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Robert C. Thompson Matrix Meeting 2008

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Conference in honor of professor Robert C. Thompson

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GENERAL MENU

Organizer:

Maribel Bueno Cachadina


Address:

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106

Date:

October 18, 2008

Deadline for abstract submission:

September 15, 2008

Deadline for registration:

September 15, 2008
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General Information

Dear Colleagues,

Robert C. Thompson Matrix Meeting (formerly Southern California Matrix Meeting) is an informal one-day meeting to encourage the interaction and collaboration of researchers on matrices, including application, computation and theory. These meetings were originally initiated by Robert C. Thompson and Steve Pierce in the mid eighties. The attendees in 2004 voted to change the name to honor Bob, deceased in 1995. Previous meetings include:

SoCalM 1983 -- Toronto - SoCalM 1987 -- San Diego - SoCalM 1988 -- Santa Barbara - SoCalM 1989 -- San Diego - SoCalM 1990 -- Santa Barbara - SoCalM 1991 -- Santa Barbara -SoCalM 1992 -- San Diego - SoCalM 1993 -- San Jose - SoCalM 1994 -- Salt Lake City - SoCalM 1995 -- San Diego - SoCalM 1997 -- Northridge - SoCalM 1998 -- San Jose - SoCalM 1999 -- San Diego - SoCalM 2001a -- Northridge - SoCalM 2001b -- San Jose - SoCalM 2002 -- Northridge - SoCalM 2004 -- San Jose - RCTM 2005 -- San Francisco RCTM 07 -- Alabama

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Organizing committee

Maribel Bueno Cachadina

...University of California, Santa Barbara

Roberto S. Costas Santos

...University of California, Santa Barbara

Jane Day

...San Jose State University
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Scientific Committee

Wasin So

...San Jose State University

Fuzhen Zhang

...Nova Southeastern University

Charles Johnson

...College of William and Mary

Maribel Bueno Cachadina

...University of California, Santa Barbara

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Accommodation

Blocks of rooms at Best Western South Coast Inn have been reserved.

The price quoted, $140, is a special group rate for the conference. There is only a limited number of rooms available at this price.
Please mention that you are with the Mathematics conference at UCSB at the time of making the reservation.
Best Western South Coast Inn: about 5 minutes from UCSB. With complimentary internet, airport shuttle and a shuttle service to the campus (Breakfast buffet served daily from 6am-10pm. Specialty Coffees available in the lobby 24 hours. Free hardwired/Wi-Fi internet access, Hospitality hours Monday-Thursday 5pm-7pm)
5620 Calle Real,
Goleta, CA 93117.
(800) 350-3614, 805-967-3200.
Rate $140+10% tax (Weekends), $125 + 10% tax (weekdays) single or double. (continental breakfast included in the price).

The other hotel of interest (because of its downtown location) is El Prado Inn :
about 10-15 minutes from UCSB. Upper State Street downtown location. Near bus stop for the express bus to UCSB.
1601 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (800) 669-8979, (805) 966-0807. Ask for the UCSB rate. $85(+ taxes) weekends and $75(+ taxes) weekdays.
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How to arrive

Airports: Santa Barbara has its own municipal airport, served by major airlines United and American. The Santa Barbara airport is close to the UCSB campus and the conference hotel, which also provides complimentary shuttle service from and to the airport. The Los Angeles International Airport is about two hours drive.

Directions: From Santa Barbara Airport (SBA): The conference hotel, the South Coast Inn, provides shuttle service from and to the airport. Simply use the airport courtesy phone to call the Inn for pickup. You can also take a taxi. Cab fare should be about $10. If you are renting a car at the airport, turn right as you exit the rental car lot, onto William Moffet Lane.

From Los Angeles International Airport (LAX): We recommend the Santa Barbara Airbus, particularly if you must return to LAX for your departing flight. The Airbus is reliable, and offers a reasonable round-trip fare of approximately $70. The nearest Airbus drop-off point to the UCSB campus is 5755 Thornwood Drive, in Goleta; so once you arrive, you'll need to call a cab, or the hotel shuttle for delivery to your local destination. If you are driving from LAX, exit the airport lot at Sepulveda Blvd., and follow Sepulveda Blvd. to the 405 North Freeway entrance. Follow 405 North to 101 North (Ventura Freeway). Remain on the 101 (for approximately one and a half hours) into Santa Barbara.

On Campus Parking: If you drive to the campus you may park in designated lots only; look for campus maps which show the pay parking areas. The fee charged for parking is $8.00 per day. You can pay by the pay machines around the parking lots.

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Schedule

The conference will be held at the 6th floor of Humanities and Social Sciences building in the the McCune conference room (Room 6020). The building is located in E2 between parking lots 27 and 29.

Morning Session

9:00 - 9:30 Welcome by
Bruce Tiffney, Dean of the College of Creative Studies.
9:30 - 10:00 Charles Johnson (The College of William and Mary)
Why are so many matrix properties eventually true?
10:00 - 10:30 Edward Poon (Embry-Riddle University)
Maps preserving norms of Lie products
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Fuzhen Zhang (Nova Southeastern University)
New Results on Hua Matrix Inequalities
11:30 - 12:00 Shahla Nasserasr (The College of William and Mary)
TP_2 Completion Problem
12:00 - 12:30 Wasin So (San Jose State University)
Singular values inequalities and graph energy bounds

Lunch 12:30 - 2:00

Afternoon Session

2:00 - 2:30 William Watkins (California State University, Northridge)
Trace Minimal Graphs
2:30 - 3:00 Jianhong Xu (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Generalized Newton-Like Inequalities on Positive Stable Matrices
3:00 - 3:30 Morteza Seddighin (Indiana University East)
Extending Holder McCarty Inequality to Normal Matrices
3:30 - 4:00 Coffee break
4:00 - 4:30 Roberto Costas (UCSB)
On the determinant of a sum of matrices.
4:30 - 4:50 Jane Day (San Jose State University)
Edge Deletion and Graph Energy
4:50 - 5:15 Audra Kosh (UCSB)
Factorization of Matrices in Integral Semigroups

Dinner at the University Center 6:00 - 8:00
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List of participants

Maribel Bueno Cachadina

...UCSB

Roberto S Costas-Santos

...UCSB

David Strong

...Pepperdine University

Wasin So

...San Jose State University

Charles Johnson

...The College of William and Mary

Linda Patton

...Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Fuzhen Zhang

...Nova Southeastern University

Jianhong Xu

...Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Jane Day

...San Jose State University

Morteza Seddighin

...Indiana University

Edward Poon

...Embry-Riddle University

Steve Pierce

...San Diego State University

Shahla Nasserasr

...The College of William and Mary

William Watkins

...California State University, Northridge

Ann Watkins

...California State University, Northridge

Wen Gu

...UCSB

Berkeley Churchill

...UCSB

Joseph Swearngin

...UCSB

Wilson Florero

...San Jose State University

Audra Kosh

...UCSB

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Sponsors


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