Here is a link to a downloadable version of the symposium schedule.
The meetings will take place June 20-23, 2016 in the Center for Natural Sciences
Monday, June 20
Registration (open from 8:30) – CNS. C113
Opening Remarks (9:15-9:30) – CNS. C101
Main Lecture (1 hour) Chair: Richard Brualdi
9:30-10:30: George Andrews, 4-Shadows in q-series, the Kimberling index, and garden of eden partitions
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Contributed Talks (25 minutes each) Chair: Gi-Sang Cheon
11:00-11:25: Lou Shapiro, From trees to generating functions and back using a little group theory
11:30-11:55: Sung-Tae Jin, An application of Riordan arrays to the transient analysis of queueing models
12:00-12:25: Arnauld Mesinga Mwafise, Riordan arrays and the solutions of some nonlinear partial differential equations
12:30-12:55: Xi Chen, Log-concavity and row polynomial matrices of Riordan arrays
1:00- 2:25 Lunch
Afternoon Session Chair: Donatella Merlini
Main Lecture (50 minutes)
2:30-3:30: Paul Barry, Elliptic curves, integer sequences and Riordan arrays
3:30-4:00 Coffee Break
Contributed Talks (25 minutes each)
4:00-4:25: Manuel Alonso Morón, Manifolds of Riordan involutions and time-reversal linear dynamical systems in euclidean spaces
4:30-4:55: Hana Kim, Symmetry of the zeros of Sheffer polynomials
5:00-5:25: Xuntuan Song, Unimodality problems in combinatorial triangular arrays
5:30-5:55: Ji-Hwan Jung, The q-Laguerre polynomials of the q-Sheffer type and their combinatorial interpretation
Tuesday, June 21
Main Lecture (1 hour) Chair: Doron Zeilberger
9:30-10:30: Richard Brualdi, Permutation matrices, alternating sign matrices, and the Bruhat order
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Contributed Talks (25 minutes each) Chair: Ana Luzón
11:00-11:25: Donatella Merlini, C-finite sequences and Riordan arrays
11:30-11:55: Dev Phulara, Constructing pseudo-involutions in the Riordan group
12:00-12:25: Minho Song, A new aspect of the Riordan group via Krylov matrices
12:30-12:55: Xiao-Xiong Gan, General composition of formal power series and Riordan arrays
1:00- 2:25 Lunch
Afternoon Session Chair: Paul Barry
Main Lecture (50 minutes)
2:30-3:30: Gi-Sang Cheon, A group extension problem of the Riordan group and its applications
3:30-4:00 Coffee Break
Contributed Talks (25 minutes each)
4:00-4:25: José Ramírez, A combinatorial interpretation of the r-Whitney-Eulerian numbers
4:30-4:55: Sooyeong Kim, Algebraic structure of multivariate Riordan matrices
5:00-5:25: Jinze Zheng, Duals of Bernoulli numbers and polynomials and Euler numbers and polynomials
Banquet: Memorial Center, Davidson Room
6:00-7:00: Socializing
7:00-8:00: Dinner
8:00-9:30: Drinks, Dancing, and Socializing
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Wednesday, June 22
Excursion to Chicago
7:15 am: Meet for departure from Illinois Wesleyan at The Gates
10:00 am: Arrival in Chicago
7:00 pm: Meet for departure from Chicago at the Field Museum
10:00 pm: Arrival at Illinois Wesleyan
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Thursday, June 23
Main Lecture (1 hour) Chair: George Andrews
9:30-10:30: Doron Zeilberger, Percy Alexander MacMahon and John Riordan: Two combinatorial giants
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Main Lecture (50 minutes) Chair: Gi-Sang Cheon
11:00-12:00: Ana Luzón, Struggling with Riordan involutions formula
12:00- 1:25 Lunch
Afternoon Session Chair: Lou Shapiro
Student Talks (20 minutes each)
1:30-2:30: Student Speakers
2:30-4:30: Open Discussion Time