigan State University
    Peter Straka, University of New South Wales
    (1106-60-2025)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Tauberian Theory for Multivariate Regularly Varying Distributions with Application to Preferential Attachment Networks.
    Sidney I Resnick*, Cornell University,
    (1106-60-1627)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Simulation of stochastic differential equations driven by pure jump Levy processes with infinite jump activity.
    Ernest Jum*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Jan Rosinski, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1106-60-1899)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On Uniform Comparison of Tail Probabilities of a certain class of Banach Valued Random Vectors.
    Balram Rajput*, University of Tennessee
    (1106-60-1923)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Ruin in stationary stable environments: Beyond the univariate model.
    Ugur Tuncay Alparslan*, American University
    (1106-60-1169)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Traveling fronts to reaction diffusion equations with fractional Laplacian.
    Tingting Huan*, College of the Holy Cross
    Changfeng Gui, University of Connecticut
    (1106-35-2933)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knot Theory, II
  Room 006D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Tim Cochran, Rice University cochran@rice.edu
  Shelly Harvey, Rice University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Sums of knots, and the colored Jones polynomial.
    Oliver Dasbach*, Louisiana State University
    Mustafa Hajij, Louisiana State University
    (1106-57-1092)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Homology three-spheres and surgery obstructions.
    Jennifer Hom, Columbia University
    Cagri Karakurt, Boğaziçi University
    Tye Lidman*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-57-798)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Invariants of random Chebyshev billiard table diagrams.
    Moshe Cohen*, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    (1106-57-1126)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Unknotting number one theta-curves and DNA replication.
    Dorothy Buck, Imperial College London
    Danielle O'Donnol*, Oklahoma State University
    (1106-57-1518)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The SL$(2,\mathbb C)$ Casson knot invariant and the $\widehat{A}$-polynomial.
    Hans U. Boden, McMaster University
    Cynthia L. Curtis*, The College of New Jersey
    (1106-57-369)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Oriented matroids and straight-edge embeddings of graphs.
    Elena Pavelescu*, Oklahoma State University
    Ramin Naimi, Occidental College
    (1106-57-957)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The reduced knot Floer complex.
    David Krcatovich*, Rice University
    (1106-57-1238)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Montesinos knots, Hopf plumbings, and L-space surgeries.
    Kenneth L Baker, University of Miami
    Allison H Moore*, Rice University
    (1106-57-1457)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A refinement of the Ozsváth-Szabó contact invariant.
    John A Baldwin, Boston College
    David Shea Vela-Vick*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-57-1115)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On the functoriality of Khovanov-Floer theories.
    John A Baldwin*, Boston College
    Matt Hedden, Michigan State University
    Andrew Lobb, Durham University
    (1106-57-1164)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Positivity and Matrix Inequalities, II
  Room 006A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Dominique Guillot, Stanford University dguillot@stanford.edu
  Apoorva Khare, Stanford University
  Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Eventual properties related to positivity.
    Leslie Hogben*, American Institute of Mathematics and Iowa State University
    (1106-15-767)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Principal rank characteristic sequences.
    Wayne Barrett, Brigham Young University
    Steve Butler, Iowa State University
    Minerva Catral*, Xavier University
    Shaun Fallat, University of Regina
    Tracy Hall, Brigham Young University
    Leslie Hogben, American Institute of Mathematics and Iowa State University
    Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria
    Michael Young, Iowa State University
    (1106-15-1663)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Entrywise functions preserving positivity for rank-constrained matrices.
    Dominique Guillot*, Stanford University
    Apoorva Khare, Stanford University
    Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University
    (1106-26-2009)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Sparse positive definite matrices, graphs, and absolutely monotonic functions.
    Dominique Guillot, Stanford University
    Apoorva Khare*, Stanford University
    Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University
    (1106-26-2012)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The minimum rank of symmetric zero-diagonal matrices associated with a graph.
    Cheryl Grood, Swarthmore College
    Johannes Harmse, Azusa Pacific University
    Leslie Hogben, Iowa State University
    Thomas J. Hunter, Swarthmore College
    Bonnie Jacob, National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology
    Andrew Klimas, Xavier University of Louisiana
    Sharon McCathern*, Azusa Pacific University
    (1106-15-1246)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The minimum Kemeny constant problem.
    Mary Allison, University of Wyoming
    Bryan L Shader*, University of Wyoming
    (1106-05-2808)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On Products and Functions of Totally Positive Matrices.
    Shaun M Fallat*, University of Regina
    Mahmoud Manjegani, Isfahan University of Technology
    (1106-15-1171)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Progress in Multivariable Operator Theory, II
  Room 001A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ronald G. Douglas, Texas A&M University
  Constanze Liaw, Baylor University Constanze_Liaw@Baylor.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Concrete de Branges-Rovnyak spaces.
    William T Ross*, University of Richmond
    (1106-47-288)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    "Isoperimetric Sandwiches" in Function-Theoretic Operator Theory.
    Dima Khavinson*, University of South Florida
    (1106-30-184)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Function theory in Hilbert spaces with generalized frames.
    Mishko Mitkovski*, Clemson University
    (1106-46-910)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Perturbation of operator functions.
    Anna Skripka*, University of New Mexico
    (1106-47-812)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Essential norm estimates for Hankel operators on convex domains in $\mathbb{C}^2$.
    Zeljko Cuckovic*, University of Toledo, Ohio
    Sonmez Sahutoglu, University of Toledo, Ohio
    (1106-47-447)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Dilating tuples of selfadjoint matrices to commuting tuples of selfadjoint operators.
    J William Helton, University of California, San Diego
    Igor Klep, University of Auckland
    Scott McCullough*, University of Florida
    Markus Schweighofer, University of Konstanz
    (1106-47-879)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Extremal Domains for Self-Commutators in the Bergman Space.
    Matthew Fleeman*, University of South Florida
    Dmitry Khavinson, University of South Florida
    (1106-47-819)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation for generalized Schur-class functions: a survey of recent developments.
    Joseph A. Ball*, Virginia Tech
    (1106-47-788)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Complete Pick kernels: the noncommutative setting.
    G. Marx*, Virginia Tech
    A. J. Ball, Virginia Tech
    V. Vinnikov, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    (1106-47-797)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Hankel Forms on the Drury-Arveson Space.
    James Sunkes*, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
    (1106-32-977)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #6: Part B
  Public- and private-key cryptography.
  Room 206B, Convention Center
  Presenters:
  Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky University
  Jeff Ehme, Spelman College
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Markov Chains, Quantum Walks, and Related Topics, II
  Room 006C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Chaobin Liu, Bowie State University cliu@bowiestate.edu
  Takuya Machida, University of California, Berkeley
  Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca, Tecnologicó de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México
  Nelson Petulante, Bowie State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A note on the discrete-time evolutions of quantum walk on a graph.
    Norio Konno, Yokohama National University
    Yusuke Higuchi, Showa University
    Iwao Sato*, Oyama National College of Technology
    Etsuo Segawa, Tohoku University
    (1106-81-1331)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Model checking quantum Markov chains.
    Yuan Feng*, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
    Nengkun Yu, Tsinghua University, China
    Mingsheng Ying, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
    (1106-68-1720)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Return properties for Quantum walks.
    F . Alberto Grünbaum*, UC Berkeley
    (1106-81-1325)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Quantum walk-based associative memories.
    Salvador Elias Venegas-Andraca*, Escuela de Ciencias e Ingenieria, Tecnologico de Monterrey
    Marco Lanzagorta, US Naval Research Laboratory
    (1106-68-1835)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Rényi entropy for discrete-time quantum walks on the line.
    Yusuke Ide*, Kanagawa university
    (1106-81-2176)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Disorder and noise as passage for interplay between localization and diffusion of quantum walk.
    Chandrashekar Channipura Madaiah*, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
    (1106-81-2230)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Powers of certain quantum walks.
    Tatsuya Tate*, Tohoku University
    (1106-46-2146)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On quantum walks driven by chaotic dynamical system.
    Takao Namiki*, Hokkaido University
    (1106-37-1544)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A quantum algorithm for uniform sampling of models of propositional logic based on non-commutative probability.
    Radhakrishnan Balu*, Computer Information Sciences Directorate, U.S Army Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
    Dale Shires, Computer Information Sciences Directorate, U.S Army Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
    Raju Namburu, Computer Information Sciences Directorate, U.S Army Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
    (1106-68-371)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS-AWM Special Session on Recent Developments in Algebraic Number Theory, II
  Room 007B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Wen-Ching Winnie Li, Pennsylvania State University wli@math.psu.edu
  Tong Liu, Purdue University
  Ling Long, Iowa State University and Louisiana State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    An HN-theory for Kisin modules.
    Brandon Levin*, University of Chicago
    (1106-11-1061)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Bad reduction of genus 3 curves with complex multiplication.
    Irene Bouw, Universitaet Ulm
    Jenny Cooley, University of Warwick
    Kristin E. Lauter*, Microsoft Research
    Elisa Lorenzo Garcia, UPC Barcelona
    Michelle Manes, University of Hawaii
    Rachel Newton, University of Leiden
    Ekin Ozman, University of Texas Austin
    (1106-11-1017)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Étale $\pi_1$ obstructions to rational points on Fermat curves.
    Kirsten Graham Wickelgren*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1106-11-840)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    An algebro-geometric theory of vector-valued modular forms of half-integral weight attached to Weil representations.
    Luca Candelori*, Louisiana State University
    (1106-11-839)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Counting Square Discriminants.
    Thomas Hulse, Queen's University
    Mehmet Kiral, Texas A&M
    Chan Ieong Kuan, University of Maine
    Li-Mei Lim*, Bard College at Simon's Rock
    (1106-11-727)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Eulerian multizeta values over function fields.
    Chieh-Yu Chang, National Tsing Hua University
    Matthew A. Papanikolas*, Texas A&M University
    Jing Yu, National Taiwan University
    (1106-11-561)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Weierstrass mock modular forms and elliptic curves.
    Michael J. Griffin*, Emory University
    Claudia Alfes, Technische Universität Darmstadt
    Ken Ono, Emory University
    Larry Rolen, University of Cologne
    (1106-11-487)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Arithmetic Progressions on Curves.
    Edray Herber Goins*, Purdue University
    Alejandra Alvarado, Eastern Illinois University
    (1106-11-445)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The reductions of finite subgroups of CM abelian varieties.
    Taisong Jing*, Pennsylvania State University
    (1106-11-403)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Almost generic p-divisibility bound.
    Hui June Zhu*, State University of New York at Buffalo
    (1106-11-252)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, IV
  Room 004, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Darren A Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno
  Jobby Jacob, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Descent for ring spectra and applications.
    Akhil Mathew*, University of California Berkeley
    (1106-14-2924)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The average elliptic curve has few integral points.
    Levent Alpoge*, Harvard University
    (1106-11-2291)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Hölder estimates for Cauchy-Type Integrals in several variables.
    Evan Castle, University of Kentucky
    Debraj Chakrabarti, Central Michigan University
    David Gunderman*, Wabash College
    Ellen Lehet, SUNY Potsdam
    (1106-32-188)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Optimal Pebbling on Grids.
    Chenxiao Xue*, Davidson College
    Carl Yerger, Davidson College
    (1106-05-223)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A New Look at Apollonian Circle Packings.
    Isabel Corona, Metropolitan State University of Denver
    Carolynn Johnson, Middlebury College
    Lon Mitchell, AMS Math Reviews
    Dylan O'Connell*, Haverford College
    (1106-51-287)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quantum Walks on Graphs.
    Rachael C. Alvir*, St. John's College, Santa Fe
    Sophia Dever, University of Texas, Austin
    (1106-81-290)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Combinatorics of $k$-Interval Cospeciation for Cophylogeny.
    Jane Ivy Coons*, State University of New York at Geneseo
    Joseph Rusinko, Winthrop University
    (1106-92-387)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The ramification group filtration on certain function field extensions.
    Qingquan Wu*, Texas A&M International University
    (1106-11-392)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Studies in Interconnections among Parameters in Graph Theory, Combinatorics, and Discrete Geometry, II
  Room 008A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Cong X. Kang, Texas A&M University at Galveston
  Eunjeong Yi, Texas A&M University at Galveston yie@tamug.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On the power domination problem in graphs.
    Daniela Ferrero*, Texas State University
    (1106-05-1028)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Paths in Hamiltonian graphs.
    Futaba Fujie*, Nagoya University
    (1106-05-1672)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Hamiltonian Extension.
    Ping Zhang*, Western Michigan University
    (1106-05-615)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Destroying Cycles in m-free Circular Interval Digraphs.
    Jian Shen*, Texas State University
    (1106-05-2529)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Accessibility numbers in the sandpile monoid of a directed graph.
    Luis David Garcia-Puente*, Sam Houston State University
    Elizabeth Herman, Marian University
    Amadeus Martin, University of California Santa Cruz
    Bryan Oakley, University of Georgia
    (1106-05-545)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Commuting tropical variety.
    Ralph Morrison, University of California, Berkeley
    Ngoc Mai Tran*, University of Texas, Austin
    (1106-05-837)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Using Parameters from Graph Theory to Bound Algebraic and Geometric Invariants of Edge Ideals.
    Susan E. Morey*, Texas State University
    (1106-13-986)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Minimal Morse functions via the heat equation.
    Carlos Alberto Cadavid*, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia
    Juan Diego Velez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín
    Jean Carlos Cortissoz, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
    (1106-53-309)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Graph rankings based on $l_p$ norms.
    Bonnie C. Jacob, National Technical Institute for Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology
    Jobby Jacob*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1106-05-1349)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Another Look at Ramsey Numbers.
    Daniel Paul Johnston*, Western Michigan University
    (1106-05-618)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Successes and Challenges in Teaching Mathematics
  Room 007A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Ellina Grigorieva, Texas Woman's University egrigorieva@twu.edu
  Natali Hritonenko, Prairie View A&M University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Warm-ups and games as tools for better understanding mathematical subjects.
    Natali Hritonenko*, Prairie View A&M University
    (1106-97-240)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Scientific Teaching/Active Learning in STEM Classrooms: Context, Challenges and Application.
    Najat Ziyadi*, Morgan State University
    Shahpour Ahmadi, Morgan State University
    (1106-97-1142)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Teaching Solving Complex Problems and Preparing Math Olympiad Winners.
    Ellina Grigorieva*, Texas Woman's University
    (1106-97-372)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some observations on teaching algebraic geometry for undergraduates.
    J. Maurice Rojas*, Texas A&M University
    (1106-97-2735)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Breaking the Mind Forged Manacles in Mathematics.
    Rhonda D Ellis*, Norfolk State University
    (1106-97-2783)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Teaching mathematics to computer science students.
    Sergey Bereg*, Uuniversity of Texas at Dallas
    (1106-97-2213)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Successes and Challenges in Teaching University-Level Mathematics.
    Junalyn Navarra-Madsen*, Texas Woman's University
    (1106-97-550)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Creating Student Engagement.
    James R. Valles, Jr.*, Prairie View A&M University
    (1106-97-2171)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A successful new educational program in Mathematics for STEM-C.
    Andrew Bucki*, Department of Mathematics, Langston University
    Abebaw Tadesse, Department of Mathematics, Langston University
    (1106-97-233)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Challenges and Successes in Teaching Developmental Math Courses at HBCUs.
    Qingxia Li*, Fisk University
    (1106-97-2302)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Syzygies, II
  Room 007C, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Giulio Caviglia, Purdue University
  Jason McCullough, Rider University
  Irena Peeva, Cornell University irena@math.cornell.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Operators on resolutions over complete intersections.
    David Eisenbud*, MSRI and UC Berkeley
    (1106-13-1535)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Using syzygies to test containments between symbolic and ordinary powers for some ideals of points.
    Alexandra Seceleanu*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-13-1565)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Bounding projective dimension via domination parameters.
    Hailong Dao*, University of Kansas
    Jay Schweig, Oklahoma State University
    (1106-13-1540)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the Koszulness of multi-Rees Algebras of certain strongly stable ideals.
    Gabriel E Sosa*, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
    (1106-13-883)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Free complexes on smooth toric varieties.
    Christine Berkesch Zamaere*, University of Minnesota
    Daniel Erman, University of Wisconsin
    Gregory G. Smith, Queen's University
    (1106-13-1935)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Title:Linear Resolutions Of Monomial Ideals Related To Graphs.
    Arindam Banerjee*, University of Virginia
    (1106-13-1239)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Generalized edge and cover ideals.
    Jennifer Biermann*, Mount Holyoke College
    Adam Van Tuyl, Lakhead University
    (1106-13-2910)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Understanding Auslander's Theorem for noncommutative algebras.
    W. Frank Moore*, Wake Forest University
    Andrew Conner, St. Mary's University
    Jason Gaddis, Wake Forest University
    Ellen Kirkman, Wake Forest University
    (1106-16-1658)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    How many invariants are needed to separate orbits?
    Emilie Dufresne, Durham University
    Jack Jeffries*, University of Utah
    (1106-13-2323)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On a family of equivariant resolutions.
    Federico Galetto*, Queen's University
    (1106-13-1487)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on The Scottish Book, II
  Room 005, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Krystyna Kuperberg, Auburn University
  R. Daniel Mauldin, University of North Texas mauldin@unt.edu
  Jan Mycielski, University of Colorado
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Series in Banach Spaces.
    Joe Diestel*, Kent State University
    (1106-01-1077)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The floating body problem and a homological characterisation of convexity.
    Luis Montejano*, National Autonomous University of Mexico
    (1106-52-1466)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Fixed-point problems from the Scottish Book.
    Krystyna Kuperberg*, Auburn University
    (1106-58-1650)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Knotted Field Lines and Computer-Assisted Proof.
    Gregory T Minton*, CCR
    (1106-65-2198)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Lwów of the West: A Brief History of Wrocław's New Scottish Book.
    Piotr Biler, University of Wrocław
    Paweł Krupski, University of Wrocław
    Grzegorz Plebanek, University of Wrocław
    Wojbor A. Woyczyński*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1106-01-1156)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Topological Measures of Complexity: Inverse Limits, Entropy, and Structure of Attractors, II
  Room 003, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Loribeth M. Alvin, University of Denver
  Jan P. Boroński, National Supercomputing Centre IT4Innovations, Ostrava jan.boronski@osu.cz
  James Keesling, University of Florida
  Olga Lukina, University of Illinois at Chicago
  P. Oprocha, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Entropy for Y-like matchbox manifolds.
    Steven Hurder*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1106-58-450)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Persistent homology as a practical characteristic of scalar valued functions defined on topological spaces.
    Pawel Dlotko*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-55-284)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Applications of topological group actions on Hilbert space.
    Joanna Furno, Wesleyan University
    James Keesling*, University of Florida
    James Maissen, University of Texas Brownsville
    (1106-22-1043)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A measure-preserving transformation on the $p$-adic numbers.
    Joanna Furno*, Wesleyan University
    (1106-37-1040)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quantization dimension estimate for condensation systems of infinite self-similar mappings.
    Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury*, University of Texas-Pan American
    Nina Snigireva, School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland
    (1106-28-1736)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic of the geometric mean error in the quantization of recurrent self-similar measures.
    Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury, The University of Texas-Pan American
    Nina Snigireva*, University College Dublin
    (1106-37-963)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On intrinsic ergodicity of subordinate and almost specified shift spaces.
    Dominik Kwietniak*, Jagiellonian University, Krak{ó}w, Poland
    (1106-37-2585)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Shadowing, $\omega$-limit sets and internal chain transitivity.
    Jonathan Meddaugh*, Baylor University
    Brian Raines, Baylor University
    (1106-37-2586)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Chain Transitivity and Variations of the Shadowing Property.
    Will Brian, Tulane
    Jonathan Meddaugh, Baylor
    Brian E Raines*, Baylor
    (1106-37-2580)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on What's New in Group Theory?, II
  Room 002, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Arturo Magidin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  Elizabeth Wilcox, Oswego State University elizabeth.wilcox@oswego.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Capable special $p$-groups of rank $2$: Structure results.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, Binghamton University
    (1106-20-444)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Capable special $p$-groups of rank $2$: The isomorphism problem.
    Robert Fitzgerald Morse*, University of Evansville
    (1106-20-442)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Some important properties of Grigorchuk's group.
    Marianna C. Bonanome*, NYCCT, CUNY
    Margaret H. Dean, BMCC, CUNY
    (1106-20-473)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Bogomolov multipliers of groups.
    Primoz Moravec*, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
    (1106-20-73)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Groups and nonassociative algebra.
    Jonathan I Hall*, Michigan State University
    (1106-20-1924)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Automorphic Loops and their Permutation Groups.
    Michael Kinyon*, University of Denver
    (1106-20-2387)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Finite Inseparable $p$-Groups.
    Joseph Kirtland*, Marist College
    (1106-20-47)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Characterizations of Finite Groups with $p$-fusion of Squarefree Type.
    Matthew D Welz*, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
    (1106-20-863)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Recent work and current problems in character degrees.
    Mark L. Lewis*, Kent State University
    (1106-20-333)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Modifying and combining endoisomorphisms.
    Alexandre Turull*, University of Florida
    (1106-20-1684)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, VI
  Room 202B, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Enumeration of $2$-Polymatroids on up to Seven Elements.
    Thomas J. Savitsky*, The George Washington University
    (1106-05-138)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Matroids with many small circuits and many small cocircuits.
    Simon D Pfeil*, Louisiana State University
    James Oxley, Louisiana State University
    Charles Semple, University of Canterbury
    Geoff Whittle, Victoria University of Wellington
    (1106-05-2245)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Matroids in which all circuits are large.
    Jesse Taylor*, Angelo State University
    (1106-05-2342)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A Converse to Vandehey's Theorem on Simultaneous Core Containment.
    Amol Aggarwal*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1106-05-2133)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Forbidding diamonds in the Boolean lattice.
    Lucas Kramer*, Carroll College
    Ryan R Martin, Iowa State University
    Michael Young, Iowa State University
    (1106-05-2502)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Valid Plane Trees: Combinatorial Models for RNA Structures with Watson-Crick Pairs.
    Elizabeth Drellich*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Frances Black, Smith College
    Julianna Tymoczko, Smith College
    (1106-05-2711)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Properties of rational numbers on an $m-$ary tree.
    Timothy B Flowers*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Shannon R Lockard, Bridgewater State University
    (1106-05-2475)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Matrix Scaling: A New Heuristic for the Feedback Vertex Set Problem.
    James M Shook*, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Isabel Beichl, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    (1106-05-2707)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Title: Knight Tours on Triangular and Hexagonal Boards.
    Allen J. Schwenk*, Western Michigan University
    Stan Wagon, Macalester College
    (1106-05-1830)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Combinatorial properties of traces of matrix products.
    John R Greene*, University of Minnesota Duluth
    (1106-05-2394)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Hadamard matrices modulo p and small modular Hadamard matrices.
    Vivian Kuperberg*, Cornell University
    (1106-05-1610)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On the growth of Stanley sequences.
    David Rolnick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Praveen S. Venkataramana*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1106-05-2087)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Packing Polynomials on Sectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$.
    Madeline V Brandt*, Reed College
    (1106-05-418)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Checking Hats with the Lopsided Lovász Local Lemma.
    Austin Mohr*, Nebraska Wesleyan University
    (1106-05-395)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Discovery and Insight in Mathematics, II
  Room 203B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Daniel C. Sloughter, Furman University dan.sloughter@furman.edu
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Mathematicians' proof: "The kingdom of math is within you".
    Reuben Hersh*, University of New Mexico (emeritus)
    (1106-C5-1594)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Explanatory and Justificatory Proofs.
    Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
    (1106-C5-1714)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    George Polya on methods of discovery in mathematics.
    Bonnie Gold*, Monmouth University
    (1106-C5-249)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some proofs and discoveries from Euler and Heaviside.
    Tom Morley*, Georgia Tech
    (1106-C5-2391)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Intuition: A History.
    Kira Hylton Hamman*, Penn State Mont Alto
    (1106-C5-2763)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    If you're hoping for discovery, put away the handouts!
    Steven R Benson*, Lesley University
    (1106-C5-838)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on First-Year Calculus: Fresh Approaches for Jaded Students, II
  Room 214D, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Bob Sachs, George Mason University rsachs@gmu.edu
  Caren Diefenderfer, Hollins University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Integration by Guessing.
    Fred Halpern*, Dallas, Texas
    (1106-D5-881)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Operation Nonabelian Grape: Transforming Calculus I into a Top Secret Mission.
    Eric J. Landquist*, Kutztown University
    (1106-D5-912)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Numerical differentiation and integration in first year Calculus. Examples of computational exercises.
    Tiernan R Fogarty*, Oregon Institute of Technology
    (1106-D5-1485)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Making Calculus More Engaging with WeBWorK and Visualization.
    Paul E Seeburger*, Monroe Community College
    (1106-D5-2883)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Using computers to challenge misconceptions of "been there, done that" calculus students.
    Rebekah Gilbert*, University of Illinois
    (1106-D5-1094)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Derivatives, Edge Detection, and Image Sharpening.
    Yevgeniy V. Galperin*, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-D5-2086)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Using Mathematical Modeling in Calculus.
    Debra L Mimbs*, Lee University
    (1106-D5-2231)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Rediscovering the Power and Joy of Calculus with First Year College Students.
    Girija S Nair-Hart*, University of Cincinnati Clermont College
    (1106-D5-2499)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Fading the Jade: Using an exam correction/reflection assignment in calculus to promote metacognition and course navigation skills for freshmen who think they know it all but don't... yet.
    Jessica M Libertini*, Virginia Military Institute
    Caitlin Phifer, Merrimack College
    Erica Sevey, Kingston, RI
    (1106-D5-2348)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Calculus comes to life-creating a visual of your math homework.
    Meghan M De Witt*, St Thomas Aquinas College
    (1106-D5-2019)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Finessing Imperfect Calculus Mastery with Embedded Review.
    Margaret Nikolov*, United States Naval Academy
    Wm. Douglas Withers, United States Naval Academy
    (1106-D5-1368)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    AP Calculus: Student preparation for college mathematics.
    Stephen Kokoska*, Bloomsburg University
    (1106-D5-888)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Infusing Quantitative Literacy into Mathematics and Nonmathematics Courses, II
  Room 212B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Andrew Miller, Belmont University andrew.miller@belmont.edu
  Aaron Montgomery, Central Washington University
  Gary Franchy, Mott Community College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Unsuspecting Analyst: Mathematics That Needs No Introduction.
    Christopher S Shaw*, Columbia College Chicago
    (1106-F5-2559)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Experimenting with Quantitative Literacy Activities in a Three-Credit College Success Course.
    Chris Oehrlein*, Oklahoma City Community College
    (1106-F5-2784)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Quantway: Using Quantitative Reasoning to Teach Developmental Math to College Students.
    Cinnamon Hillyard*, University of Washington Bothell
    Milagros Loreto, University of Washington Bothell
    (1106-F5-2362)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Quantitative Literacy for Education Majors.
    Cristina Gomez*, Ithaca College
    (1106-F5-2290)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    ASPIRE: Quantitative Literacy, Historical, Women's, and Gender Studies Courses at the University of Texas.
    Van Herd*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1106-F5-2508)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Introducing Quantitative Literacy in Writing Course using the Ultimatum Game.
    Robert G Root*, Lafayette College
    (1106-F5-916)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Exploring Debt through Spreadsheets, Graphs, and Functions.
    Teresa D Magnus*, Rivier University
    (1106-F5-2360)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Quantitative Ethics: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
    Victor I Piercey*, Ferris State University
    (1106-F5-358)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Reacting to the Past in a Mathematics Classroom.
    Andrew J Miller*, Belmont University
    (1106-F5-2563)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Assessment
  Room 204B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Clustering Method Based on Adaptive Metaheuristic Algorithm for Teaching Assessment.
    Sijie Liu*, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
    (1106-VA-2226)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Oral and Mastery Based Testing in a Real Analysis Course.
    Amanda M. Harsy*, Lewis University
    (1106-VA-1583)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Break.
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Placement Program Best Practices: Research from University of Colorado Boulder and University of Illinois.
    Alison Ahlgren Reddy, University of Illinois
    Michael Grant*, University of Colorado Boulder
    Marc Harper, Los Angeles, CA
    (1106-VA-992)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Quantitative Reasoning: Developing an Assessment Strategy From a Non-Existent State.
    Georgianna L Martin*, Hawaii Pacific University
    Tara C Davis, Hawaii Pacific University
    (1106-VA-701)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Use of Course Embedded Assessments to Evaluate Teaching and Student Learning.
    Kyle Riley*, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
    (1106-VA-551)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The `Choose Your Own Adventure' Grading Scheme.
    Ashley S Johnson*, University of North Alabama
    (1106-VA-1862)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Point Reward System: A Method of Assessment that Accommodates a Diversity of Student Abilities and Interests and Enhances Learning.
    Josip Derado*, Kennesaw State University
    Mary L Garner, Kennesaw State University
    (1106-VA-820)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Assorted Topics, II
  Room 211, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Orbit of the Transformation $T(x,y)=(y+\frac{1}{x},x+\frac{1}{y})$.
    Leah E Vaughan*, Washington & Jefferson College
    Roman Wong, Washington & Jefferson College
    (1106-VX-1151)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    One Step Apart Integers.
    Jenna T Nguyen*, Washington & Jefferson College
    Jerald E Hertzog, Washington & Jefferson College
    Savanna R Starko, Washington & Jefferson College
    (1106-VX-1230)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Expected Portion filled by $k$-Tiles.
    Maxwell Christopher Chomas*, Washington & Jefferson College
    Roman Wong, Washington & Jefferson College
    Terrence Wong, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1106-VX-1235)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Broadening Student Groups Through Combinatorial Designs.
    Autumn Dailey, Christopher Newport University
    Paul M. Wrayno*, Christopher Newport University
    (1106-VX-1623)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Generalizing Cantor-Schroeder-Bernstein: Counterexamples in Standard Settings.
    Tien Chih*, Newberry College
    (1106-VX-1731)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    (More) Math Mistakes that Make the News.
    Heather Ames Lewis*, Nazareth College
    (1106-VX-2052)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Fitch Cheney Five Card Trick for Three Cards.
    Colm Mulcahy*, Spelman College
    (1106-VX-2079)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: A Visual Exploration of the Power Method.
    David A. Huckaby*, Angelo State University
    (1106-VX-2263)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Basketball Simulation: Applying Data from the 2010 NBA Playoffs.
    Juan Mora*, Arizona State University
    Armando Salinas, Arizona State University
    (1106-VX-2298)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On the Number of Representations of a Positive Number as a Finite or Infinite Egyptian Fraction.
    Andy Martin*, Kentucky State University
    (1106-VX-2453)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The abelian sandpile model on fractal graphs.
    Samantha K Fairchild*, Houghton College
    Rafael Setra, University of Maryland
    Robert Strichartz, Cornell University
    (1106-VX-2806)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Interdisciplinary Topics in Mathematics
  Room 209, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Implicit Priorities of College Freshman.
    Tracy Ann Taylor*, Appalachian State University
    Holly Cook, NC
    Danielle Kane, DePauw University
    William C Bauldry, Appalachian State University
    (1106-VC-1343)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Tour de Math: Teaching Through the Mathematical Culture of France.
    Joseph W. Eyles*, Gordon State College
    (1106-VC-2017)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Math in the City.
    Adam H. Fuller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Jeremy Trageser*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1106-VC-1201)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Mathematics of Conflict: Using Statistical Tools to Analyze Military Outcomes and Political Claims.
    Miriam Harris-Botzum*, Lehigh Carbon Community College
    (1106-VC-2033)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Quantifying Option Implications.
    Michael Bauer, Lafayette REU
    Xiaowen Chang, Lafayette REU
    Michael Conway*, Lafayette REU
    (1106-VC-367)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Mentoring Interdisciplinary Research Projects.
    Jan Rychtar*, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    (1106-VC-253)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Generalized complex numbers and motion in central force fields.
    Horia I. Petrache*, Department of Physics, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
    (1106-VC-2555)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Topological sensor networks.
    Pawel Dlotko*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1106-VC-285)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Stability Analysis of Inverse Modeling Problems in Chemical Kinetics.
    Samuel Olson*, Minot State University
    Narayan Thapa, Minot State University
    (1106-VC-2693)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Using Variants of Dynamic Time Warping to Identify ECG Features in Congenital Heart Disease.
    Emily Hendryx*, Rice University
    (1106-VC-2575)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Combinatorial Rearrangements of Bacterial Genomes via Circular Permutations.
    Jennifer F. Vasquez*, The University of Scranton
    Michael Allocca, Muhlenberg College
    (1106-VC-2334)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Latin hypercube sampling and Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient procedure as applied to a mathematical model for wound healing.
    Hannah M Pennington*, Western Kentucky University
    Nitin A Krishna, University of Chicago
    Richard C Schugart, Western Kentucky University
    (1106-VC-1795)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Network flow as a systems biology approach to understand the DNA repair network in cancer.
    G Peng*, MD Anderson Cancer Center
    (1106-VC-1095)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Analysis, II
  Room 210A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Systematically evaluating sums using integral transforms, with applications to statistical and quantum physics.
    John Joseph Vastola*, University of Central Florida
    Costas J Efthimiou, University of Central Florida
    (1106-VK-2602)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Iterated Remainders in the Alternating Harmonic Series.
    George O. Golightly*, Jacksonville, Texas
    (1106-VK-29)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A table of definite integrals from the marriage of power and Fourier series.
    Thomas J. Osler, Rowan University
    James Rosado*, Rowan University
    (1106-VK-338)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Moments of the average of a generalized Ramanujan sum.
    Arindam Roy*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Nicolas Robles, University of Zurich
    (1106-VK-2601)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A variant of Property $(P_{n-1})$ on smooth pseudoconvex domains.
    Yue Zhang*, University of Arkansas
    (1106-VK-539)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Strong Stein Neighborhood Bases for Nonsmooth Pseudoconvex Domains.
    Chizuko Iwaki*, University of Arkansas
    (1106-VK-1878)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Roughing It: When Convolution isn't Smooth.
    Joshua Kaminsky, Washington State University
    Yunfeng Hu*, Washington State University
    (1106-VK-981)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Circle Packing Random Triangulations.
    G Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
    Olivia Isabella Orrantia-Kotowski*, Texas Tech University
    (1106-VK-1775)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Composition Operators on Weighted Bergman and $S^{p}$ Spaces.
    Waleed K. Al-Rawashdeh*, Montana Tech
    (1106-VK-1930)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Functional Dimension of Solution Space of Differential Operators of Constant Strength.
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*, Indiana University South Bend
    (1106-VK-1170)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Patterns in Persistence: Persistent Homology of Chaotic Dynamical Systems.
    Rachel A. Neville*, Colorado State University
    (1106-VK-2396)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On A System of Rational Difference Equations with Nonnegative Periodic Coefficients.
    Yevgeniy Kostrov, Xavier University of Louisiana
    Zachary A. Kudlak*, Monmouth University
    (1106-VK-1212)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On the vanishing of $L$-functions at the central point through the method of Fredholm determinants.
    Jesse B Freeman*, Williams College
    (1106-VK-2747)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Maximum likelihood analysis of transposable element age distributions using a master copy model of evolution.
    D Brian Walton*, James Madison University
    (1106-VK-2267)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Note on Riesz Means.
    Javad Namazi*, FDU
    (1106-VK-1498)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Applied Mathematics,IV
  Room 213A, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Matlab Toolbox for Darcy Flow Computations.
    Farrah Sadre-Marandi*, Colorado State University
    (1106-VL-2352)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Biased transport of Brownian particles in a serpentine channel.
    Xinli Wang*, University of South Carolina Upstate
    German Drazer, Rutgers University
    (1106-VL-1377)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Fractional Brownian Motion and Hedging with Short-term Futures Contracts.
    Wei Cui*, The University of Alabama
    Zhijian Wu, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University,P.R.China
    (1106-VL-1912)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Analysis of an energy localization method used in Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of heteroepitaxial growth.
    Kyle Golenbiewski*, University of Tennessee
    Tim P. Schulze, University of Tennessee
    Peter Smereka, University of Michigan
    (1106-VL-2100)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On the Quantum Billiard in the Hexagonal Type Areas.
    Nino Khatiashvili*, I.Vekua Instititute of Applied Mathematics of Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
    (1106-VL-869)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Stability for Perturbations of a Steady State at the One Dimensional Case.
    Xinyao Yang*, University of Missouri
    (1106-VL-574)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Rank-Constrained Optimization: A Riemannian Manifold Approach.
    Guifang Zhou*, Florida State University
    Kyle A. Gallivan, Florida State University
    (1106-VL-1729)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Well-defined Lagrangian flows for absolutely continuous curves of probabilities on the real line.
    Mohamed H Amsaad*, West Virginia University
    (1106-VL-762)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Fast and Robust Computation of Laplacian Eigenvalues for Arbitrary Planar Domains.
    Lin Zhao*, Dartmouth College
    Alex H Barnett, Dartmouth College
    (1106-VL-1885)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: On node distributions for interpolation and spectral methods.
    N. S. Hoang*, University of West Georgia
    (1106-VL-230)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Third Type of Exceptional Laguerre Polynomials.
    Jessica D. Stewart*, Goucher College
    (1106-VL-2265)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Landau Damping in Relativistic Plasmas.
    Brent Oneil Young*, Benson, NC
    (1106-VL-776)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Graph Theory, III
  Room 217B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Motif-based clustering of directed networks
    Thomas P. Reith*, Davidson College
    Laurie J. Heyer, Davidson College
    (1106-VN-2187)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Modulus of families of walks on graphs.
    Max L. Goering*, Kansas State University
    (1106-VN-2195)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Connected Matchings in Chordal Bipartite Graphs.
    Susan C. White*, Bellarmine University
    Adam S. Jobson, University of Louisville
    André E. Kézdy, University of Louisville
    (1106-VN-2277)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    The domination number and the independent domination number for a bipartite graph.
    Misa Nakanishi*, Keio University
    (1106-VN-2303)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Forbidden Subgraphs of Competition Graphs on Doubly Partial Orders.
    Aquia Richburg*, Morehouse College
    Shannon Jordan, Morgan State University
    Roger Licairac, Rutgers University
    Eugene Fiorini, DIMACS-Rutgers University
    (1106-VN-2445)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Edge-connectivity in regular multigraphs from eigenvalues.
    Suil O*, Georgia State University
    (1106-VN-2460)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Applications of ordinary voltage graph theory to graph embeddability, parts 1 and 2.
    Steven Schluchter*, George Mason University
    (1106-VN-2463)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Coloring Around Faces to Count Daisies.
    Oscar Levin, University of Northern Colorado
    Catrina Myrant*, University of Northern Colorado
    (1106-VN-2492)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Maximum Weighted Co-2-Plex Problem in a ${$Claw, Bull$}$-Free Graph.
    Cynthia I Wood*, Rice University
    (1106-VN-2565)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Controlling Domination in Infinite Graphs.
    Matthew Jura, Manhattan College
    Oscar Levin*, University of Northern Colorado
    Tyler Markkanen, Springfield College
    (1106-VN-2579)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Enumeration of Solutions to a Paper Cutting and Folding Problem by Martin Gardner.
    Jill Bigley Dunham*, Irvine, CA
    Gwyneth R Whieldon, Hood College
    (1106-VN-2620)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Maximum number of edges in digraphs with specified weak diameter.
    Zoltan Furedi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Sogol Jahanbekam*, University of Colorado Denver
    (1106-VN-2661)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Graph Cards.
    James Abello, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    David DeSimone*, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Mika Sumida, Boston, Massachusetts
    (1106-VN-2684)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    On $(t,r)$ Broadcast Domination Numbers of Grids.
    David Blessing*, Florida Atlantic University
    Katie Johnson, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Erik Insko, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Christie Mauretour, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (1106-VN-2761)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Coloring graphs and rainbow connection.
    Janet Fierson*, La Salle University
    (1106-VN-2767)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-1:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Research in Number Theory, III
  Room 210B, Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Kristi.Meyer@wlc.edu
  Bem Cayco, San Jose State University bem.cayco@sjsu.edu
  Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania kjpres@ship.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Emergence of 4-cycles Over Extended Integers.
    Jasmine Powell*, Northwestern University
    Andrew Best, Williams College
    Patrick Dynes, Clemson University
    Steven Miller, Williams College
    Benjamin Weiss, University of Maine
    (1106-VQ-675)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Toward Combinatorial Proofs of the Sato-Tate Law and The Weil Bound For Kloosterman Sums.
    Xixi Edelsbrunner*, Williams College
    Stephan Garcia, Pomona College
    Kimsy Tor, Manhattan College
    Karl Winsor, University of Michigan
    Steven J Miller, Williams College
    (1106-VQ-2164)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Benfordness of Zeckendorf Decomposition.
    Andrew Best, Williams College
    Patrick Dynes, Clemson University
    Xixi Edelsbrunner, Williams College
    Brian McDonald*, University of Rochester
    Steven J. Miller, Williams College
    Kimsy Tor, Manhattan College
    Caroline Turnage-Butterbaugh, North Dakota State University
    Madeleine Weinstein, Harvey Mudd College
    (1106-VQ-2675)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Ramsey Theory Over Imaginary Quadratic Number Fields.
    Andrew Best, Williams College
    Karen Huan, Williams College
    Nathan McNew, Dartmouth College
    Steven J. Miller, Williams College
    Jasmine Powell, Northwestern University
    Kimsy Tor*, Manhattan College
    Madeleine Weinstein, Harvey Mudd College
    (1106-VQ-2161)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, II
  Room 208, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Uniqueness and dependence of positive solutions. Positive radially symmetric solution for a system of quasilinear biharmonic equations in the plane.
    F B Petronella*, Baylor University
    Robert DeYeso, University of Tennessee at Martin
    Joshua Barrow, Southern Adventist University
    Lingju Kong, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (1106-35-1916)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Classification of Solutions to a Critically Nonlinear System of Elliptic Equations on Euclidean Half-Space.
    Mathew Gluck*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1106-35-1704)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Boundary droplet formation in a binary inhibitory system.
    David S Shoup*, The George Washington University
    (1106-35-1596)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Modeling the 2d surface quasigeostrophic equations from the Euler equations.
    Ramjee Sharma*, DeVry University
    (1106-35-2621)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Singularities of wave equations with quadratic nonlinearities.
    Sam J Stewart*, Lewis and Clark College
    (1106-35-577)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Phase Transition analysis of RD/RDA systems.
    Masoud Yari*, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
    (1106-35-1808)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Traveling wave solutions to the combustion and the generalized Fisher-KPP models with fractional Laplacians.
    Changfeng Gui, NSF
    Tingting Huan*, University of British Columbia
    (1106-35-311)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic Behavior of Travelling Wave Solutions to Reaction-Diffusion Equations.
    Malley M Nason*, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
    (1106-35-695)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Semilinear Klein-Gordon equation in FLRW spacetimes.
    Anahit Galstyan*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1106-35-2076)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: The Hybrid-Bremmer Series Method for an Inverse Scattering Problem: Convergence, Stability, and Error Characterization.
    Robert Neill Staniunas*, James Madison University
    Zev Woodstock, James Madison University
    (1106-35-745)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Break.
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Propagation in a nonlocal reaction diffusion equation with spatial and genetic trait structure.
    Henri Berestycki, EHESS, France
    Tianling Jin*, University of Chicago
    Luis Silvestre, University of Chicago
    (1106-35-2815)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Slow coarsening in the Allen-Cahn model.
    Dmitry Glotov*, Auburn University
    Nan Jiang, Auburn University
    (1106-35-2682)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Nonlinear Geometric Optics for Reflecting and Evanescent Pulses.
    Colton James Willig*, University of North Carolina
    (1106-35-2573)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Symmetry Properties of Solution of a System of Elliptic PDEs arising from a Tumor Model.
    Henok Mawi*, Howard University
    (1106-35-2458)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Finite difference approximations for measure-valued solutions of a hierarchically size-structured population model.
    Vinodh Kumar Chellamuthu*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Kazufumi Ito, North Carolina State University
    (1106-35-1534)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Comparison of Numerical Procedures in Water Pollutant Transport Modeling.
    Suzannah G. Miller*, Minot State University
    Narayan Thapa, Minot State University
    (1106-35-1737)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Parameter estimation in a size-structured population model with distributed states in the recruitment.
    Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Xinyu Li, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Baoling Ma*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1106-35-2069)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    On the American Option-Pricing Model with a Uncertain Volatility.
    Hong-Ming Yin, Washington State University
    Wen Wang*, Washington State University
    (1106-35-504)
• Tuesday January 13, 2015, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, II
  Room 203A, Convention Center
  

  • 1:00 p.m.