Event Details

2025 AMS Fall Central Sectional Meeting
October 18-19, 2025 Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Special Session on Parking Functions and their Generalizations
Session Organizers:

• Jennifer Elder (Missouri Western State University)
• Pamela E. Harris (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
• Juan Carlos Martínez Mori (University of Colorado Denver)

Session Description:
Originating from a classic problem in discrete mathematics, parking functions have grown into a very active area of research, intersecting multiple mathematical areas such as algebra, geometry, and computer science. This session will feature leading experts who will explore the latest advancements, including novel generalizations, connections to other combinatorial objects, and their implications in theoretical and applied contexts.

Schedule (Saturday, October 18)

All talks will take place in Ritter Hall, Room 236.

Morning Session

• 8:00 AM. Catherine Yan (Texas A&M University). "Parking functions in higher dimensions." (1211-05-49706). [Slides]
• 8:30 AM. Alex Moon (Dartmouth College). "Defective parking functions and the defective Kreweras numbers." (1211-05-50113). [Slides]
• 9:00 AM. Susanna Dodds Fishel (Arizona State University). "Parking functions with zero secondary dinv." (1211-05-52798).
• 9:30 AM. Jason Stack (University of Texas at Dallas). "Parking spaces for complex reflection groups." (1211-05-51994).
• 10:00 AM. Alexander N. Wilson (York University). "On a two-way street: Inducing parking spaces to the hyperoctahedral group." (1211-05-50078). [Slides]
• 10:30 AM. Lara K Pudwell (Valparaiso University). "Pattern avoidance in cyclic parking functions." (1211-05-51689). [Slides]

Lunch Break

• 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM.

Afternoon Session

• 2:30 PM. Sam Hopkins (Howard University). "Parking functions and tree inversions." (1211-05-50400). [Slides]
• 3:00 PM. Matt McClinton (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). "Metered parking functions." (1211-05-52740). [Slides]
• 3:30 PM. Kimberly P. Hadaway (Iowa State University). "Parking completions and volumes of polytopes." (1211-05-52297). [Slides] [Personal website]
• 4:00 PM. Amanda Priestley (The University of Texas at Austin). "A probabilistic parking process and labeled IDLA." (1211-05-50890). [Paper] [Slides]
• 4:30 PM. Steve Butler (Iowa State University). "Counting parking functions where spots have limits to how often they are preferred." (1211-05-52182).