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Math News and Events
Events
- December
- December 6Statistics Seminar Expressive Interfaces for Multi-omics Simulation presented by Kris Sankaran4:00 PM, 133 Service Memorial Institute
- December 6Math Department ColloquiumRobert Webber (Caltech) - Randomized matrix decompositions for faster scientific computing4:00 PM, B239 Van Vleck Hall
- December 7Probablilty SeminarMinjae Park (U. Chicago) - Yang-Mills theory and random surfaces2:30 PM, 901 Van Vleck Hall
- December 7Number Theory SeminarChengyang Bao (U Chicago) - Computing crystalline deformation rings via the Taylor--Wiles--Kisin patching method2:30 PM, B139 Van Vleck Hall
- December 7
- December 7
News
Parvarthi Kooloth awarded AWM dissertation prize
Our recently-graduated PhD student Parvathi Kooloth has won one of the two AWM Dissertation Prizes, which will be presented at the JMM. Parvathi did her PhD under Leslie Smith’s supervision. Congratulations, Parvathi! *** The Association …
November 29, 2023Yue Sun wins top prize in Gallery of Fluid Motion in APS Fluids meeting
Yue Sun, a student of Chris Rycroft, won the top prize in the “Gallery of Fluid Motion” competition at this year’s annual Americal Physical Society Fluids Meeting! She did her beautiful experiments in Saverio Spagnolie’s AMEP …
November 28, 2023
Jordan Ellenberg hosts First Year Course on Writing and Data
Jordan Ellenberg is expanding the impact of his service to the UW by hosting a first-year student course on writing and data. First-year Interest Groups (FIGs) are usually groups of 3 classes that are open …
November 17, 2023Math Department Graduate Student Awards Announced
The Excellence in Research Graduate Student Awards go to Shi Chen Yuxi Han Phillip Harris Yunfan He Josiah Jacobsen-Grocott Jiwoong Jang Ruofan Jiang Daniel Levitin Yandi Wu Jiaming Xu The John Nohel Prize in Applied Mathematics …
November 17, 2023
Autumn Kent named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Autumn Kent has been named a 2024 fellow of the American Mathematical Society. The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and …
November 1, 2023- More News