Program of the Sessions New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6–9, 2011 MAA Short Course on What is a Matroid? Theory and Tuesday, January 4 Applications, From the Ground Up, Part I 9:00 AM –5:00PM AMS Short Course on Computational Topology, Part I Organizer: Nancy Ann Neudauer,Pacific University 8:30 AM –5:00PM 8:00AM Registration (outside the Rhythms Ballroom, 2nd Organizer: Afra Zomorodian, Dartmouth College Floor). 9:00AM Matroids you have known. 7:45AM Registration (outside the Rhythms Ballroom, 2nd Floor). (8) Nancy Ann Neudauer, Pacific University 9:45AM Break. 8:30AM Persistence: Theory and practice. (1) Afra Zomorodian, Dartmouth College 10:00AM Cryptomorphisms and optimization. (9) Jenny McNulty, University of Montana 10:00AM Break. 1:30PM Matroid representations. 10:30AM Topological data analysis. (10) Gary Gordon, Lafayette College (2) Gunnar Carlsson, Stanford University 3:00PM Break. 1:30PM Cubical homology and dynamical systems. (3) Marian Mrozek, Jagiellonian University, Poland 3:20PM Matroid operations. (11) Dillon Mayhew, Victoria University of Wellington 3:00PM Break. 3:30PM Software Session. Wednesday, January 5 AMS Short Course on Evolutionary Game Dynamics, AMS Department Chairs Workshop Part I 8:00 AM –6:30PM 9:00 AM –5:00PM Presenters: Timothy Hodges,Universityof Organizer: Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna Cincinnati 7:45AM Registration (outside the Rhythms Ballroom, 2nd John Meakin,Universityof Floor). Nebraska-Lincoln 9:00AM Introduction to evolutionary games. Helen Roberts, Montclair State (4) Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna University 10:15AM Break. Stephen Robinson,WakeForest 10:45AM Extensive form games, asymmetric games and University (5) games with continuous strategy spaces. Ross Cressman, Wilfried Laurier University AMS Short Course on Computational Topology, Part II 2:00PM Global and unilateral adaptive dynamics. (6) Sylvain Sorin,Universit´e Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 8:30 AM –5:00PM 3:15PM Break. Organizer: Afra Zomorodian, Dartmouth College 3:45PM Deterministic evolutionary game dynamics. 8:30AM Euler calculus and data over networks. (7) Josef Hofbauer, University of Vienna (12) Robert Ghrist, University of Pennsylvania The time limit for each AMS contributed paper in the sessions is ten Papers flagged with a solid triangle () have been designated by the minutes. The time limit for each MAA contributed paper varies. In the author as being of possible interest to undergraduate students. Special Sessions the time limit varies from session to session and within Abstractsofpaperspresentedin the sessions at this meeting will be sessions. To maintain the schedule, time limits will be strictly enforced. found in Volume 32, Issue 1 of Abstracts of papers presented to the For papers with more than one author, an asterisk follows the name of American Mathematical Society, ordered according to the numbers in the author who plans to present the paper at the meeting. parentheses following the listings. JANUARY 2011 NOTICES OF THE AMS 125 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 5 (cont’d.) 10:00AM Break. MAA Session on Harnessing Mobile Communication 10:30AM Planning with uncertainty. Devices and Online Communication Tools for (13) Michael Erdmann, Carnegie Mellon University Mathematics Education, I 1:30PM Optimal generators. (14) Jeff Erickson, University of Illinois at 7:40 AM –10:55AM Urbana-Champaign Organizers: Michael B. Scott, California State 3:00PM Break. University Monterey Bay 3:30PM Panel Discussion. Jason A. Aubrey,Universityof Missouri-Columbia MAA Ancillary Workshop on Statistics 7:40AM Real Messy Statistics and Survey Monkey. (20) Robb Sinn, North Georgia College & State 8:30 AM –5:00PM University (1067-H1-2407) Teaching introductory statistics following GAISE 8:00AM Mobile Jumpstarts in a First Semester Calculus and the Common Core. (21) Course. Preliminary report. Presenter: Robert Gould, University of California Jason D Holland, Abilene Christian University Los Angeles (1067-H1-318) 8:20AM Blogging Together: Using a Class Blog to Enhance AMS Short Course on Evolutionary Game Dynamics, (22) Learning in a Proof-Writing Class. Part II Jill E Jordan, Houghton College (1067-H1-1336) 8:40AM Mashups for course websites with Yahoo! Pipes. 9:00 AM –5:00PM (23) Matthew Leingang, New York University (1067-H1-1791) Organizer: Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna 9:00AM Communicating Mathematically Through Podcasts. 9:00AM Stochastic evolutionary game dynamics. (24) Sherrie Serros*, University of Wisconsin - Eau (15) Bill Sandholm, University of Wisconsin Claire, Erick B Hofacker, University of Wisconsin - 10:15AM Break. River Falls, and Rebecca Ledocq,Universityof 10:45AM Evolution of cooperation in finite populations Wisconsin - La Crosse (1067-H1-2036) (16) Sabin Lessard,Universit´edeMontr´eal 9:20AM Using iPad class devices as entries into a 2:00PM Each lecturer will give a 25-minute presentation on (25) situationally aware digital library to provide JIT/JIP some open problems for discussion and interaction. (Just in Time/Just in Place) Mathematics. Frank Wattenberg, United States Military Academy MAA Short Course on What is a Matroid? Theory and (1067-H1-2237) Applications, From the Ground Up, Part II 9:40AM Life After Our 2010 MAA PREP – Emerging (26) Technologies. 9:00 AM –5:00PM Erick B Hofacker*, Kathryn T Ernie,Universityof Wisconsin - River Falls, Sherrie Serros,Universityof Organizer: Nancy Ann Neudauer,Pacific Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Kay Shager,Universityof University Wisconsin - River Falls, and Charles Serros, 9:00AM Transversal matroids. University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (1067-H1-2051) (17) Joseph Bonin, The George Washington University 10:00AM Interactive Math for (Almost) All Devices. 10:30AM Break. (27) Andrew J Cousino*andAndrew G Bennett, 10:45AM Oriented matroids. Kansas State University (1067-H1-2130) (18) Winfried Hochst¨attler,FernUniversit¨at, Hagen 10:20AM On-Demand Mathematics: Creative Uses for Germany (28) Smartpen Technology. Preliminary report. 2:15PM Research in matroids. Jeremy M Riehl*, Lee A Evans and Kristin (19) James Oxley, Louisiana State University MArney, United States Military Academy 3:45PM Break. (1067-H1-2186) 4:00PM Concluding Session: Tying it together. 10:40AM Using Facebook in a Discrete Mathematics course. (29) Klay Kruczek, Western Oregon University MAA Board of Governors (1067-H1-2206) 9:00 AM –5:00PM AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in AMS Council Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, I 1:30 PM – 10:00 PM 8:00 AM –10:50AM Joint Meetings Registration Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester Institute of Technology 3:00 PM –7:00PM Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Technology Jobby Jacob, Rochester Institute of Technology Thursday, January 6 Jacqueline A. Jensen,SamHouston Joint Meetings Registration State University Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of 7:30 AM –4:00PM Technology 126 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 58, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions 8:00AM On Supersingular Elliptic Curves and 8:00AM Geometric and supergeometric convergence of (30) Hypergeometric Functions. (42) spectral collocation method for Volterra or Keenan Monks, Hazleton Area High School Fredholm integral equations with weakly singular (1067-11-1398) kernels. 8:30AM Statistical Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy With Can Huang*andZhimin Zhang, Wayne State (31) Applications to Cricket. University (1067-45-1868) Lauren Mondin*, Scott Clark, Courtney Weber, 8:30AM Maximum-principle-satisfying and Jessica Winborn and Melinda Holt,SamHouston (43) positivity-preserving high order discontinuous State University (1067-62-1380) Galerkin and finite volume schemes for 9:00AM Applications of and Alternatives to Algorithm X for conservation laws. (32) the Exact Cover Problem. Xiangxiong Zhang, Brown University (1067-65-403) Eddie B Tu, Randolph-Macon College, and Bjorn S 9:00AM A unified approach to construct and analyze finite Wastvedt*, St. Olaf College (1067-68-191) (44) element methods for the Monge-Amp`ere equation. 9:30AM Packets, Solving Symmetries and Sudoku. Michael J. Neilan, Louisiana State University (33) Harrison Craig Chapman*, Bowdoin College, and (1067-65-832) Malcolm E Rupert, Western Washington University 9:30AM Finite Difference Methods for Viscosity Solutions of (1067-13-167) (45) the Monge-Amp`ere Equation. 10:00AM Unitary Equivalence to Matrices with Constant Main Brittany D. Froese*andAdam M. Oberman,Simon (34) Diagonal. Preliminary report. Fraser University (1067-65-382) John Myers, South Dakota School of Mines & 10:00AM A multipoint flux mixed finite element method on Technology (1067-15-125) (46) distorted quadrilaterals and hexahedra. 10:30AM Unitary Equivalence of Vector Spaces over the Mary F. Wheeler, Guangri Xue*, Institute for (35) Binary Field. Preliminary report. Computational Engineering and Sciences, The Sam L Scholze*, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, University of Texas at Austin, and Ivan Yotov, and Ryan L Hotovy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Pittsburgh (1067-65-448) (1067-15-126) 10:30AM The effect of numerical integration on the finite (47) element computation of linear functionals. Ivo M. Babuska, The University of Texas at Austin, AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, I Uday Banerjee, Syracuse University, and Hengguang Li*, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota 8:00 AM –10:50AM (1067-03-705) Organizers: Sloan E. Despeaux, Western Carolina University Craig G. Fraser, University of Toronto Deborah