Grad Oral Presentations - Mathematics & Statistics: Mathematics (general)

Thursday, October 27, 2011: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
Ballroom III (San Jose Marriott Hotel)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
6:35 PM
A New Two-variable Chromatic Polynomial for Signed Graphs
Mela Hardin , University of California, Los Angeles ; Matthias Beck , San Francisco State University
6:50 PM
Estimates of Sensitivity and Specificity Can Be Biased When Reporting the Results of the Second Test in a Screening Trial Conducted in Series
Brandy Ringham, MS , Student Assistant , University of Colorado Denver ; Todd Alonzo, PhD , Associate Research Professor , University of Southern California ; Gary Grunwald, PhD , Director, of Graduate Studies for the Department of Biostatistics Graduate Programs , University of Colorado Denver ; Deborah Glueck, PhD , Associate Professor , University of Colorado Denver
7:05 PM
Positive Semidefinite Maximum Nullity and Positive Semidefinite Zero Forcing Number of Multigraphs with Tree-width at most 2
Jason Ekstrand , Iowa State University ; Craig Erickson , Iowa State University ; Diana Hay , Iowa State University ; Leslie Hogben, PhD , American Institute of Mathematics ; Jolie Roat , Iowa State University
7:20 PM
Algebras of Dihedral Type and Universal Deformation Rings
Shannnon Talbott , University of Iowa ; Frauke Bleher, PhD , Professor of Mathematics , University of Iowa
7:35 PM
Bernoulli-Dedekind Sums
Anastasia Chavez, MA , University of California, Berkeley ; Matthias Beck , San Francisco State University