Contributed Paper Session Accepting Applications
for Fall 2025 Section Meeting at CSU Fullerton

You are invited to submit abstracts for the Contributed Paper Session of the Fall 2025 Section Meeting of the MAA, taking place on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at CSU Fullerton. The talks will take place in either the late morning or the early afternoon and will each be 15 minutes with a 5-minute question and transition period. 

These sessions accept contributions in all areas of mathematics, including research and pedagogy, and all complete proposals will be considered. The selection of talks will be based on interest to the expected audience, on common themes with other submissions, and on scheduling constraints. 

Applications to present in the contributed paper session are submitted online and are due by 5pm on Wednesday September 24, 2025. Applications include submitting an abstract (max 180 words) preferably using the specified LaTex template given in the example below. Only the items between \begin{document} and \end{document} need to be submitted.

\documentclass{article}

\newcommand{\presenter}[1]{\par\textbf{Presenter(s):}\ #1}
\newcommand{\others}[1]{\par\textbf{Other Author(s):}\ #1}
\renewcommand{\title}[1]{\par\textbf{Title:}\ #1}
\renewcommand{\abstract}[1]{\par\textbf{Abstract:}\ #1}
\newcommand{\theme}[1]{\par\textbf{Talk theme(s):}\ #1}
\newcommand{\audience}[1]{\par\textbf{Audience:}\ #1}

\begin{document}

\presenter{Esteban Ayala, Evelyne Knight, and Chloe Marple, Pomona College}
\others{Research advisor: Dr. Konrad Aguilar, Pomona College} %if applicable
\title{Contractivity of Quantum Channels with respect to Quantum State Induced Norms}
\abstract{Quantum Channels (QCs) are used to send quantum information in the form of quantum states and are major objects of interest in Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Computing. Some desirable QCs are non-expansive, meaning they don’t add superfluous information, or “noise,” to the quantum information. This noise can be detected using various metrics, functions which quantify a notion of distance. One specific metric we use is the Bures metric. While it is known that a given QC is Bures-nonexpansive, our study seeks to classify Bures-contractive QCs and estimate their Lipschitz constants. Another way to measure distance between matrices is using norms. We have classified several specific QCs as contractive with respect to the 1-,2-, and infinity-operator norms. We also generated matrix norms using quantum states and found sharp two-sided norm equivalence constants for them, which were computationally tested. A key application of our work is the ability to detect contractivity of QCs with respect to new norms of interest by utilizing our work with these well-established norms and our newfound equivalence constants.}
\theme{Analysis}
%Choices include Education/Pedagogy, History/Philosophy of Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Topics, Probability/Statistics, Geometry, Analysis, Number Theory, Graph Theory/Combinatorics, Algebra, Applied Mathematics, Topology, Linear Algebra, etc.
\audience{Linear Algebra (some analysis knowledge will help)}

\end{document}

Need access to latex to see if your abstract compiles? Overleaf.com is a cloud based latex program with a free registration. There are other options as well.

The application to present DOES NOT constitute registration for the conference. Presenters will be notified of their acceptances by Monday October 6, 2025. Once registration for the conference opens, presenters should register for the meeting online before the conference by Friday October 10, 2025 at 5pm.

Direct questions to the Program Board: Bahar Acu (Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu), Amelia Stone-Johnstone (astonejohnstone@Fullerton.edu), and Christina Edlholm (CEdholm@Scrippscollege.edu)

Student Poster Session Fall 2025 --Call for submissions

Students (undergraduate and graduate) are invited to submit short proposals for the Poster Session of the Fall 2025 Section Meeting of the MAA, taking place on Saturday, October 18 at CSU Fullerton.

Here are some ideas of what students can present:

• Results of masters thesis, honors, senior, or independent study projects
• Results of classroom projects or modeling contests
• Results of REUs or other summer research programs
• Historical investigations in pure or applied mathematics
• Solutions of problems from the Putnam Exam or from the Monthly or other journals

Applications to present in the poster session are submitted online. Applications include submitting an abstract (max 150 words) and are due by 5pm on Mon October 6, 2025.

The application to present DOES NOT constitute registration for the conference. Once registration for the conference opens, presenters should register for the meeting online before the conference by Friday October 10, 2025 at 5pm.

The MAA Mathematical Communication website has useful articles about giving an effective talk, including poster presentations (scroll down to that heading) and also writing an abstract. Be sure to check out their helpful tips!

Direct questions to the Program Board: Bahar Acu (Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu), Amelia Stone-Johnstone (astonejohnstone@Fullerton.edu), and Christina Edlholm (CEdholm@Scrippscollege.edu).