RMMC Speakers

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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

BRIO,Moysey Von Neumann paradox for weak mach reflection in gas dynamics. (graduate)
CUSHING, J. M. (cushing@math.arizona.edu) Chaos and population dynamics: mathematics and laboratory experiments. research level general faculty, (math and/or biology, graduate student, undergraduate student)
DE VITO, Carl L. (devito@math.arizona.edu) Functions and cycles and periods and time (undergraduate). Nets in locally convex spaces (research level)
MYERS, Donald E. (myers@math.arizona.edu) Estimation of integral and derivatives with scattered data (graduate or undergraduate) Interpolation with positive functions (graduate or undergraduate) Analysis of spatial data: Univariate and multivariate (undergraduate) Interpolation with vector valued data (graduate)
THAKUR, Dinesh (thakur@math.arizona.edu) Automata and transcendence Continued fractions and exponential. Arithmetic in function fields (all subjects-graduate or math courses).
THOMPSON, Richard B. Designing a basketball cover (undergraduate). GOS, the mathematics of satellite navigation (undergraduate).

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

FALK, Michael "Braid groups, discriminants, and polytyopes" "Being discrete: the topology of complex hyperplane arrangements"
NEUBERGER, John (Elementary) "The First Eigenfunction of Texas" (Graduate level) "Newton's Method for Solving Differential Equations" (Postgraduate level) "Open Problems in Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems"
WILSON, Steve Fermau's Last Theorem

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

ARMBRUSTER, D. (armbruster@asu.edu) Chaos and Dynamics in Manufacturing Systems
BAER, STEVE Computational neuroscience with applications todendritic spines, retina Neuromuscular junctions. Nonlinear dynamics of excitable cells: bursting and threshold dynamics.
BARCELO, H. (HELENE.BARCELO@asu.edu) Combinatorial homotopy theory. Applications of Combinatorial Connectivity Theory to Social Networks. Hyperplane arrangements. homotopy theory. Women Count: Some Famous Female Mathematicians and their work
BREMNER, A. (bremner@asu.edu) A problem in undergraduate analysis solved with recourse to cubical eggs.
CARLSON, M. (marilyn.carlson@asu.edu) Concept development in first semester calculus: research informs practice. Research in undergraduate mathematics education: The development of a PH.D. Program and a four course sequence.
CHILDRESS, N. (nc@artin.la.asu.edu) On maximal orders in cyclic algebras
Iwasawa's lambda invariant and the p-adic Gamma transform Formal groups and reciprocity laws
GELB, A. (ag@harvey.la.asu.edu) Reconstruction of piecewise smooth functions from their spectral data. A central scheme approach to the hydrodynamical model of carrier transport in semiconductors.
HURLBERT, G. (hurlbert@asu.edu) Graph pebbling and graph pebbling thresholds. Cryptography in a deck of cards.
JACKIEWICZ, Z. (jackiewi@math.la.asu.edu) Waveform relaxation methods for ordinary differential equations. Modern methods for ordinary differential equations.
JONES, D.A (dajones@asu.edu) Mathematical analysis of ocean models. Persistence of invariant sets for nonlinear PDEs. Determining degrees of freedom for the Navier-Stokes equations.
JONES, J. (jj@asu.edu) Low degree number fields with prescribed ramification.
KALISZEWSKI, S. (kaliszewski@asu.edu) C*-algebras. C*-actions and coactions. Graph C*-algebras.
KAWSKI, M. (kawski@asu.edu) Chronological algebras: combinatorics and control. [[Differential geometric nonlinear control]] The logarithm of the Chen series w/ applications [[Algebraic combinatorics and nonlinear control]] Geometric homogeneity and applications to stabilization [[Differential geometric nonlinear control]] Interactive visualization across the curriculum [[CAS and JAVA in diffgeom, complex analysis]] Using technology in vector calculus.
KIERSTEAD, H. (kierstead@math.la.asu.edu) On-line graph coloring. The game chromatic number of planar graphs. Forbidden trees and classes of graphs that are not vertex Ramsey.
KOSTELICH, E. (kostelich@asu.edu) Control of chaos and analysis of chaotic time series.
KUANG, Y. (kuang@asu.edu) Predator prey model theory and the paradox of enrichment. Insulin-glucose feedback dynamcis. Mathematical theory of biological control. Population dynamics with stage structure.
LAI, Y.-C. (yclai@chaos1.la.asu.edu) Control and synchronization of chaotic systems. Chaotic scattering and Hamiltonian systems. Communicating with chaos. Chaotic symbolic dynamics. Riddling and intermittency in chaotic systems. Modeling of chaotic systems. Coherence and stochastic resonances. Quantum chaos and electron transport in nanostructures.
LOPEZ J. M. (lopez@koala.la.asu.edu) Dynamics and stability of fluid flows Surfactant effects on gas/liquid interfaces
MAHALOV, ALEX (alex@taylor.la.asu.edu) 3D Navier-Stokes and Euler equations with initial data characterized by uniformly large vorticity.
MITTELMANN, H. (mittelmann@asu.edu) How do I solve my optimization problem? How do I solve my optimization problem via the Internet?
QUIGG, J. (quigg@math.asu.edu) Fundamental groups and operator algebras of higher-rank graphs Turning a circle into a noncommutative torus (graduate, faculty)
RENAUT, R. (renaut@asu.edu) Numerical issues in Medical Imaging for Alzheimer's Disease
SMITH, H. L. (halsmith@asu.edu) Mathematical models of microbial growth, competition and predation in laboratory environments.
SUSLOV, S. (sergey.suslov@asu.edu) Special functions in some problems of quantum mechanics.
SWIMMER, A. (aswimmer@asu.edu) On Golden Triangles: The Subtlety Of Their Symmetry. Intertwining Golden Spirals.
TAYLOR, T. J. (tom.taylor@asu.edu) Stochastic Counters (general faculty audience, graduate) Random Markov Chains Hebbian Markov Chains
THIEME, H.R. (h.thieme@asu.edu) Mathematical models for: Population-toxicant interaction in polluted environments, The role of cannibalism in tiger salamanders. Epidemics of infectious diseases.
WELFERT, B. (bdw@math.la.asu.edu) Scientific computing & graphical interface in engineering sciences.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

LAWLOR, Gary R. Bubbles and soap films of interesting shapes - why these shapes appear.
SNOW, Donald R. (snowd@math.byu.edu) A slick new way of getting the sums of the powers of integers and a lot more. What's new in Pascal's triangle: combinatorics and functional equations. Straightening out the logistics curve: new ways to find the logistics parameters. The table algorithm to find series solutions of linear and nonlinear ODEs.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

RIDER, Brian Random matrix theory
WALTER, Martin Mathematics and the environment (any level)

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

ALLGOWER, Eugene L. (allgower@math.colostate.edu) Topics in numerical continuation models. Exploiting symmetry in linear and nonlinear problems.
DANGELMAYR, Gerhard (gerhard@math.colostate.edu) Parity breaking instabilities in inhomogeneous systems. Synchronisation patters of hierarchically couples oscillators: an application of equivalent bifurcation theory. Convected patters in spherical shells near onset.
DUCHATEAU, Paul (pauld@math.colostate.edu) Inverse and ill-posed problems. Identification of nonlinearities in mathematical models.
ESTAP, Donald (estep@math.colostate.edu) Numerical solution of reaction-diffusion systems. Computational error estimation and adaptive error control. Preservation of dissipative dynamical properties under discretization. Shear layers in fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity.
GEORG, Kurt (georg@math.colostate.edu) 1) Matrix-free numerical continuation and bifurcation. 2) Efficient approximation of all solutions of nonlinear equations.
KIRBY, Michael (kirby@math.colostate.edu) Geometric approaches to pattern analysis and dimensionality reduction. Radial basis functions, feedforward neural networks and general techniques for empirical mappings. Data visualization and modeling.
LIEBLER, Robert (liebler@math.colostate.edu) Factoring primes with combinatorial designs.
MIRANDA, Rick (miranda@math.colostate.edu) Linear systems of plane curves.
PRESTON, Stephen (stephen.preston@colorado.edu) Mathematical fluid dynamics

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

FLASHMAN, Martin Life on a torus: some of the mathematics from the world of Pacman. The history of logarithms: a glimpse of some highlights. Mathematical encounters with the number 7. Technology and the history of mathematics. Solving calculus problems without calculus: some historical and comtemporary approaches. The real numbers: it was a long time coming. An abridged history of the real numbers from Stevin to Cohn/Scott/Solovay.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

BAYER, Margaret (bayer@math.ukans.edu) Polyhedra in Three and Four Dimensions (for undergrad math majors) Polytopes and Their Faces (for grad students and faculty)
TORRES, Rodolfo (torres@math.ku.edu) Fourier Analysis and The Colors of Nature (talk for undergraduate math majors or undergraduates in general). Multilinear Harmonic Analysis (research talk).

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

DERRICK, William R. (derrick@selway.umt.edu) An introduction to mathematical biology. Symmetry, patterns and chaos. Oscillatory radial solutions to a semilinear equation.
GIDEON, Rudy (gideon@selway.umt.edu) Correlation coefficients as comprehensive statistical tools.
GRAHAM, Jon (jgraham@selway.umt.edu) Modeling the distribution of hits at World Series web sites.
KALACHEV, Leonid (leonid@selway.umt.edu) On the principle of quasi-stationary concentrations in the presence of diffusion. Analysis of a moving pulse-type solution of the Gunn Diode problem. Review of regularization techniques for differential-algebra equations. Model reductions for multiphase phenomena occuring in bubble reactors.
KAYLL, Mark (kayll@selway.umt.edu) Random matroids: preliminary report. Normal distributions on matchings in a multigraph: overview with applications. Linear programming, hypergraphs, and the probabilistic method. Asymptotically good hyperedge covers from their fractional counterparts.
McKELVEY, Robert (ma_rwm@selway.umt.edu) Game theory and fish wars: predicting the stability of treaties for managing international resources.
McNULTY, Jennifer (mcnulty@selway.umt.edu) On oriented matroids and nonorientable matroids.
McRAE, George (ma_dgm@selway.umt.edu) Exactness of topologies and matroids.
STROETHOFF, Karel M. (ma_kms@selway.umt.edu) Harmonic Bergman spaces. Harmonic projections of polynomials. A survey of Bloch functions. Commutativity of Teoplitz operators.
TONEV, Thomas (ma_tt@selway.umt.edu) Uniform algebras.
YALE, Keith (ma_iky@selway.umt.edu) Cocyles of analysis. Bourgain algebras.

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY 5/16/08

GEDEON, Tomas (gedeon@math.montana.edu) Mathematical biology Gene regulation Neuroscience
KWAPISZ, Jarek (jarek@math.montana.edu) Translation dynamics of self-similar tilings (graduate) Nonlinear oscillations and rotation sets (graduate) Symbolic dynamics of cocyclic subshifts (graduate) Embedding pseudo-Anosov maps into toral automorphisms (graduate)

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

LEDDER, Glenn (gledder@math.unl.edu) A simple introduction to integral equations. Mathematical modeling in population dynamics.
MEAKIN, John (jmeakin@math.unl.edu) Groups and inverse semigroups: symmetry and partial symmetry (graduate students and faculty - general talk). Solving equations in free inverse semigroups (graduate students and faculty - general talk). One-relator groups and one-relator monoids (graduate students and faculty - general talk). Subgroups of free groups: the Hanna Neumann conjecture (general audience talk - undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty).
PETERSON, Allan (aperterso@math.unl.edu) Exponential functions on time scales.
SKOUG, David (dskoug@math.unl.edu) Integrals transforms, convolution products, and first variations on function spaces. Bounded variation for functions of several variables.
WIEGAND, Roger (rwiegand@math.unl.edu) Galois groups and the multiplicative structure of fields (general mathematical audience, including advanced undergraduates). Integer programming and direct sums of modules (general mathematical audience, Including advanced undergraduates). Representation theory of Cohen-Macaulay rings (graduate or research). Direct-sum cancellation of modules (graduate or research). Vanishing of Tor over local rings (research).

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY

BARANY, Ernest (ebarany@nmsu.edu) Nonlinear dynamics, control theory, modeling of infrastructure systems, dynamics of electric power networks, dynamics of computer networks.
COHEN, Marcus (marcus@nmsu.edu) Spinor unification of electroweak and gravitation. (research) Spinor geometry (undergraduate to graduate level)
GEHRKE, Mai (mgehrke@nmsu.edu) Self-dual ordered sets (undergraduate or graduate) Hunting for concepts and Galois connections (undergraduate) Propositional logics and their applications (graduate or research) Non-standard analysis/non-standard methods and their use in various branches of mathematical and theoretical computer science (undergraduate) Canonical extensions of bounded lattice expansions (research)
GIORGI, Tiziana Superconductivity (graduate)
HARDING, John (jharding@nmsu.edu) Uniquely complemented lattices (graduate student level) Decompostions in quantum logic (research level)
LAKEY, Joe (jlakey@nmsu.edu) The notion of group delay in signal analysis (general talk, accessible to undergrads) The Uncertainty Principle (general talk, accessible to undergrads or can be more advanced research level Divergence free wavelets and Navier-Stokes (research level)
LODDER, Jerry (jlodder@nmsu.edu) Topology, differential geometry (research) Curvature in the Calculus Curriculum (undergraduate to graduate level) Introducing Logic via Turning Machines (undergraduate to graduate level)
PENGELLEY, David (davidp@nmsu.edu) "Voici ce que j'ai trouve" (Here is what I have found): Sophie Germain's rediscovered manuscripts on Fermat's Last Theorem (general to undergraduate to graduate and research level possible) Gauss, Eisentstein, and the 'third' proof of the Quadratic Reciprocity Law: ein kleines Schauspiel (a mathematical play with two characters, advanced undergraduate level and up) The bridge between the continuous and discrete: sums of powers and the origins of Bernoulli numbers, via works of Archimedes, Fermat, Pascal, Bernoulli, and Euler (advanced undergraduate to graduate levels possible) Dances between continuous and discrete: Euler's summation formula (advanced undergraduate level and up) Recovering motivation in the mathematics curriculum: teaching with original historical sources (mathematics education, for those who teach mathematics at any level) Global structure theorems for unstable algebras over the Steenrod algebra (research level)
SMITS, Robert (rsmits@nmsu.edu) Random processes: betting strategies and heat flow (undergraduate) Analysis: Heat Kernels in Euclidean Domains (graduate) Brownian Motion: Exit Times from Bounded and Unbounded Domains (general) Mathematical Finance: How to Price Contracts (general)
STANFORD, Ted (stanford @nmsu.edu) Finite-type invariants of knots, links, and knotted graphs. Some uses of the lower central series in knot theory. Brunnian links are determined by their complements. The space of tilings of a torus by squares.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE STATE UNIVERSITY

CALVO, J. (jorge.calvo@ndsu.nodak.edu) Characterizing knotted polybons in R^3. (undergrad to research, depending on audience) Hexagonal Knots. (undergrad to reseach, depending on audience)
COMEZ, Dogan (dogan.domez@ndsu.nodak.edu) Topics in convergence of weighted and subsequential superadditive processes. Convergence of ergodic singular operators for admissible processes. On the interesting properties of Regular and Semi-regular solids (undergrad level)
COYKENDALL, James B. (jim.coykendall@ndsu.nodak.edu) "The half-factorial property in ring extensions" (level: appropriate for a research talk) "The strange behavior of power series rings" (level: can be couched for undergraduate math majors to research level) "Norms and factorizations in rings of integers" (level: can be couched for undergraduates up to research level)
OLSEN, James H. (james.olsen@ndsu.NoDak.edu) Recent progress in almost everywhere convergence in ergodic theory.
UNGAR, Abraham (abraham.ungar@ndsu.nodak.edu) Thomas presession: its underlying gyrogroup axioms and their use in hyperbolic geometry and relativistic physics. (undergraduate to graduate level)

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

WU, Jiahong, (jiahong@math.okstate.edu) Surface quasi-geostrophic equations; Boussinesq equations modeling quasi-geostrophic flows. The talks are suitable for graduate students who have taken a basic PDE course.

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

BOGLEY, William (bogley@math.orst.edu),http://www.orst.edu/~bogleyw) Applications of second homotopy modules to group theory Homological decisions problems for finitely generated groups with solvable word problem Improving finiteness properties of groups Finitely generated subgroups of metabelian groups of type F (3) The geometry of subgroups of the Hawaiian earring group
DRAY, Tevian (tevian@math.orst.edu),http://www.math.oregonstate.edu/~tevian The octonionic eigenvalue problem. Octonions and fermions Bridging the vector calculus gap The geometry of special relativity
OSSIANDER, Mina (ossiand@math.oregonstate.edu) Stochastic Representations of Solutions to Navier-Stokes

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

DUVAL, Arthur (artduval@math.utep.edu) Iterated homology of simplicial complexes. Algebraic shifting and sequentially Cohen-Macaulay simplicial complexes. Decompositions of simplicial complexes. Algebra, combinatorics, topology, Oh My! (undergraduates)
KAIGH, Bill (williamk@laguna.epcc.edu) Public opinion polling: how it works and doesn't work. (elementary statistics) A new course in statistics: take a CHANCE. (statistics education) K-Sample Analysis with rank spacings. (advanced statistics)
KHAMSI, Mohamed A. (mohamed@math.utep.edu) Introduction to metric fixed point theory. Random product of maps with applications to population dynamics and chaos. Fixed point theorems in logic programming and artificial intelligence.

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

BARNARD, Roger (barnard@math.ttu.edu) Famous open problems and conjectures in geometric function theory and special functions of mathematical physics. (graduate or undergraduate)
GORNET, Ruth (gornet@math.ttu.edu) Pianos and drums, mathematically speaking (undergraduate) Spectral geometry in nilmanifolds (graduate)
MARTIN, Clyde (qcfm@ttasc1.ttu.edu) Anatomy of a measles epidemic (undergraduate) Air traffic control and numerical splines (undergraduate) Dynamics of vision (undergraduate) Mathematics of sexually transmitted diseases. (undergraduate)
WEINBERG, David (weinberg@math.ttu.edu) Classifications of real algebraic curves. (graduate or undergraduate) Harmonic analysis: singular integrals and maximal functions. (graduate)

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

GOLDEN, Ken Exploring sea ice in the Weddell Sound, Antarctica (general interest) The interaction of microwaves with sea ice. Percolation models in the physics of materials.
KEENER, James A heart attack can give you mathematics (level depends upon audience)
KHOSHNEVISAN, DAVAR 3/29/06

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY

LITTLEJOHN, Lance (lance@math.usu.edu) Topics in functional analysis, differential operator theory, and orthogonal polynomials.
NAKANO, Daniel K. (nakano@math.usu.edu) Complexity for modules over classical Lie algebras and finite Chevalley groups. Cohomology of the general linear group and the symmetric group. Representation type for the blocks of Category O.
POWELL, Jim (powell@math.usu.edu) Invasive processes in population biology. Various subjects in nonlinear optics. Front propagation phenomena. Integrable structures in non-integrable systems.
SCHAAF, Renate (schaff@math.usu.edu) Topics in either ordinary of partial differential equations.
STONE, Emily (stone@math.usu.edu) Dynamical systems and applications.

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING

ALLEN, Myron The linear algebra of groundwater flow equations.
BESSAIH, Hakima: Stochastic PDE's with application in fluid mechanics. Modeling in fluid mechanics and emphasis on turbulence Population and chaos.
CHEN, BENITO Chaotic behavior of Runge-Kutta methods. Nonstandard methods for the solution of transport-reaction equations. Mathematical models for bioremediation.
IPINA, Lynne Generating data for your classroom: using CBL's. Dynamic geometry: student projects for Cabri or the Geometer's sketchpad. Graphic calculators in the middle school.
JAFARI, Farhad Holomorphic flows, cocycles and coboundaries H-infinity control theory: a rich source of problems for operator/function theorists
MOORHOUSE, Eric Number theoretical methods in finite geometry. Some algebraic geometry over finite fields.
SHADER, Bryan Scheduling conflict-free parties for a dating service. What's your sign? (An introduction to sign-solvable linear systems) GCSs, LCMs and billiards.
SHADER, Chanyoung Lee Combinatorial representation theory for Lie algebras and superalgebras.(graduate audience)
SRITHARAN, S. S. Navier-Stokes Equations-I: Stochastic Analysis Navier-Stokes Equations-II: Control Theory Navier-Stokes Equations-III: Harmonic Analysis View Point
STEIN, Andreas Algebaic number theory, cryptography, computational number theory, application of elliptic and hyperelliptic curves