AMS :: Spring Central Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Friday, December 14, 2018 03:30:05

Associate secretaries:

Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu

Saturday March 17, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Recent Advances in Packing, I
Room 316, Bolz Hall
Organizers:
Joseph W. Iverson, University of Maryland
John Jasper, South Dakota State University
Dustin G. Mixon, The Ohio State University mixon.23@osu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Why are packing problems much easier in some cases than others?
  Henry Cohn*, Microsoft Research New England
  (1136-52-382)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Densest sphere packing in four dimensions.
  Oleg R. Musin*, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  (1136-52-159)
- 10:00 a.m.
  New results in minimizing the $p$-frame potentials.
  X Chen, University of San Fransisco
  E Goodman, University of Pensylvania
  V Gonzales, University of Maryland
  K Okoudjou*, University of Maryland
  (1136-42-442)
- 10:30 a.m.
  New bounds for equiangular lines and spherical two-distance sets.
  Wei-Hsuan Yu*, ICERM, Brown University
  Alexey Glazyrin, UTRGV
  (1136-05-209)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Constructing Tight Gabor Frames Using CAZAC Sequences.
  Mark Magsino*, University of Maryland
  (1136-42-216)

Saturday March 17, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Recent Advances in Packing, II
Room 316, Bolz Hall
Organizers:
Joseph W. Iverson, University of Maryland
John Jasper, South Dakota State University
Dustin G. Mixon, The Ohio State University mixon.23@osu.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  Zauner's Conjecture and Algebraic Number Theory.
  Marcus Appleby, University of Sydney
  Steven Flammia*, University of Sydney
  Gary McConnell, Imperial College London
  Jon Yard, University of Waterloo
  (1136-11-532)
- 3:00 p.m.
  A number-theoretic technique for constructing exact sets of complex equiangular lines.
  Marcus Appleby*, University of Sydney
  Tuan Chien, University of Auckland
  Steven Flammia, University of Sydney
  Shayne Waldron, University of Auckland
  (1136-11-537)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Symmetric Informationally Complete quantum measurements: Where sphere packing meets quantum information.
  Blake C Stacey*, Physics Department/University of Massachusetts Boston
  (1136-51-204)
- 4:00 p.m.
  The solution to the frame Quantum Detection Problem.
  Desai Cheng*, University of Missouri
  Peter Casazza, University of Missouri
  Sara Botelho-Andrade, University of Missouri
  Tin T Tran, University of Missouri
  (1136-42-127)

Sunday March 18, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Recent Advances in Packing, III
Room 316, Bolz Hall
Organizers:
Joseph W. Iverson, University of Maryland
John Jasper, South Dakota State University
Dustin G. Mixon, The Ohio State University mixon.23@osu.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Equiangular tight frames and combinatorial designs.
  Matthew Fickus*, Air Force Institute of Technology
  (1136-42-226)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Graph covers and equiangular frames.
  Hanmeng Zhan*, University of Waterloo
  (1136-05-435)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Complex Two-Graphs.
  James P. Solazzo*, Coastal Carolina University
  Thomas R. Hoffman, Coastal Carolina University
  (1136-00-307)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Optimally packed fusion frames via symmetric and quasi-symmetric block designs.
  John I Haas*, Columbia
  Peter G Casazza, University of Missouri
  Tin Tran, University of Missouri
  Joshua Stueck, University of Missouri
  (1136-15-378)