AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, October 18, 2008 00:36:13

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, I
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  A Small Open-Closed Homotopy Algebra.
  Tom Lada*, North Carolina State University
  (1042-55-233)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Categorified Bundles and Classifying Spaces.
  Weiwei Pan*, Wesleyan University
  (1042-55-58)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Homotopy Theory of n-fold Categories.
  Thomas M. Fiore*, University of Chicago
  Simona Paoli, University of Haifa
  Dorette Pronk, Dalhousie University
  (1042-55-70)
- 10:00 a.m.
  On the Hilbert Ideal.
  Mara D Neusel*, Texas Tech University
  (1042-13-26)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Poincar'e Duality Algebras Module Two.
  Larry Smith*, AG-Invariantentheorie
  R. E. Stong, University of Virginia
  (1042-55-137)

Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, II
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  The conjecture on spherical classes and the algebraic transfer.
  Nguyen H. V. Hung*, Vietnam National University, Hanoi and Wayne State University, Detroit
  (1042-55-111)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Additive and multiplicative cocycles and Singer's calculation of the (co)homology of $BU\langle 2k \rangle$.
  Eric Peterson*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Adam Hughes, Univesity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  JohnMark Lau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Matthew Ando, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1042-55-67)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Extensions and Singer cohomology of Hopf algebras.
  Mitja Mastnak*, Saint Mary's University
  (1042-18-158)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Rings of Symmetric Functions as Algebras over the Steenrod Algebra.
  William M. Singer*, Fordham University
  (1042-55-120)

Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, III
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  On the Symmetric Homology of Algebras.
  Shaun V Ault*, The Ohio State University
  (1042-18-92)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Finite Chevalley groups and loop groups.
  Masaki Kameko*, Toyama University of International Studies
  (1042-55-136)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Power operations and differentials in higher real $K$-theory.
  Michael A Hill*, University of Virginia
  (1042-55-140)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Spectral sequences of operad algebras.
  Kristine Bauer*, University of Calgary
  Laura Scull, Fort Lewis College
  (1042-55-68)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Calculus of Homotopy Functors Revisited.
  Brenda Johnson*, Union College
  Kristine Bauer, University of Calgary
  Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1042-55-131)

Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, IV
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Link invariants and functor calculus.
  Ismar Volic*, Wellesley College
  Brian Munson, Wellesley College
  (1042-55-182)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Deformation K-theory and moduli spaces of representations.
  Daniel A. Ramras*, Vanderbilt University
  (1042-55-153)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Discussion.
- 4:30 p.m.
  Connected covers of O and U, and Fivebrane structure.
  Hisham Sati*, Yale University
  (1042-55-234)

Inquiries: meet@ams.org