Hopf Algebras and Related Topics

A conference in honor of Professor Susan Montgomery

February 14-16, 2009

University of Southern California

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Location Schedule Speakers Registration Hotels Visiting USC

Be advised that the weather report for this weekend is cold and rainy. Please bring a coat and umbrella.

Location

All talks will take place on the campus of the University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089.

Saturdays talks and the banquet will be held at the Davidson Conference Center. Sunday and Monday talks are expected to be held in GFS 106.

Campus maps: in color, or grayscale.

Parking:

Free parking has been arranged for conference participants. Enter the campus at Gate 5 (McClintock and Jefferson, across from the University Villageand Bank of America). Mention that you are there for the Hopf algebra conference.

For Saturday's guests: Come through Gate 5, make a left and go al lthe way to the end and Parking Structure D will be on the left hand side. Davidson Conference Center is right next to this structure.

For Sunday's and Monday's guests: Come through Gate 5, go straight, then make a right into Parking Structure A on the right hand side. GFS is a short walk.

Additional info about visiting the campus of USC can be found here.

Registration

There is no fee to register for the conference, however we do ask that you let us know if you plan on attending by sending email to Bob Guralnick.

Preliminary Schedule

The schedule is subject to change. All talks are 45 minutes.
Here is a pdf file with abstracts for the talks, listed in alphabetical order by speaker.

Saturday, February 14
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Light Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Hans Schneider -  Hopf algebras and root systems
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.Georgia Benkart -  Travels to hyperbolic space
starting from an sl(2) base
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Yuri Bahturin -  Group gradings on simple
Lie and Jordan algebras
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Nicholas Andruskiewitsch -  Pointed Hopf algebras
over non-abelian groups
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. David Radford -  Representations of Certain
Classes of Hopf Algebras
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Geoff Mason -  Remarks on the McKay Conjecture
5:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m. Reception
6:00 p.m - Banquet

Sunday, February 15
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Light Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Martin Lorenz -  Prime ideals and group actions
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Shlomo Gelaki -  Fusion categories applied to
Hopf algebras
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Yevginia Kashina -  Frobenius-Schur indicators for Hopf algebras
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Miriam Cohen -  Symmetric Hopf algebras
and a Verlinde-type formula
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Lance Small -  Centralizers in Affine Domains
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Don Passman -  Invariant ideals in group algebras
of commutative groups

Monday, February 16
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Light Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Sonia Natale -  Hopf algebra extensions of
group algebras and Tambara-Yamagami categories
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Peter Schauenberg -  Generalized Frobenius-Schur indicators for fusion categories
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Efim Zelmanov -  On classification of quantum groups over polynomials


Speakers

Hotel Information

All hotel reservations can be made via:

STA Travel
University of Southern California
3317 South Hoover st Los Angeles, CA 90007
tel: (213) 743-4935    fax: (213) 743-4332
email: usc_agents@statravel.com
http://www.statravel.com/

Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Midtown at USC
3640 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
tel: (213) 748-4141, fax: (213) 746-3255
Block room rate: $145 per night plus tax

Los Angeles Athletic Club
431 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014
tel: (213) 625-2211
Block room rate: $129 per night plus tax

Los Angeles Marriott Downtown
333 South Figueroa Street, los Angeles, CA 90071
tel: (213) 617-1133, fax: (213) 613-0291
Block room rate: $169 per night plus tax

The Marina del Rey Hotel
13534 Bali Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
tel: (310) 301-1000, fax: (310) 310-8167
Block room rate: $118 per night plus tax (use code "USC-ICT")

Marina del Rey Marriott
4100 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
tel: (310) 301-3000, fax: (310) 448-4870
Block room rate: $199 per night plus tax

Huntley Hotel at Santa Monica Beach
1111 Second Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403
tel: (310) 394-5454, fax: (310) 458-9776
Block room rate: $235 per night plus tax for deluxe city view room with 2 queen bed (double occupancy)
$255 per night plus tax for deluxe city view room with 2 queen bed plus 1 rollaway (triple occupancy)

Vagabond Inn
3101 S. Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA 90007
tel: (213) 746-1531
Internet supersaver rate: $79.90 per night plus tax

Visiting USC

DASH routes and timetables, for both weekdays and weekends, in pdf form. More information can be found at http://www.ladottransit.com/dash/index.html.

Here is a pdf document of various places to eat, both on and off campus.

Here are some other activities you might be interested in, including theme parks, museums, and landmarks in and around Los Angeles.

Safety Considerations

USC is an urban campus that is subject to the challenges of the city. As such, the USC Department of Public Safety would like for you to follow a few safety precautions. The areas surrounding the USC campus, especially to the west and south, could be dangerous for persons walking alone. Please use caution and follow these guidelines:
Always walk with at least one other person, if possible. Be aware of your surroundings and of strangers around you. Always walk in well-lighted areas. Do not carry large sums of money with you. If you are driving, get driving directions to the location before leaving your hotel. Do not leave valuable property inside of your car.
If you are leaving the USC campus during the evening hours, it is best to use taxi services and avoid walking on the streets after dark.
If you have any questions about security or need help, ask any of the organizers or staff.

Organizing Committee

Support for the conference provided by: