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2009 Spring Southeastern Section Meeting
Raleigh, NC, April 4-5, 2009 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1048

Associate secretaries:
Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu

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Saturday April 4, 2009

• Saturday April 4, 2009, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Foyer, Riddick Hall
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Foyer, Riddick Hall
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Computational Methods in Lie Theory, I
  Room 339, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Eric Sommers, University of Massachusetts, Amherst esommers@math.umass.edu
  Molly Fenn, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Quivers with anti-involutions.
    Zongzhu Lin*, Kansas State University and National Science Foundation
    Yi Fang, Australia National University
    (1048-05-316)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    $\operatorname{Ext}^{1}$-quivers for the Witt Algebra $W(1,1)$.
    Brian D. Boe*, University of Georgia
    Daniel K. Nakano, University of Georgia
    Emilie Wiesner, Ithaca College
    (1048-17-302)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Strong Lefschetz Property for Co-invariant Rings of Finite Reflection Groups.
    Chris R. McDaniel*, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    (1048-05-251)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras.
    Shun-Jen Cheng*, Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica
    (1048-17-208)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Smooth components of Springer fibers.
    William Graham*, University of Georgia
    Roger Zierau, Oklahoma State University
    (1048-22-268)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Nilpotent orbits in characteristic 2 and Springer correspondence.
    Ting Xue*, Massachusettes Institute of Technology
    (1048-20-150)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Brauer Groups, Quadratic Forms, Algebraic Groups, and Lie Algebras, I
  Room 325, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Eric S. Brussel, Emory University
  Skip Garibaldi, Emory University skip@mathcs.emory.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Ramification in Bad characteristics.
    David J Saltman*, Center for Communications Research Princeton
    (1048-12-176)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Patching subfields of division algebras.
    David Harbater, University of Pennsylvania
    Julia Hartmann, Aachen University
    Daniel Krashen*, University of Georgia
    (1048-16-337)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    $\operatorname{Spin}_7$ as a differential Galois group.
    Arne Ledet*, Texas Tech University
    (1048-12-62)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Indecomposable division algebras in the Brauer group of $\mathbb{Q}_p(t)$.
    Kelly McKinnie*, Rice University/University of Montana
    Eric Brussel, Emory University
    Eduardo Tengan, ICMC/Universidade de São Paulo
    (1048-16-286)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Lattice invariants over cyclic groups and Noether settings.
    Esther Beneish*, Central Michigan University
    (1048-20-339)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Essential dimension and abelian varieties.
    Patrick Gerald Brosnan*, University of British Columbia
    (1048-14-217)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Galois Module Theory and Hopf Algebras, I
  Room 315, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Robert G. Underwood, Auburn University Montgomery runderwo@aum.edu
  James E. Carter, College of Charleston
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Morita equivalences between Hopf-Galois extensions. Applications.
    Stefaan Caenepeel*, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Andrei Marcus, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    (1048-16-313)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Hopf-Galois theory and the quasi-co-Frobenius property.
    Joost Vercruysse*, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    (1048-16-98)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Regular Permutation Groups of Order mp.
    Timothy Kohl*, Boston University
    (1048-13-49)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hopf-Galois module structure of graded rings.
    Robert G Underwood*, Auburn University Montgomery, Florida State University
    (1048-13-238)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Coxeter transformation and inverses of Cartan matrices for coalgebras.
    William Chin*, DePaul University
    Daniel Simson, Nicolaus Copernicas University
    (1048-16-374)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the Galois Module Structure of Square Classes of Maximal Elementary Abelian $2$-Extensions.
    Adam Topaz*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1048-11-346)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Applications of Dynamical Systems to Problems in Biology, I
  Room 461, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  John E. Franke, North Carolina State University franke@math.ncsu.edu
  James F. Selgrade, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Using Toxicokinetic Data to Develop Model Predictions for 4-Methylimidazole Chronic Exposure.
    Cammey Cole Manning*, Meredith College
    (1048-92-83)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Development of a Quantitative Model for Nuclear Receptor-Mediated Induction of Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzymes.
    Nicholas S. Luke*, U.S. EPA, ORD/NHEERL/ETD/PKB
    Michael J DeVito, U.S. EPA, ORD/NHEERL/ETD/PKB
    Imran Shah, U.S. EPA, ORD/NCCT
    Hisham A El-Masri, U.S. EPA, ORD/NHEERL/ETD/PKB
    (1048-92-232)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Model of a Perfluorinated Chemical Using Time-Dependent and Concentration-Dependent Changes in the Pharmacokinetic Parameters.
    Leona A Harris*, The College of New Jersey
    Hugh A Barton, Pfizer Global Research & Development
    (1048-92-111)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Establishing metabolic changes in the rat during exposures of carbon tetrachoride and trichloroethylene through the use of physiologically based (PBPK) modeling.
    Karen A. Yokley*, Elon University
    Marina V. Evans, U.S. EPA, ORD/NHEERL/ETD/PKB
    Jane E. Simmons, U.S. EPA, ORD/NHEERL/ETD/PKB
    (1048-92-281)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Dynamics of a Human Menstrual Cycle Model with Multiple Inhibins.
    R. Drew Pasteur*, College of Wooster
    James F. Selgrade, North Carolina State University
    (1048-92-293)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Complex temporal patterns of spontaneous initiation and termination of reentry in a loop of cardiac tissue.
    David Chan*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    H. Sedaghat, Virginia Commonwealth University
    M.A. Wood, Virginia Commonwealth University
    J.W. Cain, Virginia Commonwealth University
    C.K. Cheng, Virginia Commonwealth University
    C.M. Baumgarten, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1048-92-29)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Rings and Monoids, I
  Room 301, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Scott T. Chapman, Sam Houston State University scott.chapman@shsu.edu
  James B. Coykendall, North Dakota State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Intersections of valuation overrings of two-dimensional Noetherian domains.
    Bruce M Olberding*, New Mexico State University
    (1048-13-266)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Star and semistar operations in polynomial extensions.
    Marco Fontana*, Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
    Gyu Whan Chang, University of Incheon, Republic of Korea
    (1048-13-151)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Prime ideals in two-dimensional domains.
    Roger A Wiegand, University of Nebraska Lincoln
    Sylvia M Wiegand*, University of Nebraska Lincoln
    (1048-13-284)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Pointwise minimal extensions.
    Paul-Jean Cahen*, Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille)
    David E. Dobbs, University of Tenessee
    Thomas G. Lucas, University of North Carolina Charlotte
    (1048-13-134)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Patching together a minimal overring.
    David E. Dobbs*, University of Tennessee
    Jay Shapiro, George Mason University
    (1048-13-145)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Existence of Rings of Finite Rank $n$ as well as Further Explorations into the $n$-generator property.
    Amanda Hagen Matson*, University of Minnesota, Morris
    (1048-13-267)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Groups and Symmetric Spaces, I
  Room 319, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Stacy Beun, Cabrini College slb96@cabrini.edu
  Aloysius Helminck, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Invariant Theory of the Enveloping Algebra.
    Alfred Gérard Noël*, The University of Massachusetts Boston
    Steven Glenn Jackson, The University of Massachusetts Boston
    (1048-22-66)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A duality map for nilpotent orbits.
    Eric Sommers*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1048-17-54)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Shintani lifting, finite subfield symmetric spaces, and real-valued characters.
    C. Ryan Vinroot*, College of William and Mary
    (1048-20-146)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Algorithms for computing characters of real reductive symmetric spaces.
    Jennifer R Daniel*, Lamar University
    Daniel J Gagliardi, SUNY Canton
    (1048-20-245)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    New results for p-adic symmetric spaces and their representations.
    G. F. Helminck*, Korteweg de Vries Institute for Mathematics
    A. G. Helminck, NCSU
    (1048-22-272)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Generating equivalence classes of B-stable ideals.
    Molly Fenn*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-22-278)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Kac-Moody Algebras, Vertex Algebras, Quantum Groups, and Applications, I
  Room 321, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Bojko N. Bakalov, North Carolina State University bojko_bakalov@ncsu.edu
  Naihuan N. Jing, North Carolina State University
  Kailash C. Misra, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Multisum identities related to $A_1^{(1)}$.
    Robert Lee Wilson*, Rutgers University
    (1048-17-336)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On Constant term identities of Cherednik-Macdonald-Mehta type for $\widehat{sl_2 \mathbb{C}}$.
    Sankaran Viswanath*, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
    (1048-17-46)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On Free Field Type Realizations for $\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}_n}$.
    Ben L Cox*, College of Charleston
    Andre G. Bueno, University of Sao Paulo
    Vyacheslav Futorny, University of Sao Paulo
    (1048-17-162)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    W-algebras, quantum groups and logarithmic conformal field theory.
    Antun Milas*, University at Albany (SUNY)
    (1048-17-137)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Rationality of the vertex algebra $V_L^+$ when $L$ is a non-degenerate even lattice of arbitrary rank.
    Gaywalee Kerman Yamskulna*, Illinois State University
    (1048-81-260)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Borcherds (GKM) algebras and finite order automorphisms.
    Elizabeth Jurisich*, The College of Charleston
    (1048-17-259)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on the Mathematics of Biochemical Reaction Networks, I
  Room 105, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Anne Shiu, University of California Berkeley
  Manoj Gopalkrishnan, University of Southern California
  Gheorghe Craciun, University of Wisconsin-Madison craciun@math.wisc.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Chemical Reaction Network Theory: The Strange Relationship of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Mathematics.
    Martin Feinberg*, Ohio State University
    (1048-92-383)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Complete Networks of Reversible Binding Reactions.
    Gilles Gnacadja*, Amgen
    (1048-92-243)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Oscillations in Biochemical Reaction Networks.
    Maya Mincheva*, Northern Illinois University
    (1048-92-319)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Solvability of QSSA in chemical kinetics.
    Casian A. Pantea*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    James B Rawlings, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Gheorghe Craciun, Department of Mathematics and Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1048-92-122)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Algebraic Statistical Model for Inferring Biochemical Reactions Network.
    Grzegorz A Rempala*, Department of Biostatistics, Medical College of Georgia
    (1048-92-97)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Applications of Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics, I
  Room 232A, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Seth M. Sullivant, North Carolina State University smsulli2@ncsu.edu
  Carla D. Savage, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    These talks are presented jointly with the Special Session on Rings, Algebras, and Varieties in Combinatorics.
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Admissible $W$-Graphs and Commuting Cartan Matrices.
    John R. Stembridge*, University of Michigan
    (1048-05-202)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Graph Multiplihedra.
    Satyan L Devadoss*, Williams College
    Stefan Forcey, Tennessee State University
    (1048-57-34)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The ${\bf c}{\bf d}$-index of Bruhat and balanced graphs.
    Richard Ehrenborg*, University of Kentucky
    Margaret Readdy, University of Kentucky
    (1048-05-106)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Broken Diamonds and Partition Congruences.
    Peter Paule*, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC)
    (1048-05-323)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $k$-Schur functions, graded $S_n$ modules, and the flag variety.
    Mark D Haiman*, UC Berkeley
    Li-Chung Chen, UC Berkeley
    (1048-05-191)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology and Geometry, I
  Room 314, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Nathan M. Dunfield, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign nmd@uiuc.edu
  John B. Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Lenhard Ng, Duke University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Open books and cabling.
    John B Etnyre*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1048-57-78)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The self-linking number for braids in $L(k,1)$.
    Keiko Kawamuro, The Institute for Advanced Study
    Elena Pavelescu*, Rice University
    (1048-57-215)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Transverse Invariants and Bindings of Open Books.
    David Shea Vela-Vick*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1048-57-225)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Knot contact homology and string topology.
    Lenhard Ng*, Duke University
    (1048-57-110)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Normal rulings of Legendrian knots.
    Dan Rutherford*, Duke University
    (1048-51-149)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Rings, Algebras, and Varieties in Combinatorics, I
  Room 232A, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Patricia Hersh, North Carolina State University phersh@indiana.edu
  Christian Lenart, SUNY Albany
  Nathan Reading, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    See the detail of the talks presented jointly under the listing for the Special Session on Applications of Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics, I.
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Enumerative Geometry and Related Topics, I
  Room 115, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Richard L. Rimanyi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Leonardo C. Mihalcea, Duke University lmihalce@math.duke.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The positroid stratification of the Grassmannian.
    David E Speyer*, MIT/Clay Mathematics Institute
    Allen Knutson, Cornell
    Thomas Lam, Harvard
    (1048-14-262)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The cohomology class of positroid varieties, and quantum cohomology.
    Allen Knutson, Cornell University
    Thomas Lam*, Harvard University
    David Speyer, MIT/Clay
    (1048-14-196)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Equivariant (K-Theory) jeu de taquin for Grassmannians.
    Alexander Yong*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Hugh Thomas, University of New Brunswick
    (1048-05-81)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Intersecting some special subvarieties of the flag variety.
    Julianna Tymoczko*, University of Iowa
    (1048-14-356)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Advancements in Turbulent Flow Modeling and Computation, I
  Room 145, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Leo G. Rebholz, Clemson University ler6@math.pitt.edu
  Traian Iliescu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Numerical Simulation of Oceanic Gravity Currents.
    Traian Iliescu*, Virginia Tech
    (1048-86-124)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Adaptive mesh refinement for turbulent flow computations.
    Sorin M. Mitran*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1048-76-250)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    El Nino Southern Oscillation as Sporadic Oscillations between Metastable States.
    Tian Ma, Sichuan University
    Shouhong Wang*, Indiana University
    (1048-86-72)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Uncoupling Atmosphere-Ocean Models.
    William Layton*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1048-76-138)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Analysis of an anisotropic scale similarity LES model.
    Luigi C Berselli*, Universita' degli studi di Pisa, ITALY
    (1048-35-101)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion.
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometry of Differential Equations, I
  Room 160, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Thomas A. Ivey, College of Charleston
  Irina A. Kogan, North Carolina State University iakogan@ncsu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Cartan's equivalence method and singularity analysis.
    Raouf Dridi*, Czech Technical University
    (1048-34-221)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Integrability of 2nd order PDE and the geometry of $GL(2,\mathbb{R})$-structures.
    Abraham D. Smith*, Duke University
    (1048-53-05)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Maximally symmetric hyperbolic equations of generic type.
    Dennis The*, Texas A&M University
    (1048-53-109)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Geometry of control-affine systems in low dimensions.
    Jeanne Clelland*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    Christopher Moseley, Calvin College
    George Wilkens, University of Hawaii, Manoa
    (1048-53-280)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On projective equivalence of univariate polynomial subspaces.
    Robert Milson*, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
    (1048-22-102)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Lie point symmetries and numerical solutions of differential equations.
    Pavel Winternitz*, Universite de Montreal
    (1048-34-247)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, I
  Room 450, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Stanca M. Ciupe, Duke University stanca.ciupe@duke.edu
  Jonathan Forde, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Modeling of the implications of vaccine on the within-host dynamics of the closely related pathogens.
    Juilee Thakar*, Pennsylvania State University
    Timothy Reluga, Pennsylvania State University
    (1048-00-207)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Kinetic of influenza A virus in the human respiratory tract and the interferon response.
    Abdessamad Tridane*, Arizona State University at Polytechnic campus
    (1048-92-222)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A simple mathematical model to understand influenza's complex evolutionary dynamics.
    Katia Koelle*, Duke University
    Meredith Kamradt, Duke University
    (1048-92-204)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Mathematical model of the mammalian immune response to influenza A.
    Ian Price*, University of Pittsburgh
    David Swigon, University of Pittsburgh
    G Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh
    Gilles Clermont, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine
    (1048-34-147)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Multi-strain within-host virus dynamics.
    Patrick De Leenheer*, University of Florida
    (1048-92-277)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations and Applications, I
  Room 110, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Alina Chertock, North Carolina State University
  Zhilin Li, North Carolina State University zhilin@math.ncsu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A simple proof of Cucker-Smale flocking dynamics and the mean field limit.
    Jian-Guo Liu*, University of Maryland
    (1048-65-214)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On computing solutions of thin film equations.
    Thomas P. Witelski*, Duke University
    (1048-35-136)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Efficient methods of images for hybrid explicit/implicit solvent simulations.
    Shaozhong Deng*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (1048-65-273)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A fresh look at dispersion-preserving, compact schemes using the Z-transform.
    Sorin M. Mitran*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1048-65-231)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Kernel-free Boundary Integral Method for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems.
    Wenjun Ying*, Michigan Technological University
    (1048-65-297)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Deferred Correction Methods and their Applications, I
  Room 135, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Elizabeth L. Bouzarth, Duke University bouzarth@math.duke.edu
  Anita T. Layton, Duke University
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Selectively Accelerated Semi-implicit Spectral Deferred Correction Methods.
    Anita T Layton*, Duke University
    (1048-65-155)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Integral Deferred Correction.
    Andrew Christlieb*, Michigan State University
    Benjamin Ong, Michigan State Univesity
    Jing-Mei Qiu, Colorado School of Mines
    (1048-65-308)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A multi-explicit spectral deferred correction method applied to regularized Stokeslets.
    Elizabeth L Bouzarth*, Duke University
    (1048-65-228)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Local Time Stepping for Spectral Element Methods.
    Thomas Hagstrom*, Southern Methodist University
    (1048-65-220)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Spectral Deferred Correction and Alternans.
    Matthew Bowen*, Duke University
    (1048-65-359)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Stochastic Dynamics, I
  Room 130, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Yuri Bakhtin, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Scott McKinley, Duke University
  Jonathan C. Mattingly, Duke University jonm@math.duke.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Averaging of Hamiltonian Flows with an Ergodic Component.
    Leonid Koralov*, University of Maryland, College Park
    Dmitry Dolgopyat, University of Maryland
    (1048-60-334)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On dynamics on the shock manifolds.
    Konstantin Khanin*, University of Toronto
    (1048-35-343)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Reaction -- diffusion equations with the evolution of the particles.
    Stanislav Molchanov*, UNC-Charlotte
    (1048-60-333)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Stability and Fluctuations of Generalized Traveling Waves in Random Media.
    Antoine Mellet, University of Maryland
    James Nolen*, Duke University
    Jean-Michel Roquejoffre, Univ. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
    Lenya Ryzhik, University of Chicago
    (1048-35-182)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Generalizations of the Simon-Spencer Theorem for 1-D Schödinger Operators.
    Jason Holt*, University of South Carolina Lancaster
    (1048-81-30)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Homotopical Algebra with Applications to Mathematical Physics, I
  Room 451, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Thomas J. Lada, North Carolina State University lada@math.ncsu.edu
  Jim Stasheff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Noncommutative Geometry and A-infinity structures.
    Alastair Ethan Hamilton*, University of Connecticut
    (1048-55-20)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Fivebrane structures in string theory and M-theory.
    Hisham Sati*, Yale University
    (1048-55-39)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Field Equations from Homotopy Algebras of CFT.
    Anton Zeitlin*, Yale University
    (1048-81-44)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Non Self-Dual Pure Yang-Mills Theory On the Twistor Space.
    M. V. Movshev*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (1048-58-24)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Liouville phenomenon in the deformation of coisotropics.
    Noah Kieserman*, Colby College
    (1048-57-23)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Symbolic Algebra and Analysis, I
  Room 120, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Michael F. Singer, North Carolina State University singer@ncsu.edu
  Agnes Szanto, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Intersection Theory and Homotopy for Computation of Invariants.
    Sandra Di Rocco, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
    David Eklund, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
    Christopher Peterson*, Colorado State University
    Andrew J. Sommese, University of Notre Dame
    (1048-14-103)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Cohen--Macaulayness and computation of Newton graded toric rings.
    Uli Walther*, Purdue U.
    Mathias Schulze, Oklahoma State U.
    (1048-13-100)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Matrix representations for toric parametrizations.
    Nicolás Botbol, Dto. de Matemática FCEN, Universidad de B. Aires & Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, Université Paris VI
    Alicia Dickenstein*, Dto. de Matemática FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Marc Dohm, Laboratoire J. A. Dieudonné, Université de Nice, France
    (1048-13-89)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The rank of a hypergeometric system.
    Christine Berkesch*, Purdue University
    (1048-14-165)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Root Bound for Pham Systems.
    Hoon Hong*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-14-42)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Progress and Challenges for Biological Materials, I
  Room 317, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Mansoor A. Haider, North Carolina State University m_haider@ncsu.edu
  Gregory Forest, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Transient Anomalous Diffusion in Soft Matter: An Exactly Solvable Model.
    Scott McKinley*, Duke University
    M. Gregory Forest, UNC-Chapel Hill
    Lingxing Yao, University of Utah
    (1048-60-344)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the Stability of Active Suspensions.
    Christel Hohenegger*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    Michael J Shelley, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    (1048-76-296)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Nanofluid Flow in Bio-MEMS.
    Clement Kleinstreuer*, NC State University
    Jie Li, NC State University
    (1048-76-180)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Modeling blood flow and pressure-area dynamics in arteries.
    Mette S. Olufsen*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-92-236)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Surfaces in finite covers of 3-manifolds: The virtual Haken conjecture.
  Room 232A, Withers Hall
  Nathan M. Dunfield*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1048-57-01)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Stochastically forced fluid equations: Transfer between scales and ergodicity.
  Room 232A, Withers Hall
  Jonathan C. Mattingly*, Duke University
  (1048-35-04)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Computational Methods in Lie Theory, II
  Room 339, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Eric Sommers, University of Massachusetts, Amherst esommers@math.umass.edu
  Molly Fenn, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Decomposing structure constants for the Belkale-Kumar product in the cohomology of flag varieties.
    Edward L Richmond*, University of Oregon
    (1048-14-175)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Computations of type-A Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials of maximal degree.
    Gregory S. Warrington*, University of Vermont
    (1048-05-292)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Generalized Young Diagrams for Hermitian Symmetric Spaces.
    Markus Hunziker, Baylor University
    W. Andrew Pruett*, Baylor University
    (1048-17-325)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Computing Hermitian Representations of Real Groups.
    Jeffrey Adams*, University of Maryland
    Peter Trapa, University of Utah
    Marc van Leeuwen, University of Poitiers
    David Vogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1048-22-328)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials for signatures.
    Jeffrey Adams, University of Maryland
    Marc van Leeuwen, Université de Poitiers
    Peter Trapa, University of Utah
    David A. Vogan*, MIT
    (1048-22-70)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Dynamics and Control, I
  Room 135, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Spinning rods, microfluidics, and propulsion by cilia in biological systems.
    Roberto Camassa*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Terry Jo Leiterman, St. Norbert College
    Richard M. McLaughlin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1048-76-329)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bragg resonance, shore reflection and longshore sandbars.
    Jie Yu*, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
    (1048-76-305)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Momentum-Conserving Models for Aquatic Locomotion through Discrete Vortex Shedding.
    Scott David Kelly*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (1048-70-295)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Orthogonal Polynomials, Moments, Measure Deformation, Dynamical Systems, and SVD Algorithm.
    Moody T. Chu*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-15-274)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Nonholonomic Mechanics and Quantization.
    Anthony M Bloch*, University of Michigan
    (1048-34-253)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Quasivelocities and Symmetries in Nonholonomic Dynamics.
    Anthony M Bloch, The University of Michigan
    Jerrold E Marsden, California Institute of Technology
    Dmitry V Zenkov*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-70-285)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Brauer Groups, Quadratic Forms, Algebraic Groups, and Lie Algebras, II
  Room 325, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Eric S. Brussel, Emory University
  Skip Garibaldi, Emory University skip@mathcs.emory.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Algebraic group actions on noncommutative spectra.
    Martin Lorenz*, Temple University
    (1048-16-52)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Freudenthal Triple Systems by Root System Methods.
    Fred W. Helenius*, Emory University
    (1048-17-327)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A New Approach to Killing Forms.
    Audrey Malagon*, Emory University
    (1048-17-322)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Mad subalgebras and finite-dimensional Lie subalgebras of an enveloping algebra.
    Xin Tang*, Fayetteville State University
    (1048-17-47)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Rational nilpotent orbits for a reductive group over a local field.
    George J McNinch*, Tufts University
    (1048-20-193)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Vanishing ranges for the cohomology of finite groups of Lie type.
    Christopher P Bendel, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    Daniel K Nakano, University of Georgia
    Cornelius Pillen*, University of South Alabama
    (1048-20-128)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Galois Module Theory and Hopf Algebras, II
  Room 315, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Robert G. Underwood, Auburn University Montgomery runderwo@aum.edu
  James E. Carter, College of Charleston
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the valuation criterion for normal basis generators.
    Bart de Smit*, Universiteit Leiden
    (1048-11-363)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Galois scaffolding for Galois module structure.
    Griff Elder*, University of Nebraska at Omaha
    (1048-11-195)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hopf-Galois Module Structure Of Some Tamely Ramified Extensions.
    Paul J. Truman*, University of Exeter
    (1048-11-117)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the restricted Hilbert-Speiser and Leopoldt properties.
    James E Carter*, College of Charleston
    Cornelius Greither, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Germany
    Henri Johnston, St Hugh's College, Oxford, U. K.
    (1048-11-248)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, II
  Room 450, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Stanca M. Ciupe, Duke University stanca.ciupe@duke.edu
  Jonathan Forde, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Capturing the Dynamics of Hepatitis B.
    Sarah Anne Hews*, Arizona State University
    (1048-92-185)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Fragmentation and Aggregation of Bacterial Emboli.
    David M Bortz*, Applied Mathematics; University of Colorado
    Erin Byrne, Applied Mathematics; University of Colorado
    John Younger, Emergency Medicine; University of Michigan
    (1048-92-335)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Stochasticity and Heterogeneity in Models for Vector-Borne Diseases.
    Alun L. Lloyd*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-92-345)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Stability analysis of a model of host-pathogen interaction during hepatitis B infection.
    Anne Catlla*, Wofford College
    Stanca Ciupe, Duke University
    Jonathan Forde, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    David Schaeffer, Duke University
    (1048-92-350)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Model of Varicella-Zoster Virus Reactivation.
    Jonathan Forde*, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    Bailey Meeker, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    (1048-92-355)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations and Applications, II
  Room 110, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Alina Chertock, North Carolina State University
  Zhilin Li, North Carolina State University zhilin@math.ncsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Adaptive Cell-average Spectral Element Methods for transient Wigner Equations in quantum transport.
    Wei Cai*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (1048-65-382)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    High order finite difference schemes for wave equation in heterogeneous media.
    Kazufumi Ito*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-65-375)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An adaptive fast multipole algorithm for electrostatic interactions in biomolecular systems.
    Jingfang Huang*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Benzhuo Lu, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    Xiaolin Cheng, Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    J. Andrew McCammon, University of California at San Diego and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    (1048-65-144)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Maximizing Distinguishibility Using Optimal Source In Optical Tomography.
    Taufiquar R Khan*, Clemson University
    Peter Maass, University of Bremen, Germany
    Bonnie McAdoo, Clemson University
    (1048-35-315)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Velocity Decomposition Approach for Moving Interfaces in Viscous Fluids.
    Anita T Layton*, Duke University
    (1048-65-154)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applications of Dynamical Systems to Problems in Biology, II
  Room 461, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  John E. Franke, North Carolina State University franke@math.ncsu.edu
  James F. Selgrade, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Worker Bee Aggression Towards a Foreign Queen: Comparing Deterministic and Stochastic Models with Empirical Data.
    Wyatt A. Mangum, University of Mary Washington
    Suzanne Sumner*, University of Mary Washington
    (1048-92-21)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Nonlinear Difference Equation Model of the Population Biology and Resistance Evolution of the Mite Varroa destructor, a Parasite of Honey Bees.
    Wyatt A. Mangum*, University of Mary Washington
    (1048-92-22)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mathematical Model For Optimal Use of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine As A Temporary Malaria Vaccine.
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University
    Bassidy Dembele, Grambling State University
    Avner Friedman, Ohio State University and MBI
    (1048-92-306)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An age-structured two-strain epidemic model with super-infection.
    Xue-Zhi Li, Xinyang Normal University
    Ji-Xuan Liu, Xinyang Normal University
    Maia Martcheva*, University of Florida
    (1048-92-381)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Stochastic Model of a Pioneer/Climax Interaction.
    J Robert Buchanan*, Millersville University
    (1048-37-140)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Dynamics of plant-herbivore models with monotone plant growth rate.
    Yun Kang*, Arizona State University
    Dieter Armbruster, Arizona State University
    Yang Kuang, Arizona State University
    (1048-37-120)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Rings and Monoids, II
  Room 301, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Scott T. Chapman, Sam Houston State University scott.chapman@shsu.edu
  James B. Coykendall, North Dakota State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the arithmetic of Krull monoids with finite Davenport constant.
    Alfred Geroldinger*, Karl-Franzens-University Graz
    (1048-13-93)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Factorization in integral domains without identity.
    Dan Anderson*, The University of Iowa
    Jonathan Preisser, The University of Iowa
    (1048-13-95)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Syzygy Sequences and Divisor Sequences for Finitely Generated Krull Monoids.
    Terri Moore*, Seattle University
    (1048-13-233)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Higher order class groups and block monoids of Krull monoids.
    Wolfgang A Schmid*, University of Graz, Austria
    (1048-13-125)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On Matrix Factorization.
    Donald Adams, San Diego State University
    Rene Ardila, City College of New York
    David Hannasch, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Audra Kosh, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Hanah McCarthy, Lawrence University
    Vadim Ponomarenko*, San Diego State University
    Ryan Rosenbaum, San Diego State University
    (1048-11-142)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On the arithmetic of certains noetherian domains.
    Florian Kainrath*, Karl Franzens Universitaet Graz
    (1048-13-299)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Progress and Challenges for Biological Materials, II
  Room 317, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Mansoor A. Haider, North Carolina State University m_haider@ncsu.edu
  Gregory Forest, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Models of the Human Tear Film During the Blink Cycle.
    Richard J Braun*, University of Delaware
    (1048-76-77)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Application of the viscoelastic Volume-of-Fluid algorithm to biological systems.
    Damir B. Khismatullin*, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
    (1048-92-367)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The structure of fish fins.
    Silas Alben*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1048-74-73)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Continuum-microscopic computation of biological material mechanical properties.
    Sorin M. Mitran*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1048-70-234)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Advances in computational methods for soft-tissue biomechanics.
    Padmanabhan Seshaiyer*, George Mason University
    (1048-65-304)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Groups and Symmetric Spaces, II
  Room 319, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Stacy Beun, Cabrini College slb96@cabrini.edu
  Aloysius Helminck, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Bilinear Forms on $V=k^n$ and Involutions of SL(n,k) and SO(n,k,$\beta$).
    Christopher Dometrius*, Lenoir-Rhyne University
    Aloysius Helminck, North Carolina State University
    Ling Wu, Microsoft Corporation
    (1048-15-347)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Classification of isomorphism classes of involutions of SO(2n,k).
    John M. Absher*, NCSU
    A. Helminck, NCSU
    (1048-22-209)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Classification of $k$-involutions of $SP(2n,k)$.
    Farrah Jackson Chandler*, Elizabeth City State University
    (1048-08-320)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On Commuting Involutions of SL(n, $k$).
    Kyle Thompson*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-00-167)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Classifying conjugacy classes of maximal $(\theta,k)$-split tori in SL$(n,k)$.
    Stacy L. Beun*, Cabrini College
    (1048-20-332)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Kac-Moody Algebras, Vertex Algebras, Quantum Groups, and Applications, II
  Room 321, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Bojko N. Bakalov, North Carolina State University bojko_bakalov@ncsu.edu
  Naihuan N. Jing, North Carolina State University
  Kailash C. Misra, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Tridiagonal pairs of $q$-Racah type.
    Paul M Terwilliger*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1048-16-279)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modular representations of wreath Hecke algebras and crystals.
    Jinkui Wan, University of Virginia
    Weiqiang Wang*, University of Virginia
    (1048-16-141)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A conjectural presentation of fusion algebras.
    Shrawan Kumar*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (1048-22-51)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Title: Braided Vertex Algebras, Semi-infinite Cohomology and Quantum Group.
    Anton Zeitlin*, Yale University
    Igor Frenkel, Yale University
    (1048-81-65)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Non Associativity for Quantum Vertex Algebras.
    Maarten Bergvelt*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (1048-17-256)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Vertex algebras: generalized, twisted and quantum--a comparison.
    Iana I Anguelova*, Stony Brook University, NY and College of Charleston, SC
    (1048-81-216)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Deferred Correction Methods and their Applications, II
  Room 105, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Elizabeth L. Bouzarth, Duke University bouzarth@math.duke.edu
  Anita T. Layton, Duke University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The parareal algorithm and spectral deferred corrections.
    Michael L Minion*, University of North Carolina
    (1048-65-158)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Semi-implicit spectral deferred correction decoupling methods for a parabolic two domain problem.
    Jeffrey M. Connors, University of Pittsburgh
    Alexander E. Labovsky*, University of Missouri - Columbia
    (1048-65-210)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Semi-implicit Preconditioning Techniques for Krylov Deferred Correction Methods.
    Sun young Bu*, University of North Carolina at Chapel hill
    Jingfang Huang, University of North Carolina at Chapel hill
    Michael Minion, University of North Carolina at Chapel hill
    (1048-65-276)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Stable and Spectrally Accurate Schemes for Navier-Stokes Equations.
    Jun Jia*, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    (1048-65-311)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Krylov Deferred Correction Accelerated High Order Symplectic Methods.
    Jingfang Huang*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Quandong Feng, College of Science, Beijing Foresty University, Beijing, China
    (1048-65-181)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Stochastic Dynamics, II
  Room 130, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Yuri Bakhtin, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Scott McKinley, Duke University
  Jonathan C. Mattingly, Duke University jonm@math.duke.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    SPDE limit for random trees.
    Yuri Bakhtin*, Georgia Tech
    (1048-60-361)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Fluid and diffusion limits for shortest remaining processing time queues.
    H. Christian Gromoll*, University of Virginia
    (1048-60-376)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Elliott-Kalton Stochastic Differential Games Associated with the Infinity Laplacian.
    Amarjit Budhiraja*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Rami Atar, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
    (1048-60-183)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Heat kernel analysis for semi-infinite Lie groups.
    Tai Melcher*, University of Virginia
    (1048-60-379)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Stochastic Navier-Stokes equations driven by fractional Brownian motions.
    P. Sundar*, Louisiana State University
    (1048-60-230)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on the Mathematics of Biochemical Reaction Networks, II
  Room 232A, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Anne Shiu, University of California Berkeley
  Manoj Gopalkrishnan, University of Southern California
  Gheorghe Craciun, University of Wisconsin-Madison craciun@math.wisc.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Remarks on Interconnections, Modularity, and Dynamics in Systems Biology.
    Eduardo D Sontag*, Rutgers University
    (1048-92-58)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Passivity-Based Stability Analysis and Applications to Biochemical Reaction Networks.
    Murat Arcak*, University of California Berkeley
    Eduardo Sontag, Rutgers University
    (1048-34-50)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Graph-theoretic characterizations of monotonicity of chemical networks in reaction coordinates.
    Patrick De Leenheer*, University of Florida
    David Angeli, Imperial College
    Eduardo Sontag, Rutgers University
    (1048-34-275)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The deficiency zero theorem for stochastically modeled systems.
    David F Anderson*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (1048-60-314)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Multistationarity in subnetworks of biochemical reaction networks.
    Carsten Conradi*, Max-Planck-Institute Magdeburg
    (1048-93-312)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On the Mathematics of the Law of Mass Action.
    Manoj Gopalkrishnan*, Mumbai, India
    (1048-34-219)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applications of Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics, II
  Room 140, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Seth M. Sullivant, North Carolina State University smsulli2@ncsu.edu
  Carla D. Savage, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotics of Ehrhart series of Lattice Polytopes.
    Matthias Beck*, San Francisco State University
    Alan Stapledon, University of Michigan
    (1048-05-127)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Complex of Non-Crossing Diagonals of a Polygon.
    Benjamin J Braun*, University of Kentucky
    Richard Ehrenborg, University of Kentucky
    (1048-05-187)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Efficient exact integration of polynomials over polytopes.
    Velleda Baldoni, Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"
    Nicole Berline, Centre de Mathématiques Laurent Schwartz
    Jesús A. De Loera, University of California, Davis
    Matthias Köppe*, University of California, Davis
    Michèle Vergne, Centre de Mathématiques Laurent Schwartz
    (1048-05-261)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Defining $k$-triangulations for points in general position in the $d$-dimensional space.
    Carlos M Nicolas*, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    (1048-52-242)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A new look at the partition identities of Goellnitz.
    Sylvie Corteel, Université Paris XI
    Carla Savage, North Carolina State University
    Andrew V Sills*, Georgia Southern University
    (1048-05-105)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Combinatorics and Graphical Models: investigating inference functions.
    Kevin Woods*, Oberlin College
    (1048-05-213)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Homotopical Algebra with Applications to Mathematical Physics, II
  Room 451, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Thomas J. Lada, North Carolina State University lada@math.ncsu.edu
  Jim Stasheff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    L-infinity algebras and Lie 2-algebras.
    Alissa S. Crans*, Loyola Marymount University
    (1048-18-87)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The homology of a DG bialgebra is an $A_\infty$-bialgebra.
    Samson Saneblidze, A. Razmadze Mathematical Institute
    Ronald Umble*, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
    (1048-55-28)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Finite time computation of A-infinity algebra structures on Ext algebras.
    Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson*, Stanford University
    (1048-17-14)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Visibility and deformations of associahedra.
    Satyan L Devadoss*, Williams College
    (1048-05-35)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Polytopes, positrons, and antipodes.
    S. Forcey*, Tennessee State Univeristy
    A. Lauve, Texas A&M
    F. Sottile, Texas A&M
    (1048-16-130)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Bar constructions and Quillen homology of modules over operads.
    John E Harper*, Postdoc/ EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland)
    (1048-55-26)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology and Geometry, II
  Room 314, Riddick Hall
  Organizers:
  Nathan M. Dunfield, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign nmd@uiuc.edu
  John B. Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Lenhard Ng, Duke University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A connection between Khovanov- and Heegaard Floer-type homology theories.
    J. Elisenda Grigsby*, Columbia University
    Stephan Wehrli, Université Paris 7 (Denis Diderot)
    (1048-51-257)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Knot theory and algebraic curves in subcritical Stein domains.
    Matthew E Hedden*, M.I.T
    (1048-57-86)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Capping off open books and the Ozsv{á}th-Szab{ó} contact invariant.
    John A Baldwin*, Princeton University
    (1048-57-113)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Putting bordered Floer homology in its place.
    Robert Lipshitz*, Columbia University
    Peter Ozsvath, Columbia University
    Dylan Thurston, Columbia University
    (1048-57-41)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Symbolic Algebra and Analysis, II
  Room 120, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Michael F. Singer, North Carolina State University singer@ncsu.edu
  Agnes Szanto, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Super-sparse black box rational function interpolation.
    Erich L. Kaltofen, North Carolina State University
    Michael P. Nehring*, North Carolina State University
    (1048-12-174)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On effective differential Nullstellensatz.
    Oleg Golubitsky, University of Western Ontario
    Marina Kondratieva, Moscow State University
    Alexey Ovchinnikov*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Agnes Szanto, North Carolina State University
    (1048-12-129)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Symbolic Computation of Lax Pairs of Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Partial Difference Equations.
    Willy A Hereman*, Colorado School of Mines
    (1048-39-71)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Moving frames and Noether's Theorem.
    Elizabeth L Mansfield*, University of Kent
    (1048-34-91)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Lie's Theorem and its Applications.
    Ian Anderson*, Utah State Univ.
    Evelyne Hubert, INRIA
    (1048-15-156)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Rings, Algebras, and Varieties in Combinatorics, II
  Room 150, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Patricia Hersh, North Carolina State University phersh@indiana.edu
  Christian Lenart, SUNY Albany
  Nathan Reading, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Total positivity for loop groups.
    Thomas Lam*, Harvard University
    Pavlo Pylyavskyy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (1048-05-67)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Positivity results for cluster algebras.
    Gregg Musiker, MIT
    Ralf Schiffler, University of Connecticut
    Lauren Williams*, Harvard
    (1048-05-61)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Non-crossing and non-nesting bases for the coordinate ring of the Grassmannian.
    David E Speyer*, MIT/Clay Mathematics Institute
    Pavlo Pylyavskyy, University of Michigan
    Kyle Petersen, University of Michigan
    (1048-05-254)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Pieri rules.
    Julianna Tymoczko*, University of Iowa
    (1048-14-352)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Rook-by-Rook Rook Theory.
    Nicholas A. Loehr*, Virginia Tech
    Jeffrey Remmel, UCSD
    (1048-05-152)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The Veronese construction, h-vectors, and unimodality.
    Francesco Brenti*, Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata"
    (1048-05-301)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Enumerative Geometry and Related Topics, II
  Room 115, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Richard L. Rimanyi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Leonardo C. Mihalcea, Duke University lmihalce@math.duke.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Counting the hyperplane sections with fixed moduli.
    Radu Laza*, University of Michigan
    (1048-14-377)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Wall crossing formulas for double Hurwitz numbers.
    Renzo Cavalieri*, Colorado State University
    (1048-14-123)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Intersections of Combinatorial Cycles in the Moduli Space of Curves.
    Alex Bene*, University of Southern California
    (1048-14-380)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Arc spaces and equivariant cohomology.
    David E Anderson*, University of Michigan
    Alan Stapledon, University of Michigan
    (1048-14-168)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Positivity and Kleiman transversality in equivariant $K$-theory of homogeneous spaces.
    David E. Anderson, University of Michigan
    Stephen Griffeth, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Ezra Miller*, Duke University
    (1048-14-173)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Advancements in Turbulent Flow Modeling and Computation, II
  Room 145, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Leo G. Rebholz, Clemson University ler6@math.pitt.edu
  Traian Iliescu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The NS-alpha-deconvolution turbulence model.
    Leo G Rebholz*, Clemson University
    Myron M Sussman, University of Pittsburgh
    (1048-76-48)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The 2D Navier-Stokes-Voight and 2D damped Navier-Stokes equations for image inpainting.
    Mow Ebrahimi, University of California San Diego
    Michael Holst, University of California San Diego
    Evelyn M. Lunasin*, University of California San Diego
    Edriss S. Titi, University of California Irvine and Weizmann Institute of Science
    (1048-76-170)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Comparison of Turbulent Thermal Convection Between Conditions of Constant Temperature and Constant Flux.
    Hans Johnston*, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
    C.R. Doering, University of Michigan
    C. Wang, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
    J.-G. Liu, Duke University and University of Maryland
    (1048-76-205)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Approximate Deconvolution Models for MagnetoHydroDynamic Turbulence.
    Alexander Labovsky*, University of Missouri - Columbia
    Catalin Trenchea, University of Pittsburgh
    (1048-65-252)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Two-level finite element approximation of Navier-Stokes equations with nonlinear subgridscale artificial viscosity.
    John Paul Roop*, North Carolina A & T State University
    Traian Iliescu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    (1048-65-36)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometry of Differential Equations, II
  Room 160, Withers Hall
  Organizers:
  Thomas A. Ivey, College of Charleston
  Irina A. Kogan, North Carolina State University iakogan@ncsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Green's function for the Hodge Laplacian on some classes of Riemannian and Lorentzian symmetric spaces.
    Niky Kamran*, McGill University
    (1048-53-229)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Klein geometry, group invariant soliton equations, and bi-Hamiltonian geometric curve flows.
    Stephen Anco*, Brock University
    (1048-35-364)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Moving frames, variational problems, and geometric flows.
    Peter J Olver*, University of Minnesota
    (1048-58-57)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the preservation of invariants of arc-length type by geometric Hamiltonian curve flows.
    Gloria Mari Beffa*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (1048-53-82)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Geometry of Hyperbolic Conservation Laws.
    Kris Jenssen*, Penn State University
    Irina Kogan, North Carolina State University
    (1048-35-68)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Austere Submanifolds of Dimension 4.
    Marianty Ionel*, University of Toledo
    Thomas Ivey, College of Charleston
    (1048-53-372)
• Saturday April 4, 2009, 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics
  Reading DNA sequences: Twenty-first century technology with eighteenth century mathematics.
  3400, Nelson Hall
  Michael S. Waterman*, University of Southern California
  (1048-92-10)

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