AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Sunday, October 21, 2007 00:26:11

Associate secretaries:
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

Saturday October 13, 2007, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
Special Session on Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology, I
Room 324, Dane Smith Hall
Organizers:
Ross Staffeldt, New Mexico State University ross@nmsu.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Introduction to Topology of Data Sets.
  Ross E. Staffeldt*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM 88003
  (1032-55-115)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Excursions in Computational and Discrete Morse Theory.
  Abhishek Jayantilal Rathod*, Stanford University
  (1032-55-25)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Hodge Theory and Rank Aggregation.
  Yuan Yao*, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
  Lek-Heng Lim, University of California at Berkeley
  (1032-55-203)

Saturday October 13, 2007, 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
Special Session on Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology, II
Room 324, Dane Smith Hall
Organizers:
Ross Staffeldt, New Mexico State University ross@nmsu.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Applications of persistent homology.
  Gunnar Erik Carlsson*, Stanford University
  (1032-55-164)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Numerical integration with respect to Euler characteristic.
  Yuliy Baryshnikov, Alcatel / Lucent
  Robert Ghrist*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  (1032-55-144)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Persistent homology of human speech data.
  Kevin P Knudson*, Mississippi State University
  (1032-55-78)

Sunday October 14, 2007, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology, III
Room 324, Dane Smith Hall
Organizers:
Ross Staffeldt, New Mexico State University ross@nmsu.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Quandles and Linking Number.
  V. Sam Nelson*, Pomona College
  Natasha Harrell, University of California, Riverside
  (1032-55-08)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Topology of EEG Data.
  Ross E. Staffeldt*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM 88003
  (1032-55-116)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Discussion

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