AWM at SIAM Annual Meeting 2024

Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, WA, July 8 – 12, 2024
All Times are Pacific Daylight Time

Minisymposterium: AWM Workshop

Tuesday, July 9, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Room: Hall C

This minisymposterium features poster presentations given by graduate students participating in the 2024 AWM Workshop on Complex and Nonlinear Systems. Our goal is to highlight the research of early-career scientists across a wide range of areas in applied and computational mathematics and to provide an opportunity for community building.

Chair: Heather Brooks
Harvey Mudd College, U.S.
Nancy Rodriguez
University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.
Alexandria Volkening
Purdue University, U.S.

– Choice of Model Error Covariances for Data Assimilation with the Transport Equation abstract
Sandra Babyale, Boise State University, U.S.
– Sex Differences in Glutathione Metabolism and Their Consequences abstract
Allison Cruikshank, Duke University, U.S.
– An Inertial Iterative Scheme for Solving Variational Inclusion Problems with Applications abstract
Amara R. Eze, Morgan State University, U.S.
– Piecewise Smooth Solutions to Scalar Balance Laws with Singular Source Terms abstract
Evangelia Ftaka, North Carolina State University, U.S.
– Directional Derivative of Kemeny’s Constant abstract
Kimberly Hadaway, Iowa State University, U.S.
– Improving Digital Subtraction Angiography (dsa) Image Segmentation with Cnns abstract
Asees Kaur, University of California, Merced, U.S.
– Automatic Complexity and Quantum Logic over Finite Fields abstract
Swarnalakshmi Lakshmanan, University of Hawaii, U.S.
– Sensitivity Analysis of a Permafrost Model Responding to Surface Temperature Variations in Variable Topography abstract
Praveeni Mathangadeera, Oregon State University, U.S.
– Parallel Recursive Skeletonization Solver for Dense Linear Systems on Gpu-Accelerated Computers abstract
T H Molena Nguyen, North Carolina State University, U.S.
– From Observations to Theoretical Consistency: Decoder Recovery in Coded Aperture Imaging abstract
Jocelyn Ornelas-Munoz, University of California, Merced, U.S.
– A Second-Order Partitioned Method for Fluid-Poroelastic Structure Interaction abstract
Connor Parrow, University of Notre Dame, U.S.
– Accelerating the Computation of Tensor Z Eigenvalues abstract
Rhea Shroff, University of Florida, U.S.
– Closed-Loop Solute Transport in Blood Vessels abstract
Arshia Singhal, Rice University, U.S.
– Efficiently Learning Models of Dynamic Networks abstract
Moyi Tian, Brown University, U.S.
– Generalization of S\’ark\”ozy’s Theorem in Function Fields abstract
Gauree Wathodkar,
– Efficient Generalized Exponential Integrator Scheme For Solving Non-Integer Order Differential Equations abstract
Madushi U. Wickramasinghe, Morgan State University, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Complex and Nonlinear Systems Part I of II

Wednesday, July 10, 8:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Room: 300D

This minisymposium, which is part of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Workshop, focuses on the mathematics of complex and nonlinear systems. Complex systems are present throughout the natural and social world, with examples include birds forming flocks, cells organizing during development to produce tissue, echo chambers emerging on social media, and access to resources (i.e., clinics, fresh food, or libraries) across a country evolving in time. These phenomena often involve multiscale, nonlinear dynamics and raise interdisciplinary questions that draw on many mathematical fields, including network science, topology and geometry, dynamical systems, modeling, probability, and partial differential equations. To highlight this diversity of methods and applications in complex systems and encourage new connections, our minisymposium brings together a group of speakers from the AWM Research Network for Women in Complex and Nonlinear Systems (WICNS). WICN’s first Research Collaboration Conference for Women took place at Banff International Research Station in September 2022. Building on this event, in this minisymposium, our goal is to continue to highlight the work of WICNS scientists and welcome new and established researchers to the complex and nonlinear systems community.

Organizer: Alexandria Volkening
Purdue University, U.S.
Heather Zinn Brooks
Harvey Mudd College, U.S.
Nancy Rodriguez
University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.

8:15-8:40 Rigidity and resilience in network-like biomaterials abstract
Moumita Das, Rochester Institute of Technology, U.S.
8:45-9:10 A Deep Learning Approach for the Electrical Impedance Tomography Problem abstract
Malena I. Espanol, Rosalind Sadleir, and Mason Manning, Arizona State University, U.S.; Shelby Horth, Wake Forest University, U.S.; Nicholas Wharff, Drake University, U.S.; Jacob Roarty, Arizona State University, U.S.
9:15-9:40 Multi-Timescale Plasticity in Working Memory abstract
Tahra Eissa and Zachary P. Kilpatrick, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.
9:45-10:10 Mathematical Insights into the Quantification of Endosomal Escape abstract
Keisha Cook, Clemson University, U.S.

AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture: Mathematics for Bioartificial Organ Design

Wednesday, July 10, 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Room: Hall C

The future of bioartificial organ design is poised with tremendous promise. Achieving success in this field necessitates collaborative efforts among experts spanning diverse domains such as biology, medicine, engineering, materials science, and mathematics. This presentation aims to illuminate the pivotal role played by recent advancements in mathematical analysis and numerical method development in studying the interplay between fluids and poroelastic media (fluid-poroelastic structure interaction), and how these innovations have significantly contributed to the design of a bioartificial pancreas for the treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Collaborators: Yifan Wang, Jeffrey Kuan, Justin Webster, Boris Muha, Martina Bukac, Lorena Bociu, Shuvo Roy


Suncica Canic
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Complex and Nonlinear Systems Part II of II

Wednesday, July 10, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Room: 300D

This minisymposium, which is part of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Workshop, focuses on the mathematics of complex and nonlinear systems. Complex systems are present throughout the natural and social world, with examples include birds forming flocks, cells organizing during development to produce tissue, echo chambers emerging on social media, and access to resources (i.e., clinics, fresh food, or libraries) across a country evolving in time. These phenomena often involve multiscale, nonlinear dynamics and raise interdisciplinary questions that draw on many mathematical fields, including network science, topology and geometry, dynamical systems, modeling, probability, and partial differential equations. To highlight this diversity of methods and applications in complex systems and encourage new connections, our minisymposium brings together a group of speakers from the AWM Research Network for Women in Complex and Nonlinear Systems (WICNS). WICN’s first Research Collaboration Conference for Women took place at Banff International Research Station in September 2022. Building on this event, in this minisymposium, our goal is to continue to highlight the work of WICNS scientists and welcome new and established researchers to the complex and nonlinear systems community.

Organizer: Alexandria Volkening
Purdue University, U.S.
Heather Zinn Brooks
Harvey Mudd College, U.S.
Nancy Rodriguez
University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.

4:00-4:25 A Mathematical Model to Investigate the Potency and Longevity of Phage Cocktails for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Infections abstract
Selenne Bañuelos, California State University, Channel Islands, U.S.; Zhiyuan Yu, University of Michigan, U.S.; tiffany luong and Andrew Sue, San Diego State University, U.S.; Mary Ann Horn, Case Western Reserve University, U.S.; Hwayeon Ryu, Elon University, U.S.; Qimin Huang, Case Western Reserve University, U.S.; Rebecca Segal, Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.; Dwayne Roach, San Diego State University, U.S.
4:30-4:55 Individual Motivations, Collective Behaviors: Increasing the realism of social psychological theory in models of emergent collective action abstract
Nina Fefferman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, U.S.; Alice C. Schwarze, Dartmouth College, U.S.; Mari Kawakatsu, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.; Sarah Iams, Harvard University, U.S.; Tahra Eissa, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.
5:00-5:25 Using Persistent Homology to Analyze Access to Resources with Heterogenous Quality abstract
Sarah Tymochko, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.; Abigail Hickok, Columbia University, U.S.; Gillian Grindstaff, Jiajie Luo, and Mason A. Porter, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.
5:30-5:55 Most Probable Transition Path to An Ice-Free State in the Arctic abstract
Kaitlin Hill, St. Mary’s University, U.S.; Xuan Kelsy Fei and John Gemmer, Wake Forest University, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Panel on Career Advancement at All Stages

Thursday, July 11, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Room: 300D

This panel, which is associated with the 2024 AWM Workshop, features women researchers who will share about their experiences and provide advice on career advancement at all stages. We will discuss questions related to completing graduate school, navigating the postdoc and tenure-track job market, finding industry positions, obtaining tenure, and transitioning to full professor.

Chair: Alexandria Volkening
Purdue University, U.S.
Heather Zinn Brooks

Nancy Rodriguez
University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.

Panelists:

Sarah Tymochko
University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.
Malena I. Espanol
Arizona State University, U.S.
Ulrica Wilson
Morehouse College, U.S.
Robyn Shuttleworth
Altos Labs, U.S.

The AWM 2024 SIAM Organizing Committee

A special thanks to the AWM committee members who have helped organize this year’s program:

Jamie Haddock, Harvey Mudd College

Anna Little, University of Utah

Malgorzata Peszynska, Oregon State University

Noemi Petra (Chair), University of California, Merced

Alexandria Volkening, Purdue University

Heather Zinn Brooks, Harvey Mudd College

Thanks to Our Sponsors

In addition to the many committed volunteers that make AWM events great, the AWM Workshop is supported by the NSF-DMS Grant #2113506.  Poster presenters are sponsored by the Mathematical Sciences Institutes Diversity Committee to attend a workshop at one of the Mathematical Sciences Institutes.