2013 CMS Winter Meeting

University of Ottawa, December 6 - 9, 2013

# Schedule - by day

Detailed session schedules will be posted on the web site beginning in late October. Once the schedules are made available to us by the organizers, we will post them as quickly as possible. Please note that schedules are subject to change without notice. Please note that all scientific sessions will be held at the Ottawa Marriott

 Thursday December 5 18:00 - 22:00 CMS Executive Committee, Sussex Salon Friday December 6 11:00 - 13:00 CMS Development Group Luncheon, Wellington Salon 11:30 - 12:30 STUDC Intermediate LaTeX Tutorial, Rideau Room 13:00 - 14:30 STUDC CV Writing Workshop, Rideau Room 13:00 - 17:30 CMS Board of Directors Meeting, Wellington Salon 16:00 - 19:30 Registration, Victoria South 16:00 - 17:00 David Sankoff (University of Ottawa), Public Lecture, A bunch of flower problems, Victoria North 17:00 - 18:00 John Conway (Princeton University), Public Lecture, From Games to Numbers, Victoria North 18:00 - 19:30 Welcome Reception, Victoria South Saturday December 7 8:00 - 16:00 Registration, Victoria South 8:00 - 16:00 Student Poster Session, Victoria South 8:30 - 10:00 CMS Electronic Services Committee, H. Friege 8:45 - 9:00 Opening Address, Victoria North 9:00 - 10:00 Norbert Schappacher (Université de Strasbourg), Plenary Speaker, Political Space Curves (Reflections on the centennial fate of a mathematical 'fact'), Victoria North 9:30 - 16:00 Exhibits, Victoria South 10:00 - 10:30 Break, Victoria South 10:00 - 11:30 CMS Publications Committee, H. Friege 10:30 - 11:30 John Grant McLoughlin (University of New Brunswick), Adrien Pouliot Award, An Unfinished Tapestry (Une Tapisserie Inachevée), Victoria North 11:30 - 12:00 Alexander Blokh (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, On laminations of degree greater than two, Alta Vista 11:30 - 12:00 Alexei Cheviakov (University of Saskatoon), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, The Narrow Escape Problem for the Unit Sphere: Homogenization Limit, Optimal Trap Arrangements, and the $N^2$ Conjecture, Kent 11:30 - 12:00 Doug Farenick (University of Saskatchewan), Operator Algebras and their Applications, New characterisations of the weak expectation property, Victoria North 11:30 - 12:00 Dale Garraway (Eastern Washington University), Contributed Papers, Relational Sheaves, Sparks 11:30 - 12:00 Fereidoun Ghahramani (University of Manitoba), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Approximate amenability of $K(X)$, Queen 11:30 - 12:00 Eyal Goren (McGill University), Number Theory, Modular forms on Picard modular surfaces, Laurier 11:30 - 12:00 Michael Lau (Laval University), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Representations of twisted current algebras, Dalhousie 11:30 - 12:00 Joseph Maher (CUNY Staten Island), Random Walks and Geometry, The Casson invariant of random Heegaard splittings, Wellington Salon 11:30 - 12:00 Duncan Melville (St. Lawrence University), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Dividing to rule: Precision mathematical instruments in mid-18th century England, Lyon 11:30 - 12:00 Fiona Murnaghan (University of Toronto), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Distinction of depth-zero representations, Albion 11:30 - 12:00 Laxmi Parida (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, NY), Mathematical Genomics, Random Graphs in Population Genomics, Cartier II 11:30 - 12:00 Alexandra Pettet (University of British Columbia), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, The Masur criterion and the outer automorphism group of a free group, Cartier I 11:30 - 12:00 Alistair Savage (University of Ottawa), Representations of Algebras, Categorification and Heisenberg doubles arising from towers of algebras, Albert 11:30 - 12:00 Anna Stokke (Winnipeg), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, Jeu-de-taquin promotion and cyclic sieving for semistandard hook tableaux, York 11:30 - 12:00 Milen Yakimov (Louisiana State University), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Cluster algebra structures on quantum double Bruhat cells, Cartier III 11:30 - 12:00 Noriko Yui (Fields/Queen's), Modular Forms and Physics, The modularity of non-rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds, Rideau 11:30 - 12:30 Liz Vivas (IMPA Brazil), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Non-autonomous basins, Capital/Carleton 12:00 - 12:30 Anna Bertiger (Waterloo), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, An Equivariant Rim Hook Rule, York 12:00 - 12:30 Frauke Bleher (University of Iowa), Representations of Algebras, Orbit closures, rational surfaces, and Euler characteristics, Albert 12:00 - 12:30 Kelly Burkett (University of Ottawa), Mathematical Genomics, Gene genealogies for finding disease-predisposing genetic variants, Cartier II 12:00 - 12:30 Kenneth R. Davidson (University of Waterloo), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Semicrossed products over lattice semigroups, Victoria North 12:00 - 12:30 Sara Filippini (Fields Institute), Modular Forms and Physics, Calabi-Yau geometries: Rigid threefolds and Hodge structures, Rideau 12:00 - 12:30 Yun Gao (York University), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Finite dimensional irreducible representations of some elementary unitary Lie algebras, Dalhousie 12:00 - 12:30 Tom Lenagan (University of Edinburgh), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Totally nonnegative matrices, Cartier III 12:00 - 12:30 Jemma Lorenat (SFU/U Pierre et Marie Curie), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Julius Plücker's Freude an der Gestalt'', Lyon 12:00 - 12:30 Marc Masdeu (Columbia University), Number Theory, A unified perspective for Darmon points, Laurier 12:00 - 12:30 Jack Milnor (SUNY Stony Brook), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Hyperbolic components of rational maps, Alta Vista 12:00 - 12:30 Stefano Morra (University of Toronto/University of Montpellier), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, On the ordinary representations in the $p$-modular Langlands program, Albion 12:00 - 12:30 Chunhua Ou (Memorial University), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, Asymptotic Analysis of Perturbed Poisson Boltzmann Equation, Kent 12:00 - 12:30 Kasra Rafi (University of Toronto), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, McMullen Polynomial for free-by-cyclic groups., Cartier I 12:00 - 12:30 Ross Stokke (University of Winnipeg), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Amenability for left dual Banach algebras, Queen 12:00 - 12:30 Alden Walker (University of Chicago), Random Walks and Geometry, Surface subgroups, Wellington Salon 12:30 - 14:00 Women in Mathematics Luncheon, Laurier Room 14:00 - 18:00 CMS Student Committee, H. Friege 14:00 - 14:30 Tatyana Barron (Western Ontario), Modular Forms and Physics, Modular forms and quantization, Rideau 14:00 - 14:30 Araceli Bonifant (University of Rhode Island), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Fjords and Tongues in a Parameter Space for Antipode Preserving Cubic Maps, Alta Vista 14:00 - 14:30 Adam Clay (University of Manitoba), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, The Burns-Hale theorem and its generalizations, Cartier I 14:00 - 14:30 Raphael Clouatre (University of Waterloo), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Unitary equivalence to Jordan models for weak contractions of class $C_0$, Victoria North 14:00 - 14:30 Jason Crann (Carleton University), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, A new uncertainty principle for unimodular groups, Queen 14:00 - 14:30 Stephen DeBacker (University of Michigan), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Tori in reductive p-adic groups, Albion 14:00 - 14:30 Pedro Feijao (Universität Bielefeld), Mathematical Genomics, An Algebraic Theory for Genome Rearrangements, Cartier II 14:00 - 14:30 Jia Huang (Minnesota), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, 0-Hecke algebra action on the Stanley-Reisner ring of the Boolean algebra, York 14:00 - 14:30 Joel Kamnitzer (University of Toronto), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Webs and quantum skew Howe duality, Dalhousie 14:00 - 14:30 Kunquan Lan (Ryerson University), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, Diffusive logistic models with harvesting rates, Kent 14:00 - 14:30 Paul Schupp (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Random Walks and Geometry, From random walks to coarse computability, Wellington Salon 14:00 - 14:30 Benjamin Steinberg (City College, New York), Representations of Algebras, Koszul Algebras associated to zonotopes and CAT(0) cube complexes, Albert 14:00 - 14:30 Laura Turner (SUNY New Paltz), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Analytic representation and generality in analysis, Lyon 14:00 - 14:30 Gary Walsh (University of Ottawa), Number Theory, The arithmetical structure of terms in Lucas sequences, Laurier 14:00 - 14:30 Chelsea Walton (MIT), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, PBW deformations of smash product algebras from Hopf actions on Koszul algebras, Cartier III 14:00 - 15:00 Eugene Poletsky (Syracuse University), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Filling holes in Riemann domains, Capital/Carleton 14:30 - 15:00 Mahdi Asgari (Oklahoma State University/Cornell University), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Applications of Functoriality to Representation Theory of p-adic Groups, Albion 14:30 - 15:00 Ian Biringer (Boston College), Random Walks and Geometry, Random limits of Riemannian manifolds, Wellington Salon 14:30 - 15:00 Tom Boothby (Simon Fraser University), Mathematical Genomics, Graphs on Surfaces and Computational Genomics, Cartier II 14:30 - 15:00 Mariya Boyko (University of Toronto), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum Reform in the USSR (1960s, 1970s) and Pedagogical Innovations of Professor Kolmogorov, Lyon 14:30 - 15:00 Yemon Choi (University of Saskatchewan), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, The ZL-amenability constant of a finite group, Queen 14:30 - 15:00 Adam Fuller (University of Nebraska), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Semicrossed Products over Semigroups, Victoria North 14:30 - 15:00 Marcus Garvie (University of Guelph), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, Fully spatially structured metapopulation models for predator-prey dynamics, Kent 14:30 - 15:00 Ellen Kirkman (Wake Forest University), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Finiteness conditions on the Ext algebra of a monomial algebra, Cartier III 14:30 - 15:00 Hossein Movasati (IMPA), Modular Forms and Physics, Integrality properties of automorphic forms for triangle groups, Rideau 14:30 - 15:00 Rodrigo Perez (IUPUI), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Examples of Rational Maps of $\mathbb{CP}^2$ With Equal Dynamical Degrees and no Invariant Foliation I, Alta Vista 14:30 - 15:00 Dale Rolfsen (University of British Columbia), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Groups of PL homeomorphisms, Cartier I 14:30 - 15:00 Markus Schmidmeier (Florida Atlantic University), Representations of Algebras, Box moves on Littlewood-Richardson tableaux, Albert 14:30 - 15:00 Cameron L. Stewart (University of Waterloo), Number Theory, On a refinement of the abc conjecture, Laurier 14:30 - 15:00 Vasu Tewari (UBC), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, 0-Hecke modules for quasisymmetric Schur functions, York 14:30 - 15:00 Peter Tingley (Loyola University), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Convex orders on roots, PBW bases, and polytopes., Dalhousie 15:00 - 15:30 Break, Victoria South 15:30 - 16:00 Tom Archibald (SFU), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Visual Representation in the Theory of Algebraic Functions and their Integrals in the late 19th Century, Lyon 15:30 - 16:00 Noel Brady (University of Oklahoma), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Snowflake subgroups of CAT(0) groups, Cartier I 15:30 - 16:00 Thomas Creutzig (University of Alberta), Modular Forms and Physics, False Theta Functions and the Verlinde Formula, Rideau 15:30 - 16:00 Hermann Eberl (University of Guelph), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, PDE models of chemically induced biofilm detachment, Kent 15:30 - 16:00 George Elliott (University of Toronto), Operator Algebras and their Applications, A short essay on the Pimsner-Voiculescu embedding, Victoria North 15:30 - 16:00 Renato Feres (Washington University, St Louis), Random Walks and Geometry, Random dynamical systems of billiard type, Wellington Salon 15:30 - 16:00 Kevin Hare (University of Waterloo), Number Theory, Sporadic Reinhardt polygons, Laurier 15:30 - 16:00 Mark Kleiner (Syracuse University), Representations of Algebras, Integrations and functor Ext, Albert 15:30 - 16:00 Aaron Lauve (Loyola), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, Revisiting r-Quasisymmetric Polynomials, York 15:30 - 16:00 Graham Leuschke (Syracuse University), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Pieri maps and the bound Young quiver, Cartier III 15:30 - 16:00 Megan Owen (University of Waterloo), Mathematical Genomics, Statistics in tree space, Cartier II 15:30 - 16:00 Roland Roeder (IUPUI), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Examples of Rational Maps of $\mathbb{CP}^2$ With Equal Dynamical Degrees and no Invariant Foliation II, Alta Vista 15:30 - 16:00 Xin Shen (University of Toronto), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Unramified calculation of tensor L-functions, Albion 15:30 - 16:30 Peter Ebenfelt (University of California, San Diego), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Capital/Carleton 15:30 - 17:30 Mathematics Education Session, Mathematics Education, Sparks 16:00 - 17:00 Student Poster Judging, Victoria South 16:00 - 16:30 Kenneth Chan (University of Washington), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Noncommutative quadrics and $\mathbb{Z}^2$-graded algebras, Cartier III 16:00 - 16:30 Gerald Cliff (University of Alberta), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Weil Representations of Local Unitary Groups, Albion 16:00 - 16:30 Elcim Elgun (University of Waterloo), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, The Eberlein Compactification of the Heisenberg Type Group $\mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{T} \times \mathbb{T}$, Queen 16:00 - 16:30 Vaibhav Gadre (University of Warwick), Random Walks and Geometry, Lyapunov expansion exponent for non-uniform lattices in $SL(2, \mathbb{R})$., Wellington Salon 16:00 - 16:30 Igors Gorbovickis (University of Toronto), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Parameterizing rational maps by multipliers of periodic orbits, Alta Vista 16:00 - 16:30 Kevin Henriot (Université de Montréal), Number Theory, Modelling in additive combinatorics, Laurier 16:00 - 16:30 David Kerr (Texas A&M), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Borel complexity and automorphisms of operator algebras, Victoria North 16:00 - 16:30 Xiulan Lai (Western University), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, Modeling the repulsion effect by infected cells on virius spread, Kent 16:00 - 16:30 Joel Lemay (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, A Geometric Realization of the Basic Representation of Affine sl(n), Dalhousie 16:00 - 16:30 Yaya Liu (SFU / Northwest University / Xi'an China), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Equal Temperament Circa 1600 in China and Europe, Lyon 16:00 - 16:30 Frank Marko (Penn State University), Representations of Algebras, Derived representation type of Schur superalgebras, Albert 16:00 - 16:30 Maribel Hernandez Rosales (Universität Leipzig), Mathematical Genomics, Cographs: A Mathematical Characterization for Valid Orthology Relations, Cartier II 16:00 - 16:30 Luis Serrano (UQAM), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, The immaculate basis of the non-commutative symmetric functions, York 16:00 - 16:30 Ursula Whitcher (Wisconsin), Modular Forms and Physics, Short Tops and Semistable Degenerations, Rideau 16:00 - 16:30 Robert Young (University of Toronto), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Filling multiples of embedded curves, Cartier I 16:30 - 17:00 Vincent Bouchard (University of Alberta), Modular Forms and Physics, Quantum Curves and Topological Recursion, Rideau 16:30 - 17:00 Jan Cannizzo (University of Ottawa), Random Walks and Geometry, Poisson bundles and boundary actions, Wellington Salon 16:30 - 17:00 Will Cavendish (McGill University), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, On finite derived quotients of 3-manifold groups, Cartier I 16:30 - 17:00 Hailong Dao (University Kansas), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, On noncommutative crepant resolution of non-Gorenstein singularities, Cartier III 16:30 - 17:00 Richard Friedberg (Columbia University), Mathematical Genomics, Diffusion on the DCJ Lattice, Cartier II 16:30 - 17:00 Daniel Gonçalves (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Simplicity of partial skew group rings, Victoria North 16:30 - 17:00 Zhiguo Hu (University of Windsor), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, An Eberlein theorem over locally compact quantum groups, Queen 16:30 - 17:00 Alejandro Morales (UQAM), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, Bijections and symmetries for factorizations of the long cycle, York 16:30 - 17:00 Laura Peskin (University of British Columbia), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Mod $p$ representations of $p$-adic $\tilde{SL}_2$ via Hecke algebras, Albion 16:30 - 17:00 Daniele Rosso (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, The mirabolic Hecke algebra, Dalhousie 16:30 - 17:00 Scott Sutherland (SUNY Stony Brook), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Dynamics and Root Finding, Alta Vista 16:30 - 17:00 Naomi Tanabe (Queen's University), Number Theory, Notes on Fourier Coefficients of Hilbert Modular Forms, Laurier 16:30 - 17:00 Helene Tyler (Manhattan College), Representations of Algebras, String algebras with one cycle - the rhombic picture, Albert 16:30 - 17:00 Jianhong Wu (York University), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, Patterns of pathogen spread induced by host range expansion, Kent 16:30 - 17:30 Mircea Voda (University of Toronto), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, On Separation of Eigenvalues for Quasiperiodic Schroedinger Operators, Capital/Carleton 17:00 - 17:30 Ilia Binder (University of Toronto), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Computability of prime ends and external rays impressions., Alta Vista 17:00 - 17:30 Emanuel Diaconescu (University of Alberta), Modular Forms and Physics, Parabolic Refined Invariants and Macdonald Polynomials, Rideau 17:00 - 17:30 Behrang Forghani (University of Ottawa), Random Walks and Geometry, Transformation of random walks on groups via Markov stopping times, Wellington Salon 17:00 - 17:30 Thomas Hulse (Queen's University), Number Theory, Some Results of Shifted Sums, Laurier 17:00 - 17:30 Arash Jamshidpey (University of Ottawa), Mathematical Genomics, Stochastic DCJ jump process on signed permutation groups and the validity of the median as an approximation to the true ancestor, Cartier II 17:00 - 17:30 Camelia Karimianpour (University of Ottawa), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Principal Series Representations of $n$-Fold Metaplectic Covers of $SL_2$ over a $p$-adic Field., Albion 17:00 - 17:30 Jonathan Novak (MIT), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Asymptotics of unitary multimatrix models, Victoria North 17:00 - 17:30 Charles Paquette (University of Sherbrooke), Representations of Algebras, Homological dimensions of subalgebras, Albert 17:00 - 17:30 Kyle Petersen (de Paul), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, How to write a permutation as a product of involutions, York 17:00 - 17:30 Ebrahim Samei (University of Saskatchewan), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Hyperreflexivity constant of the derivation space of Banach algebras, Queen 17:00 - 17:30 Nicholas Touikan (Carleton University), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Strong accessibility of finitely presented groups (with Lars Louder), Cartier 1 17:00 - 17:30 Yuxiang Zhang (University of Ottawa), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, A reaction-diffusion Lyme disease model with seasonality, Kent 17:00 - 17:30 Kaiming Zhao (Wilfred Laurier University), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Irreducible representations of the Virasoro algebra, Dalhousie 17:30 - 18:00 Jason Behrstock (CUNY), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Higher dimensional filling and divergence for mapping class groups, Cartier I 17:30 - 18:00 John Conway (Princeton University), Modular Forms and Physics, Rideau 17:30 - 18:00 Clifton Cunningham (University of Calgary), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, A function-sheaf dictionary for p-adic tori, Albion 17:30 - 18:00 Nadia El-Mabrouk (Université de Montréal), Mathematical Genomics, Resolving Gene Trees with Polytomies, Cartier II 17:30 - 18:00 Tatiana Firsova (SUNY Stony Brook), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Alta Vista 17:30 - 18:00 Maryam Hosseini (University of Ottawa), Random Walks and Geometry, Extensions of Cantor Minimal Systems., Wellington Salon 17:30 - 18:00 Jing-Jing Huang (University of Toronto), Number Theory, Metric Diophantine approximation on manifolds, Laurier 17:30 - 18:00 Ellen Kirkman (Wake forest University), Representations of Algebras, Twisted Matrix Factorizations, Albert 17:30 - 18:00 Nathan Manning (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Global Weyl modules, Dalhousie 17:30 - 18:00 Qingyun Wang (University of Toronto), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Tracial Rokhlin property and non-commutative dimensions, Victoria North 17:30 - 18:00 Greg Warrington (Vermont), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, The Sweep Map, York 17:30 - 18:00 Dilian Yang (University of Windsor), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Factoriality and type classification of $\textsf{k}$-graph von Neumann algebras, Queen 17:30 - 18:00 Xiaoqiang Zhao (Memorial University), Partial Differential Equations and Biological Applications, Spatial dynamics of a partially degenerate reaction-diffusion system in a periodic habitat, Kent 17:30 - 18:30 Gordon Heier (University of Houston), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Projective Kaehler manifolds of semi-negative holomorphic sectional curvature, Capital/Carleton 18:00 - 19:00 Alexander Karp (Columbia), Plenary Speaker, Mathematicians and pre-college mathematics education: Thinking about productive involvement, Victoria North 19:00 - 20:00 Robert Smith? (University of Ottawa), Public Lecture, When Zombies Attack! Mathematical Modelling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection, Victoria North 20:00 - 21:00 Manuel A. Báez (Carleton University), Public Lecture, Pattern Resonance: The Morphology of the Amorphous, Victoria North 20:30 - 22:00 Student Social, Parliament Hill & McLaren Pub Sunday December 8 8:00 - 16:00 Student Poster Session, Victoria South 8:00 - 20:00 Registration, Victoria South 8:00 - 10:00 CMS Education Committee, H. Friege 8:00 - 9:00 Daniel Wise (McGill University), Plenary Speaker, Cube Complexes, Victoria North 9:00 - 9:30 Jeff Adler (American University), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, The dual of a reductive algebraic group, Albion 9:00 - 9:30 Elena Braverman (University of Calgary), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, On stability of equations with a distributed delay, Sparks 9:00 - 9:30 Anne Broadbent (Unviersity of Ottawa), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Specious Adversaries and Quantum Private Information Retrieval, Cartier II 9:00 - 9:30 Eleonore Faber (University of Toronto), Representations of Algebras, The global spectrum of commutative rings, Albert 9:00 - 9:30 Craig Fraser (University of Toronto), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Infinitesimals in Eighteenth-Century Calculus: The Background to Cauchy’s Analysis, Lyon 9:00 - 9:30 Terry Gannon (University of Alberta), Modular Forms and Physics, Rideau 9:00 - 9:30 Denis Gaydashev (Uppsala), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Scaling ratios for Siegel disks, Alta Vista 9:00 - 9:30 Richard Gaelan Hanlon (Memorial University), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, A Subgroup Theorem for Homological Dehn Functions, Cartier I 9:00 - 9:30 Patrick Ingram (Colorado State University), Number Theory, The filled Julia set of a Drinfeld module, Laurier 9:00 - 9:30 Michael Kozdron (University of Regina), Random Walks and Geometry, A random walk proof of the matrix tree theorem, Wellington Salon 9:00 - 9:30 David Saltman (CCR, Princeton), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Persistent Fields, Cartier III 9:00 - 9:30 Vladimir Shpilrain (CUNY), Groups and Algorithms, Solving problems privately, Kent 9:00 - 9:30 Nico Spronk (University of Waterloo), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, On $p$-variations of Fourier algebras, Queen 9:00 - 9:30 Grazia Viola (Lakehead), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Tracially Central sequences, Victoria North 9:00 - 9:30 Changlong Zhong (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, $T$-equivariant oriented cohomology of flag varieties, Dalhousie 9:00 - 10:00 Laszlo Lempert (Purdue University), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, The curvature of direct images of holomorphic vector bundles, Capital/Carleton 9:30 - 16:00 Exhibits, Victoria South 9:30 - 10:00 Calin Chindris (University of Missouri), Representations of Algebras, Moduli spaces of modules of finite-dimensional algebras, Albert 9:30 - 10:00 Miroslav Englis (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Arveson-Douglas conjecture and Toeplitz operators, Queen 9:30 - 10:00 Ilya Gekhtmann (University of Chicago), Random Walks and Geometry, Stable type of the mapping class group, Wellington Salon 9:30 - 10:00 Peter Hazard (University of Toronto), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, On Renormalisation of Henon-like Mappings, Alta Vista 9:30 - 10:00 Johanna Mangahas (Brown University), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Convex cocompactness in mapping class groups via quasiconvexity in right-angled Artin groups, Cartier I 9:30 - 10:00 David McKinnon (University of Waterloo), Number Theory, Rational points on cubic surfaces, Laurier 9:30 - 10:00 Alex Molnar (Queen's University), Modular Forms and Physics, Mirror symmetry and generalized Borcea-Voisin threefolds, Rideau 9:30 - 10:00 Varun Narasimhachar (University of Calgary), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Majorization theory and thermodynamics, Cartier II 9:30 - 10:00 Alfred Noel (UMass Boston), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Tau Signatures and Characters of Weyl Groups, Albion 9:30 - 10:00 Brent Pym (McGill University), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Quantum deformations of projective three-space, Cartier III 9:30 - 10:00 Luis Santiago (University of Oregon), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Victoria North 9:30 - 10:00 Dirk Schlimm (McGill University), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Non-Euclidean geometry and geometrical content, Lyon 9:30 - 10:00 Denis Serbin (Stevens Institute), Groups and Algorithms, Compression techniques in infinite words, Kent 9:30 - 10:00 Jaimal Thind (University of Toronto), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Reconstruction of Lie Group Morphisms, Dalhousie 9:30 - 10:00 Pei Yu (Western University), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Computation of normal forms of delay differential equations, Sparks 10:00 - 10:30 Break, Victoria South 10:00 - 12:00 COMC Committee Meeting, H. Friege 10:30 - 11:30 Mikhail Lyubich (SUNY Stony Brook), Plenary Speaker, Victoria North 11:30 - 12:30 Zinovy Reichstein (University of British Columbia), Jeffery-Williams Prize, From Tschirnhaus transformations to essential dimension, Victoria North 12:30 - 13:30 CMS Town Hall Meeting, Victoria North 13:00 - 15:00 CMS Research Committee, H. Friege 14:00 - 14:20 Sarah Plosker (Brandon University), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Dirichlet Polynomials, Majorization, and Trumping, Cartier II 14:00 - 14:30 Eric Bedford (University of Indiana), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Basins in holomorphic dynamics, Alta Vista 14:00 - 14:30 Paul Bourgade (Harvard), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Quantum unique ergodicity for generalized Wigner matrices, Victoria North 14:00 - 14:30 Eleonore Faber (University Toronto), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Non-commutative resolutions of non-normal rings, Cartier III 14:00 - 14:30 Julia Gordon (University of British Columbia), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Uniform in p bounds for orbital integrals, Albion 14:00 - 14:30 Kalle Karu (University of British Columbia), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Operational algebraic cobordism, Dalhousie 14:00 - 14:30 Antonio Lei (CRM & McGill University), Number Theory, Iwasawa Theory of Abelian Varieties at Supersingular Primes, Laurier 14:00 - 14:30 Jean-Pierre Marquis (Université de Montréal), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Models in pure mathematics: nature and function, Lyon 14:00 - 14:30 Eduardo Martinez-Pedroza (Memorial University), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, On Subgroups of Non-positively Curved Groups, Cartier I 14:00 - 14:30 Andrija Perunicic (Fields), Modular Forms and Physics, Arithmetic Aspects of Berglund-H\"ubsch-Krawitz Duality, Rideau 14:00 - 14:30 Franco Saliola (UQAM), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, Spectrum of the random-to-random operator, York 14:00 - 14:30 Alessandro Sisto (ETH Zurich), Random Walks and Geometry, Tracking rates of random walks, Wellington Salon 14:00 - 14:30 Ozgur Yilmaz (University of British Columbia), Inverse Problems in Imaging, Sparsity and Blind Source Separation, Albert 14:00 - 14:30 Xingfu Zou (Western University), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, On the basins of attraction for a class of of delay differential equations with non-monotone bistable nonlinearities, Sparks 14:00 - 15:00 Alexander Brudnyi (University of Calgary), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Banach-valued Holomorphic Functions on the Maximal Ideal space of $H^{\infty}$ and the Operator Corona Problem, Capital/Carleton 14:20 - 14:40 Jeremy Levick (University of Guelph), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, The Four-Dimensional Perfect Mirsky Conjecture, Cartier II 14:30 - 15:00 Eduardo Noble De la Torre (Université de Montréal), History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Alan Turing on the Foundations of Mathematics, Lyon 14:30 - 15:00 Artem Dudko (SUNY Stony Brook), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, The Julia set of the Feigenbaum map is poly-time computable, Alta Vista 14:30 - 15:00 Mark Hagen (University of Michigan), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Cubulating mapping tori of some free group endomorphisms, Cartier I 14:30 - 15:00 Michael Hartz (University of Waterloo), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Victoria North 14:30 - 15:00 Nicolas Hoell (University of Toronto), Inverse Problems in Imaging, Some Uses of Harmonic Functions in Imaging, Albert 14:30 - 15:00 Sam Hsiao (Bard), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, Probabilistic interpretations of quasisymmetric functions, York 14:30 - 15:00 Arash Jamshidpey (University of Ottawa), Random Walks and Geometry, The geometric median of samples from measures induced by simple random walks, Wellington Salon 14:30 - 15:00 Payman Kassaei (King's College London and McGill University), Number Theory, Companion forms in parallel weight one, Laurier 14:30 - 15:00 Daniel Krashen (University of Georgia), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Derived categories of torsors for Abelian varieties, Cartier III 14:30 - 15:00 Khoa Pham (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, On the Dynkin index of Lie algebras, Dalhousie 14:30 - 15:00 Simon Rose (Fields/Queen's), Modular Forms and Physics, Towards a reduced Mirror Symmetry for Quartic K3s, Rideau 14:30 - 15:00 Loren Spice (Texas Christian University), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Sign changes in harmonic analysis on p-adic groups, Albion 14:30 - 15:00 Ami Viselter (University of Alberta), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Ergodic theory for quantum (semi)groups, Queen 14:30 - 15:00 Jianhong Wu (York University), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Spatial dynamics of Asia Clam invasion, Sparks 14:40 - 15:00 Jianxin Chen (University of Guelph), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, symmetric extension of two-qubit states, Cartier II 15:00 - 15:30 Break, Victoria South 15:00 - 17:00 CMS Mathematics Competitions Committee, H.Friege 15:30 - 16:00 Louis-Pierre Arguin (Université de Montréal), Random Walks and Geometry, Distributions of the maxima of the two-dimensional Gaussian free field, Wellington Salon 15:30 - 16:00 Jacques Bélair (Université de Montréal), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Stability analysis in hematopoietic models, Sparks 15:30 - 16:00 Ragnar Buchweitz (University of Toronto), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Representation--infinite Algebras from Geometry, Cartier III 15:30 - 16:00 Daniel Fiorilli (University of Michigan), Number Theory, A probabilistic study of the explicit formula, Laurier 15:30 - 16:00 Peter Gibson (York University), Inverse Problems in Imaging, A geometric representation of the Green's functions for scattering in layered media, Albert 15:30 - 16:00 Gilad Gour (University of Calgary), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Towards a complete classification of multipartite entanglement, Cartier II 15:30 - 16:00 Peter McNamara (Bucknell), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, Comparing skew Schur functions: a quasisymmetric perspective, York 15:30 - 16:00 Paul Mezo (Carleton University), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Three perspectives on endoscopy, Albion 15:30 - 16:00 Jamie Mingo (Queen's University), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Asymptotic Freeness and the Transpose, Victoria North 15:30 - 16:00 Eugeniu Spinu (University of Alberta), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Operator ideals on $C^*$-algebras, Queen 15:30 - 16:00 Alan Thompson (Fields/Alberta/Waterloo), Modular Forms and Physics, Families of lattice polarized K3 surfaces with monodromy, Rideau 15:30 - 16:00 Daniel T. Wise (McGill University), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Cubular Tubular Groups, Cartier I 15:30 - 16:00 Michael Yampolsky (University of Toronto), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Geometrization of branched coverings of the sphere and decidability of Thurston equivalence, Alta Vista 15:30 - 16:30 Ilia Binder (University of Toronto), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Constructive Caratheodory Theory, Capital/Carleton 16:00 - 16:30 Mohammad Bardestani (University of Ottawa), Random Walks and Geometry, Representation theory of profinite groups and its application in group expansion, Wellington Salon 16:00 - 16:30 Chris Brav (Institute for Advanced Study), Connections Between Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry, Hamiltonian local models for symplectic derived stacks, Cartier III 16:00 - 16:30 Aaron Christie (University of Ottawa), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Some Geometrization in the Context of the Langlands Program, Albion 16:00 - 16:30 Ivan Dimitrov (Queen's University), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Integrable weight modules of $gl(\infty)$, Dalhousie 16:00 - 16:30 Ian Hambleton (McMaster University), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Geometric extensions of surface groups, Cartier I 16:00 - 16:30 Andrew Harder (University of Alberta), Modular Forms and Physics, Moduli spaces of lattice polarized K3 surfaces and the birational geometry of Fano threefolds, Rideau 16:00 - 16:30 Nathaniel Johnston (Institute for Quantum Computing), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Separability from Spectrum for Qubit-Qudit States, Cartier II 16:00 - 16:30 James Maynard (Université de Montréal), Number Theory, The number of prime factors of n(n+2)(n+6), Laurier 16:00 - 16:30 Mathieu Guay Paquet (UQAM), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, Convex combinations of chromatic symmetric functions, York 16:00 - 16:30 Alexey Popov (University of Waterloo), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Abelian, amenable operator algebras are similar to C*-algebras, Victoria North 16:00 - 16:30 Volker Runde (University of Alberta), Banach Algebras and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Connes-amenability of $B(G)$, Queen 16:00 - 16:30 Alexandru Tamasan (University of Central Florida), Inverse Problems in Imaging, Recent progress in Current Density Impedance Imaging, Albert 16:00 - 16:30 Hexi Ye (University of Toronto), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Torsion points and the Lattes family, Alta Vista 16:00 - 16:30 Xiaoqiang Zhao (Memorial University), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Global Dynamics of A Time-Delayed Dengue Transmission Model, Sparks 16:30 - 17:00 Alejandro Adem (University of British Columbia), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, A classifying space for commutativity in Lie groups, Cartier I 16:30 - 17:00 Sandro Bettin (Université de Montréal), Number Theory, The reciprocity formula for the twisted second moment of Dirichlet L-functions, Laurier 16:30 - 17:00 Sue-Ann Campbell (University of Waterloo), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, A Plankton Model with Time Delay, Sparks 16:30 - 17:00 Francis Chung (University of Michigan), Inverse Problems in Imaging, Partial Data Inverse Problems for the Neumann-to-Dirichlet map, Albert 16:30 - 17:00 Mark Girard (University of Calgary), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, On Convex Optimization Problems in Quantum Information, Cartier II 16:30 - 17:00 Holly Heglin (York), Symmetric Functions and Generalizations, York 16:30 - 17:00 Arturo Pianzola (University of Alberta), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, On the rationality of multiloop algebras (after B. Margaux), Dalhousie 16:30 - 17:00 Igor Rivin (Temple University), Random Walks and Geometry, Generic and random elements, Wellington Salon 16:30 - 17:00 Paul Skoufranis (UCLA), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Freely Independent Random Variables with Non-Atomic Distributions, Victoria North 16:30 - 17:00 Geo Tam (McMaster University), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Admissible embeddings of L-tori and the essentially tame local Langlands/Jacquet-Langlands correspondence, Albion 16:30 - 17:00 Raluca Tanase (SUNY Stony Brook), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, Semi-parabolic tools for hyperbolic Hénon maps, Alta Vista 16:30 - 17:30 Dan Coman (Syracuse University), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Convergence of the Fubini-Study currents for singular metrics on line bundles and applications, Capital/Carleton 17:00 - 17:30 Jason Crann (Carleton University), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Manifestations of duality in quantum information, Cartier II 17:00 - 17:30 Youness Lamzouri (York University), Number Theory, A-points of the Riemann Zeta function, Laurier 17:00 - 17:30 Joshua Lansky (American University), Harmonic Analysis on Groups over Local Fields, Explicit Liftings of Conjugacy Classes in Reductive Groups, Albion 17:00 - 17:30 Ming Mei (McGill University), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Stability of oscillating wavefronts for time-delayed reaction-diffusion equation, Sparks 17:00 - 17:30 Erhard Neher (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Invariant bilinear forms of algebras given by descent, Dalhousie 17:00 - 17:30 Remus Radu (SUNY Stony Brook), Holomorphic dynamics and related topics, A structure theorem for semi-parabolic Hénon maps, Alta Vista 17:00 - 17:30 Chris Ramsey (University of Virginia), Operator Algebras and their Applications, Triangular algebras vs. tensor algebras, Victoria North 17:00 - 17:30 Dmytro Savchuk (University of South Florida), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Submanifold Projection for $Out(F_n)$, Cartier I 17:30 - 18:30 NSERC Presentations, Cartier III 19:00 - 19:30 Banquet Reception, Victoria North 19:30 - 22:00 Banquet, Victoria North Monday December 9 8:00 - 15:30 Registration, Victoria South 8:00 - 9:00 Stephen Kudla (University of Toronto), Plenary Speaker, Algebraic cycles and Siegel modular forms, Victoria North 9:00 - 9:30 Stefanella Boatto (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Infectious Disease Modelling, EPIDEMICS DYNAMICS IN A CITY: A NETWORK MODEL AND SEASON VARIATIONS, York 9:00 - 9:30 Fred Brauer (University of British Columbia), Infectious Disease Modelling, Drug resistance in disease treatment models, Albion 9:00 - 9:30 Benoit Collins (University of Ottawa), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Free probability and quantum information theory, Cartier II 9:00 - 9:30 Joel Kamnitzer (University of Toronto), Representations of Algebras, Representations of quotients of shifted Yangians, Lyon 9:00 - 9:30 Michael Lamoureux (University of Calgary), Inverse Problems in Imaging, Iterative methods for full waveform inversion, Albert 9:00 - 9:30 Jérémie Lefebvr (Geneva), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Non-autonomous stability in non-linear delayed systems, Sparks 9:00 - 9:30 Eduardo Martinez-Pedroza (Memorial University), Groups and Algorithms, Local Quasiconvexity and Negative Sectional Curvature in Complexes of Groups., Kent 9:00 - 9:30 Zinovy Reichstein (University of British Columbia), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Essential dimension of pseudo-reflection groups, Dalhousie 9:00 - 9:30 Alessandro Sisto (ETH), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Quasi-cocycles detect hyperbolically embedded subgroups, Cartier I 9:00 - 10:00 Debraj Chakrabarti (Central Michigan University), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Complex Analysis on Product Domains, Capital/Carleton 9:30 - 10:00 Ian Biringer (Boston College), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Intersecting finite index subgroups of a group, Cartier I 9:30 - 10:00 Guihong Fan (Columbus State), Infectious Disease Modelling, A differential delay model for ticks, York 9:30 - 10:00 Doug Farenick (University of Regina), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Dual matrix systems and Tsirelson's problem, Cartier II 9:30 - 10:00 Abba Gumel (University of Manitoba), Infectious Disease Modelling, Mathematics of HPV Vaccines, Albion 9:30 - 10:00 Colin Ingalls (University of New Brunswick), Representations of Algebras, Noncommutative Resolutions, Lyon 9:30 - 10:00 Arash Jamshidpey (University of Ottawa), Contributed Papers, Moran model with i.i.d. and a.s. convergent fitness functions, Alta Vista 9:30 - 10:00 Nemanja Kosovalic (York University), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Algebraic-Delay Differential Systems: Age Structured Population Modeling and $C^0$-Extendable Submanifolds, Sparks 9:30 - 10:00 Nicole Lemire (Western University), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Equivariant Birational Aspects of Algebraic Tori, Dalhousie 9:30 - 10:00 Wenyuan Liao (University of Calgary), Inverse Problems in Imaging, Adjoint analysis and its application in full waveform seismic inversion, Albert 9:30 - 10:00 Benjamin Steinberg (CUNY), Groups and Algorithms, On a conjecture of Karass and Solitar, Kent 10:00 - 10:30 Break, Victoria South 10:30 - 11:30 George Elliott (University of Toronto), Plenary Speaker, What is required for classification (when there is no moduli space)?, Victoria North 11:30 - 12:30 Marc Ryser (Duke University), Doctoral Prize, Of noise and cancer, Victoria North 13:00 - 13:45 McGraw-Hill Education, Victoria North 14:00 - 14:30 Mathieu Carette (McGill University), Geometric Group Theory and Low Dimensional Topology, Quasi-isometry and commability for groups acting on trees, Cartier I 14:00 - 14:30 Nyuk Sian Chong (University of Ottawa), Infectious Disease Modelling, Filippov Models of Avian Influenza, York 14:00 - 14:30 Michael Haslam (York University), Inverse Problems in Imaging, A High Order Method for the Scattering Problem from Layered Conducting Dielectric Media, Albert 14:00 - 14:30 Caroline Junkins (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Torsion in the gamma-filtration for groups of inner type Dn, Dalhousie 14:00 - 14:30 Chi-Kwong Li (College of William and Mary), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Decomposition of unitary gates, Cartier II 14:00 - 14:30 Connell McCluskey (Wilfrid Laurier), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Using Lyapunov Functions to Construct Lyapunov Functionals, Sparks 14:00 - 14:30 Gretchen Ostheimer (Hofstra University), Groups and Algorithms, Groups with logspace normal forms, Kent 14:00 - 14:30 Huaiping Zhu (York University), Infectious Disease Modelling, Modeling the transmission of West Nile virus with weather conditions, Albion 14:00 - 15:00 Raymundo Bautista (UNAM, Mexico), Representations of Algebras, Lyon 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Bloom (University of Toronto), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Complex zeros of random polynomials, Capital/Carleton 14:30 - 15:00 Bhagwan Aggarwala (University of Calgary), Infectious Disease Modelling, Mathematical Modeling of HCV, Albion 14:30 - 15:00 Yuming Chen (Wilfred Laurier University), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Global dynamics of delayed reaction-diffusion equations in unbounded domains, Sparks 14:30 - 15:00 Nicolas Delfosse (Université de Sherbrooke), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Percolation and quantum error correction, Cartier II 14:30 - 15:00 Delaram Kahrobaei (CUNY), Groups and Algorithms, Public key exchange using extensions by endomorphisms and matrices over a Galois field, Kent 14:30 - 15:00 Alexander Neshitov (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Invariants of degree 3 and torsion in the Chow ring of a versal flag variety, Dalhousie 14:30 - 15:00 Mohammad Tavalla (York University), Inverse Problems in Imaging, Albert 14:30 - 15:00 James Watmough (University of New Brunswick), Infectious Disease Modelling, A simple in-host treatment model exhibiting sustained immunity, York 15:00 - 15:30 Break, Victoria South 15:30 - 16:00 Jason Bramburger (University of Ottawa), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Steady-state/Hopf interactions in the van der Pol oscillator with delayed feedback, Sparks 15:30 - 16:00 Kevin Church (University of Ottawa), Infectious Disease Modelling, A comparison of two malaria vector control strategies with impulsive differential equations, Albion 15:30 - 16:00 Raymond Sze (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, State Transformation Problem in Quantum Information, Cartier II 15:30 - 16:00 Svetla Vassileva (McGill University), Groups and Algorithms, The conjugacy problem in groups and its space complexity, Kent 15:30 - 16:30 Paul Gauthier (Université de Montréal), Complex Analysis and Complex Geometry, Holomorphic Extension-Interpolation, Capital/Carleton 16:00 - 16:30 Johanna Hansen (Queens University), Infectious Disease Modelling, Coinfection and the Evolution of Resistance, Albion 16:00 - 16:30 Jeremy Macdonald (Stevens Institute), Groups and Algorithms, Effective coherence in discriminated groups, Kent 16:00 - 16:30 Marco Merkli (Memorial University), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, Repeated Quantum Measurement Processes, Cartier II 16:00 - 16:30 Liam Watson (University of Glasgow), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Dehn twists in Heegaard Floer homology, Dalhousie 16:00 - 16:30 Huaiping Zhu (York University), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Oscillation and driving mechanism in compartmental models for mosquito-borne diseases with time delay, Sparks 16:30 - 17:00 Victor LeBlanc (University of Ottawa), Functional Differential Equations and Applications, Nilpotencies and realizability in delayed nonlinear oscillators, Sparks 16:30 - 17:00 Muneerah Al Nuwairan (University of Ottawa), Matrix Theory in Quantum Information, EPOSIC Channels, Cartier II 16:30 - 17:00 Steve Tully (University of Guelph), Infectious Disease Modelling, Exploring the relationship between HIV awareness and personal preference towards sexual actions., Albion 16:30 - 17:00 Wanshun Wong (University of Ottawa), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, Periods of generic torsors of groups of multiplicative type, Dalhousie 16:30 - 17:00 Ming Ming Zhang (Carleton University), Groups and Algorithms, On residually toral relatively hyperbolic groups, Kent 17:00 - 17:30 Inna Bumagin (Carleton University), Groups and Algorithms, The conjugacy and the search conjugacy problem in relatively hyperbolic groups., Kent 17:00 - 17:30 Zsuzsanna Dancso (University of Toronto), Lie Algebras, Representations and Cohomological Invariants, A categorical realization of the cut and flow lattices of graphs, Dalhousie 17:00 - 17:30 Robert Smith? (University of Ottawa), Infectious Disease Modelling, Predicting the HIV/AIDS epidemic and measuring the effect of mobility in mainland China, Albion