2012 CMS Summer Meeting Regina Inn and Ramada Hotels (Regina~Saskatchewan), June 2 - 4, 2012 www.cms.math.ca//Events/summer12

# Schedules - 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.

The plenary and public lectures, registration, exhibits, social events, and coffee breaks are located at the Regina Inn. The scientific talks take place at the Regina Inn and the Ramada Hotel ("RH").

 Thursday May 31 9:00 - 16:00 Workshop on Algebra and Geometry, University of Regina 9:00 - 16:00 Workshop on Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, University of Regina 18:00 - 22:00 CMS Executive Committee, Glenelm Friday June 1 9:00 - 16:00 Workshop on Algebra and Geometry, University of Regina 9:00 - 16:00 Workshop on Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, University of Regina 11:00 - 13:00 CMS Development Group Luncheon, Wascana B 13:00 - 17:00 CMS Board of Directors Meeting, Wascana B 13:30 - 15:30 Graduate Student Workshop: Mathematics Education - CANCELLED, Glenelm 18:00 - 19:00 John Fyfe (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis; Victoria), Public Lecture, Mathematics and Climate Change, Kenosee 19:00 - 20:30 Welcome Reception, Mezzanine 19:00 - 20:30 Registration, Mezzanine 19:00 - 20:30 Student Poster Session, Cannington Saturday June 2 8:00 - 16:00 Registration, Cannington 8:15 - 8:30 Opening Address, Kenosee 8:30 - 9:20 Marius Junge (Illinois-Urbana Champaign), Plenary Speakers, From Bell inequalities to the Grothendieck program in Operator Algebras, Kenosee 9:00 - 13:30 CMS Student Committee, Rochdale 9:30 - 10:00 Break, Cannington 9:30 - 16:00 Exhibits, Cannington 9:30 - 16:00 Student Poster Session, Cannington 10:00 - 10:25 Alvaro Barreras (Zaragoza), Total Positivity, Signed bidiagonal decompositions, Whitmore 10:00 - 10:25 Michael Brannan (Queen's), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, Representations of quantum group convolution algebras, Birch, Ramada 10:00 - 10:25 Gerald Cliff (Alberta), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Representations of GL(n,R) and Sp(2n,R) where R is a p-adic field or a finite local ring, Cypress 10:00 - 10:25 Tiago Dinis da Fonseca (CRM), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Higher spin 6-Vertex model and Macdonald polynomials, Glenelm 10:00 - 10:25 Ajneet Dhillon (Western), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, Vector bundles with parabolic structure and algebraic stacks, Aspen, Ramada 10:00 - 10:25 Brian Harbourne (Nebraska-Lincoln), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Containments of symbolic powers in ordinary powers, Maple, Ramada 10:00 - 10:25 Laurent Marcoux (Waterloo), Operator Algebras, Almost invariant subspaces, Cedar, Ramada 10:00 - 10:25 Kathleen Nolan and J. Harley Weston (Regina), Connections in Mathematics Education, Connecting with Community: From Aboriginal Perspectives to Math on the Move, Wascana B 10:00 - 10:25 Nadia Saad (Ottawa), Free Probability Theory: New Developments and Applications, Integration of Invariant Matrices and Applications to Statistics, Pine, Ramada 10:00 - 10:25 Don Stanley (Regina), Homotopy Theory, Homotopy invariance of configuration spaces, Diefenbaker 10:00 - 10:25 Brett Stevens (Carleton), Combinatorics, Linear feedback shift registers and covering arrays, Kenosee 10:00 - 10:25 Cameron Stewart (Waterloo), Number Theory, Well spaced integers generated by an infinite set of primes, Hillsdale 10:00 - 10:40 Radu Cebanu (UQAM), Geometric Topology, Knots in lens spaces with $S^1\times S^2$ surgeries, Qu'Appelle 10:30 - 10:55 Karl Dilcher (Dalhousie), Number Theory, Congruences for sums of reciprocals, Hillsdale 10:30 - 10:55 Martin Frankland (Illinois - Urbana-Champaign), Homotopy Theory, Non-realizable 2-stage $\Pi$-algebras, Diefenbaker 10:30 - 10:55 Daniel Gottesman (Perimeter Institute), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Quantum Error Correction, Glenelm 10:30 - 10:55 Gordon Heier (Houston), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, On uniformly effective birationality and the Shafarevich Conjecture over curves, Aspen, Ramada 10:30 - 10:55 Mike Janssen (Nebraska-Lincoln), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Ideals of almost collinear points in $\mathbb{P}^2$, Maple, Ramada 10:30 - 10:55 Mehrdad Kalantar (Carleton), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, Harmonic Operators on LC Quantum Groups, Birch, Ramada 10:30 - 10:55 Shawn McCann (Calgary), Operator Algebras, $C^*$-algebras Associated with Topological Group Quivers, Cedar, Ramada 10:30 - 10:55 Emily Redelmeier (Paris-Sud), Free Probability Theory: New Developments and Applications, Real Second-Order Freeness, Pine, Ramada 10:30 - 10:55 Amy Wiebe (SFU), Combinatorics, Golay sequence and array pairs, Kenosee 10:30 - 10:55 Alyson Worrall (Lethbridge), Connections in Mathematics Education, Incorporating Children’s Literature in the Mathematics Classroom, Wascana B 10:30 - 11:20 Kiyoshi Igusa (Brandeis), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Distinguished triangles in continuous cluster categories., Wascana A 10:30 - 11:20 Stephane Launois (Kent), Total Positivity, Deleting derivations algorithm and TNN matrices, Whitmore 10:45 - 11:25 Adam Clay (UQAM), Geometric Topology, Foliations of graph manifolds and left-orderability, Qu'Appelle 11:00 - 11:25 Yemon Choi (Saskatchewan), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, Birch, Ramada 11:00 - 11:25 Annika Denkert (Nebraska-Lincoln), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Resurgence and related questions for two intersecting lines in $\mathbb{P}^2$, Maple, Ramada 11:00 - 11:25 Peter Dukes (Victoria), Combinatorics, Intersections of Latin Squares, Kenosee 11:00 - 11:25 Gerhard Hiss (Aachen), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, On the Chevalley property of a finite-dimensional group algebra and its Drinfeld double, Cypress 11:00 - 11:25 Patrick Ingram (Colorado State), Number Theory, The arithmetic of Henon maps, Hillsdale 11:00 - 11:25 Josh Lapan (McGill), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Black Hole Greybody Factors and Monodromies, Glenelm 11:00 - 11:25 James Mingo (Queen's), Free Probability Theory: New Developments and Applications, Fluctuations of Free Wigner Matrices, Pine, Ramada 11:00 - 11:25 Hugo Rodriguez Ordonez (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes), Homotopy Theory, Dimensional restrictions upon counterexamples to Ganea's conjecture, Diefenbaker 11:00 - 11:25 Vasilisa Shramchenko (Sherbrooke), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, Higher genus Weierstrass sigma-function, Aspen, Ramada 11:00 - 11:25 Dilian Yang (Windsor), Operator Algebras, Type III von Neumann algebras associated with rank 2 graphs, Cedar, Ramada 11:00 - 11:25 Carol Youck-Cousins and Donna Ell (Prairie Valley School Division and Miller Comprehensive HS), Connections in Mathematics Education, Puzzling it Out, Wascana B 11:30 - 12:20 Veselin Jungic (SFU), Excellence in Teaching Award Lecture, The Blended Learning Approach to Teaching a Calculus Class: What May Change and What Should Stay the Same, Kenosee 12:30 - 14:00 NSERC Long Range Plan, Kenosee 14:00 - 14:25 Mahmood Alaghmandan (Saskatchewan), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, Amenability properties for the centres of certain discrete group algebras, Birch, Ramada 14:00 - 14:25 Michael Cavers (Calgary), Combinatorics, Graphs with large distinguishing chromatic number, Kenosee 14:00 - 14:25 Man-Duen Choi (Toronto), Operator Algebras, The Taming of the Shrew with Positive Linear Maps, Cedar, Ramada 14:00 - 14:25 Patrick Desrosiers (Universidad de Talca), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Beta-ensembles of random matrices, Glenelm 14:00 - 14:25 Matthew Greenberg (Calgary), Number Theory, Hillsdale 14:00 - 14:25 Nicolas Guay (Alberta), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Coideal subalgebras of quantized enveloping algebras., Cypress 14:00 - 14:25 David Minda (Cincinnati), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, Hyperbolic geometry and conformal invariants., Aspen, Ramada 14:00 - 14:25 Rick Seaman (Regina), Connections in Mathematics Education, Talking about Connections, Wascana B 14:00 - 14:25 Sandra Spiroff (Mississippi), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, The Vanishing of Invariants on Complete Intersections, Maple, Ramada 14:00 - 14:25 Sean Tilson (Wayne State), Homotopy Theory, Power Operations and the Kunneth Spectral Sequence, Diefenbaker 14:00 - 14:25 Victor Vinnikov (Ben Gurion; Israel), Free Probability Theory: New Developments and Applications, Noncommutative Functions and Their Regularity Properties, Pine, Ramada 14:00 - 14:50 Shahla Nasserasr (Regina), Total Positivity, TP$_k$ completion of partial matrices with one unspecified entry, Whitmore 14:00 - 14:50 Adam-Christian van Roosmalen (Regina), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Cluster categories associated to new hereditary categories, Wascana A 14:30 - 17:00 Student Poster Judging, Cannington 14:30 - 17:30 CMS Publications Committee, Rochdale 14:30 - 14:55 Robert Bailey (Regina), Combinatorics, Metric dimension of distance-regular graphs: an update, Kenosee 14:30 - 14:55 Kristen Beck (Arizona), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Depth and dimension for high syzygies, Maple, Ramada 14:30 - 14:55 Egan Chernoff (Saskatchewan), Connections in Mathematics Education, Solving equations: A make-work project for math teachers, Wascana B 14:30 - 14:55 Fereidoun Ghahramani (Manitoba), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, Automorphisms and derivations of the $p$-Volterra algebras and $p$-weighted convolution algebras, Birch, Ramada 14:30 - 14:55 Siri-Malén Høynes (Trondheim, Norway), Operator Algebras, Toeplitz dynamical systems and their K-theory, Cedar, Ramada 14:30 - 14:55 Stefan Mendez-Diez (Alberta), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Elliptic curves, KR-theory and T-duality, Glenelm 14:30 - 14:55 Mihai V. Popa (Queen's), Free Probability Theory: New Developments and Applications, Some Applications of Non-Commutative Functions in Free Analysis, Pine, Ramada 14:30 - 14:55 Ken Stephenson (Tennessee), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, Quasiconformal Mappings via Circle Packing: a Conjecture, Aspen, Ramada 14:30 - 14:55 Anna Stokke (Winnipeg), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Global crystal bases and $q$-Schur algebras, Cypress 14:30 - 14:55 Colin Weir (Calgary), Number Theory, Decomposing the Jacobians of Hermitian Curves, Hillsdale 15:00 - 15:50 Margaret Walshaw (CERME; Massey, NZ), Plenary Speakers, Characteristics of effective teaching for diverse mathematics learners, Kenosee 16:00 - 16:15 Break, Cannington 16:15 - 16:40 Vahid Anvari (Saskatchewan), Contributed Papers, System Dynamic Modeling of Chronic Wasting Disease, Whitmore 16:15 - 16:40 Dan Brown (Certicom), Number Theory, Cryptography in Diophantine Cloak, Hillsdale 16:15 - 16:40 Leandro Cagliero (Cordoba), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, The classification of uniserial $\mathfrak{sl}(2)\ltimes V(m)$-modules and a new interpretation of the Racah-Wigner $6j$-symbol, Cypress 16:15 - 16:40 Andrew Dean (Lakehead), Operator Algebras, Classification of C*-dynamical systems, Cedar, Ramada 16:15 - 16:40 Elcim Elgun (Waterloo), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, The Eberlein Compactification of Locally Compact Groups, Birch, Ramada 16:15 - 16:40 Bruce Gilligan (Regina), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, Holomorphic Reductions of Pseudoconvex Homogeneous Manifolds, Aspen, Ramada 16:15 - 16:40 Keith Johnson (Dalhousie), Homotopy Theory, Homogeneous integer valued polynomials and the stable homotopy of BU, Diefenbaker 16:15 - 16:40 Mahmoud Manjegani (Regina), Total Positivity, Hadamard Powers of Totally Positive Matrices, Whitmore 16:15 - 16:40 Raj Rao Nadakuditi (Michigan), Free Probability Theory: New Developments and Applications, Numerical computation of convolutions in free probability, Pine, Ramada 16:15 - 16:40 Luke Oeding (UC-Berkeley), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, The trifocal variety, Maple, Ramada 16:15 - 16:40 Ortrud Oellermann (Winnipeg), Combinatorics, The Average Connectivity of Graphs and Digraphs, Kenosee 16:15 - 16:40 Gale Russell (Saskatchewan), Connections in Mathematics Education, Mathematics Education through the Eyes of Two Worldviews – Possibility, Impacts, and Barriers, Wascana B 16:15 - 16:40 Walid Abou Salem (Saskatchewan), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Adiabatic evolution of coupled surface and internal waves, Glenelm 16:15 - 16:55 Zsuzsanna Dancso (Toronto), Geometric Topology, Odd Khovanov homology via hyperplane arrangements, Qu'Appelle 16:15 - 16:55 Lucas David-Roesler (Connecticut), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Representation theory using surfaces, Wascana A 16:45 - 17:10 Mahshid Atapour (Saskatchewan), Contributed Papers, Enhancing the Learning of Business Mathematics/Statistics Using Customized Electronic-Learning Modules, Whitmore 16:45 - 17:10 Andrea Burgess (Ryerson), Combinatorics, Cops and robbers on graphs based on designs, Kenosee 16:45 - 17:10 Paolo Casati (Milan), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Simple representations of simple Lie algebras remain Indecomposable restricted to some Abelian Subalgebras, Cypress 16:45 - 17:10 Shaun Fallat (Regina), Total Positivity, Rank Deficiency and Shadows in Totally Nonnegative Matrices, Whitmore 16:45 - 17:10 Nathan Grieve (Queen's), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Cup-product problems on an abelian variety, Maple, Ramada 16:45 - 17:10 David Jao (Waterloo), Number Theory, Isogeny-based Cryptography, Hillsdale 16:45 - 17:10 Roberta La Haye and Irene Naested (Mount Royal), Connections in Mathematics Education, Connecting Mathematics and Art in Elementary Education, Wascana B 16:45 - 17:10 Matthew Mazowita (Alberta), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, The weighted compactification of a group and topological centres, Birch, Ramada 16:45 - 17:10 Robert Milson (Dalhousie), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, A Conjecture on Exceptional Orthogonal Polynomials, Glenelm 16:45 - 17:10 Dorette Pronk (Dalhousie), Homotopy Theory, Bredon Cohomology with Local Coefficients, Diefenbaker 16:45 - 17:10 Eugeniu Spinu (Edmonton), Operator Algebras, Domination problem in the non-commutative setting, Cedar, Ramada 16:45 - 17:10 Jiun-Chau Wang (Saskatchewan), Free Probability Theory: New Developments and Applications, Questions around free Levy processes of the second kind, Pine, Ramada 17:00 - 18:00 Student Poster Session Reception, Cannington 17:00 - 17:40 Mikael Pichot (McGill), Geometric Topology, Randomizing higher rank lattices, Qu'Appelle 17:00 - 17:40 Dylan Rupel (Oregon), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Quantum Cluster Characters via Hall-Ringel Algebras, Wascana A 17:15 - 17:40 Murray Bremner (Saskatchewan), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, The fundamental invariants of 3 x 3 x 3 arrays, Cypress 17:15 - 17:40 Enrico Carlini (Politecnico di Torino), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Determining the Waring rank: special cases, Maple, Ramada 17:15 - 17:40 Michael Jacobson (Calgary), Number Theory, Tabulating Class Groups of Real Quadratic Fields, Hillsdale 17:15 - 17:40 Sarah Post (CRM), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Recent advances in the theory of superintegrable systems, Glenelm 18:00 - 22:00 Student Social, Mosaic Festival 18:00 - 19:30 Malgorzata Dubiel (SFU), 2011 Adrien Pouliot Award, Mathematics for Elementary Teachers – The Most Important Course You Can Teach?, Kenosee Sunday June 3 8:00 - 16:00 Registration, Cannington 8:00 - 10:00 CMS Education Committee, Rochdale 8:00 - 8:25 Sara Faridi (Dalhousie), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Monomial resolutions supported by simplicial trees, Maple, Ramada 8:00 - 8:25 Peter Gibson (York), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Identification of minimum phase preserving operators on the half line, Whitmore 8:00 - 8:25 Chris Godsil (Waterloo), Combinatorics, Graphs, Polytopes, Quadrics, Kenosee 8:00 - 8:25 Oliver Goertsches (Hamburg), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Equivariant cohomology of transverse actions and $K$-contact manifolds, Wascana B 8:00 - 8:50 Michael Gekhtman (Notre Dame), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Cremmer-Gervais Cluster Algebras, Wascana A 8:30 - 8:55 Ada Chan (York), Combinatorics, Trivial Nomura algebra, Kenosee 8:30 - 8:55 Hader Elgendy (Saskatchewan), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, The universal Associative envelope of the anti-Jordan triple system of $n \times n$ matrices, Cypress 8:30 - 8:55 Matthias Franz (Western), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Equivariant cohomology, syzygies and orbit structure, Wascana B 8:30 - 8:55 Andrew Hoefel (Queen's), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Powers of edge ideals with linear resolutions, Maple, Ramada 8:30 - 8:55 Mohammad Tavalla (York), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, A study on weighted composition operators on unit disk, Whitmore 8:30 - 9:10 Tetsuya Ito (Tokyo; UBC), Geometric Topology, Open book foliation and incompressible surfaces, Qu'Appelle 9:00 - 9:25 Jennifer Biermann (Lakehead), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Balanced vertex decomposable simplicial complexes and their h-vectors, Maple, Ramada 9:00 - 9:25 Hubert de Guise (Lakehead), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Some indecomposable representations in physics, Cypress 9:00 - 9:25 Doug Farenick (Regina), Operator Algebras, Ando's numerical radius theorem revisited, Cedar, Ramada 9:00 - 9:25 Glenn Hurlbert (Arizona State), Combinatorics, EKR on Graphs and Lattices, Kenosee 9:00 - 9:25 Oleg Ivrii (Harvard), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, Ghosts of the Mapping Class Group, Aspen, Ramada 9:00 - 9:25 Alexi Morin-Duchesne (Montréal), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Periodic loop models and extended XXZ Hamiltonians, Glenelm 9:00 - 9:25 Steven Rayan (Toronto), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Constructions of co-Higgs bundles in higher dimensions, Wascana B 9:00 - 9:25 Nico Spronk (Waterloo), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, On the algebra generated by pure positive definite functions, Birch, Ramada 9:00 - 9:25 Hugh Williams (Calgary), Number Theory, Compact Representations of Certain Algebraic Integers, Hillsdale 9:00 - 9:50 Max Glick (Michigan), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Singularity confinement for the pentagram map, Wascana A 9:15 - 9:55 Ben Burton (Queensland), Geometric Topology, Regina in Regina: Adventures in computation with knots and 3-manifolds, Qu'Appelle 9:30 - 16:00 Exhibits, Cannington 9:30 - 16:00 Student Poster Session, Cannington 9:30 - 9:55 Gilad Gour (Calgary), Operator Algebras, Closed formula for the relative entropy of entanglement, Cedar, Ramada 9:30 - 9:55 Keith Johnson (Dalhousie), Number Theory, Integer valued polynomials on noncommutative rings, Hillsdale 9:30 - 9:55 Jochen Kuttler (Alberta), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Tensors of bounded rank are defined in bounded degree, Wascana B 9:30 - 9:55 Fotini Labropulu (Regina), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Non-Newtonian mixed convection flowon a vertical surface in the presence of a magnetic field, Whitmore 9:30 - 9:55 Michael Lau (Laval), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Representations of Twisted Forms, Cypress 9:30 - 9:55 Melissa Lindsey (Indiana Wesleyan), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Using lex-plus-powers ideals to maximize global Betti numbers, Maple, Ramada 9:30 - 9:55 Laura Marti Perez (Waterloo), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, A groupoid generalization of the map $\overline{L^2(H)}\otimes L^2(H) \to A(H)$., Birch, Ramada 9:30 - 9:55 Shunji Matsuura (McGill), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Protected boundary states in gapless topological phases, Glenelm 9:30 - 9:55 Alison Purdy (Regina), Combinatorics, EKR-type results using the method of Ahlswede and Khachatrian, Kenosee 9:30 - 9:55 Eric Schippers (Manitoba), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, A refined Teichmuller space of bordered surfaces, Aspen, Ramada 10:00 - 10:30 Break, Cannington 10:30 - 11:20 Ulrike Tillmann (Oxford), Plenary Speakers, Manifolds and Topological Field Theory, Kenosee 11:30 - 12:20 Ailana Fraser (University of British Columbia), Krieger-Nelson Prize Lecture, An eigenvalue problem and minimal surfaces in the ball, Kenosee 12:30 - 14:00 Annual General Meeting, Kenosee 14:00 - 14:25 Nadya Askaripour (Inst. Henri Poincare), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, Poincare series map on open Riemann surfaces, Aspen, Ramada 14:00 - 14:25 Tom Baird (Memorial), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, GKM-sheaves and equivariant cohomology, Wascana B 14:00 - 14:25 Berndt Brenken (Calgary), Operator Algebras, Universal C*-algebras of *-semigroups and the C*-algebra of a partial isometry, Cedar, Ramada 14:00 - 14:25 Paul Buckingham (Alberta), Number Theory, Connecting homomorphisms associated to Tate sequences, Hillsdale 14:00 - 14:25 Chun-Hua Guo (Regina), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Numerical solution of nonlinear matrix equations arising from Green's function calculations in nano research, Whitmore 14:00 - 14:25 Gabor Kunstatter (Winnipeg), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Quantum mechanics on the discretized half-line, Glenelm 14:00 - 14:25 Ben Li (Manitoba), Combinatorics, friendship 3-hypergraphs, Kenosee 14:00 - 14:25 Sonia Natale (Cordoba), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Extensions of tensor categories., Cypress 14:00 - 14:25 Simona Paoli (Leicester, UK), Homotopy Theory, n-fold groupoids and n-types, Diefenbaker 14:00 - 14:25 Chris Peterson (Colorado State), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Linear algebra and the Tangent Bundle, Maple, Ramada 14:00 - 14:25 Keith Taylor (Dalhousie), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, Groups with (essentially) one point duals, Birch, Ramada 14:00 - 14:40 William Jaco (Oklahoma State), Geometric Topology, Minimal triangulations of certain 3-manifolds, Qu'Appelle 14:00 - 14:50 Vasilisa Shramchenko (Sherbrooke), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Cluster automorphisms, Wascana A 14:30 - 14:55 Jonathan Fisher (Toronto), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, The Kirwan method in hyperk\"ahler geometry, Wascana B 14:30 - 14:55 Chris Francisco (Oklahoma State), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Borel ideals and connections to discrete geometry, Maple, Ramada 14:30 - 14:55 Mahya Ghandehari (Dalhousie), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, Matrix coefficients of unitary representations and projections in $L^1(G)$., Birch, Ramada 14:30 - 14:55 Mike Haslam (York), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Fast and Accurate Calculation of Acoustic Potentials with Application to Scattering from Periodically Rough Surfaces, Whitmore 14:30 - 14:55 Alexey Kokotov (Concordia), Complex Geometry and Related Fields, Polyhedral surfaces and determinant of Laplacian, Aspen, Ramada 14:30 - 14:55 Karen Meagher (Regina), Combinatorics, Sperner partition systems, Kenosee 14:30 - 14:55 Marco Merkli (Memorial), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Repeated Interaction Quantum Systems, Glenelm 14:30 - 14:55 Marcy Robertson (Western), Homotopy Theory, On Topological Triangulated Orbit Categories, Diefenbaker 14:30 - 14:55 Renate Scheidler (Calgary), Number Theory, Cubic Function Field Tabulation and 3-Ranks of Hyperelliptic Curves, Hillsdale 14:30 - 14:55 Ami Viselter (Alberta), Operator Algebras, Locally compact quantum groups and amenability, Cedar, Ramada 15:00 - 15:50 Dror Bar-Natan (Toronto), Plenary Speakers, Meta-Groups, Meta-Bicrossed-Products, and the Alexander Polynomial, Kenosee 16:00 - 16:15 Break, Cannington 16:00 - 18:00 CMS Mathematics Competitions Meeting, Rochdale 16:15 - 16:40 Ferenc Balogh (Concordia), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Reduction of planar orthogonality to non-hermitian orthogonality on contours, Glenelm 16:15 - 16:40 Michael Bennett (UBC), Number Theory, A problem of Erdos and Graham revisited, Hillsdale 16:15 - 16:40 Heath Emerson (Victoria), Operator Algebras, Fredholm modules and boundaries of hyperbolic groups, Cedar, Ramada 16:15 - 16:40 Phil Hackney (UC-Riverside), Homotopy Theory, Homotopy theory of props, Diefenbaker 16:15 - 16:40 Penny Haxell (Waterloo), Combinatorics, Packing and covering in $r$-partite hypergraphs, Kenosee 16:15 - 16:40 Derek Krepski (McMaster), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, On symplectic toric orbifolds as quotients of a finite group action, Wascana B 16:15 - 16:40 Stephen Sturgeon (Kentucky), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Combinatorics of Boij-Soderberg Theory, Maple, Ramada 16:15 - 16:40 Yong Zhang (Manitoba), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, The invariant subspace property for F-algebras, Birch, Ramada 16:15 - 16:40 Vladimir Zubov (Calgary), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Mesh refining in data preprocessing for the seismic inversion problem, Whitmore 16:15 - 16:55 Liam Watson (UCLA), Geometric Topology, Heegaard Floer homology and the fundamental group, Qu'Appelle 16:15 - 17:05 Gordana Todorov (Northeastern), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Morphisms detemined by objects., Wascana A 16:45 - 17:10 Michael Coons (Waterloo), Number Theory, The rational-transcendental dichotomy of Mahler functions, Hillsdale 16:45 - 17:10 David Li-Bland (Toronto), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Colored moduli spaces of flat connections, Wascana B 16:45 - 17:10 Manu Paranjape (Montréal), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Solitons and instantons in an effective model of CP violation, Glenelm 16:45 - 17:10 Megan Patnott (Notre Dame), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, The $h$-vectors of arithmetically Gorenstein sets of points on a general sextic surface in $\mathbb{P}^3$, Maple, Ramada 16:45 - 17:10 Rachael Quinlan (Galway), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Characters of covering groups of elementary abelian 2-groups, Cypress 16:45 - 17:10 Yasuhiko Sato (Kyoto), Operator Algebras, Strict comparison and Z-absorption of nuclear C*-algebras, Cedar, Ramada 16:45 - 17:10 Artur P Sowa (Saskatchewan), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Operators resulting from the Dirichlet series, Whitmore 16:45 - 17:10 Ben Willson (Windsor), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, A Hilbert space approach to approximate diagonals for locally compact quantum groups, Birch, Ramada 16:45 - 17:10 Karen Yeats (SFU), Combinatorics, Feynman graphs and a chord diagram expansion, Kenosee 16:45 - 17:35 Julie Bergner (UC-Riverside), Homotopy Theory, Homotopy operads as diagrams, Diefenbaker 17:00 - 17:40 Tom Baird (Memorial), Geometric Topology, Moduli Spaces of Vector Bundles over a real curve., Qu'Appelle 17:15 - 17:40 Angele Hamel (Laurier), Combinatorics, A Generalized Anonymity Metric for Probabilistic Attacks, Kenosee 17:15 - 17:40 Jacques Hurtubise (McGill), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Flat bundles and Grassmann framings, Wascana B 17:15 - 17:40 Cristian Ivanescu (Grant MacEwan), Operator Algebras, A Krein-Milman type theorem for C*-algebras, Cedar, Ramada 17:15 - 17:40 Raymond Laflamme (Waterloo), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Quantum Error Correction: from theory to practice, Glenelm 17:15 - 17:40 Richard McIntosh (Regina), Number Theory, p-adic equations for power sums, Hillsdale 17:15 - 17:40 Uwe Nagel (Kentucky), Interactions Between Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Gorenstein algebras presented by quadrics, Maple, Ramada 17:15 - 17:40 Volker Runde (Alberta), Harmonic Analysis and Operator Spaces, Weighted Fig\`a-Talamanca--Herz algebras, Birch, Ramada 17:45 - 18:10 Julianna Tymoczko (Smith College), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Combinatorial tools for cohomological calculations, Wascana B 18:00 - 19:15 W. H. Freeman Reception, Wascana A 19:15 - 21:45 Banquet, Wascana A Monday June 4 8:00 - 14:00 Registration, Cannington 8:00 - 8:25 Timur Akhunov (Calgary), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, On the Cauchy problem for the Airy type equations, Whitmore 8:00 - 8:25 Peter Quast (Augsburg), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, The 'equator' of a symmetric space, Wascana B 8:00 - 8:25 Chris Soteros (Saskatchewan), Combinatorics, Self-Avoiding Polygon Models of Polymer Entanglements, Kenosee 8:00 - 8:50 Kyungyong Lee (Wayne State), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Positivity in rank 2 cluster algebras, Wascana A 8:30 - 8:55 Sophie Burrill (SFU), Combinatorics, Combinatorics in arc diagrams: crossings, nestings and topology, Kenosee 8:30 - 8:55 David Feder (Calgary), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, Graph Theory in Quantum Many-Body Physics, Glenelm 8:30 - 8:55 Michael Lamoureux (Calgary), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Generalized frames for computing differential operators, Whitmore 8:30 - 8:55 Ryan Vinroot (William and Mary), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Semisimple symplectic characters of finite unitary groups, Cypress 8:30 - 8:55 Catalin Zara (Massachusetts Boston), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Balanced Fiber Bundles and GKM Theory, Wascana B 8:30 - 9:10 Eduardo Martinez-Pedroza (Memorial), Geometric Topology, Coherence and Negative Sectional Curvature in Complexes of Groups, Qu'Appelle 9:00 - 9:25 Vincent Bouchard (Alberta), Perspectives in Mathematical Physics, The (un)reasonable effectiveness of string theory in mathematics, Glenelm 9:00 - 9:25 Michael Geline (Northern Illinois), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Knörr lattices for elementary abelian $p$-groups, Cypress 9:00 - 9:25 Shafiqul Islam (PEI), Computation of Analytical Operators in Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Computation of the Frobenius - Perron operator of dynamical systems, Whitmore 9:00 - 9:25 Samuel Johnson (SFU), Combinatorics, The exponential growth of restricted lattice paths, Kenosee 9:00 - 9:25 Leonardo Mihalcea (Virginia Tech), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Curve neighborhoods of Schubert varieties, Wascana B 9:00 - 9:50 Rick Jardine (Western), Homotopy Theory, Cosimplicial spaces and cocycles, Diefenbaker 9:00 - 9:50 Gregg Musiker (Minnesota), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Graph theoretical formulas for certain periodic quivers, Wascana A 9:15 - 9:55 David Krebes (Calgary), Geometric Topology, Units of the String Link Monoids, Qu'Appelle 9:30 - 9:55 Marni Mishna (SFU), Combinatorics, Towards generating random mammalian genomes, Kenosee 10:00 - 10:30 Break, Cannington 10:30 - 11:20 Greg Smith (Queen's University), Coxeter-James Prize, Polytopes and Syzygies, Kenosee 11:30 - 12:20 Lisa Jeffrey (Toronto), Plenary Speakers, Equivariant K-theory of the based loop group of SU(2), Kenosee 14:00 - 14:25 Mark Lewis (Kent State), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Counting characters in blocks of solvable groups with abelian defect group, Cypress 14:00 - 14:25 Parker Lowrey (Western), Homotopy Theory, The derived motivic Hall algebra associated to a projective variety., Diefenbaker 14:00 - 14:25 Mateja Sajna (Ottawa), Combinatorics, On Sheehan's Conjecture for graphs with symmetry, Kenosee 14:00 - 14:25 Kathleen Smith (Toronto), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Connectivity and Convexity Properties of the Moment Map for Group Actions on Hilbert Manifolds, Wascana B 14:00 - 14:50 Ibrahim Assem (Sherbrooke), Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, On the first Hochschild cohomology group of a cluster-tilted algebra, Wascana A 14:30 - 14:55 Yi Cao (Alberta), Combinatorics, DP-complete Problems Derived from Extremal NP-complete Properties, Kenosee 14:30 - 14:55 Xiangqian Guo (Zhengzhou), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, New irreducible modules for Virasoro algebra, Cypress 14:30 - 14:55 Travis Li (Toronto), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Construction of symplectic groupoids, Wascana B 14:30 - 14:55 Dan Lior (Illinois - Urbana-Champaign), Homotopy Theory, The use of labelled trees in the Goodwillie-Taylor tower of discrete modules, Diefenbaker 15:00 - 15:25 Brenda Johnson (Union College), Homotopy Theory, Models for Taylor Polynomials of Functors, Diefenbaker 15:00 - 15:25 Gregory D. Landweber (Bard College), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Moduli spaces for off-shell supersymmetry, Wascana B 15:00 - 15:25 Joy Morris (Lethbridge), Combinatorics, Structure of circulant graphs, Kenosee 15:00 - 15:25 Jose Pantoja (Valparaiso), Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras, Weil Representations of the groups $GL^*_{\epsilon}(2,A)$ and $SL^*_{\epsilon}(2,A)$, Cypress 15:00 - 15:50 Juan Carlos Bustamante, Cluster Algebras and Related Topics, Hochschild cohomology and the derived class of $m$-cluster tilted algebras of type $\mathbb{A}$, Wascana A 15:30 - 15:55 Michael Ching (Amherst College), Homotopy Theory, A classification of Taylor towers, Diefenbaker 15:30 - 15:55 Liviu Mare (Regina), Geometry and Topology of Lie Transformation Groups, Nonabelian GKM Theory, Wascana B 15:30 - 15:55 Jessica McDonald (SFU), Combinatorics, Average Degree in Graph Powers, Kenosee