Contributed Talks
                Chair: Alex Trindade

Speakers	Abstracts
Irma Hernández Magallanes Institute of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (IAMCS) Texas A&M University	Abstract
Christopher Calderon Numerica Corporation	Abstract
Maiying Kong and Hyejeong Jang Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics University of Louisville	Abstract
Alex Trindade Mathematics and Statistics Department Texas Tech University	Abstract
K. Krishnamoorthy Department of Mathematics University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Abstract
Santanu Chakraborty University of Texas - Pan American	Abstract
Robert L. Mason and Jerome P. Keating Southwest Research Institute and University of Texas at San Antonio	Abstract