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Fall Western Sectional Meeting

• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
• October 27-28, 2018 (Saturday - Sunday)
• Meeting #1144

Associate secretaries:

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

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Sunday October 28, 2018

• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Room 404, Thornton Hall
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Room 404, Thornton Hall
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, III
  Room 329, Thornton Hall
  Organizers:
  Emily Clader, San Francisco State University eclader@sfsu.edu
  Dustin Ross, San Francisco State University
  Mark Shoemaker, Colorado State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Moduli of surfaces in $\mathbb{P}^3$.
    Kristin E DeVleming*, University of California, San Diego
    (1144-14-289)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Type II Extremal Transitions in Gromov-Witten theory.
    Rongxiao Mi*, University of Michigan
    (1144-14-158)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Verlinde algebra and quantum K-theory with level structure.
    Yongbin Ruan, University of Michigan
    Ming Zhang*, University of Michigan
    (1144-14-256)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Log gromov-witten invariants and their product formulas.
    Leo Herr*, CU Boulder
    (1144-14-320)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Galois representations of moduli spaces of sheaves.
    Sarah Frei*, University of Oregon
    (1144-14-296)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Analysis and Geometry of Fractals, III
  Room 125, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Kyle Hambrook, University of Rochester
  Chun-Kit Lai, San Francisco State University cklai@sfsu.edu
  Sze-Man Ngai, Georgia Southern University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Orthonormal bases generated by Cuntz algebras.
    Dorin Dutkay*, University of Central Florida
    (1144-46-147)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Interpolation sets and arithmetic progressions.
    Itay Londner*, University of British Columbia
    (1144-42-132)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Stability of Fourier Series Expansions for Singular Measures.
    Eric Weber*, Iowa State University
    (1144-42-89)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Riesz bases of exponential functions for Riesz product measures.
    Lixiang An*, Central China Normal University
    (1144-42-203)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Problems on the Fourier Decay of Measures on Fractal Sets.
    Kyle Hambrook*, San Jose State University
    (1144-42-276)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Asymptotics of signed Bernoulli convolutions scaled by multinacci numbers.
    Xianghong Chen*, Georgia Southern University
    Tian-You Hu, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
    (1144-28-140)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Applied Harmonic Analysis: Frame Theory and Applications, III
  Room 130, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Chun-Kit Lai, San Francisco State University cklai@sfsu.edu
  Shidong Li, San Francisco State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Time-frequency Scattering Transforms: Theory and Applications.
    Wojciech Czaja, University of Maryland, College Park
    Ilya Kavalerov, University of Maryland, College Park
    Weilin Li*, Courant Institute, New York University
    (1144-42-260)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Scattering transform on graphs.
    Dongmian Zou*, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota
    Gilad Lerman, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
    (1144-68-166)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Localized Stability Analysis on Sparse Proximity Graphs.
    Nader Motee, Lehigh University
    Qiyu Sun*, University of Central Florida
    (1144-94-212)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    CUR Decompositions and Applications.
    Keaton Hamm*, University of Arizona
    (1144-15-257)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Sigma Delta quantization on wide-band signals.
    Rongrong Wang*, Michigan State University
    Iwen Mark, Michigan State University
    Rayan Saab, University of California San Diego
    Wei-husan Yu, Michigan State University
    (1144-15-211)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Ptychography: uniqueness and reconstruction.
    A. Fannjiang*, UC Davis
    P. Chen, National Chung-Hsing University
    Z. Zhang, UC Davis
    (1144-42-32)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Big Data and Statistical Analytics, III
  Room 429, Thornton Hall
  Organizers:
  Tao He, San Francisco State University hetao@sfsu.edu
  Mohammad Kafai, San Francisco State University
  Alexandra Piryatinska, San Francisco State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Predicting Post-Procedural Complications using Neural Networks.
    Namratha Mohan*, Louisiana State University
    Thanos Gentimis, Louisiana State University (Experimental Statistics)
    (1144-68-24)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Distance-based analysis with quantile regression model.
    Shaoyu Li*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Yanqing Sun, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Liyang Diao, Seres Therapeutics
    Xue Wang, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic
    (1144-62-244)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Robust Graph Change-point Detection for Brain Evolvement Study.
    Fang Han, University of Washington, Seattle
    Xi Chen, New York University
    Honglang Wang*, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
    Lexin Li, University of California, Berkeley
    Brian Caffo, Johns Hopkins University
    (1144-62-278)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hierarchical models for predicting above ground biomass with 3D LiDAR signals.
    Yuzhen Zhou*, University of Nebraska Lincoln
    (1144-62-292)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Mountain Comes to Muhammad: Dangers from Using Standardized Statistics in Multiple Testing.
    Luella Fu*, San Francisco State University
    Wenguang Sun, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
    Gareth M. James, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
    (1144-62-251)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Combinatorial and Categorical Aspects of Representation Theory, III
  Room 108, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Nicholas Davidson, University of Oklahoma
  Jonathan Kujawa, University of Oklahoma kujawa@ou.edu
  Robert Muth, Tarleton State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Quiver varieties and root multiplicities for symmetric Kac-Moody algebras.
    Peter Tingley*, Loyola University Chicago
    (1144-17-191)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Representations of degenerate affine Brauer superalgebras.
    Mee Seong Im*, United States Military Academy
    (1144-16-208)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Two boundary centralizer algebras for $\mathfrak{q}(n)$.
    Jieru Zhu*, University of Oklahoma/University at Buffalo
    (1144-16-30)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TIME CHANGE: $sl(\infty)$-modules arising from categorical action on the category $\mathcal O$ for general linear superalgebra.
    Crystal Hoyt, ORT Braude College and Weizmann Institute, Israel
    Ivan Penkov, Jacobs University, Bremen
    Vera Serganova*, UC Berkeley
    (1144-17-242)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Howe duality for the symmetric group.
    Rosa C Orellana*, Dartmouth College
    Mike Zabrocki, York University
    (1144-05-77)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    TIME CHANGE: Coxeter groups with finitely many elements of {\bf a}-value 2.
    Richard M. Green*, University of Colorado Boulder
    Tianyuan Xu, Queen's University
    (1144-20-46)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Coupling in Probability and Related Fields, III
  Room 409, Thornton Hall
  Organizers:
  Sayan Banerjee, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Terry Soo, University of Kansas tsoo@ku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Coupling in Kac's Walks.
    Aaron M. Smith*, University of Ottawa
    Natesh S. Pillai, Harvard University
    (1144-60-322)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Fixed distance couplings of Brownian motions on Riemannian manifolds.
    Ionel Popescu*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Mihai Pascu, Transilvania University of Brasov
    (1144-60-63)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Universality of quasi-hyperbolic toral automorphisms.
    Anthony Quas*, University of Victoria
    Terry Soo, University of Kansas
    (1144-37-156)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Rate of Convergence for Reflected and Walsh Diffusions.
    Andrey Sarantsev*, University of Nevada, Reno
    Tomoyuki Ichiba, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1144-60-29)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Discussion
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Analysis, III
  Room 325, Thornton Hall
  Organizers:
  Ovidiu Munteanu, University of Connecticut ovidiu.munteanu@uconn.edu
  David Bao, San Francisco State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Classification of generalized Ricci solitons on complex surfaces.
    Jeff Streets*, University of California, Irvine
    (1144-53-165)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Compactification of the space of Hamiltonian stationary Lagrangian submanifolds.
    Jingyi Chen*, The University of British Columbnia
    (1144-53-133)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Energy convexity of intrinsic bi-harmonic map and its heat flow I: spherical target.
    Paul Laurain, Institut de Math\'ematiques de Jussieu
    Longzhi Lin*, University of California, Santa Cruz
    (1144-53-13)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Homological Aspects in Commutative Algebra and Representation Theory, III
  Room 106, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Srikanth B. Iyengar, University of Utah iyengar@math.utah.edu
  Julia Pevtsova, University of Washington
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Free resolutions of Artinian compressed algebras with application to Frobenius powers of an ideal.
    Claudia Miller*, Syracuse University
    Hamidreza Rahmati, Miami University at Oxford
    Rebecca R.G., George Mason University
    (1144-13-254)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The derived category of a locally complete intersection ring.
    Josh H Pollitz*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1144-13-184)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The spectrum of the category of derived Mackey functors.
    Beren Sanders*, University of California, Santa Cruz
    (1144-18-228)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ulrich modules over Cohen-Macaulay local rings with minimal multiplicity.
    Toshinori Kobayashi, Nagoya University
    Ryo Takahashi*, Nagoya University
    (1144-13-70)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Gerstenhaber bracket via the homotopy category.
    Johan Steen*, University of California, Santa Cruz
    (1144-16-328)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Geometric approach to the fermionic Fock space, via flag varieties and representations of algebraic (super)groups.
    Caroline Gruson, Institut Elie Cartan, Universite' de Lorraine,
    Vera Serganova*, UC Berkeley
    (1144-20-243)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Homological Aspects of Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, III
  Room 104, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Dan Rogalski, University of California San Diego
  Sarah Witherspoon, Texas A University
  James Zhang, University of Washington, Seattle zhang@math.washington.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: Noncommutative Kn\"{o}rrer's periodicity and noncommutative Kleinian singularities.
    Ellen E. Kirkman*, Wake Forest University
    Andrew Conner, Saint Mary's College of California
    W. Frank Moore, Wake Forest University
    Chelsea Walton, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    (1144-16-229)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Yoneda algebra and Koszulity of finitely semi-graded algebras.
    Jos\'e Oswaldo Lezama Serrano*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    Jaime Andr\'es G\'omez Ort\'{\i}z, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    (1144-16-178)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Quantum Cluster Algebras and Discriminants.
    Bach Nguyen, Temple University
    Kurt Trey Trampel*, Louisiana State University
    Milen Yakimov, Louisiana State University
    (1144-16-123)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The norm principle for type $D_n$ groups over complete discretely valued fields.
    N. Bhaskhar*, University of California, Los Angeles
    A. Merkurjev, University of California, Los Angeles
    V. Chernousov, University of Alberta
    (1144-20-226)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Stable invariance of the p-power structure on Hochschild cohomology.
    Benjamin Briggs*, University of Utah
    (1144-18-239)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Hochschild cohomology rings of a global quotient orbifolds.
    Cris Negron*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1144-14-58)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Biology with a focus on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation, III
  Room 215, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Jim Cushing, The University of Arizona
  Saber Elaydi, Trinity University
  Suzanne Sindi, University of California, Merced
  Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University ayakubu@howard.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Extinction Thresholds in Stochastic Epidemic Models with Periodic Environments.
    Linda J. Allen*, Texas Tech University
    (1144-92-323)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Non standard Discrete Model in Neurosciences: The FitzHugh Nagumo model with time delay.
    Eddy Kwessi*, San Antonio
    Lloyd Edwards, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1144-42-56)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Modeling Lifetime Number of Partners and Longterm Partners in Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
    Katharine F Gurski*, Howard University
    (1144-92-93)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Noncommutative Geometry and Fundamental Applications, III
  Room 122, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Konrad Aguilar, Arizona State University
  Frederic Latremoliere, University of Denver frederic@math.du.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Bridge Cohomology.
    Jon Belcher*, University of Colorado Boulder
    (1144-18-28)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Finite/infinite dichotomies in operator algebras.
    Timothy Rainone*, Arizona State University
    (1144-46-309)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Analysis on Fractals and Noncommutative Fractal Geometry.
    Michel L. Lapidus*, University of California, Riverside
    (1144-58-164)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Monic representations for higher--rank graph $C^*$-algebras.
    Judith A. Packer*, Unversity of Colorado, Boulder
    (1144-46-287)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Statistical and Geometrical Properties of Dynamical Systems, III
  Room 219, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Joanna Furno, University of Houston jfurno@math.uh.edu
  Matthew Nicol, University of Houston
  Mariusz Urbanski, University of North Texas
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Lee-Yang zeros for the Cayley Tree and expanding maps of the circle.
    Ivan Chio*, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis
    Caleb He, Harvard University
    Anthony Ji, Yale University
    Roland Roeder, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis
    (1144-37-86)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Random walks on the Cremona group.
    Giulio Tiozzo*, University of Toronto
    (1144-37-238)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Existence of a domain of attraction along a characteristic direction of higher degree.
    Sara Lapan*, University of California, Riverside
    (1144-37-295)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Almost Specified Iterated Constructions.
    Eugen Andrei Ghenciu*, University of Wisconsin Stout
    (1144-37-131)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Measures of maximal entropy for suspension flows over the full shift.
    Tamara Kucherenko*, The City College of New York
    Daniel J. Thompson, Ohio State University
    (1144-37-253)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Computability at temperature zero.
    Michael Burr, Clemson University, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    Christian Wolf*, The City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Mathematics
    (1144-37-188)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Markov Processes, Gaussian Processes and Applications, III
  Room 335, Thornton Hall
  Organizers:
  Alan Krinik, California State Polytechnic University ackrinik@cpp.edu
  Randall J. Swift, California State Polytechnic University
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Quadratic Spline Least Squares Method for Computing Absolutely Continuous Invariant Measures.
    J Ding*, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi
    N Rhee, University of Missouri at Kansas City
    D Zhou, Gannan Normal University
    (1144-65-284)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized Ballot Box Problem.
    Jeffrey Yeh*, Cal Poly Pomona
    Malachi C. Demmin, Cal Poly Pomona
    Lyheng Phey, Cal Poly Pomona
    Tanner J. Thomas, Cal Poly Pomona
    Steven L. Marquez, Cal Poly Pomona
    Brittney A. Marian, Cal Poly Pomona
    (1144-60-304)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Duality concepts and applications in difference and differential linear systems.
    Gerardo Rubino*, INRIA, France
    Alan Krinik, CalPoly, Pomona, California
    (1144-60-146)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The nested Kingman coalescent: speed of coming down from infinity.
    Airam Blancas Benitez, Goethe Universitat Frankfurt
    Tim Rogers, University of Bath
    Jason Schweinsberg*, University of California San Diego
    Arno Siri-Jegousse, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
    (1144-60-23)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mixing of the Biased Exclusion Process.
    David A Levin*, University of Oregon
    Yuval Peres, Microsoft Research
    (1144-60-110)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Methods for the study of the Three Dimensional Structure of Biopolymers, III
  Room 217, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Javier Arsuaga, University of California Davis, Davis jarsuaga@ucdavis.edu
  Mariel Vazquez, University of California Davis, Davis
  Robin Wilson, Cal Poly Pomona
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Vertex distortion of knots in the cubic lattice.
    Marion Campisi*, San Jose State University
    Nicholas Cazet, San Jose State University
    (1144-57-150)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    \textbf{Random Knots are Knotted -- A New Approach}.
    Chaim Even-Zohar*, UC Davis
    (1144-92-119)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Markov chain sampler for knot diagrams.
    Harrison Chapman*, Colorado State University
    Andrew Rechnitzer, University of British Columbia
    (1144-57-291)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the number of unknot diagrams.
    Carolina Medina Graciano*, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi
    Gelasio Salazar, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi
    (1144-05-340)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Knots, links and spatial graphs in the simple cubic lattice.
    Koya Shimokawa*, Saitama University
    (1144-57-311)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Methods in Hypercomplex Analysis, III
  Room 326, Thornton Hall
  Organizers:
  Paula Cerejeiras, Universidade de Aveiro
  Matvei Libine, Indiana University, Bloomington
  Mihaela B. Vajiac, Chapman University mbvajiac@chapman.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the Pi operator on spheres and real projective space.
    John Ryan*, University of Arkansas
    Wanqing Cheng, University of Arkansas
    Uwe Kaehler, Universidade de Aveiro
    (1144-30-199)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Moduli on Multicomplex Spaces.
    Mihaela B Vajiac*, Chapman University
    (1144-53-299)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Quaternionic Treatment of Inhomogeneous Cauchy--Riemann Type Systems in Some Traditional Theories.
    J. Bory Reyes, ESIME-Zacatenco, Instituto Polit\'ecnico Nacional, CD-MX, 07738 Mexico, Mexico
    R. Abreu Blaya, Facultad de Inform\'atica y Matem\'atica, Universidad de Holgu\'{\i}n, 80100 Holgu\'{\i}n, Cuba
    M. A. P\'erez-de la Rosa*, Department of Actuarial Sciences, Physics and Mathematics, UDLAP, San Andr\'es Cholula, Puebla, M\'exico
    B. Schneider, Faculty of Sciences and Literature, Department of Mathematics, Izmir University of Economics, 35330 Izmir, Turkey
    (1144-35-73)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Multivariate residue calculus with an eye towards non-commutative algebra.
    Alain Yger*, IMB Universit\'e de Bordeaux, 33405, Talence, France
    (1144-32-81)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Social Change In and Through Mathematics and Education, III
  Room 206, Hensill Hall
  Organizers:
  Federico Ardila, San Francisco State University
  Matthias Beck, San Francisco State University
  Jamylle Carter, Diablo Valley College
  Kimberly Seashore, San Francisco State University kimseash@sfsu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Analysis of Racial Disparities in Hiring Practices.
    Yannik K Pitcan*, UC Berkeley
    (1144-91-353)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Black Student Success in Developmental Mathematics---Creating A New Narrative about Learners in Community College.
    Maxine T. Roberts*, University of Southern California
    (1144-97-329)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An empirical look at race and police practice, for our classrooms and our communities.
    Lily S Khadjavi*, Loyola Marymount University
    (1144-62-306)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Enhancing Math Instruction for Native Hawaiian Students through Peer Academics Leaderships.
    Esther R. Widiasih*, University of Hawaii West Oahu
    (1144-97-106)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 9:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Probabilistic and Statistical Problems in Stochastic Dynamics, III
  Room 218, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Tao He, San Francisco State University
  Mohammad Kafai, San Francisco State University
  Alexandra Piryatinska, San Francisco State University alpiryat@sfsu.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Estimating invariant measures of random maps via maximum entropy method.
    J Ding*, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi
    C Jin, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
    (1144-37-279)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Multiscale conservation laws driven by L\'evy stable and Linnik diffusions: asymptotics, explicit representations, shock creation, preservation and dissolution.
    Wojbor A Woyczynski*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1144-60-67)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Finite free complexes over polynomial rings.
  Room 201, Science Building
  Srikanth B Iyengar*, University of Utah
  (1144-13-148)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Analysis and Geometry of Fractals, IV
  Room 125, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Kyle Hambrook, University of Rochester
  Chun-Kit Lai, San Francisco State University cklai@sfsu.edu
  Sze-Man Ngai, Georgia Southern University
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Unitary representations of the Baumslag-Solitar group associated to the Cantor Set.
    Trubee Hodgman Davison*, University of Colorado
    (1144-46-129)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the continuity of entropy of Lorenz maps.
    Zoe Cooperband, California Polytechnic State University
    Erin P.J. Pearse*, California Polytechnic State University
    Blaine Quackenbush, California Polytechnic State University
    Jordan Rowley, California Polytechnic State University
    Tony Samuel, California Polytechnic State University
    Matt West, California Polytechnic State University
    (1144-37-84)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Riesz-Sobolev inequality on compact connected Abelian groups.
    Marina Iliopoulou*, UC Berkeley
    Michael Christ, UC Berkeley
    (1144-43-280)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applied Harmonic Analysis: Frame Theory and Applications, IV
  Room 130, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Chun-Kit Lai, San Francisco State University cklai@sfsu.edu
  Shidong Li, San Francisco State University
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Multiscale methods for high-dimensional data with low-dimensional structures.
    Wenjing Liao*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Mauro Maggioni, Johns Hopkins University
    Stefano Vigogna, Johns Hopkins University
    (1144-41-214)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Reconstruction of jointly sparse vectors via manifold optimization.
    Armenak Petrosyan*, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Hoang Tran, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Clayton Webster, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    (1144-41-151)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Learning interaction laws in high dimensional agent dynamics from observations.
    Fei Lu, Johns Hopkins University
    Mauro Maggioni, Johns Hopkins University
    Sui Tang*, Johns Hopkins University
    (1144-41-210)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Big Data and Statistical Analytics, IV
  Room 429, Thornton Hall
  Organizers:
  Tao He, San Francisco State University hetao@sfsu.edu
  Mohammad Kafai, San Francisco State University
  Alexandra Piryatinska, San Francisco State University
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Using topical interests and social interactions to measure user similarity on Twitter.
    Hui Yang*, Dept of Computer Science, San Francisco State University
    Swati Patel, Dept of Computer Science, San Francisco State University
    Hui-ming Deanna Wang, Marketing Department, San Francisco State University
    (1144-68-302)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Error Estimation for Randomized Numerical Linear Algebra via the Bootstrap.
    Miles Lopes*, UC Davis
    Shusen Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology
    Michael W Mahoney, UC Berkeley
    (1144-65-49)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A new approach to Bayesian image analysis.
    John Kornak*, University of California, San Francisco
    Karl Young, San Francisco, CA
    (1144-00-53)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Testing High-dimensional Non-parametric Functions with Applications in SNP/Gene Set Analysis.
    Tao He*, San Francisco State University
    Yuehua Cui, Michigan State University
    Ping-Shou Zhong, Michigan State University
    V. Mandrekar, Michigan State University
    (1144-62-202)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Homological Aspects in Commutative Algebra and Representation Theory, IV
  Room 106, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Srikanth B. Iyengar, University of Utah iyengar@math.utah.edu
  Julia Pevtsova, University of Washington
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Stable category of Gorenstein flat modules.
    Lars Winther Christensen, Texas Tech University
    Sergio Estrada, University of Murcia
    Peder Thompson*, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    (1144-13-248)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Total Betti numbers.
    Mark E Walker*, University of Nebraska
    (1144-13-209)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Hilbert series of orbifold del Pezzo surfaces.
    Ben Wormleighton*, University of California at Berkeley
    (1144-14-193)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Biology with a focus on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation, IV
  Room 215, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Jim Cushing, The University of Arizona
  Saber Elaydi, Trinity University
  Suzanne Sindi, University of California, Merced
  Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University ayakubu@howard.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Toxin production in a chemostat to avoid the tragedy of the commons.
    Patrick De Leenheer*, Oregon State University
    (1144-92-173)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A parasite for sore eyes: Living together in a social network.
    Maryann E. Hohn*, UC Santa Barbara
    (1144-92-303)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Dynamics of a Stoichiometric Producer-Grazer System with Seasonal Effects on Light Level.
    Lale Asik*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,Texas Tech University
    Jackson Kulik, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,Texas Tech University
    K.R. Long, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,Texas Tech University
    Angela Peace, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,Texas Tech University
    (1144-34-153)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Study of how Regulation of Mechanical Properties of Stem Cells in Plants Determines Shape of a Developing Tissue.
    Mikahl Banwarth-Kuhn*, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside
    Ali Nematbakhsh, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside
    Stephen Snipes, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB), University of California, Riverside
    Kevin Rodriguez, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB), University of California, Riverside
    Carolyn Rasmussen, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB), University of California, Riverside
    G. Venugopala Reddy, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB), University of California, Riverside
    Mark Alber, Department of Mathematics, University of California Riverside
    (1144-92-224)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Methods for the study of the Three Dimensional Structure of Biopolymers, IV
  Room 217, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Javier Arsuaga, University of California Davis, Davis jarsuaga@ucdavis.edu
  Mariel Vazquez, University of California Davis, Davis
  Robin Wilson, Cal Poly Pomona
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Detecting complexities in a scrambled genome through spacial graphs.
    Nata\v sa Jonoska*, University of South Florida
    Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
    (1144-92-333)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Affairs of the Heart: How Circular-DNA-mediated Scars in the Titin Gene May Contribute to Cardiac Diversity.
    Massa Shoura*, Stanford University
    Victoria Parikh, Stanford University
    Alex Dainis, Stanford University
    Euan Ashley, Stanford University
    Stephen Levene, University of Texas at Dallas
    Andrew Fire, Stanford University
    (1144-92-268)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Site-specific recombination and the band surgery model.
    Allison H Moore*, University of California, Davis
    (1144-92-99)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Can Chromosome Conformation Capture Data reveal the topology of the genome?
    Kai Ishihara, Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8511, Japan
    Kevin Lamb, Department of Mathematics, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA
    Georgina Gonzalez*, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Mariel Vazquez, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Koya Shimokawa, Department of Mathematics, Saitama University, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan
    Javier Arsuaga, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    (1144-92-337)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Molecular modeling of DNA packing in bacterial viruses.
    Javier Arsuaga*, Davis
    Brian Cruz, University of California Berkeley
    Mariel Vazquez, Davis
    (1144-92-345)
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Special Session on Social Change In and Through Mathematics and Education, IV
  Room 206, Hensill Hall
  Organizers:
  Federico Ardila, San Francisco State University
  Matthias Beck, San Francisco State University
  Jamylle Carter, Diablo Valley College
  Kimberly Seashore, San Francisco State University kimseash@sfsu.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    College Calculus as a Vehicle of Social Change.
    Jess E Hagman*, Colorado State University
    (1144-97-41)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Empowering students and supporting their well-being through Healing Informed Social Justice Mathematics.
    Kari Kokka*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1144-97-85)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Partisan Gerrymandering and the Efficiency Gap.
    Emille Davie Lawrence*, University of San Francisco
    (1144-00-282)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Declination as a Metric to Detect Partisan Gerrymandering.
    Ellen Veomett*, Saint Mary's College of California
    Marion Campisi, San Jose State University
    Tommy Ratliff, Wheaton College
    Andrea Padilla, Saint Mary's College of California
    (1144-05-127)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion with panel organizers
• Sunday October 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Statistical and Geometrical Properties of Dynamical Systems, IV
  Room 219, Business Building
  Organizers:
  Joanna Furno, University of Houston jfurno@math.uh.edu
  Matthew Nicol, University of Houston
  Mariusz Urbanski, University of North Texas
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Intersecting limit sets for Kleinian subgroup pairs.
    Tushar Das*, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    (1144-37-330)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Equilibrium states for $\left(\alpha,\beta\right)$-transformations.
    Marco Antonio L\'opez*, Wake Forest University
    Leonard Carapezza, University of Utah
    Donald Robertson, University of Utah
    (1144-37-285)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Lyapunov spectrum collapse for Perron-Frobenius cocycles.
    Cecilia Gonz\'alez-Tokman, University of Queensland
    Anthony Quas*, University of Victoria
    (1144-37-155)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Continued Fraction Algorithm for Spheres.
    Lior Fishman*, University of North Texas
    Keith Merrill, Brandeis University
    David Simmons, University of York
    (1144-37-169)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the dimension spectrum of continued fractions.
    Vasileios Chousionis*, University of Connecticut
    (1144-37-207)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Local dynamics of exchanges of cones.
    Arek Goetz*, San Francisco State Univ
    (1144-58-355)

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