Monday, 9 November 2020

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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT

Mondays

Combinatorics Seminar

TBA

Coordinator: Louis Shapiro

TUESDAYS

Seminar on Topological Semigroups

Seminars started Oct 6 and will continue every tuesday. Neil Hindman will talk about some of his recent work as well as a fantastic new result by Yevhen Zelenyuk solving a decades old problem.

Seminar will meet using Zoom. Please contact coordinator for a link.

Coordinator Dennis Davenport

WEDNESDAYS

Math team/Math Club meetings

Please contact organizers for zoom link.

Organizers: Jill McGowan (math club), Lou Shapiro (math team)

Thursdays

Graduate Student Seminar

Meeting from 12 to 1pm on Thursdays. Contact coordinator for link.

Coordinator: Matthew Cavallo

Fridays

Geometry Seminar

TBA

Coordinator: Roberto de Leo

Mathematics Department Colloquium

Friday, November 13, 4.10 to 5pm (on zoom)

Johnny Guzman, Brown University.

Title TBA

(Cornell Applied Math talk) Anna Vainchtein, 3.30 pm

Solitary waves in non-integrable lattices

This semester our Colloquium are shared between us and Cornell's Colloquium.

Last week’s talk was given at Cornell.

Mason Porter, UCLA, gave a talk entitled "Opinion dynamics and spreading models on social networks" on 11/6.

TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT

1. Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) Seminar

A seminar to cover collaborative opportunities between BNL and Howard University will be held on Friday, November 13 from 10am to noon.

BNL Seminar Zoom Link

2. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) NSF Division of Math. Sciences virtual office hour

Tuesday, November 24, 2020 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST.

This presentation will be followed by an open question and answer period for your questions. Participants may submit questions in advance through the registration form or by sending e-mail to: DMS-VOH@nsf.gov. There will also be an opportunity to submit questions anonymously through the Zoom webinar Q&A feature.

Please use this registration link below to set up your participation in this Virtual Office Hour.

3. Air Force Lab HBCU day date change

The Air Force Research Lab munitions directorate’s HBCU day has been moved from 11/19 to 2/11/2021. Submissions are due by 1/11/2021.

See newsletter 3 for more details.

4. DOE Graduate Research Fellowship

Innovations in Buildings (IBUILD) graduate research fellowship now accepting applications through December 1, 2020.

Details at https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/DOE-EERE-RPP-IBUILD-2020

5. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) MAA funding opportunities

Enrichment programs for high school and college students, especially women and minorities, as well as funding for undergraduate research programs at https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities

6. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu and Henok Mawi)

David Blackwell summer research institute

Information and Application forms

This program aims to honor Blackwell’s legacy by attempting to increase the number of undergraduate students who aspire to achieve his level of excellence and widen participation of African-American men and women in obtaining PhDs in the mathematical sciences. This will take place on the UCLA and UC Berkeley campuses, from June 21 to July 30, 2021. The last week of the program includes a trip to Berkeley, where all program participants will meet with each other and share their work, hosted by the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. African Americans comprise 4% of PhDs in engineering and 3% of PhDs in mathematics granted from 2010-2020.

The David Harold Blackwell Summer Research Institute will be led by Profs. Todd Coleman (UCSD Bioengineering), Wilfrid Gangbo (UCLA Math), and Jelani Nelson (UC Berkeley EECS), who will mentor the students directly.

Previous newsletters:

NASA HBCU/MSI Technology Infusion Road Tour (Nov 18-19)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. (Thanks to Bourama Toni)

Congratulations to our student Christina McBean who received the Waldemore Trjitzinsky Memorial Scholarship awarded by AMS in September 2020.

SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

(from various sources)

1. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) Post-Doc Positions at Carnegie Mellon

The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a two or three-year postdoctoral position (contingent on funding) in the research group of Professor Hayden Schaeffer on the topics of the mathematics of machine learning, sparse optimization, compressive sensing, and reduced order modeling, beginning September 2021.

Applicants should submit all materials electronically through Interfolio and Mathjobs. This includes a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, and a statement describing current and planned research. At least three letters of recommendation, one of which addresses teaching, should be submitted through MathJobs.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted by December 31, 2020.

2. Doctoral Thesis Research with US DOE

Doctoral Thesis Research in Marine Energy, Hydrokinetics with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Application Materials

Application Deadline: December 4, 2020

3. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) Harvard Medical School Recruitment Program

The Office for Postdoctoral Fellows, along with the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School, are holding a Virtual Postdoctoral Recruitment Program for a select group of PhD, MD, or MD/PhD students who are nearing the completion of - or who have recently completed – their studies, and are considering a postdoctoral position in biomedical sciences as the next stage in their career development.

ELIGIBILITY

Late stage* students in MD, MD/PhD, or PhD (or equivalent) programs OR those who have recently completed their degrees (*approximately 0-18 months from expected graduation).

Applications from women and minority candidates historically underrepresented in the basic and social sciences are strongly encouraged.

APPLICATION FORM AND INFORMATION.

November 22, 2020 - Preferred deadline. Completed applications received by this date will receive preference.
November 29, 2020 - Final deadline.

In previous newsletters

Opportunities at DHS, DOE and West Point

Hertz Foundation Fellowship.

York University Hiring.

HBCU faculty at NRL.

FDA research opportunities.

(Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) MSRI Summer 2021 African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop (ADJOINT).

Apply online by December 21.

INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES

1. Diophantine Equations and Physics (Thanks to Louise Raphael)

Mathematician Minhyong Kim has found a way to find rational solutions to polynomial equations over the integers. He does this by extending the Coleman-Chabauty method using ideas from Physics, specifically the theory of “space of spaces” in gauge theory.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/secret-link-uncovered-between-pure-math-and-physics-20171201/

2. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) 10 Best Universities

The 10 best global universities.