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Symposium on Noncommutative Algebras, In Honor of Professor Susan Montgomery
April 14, 2023 @ 8:45 am - 5:30 pm
The Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Program and the USC mathematics department are hosting a symposium in honor of Professor Susan Montgomery’s 80th birthday and her contributions to mathematics and women in science and engineering. We invite you to join us in this celebration! This event is open to all members of the USC community.
Please RSVP by Thursday, March 30.
For any questions, please contact Marie O’Neil, WiSE marketing assistant, at marieste@usc.edu or Mallory Redel, WiSE program manager, at redel@usc.edu.
Schedule
When | Who/What | Where |
8:45 AM | Registration Begins | HNB 100 |
9:30 AM | Welcome by WiSE Director, Leana Golubchik, Stephen and Etta Varra Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California | HNB 100 |
9:35 AM | Remarks by Moh El-Naggar, Divisional Dean for the Physical Sciences and Mathematics in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, and Dean’s Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California | HNB 100 |
9:45 AM | Richard Ng, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University
Frobenius-Schur indicators as invariants of 3-manifolds |
HNB 100 |
10:20 AM | Yevgenia Kashina, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, DePaul University
Applications of Frobenius-Schur indicators |
HNB 100 |
10:55 AM | Break | |
11:10 AM | Remarks by WiSE Leadership Hanna Reisler, Lloyd Armstrong Jr. Chair in Science and Engineering & Professor of Chemistry and Judith Hirsch, Professor of Biological Sciences and Section Head Neurobiology, University of Southern California | HNB 100 |
11:40 AM | Yuri Bahturin, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University Newfoundland
Hopf Algebras and Their Action on Rings |
HNB 100 |
12:15 PM | Lunch Break | |
1:15 PM | Remarks by Eric Friedlander, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Dean’s Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California | HNB 100 |
1:30 PM | Peter Schauenburg, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
Computing Frobenius-Schur Indicators |
HNB 100 |
2:05 PM | Lance Small, Emeritus Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California San Diego
Base Field Extensions of Certain Ring Properties |
HNB 100 |
2:40 PM | Break | |
2:55 PM | Robert Guralnick, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California
Automorphisms of Certain Matrix Rings |
HNB 100 |
3:30 PM | Susan Montgomery, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California | HNB 100 |
3:50 PM | Closing Remarks (Leana Golubchik) | HNB 100 |
3:55 PM | Walk to reception | |
4:00 PM | Reception (1.5 hours) | University Club Patio |
For speaker bios and abstracts, please click here.