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MAA MATHFEST 2015Chronological ScheduleWednesday, August 5 (continued)Reorganization and Innovation in First Year GeneralEducation Mathematics Courses2:40 PM – 2:55 PMGrace E. Cook, Bloomfield CollegeMichael Schiro, Bloomfield CollegeKevin Kline, Bloomfield CollegeAlternative Pathway for General EducationMathematics Students3:00 PM – 3:15 PMRachel M. Bates, Redlands Community CollegeBuilding Learning Communities for Students andInstructors in Introductory and IntermediateAlgebra3:20 PM – 3:35 PMJanet Nichols, Colorado State University - PuebloGENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONAlgebra and Linear Algebra1:00 PM – 3:40 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia BLinear Algebra and Forensics1:00 PM – 1:10 PMDonna Beers, Simmons CollegeCatherine Crawford, Elmhurst CollegeNew Algorithms for Solving a System of LinearEquations1:15 PM – 1:25 PMMichael F. Zimmer, Teradata, IncNew Canonical Forms for Matrices Over a PrincipalIdeal Domain1:30 PM – 1:40 PMPeter M. Joyce, CCBCOn the Structure of Generalized Symmetric Spacesof the Special Linear and General Linear Groups ofDegree 2 Over Finite Fields1:45 PM – 1:55 PMJennifer Schaefer, Dickinson CollegePolynomials, Discriminants, and Root Counting inNumber Fields2:45 PM – 2:55 PMChad Awtrey, Elon UniversityCan this Polynomial be Factored?3:15 PM – 3:25 PMGary Brookfield, California State University, Los AngelesValuation Derived from Graded Ring and Moduleand Krull Dimension Properties3:30 PM – 3:40 PMMohammad Hassan Anjom Shoa, University of BirjandMohammad Hossein Hosseinie, University of BirjandINVITED SESSIONMAA Invited Paper Session: The Non-Traditional“Traditional NSA Mathematician”1:00 PM – 3:45 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Delaware BThe Coming of Enigma1:00 PM – 1:30 PMDavid Perry, National Security AgencyPublic Key Cryptography: From Abelian Groups toYellow Padlocks in 30 Minutes Flat1:45 PM – 2:15 PMBen Benoy, National Security AgencyExtending Pairwise Element Similarity to SetSimilarity Efficiently2:30 PM – 3:00 PMSteve Knox, National Security AgencyTeaching Computers to See3:15 PM – 3:45 PMChristine Edwards, National Security AgencyThe Index of a Numerical Semigroup in FourGenerators2:00 PM – 2:10 PMBernadette Boyle, Sacred Heart UniversityThe Space of Biorders on Some Solvable Groups2:30 PM – 2:40 PMKelli Karcher, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity62 Washington, DC | August 5–8, 2015 #MAAthFest