8:00 a.m. Lower bounds in enumerative real algebraic geometry from sign-imbalanced posets. Frank Sottile*, University of Massachusettts/ MSRI
Evgenia Soprunova, University of Massachusetts
(993-14-1402)
8:30 a.m. From nice ideals to nice initial complexes. Aldo Conca, University of Genoa
Serkan Hosten*, San Francisco State University
Rekha R. Thomas, University of Washington
(993-13-1540)
9:00 a.m. The Combinatorics of Rigid Molecules: the Molecular Conjecture and Protein Rigidity. Walter J. Whiteley*, York University
(993-52-691)
9:30 a.m. Quotients of spheres by tori. Edward Swartz*, Cornell University
(993-57-1229)
10:00 a.m. A Discrete Homotopy Theory for Graphs: New Results. Shelly Smith*, Arizona State University
(993-05-124)
10:30 a.m. Tropical Convexity. Mike Develin, American Institute of Mathematics
Bernd Sturmfels*, University of California at Berkeley
(993-05-261)
2:15 p.m. Symmetric and alternating groups as monodromy groups. Robert Guralnick, University of Southern California
John Shareshian*, Washington University
(993-05-1035)
2:45 p.m. Schubert polynomials and chains in the Bruhat order of the symmetric group. Richard P. Stanley*, M.I.T.
(993-05-307)
3:15 p.m. Graph homomorphisms and chromatic number. Eric Babson*, University of Washington
Dmitry N. Kozlov, Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm
(993-05-1694)
3:45 p.m. Some new methods in the theory of m-Quasi-Invariants of $S_n$. A. M. Garsia*, U C S D
N. Wallach, U C S D
(993-05-720)
4:15 p.m. On face numbers of manifolds with symmetry. Isabella Novik*, University of Washington
(993-05-724)
4:45 p.m. The Markov Width of a Graph. Mike Develin, American Institute of Mathematics
Seth Sullivant*, University of California, Berkeley
(993-05-1276)
5:15 p.m. A Tutte polynomial for matrices. Joseph P. S. Kung*, University of North Texas
(993-05-483)
5:45 p.m. The Kadison-Singer problem as a combinatorial question. Nik Weaver*, Washington University
(993-05-151)
1:00 p.m. On the Edelman-Reiner conjecture. Hiroaki Terao*, Tokyo Metropolitan University
(993-32-906)
1:30 p.m. The Coxeter Complex for Shephard Groups. Anne V Shepler*, University of North Texas
(993-05-1163)
2:00 p.m. Salvetti complexes as homotopy colimits. Emanuele Delucchi*, ETH Zürich
(993-52-1522)
2:30 p.m. Resonance in positive characteristic and characteristic varieties of arrangements. Michael J Falk*, Northern Arizona University
(993-13-1275)
3:00 p.m. The fundamental group and cohomology ring of the boundary of a line arrangement. Daniel C. Cohen*, Louisiana State University
Alexander I. Suciu, Northeastern University
(993-57-1305)
3:30 p.m. On the decomposability of the holonomy Lie algebra of an arrangement. Stefan Papadima, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
Alexander I. Suciu*, Northeastern University
(993-52-1642)