Hiram Lopez – Clemson University

Martin M-102 405 S Palmetto Blvd, Clemson, SC, United States

Linear codes using basic tools of commutative algebra In this talk we are going to give an introduction to linear codes and we will see how they are applied. Then …

Nigel Boston – University of Wisconsin – Madison

Martin M-102 405 S Palmetto Blvd, Clemson, SC, United States

Overview of Applied Algebra I shall give a somewhat personal introduction to applied algebra, starting with coding theory and cryptography and then leading to a wide variety of topics.

Nigel Boston – University of Wisconsin – Madison

Martin M-102 405 S Palmetto Blvd, Clemson, SC, United States

Entropy Regions and the Four-Atom Conjecture I shall introduce entropy regions, motivated by network coding, and then note how they are equiv- alent to something in finite group theory, allowing …

Nigel Boston – University of Wisconsin – Madison

Martin M-102 405 S Palmetto Blvd, Clemson, SC, United States

Low-Rank Matrix Completion I shall describe recommender systems such as Netflix, which seek to complete arrays from sparse data, and explain our recent work using algebraic geometry to obtain uniqueness …