Algebraic Combinatorics at the
SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics


Plenary talk   Richard Stanley, MIT.
Minisymposia
  Combinatorial Representation Theory   Nat Thiem
  Discrete Mathematical Biology   Seth Sullivant
  Enumerative Combinatorics   Bruce Sagan
  Geometric Combinatorics   Tyrrell McAllister
  Combinatorial Hopf Algebras   Frank Sottile
  Schubert Calculus   Leonardo Mihalcea
  Topological combinatorics   Patricia Hersh
  Tropical Geometry   Matthew Baker

Minisymposium on Discrete Mathematical Biology
Speakers:
Christine Heitsch, Georgia Tech, Strings, Trees, and RNA Folding
Fumei Lam, Generalizing the Four Gamete Condition and Splits Equivalence Theorem: Local Conditions For Perfect Phylogeny
Megan Owen, Averaging Metric Trees
Ben Raphael, Computational Problems in Cancer Genome Sequencing
Meera Sitharam, Icosahedral viral assembly pathway enumeration using tree orbits under permutation group action
Mike Steel, Combinatorial aspects of evolution and genome content
Katherine St. John, Approximating Tree Distances
Tandy Warnow, Simultaneous Alignment and Phylogeneic Tree Estimation
Ruriko Yoshida, Kentucky, Bayes estimators for phylogenetic reconstruction

Minisymposium on Enumerative Combinatorics
Speakers:
Joshua Cooper, South Carolina.
Sergi Elizalde, Dartmouth.
Joanna Ellis-Monaghan, Saint Michael's College.
Susanna Fishel, Arizona State University.
William Martin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jennifer Morse, Drexel University.
Rosa Orellana, Dartmouth.
Nathan Reading, North Carolina State University.
Vincent Vatter, Dartmouth.
Ae Ja Yee, Penn State

Minisymposium on Combinatorial Hopf Algebras
Speakers:
Marcelo Aguiar, TAMU Filtered Hopf Algebras.
Federico Ardila, SFSU The Hopf monoid of generalized permutahedra.
Lou Billera, Cornell University Hopf algebras, g-polynomials and Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials.
Nantel Bergeron, York University, Toronto On Noncommutative Combinatorial Inverse System .
Alex Fink, University of California, Berkeley Valuative Invariants for Polymatroids .
Stefan Forcey, Tennessee State New Hopf algebra structures on compositions..
Sam Hsaio, Bard College Multigraded Combinatorial Hopf Algebras and Refinements of Odd and Even Subalgebras.
Aaron Lauve, TAMU Lagrange's Theorem: from Groups to Hopf Monoids in Species.
Mitja Mastnak, Saint Mary's University, Halifax The Hopf Algebra of Strict Multiset Compositions and Structure Transfer.
William Schmitt, George Washington University .

Minisymposium on Geometric Combintatorics
Speakers:
Benjamin Braun .
Tyrrell McAllister .
Alan Stapledon.
Kevin Woods .

Minisymposium on Schubert Calculus
Speakers:
Dave Anderson, University of Washington.
Anders Buch, Rutgers University.
Rebecca Goldin, George Mason University.
Thomas Lam, University of Michigan.
Cristian Lenart, University at Albany.
Leonardo Mihalcea, Baylor University.
Kevin Purbhoo, University of Waterloo.
Hugh Thomas, University of New Brunswick.
Julianna Tymoczko, University of Iowa.

Minisymposium on Topological combinatorics
Speakers:
Richard Ehrenborg, University of Kentucky.
Alex Engstrom, University of California at Berkeley.
Patricia Hersh, North Carolina State University.
Isabella Novik, University of Washington.
Ed Swartz, Cornell University.

Minisymposium on Tropical Geometry
Speakers:
Omid Amini (CNRS / Ecole Normale Superieure Paris)
Matt Baker (Georgia Tech)
Melody Chan (UC Berkeley)
Filip Cools (Leuven, Belgium)
Eric Katz (UT Austin)
Ye Luo (Georgia Tech)
Gregg Musiker (MIT)
Sergey Norin (Princeton)
Farbod Shokrieh (Georgia Tech)
Josephine Yu (Georgia Tech)