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