Speaker: Jenny Paige

Title: Changing Connectivity: A Spatial Understanding of Bistable Coral Dynamics

Abstract: Modeling coral ecosystems in a theoretical framework typically focuses on tradeoffs between coral, algae, and grazing fish populations, highlighting its bistable dynamics; however, spatial understanding of this system is often suppressed. Analysis of models with spatial features is crucial, as degraded, patchy reef systems become more common, and the size, clustering, or overall...

The Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium. From a modest beginning in 1981, the Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium (GPOTS) has become a major annual conference. It rotates between Universities in the U.S., with a new host university every year, and with NSF funding. For Spring 2026, it will be at the University of Iowa, a founding university. By now, GPOTS has evolved into a major international conference on operator theory and operator algebras. The symposium focuses on recent developments...