AWM Research Symposium 2015

April 11 – 12, 2015

University of Maryland, College Park

Organizers:

  • Ruth Charney (Brandeis University)
  • Shelly Harvey (Rice University)
  • Kristin Lauter (Microsoft Research)
  • Gail Letzer (National Security Agency)
  • Magnhild Lien (California State University Northridge)
  • Konstantina Trivisa (University of Maryland)
  • Talitha Washington (Howard University)

Saturday, April 11, 2015

  • 8:30-8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast Math Building, Rotunda
  • 8:30-8:45 Welcoming Remarks: Kristin Lauter, AWM President, and Ruth Charney, AWM Past-President, Physics Building, Room 1412
  • 8:45-9:30 Plenary Lecture: Ingrid Daubechies, Duke University
    • Applied Mathematics Helping Art Historians and Conservators: Digital Cradle
    • Physics Building, Room 1412
    • Abstract
  • 9:30-10:15 Poster Session I, Exhibits, and Coffee, Math Building, Rotunda
  • Abstracts
  • 10:15-12:15 Special Sessions, Math Building, 5th Floor
  • Abstracts
    • Many Facets of Probability, Room 0401
    • Symplectic Topology/Geometry, Room 0403
    • PDEs in Continuum Mechanics, Room 0405
    • Sharing the Joy: Engaging Undergraduate Students in Mathematics, Room 0409
    • Mathematics at Government Labs and Centers, Room 1313
    • Topics in Computational Topology and Geometry, Room 0302
    • Recent mathematical advancements empowering signal/image processing, 0407
    • Algebraic Geometry, Room 1308
    • Number Theory, Room 1311
  • 12:15-1:45 Lunch Break (on your own)
  • 1:00-1:45 LBQT Tea (all are invited), Math Building, Math Department Lounge, 2nd Floor
  • 1:15 – 1:40 Philip Whitman, INTECH – Stock Market Stability, Math Building, Room 1311
  • 1:45-3:45 Special Sessions, Math Building
    • Abstracts
    • Many facets of Probability, Room 0401
    • Symplectic Topology/Geometry, Room 0403
    • PDEs in Continuum Mechanics, Room 0405
    • Mathematical Biology, Room 0407
    • Mathematics at Government Labs and Centers, Room 1313
    • Research from the ”Cutting EDGE,” Room 1311
    • Discrete Math, Room 0302
    • Low-dimensional Topology, Room 0409 Statistics, Room 1308
  • 3:45-4:30 Poster Session II, Exhibits, and Coffee , Math Building, Rotunda
  • 4:30-4:35 Announcements: Magnhild Lien, AWM Executive Director
  • 4:35-5.20 Plenary Lecture: Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University
    • Coloring square-free perfect graphs
    • Physics Building, Room 1412
    • Abstract
  • 5:30-7:00 Reception and Jobs Panel (6:15 pm), College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Potomac Ballroom
  • Panel: Math Research in Government and Industry
  • Moderator: Gail Letzter, U.S. Department of Defense Panelists:
    • Panelists:
    • Gagan Aggarwal, Google Research
    • Lily Chen, National Institute of Standards and Technology Michelle Dunn, National Institutes of Health
    • Deborah Lockhart, National Science Foundation Adele Merritt, National Security Agency
    • Philip Whitman, INTECH
  • 7:00-9:00 Banquet, Banquet, College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Potomac Ballroom

Sunday, April 12, 2015

  • 8:00-8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast , Math Building, Rotunda
  • 8:30-9:15 Plenary Lecture: Jill Pipher, Brown University
    • Dyadic Analysis: From Fourier to Haar to Wavelets, and back
    • Physics Building, Room 1412
    • Abstract
  • 9:15-9:30 Coffee, Math Building, Rotunda
  • 9:30-11:30 Special Sessions, Mathematical Sciences Building, 5th Floor
    • Abstracts
    • Topics in Computational Topology and Geometry, Room 0306
    • Recent mathematical advancements empowering signal/image processing, 1313
    • Algebraic Geometry, Room 1308
    • Number Theory, Room 0307
    • Sharing the Joy: Engaging Undergraduate Students in Mathematics, Room 0403
    • Research from the ”Cutting EDGE,” Room 1311
    • Discrete Math, Room 0401
    • Low-dimensional Topology, Room 0409 Statistics, Room 0405
    • Mathematical Biology, Room 0407
  • 11:45-12:30 Plenary Lecture: Katrin Wehrheim, University of California Berkeley
    • String diagrams in Topology, Geometry, and Analysis
    • Physics Building, Room 1412
    • Abstract

2015 Research Symposium Program (downloadable pdf file)

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