School of Economic Mathematics
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu, 611130, China
E-mail: slawkenbergius@hotmail.com


Employment
July 2015 - (present) Assistant Professor (Southwestern University of Finance andEconomics)
August 2013 - June 2015 Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Waterloo)
Education
2001 - 2004 B.S. in Mathematics, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Thesis: A Centralizer Algebra Approach to Computing the Chromatic Polynomial
2008 - 2013 Ph.D in Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Dissertation Adviser: Ralph McKenzie
Thesis: Some Results in Universal Algebra


Research Interests
Universal Algebra, Lattices and Ordered Sets, Digraph and General Relational Polymorphisms, CSP


Awards
2013 Bjarni J′onsson Prize for Research
Publications
1. A. Wires, A Quasi-Malcev Condition with Unexpected Application, Algebra Univer- salis 73:335-346, (2015)
2. A. Wires, Dichotomy for Finite Tournaments of Mixed-Type, Discrete Mathematics
338:2523-2538, (2015)
3. A. Wires, Definability in the Substructure Ordering of Simple Graphs, Annals of Combinatorics 20(1):139-176, (2016)
4. A. Wires, On Finite Taylor Algebras Int. J. Algebra Comput.26(8):1547-1571, (2016)
5. A. Wires, On supernilpotent algebras, Algebra Universalis 80(1), (2019)
6. A. Wires: Complexity of Young’s Lattice (in preparation).
7. A. Wires, Cube Absorption and Cyclic Reducts (in preparation)
8. A. Wires, A Note on Universal Classes (in preparation)
Grant Participation




2017 - 2018 Universal Algebra and Constraint Satisfaction, NSFC #
Talks
In Conference:
? 1/21/19 - Asia-Australia Algebra Conference 2019, Sydney, Australia
? 6/5/18 - 12th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and
? Applications, Taipei, Taiwan
? 5/22/18 - Algebras and Lattices in Hawaii: honoring Ralph Freese, Bill Lampe and JB Nation, University of Hawaii, HI
? 8/14/17 - BLAST 2017, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, Supernilpotent Algebras
? 8/6/17 - Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Supernilpotent Algebras
? 9/24/16 - Structure and Complexity, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, A Pointed Talk
? 5/30/15 - Open Problems in Universal Algebra, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN,
Cube Absorption: a few properties, many questions
? 10/5/13 - AMS Sectional Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Finite Taylor Algebras, Pointing terms, and Cubed Elements
? 4/13/13 - AMS Sectional Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, A disjunction characterizing varieties with a weak difference term
? 3/3/12 - AMS Sectional Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, Definability in the Sub- structure Ordering of Simple Graphs
In Seminar:
? 5/1/15 - Cube Absorption in Finite Taylor Algebras [Sichuan University, Chengdu, China]
? 12/29/14 - What is an Abelian Algebra? [Sichuan University, Chengdu, China]
? 10/1/14 - Complexity of Young’s Lattice [U.Waterloo]
? 4/24/14 - Dichotomy for Finite Tournaments of Mixed-Type I-II [U.Waterloo]
? 3/18/14 - Dichotomy for Finite Tournaments of Mixed-Type [McMasters Univ.]
? 12/20/13 - Universal Algebra and Theoretical Computer Science [Sichuan University, Chengdu, China]
? 12/18/13 - General Commutator Theory: A Gentle Introduction [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China]
? 10/11/13 - Taylor Algebras from Digraphs Should Have Better Identities [U. Waterloo]
? 4/23/13 - A disjunction for varieties with a weak difference term [Vanderbilt]
? 11/1/11 - The Oldest Unsolved Math Problem I Know (undergraduate audience)[Vanderbilt]


? 2/1/11 - Perfect Regraphs and Finite Lattice Representability (work of Pudl′ak & T?uma)[Vanderbilt]
? 2/17/09 - Frank Ramsey and his Inessential Theorem (undergraduate audience)[Vanderbilt]
? 11/4/08 - When is the whole equal to the sum of its parts? (undergraduate audience)[Vanderbilt]


Conferences Organized
? July 20-23, 2017 - Tianfu Universal Algebra, SWUFE, Chengdu, China.

Teaching


Southwestern University of Finance and Economics:
? 2016 Winter: Instructor for Real Analysis (undergraduate)
? 2017 Winter: Instructor for Advanced Algebra
? 2017 Fall: Instructor for Graduate Real Analysis
? 2018 Winter: Instructor for Advanced Algebra
? 2018 Winter: Instructor for Real Analysis (undergraduate) University of Waterloo:
? 2015 Winter: Instructor for MATH 135 (Algebra for Honours Math)
? 2014 Fall: Instructor for PMATH 330 (Mathematical Logic)
? 2014 Winter: Instructor for MATH 135 (Algebra for Honours Math)
? 2013 Fall: Instructor for MATH 116 (Calculus for Engineers) Vanderbilt University:
? 2013 Spring: Teaching Assistant Math 155B(Accelerated Single-Variable Calc II)
? Fall 2012: Teaching Assistant for Math 150A(Single-Variable Calc I)
? Summer 2012: Teaching Assistant for Math 175(Multi-variable Calc)
? 2012 Spring: Teaching Assistant Math 205A(Multi-variable Calc/Linear Algebra II)
? 2011 Fall: Teaching Assistant for Math 205B(Multi-variable Calc/Linear Algebra I)
? 2011 Spring: Teaching Assistant for Math 204(Linear Algebra)
? 2010 Fall: Teaching Assistant for Math 221(Number Theory)
? 2010 Fall: Teaching Assistant for Math 223(Abstract Algebra)
? 2010 Spring: Teaching Assistant for Math 155B(Accelerated Single-Variable Calc II)
? 2009 Fall: Teaching Assistant for Math 150A(Single-Variable Calc I)