AWM at JMM 2017

Hyatt Regency Atlanta and Marriott Atlanta Marquis, Atlanta, GA

Wednesday, January 4, 2017, 2:15 pm – 3:40 pm (A707, Atrium Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

AWM Panel Discussion: Mentoring Women in Mathematics

  • Organizer and Moderator:
  • Michelle Manes, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Panelists:
  • Helen Grundman, Bryn Mawr College
  • Suzanne Weekes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Deanna Haunsperger, Carleton College
  • Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research
  • Emina Soljanin, Rutgers University

Wednesday, January 4, 2017, 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm (A707, Atrium Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

AWM Business Meeting

Wednesday, January 4, 2017, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (A704, Atrium Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

Special Panel Presentation – The Mathematics and Mathematicians Behind Hidden Figures

Hear first-hand from the author who uncovered the mathematical contributions of African-American women whose achievements launched them to the forefront of space flight. Learn about their preparation, persistence in the face of social and political obstacles, and unconventional career paths that led to seminal contributions within the U.S. space program.

  • Moderator: Tanya Moore, co-founder of the Infinite Possibilities Conference
  • Panelists:
  • Margo Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures
  • Christine Darden, leader of the Sonic Boom Team at NASA
  • Ulrica Wilson, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Morehouse College: Highlights of the mathematics of “computer” Dorothy Hoover

Wednesday, January 4, 2017, 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm (Imperial Ballroom B, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

AWM Reception and Awards Presentation

Thursday, January 5, 2017, 10:05 am – 10:55 am (Atrium Ballroom, Atrium Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

AWM-AMS Noether Lecture – Real loci in symplectic manifolds

Lisa Jeffrey, University of Toronto

Let M be a symplectic manifold and let σ be an antisymplectic involution on M. The real locus is the fixed point set of the involution. It is a Lagrangian submanifold. Suppose also M is equipped with the Hamiltonian action of a torus T. It is possible to define a compatibility between T and M. This set of ideas was introduced in a 1983 paper by Hans Duistermaat. In this talk I will describe some developments in this field since Duistermaat’s foundational paper. My contributions in this area are joint work with Liviu Mare, and (in a separate project) with Nan-Kuo Ho, Khoa Dang Nguyen and Eugene Xia.

Thursday, January 5, 2017, 4:25 pm – 5:25 pm (Atrium Ballroom, Atrium Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

Joint Prize Session

Friday, January 6, 2017, 8:00 am – 10:50 am (International C, International Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

AMS-AWM Special Session on Symplectic Geometry, Moment Maps and Morse Theory, I

  • Abstracts
  • Organizers:
  • Matilde Lalin, Université de Montréal
  • Rosa Orellana, Dartmouth College
  • Anne Shepler, University of North Texas

 

  • 8:00 a.m. Contraction of a Hamiltonian K-space,
    Christopher Allen Manon*, George Mason University
    (1125-51-840)
  • 8:30 a.m. On geometric quantization of b-symplectic manifolds,
    Victor Guillemin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Eva Miranda, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
    Jonathan Weitsman*, Northeastern University
    (1125-58-1001)
  • 9:00 a.m. Vanishing theorems in the cohomology ring of the moduli space of parabolic bundles,
    Elisheva Adina Gamse*, University of Toronto
    (1125-51-2305)
  • 9:30 a.m. Positivity in Schubert Calculus, with Symplectic Analogs,
    R Goldin*, George Mason University
    (1125-51-2040)
  • 10:00 a.m. Invariants of pairs in SL(4,C) and SU(3,1),
    Sean D Lawton*, George Mason University
    Krishnendu Gongopadhyay, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali
    (1125-14-1016)
  • 10:30 a.m. Discussion

Friday, January 6, 2017, 1:00 pm – 5:50 pm (International C, International Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

AMS-AWM Special Session on Symplectic Geometry, Moment Maps and Morse Theory, II

  • Abstracts
  • Organizers:
  • Matilde Lalin, Université de Montréal
  • Rosa Orellana, Dartmouth College
  • Anne Shepler, University of North Texas

 

  • 1:00 p.m. Beyond toric blow-ups,
    Sonja Hohloch, University of Antwerp
    Silvia Sabatini, University of Cologne
    Daniele Sepe, Federal Fluminense University
    Margaret Symington*, Mercer University
    (1125-53-2941)
  • 1:30 p.m. GKM graphs for odd dimensional manifolds with torus actions,
    Chen He*, Northeastern University
    (1125-53-844)
  • 2:00 p.m. Convexity property of Hamiltonian transversely symplectic manifolds,
    Yi Lin*, Georgia Southern University
    (1125-53-762)
  • 2:30 p.m. Norm-square localization for Hamiltonian
    LG-spaces    ,
    Yiannis Loizides*, University of Toronto
    Eckhard Meinrenken, University of Toronto
    (1125-53-1577)
  • 3:00 p.m. Dirac geometry of folded symplectic and b-symplectic structures,
    Geoffrey Scott*, University of Toronto
    (1125-53-2984)
  • 3:30 p.m. C0-characterization of symplectic embeddings via Lagrangian embeddings,
    Stefan Müller*, Georgia Southern University
    (1125-53-101)
  • 4:00 p.m. Product Structures for Generating Family Cohomology of Legendrian Submanifolds,
    Ziva Myer*, Bryn Mawr College
    (1125-53-1053)
  • 4:30 p.m. On Fillability of Higher Dimensional Contact Manifolds Supporting Iterated Planar Open Books,
    Bahar Acu*, University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles
    (1125-53-176)
  • 5:00 p.m. Symplectic and Contact Imprimitivity,
    François Ziegler*, Georgia Southern University
    (1125-53-3063)
  • 5:30 p.m. Discussion

Friday, January 6, 2017, 2:35 pm – 3:55 pm (International 5, International Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

MAA Committee on the Mathematical Education of Teachers (COMET) and AWM Committee on Education Panel Discussion: Highlighting Contributions to Mathematics Education from Members of Departments of Mathematical Sciences

Friday, January 6, 2017, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm (Marquis Ballroom Prefunction, Marquis Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

Association for Women in Mathematics Workshop Poster Presentations by Women Graduate Students and Reception

  • Organizers:
  • Matilde Lalin, Université de Montréal
  • Rosa Orellana, Dartmouth College
  • Anne Shepler, University of North Texas

 

  • Effects of recurrent excitation in neuronal network models,
    R. Melody Takeuchi*, Tufts University
    Christoph Borgers, Tufts University
  • On the ramification of étale cohomology groups,
    Isabel Leal*, University of Chicago
  • Higher Congruences between Newforms and Eisenstein Series,
    Catherine M Hsu*, University of Oregon
  • The Weinstein Conjecture for Iterated Planar Open Books,
    Bahar Acu*, University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles
  • Graph Algebras with Amalgamated Free Products,
    Erin Brownlee*, North Dakota State University
  • Regularity conditions for quadratic forms and Hermitian forms,
    Alicia Marino*, Wesleyan University
    Wai Kiu Chan, Wesleyan University
  • Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamics of Phytoplankton-Zooplankton Interactions with a Toxin Producing Phytoplankton,
    T.Mihiri M De Silva*, Texas Tech University
    Sophia Jang, Texas Tech University
  • A lower bound for the least prime in an arithmetic progression,
    Junxian Li*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Kyle Pratt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    George Shakan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • The augmentation category map induced by exact Lagrangian cobordisms,
    Yu Pan*, Duke University
  • Handicap principle implies emergence of dimorphic ornaments,
    Sara M. Clifton*, Northwestern University
    Rosemary I. Braun, Northwestern University
    Daniel M. Abrams, Northwestern University
  • Exploding trousers and computing the intractable: An introduction to scattering-symplectic geometry,
    Melinda Lanius*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • The Maximum Number of Triangles in a Graph with a Fixed Number of Edges and Maximum Degree,
    Rachel Kirsch*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Jamie Radcliffe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Vector bundles of conformal blocks- rank One and finite generation,
    Natalie Hobson*, University of Georgia
  • Fractional Separation Dimension,
    Sarah Loeb*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Douglas B. West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Zhejiang Normal University
  • Characterizations of hysteresis in conceptual Arctic sea ice models
    Kaitlin Hill*, Northwestern University
    Mary Silber, University of Chicago
  • Geodesic Language Complexity and Group Structure,
    Maranda Franke*, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  • Nonassociative numbers and the infinite tree of valency four,
    Stefanie Wang*, Iowa State University
  • Partitions into kth powers of terms in an arithmetic progression,
    Bruce C. Berndt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Amita Malik*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Alexandru Zaharescu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Spacing Problems and the Pair Correlation Statistics,
    Sneha Chaubey*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • A New Northcott Property for Faltings’ Heights,
    Lucia Mocz*, Princeton University

Saturday, January 7, 2017, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. (A704, Atrium Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)

AMS-AWM Special Session on Special Session on Number Theory, I

  • Organizers:
  • Alina Bucur, University of California, San Diego
  • Ellen Eischen, University of Oregon

 

  • 8:00 am Ring-LWE for the number theorist
    Yara Elias, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
    Ekin Ozman, Boğaziçi University
    Kristin E. Lauter, Microsoft Research
    Katherine E Stange*, University of Colorado Boulder
    (1125-11-747)
  • 8:30 am Curves with many automorphisms,
    Irene Bouw, Ulm University
    Wei Ho, University of Michigan
    Beth Malmskog, Villanova University
    Renate Scheidler, University of Calgary
    Padmavathi Srinivasan, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Christelle Vincent*, University of Vermont
    (1125-14-159)
  • 9:00 am The inverse Galois problem for symplectic groups,
    Valentijn Karemaker*, University of Pennsylvania
    Sara Arias-de-Reyna, University of Seville
    Cécile Armana, Université de Franche-Comté
    Marusia Rebolledo, Université Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand 2
    Lara Thomas, Université de Franche-Comté
    Núria Vila, University of Barcelona
    (1125-11-641)
  • 9:30 am Explicit constructions of Ramanujan Bigraphs,
    Cristina M Ballantine*, College of the Holy Cross
    Brooke Feigon, The City College of New York
    Radhika Ganapathy, University of British Columbia
    Janne Kool, Max Plank Institute for Mathematics
    Kathrin Maurischat, University of Heidelberg
    Amy Wooding, McGill University
    (1125-20-746)
  • 10:00 am Classification of Elliptic Fibrations of a Singular K3 Surface,
    Marie José Bertin, Jussieu Institute of Mathematics, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
    Alice Garbagnai, University of Milan,Italy
    Ruthi Hortsch*, Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics
    Odile Lecacheux, Jussieu Institute of Mathematics, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
    Makiko Mase, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
    Cecília Salgado, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Ursula Whitcher, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    (1125-11-783
  • 10:30 am Symmetries of Rational Functions Arising in Ecalle’s Study of Multiple Zeta Values,
    Adriana Salerno*, Bates College
    Damaris Schindler, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics
    Amanda Tucker, SUNY Geneseo
    (1125-11-1323)
  • 11:00 am Orbital Integrals and Shalika Germs for slnsln and sp2nsp2n,
    Sharon M Frechette*, College of the Holy Cross
    Lance Robson, Vancouver, British Columbia
    (1125-11-1139)
  • 11:30 am , Transfer of Transfer,
    Thomas C. Hales, University of Pittsburgh
    Sharon Frechette, College of the Holy Cross
    Lance Robson, Vancouver, BC
    (1125-22-1605)

Saturday, January 7, 2017, 1:30 pm – 4:50 pm (A704, Atrium Level, Marriott Atlanta Marquis)
AMS-AWM Special Session on Special Session on Number Theory, II

  • Organizers:
  • Alina Bucur, University of California, San Diego
  • Ellen Eischen, University of Oregon

 

  • 1:30 pm Obstructions to the Hasse principle on Enriques surfaces,
    Francesca Balestrieri, University of Oxford
    Jennifer Berg*, Rice University
    Michelle Manes, University of Hawai’i
    Jennifer Park, University of Michigan
    (1125-11-712)
  • 2:00 pm Galois action on Fermat curves,
    Rachel Davis, University of Wisconsin
    Rachel Pries, University of Colorado
    Vesna Stojanoska, UIUC
    Kirsten Wickelgren*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1125-11-1229)
  • 2:30 pm Fermat curves and Heisenberg extensions,
    Rachel Davis*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Rachel Pries, Colorado State University
    Vesna Stojanoska, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Kirsten Wickelgren, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1125-11-1253)
  • 3:00 pm Kneser-Hecke operators for codes over finite chain rings,
    Amy Feaver, The King’s University
    Anna Haensch*, Duquesne University
    Jingbo Liu, University of Hong Kong
    Gabi Nebe, RWTH Aachen
    (1125-11-166)
  • 3:30 pm Generalized Legendre Curves and Quternionic Multiplication,
    Alyson Deines, Center for Communications Research
    Jenny G. Fuselier, High Point University
    Ling Long, Louisiana State University
    Holly Swisher, Oregon State University
    Fang-Ting Tu*, Louisiana State University
    (1125-11-305)
  • 4:00 pm p-adic q-expansion principle and families of automorphic forms on unitary groups of arbitrary signature,
    Ana Caraiani, Universität Bonn
    Ellen Eischen, University of Oregon
    Jessica Fintzen*, University of Michigan / University of Cambridge
    Elena Mantovan, Caltech
    Ila Varma, Columbia University
    (1125-11-1108)
  • 4:30 pm Bad reduction of genus 3 curves with Complex Multiplication,
    Irene Bouw, Ulm University
    Jenny Cooley, Department of Education, Warwick, England
    Elisa Lorenzo-Garcia, Leiden University
    Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research
    Michelle Manes*, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Rachel Newton, University of Reading
    Ekin Ozman, Boğaziçi University
    (1125-11-435)