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Math News and Events
Events
September
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September 8
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September 8
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September 9SILO Seminar SeriesShuo Sun (UW Madison) – SILO: Dynamic Assortment Optimization: Fluid Relaxations, Submodularity, and Approximation Algorithms12:30 PM, Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
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September 9Group Actions and Dynamics SeminarSpencer Dowdall (Vanderbilt) – Counting mapping classes by Nielsen-Thurston type3:30 PM, B235 Van Vleck Hall
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September 9Analysis SeminarInbo Gottlieb Fenves (UW Madison) – A dynamical perspective on the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture3:30 PM, B123 Van Vleck Hall
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September 9Graduate Algebraic Geometry SeminarZhenpeng Li – Nonstatic Algebraic Geometry and (Strict) Units of the Topological Modular Forms3:40 PM, B317 Van Vleck Hall
News
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New NSF RTG grant awarded
The team of Jose Israel Rodriguez (PI), Jordan Ellenberg, Sebastien Roch, and Qin Li (all co-PIs) has just been awarded an NSF RTG grant, “Mathematics & AI Synergies (MAIS): Algebra and Applications.” Other…
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Jordan Ellenberg featured in L&S Magazine
Jordan Ellenberg was featured in the Spring 2026 issue of the College of Letters & Science biannual magazine.
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Timo Seppäläinen delivers Doob Lecture at SPA 2026 conference
Timo Seppäläinen delivered the Doob Lecture at the 45th Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications (SPA) held in Ithaca, NY, on June 14-20, 2026. SPA is the main annual international conference…
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Brandis Whitfield awarded NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Brandis Whitfield was awarded an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Dr. Whitfield is an RTG Postdoctoral Trainee in the Geometry, Group Actions and Dynamics research group. She works with Marissa Loving…