Research Experience for Undergraduates

Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

July 27-28, 2006

The School of Mathematics will sponsor a mini-conference July 27-28 where our REU students give presentations of their research. The talks will be 20 minutes each, with 10 minutes for questions. All talks will take place in Skiles 269. The schedule, with speaker names, titles and links to the abstracts, can be found below.

REU Mini Conference Schedule

Thursday, July 27: Skiles 269

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bobby DeMarco
The Four Vertex Theorem and the Extension of its Converse to the Sphere
Abstract
REU Mentor: Mohammad Ghomi
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Brian Nakamura
Alexandrov's Conjecture: Intrinsic Diameter and Area of Convex Surfaces
Abstract
REU Mentor: Mohammad Ghomi
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Darshan Bryner
The Homology of 17-Crossing Knots: A Computational Approach to Knot Theory
Abstract
REU Mentor: Lew Lefton
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Andrew Brown
Time-Optimal Control of Bioterror Response Logistics: The Case of Anthrax
Abstract
REU Mentor: Shui-Nee Chow
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Beth Hart
Discrete Biorthogonal Polynomials
Abstract
REU Mentor: Doron Lubinsky
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Brian Benson
An Analysis of the Three Hat Problem
Abstract
REU Mentor: Yang Wang
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Garret Thompson
Searching for Periodicity in the Game of Officers
Abstract
REU Mentor: Tom Morley

Friday, July 28: Skiles 269

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Pizza Lunch


1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Masanori Koyama
An Algebraic Approach to a Graph Choosability Problem
Abstract
REU Mentor: Robin Thomas
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Dragos Ilas
On the Abel-Jacobi Map from a Graph to its Jacobian
Abstract
REU Mentor: Matt Baker
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Break


2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Emanuel Indrei
Markov Chains and Traffic Analysis
Abstract
REU Mentor: Tom Morley
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Lee Martie
GOEDEL
Abstract
REU Mentor: Johan Belinfante
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Gokhan Civan
Distinguishing Legendrian Knots
Abstract
REU Mentor: John Etnyre
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Steven Britt and Laura Stiltz
A Mathematical Framework for Paper Folding
Abstract
REU Mentor: John McCuan