Program of the Sessions San Antonio, Texas, January 10–13, 2015 Thursday, January 8 Friday, January 9 AMS Short Course on Finite Frame Theory: A AMS Short Course on Finite Frame Theory: A Complete Introduction to Overcompleteness, Complete Introduction to Overcompleteness, Part I Part II 8:00 AM –4:45PM Room 212, Convention Center 9:00 AM –5:30PM Room 212, Convention Center Organizer: Kasso A Okoudjou, University of Maryland, Organizer: Kasso A Okoudjou, College Park University of Maryland, College Park 8:30AM Preconditoining techniques in frame (5) theory and probabilistic frames. Kasso A. Okoudjou,Universityof 9:00AM An introduction to finite frame theory. Maryland, College Park (1) Peter G. Casazza, University of Missouri 10:30AM Compressed sensing and dictionary (6) learning. 11:00AM A primer on finite unit norm tight Chen Guangliang*, San Jose State (2) frames. University, and Deanna Needell*, Dustin G. Mixon, Air Force Institute of Claremont McKenna College Technology 2:30PM Quantization for Finite Frames. (7) Alexander Powell*, Vanderbilt 2:00PM Algebro-Geometric Techniques and University, and Ozgur Yilmaz*, (3) Geometric Insights for Finite Frames. University of British Columbia Nate Strawn, Duke University AMS Department Chairs Workshop 4:00PM Frames and phaseless reconstruction. (4) Radu Balan, University of Maryland, 8:00 AM –6:30PM Texas Ballroom, Salon College Park D, Grand Hyatt San Antonio The time limit for each AMS contributed paper in the sessions meeting will be found in Volume 36, Issue 1 of Abstracts is ten minutes. The time limit for each MAA contributed of papers presented to the American Mathematical Society, paper varies. In the Special Sessions the time limit varies ordered according to the numbers in parentheses following from session to session and within sessions. To maintain the the listings. The middle two digits, e.g., 897-20-1136, refer to schedule, time limits will be strictly enforced. the Mathematical Reviews subject classification assigned by Forpaperswithmorethanoneauthor,an asterisk follows the individual author. Groups of papers for each subject are the name of the author who plans to present the paper at the listed chronologically in the Abstracts. The last one to four meeting. digits, e.g., 897-20-1136, refer to the receipt number of the Papers flagged with a solid triangle () have been desig- abstract; abstracts are further sorted by the receipt number nated by the author as being of possible interest to under- within each classification. MAA abstracts are listed toward graduate students. the back of the issue sorted by session name. Abstracts of papers presented in the sessions at this 49 Program of the Sessions – Friday, January 9 (cont’d.) MAA Ancillary Workshop MAA Minicourse #1: Part B 2:00 PM –4:00PM Room 206A, Convention Center 8:00 AM –5:00PM Bowie B, Grand Hyatt San Antonio Introductory proposal writing for grant applications to the NSF EHR Division of Teaching the statistical investigation Undergraduate Education. process with Randomization-based Presenters: John Haddock, Division of inference. Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation Presenters: Beth Chance, California , Division of Polytechnic University, San Lee Zia Undergraduate Education, Luis Obispo National Science Foundation Robin Lock,St.Lawrence University AMS Council Soma Roy, California 2:30 PM – 10:00 PM Texas Ballroom, Salon Polytechnic University, San A, Grand Hyatt San Antonio Luis Obispo Todd Swanson,Hope Joint Meetings Registration College 3:00 PM –8:00PM East Registration, MAA Minicourse #1: Part A Convention Center Email Center 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 206A, Convention Center 3:00 PM –8:00PM East Registration, Convention Center Introductory proposal writing for grant applications to the NSF EHR Division of Undergraduate Education. Presenters: John Haddock, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation Lee Zia, Division of Saturday, January 10 Undergraduate Education, MAA Minority Chairs Meeting National Science Foundation 7:00 AM –8:45AM Presidio B, Grand MAA Ancillary Workshop Hyatt San Antonio 9:00 AM –4:00PM Room 206B, Convention Center Joint Meetings Registration Embedding undergraduate research into 7:30 AM –6:00PM East Registration, a living-learning community. Convention Center Organizer: Mark Daniel Ward,Purdue Email Center University 7:30 AM –9:30PM East Registration, MAA Ancillary Workshop Convention Center 9:00 AM –4:30PM Room 207A, AMS Session on Game Theory, Economics, Convention Center Control Theory, and Information National research experiences for 7:45 AM –10:55AM Room 101A, undergraduates. Convention Center Organizer: Dennis Davenport,Howard 7:45AM Analysis of the Error in an Iterative University (8) Algorithm for Solution of the Regulator Equations for linear distributed MAA Board of Governors parameter Control Systems. Thanuka Hansameenu Pathiranage, Texas Tech University, Department 9:00 AM –5:00PM Lone Star Ballroom, of Mathematics and Statistics Salons AB, Grand Hyatt San Antonio (1106-93-1929) 50 Saturday, January 10 – Program of the Sessions 8:00AM Finite Horizon Time Inhomogeneous AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research (9) Singular Control Problem of in Mathematics by Undergraduates and One-dimensional Diffusion via Dynkin Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, I Game. Yipeng Yang,Universityof 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 004, Houston-Clear Lake (1106-90-2516) Convention Center 8:15AM Stability Analysis of Discrete time Organizers: Darren A Narayan, (10) Recurrent Neural Networks. Rochester Institute of Jayant Singh, North Dakota State Technology University (1106-93-507) Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno 8:30AM The Geometry of the Region of Uniform (11) Exponential Stability on an Arbitrary Jobby Jacob,Rochester Time Scale. Institute of Technology Dylan R Poulsen*, John M Davis and Carl V. Lutzer,Rochester Ian A Gravagne, Baylor University Institute of Technology (1106-93-1056) Tamas Wiandt,Rochester Institute of Technology 8:45AM Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes for 8:00AM Spiral Knot Determinants. (12) geophysical data analysis. Indranil SenGupta*andSemere (21) Seong Ju Kim, Ryan Stees*andLaura Habtemicael, North Dakota State Taalman, James Madison University University (1106-93-748) (1106-55-1247) 8:30AM On the Structure of Minimal 9:00AM Optimal control of coffee-berry disease (22) 4(2k +1)-orbits of the Continuous (13) using both chemical and cultivational Endomorphisms on the Real Line and methods. Universality in Chaos. David Jaures Fotsa Mbogne,ENSAI, Rashad U. Abdulla*, University of University of Ngaoundere, and Chris Pennsylvania, Ugur G. Abdulla,Florida Thron*, Texas A&M University - Central Institute of Technology, Batul Kanawati, Texas (1106-93-2278) California State University of Long Beach, and Anders Ruden,Universityof 9:15AM Preventative Analytics for Infectious Redlands.CA (1106-37-115) (14) Disease Pandemics. Preliminary report. 9:00AM Analysis of Interfaces for the Nonlinear ,NewYork,NewYork Elinor L Velasquez (23) Diffusion Equation with Linear (1106-93-2662) Convection. Ugur G. Abdulla, Professor, Department 9:30AM Estimation of global network statistics (15) from incomplete data. of Mathematical Sciences at Florida Catherine A Bliss*, University of Institute of Technology, Jian Du, Vermont, Christopher M Danforth, Assistant Professor, Department of Univeristy of Vermont, and Peter Mathematical Sciences at Florida Institute Sheridan Dodds, University of Vermont of Technology, Jonathan Goldfarb, (1106-94-2011) Florida Institute of Technology, Kev Johnson, Auburn University, 9:45AM Convolutional Codes from Group Rings. Montgomery, Lauren Lanier,University (16) Jessica OShaughnessy, Shenandoah of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University (1106-94-1065) Taylor Schluter*, Florida Institute of Technology (1106-35-116) 10:00AM Decoding and Merging of Helberg Codes. 9:30AM On some inverse free boundary problems (17) Preliminary report. (24) for second order parabolic PDEs. Tuan A Le*andHieu D Nguyen,Rowan Ugur G Abdulla, Florida Institute of University (1106-94-1892) Technology, Nicholas Crispi, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College, 10:15AM On MDS Codes with Constrained The City University of New York, (18) Generator Matrices and Related Jonathan Goldfarb, Florida Institute of Problems. Technology, Daniel Kassler*, University Igor Zelenko*, Muxi Yan, Alex of Chicago, Scott Pelton-Stroud, Sprintson and Swanand Kadhe,Texas Williams College, Bruno Giuseppe A&M University (1106-94-2908) Poggi, Florida Institute of Technology, and Paige Elizabeth Williams,University 10:30AM Reassembling Humpty Dumpty: 3D (19) Puzzles and Invariant Signature Curves. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1106-35-117) R. R. Slechta,UniversityofSt.Thomas 10:00AM A Family of Rank 6 Elliptic Curves over (1106-92-1811) (25) Number Fields. David Mehrle*, Tomer Reiter,Carnegie 10:45AM Educational Economics. Mellon University, Joseph Stahl, Dylan (20) Matthew J Christen, Simpson College Yott, Boston University, and Steven (1106-91-1765) Miller, Williams College (1106-11-427) 51 Program of the Sessions – Saturday, January 10 (cont’d.) 10:30AM Newman’s conjecture for function field Jose Iovino,Universityof (26) L-functions. Texas at San Antonio *, Boston University, Joseph Stahl David Boris Zilber,Oxford Mehrle, Tomer Reiter, Carnegie Mellon University University, Dylan Yott, Boston University, and Steven Miller, Williams College 8:00AM Up and Out: Frames and tameness in (1106-11-426) (33) Abstract Elementary Classes. Will Boney, University of Illinois