 Thank you for joining us on the 21st of April, 2012 for a student-friendly conference in the heart of Virginia's historic capital city of Richmond.  VCUPME12 Photo & Video Highlights [Download a PDF program with abstracts] Student Talks 11:05-11:20 ~ Speaker: Cory H. Colbert  Title: Algebraic Identities Involving Quadratic Irrationals 11:20-11:35 ~ Speaker: Trenicka Kiara Rolle  Title: Fluid Structure Interaction within Alveoli  Title: Modeling Criminal Behavior and Crime Dynamics 11:50-12:05 ~ Racheal Cooper  Title: A Brief Description of a Mathematical Model of the Immune System 12:05-12:50 ~ Lunch Keynote Speaker (Pure Mathematics) Location: Temple Building, auditorium 1165 1:00-2:00 ~ "Games and Groups" by Dr. Mike Hill of UVa Part 1 ~ Intro to the algebra behind puzzlesPart 2 ~ Puzzle moves into group axiomsPart 3 ~ The algebraic group in the Rubik's CubePart 4 ~ Degrees of freedom in the Rubik's CubePart 5 ~ Structure of the Rubik's Cube groupPart 6 ~ Order of elements in the Rubik's Cube groupPart 7 ~ Sudoku and intransitivityPart 8 ~ The question of unique solutions in SudokuStudent Talks 2:15-2:30 ~ Speaker: Sudharshana Srinivasan  Title: A list-scheduling based approximation algorithm for the spatial scheduling problem.  Title: Cellular Automata Approach to Passivation of Metal 2:45-3:00 ~ Speaker: Matt Parker  Title: Commutative Calculus 3:00-3:15 ~ Speaker: Le Yang  Title: A multi-scale model of acute lung injury: role of alveolar type II epithelial cells 3:15-3:30 ~ Speaker: Toni Sorrell  Title: What's the Right Number to Fight Crime? 3:30-3:45 ~ Speaker: James Lee  Title: Riffle Shuffle Keynote Speaker (Applied Mathematics) Location: Temple Building, auditorium 1165 4:00-5:00 ~ "From Toilets to Mexican Hats" by Dr. Ermentrout of UPitt Part 1 ~ Intro, femme fatale fireflies & dynamic instabilityPart 2 ~ Animal coats, brain activity & seashell patternsPart 3 ~ Feedback: The hot and cold shower, more firefliesPart 4 ~ Mexican hats, LSD goggles, and drug hallucination form constantsPart 5 ~ Drug hallucinations, positive feedback, and the Millennium BridgePart 6 ~ Infinitely flushing toilets and cellular automataThe conference was followed by dinner at Mekong Vietnamese Restaurant (included in registration) Location: VCUPME12 took place on the 4th floor of Harris Hall on the campus of VCU. The only exceptions were our two invited talks (1pm and 4pm) which were in room 1165 of Temple Hall, which is located across Main St from Harris Hall. Our two invited speakers for VCUPME12:
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