Advisor: Dr. Jeff Achter Committee:  Dr. Rachel Pries, Dr. Jamie Juul, Dr. Indrajit Ray Title: Explicit and quantitative results for abelian varieties over finite fields Abstract: Given an elliptic curve […]

Title: Time Integration Methods and Software for Scientific Simulations Abstract: Time-dependent systems are at the heart of numerous scientific applications requiring simulation.  While single rate, fixed step size time integration […]

Polytopes count (introductory talk) Aram Bingham Colorado School of Mines We'll see how many problems in combinatorics can be converted to the problem of counting integral points inside appropriate polytopes. […]

Expander graphs arising from finite groups Martin Kassabov Cornell University Informally, expander graphs are  graphs which can not be easily disconnected.  In the case of bounded degree, this property is […]

TITLE: The Kuramoto model and Synchronization ABSTRACT: Synchronization occurs in many natural and technological systems, from cardiac pacemaker cells to coupled lasers. In the synchronized state, the individual cells or […]

Advisor:  Dr. Jeff Achter Committee:  Dr. Rachel Pries, Dr. Alexander Hulpke, Dr. Maria Gillespie, Dr. Shrideep Pallickara Title: Counting the Size of an Isogeny Class of Drinfeld Modules over Finite […]

Advisor:  Dr. Rachel Pries Committee:  Dr. Jeff Achter, Dr. Mark Shoemaker, Dr. Maria Rugenstein Title: Relative oriented class groups of quadratic extensions Abstract: Perhaps the most beautiful development in the […]

Advisor:  Dr. Margaret CheneyCo-Advisor:Dr. Raghu Raj Committee:  Dr. Emily King, Dr. Mahmood Azimi-Sadjadi Title: Deep Compound Gaussian Prior for Linear Inverse Problems Abstract: Linear inverse problems are common in a […]

The singular locus of regular Hessenberg varieties Martha Precup Washington University in St. Louis Hessenberg varieties are subvarieties of the flag variety with important connections to representation theory, algebraic geometry, […]

Workshop series with Robin Wilson and Nina White presenting on Groupwork, Equity, and Student Buy-In in. The workshop will be roughly 55 minutes in length followed by time for questions and answers. Workshop held […]

Advisor:  Dr. Henry Adams Committee:  Dr. Chris Peterson, Dr. Amit Patel, Dr. Asa Ben-Hur Title: Persistence and Metric Thickenings Abstract: This talk will cover multiple related topics in applied topology.  […]