Thursday, October 16, 2014: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
LACC 402AB (Los Angeles Convention Center)
Chairs:
Dagan Karp, PhD, Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College
,
Robin Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
and
Mariel Vazquez, PhD, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
Description: What is the shortest distance between two vertices on a graph? Is there geometry behind phylogenetic trees? What is Tropical Geometry? This session will introduce the amazingly active area of Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry and discuss open problems and applications. Faculty, postdocs, K-12 educators and students of all levels are welcome!
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