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.

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.

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