AWM Activites at the 2002 Joint Mathematics Meetings

AWM would like to invite you to our events to be held in conjunction with the Joint Mathematics Meetings San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, January 6 - 9, 2002

Preliminary schedule as of October 12, 2001.

Sunday, January 6, 2002, 3:20 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Room 14B, Convention Center
AWM Panel Discussion
Mathematics after high school: How to promote success for more
Organizers:
- Cathy Kessel
- Suzanne M. Lenhart (AWM President), Univ. Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab
- Teri Jo Murphy, University of Oklahoma
Moderators:
- Teri Jo Murphy, University of Oklahoma
- Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University
Panelists:
- Rebecca Ambrose, San Diego State University
- Melinda W. Certain, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Cathy Kessel
- Judy Walker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
At the conclusion of the panel discussion, AWM will recognize the Alice T. Schafer Prize winner, runner-up, and honorable mention honorees. Note that formal prizewinner announcements are made at the Joint Prize Session on Thursday afternoon.
Sunday, January 6, 2002, 4:35 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Room 14B, Convention Center
AWM Business Meeting
All AWM members are invited to attend.
Sunday, January 6, 2002, 6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m., Location TBA
AWM Noether Dinner
AWM will have a get-together with the Noether Lecturer for a casual dinner. If you would like to join us, a sign-up sheet will be at the AWM Table in the exhibit area of at the AWM Panel on Sunday.
Sunday, January 6, 2002, 9:30 p.m., Marina Ballroom Foyer, Marriott
AWM Reception
The entire math community invited. Refreshments and a cash bar will be available.
Monday, January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m., Room 6 A/B, Convention Center
23nd Annual AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
Computing over the Reals: Where Turing meets Newton
Lenore Blum, Carnegie Mellon University
Monday, January 7, 2002, 4:25 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Room 6 A/B, Convention Center
Joint Prize Session
The following AWM prizes will be awarded in this session:
- 12th Annual Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Educations
- 12th Annual Alice T. Schafer Prices for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman
A cash bar reception will immediately follow the prize session.
Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Location TBA
AWM Workshop Dinner & Discussion Group
For all workshop presenters, mentors, panelists, and organizers.
Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 8:20 a.m.-4:40 p.m., Room 6 F, Convention Center
AWM Workshop
The entire math community is invited to attend all workshop presentations.

Organizers:
- Gail D. L. Ratcliff, University of Missouri, St. Louis
- Sue Geller, Texas A&M University
- Jodie D. Novak, University of Northern Colorado
Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 8:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m., Room 6 F, Convention Center
AWM Workshop: Research Talks by Recent Women Ph.D.s, I
- 8:30 a.m.
  Sara Faridi, George Washington University
  Simplicial Complexes in Commutative Algebra
- 9:00 a.m.
  Adela Vraciu, University of Kansas
  Tight closure and linkage
- 9:30 a.m.
  Ana Bravo, University of Michigan
  Algorithms of resolution of singularities: Recent results
- 10:00 a.m.
  Yevgenia Kashina, Syracuse University
  From Groups to Hopf Algebras
Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m., Room 6 F, Convention Center
AWM Workshop: Women Graduate Student Poster Session
Light refreshements will be served.
- Karen Ball, University of Maryland, College Park
  Entropy and Equivalence of Random Walks on Random Sceneries
- Robin Endelman, University of Cincinnati
  A New 2-parameter Variation of the Quantum Yang-Baxter Equation
- Suzanne Lynch Hruska, Cornell University
  Hyperbolicity in the Complex Henon Family
- Reva S. Kasman, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Norms and the Bieri-Neumann-Strebel Invariant
- Oana Mocioalca, University of Florida
  Summable processes
- Karen Ricciardi, University of Vermont
  The Modified Tunneling Approach to Solving a Nonlinear Optimization Problem Applied to Groundwater Remediation Design
- Svetlana Roudenko, Michigan State University
  Function Spaces with Matrix Weights, and Applications to Wavelets
- Jessica Sidman, University of Michigan
  The Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of subspace arrangements
- Linda B. Smolka, Pennsylvania State University
  Filament Dynamics of Non-Newtonian Fluids
- Katherine Socha, University of Texas at Austin
  Sand and Sea: Analysis of a Model of Coastal Sandbar Formation
- Sarah A. Spence, Cornell University
  Generalized coset codes and lattices
- Elizabeth A. Stanhope, Dartmouth College
  Using Geometry to Bound Homotopy Types in 2-orbifolds with Isolated Singularities
Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., Room 6 F, Convention Center
AWM Workshop:Lunch and Discussion Group
For workshop presenters, mentors, organizers, discussion group leaders, and invited guests.
Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m., Room 6 F, Convention Center
AWM Workshop: Panel Discussion
Launching a Career in Mathematics.
Moderators:
- Jodie D. Novak, University of Northern Colorado
Panelists:
- Catherine E. Kriloff, Idaho State University
- Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research
- Judy Walker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Nancy J. Wyshinski, Trinity College, CT
Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Room 6 F, Convention Center
AWM Workshop: Research Talks by Recent Women Ph.D.s, II
- 2:00 p.m.
  Irina Mitrea, Institute for Advanced Study
  Spectral properties of elliptic layer potentials on non-smooth domains
- 2:30 p.m.
  Jianyuan Kathy Zhong, Louisiana Tech University
  Hecke Algebras and Homflypt Skein Modules
- 3:00 p.m.
  Mireille (Mimi) Boutin, Brown University
  An algorithmic approach to the invariant approximation of differential invariants
- 3:30 p.m.
  Rodica D. Costin, Rutgers University
  Location and type of singularities of generic nonlinear differential systems
- 4:00 p.m.
  Alexandra Smirnova, Georgia State University
  Regularization of nonlinear unstable operator equations by secant-type method
AWM Workshop closing remarks will follow the last talk in this session.