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AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

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Saturday November 2, 2013, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory, I
Room 138, Chung Hall
Organizers:
Allison Henrich, Seattle University
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College knots@esotericka.org
- 8:30 a.m.
  Ternary Distributive Algebraic Structure.
  Mohamed Elhamdadi*, University of South Florida, Math Dept
  Matthew Green, University of South Florida, Math Dept
  Nacer Makhlouf, Université de Haute Alsace, Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Informatique et Applications
  (1095-57-213)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Some aspects of quandle colorings for knots and applications.
  W. Edwin Clark, University of South Florida
  Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
  Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
  Timothy Yeatman, University of Denver
  (1095-57-97)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Knots with binary relations.
  Maciej Niebrzydowski*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  (1095-57-215)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Pseudoknots, Classical and Virtual.
  Allison K Henrich*, Seattle University
  (1095-57-74)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Linear Alexander quandle colorings and finite-fold cyclic covers of $S^3$ branched over knots.
  Kanako Oshiro*, Sophia University
  (1095-57-43)

Saturday November 2, 2013, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory, II
Room 138, Chung Hall
Organizers:
Allison Henrich, Seattle University
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College knots@esotericka.org
- 3:00 p.m.
  Elements of Khovanov Homology.
  Louis H. Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago,
  (1095-57-41)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Khovanov Homology for Virtual Knots.
  Aaron Kaestner*, North Park University
  Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Heather A. Dye, McKendree University
  (1095-54-166)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Khovanov homology of oriented ribbon graphs.
  Oliver Dasbach, Louisiana State University
  Adam Lowrance*, Vassar College
  (1095-57-27)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Homology of Yang-Baxter operators.
  Jozef H. Przytycki*, George Washington U., UMCP, and GU
  (1095-57-151)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Torsion in Khovanov homology of semi-adequate links.
  Radmila Sazdanovic*, North Carolina State University
  Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University
  (1095-57-265)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Connected quandles and transitive groups.
  Alexander Hulpke, Colorado State University
  David Stanovský, Charles University in Prague
  Petr Vojtěchovský*, University of Denver
  (1095-57-105)

Sunday November 3, 2013, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory, III
Room 138, Chung Hall
Organizers:
Allison Henrich, Seattle University
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College knots@esotericka.org
- 8:30 a.m.
  On Extended Bar-Natan Skein Modules.
  Uwe Kaiser*, Boise State University
  (1095-57-172)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Charts for 3-dimensional braids.
  Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
  Seiichi Kamada*, Osaka City University
  (1095-57-56)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Surface pole-bracket polynomials of virtual knots and twisted knots.
  Naoko Kamada*, Nagoya City University
  (1095-57-89)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Region crossing change on spatial graphs.
  Ayaka Shimizu*, Gunma National College of Technology
  Kenta Hayano, Osaka University
  Reiko Shinjo, Kokushikan University
  (1095-51-131)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Classification of cords on a 3-punctured disk.
  Yoshiro Yaguchi*, Gunma National College of Technology
  (1095-51-189)

Sunday November 3, 2013, 3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory, IV
Room 138, Chung Hall
Organizers:
Allison Henrich, Seattle University
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College knots@esotericka.org
- 3:00 p.m.
  The pop-switch planar algebra and the Jones-Wenzl projections.
  Ellie Anne Grano*, Pepperdine University
  (1095-54-269)
- 3:30 p.m.
  The Forbidden Number of a Knot.
  Alissa S. Crans*, Loyola Marymount University
  Sandy Ganzell, St. Mary's College of Maryland
  Blake Mellor, Loyola Marymount University
  (1095-22-231)