AWM Research Symposium 2017

April 8 – 9, 2017

University of California, Los Angeles

Organizers:

  • Raegan Higgins (Texas Tech University)
  • Kristin Lauter (Microsoft Research)
  • Magnhild Lien (California State University Northridge) Ami Radunskaya (Pomona College)
  • Tatiana Toro (University of Washington)
  • Luminita Vese (University of California Los Angeles)
  • Carol Woodward (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories)

Friday, April 7, 2017

  • 7:00-8:00 pm Registration
  • 7:00-10:00 pm Student Reception and Welcoming Event (IPAM)
  • Keynote Speaker: Sarah Moshman, director of The Empowerment Project:
  • Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things

Saturday, April 8, 2017

  • 8:00-8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast (IPAM)
  • 8:30-8:45 Welcoming Remarks: Ami Radunskaya, AWM President, and Kristin Lauter, AWM Past-President (Moore Building, Room 100)

  • 8:45-9:30 Plenary Lecture: Ruth Charney, Brandeis University
    • Searching for Hyperbolicity
    • Moore Building, Room 100
    • Abstract

  • 9:30-10:15 Poster Session I, Exhibits, and Coffee (IPAM)


  • 12:15-1:45 Lunch Break (on your own)


  • 3:45-4:30  Poster Session II, Exhibits, and Coffee (IPAM)

  • 4:30-4:35  Remarks: Gabriela Araujo, Mathematics Institute of National University of México, The International Mathematical Union’s Committee for Women in Mathematics

  • 4:35-5.20 Plenary Lecture: Svitlana Mayroboda, University of Minnesota
    • The hidden landscape of localization of eigenfunctions
    • Moore Building, Room 100
    • Abstract

  • 5:20-5:25 Group Photo
    • Gather with us for a group photo!
    • Moore Building, Room 100

  • 5:30-7:00 Reception, Faculty Center, Patio

  • 6:00-7:00 Jobs Panel, Faculty Center, Sequoia Rooms

  • 7:00-9:00 Banquet, Faculty Center, Main Dining Room

Sunday, April 9, 2017

  • 8:00-8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast (IPAM)

  • 8:30-9:15 Plenary Lecture: Linda Petzold, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Inference of the Functional Network Controlling Circadian Rhythm
    • Moore Building, Room 100
    • Abstract


  • 11:30-11:45 Exhibits and Coffee Break (IPAM)

  • 11:45-12:30 Plenary Lecture: Mariel Vazquez, University of California, Davis
    • Understanding DNA topology
    • Moore Building, Room 100
    • Abstract

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