Matrix Inequalities and Their Extensions in Lie Groups

Tin-Yau Tam currently serves as the Department Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Auburn University. He joined Auburn University in 1988 as Assistant Professor and became Associate Professor and Full Professor in 1993 and 1998, respectively. He was honored as Lloyd and Sandra Nix Endowed Professor (2012-15). He has served as Director of Assessment and Planning (2000-2012) and Special Assistant to the Provost (2008-2009). He has served as a member of the board of directors of the International Linear Algebra Society (2009-2013). Tam’s areas of specialization are Matrix Theory and their Applications, Multilinear Algebra, and Lie Theory. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Alabama Journal of Mathematics. He serves on the editorial boards of Linear and Multilinear Algebra, Electronic Linear Algebra, Special Matrices, and Proyecciones, Revista de Matematica. Tam has authored or coauthored about 100 research papers and delivered two hundred talks. He served as dissertation advisor for seven PhD graduates. He now has three PhD students.

Xuhua Liu is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at North Greenville University. He earned a PhD in Mathematics from Auburn University under the guidance of Professor Tin-Yau Tam in August 2012. His research interests include Matrix Theory and Lie Theory.