{"689234":{"#nid":"689234","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Mathematics Stelson Lecture by Lai-Sang Young","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Lai-Sang Young will give the Spring 2026 Stelson Lecture, hosted by the School of Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003ECan math models help us understand the brain?\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThursday, April 16, 2026\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003E5:00PM - 6:00PM @ DM Smith 115\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EReception at 4:00pm in Skiles Atrium\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EStelson Lecture Abstract\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECan math models help us understand the brain?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E I would like to think that they can, and will illustrate by sharing some work my collaborators and I have done on the monkey visual system, which is very similar to that of humans. Specifically, I will focus on two visual properties: one is used in the detection of edges, the other is relevant when our eyes track moving objects. To explain the origin of these properties, simple mathematical ideas were first developed in idealized settings. They were then tested -- and fine-tuned -- via simulations using large-scale dynamical network models that are biologically more realistic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003ESchool of Mathematics Colloquium Abstract\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConvergence of ergodic averages from an observational viewpoint (Friday 4\/17 at 11am)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe Birkhoff Ergodic Theorem describes typical behaviors and averaged quantities with respect to an invariant measure. In this talk, I will focus on \u0022observable\u0022 events, equating observability with positive Lebesgue measure. From this observational viewpoint, \u0022typical\u0022 means typical with respect to Lebesgue measure. This leads immediately to issues for attractors, where all invariant measures are singular. I will present highlights of developments in smooth ergodic theory that address these questions. The theory of physical and SRB measures applies to dynamical systems that are deterministic as well as random, in finite and infinite dimensions (where observability has to be interpreted differently). This body of ideas argue in favor of convergence of ergodic averages for typical orbits. But the picture is a little more complicated: In the last part of the talk, I will discuss some recent work that shows that in many natural settings (e.g. reaction networks), it is also typical for ergodic averages to fluctuate in perpetuity due to heteroclinic-like behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELai-Sang Young is a Professor of Mathematics and Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at the Courant Institute, New York University. She received her PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978. Her primary area of research is dynamical systems, with applications to mathematical physics and computational neuroscience. She has given plenary lectures at the International Congress of Mathematicians (2018), International Congress on Mathematical Physics (1997, 2018), and in annual meetings of the American Mathematical Society and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Her recent awards include the Moser Prize (2021), Hopf Prize (2023), and Schock Prize (2024). She is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECan math models help us understand the brain? Professor Lai-Sang Young will give the Spring 2026 Stelson Lecture, hosted by the School of Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Can math models help us understand the brain? 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Mathematicians Use Topology to Study the Shape of the World and Everything in\u00a0it","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022theconversation-article-body\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you\u2019re living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents all the places around you. This is likely why some people in the past believed the earth to be flat. But most people now know that is far from the truth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou live on the surface of a giant sphere, like a beach ball the size of the Earth with a few bumps added. The surface of the sphere and the plane are two possible 2D spaces, meaning you can walk in two directions: north and south or east and west.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat other possible spaces might you be living on? That is, what other spaces around you are 2D? For example, the surface of a giant doughnut is another 2D space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough a field called geometric topology, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/scientific-contributions\/John-B-Etnyre-10186406\u0022\u003Emathematicians like me\u003C\/a\u003E study all possible spaces in all dimensions. Whether trying to design \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www2.math.upenn.edu\/%7Eghrist\/preprints\/noticesdraft.pdf\u0022\u003Esecure sensor networks\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/frai.2021.667963\u0022\u003Emine data\u003C\/a\u003E or use \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10037710\/origami-in-space\/\u0022\u003Eorigami to deploy satellites\u003C\/a\u003E, the underlying language and ideas are likely to be that of topology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EThe Shape of the Universe\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen you look around the universe you live in, it looks like a 3D space, just like the surface of the Earth looks like a 2D space. However, just like the Earth, if you were to look at the universe as a whole, it could be a more complicated space, like a giant 3D version of the 2D beach ball surface or something even more exotic than that.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\u0022align-left zoomable\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614228\/original\/file-20240819-17-hxuf1t.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=1000\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022A shape with a hole in the middle.\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614228\/original\/file-20240819-17-hxuf1t.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=237\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022 srcset=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614228\/original\/file-20240819-17-hxuf1t.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=503\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614228\/original\/file-20240819-17-hxuf1t.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=503\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614228\/original\/file-20240819-17-hxuf1t.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=503\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614228\/original\/file-20240819-17-hxuf1t.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=632\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614228\/original\/file-20240819-17-hxuf1t.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=632\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614228\/original\/file-20240819-17-hxuf1t.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=632\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 2262w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EA doughnut, also called a torus, is a shape that you can move across in two directions, just like the surface of the Earth.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca class=\u0022source\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Simple_Torus.svg\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution\u0022\u003EYassineMrabet via Wikimedia Commons\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution\u0022\u003E, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022license\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution\u0022\u003ECC BY-NC-SA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile you don\u2019t need topology to determine that you are living on something like a giant beach ball, knowing all the possible 2D spaces can be useful. Over a century ago, mathematicians figured out \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-642-34364-3\u0022\u003Eall the possible 2D spaces\u003C\/a\u003E and many of their properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past several decades, mathematicians have learned a lot about all of the possible 3D spaces. While we do not have a complete understanding like we do for 2D spaces, we do \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bookstore.ams.org\/gsm-151\u0022\u003Eknow a lot\u003C\/a\u003E. With this knowledge, physicists and astronomers can try to determine what \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/universe2010001\u0022\u003E3D space people actually live in\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the answer is not completely known, there are many \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.quantamagazine.org\/what-shape-is-the-universe-closed-or-flat-20191104\/\u0022\u003Eintriguing and surprising possibilities\u003C\/a\u003E. The options become even more complicated if you consider time as a dimension.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo see how this might work, note that to describe the location of something in space \u2013 say a comet \u2013 you need four numbers: three to describe its position and one to describe the time it is in that position. These four numbers are what make up a 4D space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, you can consider what 4D spaces are possible and in which of those spaces do you live.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ETopology in Higher Dimensions\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt this point, it may seem like there is no reason to consider spaces that have dimensions larger than four, since that is the highest imaginable dimension that might describe our universe. But a branch of physics called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/17594-string-theory.html\u0022\u003Estring theory\u003C\/a\u003E suggests that the universe has many more dimensions than four.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are also practical applications of thinking about higher dimensional spaces, such as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/1-4020-4266-3_05\u0022\u003Erobot motion planning\u003C\/a\u003E. Suppose you are trying to understand the motion of three robots moving around a factory floor in a warehouse. You can put a grid on the floor and describe the position of each robot by their x and y coordinates on the grid. Since each of the three robots requires two coordinates, you will need six numbers to describe all of the possible positions of the robots. You can interpret the possible positions of the robots as a 6D space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the number of robots increases, the dimension of the space increases. Factoring in other useful information, such as the locations of obstacles, makes the space even more complicated. In order to study this problem, you need to study high-dimensional spaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are countless other scientific problems where high-dimensional spaces appear, from modeling the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/CBO9781316410486\u0022\u003Emotion of planets\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/physicists-discover-whopping-13-new-solutions-three-body-problem\u0022\u003Eand spacecraft\u003C\/a\u003E to trying to understand the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ias.edu\/ideas\/2013\/lesnick-topological-data-analysis\u0022\u003E\u201cshape\u201d of large datasets\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ETied Up In Knots\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother type of problem topologists study is how one space can sit inside another.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, if you hold a knotted loop of string, then we have a 1D space (the loop of string) inside a 3D space (your room). Such loops are called mathematical knots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/knot-theory\u0022\u003Estudy of knots\u003C\/a\u003E first grew out of physics but has become a central area of topology. They are essential to how scientists understand \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bookstore.ams.org\/gsm-20\u0022\u003E3D and 4D spaces\u003C\/a\u003E and have a delightful and subtle structure that researchers are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-444-51452-3.X5000-X\u0022\u003Estill trying to understand\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\u0022align-center zoomable\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614230\/original\/file-20240819-17-qmwj95.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=1000\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022Illustrations of 15 connected loops of string with different crossings\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614230\/original\/file-20240819-17-qmwj95.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022 srcset=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614230\/original\/file-20240819-17-qmwj95.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=447\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614230\/original\/file-20240819-17-qmwj95.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=447\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614230\/original\/file-20240819-17-qmwj95.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=447\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614230\/original\/file-20240819-17-qmwj95.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=562\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614230\/original\/file-20240819-17-qmwj95.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=562\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/614230\/original\/file-20240819-17-qmwj95.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=562\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 2262w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EKnots are examples of spaces that sit inside other spaces.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca class=\u0022source\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Knot_table.svg\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution\u0022\u003EJkasd\/Wikimedia Commons\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, knots have many applications, ranging from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ias.edu\/ideas\/2011\/witten-knots-quantum-theory\u0022\u003Estring theory\u003C\/a\u003E in physics to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/bmb.20244\u0022\u003EDNA recombination\u003C\/a\u003E in biology to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/CBO9780511626272\u0022\u003Echirality\u003C\/a\u003E in chemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat Shape Do You Live On?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeometric topology is a beautiful and complex subject, and there are still countless exciting questions to answer about spaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bookstore.ams.org\/gsm-20\u0022\u003Esmooth 4D Poincar\u00e9 conjecture\u003C\/a\u003E asks what the \u201csimplest\u201d closed 4D space is, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.quantamagazine.org\/mathematicians-prove-this-knot-cannot-solve-major-problem-20230202\/\u0022\u003Eslice-ribbon conjecture\u003C\/a\u003E aims to understand how knots in 3D spaces relate to surfaces in 4D spaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETopology is currently useful in science and engineering. 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Truman Scholar, earning the nation\u2019s premier fellowship for undergraduates pursuing careers as public service leaders. A third-year economics and mathematics major and Stamps President\u2019s Scholar, she is Georgia Tech\u2019s first Truman Scholar in 17 years. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.truman.gov\/\u0022\u003EThe Truman Scholarship\u003C\/a\u003E is awarded annually to a select group of students nationwide who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, academic excellence, and an enduring commitment to making a difference. Named after President Harry S. Truman, the scholarship supports students in their graduate education and careers addressing society\u2019s most pressing challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTaylor exemplifies the kind of leader we strive to develop,\u201d said Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera. \u201cHer commitment to strengthening public institutions reflects our motto of Progress and Service. Her selection as a Truman Scholar, one of the nation\u2019s most prestigious fellowships for public service, is an exceptional achievement, and we are incredibly proud of her.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EA Commitment to Rebuilding Trust in Public Institutions\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWitte, who hails from Highlands Ranch, Colorado, is pursuing dual bachelor\u2019s degrees while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. She balances an ambitious academic load with dedicated involvement in campus leadership, undergraduate research, and national public service experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMotivated by the erosion of trust in American public institutions, Witte aims to strengthen government decision-making through rigorous economic analysis, transparent data practices, and effective regulation. Instead of viewing public trust as just another policy area, Witte sees it as the very foundation upon which all governance rests.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile several social issues, from the climate crisis to criminal justice, demand our attention,\u201d she explains, \u201cour ability to tackle these challenges is only as strong as our collective faith in the institutions meant to do so. Responsible data stewardship is the first step to ensuring that communities see themselves represented in the policies that shape their lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat philosophy was shaped in part by her work at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, where she served as a statistics and data management intern in 2025. The experience reinforced her belief that sound regulation, grounded in high-quality evidence and community realities, is essential to restoring confidence in government.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a perspective that also guides her long-term goals. As a Truman Scholar, Witte plans to pursue a joint J.D. and Ph.D. in economics. She hopes to work in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, specifically the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where economic analysis and regulatory oversight intersect.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ELeadership at Georgia Tech and Beyond\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWitte\u2019s leadership record at Georgia Tech is extensive. She has served as an advisor for the Seek Discomfort First-Year Leadership Organization and is currently a justice on the Undergraduate Judiciary Committee within Georgia Tech\u2019s Student Government Association.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe has also played a key role in institutional service and advocacy. As an ambassador for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Witte helps lead Shadow Day, the College\u2019s largest outreach event for prospective students. Previously, she sat on the Ivan Allen College Advisory Board and is now the sole undergraduate member of the School of Economics Chair Search Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Witte has helped oversee the Georgia Tech Stamps Summit as conference chair, building intellectual community among fellow scholars committed to leadership and service.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChaffee Viets, executive director of the Office of Scholar Programs, notes that Witte\u2019s leadership is defined as much by reflection as ambition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTaylor is a thinker,\u201d Viets said. \u0022Someone who asks the same questions of herself that she might ask of society: How is this path I am on going to lead to real impact? In her answers, I see deliberative leadership and extraordinary potential.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EBridging Liberal Arts and Technical Education\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a liberal arts student at a leading technical institute, Witte has made it a personal mission to demonstrate the essential role of economics, public policy, and the humanities in shaping technological innovation and governance. She currently serves as a teaching assistant in the School of Mathematics, one of only a handful of liberal arts majors among a large cohort, where she works to make complex mathematical concepts accessible and applicable for all her students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn everything I do on campus, I want to show that liberal arts majors can learn alongside STEM-focused students, and also lead among them and contribute meaningfully to the Institute\u2019s mission of advancing technology and improving the human condition,\u201d she said. \u201cMy experiences at Tech have left me better prepared to navigate a public-sector career in an increasingly technical world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELooking ahead, Witte remains focused on the long-term work of strengthening democratic institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo say we are navigating difficult and uncertain times would be an understatement,\u201d she says. \u201cBut the most powerful force in this moment is one within our control: our collective decision to believe in the institutions we build, and to demand that they rise to meet us. It\u2019s our choice to make.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents interested in applying for the Truman Scholarship can visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.success.gatech.edu\/prestigious-fellowships\/\u0022\u003EPrestigious Fellowships website\u003C\/a\u003E or contact the team at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:fellowshipsadvising@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Efellowshipsadvising@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA third-year economics and mathematics major and Stamps President\u2019s Scholar, Taylor Witte has earned one of the nation\u0027s top honors for emerging public service leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A third-year economics and mathematics major and Stamps President\u2019s Scholar, Taylor Witte has earned one of the nation\u0027s top honors for emerging public service leaders."}],"uid":"36773","created_gmt":"2026-04-24 13:01:40","changed_gmt":"2026-04-24 18:29:00","author":"choward85","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680050":{"id":"680050","type":"image","title":"2026 Truman Scholar with Georgia Tech\u0027s President and Provost","body":null,"created":"1777035792","gmt_created":"2026-04-24 13:03:12","changed":"1777035792","gmt_changed":"2026-04-24 13:03:12","alt":"Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera, 2026 Truman Scholar Taylor Witte, and Provost Raheem Beyah stand in front of memorabilia-filled bookshelves.","file":{"fid":"264289","name":"Truman-Scholar-with-President.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/24\/Truman-Scholar-with-President.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/24\/Truman-Scholar-with-President.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":9018058,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/24\/Truman-Scholar-with-President.JPG?itok=I5VeyDUU"}},"680051":{"id":"680051","type":"image","title":"Truman Scholar with Assistant Director, Prestigious Fellowships","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Director of Prestigious Fellowships Georgia Brunner (left) and 2026 Truman Scholar Taylor Witte.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1777035792","gmt_created":"2026-04-24 13:03:12","changed":"1777035792","gmt_changed":"2026-04-24 13:03:12","alt":"Assistant Director, Prestigious Fellowships Georgia Brunner and 2026 Truman Scholar Taylor Witte stand outside Tech Tower.","file":{"fid":"264290","name":"Truman-Scholar-with-Prestigious-Fellowships-advisor.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/24\/Truman-Scholar-with-Prestigious-Fellowships-advisor.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/24\/Truman-Scholar-with-Prestigious-Fellowships-advisor.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8567101,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/24\/Truman-Scholar-with-Prestigious-Fellowships-advisor.JPG?itok=t4U6WxxX"}}},"media_ids":["680050","680051"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.success.gatech.edu\/prestigious-fellowships\/","title":"Prestigious Fellowships Advising"},{"url":"https:\/\/undergraduate.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Undergraduate Education \u0026 Student Success"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"193157","name":"Student Honors and Achievements"}],"keywords":[{"id":"195059","name":"Harry S. 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(Year). \u003Cstrong\u003EVolume 11, Number 1\u003C\/strong\u003E. Yokohama Publishers. ISSN 2189-3756.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Special Issue on Dynamical Systems and Related Topics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDedicated to Professor Leonid Bunimovich on the occasion of his 75th birthday\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the special issue, a select group of experts in dynamical systems have authored \u0026nbsp;papers which address a broad spectrum of significant problems and current research topics, including Benford\u0027s law in dynamical systems; inheritance of shadowing for dynamical semigroups; and generality of blow-up for complex Li-Sinai solutions of the 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations from computer simulations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn extract from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/yokohamapublishers.jp\/online2\/pafav11n1.html\u0022\u003Ethe Preface\u003C\/a\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Bunimovich is best known for discovering a fundamental mechanism of chaos in dynamical systems referred to as the mechanism of defocusing. This discovery was a striking and unexpected development not only to mathematicians but also to the physics community. Perhaps the most famous class of systems exhibiting this mechanism is the class of billiard systems, particularly focusing chaotic billiards such as the Bunimovich stadium, Bunimovich flowers, and elliptic flowers. He also introduced the so-called Bunimovich mushrooms, which provide visual examples of billiards exhibiting the coexistence of regular and chaotic dynamics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPure and Applied Functional Analysis\u003C\/em\u003E. (Year).\u0026nbsp;Volume 11, Number 1. Yokohama Publishers. ISSN 2189-3756.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Special Issue on Dynamical Systems and Related Topics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDedicated to Professor Leonid Bunimovich on the occasion of his 75th birthday\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the special issue, a select group of experts in dynamical systems have authored \u0026nbsp;papers which address a broad spectrum of significant problems and current research topics, including Benford\u0027s law in dynamical systems; inheritance of shadowing for dynamical semigroups; and generality of blow-up for complex Li-Sinai solutions of the 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations from computer simulations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn extract from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/yokohamapublishers.jp\/online2\/pafav11n1.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ethe Preface\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Bunimovich is best known for discovering a fundamental mechanism of chaos in dynamical systems referred to as the mechanism of defocusing. This discovery was a striking and unexpected development not only to mathematicians but also to the physics community. Perhaps the most famous class of systems exhibiting this mechanism is the class of billiard systems, particularly focusing chaotic billiards such as the Bunimovich stadium, Bunimovich flowers, and elliptic flowers. 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These findings emphasize how phenotypic features of particular viral genomic variants are formed by both their antibody and \u0022quasi-social\u0022 environments rather than pre-defined by their genomes. This also highlights challenges in effective vaccine design by demonstrating how the evolutionary trajectories of intra-host viral populations subjected to the introduction of new CRNs are affected by the state of pre-existing populations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EAbout the Award\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe QBioS student awards are an annual tradition, where students are recognized for their recent publications in three categories - 1. Cellular and Molecular Biosciences, 2. Organismal Behavior and Physiology, and 3. Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology. There is also an award for Community Outreach and Service, for contributions to QBioS, Georgia Tech, or the broader scientific community. The winners get a cash award and an opportunity to present their work during the QBioS annual Winter Share.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EAbout Athulya Ram\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthulya was only the second graduate student from SoM to be a part of the QBioS program, which aims to bridge the gap between mathematics and biology to tackle important problems in the life sciences.. 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The annual awards from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sloan.org\/fellowships\/2024-Fellows\u0022\u003EAlfred P. Sloan Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E honor early-career researchers whose \u201ccreativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders in the fields.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn total, four Georgia Tech faculty are among the 126 individuals selected from a pool of over 1,000 North American researchers nominated this year, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/correa-baena-tapped-sloan-fellowship\u0022\u003EJuan-Pablo Correa-Baena\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/juan-pablo-correa-baena\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/science-breaking-things-security-faculty-earns-prestigious-research-fellowship\u0022\u003EDaniel Genkin\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Sloan Research Fellowships are extraordinarily competitive awards involving the nominations of the most inventive and impactful early-career scientists across the U.S. and Canada,\u201d says Adam F. Falk, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecipients will receive a two-year $75,000 Fellowship in support of their cutting-edge research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u201cI am thrilled to be a recipient of the Sloan Fellowship this year, and I am thrilled for what can be done with it,\u201d says Blumenthal. \u201cI am immensely grateful for the support of my colleagues and that of SoM at large, without whom this would not have been possible.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBlumenthal was also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/chasing-chaos-alex-blumenthal-awarded-career-grant-research-chaos-fluid-dynamics\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecently awarded an NSF CAREER grant\u003C\/a\u003E to study chaotic fluid dynamics, one of the most challenging problems in his field. His research focuses on dynamic systems, and their statistical properties.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany systems and nature exhibit these seemingly random behaviors \u2014 imagine smoke rising from a candle and mixing with the air in a room, or the ripples of cream as they\u2019re swirled into coffee. While extremely difficult to mathematically model and solve, Blumenthal explains that solving these types of problems could lead to innovations ranging from atmospheric modeling and weather predictions, to economics, to creating better salinity profiles in oceans.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDu is developing quantum sensing and imaging techniques to study quantum materials at very small scales. Quantum materials are a large set of materials that have intriguing, unusual properties, which differ from that of traditional materials.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u201cIt is my great honor to be elected as a new Sloan Research Fellow in Physics,\u201d Du says. \u201cI appreciate the tremendous support from my colleagues, collaborators, mentors, and team members over my career development. This prestigious grant will support my research on developing state-of-the-art quantum sensing techniques to explore novel quantum materials and electronic devices for next-generation information technology.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe is involved with designing and engineering hybrid quantum devices, which have applications for quantum information. Her research into spintronics is at the forefront of information technology applications. Du was also recently selected for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nre.navy.mil\/education-outreach\/sponsored-research\/yip\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOffice of Naval Research Young Investigator Program\u003C\/a\u003E, a distinction given to her for her exceptional potential and creative research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech faculty including School of Mathematics faculty \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/computational-neuroscience-digging-deep-georgia-tech\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHannah Choi\u003C\/a\u003E in 2022, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/college-sciences-research-busy-year-grants-fy20\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EYao Yao\u003C\/a\u003E in 2020, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/sloan-foundation-awards-fellowships-four-georgia-tech-emory-faculty\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKonstantin Tikhomirov\u003C\/a\u003E in 2019, Lutz Warnke in 2018, Zaher Hani in 2016, Jen Hom in 2015, and Greg Blekherman in 2012; along with School of Chemistry\u0027s Vinayak Agarwal in 2018, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0027 Christopher Reinhard in 2015; and School of Physics\u2019 Tamara Bogdanovi\u0107 in 2013 have previously received Sloan Research Fellowships.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMathematician Alex Blumenthal and Physicist Chunhui (Rita) Du are among 126 early-career researchers who have been awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships for 2024. 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In response to these dramatic shifts in the capabilities of AI for math tools, peer universities are setting up AI for math centers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this townhall, we will present a vision of a similar AI for math center at Georgia Tech, under the auspices of the Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS). The goals include enabling GT and GTRI research groups focused on AI4Math by bringing in funding , conducting seminars\/workshops on AI4Math topics, and setting up tutorials such as Introduction to Lean and AI4Math Tools.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join us at this townhall to discuss the vision for an Al for math center at Georgia Tech under the auspices of IDEaS."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2026-01-27 15:25:31","changed_gmt":"2026-01-27 15:25:38","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679103":{"id":"679103","type":"image","title":"AI4Math_Feb_2026.png","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAI4Math Townhall Feb 2026\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1769527369","gmt_created":"2026-01-27 15:22:49","changed":"1769527369","gmt_changed":"2026-01-27 15:22:49","alt":"AI4Math Townhall Feb 2026","file":{"fid":"263222","name":"AI4Math_Feb_2026.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/01\/27\/AI4Math_Feb_2026.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/01\/27\/AI4Math_Feb_2026.png","mime":"image\/png","size":378570,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/01\/27\/AI4Math_Feb_2026.png?itok=GBwq3zdS"}}},"media_ids":["679103"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comms@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["comms@math.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"687033":{"#nid":"687033","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chen Named Bergman Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/gong-chen\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGong Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has been awarded the 2026-2027 American Mathematical Society (AMS)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/programs\/ams-fellowships\/bergman-fellow\u0022\u003EStefan Bergman Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 an award reserved for exceptional early-career mathematicians.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cI am honored to receive the fellowship and am deeply grateful to the AMS for this award,\u201d says Chen.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe Stefan Bergman Fellowship is the society\u0027s first award specifically for early-career mathematicians. It supports scholars advancing research in real analysis, complex analysis, or partial differential equations and may be used in whatever capacity most effectively enables their work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThere is intense competition for the Stefan Bergman Fellowship, but the breadth and depth of Gong\u0027s remarkable contributions clearly stood out,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Wolf\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u201cWe are thrilled that we were able to attract Gong to our faculty, and we are pleased to hear of his well-deserved award.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EChen\u2019s research has earned wide recognition and focuses on problems in mathematical physics through the lens of analysis. He studies dispersive partial differential equations, drawing on harmonic analysis and spectral theory. His work is motivated by the pursuit of a rigorous mathematical understanding of fundamental physical phenomena.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cI owe a profound debt of gratitude to my mentors for their guidance and support, especially my thesis advisor,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWilhelm Schlag\u003C\/strong\u003E. I would also like to thank my collaborators for their inspiration and support, and my family for their unwavering encouragement,\u201d says Chen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHe earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Esumma cum laude,\u003C\/em\u003E from the University of Minnesota and received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago. Chen has been an assistant professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech since July 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to Gong Chen, winner of the 2026-2027 AMS Stefan Bergman Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Congratulations to Gong Chen, winner of the 2026-2027 AMS Stefan Bergman Fellowship."}],"uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2025-12-30 15:30:10","changed_gmt":"2026-01-13 22:24:29","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"678904":{"id":"678904","type":"image","title":"Gong Chen","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGong Chen\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1767127050","gmt_created":"2025-12-30 20:37:30","changed":"1767127050","gmt_changed":"2025-12-30 20:37:30","alt":"Man sitting in wall in front of brick building.","file":{"fid":"263000","name":"IMG_7035-2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/12\/30\/IMG_7035-2.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/12\/30\/IMG_7035-2.png","mime":"image\/png","size":4852545,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/12\/30\/IMG_7035-2.png?itok=OJKdlm_g"}}},"media_ids":["678904"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2748","name":"mathematics"},{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"},{"id":"193733","name":"_for_math_site_manual_feed_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Segraves Smith, writer\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.smith@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"685878":{"#nid":"685878","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Math Major Josh Hembree Leads Tech Tradition as Wreck Driver","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEditor\u2019s Note: The Ramblin\u2019 Reck Club has used the spelling \u201cReck\u201d to refer to the car since its inception. However, the Institute uses \u201cRamblin\u2019 Wreck\u201d and holds a trademark on this spelling.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJosh Hembree\u003C\/strong\u003E, a mathematics major from Villa Rica, Georgia, is the first Ramblin\u2019 Wreck driver to drive the Wreck at his own wedding. He\u2019s also the first transfer student Wreck driver in at least a decade.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike approximately 25% of each new class of Tech students, Hembree transferred to the Institute. When he applied for first-year admission, he received a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/transfer\/transfer-pathway-programs\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etransfer pathway offer\u003C\/a\u003E outlining the specific criteria he could meet to transfer to Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe began his college career at LaGrange College, where he was on the tennis team, and then finished the rest of his transfer requirements at the University of West Georgia. He arrived at Tech in August 2023.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoanna, Hembree\u2019s wife, was the one who initially encouraged Hembree to get involved in student life. With her cheering him on, Hembree found his way to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reckclub.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERamblin\u2019 Reck Club\u003C\/a\u003E on campus, which promotes the traditions and spirit of Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBecoming the Wreck Driver\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe club was a perfect fit, as Hembree is a proud lifelong Yellow Jacket fan with several alumni family members. When he was initially named the Wreck driver, his first call was to his wife. His second was to his dad.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSomehow, he seemed even more excited than me,\u201d said Hembree. \u201cAnd my grandad thinks it\u2019s the coolest thing ever \u2013 he was also a math major when he was here, but he spent a lot of time in his dorm room. So, he\u2019s excited to see me out here doing things on campus. They\u2019ve bought season football tickets to watch all the ride outs.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Wreck driver is the sole person with keys to the vehicle and is charged with all major upkeep of the car. They drive the car everywhere it goes, including onto the football field before home games. All Wreck driver candidates campaign for the position through the Ramblin\u2019 Reck Club.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHembree\u2019s proposal was one of building an environment where all students can have a meaningful experience with the Wreck.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI want people to be able to say, \u2018Yeah, I was running late one day, and the Wreck picked me up at a bus stop and took me to class,\u2019\u201d said Hembree. \u201cIt\u2019s trying to reach as many people as possible and give them a memory to share forever. Because Tech is hard, and if you make it here, you deserve a ride in the Wreck.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice for New Students, Celebrating National Transfer Student Week\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen it comes to being new on Tech\u2019s campus, Hembree now echoes the same advice his wife once gave him: get involved.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt can be tempting to say you don\u2019t have time for anything but schoolwork,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if you have even a two-hour window in your day, try to do something social during it. Even if it doesn\u2019t feel like it, it\u2019s so much more productive to meet and connect with your peers.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, National Transfer Student Week (NTSW), which celebrates transfer students across the U.S., overlaps with Tech\u2019s Homecoming week. Hembree and other Ramblin\u2019 Reck Club members will spend the week waking up at 4 a.m. each day to make sure all the traditions, like the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reckclub.org\/homecoming\/cake-race.php\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFreshman Cake Race\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reckclub.org\/homecoming\/wreck-parade.php\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWreck Parade\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reckclub.org\/homecoming\/mini-500.php\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMini 500,\u003C\/a\u003E go off without a hitch.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite the long days, Hembree is proud to be a Yellow Jacket and spread the good word.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt really is the coolest thing \u2013 people hear me coming in the car and get the biggest smile on their face,\u201d said Hembree. \u201cIt\u2019s all about reaching as many people as possible and giving them a memorable experience.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENational Transfer Student Week takes place from Oct. 20 \u2013 24. For resources, events, and to learn more about transferring to Tech, review the \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/application.gatech.edu\/portal\/visit_transfer?cmd=ntsw\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENTSW resource page\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosh Hembree is the first Ramblin\u2019 Wreck driver to drive the car at his own wedding. He\u2019s also the first transfer student driver in more than a decade.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Josh Hembree is the first Ramblin\u2019 Wreck driver to drive the car at his own wedding. He\u2019s also the first transfer student driver in more than a decade. 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","file":{"fid":"262418","name":"DSC04753-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/10\/21\/DSC04753-1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/10\/21\/DSC04753-1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":323742,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/10\/21\/DSC04753-1.jpg?itok=9asfRIOf"}}},"media_ids":["678398"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"185400","name":"transfer student"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"},{"id":"193733","name":"_for_math_site_manual_feed_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.em.gatech.edu\/author\/abudd7\/\u0022\u003EAmanda Budd\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["amanda.budd@ssc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"686478":{"#nid":"686478","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Andrzej \u015awi\u0119ch Named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/swiech.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndrzej \u015awi\u0119ch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, has been named a Fellow of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/news?news_id=7549\u0026amp;utm_source=Informz\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Informz+Mailing\u0026amp;_zs=7c1QA1\u0026amp;_zl=uu7u7\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society\u003C\/a\u003E (AMS). He is one of only 40 mathematical scientists recognized this year for outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cI am honored to be named an AMS Fellow and join this distinguished group of mathematicians,\u201d says \u015awi\u0119ch, who\u0026nbsp;joined Georgia Tech in 1993.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u015awi\u0119ch is a leading global expert in the theory of viscosity solutions in nonlinear partial differential equations and has published\u0026nbsp;numerous seminal papers in this and other fields. His research is fundamental to advances in pure and applied mathematics and scientific problem solving.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHe has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EApplied Mathematics and Optimization Journal\u003C\/em\u003E (2016-present),\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EMathematical Control and Related Fields\u003C\/em\u003E (2011-18), and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E(\u003Cem\u003ESIAM) Journal on Control and Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E (2006-12). \u015awi\u0119ch gave the plenary lecture at the 2022 SIAM Annual Meeting and received, jointly with Shigeaki Koike, the\u003Cem\u003E Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan\u003C\/em\u003E\u2019s 2010 Outstanding Paper Prize. 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Their project,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.renaissancephilanthropy.org\/bridging-proof-and-computation-a-verified-leanmacaulay2-interface\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBridging Proof and Computation: For a Verified Lean-Macaulay2 Interface\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u201d\u003C\/strong\u003E aims to connect two powerful systems: Lean, a platform for assisting and formalizing mathematical proofs, and Macaulay2, a computational algebra system widely used in research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBy developing a native interface \u2014\u0026nbsp;a built-in connection that allows the two systems to work together without external tools \u2014\u0026nbsp;and a Lean-based domain-specific language, the project will enable communication between these systems. This will allow Lean users to formulate tactics that involve sophisticated computation done by algorithms implemented in Macaulay2; in return, Macaulay2 users can formalize computer-assisted proofs via Lean with a little help from AI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThis integration has the potential to transform how mathematicians work,\u201d says Leykin. \u201cIt will not only connect Lean and Macaulay2 but also lay the groundwork for a general interface that could benefit other computer algebra systems in the future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHis goal is to create a robust proof-assistance system where AI can help generate strategies and validate proofs, driving progress in areas that require both computational power and rigorous verification.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the AI for Math Fund\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA joint initiative developed in partnership between\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/renaissancephilanthropy.org\/\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Renaissance Philanthropy\u003C\/a\u003E and founding donor\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.xtxmarkets.com\/\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;XTX Markets\u003C\/a\u003E, the AI for Math Fund is one of the largest\u0026nbsp;philanthropic commitments supporting the development of AI and machine learning tools to advance mathematics. 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Talagrand also suggested a discrete version of the Convexity Conjecture and called it \u0022my lifetime favorite problem,\u0022 offering $1,000 prize for its solution. We introduce a reformulation of the discrete Convexity Conjecture using the new notion of \u0022k-thresholds,\u0022 which is an extension of the traditional notion of thresholds, introduced by Talagrand. Some ongoing work on understanding k-thresholds, along with a (vague) connection between the Kahn-Kalai Conjecture and the discrete Convexity Conjecture, will also be discussed. Joint work with Michel Talagrand.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJinyoung Park is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Courant Institute, NYU. Her research interests include extremal and probabilistic combinatorics. She earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from Rutgers University in 2020, under the supervision of Jeff Kahn. Following her Ph.D., she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and Stanford University before joining the faculty of the Courant Institute at NYU in 2023. Park received her bachelor\u0027s degree in mathematics education from Seoul National University in 2005 and worked as a secondary school mathematics teacher until 2011. 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I will introduce new entropy inequalities satisfied by volume polynomials, discuss applications to the combinatorics of algebraic matroids, introduce the new class of analytic matroids, and pose several open questions (based on joint with Lukas Grund, Mateusz Michalek, Henrik S\u00fcss, and Botong Wang).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor June Huh is known for forging deep and unexpected connections between combinatorics and algebraic geometry. 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The center will promote research and collaboration focused on using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques to address complex scientific challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cAI and ML have the potential to revolutionize scientific discovery, but there is a clear need for foundational research centered on AI\/ML methodologies and application to scientific problems,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/dimitrios-psaltis\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDimitrios Psaltis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EPsaltis will co-lead the center with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mtao8.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMolei Tao\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/audrey-sederberg\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAudrey Sederberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe new center will combine expertise and resources from various disciplines to foster the creation of robust, reusable tools and methods that can be used across scientific domains. Specifically, the center will organize seminars and an annual conference in addition to providing seed funding for collaborative projects across units.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ENearly 40 faculty members from the College\u2019s six schools have already agreed to participate in activities proposed by the center; additional faculty involvement is expected from across the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe center builds upon initiatives such as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ai.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETech AI\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMachine Learning Center\u003C\/a\u003E, and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/data\u0022\u003EInstitute for Data Engineering and Science\u003C\/a\u003E, which seek to boost Georgia Tech\u2019s leadership in cutting-edge, AI\/ML-powered interdisciplinary research and education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe College\u2019s seed grant program will sponsor the center for three years, starting in fiscal year 2026. Created in 2024, this program funds new centers that seek to increase the College\u2019s research impact and advance its strategic goal of excellence in research through a focus on novel interdisciplinary areas or discipline-specific topics of high impact. 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You\u2019d probably start to hear it as something you could tune out, a drone of noise without the individual \u201cfrequencies\u201d that make up the noise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/benjamin-jaye\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBenjamin Jaye\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has been awarded a prestigious\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/mathematics-physical-sciences\/simons-fellows\/\u0022\u003ESimons Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E in support of his research into these types of related qualities (like time and frequency), and how precisely we can know one without knowing the other.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ECalled the Fourier uncertainty principle, it\u2019s a centuries-old subject, but progress on this topic is still in its infancy, Jaye says. 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The problem considers an arrangement of the bodies in a way that the gravitational forces balance, so that even while they are interacting and orbiting, none of the bodies travel further away or closer to each other.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cIt has been conjectured, but so far not shown, that the number of such configurations is finite,\u201d Leykin says. \u201cIt seems simple. Is it finite or infinite? But progress is minimal at the moment.\u0026nbsp; Several approaches settle the question for almost all values of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003En=5\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Emasses with the case\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003En=6\u003C\/em\u003E wide open, even for a non-special choice of masses.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ELeykin is taking a different approach than many researchers, leveraging a field of mathematics called tropical geometry, which simplifies the geometry of curved equations as straight lines.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cWe\u0027re not trying to compute or describe the original solution manifold but rather replace it with its tropicalization, a combinatorial shadow which captures the finiteness aspect,\u201d he explains.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ELeykin\u2019s method has already found success for the case\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003En=5\u003C\/em\u003E. \u201cA recent paper proved that for five bodies, if the masses are general enough, there are a finite number of relative equilibria,\u201d Leykin shares. \u201cUsing our approach, we were able to reproduce the result for five celestial bodies in a simpler way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cOur goal now is to collect more evidence by solving the problem for six bodies,\u201d he adds. \u201cIf this helps lead us to a general solution to the problem as a whole \u2014 that would be great.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpace \u2018storage spots\u2019\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EWhile the project is theoretical, it could lead to a greater understanding of celestial mechanics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ELeykin is collaborating on a separate but related project with aerospace departments around the country. \u201cWe\u0027re working to understand the trajectories of a massless spacecraft, assuming it is primarily affected by gravitation of the Moon and the Earth,\u201d he shares.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe 18th century mathematics developed for this type of problem, a restricted three-body problem, could help teams use the gravitational pull of the Earth and Moon to place a small spacecraft near a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/resource\/what-is-a-lagrange-point\/\u0022\u003ELagrangian point\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 a space \u201cstorage spot\u201d where it would remain stationary relative to the Earth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cYou can place something at a Lagrangian point, and it will stay stationary relative to the system,\u201d Leykin explains. \u201cIt\u0027s a way to place things so they don\u0027t move.\u201d For example, in the Sun-Earth system, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/webb\/\u0022\u003EJames Webb Space Telescope\u003C\/a\u003E was placed at one of these points, where it conveniently stays in Earth\u2019s shadow \u2014 avoiding the bright light and heat of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cSmale\u2019s sixth problem is about acquiring more theoretical knowledge,\u201d Leykin adds. \u201cIf we discover something on the theoretical front, it can be of practical importance for applied scientists and designing missions for exploratory spacecraft going far into the solar system.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELeykin is among two Georgia Tech mathematicians to receive the prestigious award. 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Mathematicians use topology to study the shape of the world and everything in it","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch5\u003EWhat\u2019s the shape of the universe? Mathematicians use topology to study the shape of the world and everything in it\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ewritten by John Etnyre\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eoriginally appeared in \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/whats-the-shape-of-the-universe-mathematicians-use-topology-to-study-the-shape-of-the-world-and-everything-in-it-235635\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Conversation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E nonprofit news source\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWhen you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you\u2019re living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents all the places around you. This is likely why some people in the past believed the earth to be flat. But most people now know that is far from the truth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou live on the surface of a giant sphere, like a beach ball the size of the Earth with a few bumps added. The surface of the sphere and the plane are two possible 2D spaces, meaning you can walk in two directions: north and south or east and west.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat other possible spaces might you be living on? That is, what other spaces around you are 2D? For example, the surface of a giant doughnut is another 2D space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough a field called geometric topology, mathematicians like me study all possible spaces in all dimensions. Whether trying to design secure sensor networks, mine data or use origami to deploy satellites, the underlying language and ideas are likely to be that of topology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EThe shape of the universe\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen you look around the universe you live in, it looks like a 3D space, just like the surface of the Earth looks like a 2D space. However, just like the Earth, if you were to look at the universe as a whole, it could be a more complicated space, like a giant 3D version of the 2D beach ball surface or something even more exotic than that.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile you don\u2019t need topology to determine that you are living on something like a giant beach ball, knowing all the possible 2D spaces can be useful. Over a century ago, mathematicians figured out all the possible 2D spaces and many of their properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past several decades, mathematicians have learned a lot about all of the possible 3D spaces. While we do not have a complete understanding like we do for 2D spaces, we do know a lot. With this knowledge, physicists and astronomers can try to determine what 3D space people actually live in.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the answer is not completely known, there are many intriguing and surprising possibilities. The options become even more complicated if you consider time as a dimension.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo see how this might work, note that to describe the location of something in space \u2013 say a comet \u2013 you need four numbers: three to describe its position and one to describe the time it is in that position. These four numbers are what make up a 4D space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, you can consider what 4D spaces are possible and in which of those spaces do you live.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003ETopology in higher dimensions\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt this point, it may seem like there is no reason to consider spaces that have dimensions larger than four, since that is the highest imaginable dimension that might describe our universe. But a branch of physics called string theory suggests that the universe has many more dimensions than four.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are also practical applications of thinking about higher dimensional spaces, such as robot motion planning. Suppose you are trying to understand the motion of three robots moving around a factory floor in a warehouse. You can put a grid on the floor and describe the position of each robot by their x and y coordinates on the grid. Since each of the three robots requires two coordinates, you will need six numbers to describe all of the possible positions of the robots. You can interpret the possible positions of the robots as a 6D space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the number of robots increases, the dimension of the space increases. Factoring in other useful information, such as the locations of obstacles, makes the space even more complicated. In order to study this problem, you need to study high-dimensional spaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are countless other scientific problems where high-dimensional spaces appear, from modeling the motion of planets and spacecraft to trying to understand the \u201cshape\u201d of large datasets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003ETied up in knots\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother type of problem topologists study is how one space can sit inside another.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, if you hold a knotted loop of string, then we have a 1D space (the loop of string) inside a 3D space (your room). Such loops are called mathematical knots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study of knots first grew out of physics but has become a central area of topology. 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In all illustrations presented, I will try to point out connections between the \u201ctraditional\u201d numerical analysis we know and love, and the more modern data-driven tools and techniques we now have \u2013 and some mathematical questions they hopefully make possible for us to answer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EAbout the Speaker\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYannis Kevrekidis studied Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University in Athens. He then followed the steps of many alumni of that department to the University of Minnesota, where he studied with Rutherford Aris and Lanny Schmidt (as well as Don Aronson and Dick McGehee in Math). He was a Director\u0027s Fellow at the Center for Nonlinear Studies in Los Alamos in 1985-86 (when the Soviet Union still existed and research funds were plentiful). He then had the good fortune of joining the faculty at Princeton, where he taught Chemical Engineering and also Applied and Computational Mathematics for 31 years; seven years ago he became Emeritus and started fresh at Johns Hopkins (where he somehow is also Professor of Urology). His work always had to do with nonlinear dynamics (from instabilities and bifurcation algorithms to spatiotemporal patterns to data science in the 90s, nonlinear identification, multiscale modeling, and back to data science\/ML); and he had the additional good fortune to work with several truly talented experimentalists, like G. Ertl\u0027s group in Berlin. Currently -on leave from Hopkins- he works with the Defense Sciences Office at DARPA. When young and promising he was a Packard Fellow, a Presidential Young Investigator and the Ulam Scholar at Los Alamos National Laboratory. 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This year, the festival will host events from March 9 to March 22, culminating in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantasciencefestival.org\/expo\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EExploration Expo\u003C\/a\u003E event in Piedmont Park featuring 100 different demonstrations \u2014 on March 23.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs one of its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantasciencefestival.org\/about\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efounding partners\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech has served a key role in the Festival for over a decade. Last year\u2019s iteration featured \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/cos-at-asf#expo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eseveral events hosted by Tech\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 from a science fashion show to a virtual college prep workshop \u2014 hosted by volunteers from across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a volunteer, you could help with one of the partner events or the Exploration Expo: the culminating street party at the end of the festival,\u201d says Leavey. \u201cVolunteering is a great way to meet people, learn more about science, get in events for free, and share your love of science with the community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere are a few ways to get involved with this year\u2019s festival. Look out for the full schedule and attendee registration on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantasciencefestival.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAtlanta Science Festival website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVolunteer for GT Science and Engineering Day | March 9\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor several years, Georgia Tech has opened its doors to the Atlanta community during \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ATLScienceFestival\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EScience and Engineering Day\u003C\/a\u003E. With demonstrations on everything from robotics and neuroscience to paper and chemical engineering, there\u2019s always been an activity for everyone. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/science-and-engineering-day-buzzes-excitement\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELast year\u2019s event saw\u003C\/a\u003E over 1,500 attendees, with more than 40 host units and student organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, Science and Engineering Day will serve as the kickoff event for the entire festival, taking place on March 9 from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. \u003Cstrong\u003EThose interested in volunteering or hosting a demonstration of their work should \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_1MGBhmgvwvJdPiC\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eregister here\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E by January 25.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVisit \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ATLScienceFestival\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eresearch.gatech.edu\/ATLScienceFestival\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E to learn more.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHigh School Math Day | March 9\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScience and Engineering Day will also host this year\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsmd.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHigh School Math Day\u003C\/a\u003E, a tradition at Georgia Tech since 1958. A day of logic puzzles, math demonstrations, and friendly competition, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/reimagining-high-school-math-day-and-multiplying-fun\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Elast year\u2019s event\u003C\/a\u003E saw over 250 students, parents, and teachers from 42 schools around the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy favorite part of High School math day is seeing all the students get excited about doing the activities with each other and winning the awards at the end of the day,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cpies.cos.gatech.edu\/c-pies-leadership\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELea Marzo\u003C\/a\u003E, program operations director for the College\u2019s community engagement efforts and one of the co-organizers of the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you know a high schooler who is a math expert or even math-curious, encourage them to stop by on March 9 from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt really is for any level of Math \u2014 whether you are in 9th grade Math or more advanced Math,\u201d says Marzo. \u201cThere are a lot of activities planned for students and it includes food and a cool T-Shirt!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVisit \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsmd.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehsmd.math.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E to learn more.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHost a demonstration at the Exploration Expo | March 23\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantasciencefestival.org\/expo\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EExploration Expo\u003C\/a\u003E is the finale to the Festival, taking over Piedmont park every year with roughly 100 different science demonstrations. 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This ceremony celebrates excellence in teaching throughout the Institute and acknowledges the invaluable role TAs play in shaping the minds of students and enriching the academic community at Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe TA \u0026amp; Future Faculty Awards recognize TAs who receive Thank-a-Teacher notes; Graduate Teaching Fellows; International Teaching Assistant Liaisons; participants of the Tech to Teaching program; and Outstanding TA nominees selected by their respective schools.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Thank-a-Teacher program began in November 2005 and provides students with an opportunity to give feedback to outstanding teachers, teaching assistants, advisers, and mentors. 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Sixty-nine program participants were recognized for receiving their CIRTL Associate certificates and 40 were recognized for successfully completing the entire Tech to Teaching program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the celebration, the Center for Teaching and Learning hosts the annual \u201cTA Awards,\u201d a competition that culminates at the end of the ceremony with the announcement of 14 institute-wide winners. To be recognized as an Outstanding TA in the TA Awards, schools must nominate teaching assistants for consideration; nominees must then submit endorsements from faculty, staff, and students. Each Outstanding TA is recognized at the ceremony with a certificate. From this list, final winners are selected by a review committee and announced at the ceremony. The 14 institute-wide award winners each received a $500 stipend and a framed certificate thanks to the generous endowments of the Class of \u201957 and Class of \u201972.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2024 award winners are listed below by award category.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Student Instructors:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEunbee Kim \u2013 School of Psychology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEgan Lua \u2013 Scheller College of Business\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMarkace Rainey \u2013 School of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Teaching Assistants:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJoshua Ayers \u2013 School of City \u0026amp; Regional Planning\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAthulya Ram Sreedharan Nair \u2013 School of Mathematics\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMalav Patel \u2013 School of Computing Instruction\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOnline Head Teaching Assistants:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKathryn Krupczak \u2013 School of Computer Science\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBrandon Pries \u2013 School of Physics\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOnline Teaching Assistants:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EShazia Ali \u2013 School of History \u0026amp; Sociology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEstelle Hansen \u2013 School of Mathematics\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESuryateja Ravutla \u2013 School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUndergraduate Teaching Assistants:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMarianne Al Haj \u2013 School of Biomedical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJavier Pratdesaba \u2013 School of Mathematics \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMorgan Polk \u2013 School of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn behalf of the Center for Teaching and Learning, we extend our thanks to all Georgia Tech teaching assistants. 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Several College of Sciences students were recognized.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESee the \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/11\/student-excellence-honored-annual-event\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Efull list of student awardees\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E from across the Institute.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EView \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/georgiatech\/albums\/72177720316149841\/with\/53647024746\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ephotos from the Student Honors Celebration\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u2014 and \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gtsciences\/albums\/72177720316164604\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Emore spring events\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E around the College of Sciences.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EInstitute Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProvost\u2019s Academic Excellence Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHope Hazelton\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPsychology Major\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZikang Leng\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhysics and Computer Science Dual Major\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Tutor Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarrison Banks\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhysics Major\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Learning Assistant Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllia Kelso\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBiology Major (Pre-Med)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ECollege of Sciences Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. 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At Georgia Tech, Ahn engaged in research in the Computational Industrial Design Lab, the GTRI Electrical-Optical Lab, and the Mathematical Neuroscience Lab with Professor Hannah Choi.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast summer, Ahn participated in the NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates program at Northwestern University, during which she modeled the effect of temperature on neuronal action potential dynamics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhn has served as a teaching assistant in both industrial systems engineering and the neuroscience program, a math tutor, and as a volunteer with the Atlanta Science Festival and the Special Olympics. This fall, Ahn will enroll in the doctoral program in Computational Neuroscience at Boston University.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert A. 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The prize is awarded annually to an outstanding individual under the age of 33 whose contributions are broadly influenced by the work of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cI am both deeply honored and thrilled to receive the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize,\u201d says Dunn, whose research centers on analytic number theory as well as automorphic\/metaplectic forms and their connections to prime numbers and integer partitions. \u201cRamanujan\u2019s work has had surprising and profound influences over my research, and I hope that this is the case for the future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-wolf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Wolf\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E says the honor is remarkable: \u201cThe award celebrates breakthrough work of Alex and his collaborator in the past few years. But especially given the list of previous winners, many of whom went on from this award for young people to become the most recognized of their generation, it also shows the promise that Alex has for important impactful work in the future. We couldn\u0027t be happier that he agreed to join our faculty last year.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolving a 19th-century mystery\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sas.sastra.edu\/ramanujan\/Ramanujan-Awards.php\u0022\u003ESASTRA Ramanujan Prize\u003C\/a\u003E was awarded in recognition of Dunn\u2019s work in solving the Kummer-Patterson Conjecture on the distribution of cubic Gauss sums, work he began while a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology. Dunn collaborated with Mathematics Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.northwestern.edu\/people\/faculty\/maksym-radziwill.html\u0022\u003EMaksym Radziwill\u003C\/a\u003E to write a conditional proof on the Conjecture, which explains a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.quantamagazine.org\/a-numerical-mystery-from-the-19th-century-finally-gets-solved-20220815\/\u0022\u003Emathematical mystery\u003C\/a\u003E about bias, or non-randomness, in the pattern of sums involving prime numbers. Their\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/annals.math.princeton.edu\/articles\/21550\u0022\u003Epaper\u003C\/a\u003E, which has been accepted for publication in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAnnals of Mathematics\u003C\/em\u003E, represents a significant breakthrough in the field of analytic number theory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EDunn and Radziwill\u2019s conditional proof comes nearly two centuries after the German mathematician Ernst Kummer first examined the distribution of cubic Gauss sums for the first 45 nontrivial primes. In 1846, Kummer discovered a bias\u0026nbsp;\u2014 specifically, a clustering of the sums along the positive side of the number line\u0026nbsp;\u2014 instead of a more even distribution. However, subsequent researchers using early computers to calculate larger samples of sums did not replicate this bias.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThen, in 1978, Samuel Patterson proposed that the bias could be \u201coverwhelmed\u201d in a larger sample size, resulting in the apparently uniform distribution that early computers had shown. The proof written by Dunn and Radziwill serves to both explain the bias observed by Kummer and confirm Patterson\u2019s conjecture, solving a nearly two-century-old mystery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Alexander Dunn\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EDunn, who joined the College as a faculty member last year, graduated with a Bachelor of Science with honors from the University of Queensland in Australia, receiving the University Medal for his academic performance. He obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was awarded the\u0026nbsp;Paul T. Bateman Fellowship in Number Theory to write his dissertation and the Bateman Prize in Number Theory for his thesis. During 2020-23, Dunn served as the Olga Taussky and John Todd Instructor in Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology. In the spring of 2021, he was a Junior Fellow at the Institut Mittag-Leffler Institute in Sweden.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EEstablished in 2005 by the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology, and Research Academy (SASTRA), the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESASTRA Ramanujan Prize\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eis an annual award bestowed to mathematicians aged 32 and younger who have made outstanding contributions to the field. The award, which was named after the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, includes a $10,000 prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, or Georgia Tech, is one of the top public research universities in the U.S., developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers\u202fbusiness, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts,\u202fand\u202f sciences degrees. Its more than 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students represent 54 U.S. states and territories and more than 143 countries. They study at the main campus in Atlanta, at instructional sites around the world, or through distance and online learning. 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Tao works on multiple subareas of machine learning, including deep learning theory, probabilistic methods, generative modeling, and artificial intelligence for science (\u201cAI4Science\u201d).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022Molei is doing breakthrough work on machine learning and artificial intelligence,\u201d says\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-wolf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMike Wolf\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of the School of Mathematics. \u201cIt is wonderful to see him recognized by Sony, both for his accomplishments so far and also his promise for the future. His unique perspectives, informed by an astonishing deep breadth of understanding of mathematics, have already made him one of the more prominent researchers in this extremely competitive and important field. I know that this award will fuel even more impactful works. We are just thrilled to have Molei on our faculty in the School of Mathematics.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERevolutionizing Generative AI\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe award recognizes Tao\u2019s research on the mathematical and algorithmic aspects of diffusion generative modeling, which is considered one of the foundations of modern Generative AI. Using advanced machine learning algorithms, these models have revolutionized the generation of image, video, and 3D content.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cExciting products such as ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and Sora are generative AI tools, and a good number of them are powered by diffusion models,\u201d explains Tao. \u201cThe way the magic works is you basically give a machine learning model a collection of training data, and then the algorithm can generate more content that is similar to the training data. 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With a clear passion for teaching, Dr. Barone has contributed to the service mission of SoM by coordinating Math 1554 Linear Algebra since Spring 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Fulmer Prize\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe thank the late Howard Woodham (Georgia Tech alumnus, Engineering \u201948) for the establishment of the Herman K. Fulmer Faculty Teaching Fund Endowment for the School of Mathematics, in memory of Professor Herman Fulmer, his former mathematics professor. 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Over her 27-year career in SoM, Ms. Grodzinsky has been a critical component to the teaching mission of Georgia Tech and the School of Mathematics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2000, she co-created a training program for graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants, which earned the Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award in 2006 and has been used as a model for other campus departments. In addition to directing the TA program, Ms. Grodzinsky has taken on key roles in course coordination, registration, permits, and the course scheduling team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Fulmer Prize\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe thank the late Howard Woodham (Georgia Tech alumnus, Engineering \u201948) for the establishment of the Herman K. Fulmer Faculty Teaching Fund Endowment for the School of Mathematics, in memory of Professor Herman Fulmer, his former mathematics professor. 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For example, a social network might connect the last 15 people you interacted with, but hidden in that network could be information about age, ethnicity, location, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cWhen scientists are given a network, their interest is typically to extract some information or structure hidden in the network,\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cmao35.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECheng\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMao\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, explains.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ETo do so, scientists engage in network analysis, leveraging mathematics and statistics. Now, a new $450,000 NSF CAREER grant will help Mao research and develop new mathematical methods and models to facilitate this work.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award is a five-year grant designed to help promising researchers establish a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in their field. Known as CAREER awards, the grants are NSF\u2019s most prestigious funding for untenured assistant professors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe award, for \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2338062\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003EStatistical Inference on Random Graphs and Hypergraphs: Geometry, Combinatorics, and Computation\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d will also support Mao as he integrates the research into his teaching, with an emphasis on supporting students from diverse backgrounds. \u201cI taught a topics course on Statistical Inference on Random Graphs at Georgia Tech and look forward to further developing the course,\u201d he adds. \u201cI aim to expand the lecture notes into a long-form text that can be used by students and junior researchers interested in this area.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReading between the lines\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cStatistics are playing an increasingly significant role in network analysis by providing a toolbox for extracting information from noisy network data.\u201d Mao explains. \u201cThis project aims to develop statistical models and computational methods for uncovering such hidden information so that we can make sense of large complex networks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EImagine a network of researchers, where each person is represented as a dot on a page \u2014 a node on a graph, in mathematical terms. 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Researchers based in the same institution or the same country may collaborate more often, so there may be more links between them in the network.\u201d This is where Mao\u2019s research comes in.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EUsing tools from statistics and information theory, Mao aims to leverage mathematical models to characterize these connections in order to decode them \u2014 and reveal information that might not be immediately available. \u201cThis part of research is closely connected to the areas of theoretical computer science and machine learning, where a major task is to develop fast algorithms and then rigorously analyze their performance,\u201d he explains.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMathematics, and beyond\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EMao underscores the intersectionality of his research: networks are studied by economists and ecologists, psychologists, and mathematicians. \u201cIt is common that researchers in different scientific and engineering fields study a similar problem but develop their own ways to solve it,\u201d he says, adding that\u0026nbsp;\u201cwe aim to widely disseminate the research results to statisticians, computer scientists, and any researchers who study or use network analysis.\u201d He hopes the research can facilitate the analysis of social and biological networks, leading to discoveries and innovations across many fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn turn, these real-word applications could lead to theoretical breakthroughs on the mathematical side of things. \u201cWhile mathematical research can evolve on its own, real-world problems can also provide guidance for developing theoretical mathematics,\u201d Mao explains. \u201cSo our goal is to make this research impactful for everyone \u2014 both theorists and practitioners.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESchool of Physics Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EZeb Rocklin\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ehas also been awarded a CAREER grant for his research on flexible metamaterials and deformable solids. 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You can still register it \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/forms.gle\/YbQwbVErFqErVhYm6\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, but travel support is not provided for participants who register after March 5th.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConference site:\u003C\/strong\u003E Skiles 005 in the School of Math at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOrganizers:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPeng Chen, pchen402@gatech.edu\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESung Ha Kang, kang@math.gatech.edu\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWenjing Liao, wliao60@gatech.edu\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHaomin Zhou, hmzhou@math.gatech.edu\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFeng Bao, fbao@fsu.edu\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESanghyun Lee, lee@math.fsu.edu\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EZiad Musslimani, musliman@math.fsu.edu\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EZecheng Zhang, 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large collections of data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe participation of School of Mathematics members at different levels in ICERM, one of several leading math research institutes in the U.S., is representative of the School\u2019s leadership in the broader research community,\u201d said Kuske, a former School of Mathematics chair. \u201cGeorgia Tech\u2019s multi-faceted involvement benefits our research groups as well as research advances and development of talent in the wider research community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/etnyre.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EJohn Etnyre\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor specializing in low-dimensional topology, is also involved in various ICERM activities, and helped co-organize a semester-long program on braid theory in Spring 2022. \u201cICERM is an excellent research center,\u201d Etnyre said. \u201cThey provide a great environment to collaborate with others, as well as great conference facilities. They are certainly one of the best mathematical research centers in the world, and they are unique in their focus on bringing computation and experimentation into mathematics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMathematics labs and more\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EICERM\u2019s mission is to expand the use of computational and experimental methods in mathematics, support theoretical advances related to computation, and address problems posed by the existence and use of the computer through mathematical tools, research and innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EICERM pursues these goals by supporting what Kuske calls \u201cmathematics labs,\u201d which are typically human resource-intensive, and highly collaborative nationally and globally.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cICERM\u2019s goals include catalyzing new directions in research and collaborations, as well as exploiting and expanding the interface between mathematics, computations, and experiments, computational and otherwise,\u201d she said. These intersections have historically been represented in ICERM\u2019s scientific board, with Kuske citing \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/randall.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDana Randall\u003C\/a\u003E, ADVANCE Professor of Computing in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E, and an adjunct professor in the School of Mathematics, as an example.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKuske views chairing ICERM\u2019s Board of Trustees as a way to \u201cprovide an opportunity to contribute in several directions, including making sure that present and future resources, policies, and procedures support ICERM\u2019s mission.\u201d These include increasing diverse and inclusive participation in mathematical sciences and relevant areas, raising public awareness of the impact of mathematics, and continued service and leadership in the research community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEtnyre said an important computational aspect to topology \u2014 the study of surfaces that can be twisted, bent, or otherwise deformed but never broken \u2014 has been around for a while, \u201cbut its importance has been increasing over the years,\u201d he said. For example, software called SnapPea\/SnapPy \u201cis a program where you can input a three-dimensional space and it will compute a myriad of data about the space. It also has a list of thousands of spaces and data about them. When trying to determine if something you are interested in is true or not, it is always helpful to be able to check its validity on such a large sample of spaces.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore recently, Etnyre says several teams of people have been using machine learning algorithms to explore relations involving knot theory, the study of closed curves in three dimensional spaces. \u201cThere are many other ways in which computation and experimentation is important in topology, and it was great that the ICERM program was able to expose these techniques to a large number of researchers during our program.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKnot theory and an associated subdiscipline, braid theory, help bring structure to large, complex data problems. Possible applications include finding out more about DNA recombination, Etynre said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThere are also connections with physics through string theory and gauge theory. There are connections between braids and many areas in mathematics. That was really the focus of the program at ICERM last spring,\u201d referring to the Spring 2022 program he helped co-organize at the center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECollaboration on convexity\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/glivshyts6.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGalyna Livshyts\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Mathematics;\u0026nbsp;Ben Jaye, assistant professor,\u0026nbsp;and postdoctoral researcher and visiting assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/manasavempati.com\/\u0022\u003ENaga Manasa Vempati\u003C\/a\u003E recently completed the semester-long program on harmonic analysis and convexity at ICERM. 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to utilize high-performance computers and the unique aspects that can be learned about chemical systems from computer simulations.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose thoughts were echoed by University of South Florida student Nicholas Giunto. \u201cAfter simulating and calculating these various processes, I realized how theoretical chemistry can do so much more than just simulate these scenarios. This technique of chemistry can be used in many other fields of science as well,\u201d Giunto said. \u201cThis workshop has broadened my perspective of chemistry, and taught me a whole new field of science that is innovative and prudent.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, check out the STACC website \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/stacc-workshop\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESummer College Research Internship\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThanks to a grant from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sutherlandchair.cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EBetsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Dean\u2019s Chair\u003C\/a\u003E, community college students in Georgia were paired up with a Georgia Tech College of Sciences lab \u2014 at no cost to the students \u2014 for the inaugural \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scri.cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESummer College Research Internship (SCRI)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea for SCRI grew from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/shania.khatri.io\/\u0022\u003EShania Khatri\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E experiences conducting research for the first time. Khatri, a fourth-year Biological Sciences major scheduled to graduate in December 2022, began research in high school through a program at a local university that placed students, especially those historically underrepresented in STEM, in labs to complete their own summer research projects.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI felt firsthand how important mentorship was in building confidence in STEM, promoting belonging, and ultimately influencing my decision to pursue higher education and research,\u201d Khatri said. \u201cResearch shows that students who complete high school and undergraduate programs are more likely to pursue STEM majors and consider doctoral degrees, underscoring that mentorship early in careers can improve achievement and retention of these students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESCRI students helped design experiments, collected and analyzed data, and presented the results of their work. They worked closely with their Ph.D. student mentors, learning from them as well as the broader community of their host labs. They also heard weekly lectures from College of Science faculty as they learned about the broader research environment at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe accepted students have strong scholastic potential, and we hope that we can excite them about the research happening at Georgia Tech and potentially recruit them to join our programs, either as transfer students or future graduate students,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences and co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qbios.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInterdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences Program\u003C\/a\u003E. Ratcliff also co-leads the SCRI with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/todd-streelman\u0022\u003ETodd Streelman\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of the School of Biological Sciences at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree students from two-year community college programs in Georgia were chosen for the inaugural SCRI, Ratcliff said. With diverse interests, all three researched in labs within the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microdynamics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile this was not part of our review criteria, two of the three students are members of groups that are underrepresented in science according to National Institutes of Health criteria, so this is a great opportunity to broaden participation in academic research,\u201d Ratcliff added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen discussing diversity in STEM and retention of underrepresented minorities, community college students should be at the forefront of the discussion,\u201d Khatri said. \u201cIt is my hope that through this program the students will gain confidence in their own abilities, and learn skills of science communication, data analysis, critical thinking, collaborative work, and problem solving that will aid them in any career path.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore information on the Summer College Research Internship\u0026nbsp;is available \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scri.cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChild Lab Day\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChild Lab Day is the capstone assignment for students in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E course \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oscar.gatech.edu\/pls\/bprod\/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=202102\u0026amp;subj_code_in=PSYC\u0026amp;crse_numb_in=2103\u0022\u003EPSYC 2103 Human Development\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/christopher-stanzione\u0022\u003EChristopher Stanzione\u003C\/a\u003E, senior lecturer and associate chair for undergraduate studies for the School, said his students conducted cognitive, language, and conceptual assessments in June on children ranging in age from four months to nine years old.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a great applied experience for the Georgia Tech students,\u201d Stanzione said. \u201cAll semester we study these concepts, but to see development in action is special. They\u2019ll likely see the gradual change between concepts by administering the assessments to kids of different ages.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first Child Lab Day was in 2019. This summer, students majoring in psychology, biomedical engineering, computer science, biology, neuroscience, and economics took part in this second one. \u201cThey loved it,\u201d Stanzione said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENational Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REUs)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time, this year all six schools across the College of Sciences \u2014 plus the Neuroscience program at Tech \u2014 led Research Experiences for Undergraduates, a National Science Foundation initiative.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach student was associated with a specific research project, and worked closely with school faculty and other researchers. Students were given stipends and, in many cases, assistance with housing and travel to help cover the experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSince most of the undergraduate participants are recruited from institutions that do not have extensive research infrastructure, the immersive research experience available to them in these programs can be transformational,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/david-collard\u0022\u003EDavid Collard\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and senior associate dean in the College, who previously led the REU program in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry for more than a decade.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA measure of success of the REU programs in the College of Sciences is that many of the undergraduate participants subsequently go on to complete their Ph.D., some at Georgia Tech, and others elsewhere,\u201d Collard added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following are the details for each College of Sciences school\u2019s REU program. Learn more about future Summer Research Programs for Undergraduates \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/gtcosreuprograms\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences REU:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/easreu.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Broadening Participation in Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Geosciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking under the supervision of a School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) faculty member, participants focused on a single research project, but also gained a broad perspective on research in Earth and atmospheric sciences by participating in the dynamic research environment. This interdisciplinary REU program had projects ranging from planetary science to meteorology to oceanography. In addition to full time research, undergraduate researchers participated in a number of professional development activities, seminars with faculty and research scientists, presentation and research poster symposiums, and social activities with other summer REU students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchools of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering REU:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/reu.biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAquatic Chemical Ecology (ACE) at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Aquatic Chemical Ecology REU gave students the opportunity to perform research with faculty from five Georgia Tech schools.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents participated in research with one or more faculty members, learned about careers in science and engineering, and saw how scientists blend knowledge and skills from physics, chemistry, and biology to investigate some of the most challenging problems in environmental sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis was the first REU experience for Jenn Newlon, a rising senior at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/uncw.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington\u003C\/a\u003E. In fact, \u201cI\u2019d actually never heard of an REU before I came here,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a really good experience. I never really saw this side of research in my institution. While I did get to do undergraduate research, it was more of, \u2018do this in a lab, this is what happens.\u2019 I had to present my findings every week to my PI (principal investigator), who gave really good feedback. And all the people in my lab were really kind and helpful.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchools of Psychology, Biological Sciences REU:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/reu.neuroscience.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENeuroscience Research Experience for Undergraduates\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first week of the inaugural Neuroscience\/Psychology REU was a Neuroscience Bootcamp, where students engaged in hands-on activities to learn about brain anatomy, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), encephalography, and other techniques.\u0026nbsp; Then the student researchers spent time working on projects in the laboratories of mentors in either the School of Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, or with researchers at Georgia State University. They also attended professional development and social activities with other REU students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is tremendous interest in neuroscience, and we have seen an incredible expansion of technology in our ability to record from the human nervous system,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/Lewis-Wheaton\u0022\u003ELewis Wheaton\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences and co-director of the Neuroscience\/Psychology REU.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt the same time, many students do not have access to these technologies at their academic institutions because of expense,\u201d Wheaton said. \u201cWe feel that it is vital to ensure that students who do not have access to these technologies at their universities get exposure to the tools and approaches to understand the human brain. I am excited to further focus on providing opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities to engage in this research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA unique feature of the Neuroscience REU program is that it allows some students to come back for a two-year experience, \u201cwhich can really provide a great opportunity to enhance their research, and put these students in a stronger position to advance their careers,\u201d Wheaton added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is also great that we can show them the research and educational environment at Georgia Tech and in the broader Atlanta area,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/eric-schumacher\u0022\u003EEric Schumacher,\u003C\/a\u003E professor in the School of Psychology and co-director of the Neuroscience\/Psychology REU. \u201cThis is an opportune time to showcase our two schools and the Institute, given that both schools are working with the College and Institute to offer a cross-disciplinary Neuroscience Ph.D. program soon.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat was the impression that Alexa Toliver came away with. The fourth year student at Arizona State University is majoring in neurobiology, \u201cbut I always wanted to do neuroscience research,\u201d she said during the recent REUs poster session at the Ford Environmental Science and Technology Building. \u201cIt was a little new, but it was a great opportunity and I never felt uncomfortable with any of the topics. This was the only neuroscience REU that I could find, and I applied to it and I got it, so I was excited.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Physics REU:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physicsreu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Broadening Participation in Physics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking under the supervision of a physics faculty member, participants focused on a single research project but also gained a broad perspective on research in physics by participating in the dynamic research environment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAvailable projects for the REU spanned the field of physics ranging from quantum materials, quantum simulation\/sensing, astrophysics, physics of living systems, and non-linear dynamics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to full time research, undergraduate researchers participated in a number of professional development seminars, research horizon lunches, and social activities with other summer REU students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrendan D\u2019Aquino, a rising senior at Northeastern University in Boston, had planned to use his computer science background to get an industry job after graduation. Then he attended the 2022 School of Physics REU.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAfter doing an internship last year at a software company that does physics, I kind of realized I wanted to make the switch,\u201d D\u2019Aquino said. \u201cSo I applied to the program. I got to work here. And I thought it was super cool. So this was my first time doing research. I kind of had grad school in the back of my mind for a while. But 10 weeks here kind of makes me more sure that I want to get into that in the future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/undergraduate-research\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Mathematics REU\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Mathematics has a rich tradition of offering summer undergraduate research programs. The projects have been mentored by faculty and postdocs covering a range of topics, such as graph coloring, random matrices, contact homology, knots, bounded operators, harmonic analysis, and toric varieties.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrevious Math REU students have published many papers, won a number of awards, and have been very successful in their graduate school applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe main purpose of our REU is to give students research experience which should help them decide if they want to do math research for a living, and in particular, go to a math grad school,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~ib\/\u0022\u003EIgor Belegradek\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and director of Teaching Effectiveness in the School of Mathematics. Belegradek also coordinates the Math REU. \u201cAlso, if there is a publication or poster at a conference, their grad school application will definitely become more competitive.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESometimes that application is sent to Georgia Tech. \u201cWe did have a few students who were accepted to our grad school after attending an REU with us,\u201d Belegradek said. \u201cIt definitely helps put Georgia Tech Mathematics on the map. This summer we have 22 REU students, and only two of them are from Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMathematics topics for the 2022 REU included aspects of graph coloring, Legendrian contact homology, Eigenvectors from eigenvalues and Gaussian random matrices, and applications of Donaldson\u0027s Diagonalization theorem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about the 2021 Mathematics REUs \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/reus-2021-0\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn July, the School of Mathematics also hosted its biennial \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/events\/topology-students-workshop\u0022\u003ETopology Students Workshop\u003C\/a\u003E, organized by Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dmargalit7.math.gatech.edu\/index.shtml\u0022\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/a\u003E since 2012.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvents included a public lecture on campus, \u201cJuggling Numbers, Algebra, and Topology\u201d, accessible for curious people of all ages and backgrounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne goal of mathematics is to describe the patterns in the world, from weather to population growth to disease transmission,\u201d event organizers said. The workshop used mathematics to describe juggling patterns, count the different kinds of patterns, and create new patterns, \u201cmaking surprising connections to group theory, topology, combinatorics, and number theory.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.proteinsociety.org\/page\/annual-symposium\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe 36th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom microproteins, protein condensates, synthetic biology and biosensors, to the latest developments in machine learning and imaging technologies, to addressing health disparities, the Protein Society Symposium, held in San Francisco in early July, provided a state-of-the-art view of the most exciting areas of research in biology and medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFour students of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/raquel-lieberman\u0022\u003ERaquel Lieberman\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E lab attended, thanks to Protein Society travel fellowships:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELydia Kenney, fourth-year undergraduate and Beckman Scholar in the Lieberman lab. Kenney was also selected to give an oral presentation in a dedicated session to undergraduates\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMinh Thu (Alice) Ma, fourth-year Ph.D.student\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEmily Saccuzzo, fourth-year Ph.D. student\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGwendell Thomas, first-year Ph.D. student\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKenney and Ma won Best Poster awards at the symposium, and Saccuzzo won an honorable mention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe conference was amazing! We saw so many great speakers and presentations about protein science, and it was a great way to meet scientists from all over the world,\u201d Kenney said. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful for this experience, especially as I begin to apply to graduate school and think about my future career in science. It was a great experience, and one that has truly deepened my appreciation for science and research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo have each of these superstars selected for travel fellowships puts them in an elite cohort of trainees at this 500-plus person meeting,\u201d Lieberman said. \u201cI am so excited for them to present their thesis research and to get feedback from colleagues in our field from all over the world. I\u2019m sure new ideas, collaborations, and other opportunities will emerge from this experience. 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Dean\u2019s Chair endowment \u2014 as well as a trio of awards recognizing exceptional contributions from postdoctoral fellows and research scientists, established through the advocacy of the College\u2019s Research Faculty Advisory Council.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EFaculty Development Awards\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Cullen-Peck Fellowship Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E, established by \u003Cstrong\u003EFrank Cullen\u003C\/strong\u003E (\u201873 Math, MS \u201876 ISyE, PhD \u201884 ISyE) and \u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth (Libby) Peck\u003C\/strong\u003E (\u201875 Math, MS \u201876 ISyE), to recognize mid-career faculty pursuing highly innovative research:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/399\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDobromir (Doby) Rahnev\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, associate 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Lewin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctoral fellow in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/marvin-whiteley\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarvin Whiteley\u2019s\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E research group, Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Senior Research Faculty Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/anton-petrov\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnton S. 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Our program hosts about 10 students each summer for a 10-week research experience in the lab of a Georgia Tech scientist.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENSF\u0027s intent is to support research opportunities that recruit students from non-Ph.D. institutions where such opportunities are rare. This summer we hosted 9 ACE students. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E and his \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/weitzgroup.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWeitz Group\u003C\/a\u003E also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/weitzgroup.biosci.gatech.edu\/2021\/05\/17\/the-weitz-group-welcomes-three-summer-reu-students\/\u0022\u003Ehosted\u003C\/a\u003E 3 students with support from the Simon\u0027s Foundation and they joined our ACE cohort this summer. This summer, two of our ACE REU students (were) on a research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of our ACE REU is to train students in an interdisciplinary setting, where they interact with a variety of other students and faculty to experience how scientific discoveries are made. They learn about career opportunities in scientific disciplines related to aquatic chemical ecology, they develop mentoring relationships that ignite their desire to pursue scientific careers, and they strengthen their ability to do so through enhanced communication skills, professional ethics training, and exposure to career-building information.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/easreu.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EREU: Broadening Participation in Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Geosciences Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHosted by the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/handlos.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZachary Handlos\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, academic professional and REU professional development lead, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of this REU program is to provide undergraduate students, especially underrepresented students\u0026nbsp; \u2014 as well as those with limited to no research opportunities at their college or university \u2014 the opportunity to participate in world-class research at a major research university with leading experts in the fields of atmospheric sciences, oceanography and the geosciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with learning the skills and tools required to actively participate within a research project, participants attend a variety of professional development and social events that prepare them for research-based career and graduate school opportunities. They also foster collaborations with experts and colleagues within their field of study, and network and develop lifelong friendships with other participants within their program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessional development opportunities focus on best practices for conducting research, strategies for writing research papers\/conducting research presentations, tips for applying to graduate school, and discussions on topics related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Social activities, while limited this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, range from field trips to local Atlanta tourist attractions, to companies\/organizations relevant to students\u0027 career interests.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo my knowledge, the students are having a wonderful time, and the impression I get is that they are so happy to be working in-person at a college campus performing research with other undergraduate students and Georgia Tech faculty. Since last year was supposed to be our first year running this program, but was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year was really our true first year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe tone was set immediately on day one when I emailed the students arriving on campus to ask if everything was going okay. One student simply responded to my email question with a picture of the majority of the EAS REU students at the grocery store, buying supplies for the summer, and all were smiling.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the most exciting research program I have ever been a part of. These students are amazing people who are highly talented at research. They\u2019re creative, strongly motivated, and most importantly, they\u2019re kind, respectful, and constantly striving to make the world a better place through their work. While they may have learned a lot from this program, I learned a lot from them! They are excellent role models, and it\u0027s an honor and a privilege to have worked with them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/physicsreu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EREU: Broadening Participation Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Physics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHosted by the \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/jennifer-curtis\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Curtis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, associate professor and REU director, School of Physics:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GT Physics REU program offers a wide range of cutting-edge independent research projects to a diverse group of undergraduates from around the country.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents have explored a wide range of physical phenomena including Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum properties of magnetic materials, gravitational waves, computational astrophysics, physics of living systems, and soft condensed matter.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program stands out for its commitment to broadening participation in physics by a diverse cohort of students. To facilitate its goal to broaden participation in physics, the GT REU program is dedicated to building connections with the Atlanta University Consortium (Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University), with approximately 20 percent of the students originating from those institutions. Since 2018, AUC students have been offered additional funding to continue their research collaboration with GT research groups.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/shaun-ashley\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShaun Ashley\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, faculty support coordinator and REU coordinator, School of Physics:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI had the pleasure and opportunity to create a more engaging and holistic experience for students by serving as a mentor and the \u201cgo to person\u201d for any concerns the students experienced during the program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis has allowed me to foster long lasting relationships that span from 2016 to present. For example, students continue to reach out to me to guide them with graduate applications, other summer research programs and even to be a sounding board about whether they should continue to graduate school or take a wellness break.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy responses are always positive and encouraging: Education first, or education and work!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/reu.chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EREU: Chemistry Function, Application, Structure and Theory (FAST)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHosted by the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/evans\/michael\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Evans\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, senior academic professional and freshman chemistry laboratory coordinator, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EREUs have been a long-standing priority for our school for many years, for undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry majors outside and inside Georgia Tech. REU programs are a win-win for students and faculty, as students receive valuable training, and faculty can further their research efforts. These programs also increase the visibility and prestige of Georgia Tech research programs nationally.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI think much of our success with REU programs flows from a commitment to building up research by undergraduates at Georgia Tech. Because of that history and the quality of Georgia Tech students, our faculty are very comfortable working with undergraduates. Our expanding list of programs builds on that solid foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EREU: Human Neuroscience Research and Techniques\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFirst offering: Summer 2022; hosted by Georgia Tech School of Psychology and Georgia State University\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/Lewis-Wheaton\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELewis Wheaton\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, associate professor, School of Biological Sciences, REU co-director (Eric Schumacher, professor in the School of Psychology, is the principal investigator for the Neuroscience REU; Wheaton is co-PI):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere is tremendous interest in neuroscience, and we have seen an incredible expansion of technology in our ability to record from the human nervous system. At the same time, many students do not have access to these technologies at their academic institutions because of expense.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe feel that it is vital to ensure that students who do not have access to these technologies at their universities get exposure to the tools and approaches to understand the human brain. I am excited to further focus on providing opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities to engage in this research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA unique feature of this program allows some students to come back for a two-year experience, which can really provide a great opportunity to enhance their research, and put these students in a stronger position to advance their careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/undergraduate-research\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EREU: Mathematics Research Experiences for Undergraduates\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHosted by the School of Mathematics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~dmargalit7\/index.shtml\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, professor and REU co-director, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the face of it, the REU is a chance for undergraduate students to pursue a research project in mathematics with a more senior mentor. 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In addition to machine learning, her research interests include imaging, signal processing, and high-dimensional data analysis.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELiao was also part of the Georgia Tech contingent attending this summer\u2019s \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/icml-2023\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EInternational Conference for Machine Learning\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E in Honolulu. She recently won a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.osti.gov\/early-career\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EU.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E for her work on how deep learning might be leveraged to make mathematical advances in achieving more efficient modeling techniques.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELiao\u2019s machine learning research also won her a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/faculty-early-career-development-program-career\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENational Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E in 2022.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMachine learning versus deep learning\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhile machine learning relies on algorithms to search for predictability and patterns in sets of structured data, deep learning algorithms imitate how the brain\u2019s neural networks work to find patterns in large sets of unstructured data.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt is a common belief that deep neural networks are capable of learning various geometric structures hidden in data sets,\u201d Liao said. \u201cOne of the central interests in deep learning theory is to understand why deep neural networks are successful, and how they utilize low-dimensional data structures.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELiao\u2019s upcoming AMS address, \u201cExploiting Low-Dimensional Data Structures in Deep Learning,\u201d will discuss how deep learning leverages low dimensional data structures and achieves great success.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Liao, associate professor in the School of Mathematics, will lecture on machine learning and deep learning at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Southeastern Sectional Meeting on March 23-24, 2024, at Florida State University in Tallahassee. 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Liao\u2019s project \u201cModel Reduction by Deep Learning: Interpretability and Mathematical Advances\u201d focuses on a technique called model reduction, which allows researchers to reduce the size of problems computer models must solve to smaller ones that computers can efficiently solve.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELiao notes that while traditional model-reduction methods have been successful, the technique is mostly limited to low dimensional linear models, or those with fewer important features that the model can include. However, many problems found in nature are the opposite. Liao hopes that by identifying the underlying nonlinear structures in natural problems, she can broaden the application of model-reduction techniques.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo do so, her research will focus on three key questions. First, she will investigate how to leverage deep neural networks to extract low-dimensional nonlinear structures in data sets. Next, Liao will investigate how to use the nonlinear structures in model reduction. 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Not\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Econstrained to any one project, the funding is meant to empower award recipients to push forward on any foundational challenges to computer science that are related to their interests. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor Vempala, who \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Ealso serves as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/meet-santosh-vempala-director-algorithms-combinatorics-and-optimization-program\u0022\u003EDirector of the Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization Program\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ethese challenges have to do with geometry and randomness.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cSome of the most exciting problems in science are those related to efficient algorithms. 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Now, an\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENSF CAREER grant will help him achieve that goal.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award is a five-year grant designed to help promising researchers establish a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in their field. Known as CAREER awards, the grants are NSF\u2019s most prestigious funding for untenured assistant professors.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBernshteyn,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E an assistant professor in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/abernshteyn3.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of Mathematics,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E will focus on \u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDeveloping a unified theory of descriptive combinatorics and local algorithms\u201d \u2014 connecting concepts and work being done in two previously\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eseparate mathematical and computer science fields. \u201cSurprisingly,\u201d Bernshteyn says, \u201cit turns out that these two areas are closely related, and that ideas and results from one can often be applied in the other.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThis relationship is going to benefit both areas tremendously,\u201d Bernshteyn says. \u201cIt significantly increases the number of tools we can use\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBy pioneering this connection, Bernshteyn hopes to connect techniques that mathematicians use to study infinite structures (like dynamic, continuously evolving\u0026nbsp; structures found in nature), with the algorithms computer scientists use to model large \u2013 but still limited \u2013 interconnected networks and systems (like a network of computers or cell phones).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe final goal, for certain types of problems,\u201d he continues, \u201cis to take all these questions about complicated infinite objects and translate them into questions about finite structures, which are much easier to work with and have applications in practical large-scale computing.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECreating a unified theory\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt all started with \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2004.04905\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ea paper Bernshteyn wrote in 2020\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E which showed that mathematics and computer science could be used in tandem to develop powerful problem-solving techniques. Since the fields used different terminology, however, it soon became clear that a \u201cdictionary\u201d or a unified theory would need to be created to help specialists communicate and collaborate. Now that dictionary is being built, bringing together two previously-distinct fields: distributed computing (a field of computer science), and descriptive set theory (a field of mathematics).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EComputer scientists use distributed computing to study so-called \u201cdistributed systems,\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ewhich model extremely large networks \u2014 like the Internet \u2014 that involve millions of interconnected machines that are operating independently (for example, b\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Elockchain, social networks, streaming services, and cloud computing systems).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cCrucially, these systems are decentralized,\u201d Bernshteyn says. \u201dAlthough parts of the network can communicate with each other, each of them has limited information about the network\u2019s overall structure and must make decisions based only on this limited information.\u201d Distributed systems allow researchers to develop strategies \u2014 called distributed algorithms \u2014 that \u201cenable solving difficult problems with as little knowledge of the structure of the entire network as possible,\u201d he adds.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt first, distributed algorithms appear entirely unrelated to the other area \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/abernshteyn3.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBernshteyn\u2019s work brings together: \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Edescriptive set theory, an area of pure mathematics concerned with infinite sets defined by \u201csimple\u201d mathematical formulas.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cSets that do not have such simple definitions typically have properties that make them unsuitable for applications in other areas of mathematics. For example, they are often non-measurable \u2013 meaning that it is impossible, even in principle, to determine their length, area, or volume,\u0022 Bernshteyn says.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBecause undefinable sets are difficult to work with, descriptive set theory aims to understand which problems have \u201cdefinable\u201d\u2014 and therefore more widely applicable\u2014 solutions. Recently, a new subfield called descriptive combinatorics has emerged. \u201cDescriptive combinatorics focuses specifically on problems inspired by the ways collections of discrete, individual objects can be organized\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E,\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBernshteyn explains. \u201cAlthough the field is quite young, it has already found a number of exciting applications in other areas of math.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe key connection? Since the algorithms used by computer scientists in distributed computing are designed to perform well on extremely large networks, they can also be used by mathematicians interested in infinite problems.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESolving infinite problems\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EInfinite problems often occur in nature, and the field of descriptive combinatorics has been particularly successful in helping to understand dynamical systems: structures that evolve with time according to specified laws (such as the flow of water in a river or the movement of planets in the Solar System). \u201cMost mathematicians work with continuous, infinite objects, and hence they may benefit from the insight contributed by descriptive set theory,\u201d \u003C\/span\u003EBernshteyn\u003Cspan\u003E adds.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHowever, while infinite problems are common, they are also notoriously difficult to solve. \u201cIn infinite problems, there is no software that can tell you if the problem is solvable or not. There are infinitely many things to try, so it is impossible to test all of them. But if we can make our problems finite, we can sometimes determine which ones can and cannot be solved efficiently,\u201d Bernshteyn says. \u201cWe may be able to determine which combinatorial problems can be solved in the infinite setting and get an explicit solution.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt turns out that, with some work, it is possible to implement the algorithms used in distributed computing on infinite networks, providing definable solutions to various combinatorial problems,\u201d Bernshteyn says. \u201cConversely, in certain limited settings it is possible to translate definable solutions to problems on infinite structures into efficient distributed algorithms \u2014 although this part of the story is yet to be fully understood.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA new frontier\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs a recently emerged field, descriptive combinatorics is rapidly evolving, putting Bernshteyn and his research on the cutting edge of discovery.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s this new communication between separate fields of math and computer science\u2014this huge synergy right now\u2014it\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Bernshteyn says.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIntroducing new researchers to descriptive combinatorics, especially graduate students, is another priority for Bernshteyn. His CAREER grant funds will be especially dedicated to training graduate students who might not have had prior exposure to descriptive set theory. Bernshteyn also aims to design a suite of materials ranging from textbooks, lecture notes, instructional videos, workshops, and courses to support students and scholars as they enter this new field.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s so much knowledge that\u2019s been acquired,\u201d Bernshteyn says. \u201cThere\u2019s work being done by people within computer science, set theory, and so on. But researchers in these fields speak different languages, so to say, and a lot of effort needs to go into creating a way for them to understand each other. Unifying these fields will ultimately allow us to understand them all much better than we did before. Right now we\u2019re only starting to glimpse what\u2019s possible.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAnton Bernshteyn\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E is forging connections and creating a language to help computer scientists and mathematicians collaborate on new problems \u2014 in particular, bridging the gap between solvable, finite problems and more challenging, infinite problems. 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Conant Prize,\u201d Hom says. \u201cAn extremely important but often undervalued part of our job as mathematicians is communication, and I\u2019m grateful to the AMS for valuing high-quality exposition in their publications.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHom adds that she\u2019s \u201cproud to be in the company of my esteemed former colleague \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/bio\/?who=dan-margalit\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E,\u201d who won the Conant Prize in 2021. Margalit then served as a Mathematics Professor at Georgia Tech, and is now Stephenson Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics at \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EVanderbilt University\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAMS cited Hom\u2019s article as \u201ca wonderful resource for the community on timely and important material,\u201d adding that \u201cHom\u2019s paper packs a remarkable amount of knot theory into 11 pages, but remains clear, engaging, and easy to read throughout. Readers are left with new understanding and a sense of excitement for the future of this field.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society Fellows\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELast year, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/jen-hom-named-2023-american-mathematical-society-fellow\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHom was also recognized as an AMS Fellow\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E for her topology research and service to the mathematical community.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis season, two fellow School of Mathematics faculty, Professor \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/greg-blekherman\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGreg Blekherman\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and Professor \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/letu.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThang Le\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, also have joined those ranks.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThang and Greg received a distinction reserved for only the top few percent of research mathematicians nationwide,\u0022 Wolf says. \u0022Thang was singled out for his deep work in the creation and development of the fairly new subject of quantum topology over the last quarter century as well as for that subject\u2019s implications for the very classic area of low-dimensional topology. Quantum topology is now a vast area, but many of its most prominent achievements came about through the work of Thang.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cGreg\u2019s work courses through and blends algebraic and convex geometry as well as combinatorics and optimization \u2014 and also mathematical biology,\u0022 Wolf explains. \u0022Most notably, Greg is known for his diverse and important contributions to the theory of nonnegative and \u201csum of squares\u201d polynomials, a hugely important topic in contemporary optimization theory.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBlekherman and Le are among more than three dozen mathematical scientists from around the world named 2024 AMS Fellows \u2014 a cohort which also includes\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.tufts.edu\/people\/faculty\/kasso-okoudjou\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKasso Okoudjou\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, a former School of Mathematics Ph.D. student advised by Professor \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/heil.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EChristopher Heil\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt is my pleasure to congratulate and welcome the new class of AMS Fellows, honored for their outstanding contributions to the mathematical sciences and to our profession,\u201d notes AMS President Bryna Kra. \u0022This year\u0027s class was selected from a large and excellent pool of candidates, highlighting the many ways in which our profession is advanced, and I look forward to working with them in service to our community.\u0022\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe school is just thrilled by these well-deserved awards to our wonderful colleagues,\u0022 Wolf added. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAbout Jennifer (Jen) Hom\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHom joined Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in 2015 after she served as a Ritt Assistant Professor at Columbia University. She has been an associate professor in the School of Mathematics since 2018. Hom\u2019s research centers on low-dimensional topology, which she usually studies using Heegaard Floer homology. She was asked to speak in the topology section of the 2022 \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mathunion.org\/icm\/virtual-icm-2022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EInternational Congress of Mathematicians\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, the world\u2019s largest gathering of mathematicians. Hom has held a Sloan Fellowship and a Simons Fellowship, is an AMS Fellow, and holds a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/faculty-early-career-development-program-career\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECAREER\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAbout Greg Blekherman\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBlekherman, who joined Georgia Tech in 2011, is a 2012 recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship. His research interests lie at the intersection of convex and algebraic geometry. Blekherman received his Ph.D. in 2005 from the University of Michigan under the direction of Alexander Barvinok, and he has held postdoctoral positions at the Microsoft Research Theory Group, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Institute for Pure and Applied Math (UCLA) and UC San Diego before joining Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAbout Thang Le\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELe received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Lomonosov Moscow State University, and joined Georgia Tech in 2003. His research interests include differential topology, 3-manifolds, knot theory, and quasicrystals. He serves as an editor of \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EQuantum Topology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EActa Mathematica Vietnamica.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERead the AMS press releases on the 2024 Conant Prize and AMS Fellows \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/news?class_id=1\u0026amp;expand=1\u0026amp;type=news\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ehere\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A trio of School of Mathematics faculty have received top honors from the American Mathematical Society, with Professor Jennifer Hom taking home the 2024 Levi L. 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Dozens of College of Sciences students were honored during \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/specialevents.gatech.edu\/events\/student-honors\u0022\u003ETech\u2019s Student Honors Celebration\u003C\/a\u003E, held on April 19 at the Academy of Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETeaching excellence was also honored through Georgia Tech Teaching Assistant Awards and special certificates during the Institute\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/content\/awards\u0022\u003ETeaching Assistant (TA) and Future Faculty Award\u003C\/a\u003E ceremonies, also held on April 19, at the Exhibition Hall Midtown Ballroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us in congratulating these special recipients across our College of Sciences community:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/loveaward.oue.gatech.edu\/provost-excellence-award\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProvost\u2019s Academic Excellence Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEstablished in 2021, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oue.gatech.edu\/2023-provosts-academic-excellence-award\u0022\u003EProvost\u2019s Academic Excellence Award\u003C\/a\u003E was created to recognize the remaining finalists of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/loveaward.oue.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELove Family Foundation Award\u003C\/a\u003E (awarded this year to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E student \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/loveaward.oue.gatech.edu\/#winner\u0022\u003EKaris Wang\u003C\/a\u003E). Each student is a graduating senior and represents the most outstanding scholastic record from their college. Finalists receive a $2,000 award, generously sponsored by the Love Family Foundation, and recognition at the annual Student Honors program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of this year\u2019s recipients of the Provost\u2019s Academic Excellence Award is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elena-cabrera-gatech\/\u0022\u003EElena Cabrera\u003C\/a\u003E, who is graduating from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E. Cabrera conducted three years of research in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hertzoglab.psychology.gatech.edu\/lab-members\/\u0022\u003EAdult Cognition Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, earning her the College of Sciences Dean\u2019s Scholarship and Early Research Award. She has also served as Psychology Association president and received two Tower Awards from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/student-support\/omed\/about-omed\/omed-events\/tower-awards\u0022\u003EOffice of Minority Educational Development\u003C\/a\u003E. After graduation, Cabrera plans to pursue social and cultural psychological research on her path to becoming a psychology professor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther recipients include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/arul-gupta-named-poets-quants-2023-best-brightest-business-major.html\u0022\u003EArul Gupta\u003C\/a\u003E from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EScheller College of Business\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kevinyli\/\u0022\u003EKevin Li\u003C\/a\u003E from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jacob-young-541406197\/\u0022\u003EJacob Young\u003C\/a\u003E from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/peterflais\/\u0022\u003EPeter Lais\u003C\/a\u003E from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oue.gatech.edu\/2023-provosts-academic-excellence-award\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead more\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHonors Program Outstanding Student Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award was established in fall 2022 to honor one graduating student who best exemplifies the Honors Program during their time at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first ever recipient of this award is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sasorme\/\u0022\u003ESarah Sorme\u003C\/a\u003E, a graduating \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eneuroscience\u003C\/a\u003E major who has been active in the Honors Program. Sorme has had many leadership roles within the Honors Program during her time at Georgia Tech, including serving on two committees \u2014 the New Student Committee and the Community Outreach Committee \u2014 acting as a first-year retreat guide, and serving as editor of the Honors Program newsletter (The HyPe). She also served as co-director of the Honors Leadership Council and was instrumental in guiding the Program through the Covid-19 pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduation, Sarah wants to use her cognitive science knowledge and leadership experiences to develop human-centered technology to improve society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oue.gatech.edu\/node\/2215\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead more\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E about Sorme.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERoger M. Wartell and Stephen E. Brossette Award for Multidisciplinary Studies in Biology, Physics, and Mathematics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award is presented to an undergraduate student with demonstrated accomplishments at the interface of biology with either physics or mathematics. The award was established by a generous donation from alumnus Stephen E. Brossette in recognition of the many contributions of Roger M. Wartell to the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2023 winner, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/julianne-tijani-4b99861a2\/\u0022\u003EJulianne Tijani\u003C\/a\u003E, is a physics major who has conducted research on the evolution of yeast, antibiotic-resistant infections, and cystic fibrosis. She has participated in the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/crssprgm\/reu\/\u0022\u003EResearch Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)\u003C\/a\u003E program, and was recognized as a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/bio\/petit-undergraduate-research-scholars-program\u0022\u003EPetit Scholar.\u003C\/a\u003E Julianne has also served as a teaching assistant in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, a student assistant for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/explorellc.cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEXPLORE living learning community\u003C\/a\u003E, and a medical scribe at Emory University Hospital.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Undergraduate Research Award\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award was created by the endowment gift of Joyce E. Nickelson and John C. Sutherland to honor Joyce\u2019s late mother, alumna A. Joyce Nickelson, and Sutherland. The scholarship, which recognizes excellence at the interface of mathematics and physics, is awarded to an undergraduate student who has jointly studied mathematics and physics, and who has engaged in scientific research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENickelson-Sutherland award winner \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lance-lampert-9544bb1bb\/\u0022\u003ELance Lampert\u003C\/a\u003E is completing degrees in physics and mathematics. He has been a research assistant at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, has taken part in the University of Michigan NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program, and will be conducting research at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/home.cern\/\u0022\u003ECERN\u003C\/a\u003E particle accelerator facility in Switzerland this summer. He is also a leader in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/qca\u0022\u003EQuantum Computing Association\u003C\/a\u003E, maintains the web infrastructure for Georgia Tech\u2019s student radio station \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wrek.org\/\u0022\u003EWREK\u003C\/a\u003E, and hosts a show on the channel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECynthia L. Bossart and James Efron Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis honor was created by alumna Cindy Bossart to recognize high academic achievement by a student in the College of Sciences who is a non-Georgia resident.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/veronikavessigault\/\u0022\u003EVeronika Vessigault\u003C\/a\u003E is the 2022-3 recipient of this award and is a mathematics major with a minor in computational data analysis. She is currently taking graduate-level numerical linear algebra, and she studied in Hungary as part of the Budapest Semester in Mathematics. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in mathematics and an academic career. While at Tech, she volunteered close to 100 hours teaching high school and community college students and served as a teaching assistant in both the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMetha Phingbodhipakkiya Memorial Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis honor was established by Maranee Phingbodhipakkiya to honor her father, his love for physics, and the sacrifices he made to assure that she would have the finest education. This award is made to a junior or senior in the College of Sciences based on academic merit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe recipient of this award, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saima-firoj-08368b206\/\u0022\u003ESaima Firoj\u003C\/a\u003E, is a biochemistry major who is also completing minors in Spanish and health and medical sciences. She has conducted research on the structure and aggregation patterns of membranes through cryo-electron microscopy to aid in drug development and delivery, and on the biochemical origins of life. She has also volunteered extensively in the medical field. \u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert A. 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The award is made to top graduating seniors in the College who have excelled both academically and in research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three recipients of the 2022 Pierotti Award are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thiago-esslinger\/\u0022\u003EThiago Esslinger\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-ji-020133191\/\u0022\u003EAndrew Ji\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003ELila Nassar\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEsslinger\u003C\/strong\u003E is majoring in both biochemistry and earth and atmospheric sciences. During his time as an undergraduate, Esslinger conducted research with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ibes.brown.edu\/people\/kim-cobb\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, former professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E who now serves as the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ibes.brown.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute at Brown for Environment and Society\u003C\/a\u003E. His research aimed to investigate the influence of symbiont community composition on coral geochemical proxy records in the central equatorial Pacific. In addition, he has worked as a study abroad teaching assistant, and has received a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/content\/presidents-undergraduate-research-awards\u0022\u003EPresident\u2019s Undergraduate Research Award\u003C\/a\u003E as well as the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-student-sustainability-champions\u0022\u003ESustainability Student Champions Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJi \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a biology major with a minor in computing and intelligence. He is a researcher in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, where he works with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/francesca-storici\u0022\u003EFrancesca Storici\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 professor and associate chair for Graduate Education in the School \u2014 to sequence the genome of a species of yeast. He also serves as a teaching assistant for the Bioethics and Integrative Genetics course, for which he was recognized as the School of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year. Ji has also done considerable volunteer work in clinics and hospitals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENassar\u003C\/strong\u003E is a physics major with a concentration in the physics of living systems. Nassar has a broad set of research experiences with faculty \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/martin-mourigal\u0022\u003EMartin Mourigal\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/jennifer-curtis\u0022\u003EJennifer Curtis\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. Nassar has also served as the secretary and president of the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wip.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E Georgia Tech Society of Women in Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. In summer 2021, Nassar also participated in the NSF REU program at Vanderbilt University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECollege of Sciences Undergraduate Research Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate research awards are made to students in the College of Sciences who have made strong contributions to research over a number of semesters. This year\u2019s winners were \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chelsea-bekemeier\/\u0022\u003EChelsea Bekemeier\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lydia-kenney-809962196\/\u0022\u003ELydia Kenney\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EDimitrios Kidonakis\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/evelyn-gardolinski\/\u0022\u003EEvelyn Gardolinski\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBekemeier\u003C\/strong\u003E is graduating from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E with a concentration in meteorology. Bekemeier conducts research with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/huey-dr-greg\u0022\u003EGreg Huey\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of the School, and has contributed to controlled burning experiments in Fort Columbus, GA, as well as the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/research-aircraft-investigate-monsoon-climate-connections\u0022\u003EAsian Summer Monsoon Chemical and CLimate Impact Project\u003C\/a\u003E (ACCLIP) based in South Korea. She has also been dedicated to outreach endeavors, serving as a STEM educator for iFLY Indoor Skydiving and a Superheroes Club Educator at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.awakeneducationllc.com\/superheroes-club\u0022\u003EAwaken Education LLC\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKenney \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a biochemistry major who began working with Raquel Lieberman, professor and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/news\/raquel-lieberman-named-first-chair-alumna-funded-effort-boost-women-faculty-chemistry-and\u0022\u003ESepcic-Pfiel Endowed Chair\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E in 2020. She was named a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.beckman-foundation.org\/people\/lydia-kenney\/\u0022\u003EBeckman Scholar\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 a 15-month mentored research experience for exceptional undergraduate students in chemistry and biological sciences \u2014 in 2021, conducting metagenomics research on deep sea sediments to identify novel binding proteins. Throughout her work with Lieberman, Kenney has won the best poster competition at the 36th Annual \u003Cem\u003EProtein Society Symposium \u003C\/em\u003Ein San Francisco, CA, and co-authored a manuscript.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKidonakis\u003C\/strong\u003E is a mathematics major who began research as a high schooler in 2018. Working with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/services.math.duke.edu\/~jdr\/\u0022\u003EJoseph Rabinoff\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor at Duke University formerly in Georgia Tech\u2019s the School of Mathematics, Kidonakis conducted a research project on arithmetic geometry which won the award for best project in mathematics at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair. During his time at Tech, Kidonakis has also worked with School of Mathematics professors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ib.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIgor Belegradek\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/mattbakermath\/home\u0022\u003EMatt Baker\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGardolinski\u003C\/strong\u003E is graduating from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EUndergraduate Program in Neuroscience\u003C\/a\u003E, and began doing research with Tim Cope, professor in the School of Biological Sciences, in 2020. Gardolinski conducted her research thesis with Cope, which aimed to develop a large data base on molecular mechanisms underlying signaling by specialized sensory receptors responsible for movement perception. She has also served as a teaching assistant, a peer advisor, and as the vice president of finance for Georgia Tech\u2019s Red Cross Club.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELarry O\u2019Hara Graduate Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis honor is provided by an endowment bequeathed by alumnus Larry O\u2019Hara. It is presented to outstanding graduate students in the College of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll of the 2023 winners have established a strong record of research with multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as multiple conference presentations:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/xliu729.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EXiaonan Liu\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. candidate, Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/aaron-pfennig\u0022\u003EAaron Pfennig\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. candidate, Quantitative Biosciences program, Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELiu\u003C\/strong\u003E is currently studying structural graph theory, extremal combinatorics, and graph coloring with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/xingxing-yu\u0022\u003EXingxing Yu\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the School of Mathematics and the director of Graduate Studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPfennig\u003C\/strong\u003E\u2019s research interests include theoretical and empirical population genetics of admixed populations. He currently works with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joseph-lachance\u0022\u003EJoseph Lachance\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, to examine admixture of modern humans with archaic hominins.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeaching Assistant Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Science had several winners among the \u003Cstrong\u003E2023 Georgia Tech Teaching Assistant Awardees\u003C\/strong\u003E. The awards are presented annually by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Teaching and Learning\u003C\/a\u003E to celebrate the contributions to teaching excellence at Georgia Tech made by graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUndergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bret-min-hendricks\/\u0022\u003EBret Hendricks\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics \u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Teaching Assistants of the Year\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/santana-afton\u0022\u003ESantana Afton\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markace-rainey-167757147\/\u0022\u003EMarkace Rainey\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qbios.gatech.edu\/leo-wood\u0022\u003ELeo Wood\u003C\/a\u003E, Physics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Student Instructor of the Year:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/james-anderson\u0022\u003EJames Anderson\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics \u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeveral students also won Teaching Assistant Awards at the school level:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUndergraduate Teaching Assistant Award:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/charlotte-carl\u0022\u003ECharlotte Carl\u003C\/a\u003E, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hoganpeer\/\u0022\u003EBenjamin Peer\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Teaching Assistant Award:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexbcosta\/\u0022\u003EAlex Costa\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/erin-griffith-6a0a6ba\/\u0022\u003EErin Griffith\u003C\/a\u003E, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/drupal.psychology.gatech.edu\/tiffany-nguyen\u0022\u003ETiffany Nguyen\u003C\/a\u003E, Psychology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Student Instructor Award:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cassie-shriver\/?trk=public_profile_browsemap\u0022\u003ECassandra Shriver\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/terri-dunbar-37645955\/\u0022\u003ETerri Dunbar\u003C\/a\u003E, Psychology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOnline Teaching Assistant Award:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cstrong\u003EMollene Denton\u003C\/strong\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETech to Teaching Certificates\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech to Teaching Certificates are designed to prepare Georgia Tech graduate and postdoctoral associates for college teaching positions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough this certificate program, participants will develop a thorough understanding of the scholarship of teaching and learning, and will demonstrate their ability to apply these skills in the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following College of Sciences students were awarded Tech to Teaching Certificates:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/austin-christian\u0022\u003EAustin Christian\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cool.gatech.edu\/node\/58\u0022\u003ERebecca Guth-Metzler\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sknavel3.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESierra Knavel\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/katie-m-kuo-1a9b4351\/\u0022\u003EKatie Kuo\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kavita-matange-b8208974\/\u0022\u003EKavita Matange\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/athulyaram\/\u0022\u003EAthulya Ram Sreedharan Nair\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emily-saccuzzo-189650185\/\u0022\u003EEmily Saccuzzo\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/breanna-shi-b2247a1b9\/\u0022\u003EBreanna Shi\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cosmo.gatech.edu\/members\/danielle-skinner\/\u0022\u003EDanielle Skinner\u003C\/a\u003E, Physics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECenter for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Certificates\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a member institution in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/grad-students\/preparing-faculty\/cirtl\u0022\u003ECIRTL\u003C\/a\u003E national network, Georgia Tech joins with 39 other universities on a mission to improve undergraduate education through the preparation of future faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants in these certificate programs learn about how students learn, how differences among students affect their learning, evidence-based teaching and assessment practices, and teaching with technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants who complete these foundation-level learning outcomes through a combination of coursework, workshops, or online learning, receive the CIRTL Associate certificate.  \u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following College of Sciences students were awarded CIRTL Certificates:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/stephanie-bilodeau\u0022\u003EStephanie Bilodeau\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/katherine-booth\u0022\u003EKatherine Booth\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abigail-diering-5528b1125\/\u0022\u003EAbigail Diering\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELuke Foster\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eliza-gazda\/\u0022\u003EEliza Gazda\u003C\/a\u003E, Physics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/chad-henshaw\u0022\u003EChad Gomard-Henshaw\u003C\/a\u003E, Physics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/sarah-gonzalez\u0022\u003ESarah Gonzalez\u003C\/a\u003E, Physics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EErin Griffith\u003C\/strong\u003E, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Guth-Metzler\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brian-hack-444031171\/\u0022\u003EBrian Hack\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbigail Hagwood\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kamisha-hill-9996a6164\/\u0022\u003EKamisha Hill\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/mary-kho\u0022\u003EMary Kho\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKatie Kuo\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/silva.chemistry.gatech.edu\/group-members\/\u0022\u003ERavyn Malatesta\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKavita Matange\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\/people\/sarah-roney\u0022\u003ESarah Roney\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asaaidi3.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAfaf Saaidi\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEmily Saccuzzo\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBreanna Shi\u003C\/strong\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/per.gatech.edu\/people\/tarr\/\u0022\u003ESteven Tarr\u003C\/a\u003E, Physics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/alisha-vira\u0022\u003EAlisha Vira\u003C\/a\u003E, Physics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mengshi-zhang-5257b59b\/\u0022\u003EMengshi Zhang\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJoin us in congratulating the College of Sciences students recognized for their research, academic, and teaching achievements at Georgia Tech\u2019s annual student award celebrations.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join us in congratulating the College of Sciences students recognized for their research, academic, and teaching achievements at Georgia Tech\u2019s annual student award celebrations."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2023-04-24 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Of course there are other times that noise will confuse the results which makes both methods valuable in different situations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnderstanding and taking advantage to choose between these two possibilities and avoiding the pitfalls of each requires deep mathematics, mathematics that unify these apparently different objects and make quantitative predictions. New paradigms of computation are needed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGT has been a leader in developing this area of mathematics, and in particular the ACO program has been nationally prominent for decades.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTwo series of conferences (RANDOM and APPROX) had been run annually for the last 25+ years. 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This year, she also wanted to make new friends \u2014\u0026nbsp;and got the opportunity to do both at Georgia Tech this summer thanks to the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/summer-research\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E program.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt was just a completely different experience,\u201d Brunner said. \u201cI was able to find a balance between research and socializing, because a lot of research \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eis\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E socializing. You\u0027re working with different people, you\u0027re working in different labs, or working with different areas of science. So this idea of socializing and networking, the relaying of information that different people have, it\u0027s just amazing.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEvery school in the Georgia Tech College of Sciences now offers a summer NSF REU. The Human Neuroscience Research and Techniques program that Brunner attended is led by the School of Psychology. The REU program is funded by the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENational Science Foundation (NSF)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe NSF\u2019s goal is to involve visiting students in high-quality mentored research programs with access to appropriate facilities, along with professional development and cohort building opportunities,\u201d says \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/david-m-collard\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDavid Collard\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, senior associate dean in the College of Sciences and a former director of REU programs in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E for more than a decade. \u201cThey help to better inform each participant\u2019s decision about whether to pursue graduate studies. It is a credit to our programs that a majority of their recent participants have gone on to top graduate schools, some at Georgia Tech and others elsewhere.\u0022\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe NSF leverages the REU program to boost participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The organization estimates that several million additional people, specifically more individuals from groups historically underrepresented in STEM fields, are needed for the country\u2019s science and engineering workforce, to better reflect the demographics and representation of the U.S. population.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0022I am delighted that each of our schools is able to contribute to NSF\u0027s vision for the development of the future STEM workforce in the U.S.,\u0022 added Collard.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe College of Sciences spoke to several undergraduates who gave presentations at the REU poster sessions in July:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEmily Almgren, Mathematics REU, rising senior, Haverford College\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENot many undergraduates get a chance to conduct research before they get their B.S. degree. How important is that to you?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt\u0027s really important for figuring out whether I want to do research, whether I want to go to graduate school, and also what area of research I want to go into. it\u0027s really hard to know what kind of research you want to do without having done that research. So our views are really important for forming that decision of where to apply to grad school.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJessica Brunner, Psychology\/Neuroscience REU, rising senior, Spelman College\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhat was your experience in this year\u2019s REU?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cAt first glance, it may seem daunting, but Spelman\u2019s motto is to \u2018forever remain undaunted\u2019. So I came in with this ideology that I was going to be ready, and I was going to tackle anything that came my way, ready to do some hardcore research, and just experience what it\u0027s like to be a graduate student for a summer. This just solidified it more for me that this is definitely something that I see myself doing in the future, and I will be pursuing a Ph.D. after I graduate Spelman College.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMarygrace Fagan, Physics REU, rising junior, Purdue University\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhat was your experience with the mentors you worked with in the Physics REU?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cEveryone in my lab has been super helpful. The grad students who are mentors are totally willing to help me whenever I have a question. I\u0027ve learned a ton. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/claire-berger\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EClaire Berger\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E (professor of the practice in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E) is my mentor, and she\u2019s very good at explaining things. And you can tell she knows what she\u2019s talking about. She co-wrote one of the first research papers on graphene. That\u2019s so cool.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHector G. Torres De Jesus, Biological Sciences REU, rising junior, University of Puerto Rico\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhy did you decide to attend this REU at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI\u2019m very interested in microbiology and marine biology, and the University of Puerto Rico is the only campus on the island that has marine biology as a major. We don\u2019t have a lot of research opportunities there, so my mentor suggested an internship or undergraduate program in the U.S. because that way, you can find more marine biology courses. I read that \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/glass-dr-jennifer\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJennifer Glass\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E (associate professor in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E) had worked with microbiology and water microorganisms. That\u2019s my type of research area.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAaron Lee, Math REU, rising senior, University of California, Davis\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhat brought you to Georgia Tech for an REU?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cFrankly, I was looking for things to do over the summer. 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edge of discovery. \u201cThere\u2019s this new communication between separate fields of math and computer science\u2014 this huge synergy right now\u2014 it\u2019s incredibly exciting,\u201d Bernshteyn explains. \u201cRight now we\u2019re only starting to glimpse what\u2019s possible.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEach award also includes a teaching and outreach component: \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca 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Some 250 students, parents, and teachers attended this year\u2019s event. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt\u2019s an effort to get more students, including those from historically marginalized and underrepresented communities, thinking about math in a different way, and to have some fun and meet new friends and mentors along the way.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWith the pandemic forcing a pivot in style for the competition, it made sense to relaunch the event in person with different foci and ambitions,\u201d said \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-wolf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMichael Wolf\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, professor and school chair. \u201cPart of the day still revolves around a competition by talented high school students who have learned a lot of math in their schools competing as individuals, but there is plenty of fun and challenging mathematics that does not require a lot of background and can also be done productively in groups.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith that in mind, the School reimagined the day around a variety of math activities, from group sessions and an algebra exam, to logic-based games and puzzles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn one early afternoon session, School of Math graduate students were giving a mini-lecture on combinatorics, the field of math that deals with counting, arranging, and combining numbers. In another part of the room, students were lined up playing chess, Sudoku, board games, and puzzles.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThey don\u2019t have stuff like this at other competitions,\u201d said Yinuo Song, an 11th grader at the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gcpsk12.org\/GSMST\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E \u201cI\u0027m personally more into this type of logic stuff than algebra. So I think it\u0027s pretty fun to expand my knowledge and interest.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESong also learned about how mathematics is involved in how nature chooses its shapes. Wolf enjoyed giving that presentation to the attendees. \u201cAnd there was an amazing early afternoon scene with hundreds of students in Clough gathered around tables working on problems as a team,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cThis is modern mathematics in action.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe attendees came from 42 schools around the state. High School Math Day organizers were determined to boost the numbers of students from a broader stretch of communities. \u201cWe wanted to broaden the appeal, make this a more inclusive event,\u201d said \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/trevor-gunn\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETrevor Gunn\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Ph.D. student in the School of Mathematics and Math Day co-organizer along with \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/evelyne-smith-roberge\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEvelyne Smith-Roberge\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/wade-bloomquist\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWade Bloomquist\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, both visiting assistant professors. \u201cWe advertised to majority-minority counties in the area. And Atlanta is a very diverse region.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe tried to advertise to schools that we normally haven\u2019t advertised to,\u201d added \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leamarzophd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELea Marzo,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E Program Operations Director for the College of Sciences\u2019 \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/cpies\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECenter for Promoting Inclusion and Equity in the Sciences (C-PIES)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, who also worked in School of Mathematics outreach for over eight years before joining the newly created C-PIES earlier this year. \u201cI\u2019ve noticed that there are more students of color here than in the past.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETeacher Anu Krishna brought four of her students from \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fultonschools.org\/cambridgehs\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECambridge High School \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ein Alpharetta. A first-timer to High School Math Day, Krishna was impressed with the campus and the way the event was organized.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI wanted to bring the students who have actually loved this experience to go back and explain it better,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we do have a bunch of other members who will probably represent us next time. I\u2019m looking forward to that.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWolf added that the High School Math Day rebranding also resulted in some attendance growth, \u201cand a lot of fun \u2014 for a lot of students. Going forward, we hope the word gets out and we are able to grow the participation to as many high schools as we can, with activities that are accessible and inspiring to high school students of any age, and with any mathematical background.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cAfter all, for every person, there is a math problem that is fun for them to engage with and then make their own.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Since 1958, the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech has hosted a day-long math competition for high school students. 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Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMaeve Janecka, Biological Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBenjamin Peer, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESantana Afton, Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAlex Costa, Biological Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EErin Griffith, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETiffany Nguyen, Psychology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMarkace Rainey, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELeo Wood, Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGraduate Student Instructor\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJames Anderson, Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETerri Dunbar, Psychology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECassandra Shriver, Biological Sciences and Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOnline TA of the Year\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMollene Denton, Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/grad-students\/preparing-faculty\/cirtl\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECenter for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) TA Awards\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECIRTL Associate Certificates\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStephanie Bilodeau, Biological Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKatherine Booth, Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAbigail Diering, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELuke Foster, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEliza Gazda, Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EChad Gomard-Henshaw, Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESarah Gonzalez, Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EErin Griffith, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAbigail Hagwood, Chemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKamisha Hill, Chemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMary Kho, Biological Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENa Liu, Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERavyn Malatesta, Chemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESarah Roney, Biological Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAfaf Saaidi, Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESteven Tarr, Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAlisha Vera, Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMengshi Zhang, Biological Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECIRTL Associate and Tech to Teaching Certificates\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERebecca Guth-Metzler, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETaehun Kim, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKatie Kuo, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKavita Matange, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEmily Saccuzzo, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBreanna Shi, Biological Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETech to Teaching Certificates\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAustin Christian, Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESierra Knavel, Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAndrew Kristof, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAthulya Ram Sreedharan Nair, Mathematics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDanielle Skinner, Physics\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EYan Zhang, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGraduate Teaching Fellows\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMaugan Lloyd, Psychology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJelly Vanderwoude, Biological Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EInternational TA Liaisons\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EChang Ding, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"This month, dozens of College of Sciences faculty and teaching assistants are recognized by Georgia Tech for their excellence in instruction and research."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis month, dozens of College of Sciences faculty and teaching assistants are recognized by Georgia Tech for their excellence in instruction and research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This month, dozens of College of Sciences faculty and teaching assistants are recognized by Georgia Tech for their excellence in instruction and research."}],"uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-04-25 16:30:55","changed_gmt":"2023-05-05 18:40:24","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670624":{"id":"670624","type":"image","title":"georgia tech aerial.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAerial photo of Tech Tower.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1682440371","gmt_created":"2023-04-25 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Baker is a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, and will soon depart his role as the inaugural College of Sciences associate dean for Faculty Development to focus on the new fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Simons Fellows are part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/\u0022\u003ESimons Foundation\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E mission to support discovery-driven scientific research undertaken in the pursuit of understanding the phenomena of our world. It provides funds to faculty for up to a semester-long research leave from classroom teaching and administrative obligations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m really excited to have the opportunity to pursue some intellectual projects next year that I haven\u2019t had time for in the recent past,\u201d Baker said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m grateful to the School of Mathematics, the College of Sciences, and the Simons Foundation for their support.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBaker has announced his intention to use the fellowship, along with a Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/faculty-development-grants\u0022\u003EFaculty Development Grant\u003C\/a\u003E, for a sabbatical he will take during the 2023-2024 academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the past five years, as the College\u2019s first associate dean for Faculty Development, Baker has instituted important processes regarding the hiring and retention of faculty, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lozier-dr-susan\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier\u003C\/a\u003E, College of Sciences Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003EMatt will be leaving an indelible mark on the College,\u201d said Lozier. \u201cOver these past five years, he has tirelessly worked to recruit, retain, promote and support faculty. Under his leadership, we now have annual faculty hiring plans that guide our growth. We have a set of robust new faculty mentoring workshops, a more inclusive faculty development grant program, a consistent distribution of best practices in faculty hiring, and a more open process for the solicitation of faculty awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003EIt has been nothing short of a pleasure to work with Matt these past few years, and I will miss the wisdom and wit that he brought to his position.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EPlans for a research-centric year\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Simons Fellowships have become a principal distinction for senior mathematicians,\u201d explains \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-wolf\u0022\u003EMichael Wolf\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of the School of Mathematics. Annually, \u201conly about 40 mathematicians in the U.S. and Canada receive these awards, and they go to the mathematical scientists with the best research records in the previous five years, whose potential to use a semester to think promises the greatest possibilities. The awardees are the household names of the mathematicians doing the best current work nationally, and while it is natural to see Matt included, it is still a wonderful statement of how his impact is appreciated by his colleagues in this country.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBaker\u2019s research includes his work on matroid theory, which the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/home\/page\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society (AMS)\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/201808\/rnoti-p902.pdf\u0022\u003Edescribes\u003C\/a\u003E as \u201ca combinatorial theory of independence which has its origins in linear algebra and graph theory, and turns out to have deep connections with many other fields.\u201d Baker will turn the notes from his Spring 2020 graduate course, Topics in Matroid Theory, into a freely available AMS Open Math Notes resource.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBaker said he plans to travel for collaborations with other math researchers, and to attend workshops and conferences. He will also resume regular blogging about math research; his \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mattbaker.blog\/\u0022\u003Eblog\u003C\/a\u003E recently surpassed 300,000 views.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout Matt Baker\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBaker received his B.S. in Mathematics in 1994 from the University of Maryland at College Park, where he graduated summa cum laude. He earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1999.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBaker was a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E Postdoctoral Fellow and an assistant professor at Harvard University from 1999-2002. He was a visiting professor at the University of Paris, and an assistant professor at the University of Georgia before joining Georgia Tech in 2004. 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To \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ablumenthal6.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAlex Blumenthal\u003C\/a\u003E, it\u2019s a raging river, the wake behind a boat, and the infinite swirls coffee creamer makes as it\u2019s mixed into a mug of joe.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe chaos in these examples is in the seemingly unpredictable and unrepeatable way the fluids move\u2013 imagine predicting the exact motion of particles in a patch of whitewater, or recreating the exact way frothy water pours from a faucet into a full sink.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENow, Blumenthal, an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, has been awarded an NSF CAREER grant to work towards just that.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award is a five-year grant designed to help promising researchers establish a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in their field. 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The b\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eutterfly effect \u2013 where a small deviation (like a butterfly flapping its wings) can have compounding impacts on a system (like that tiny gust of wind gathering into a tornado). Because even a microscopic change in conditions can compound as the system changes, it is impossible to exactly recreate an experiment, and extremely difficult to mathematically model.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cCreating rigorous mathematical proofs is difficult in this situation, because the chaos and non-chaos coexist in these systems \u2013 and the initial conditions heavily impact the results of the mathematics,\u201d Blumenthal explains. Imagine stirring that drop of creamer into a cup of coffee again\u2013 could you recreate \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eexactly \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ewhere the first drop is added, down to a molecular level?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt wasn\u2019t until 2020, when Blumenthal, alongside a team of researchers, proved that it is possible to predict those folds and striations, called \u201cswiss rolls,\u201d that you see as the creamer is stirred into the coffee, or as two colors of paint are stirred together, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.quantamagazine.org\/mathematicians-prove-universal-law-of-turbulence-20200204\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eproviding the most rigorous mathematical proofs on turbulence to date, and proving a decades-old theory called Batchelor\u2019s Law\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. Additionally, since the mathematical proof can be used to predict how fluids might mix, it can help scientists predict salinity profiles in the oceans, or atmospheric conditions.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAnother key application of the research? The development of a new problem-solving framework, which Blumenthal plans to investigate with the CAREER grant as a key for unlocking new research into broader turbulence and chaos problems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBringing research-level topics to students\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe grant also includes funding to bring students to the forefront of the field. \u201cOne cool thing about these systems is that they lend themselves to a lot of computational projects that are accessible to undergraduates,\u201d Blumenthal says. \u201cI\u2019ll be designing a short curriculum on these random dynamical systems that\u2019s accessible to undergraduates\u2013 bringing them to research-level topics in this field in a short amount of time.\u201d The undergraduate topics class will serve as an introduction to the kind of probabilistic perspective one takes while tackling chaotic theory, a class he plans to pilot in the Spring of 2023.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe expects the intersection with data science will be particularly interesting to undergraduates, explaining that \u201cthe principles of chaotic dynamics underlie a lot of the assumptions in data science. Data science is implicitly leveraging these ideas, so this will help students explicitly understand those implicit ideas. It\u2019s a theoretical primer students could leverage in the data science field.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe field is ripe for research, and Blumenthal is eager to include both graduate students and undergraduates, allocating funds for research experiences for undergraduates, alongside a graduate student workshop, where students from across the world could be invited to Georgia Tech for a weeks-long program, learning from Blumenthal and other experts about the chaotic dynamics of random systems.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a whole lot of new stuff to do, and these things lend themselves to numerical exploration \u2013 pencil and paper proofs, and computer-assisted proofs,\u201d Blumenthal says. \u201cThere\u2019s a growing community of people studying random dynamics, and a growing community of people doing computer proofs\u2013 it\u2019s a great place for undergrads to have meaningful research experiences.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBlumenthal, an assistant professor in the School of Mathematics, has been awarded an NSF CAREER grant \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Econtinue tackling some of the most difficult questions in his field\u2013 those of chaotic fluid dynamics. Because Blumenthal\u2019s work with fluid dynamics intersects with chaos and disorder, the impacts of his work range from weather prediction to how we model economics. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award, for \u201cChaotic dynamics of systems with noise,\u201d will help Blumenthal continue tackling some of the most difficult questions in his field\u2013 those of chaotic fluid dynamics"}],"uid":"35599","created_gmt":"2023-04-18 17:25:07","changed_gmt":"2023-05-01 15:07:31","author":"sperrin6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670580":{"id":"670580","type":"image","title":"Mosaic Turbulence ","body":null,"created":"1681840504","gmt_created":"2023-04-18 17:55:04","changed":"1681840546","gmt_changed":"2023-04-18 17:55:46","alt":"A mosaic-like illustration of a turbulent river","file":{"fid":"253465","name":"River_Mosaic.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/18\/River_Mosaic.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/18\/River_Mosaic.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1676158,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/04\/18\/River_Mosaic.png?itok=e5CnYagE"}}},"media_ids":["670580"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/chemistry-chaos-peptides-and-infinite-problems-georgia-tech-researchers-pioneer-new-frontiers","title":"Chemistry, Chaos, Peptides, and (Infinite) Problems: Georgia Tech Researchers Pioneer New Frontiers with NSF CAREER Grants"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/solving-infinite-problems-anton-bernshteyn-awarded-nsf-career-grant-developing-new-unified","title":"Solving Infinite Problems: Anton Bernshteyn awarded NSF CAREER grant for developing a new, unified theory of descriptive combinatorics and distributed algorithms"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/fundamental-questions-jesse-mcdaniel-awarded-nsf-career-grant-research-new-method-predicting","title":"The Fundamental Questions: Jesse McDaniel Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for Research Into New Method of Predicting Chemical Reaction Rates, Leveraging Computer Modeling"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/making-medicines-vinayak-agarwal-awarded-nsf-career-grant-peptide-research","title":"Making Medicines: Vinayak Agarwal Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for Peptide Research"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192251","name":"cos-quantum"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWritten by Selena Langner\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jess.hunt@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"667579":{"#nid":"667579","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mixing Surfaces, Algebra, and Geometry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis feature article is a written version of a lecture that \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dmargalit7.math.gatech.edu\/index.shtml\u0022\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, gave at the 2022 Joint Mathematical Meetings of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/home\/page\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society (AMS)\u003C\/a\u003E. The Society established the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ams.org\/meetings\/lectures\/meet-mirzakhani-lect\u0022\u003EMaryam Mirzakhani Lecture\u003C\/a\u003E in 2018 to honor the memory of Mirzakhani, the first woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal, one of the highest honors in math. Margalit writes that on a basic level, Mirzakhani\u2019s work centers around the geometry of surfaces, as understood through their simple curves: \u0022Starting from this humble-seeming topic, Mirzakhani made surprising and sweeping connections between numerous fields of mathematics, including algebraic geometry, Teichm\u00fcller theory, moduli spaces, dynamics, homogeneous spaces, symplectic geometry, and billiards.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis feature article is a written version of a lecture that \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dmargalit7.math.gatech.edu\/index.shtml\u0022\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, gave at the 2022 Joint Mathematical Meetings of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/home\/page\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society (AMS)\u003C\/a\u003E. 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Margalit writes that on a basic level, Mirzakhani\u2019s work centers around the geometry of surfaces, as understood through their simple curves: \u0022Starting from this humble-seeming topic, Mirzakhani made surprising and sweeping connections between numerous fields of mathematics, including algebraic geometry, Teichm\u00fcller theory, moduli spaces, dynamics, homogeneous spaces, symplectic geometry, and billiards.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dan Margalit has a featured article in the AMS Notices which appears on this month\u0027s cover page."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2023-05-01 15:04:13","changed_gmt":"2023-05-01 15:06:34","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592960":{"id":"592960","type":"image","title":"Dan Margalit","body":null,"created":"1498501561","gmt_created":"2017-06-26 18:26:01","changed":"1498501561","gmt_changed":"2017-06-26 18:26:01","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226016","name":"Dan Margalit .png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dan%20Margalit%20.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dan%20Margalit%20.png","mime":"image\/png","size":728812,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Dan%20Margalit%20.png?itok=H84mH1Y3"}}},"media_ids":["592960"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/202305\/noti2690\/noti2690.html?adat=May%202023\u0026trk=2690\u0026galt=none\u0026cat=feature\u0026pdfissue=202305\u0026pdffile=rnoti-p737.pdf","title":"AMS Article"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["comm@math.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"666313":{"#nid":"666313","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Stelson Lecture 2023 - Wilhelm Schlag","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWilhelm Schlag\u0026nbsp;will give a Stelson Lecture, hosted by SoM.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;March 10th, 4-5pm\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Klaus 1443 Lecture Auditorium\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Nonlinear waves, spectra, and dynamics in infinite dimensions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWaves are ubiquitous in nature. Some wave phenomena are conspicuous, most notably in elastic objects, and in bodies of water. In electro-dynamics, quantum mechanics, and gravity, waves play a fundamental role but are much more difficult to find. Over the past centuries, major scientific breakthroughs have been associated with the discovery of hidden wave phenomena in nature. Engineering has enabled our modern information based society by developing sophisticated methods which allow us to harness wave propagation. Seismic exploration relies on wave scattering in the discovery of natural resources. Medicine depends heavily on wave-based imaging technology such as MRI and CAT scans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMathematics has played a major role in the understanding of wave propagation, and its many intricate phenomena including reflection, diffraction, and refraction. In its most basic form, the wave equation is a linear partial differential equation (PDE). However, modern science and engineering rely heavily on nonlinear PDEs which can exhibit many surprising and delicate properties. Mathematical analysis continues to evolve rapidly driven in part by the many open questions surrounding nonlinear PDEs and their solutions. This talk will survey some of the mathematics involved in our understanding of waves, both linear and nonlinear.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EAbout the speaker:\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Wilhelm Schlag is the Phillips Professor of Mathematics and the Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Yale University. A world-leading expert in harmonic analysis, mathematical physics, and partial differential equations, much of Schlag\u0026rsquo;s work has been devoted to the study of wave propagation, both in structured as well as in disordered media.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchlag is a recipient of Sloan and Guggenheim fellowships, among others. 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The research team\u0026rsquo;s open access paper, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/356842134_Learning_to_Solve_Hard_Minimal_Problems\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;Learning to Solve Hard Minimal Problems\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E, has also won the prestigious \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cvpr2022.thecvf.com\/cvpr-2022-paper-awards\u0022\u003Ebest paper award at CVPR 2022\u003C\/a\u003E, the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) \u0026mdash; selected from a pool of over 8,000 papers submitted this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0026rsquo;s research idea revolved around developing a new way to solve a family of problems known as hard minimal problems, which are essential for 3D reconstruction. \u0026ldquo;A minimal problem is a smallest geometric problem one can consider in the 3D reconstruction context,\u0026rdquo; Leykin explained. \u0026ldquo;For example, recovering a 3D scene consisting of 5 points from 2 views (2-dimensional images of 5 points in the plane) without knowing the relative position and orientation of the second camera with respect to the first.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn other words, the problem focuses on \u0026ldquo;solving\u0026rdquo; how to see in three dimensions by analyzing multiple two-dimensional perspectives \u0026mdash; this is how humans and self-driving cars see in 3D. 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Computer science and engineering components also played a vital role: \u0026ldquo;We had to use neural networks for one particular task and, of course, implement the algorithms efficiently,\u0026rdquo; Leykin said. Since the minimal problem solvers are executed as subroutines millions, billions, or trillions of times, efficiency was essential.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolving the hard problems\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo test their method, the researchers developed a solver using their pick-and-solve technique for a well-known problem in the field. They benchmarked and studied their engineering choices with another familiar problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, they applied their technique to a harder problem \u0026ndash; reconstructing a 3D view using four 2D points in three views. The researchers\u0026rsquo; implementation of their method solves this problem in about 70 microseconds on average \u0026ndash; ten times faster than any other method.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team hopes that their solution could change how these problems are approached and solved in the future. \u0026ldquo;Previously, \u0026lsquo;hard\u0026rsquo; minimal problems were avoided in practical applications, since there were no fast reliable solvers for them,\u0026rdquo; Leykin said. \u0026ldquo;We hope that, over time, our work will convince the industry to reconsider \u0026ndash; the \u0026lsquo;hard\u0026rsquo; problems are not that hard after all!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/school-mathematics-colloquium\/anton-leykin-20221013\u0022\u003ELeykin will soon deliver a colloquium\u003C\/a\u003E on the work with the School of Mathematics. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/this-week-s-seminar-and-colloquia\u0022\u003ELearn more\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECitation:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHruby, Petr \u0026amp; Duff, Timothy \u0026amp; Leykin, Anton \u0026amp; Pajdla, Tomas. 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Much of her research is interdisciplinary and has been published in a diverse set of journals, including those specializing in nutrition, obesity, behavioral science, biology, and pure mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas\u0026rsquo; work on obesity and metabolism has been particularly impactful. Her nominators write that \u0026ldquo;she has published a remarkable series of highly original and imaginative papers that display creativity and quantitative rigor, and more recently, on the dynamics of energy exchange and weight gain in pregnancy. Each of these areas suffered substantial quantitative assessment gaps. The reports by Thomas provide not only important new biological insights, but also important clinical advances and assessment tools. She is rapidly filling the gap between classical mathematics and biological processes. In so doing, she adds a new dimension to the study of human obesity that is so pervasive across adults and children.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWork by Thomas has led to the design of innovative software that assists users with weight-related health issues, and which has been covered by several media outlets. The work of Thomas and her colleagues has been funded by numerous grants, including six projects funded by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nih.gov\u0022\u003ENational Institutes of Health\u003C\/a\u003E. Thomas received an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.heart.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Heart Association\u003C\/a\u003E Most Impactful Publications Award in 2014 and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.obesity.org\u0022\u003EObesity Society\u003C\/a\u003E George A. 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She directed the Mathematical Association of America\u0026rsquo;s undergraduate research poster session competition, and while serving as Director of the Center for Quantitative Obesity Research at Montclair State University, grouped together STEM students engaged in quantitative research, medicine, and nutrition to develop and integrate their knowledge across disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Thomas teaches an annual short course on Mathematical Science in Obesity Research, and she recently served as a Remote Teaching Dean\u0026rsquo;s Fellow at the United States Military Academy. As her nominators note, \u0026ldquo;Her leadership, collegiality, and results-oriented focus are three strengths that drive any program that she takes on to use science to answer hard questions. She has inspired, educated, and mentored generations of mathematics and nutrition researchers to choose fact and science to make policy decisions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Diana M. Thomas:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;To be nominated for this award by my colleagues is the ultimate recognition and reflects the level of support that I experience daily. My continued intellectual and personal development have been made possible by my relationships with the nominating team, which includes Colonels Hartley, Scioletti, Lindquist, and Gist; Lieutenant Colonels Bluman and Wallen; and Doctors Misiurewicz, Calkin, Heymsfield, and Allison. What we, as professors, live for is the opportunity to play a role in the lives of our students and our mentees. The former students and early career faculty who have reached out because of this award have warmed my heart and remind me of the impact we make. Finally, I would like to thank my mother, Mary Thomas. No career is without obstacles. Every time I hit the big ones, she\u0026rsquo;s the person I turned to. As the tears and the heartache flooded, she would hold my hands and tell me to be patient and continue to work hard. She was confident that as long as I stuck to this work ethic, I would be successful. It is my hope she will be at the JMM awards ceremony this year to know that her words are why I persevered.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of Diana M. Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDiana M. Thomas received her Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1996. Dr. Thomas has been an active research mathematician for more than 25 years with a focus on nutrition and obesity related modeling. 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The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/meetings\/sectional\/2298_program.html\u0022\u003E2023 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/home\/page\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society (AMS)\u003C\/a\u003E comes to campus March 18-19, 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EApproximately 800 mathematicians are expected to attend lectures and special sessions in Skiles and Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, with a reception scheduled for Saturday evening at the Academy of Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-wolf\u0022\u003EMichael Wolf\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E School of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, said the AMS meeting is shaping up to be one of the busier ones in recent memory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Georgia Tech is just thrilled to be hosting this sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society, and we\u0026#39;ve been amazed at the response. This will be one of the larger sectional meetings to be held,\u0026rdquo; Wolf said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Mathematics advances through sustained conversation, and one can see the hunger for personal connection that has built up over the pandemic,\u0026rdquo; he added, \u0026ldquo;reflected in the large number of special sessions and the robust attendance. We are looking forward to a wonderful event where we can all reconnect in person with mathematicians we have not seen in a while and younger people can join the community that has only recently opened up beyond the virtual.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E41 special sessions are scheduled for the AMS meeting. Topics speak to a wide range of mathematics research interests: combinatorics, the intersection of math and biology, geometric group theory, quantum systems, disease transmission, big data, and new methods for teaching math to undergraduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpecial AMS lectures on tap\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA School of Mathematics alumna will deliver one of the four invited addresses at the Southeastern Sectional Meeting. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/users.cs.utah.edu\/~sullivan\/#!\/about\u0022\u003EBlair Dowling Sullivan\u003C\/a\u003E graduated from Georgia Tech in 2003 with a double major in applied mathematics and computer science.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESullivan went on to receive her M.A. and Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University. After internships with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Microsoft, she served on the faculty of North Carolina State University. She is currently an associate professor in the School of Computing at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.utah.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Utah\u003C\/a\u003E. Her address, \u0026ldquo;Taking a Hard Look at Generalized Coloring Numbers,\u0026rdquo; is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 in Clough Room 152.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AMS\u0026rsquo;s annual \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/meetings\/lectures\/meet-erdos-lect\u0022\u003EErd\u0151s Memorial Lecture\u003C\/a\u003E, named for prolific mathematician Paul Erd\u0151s (1913-1996), will be given by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.uchicago.edu\/~wilkinso\/\u0022\u003EAmie Wilkinson\u003C\/a\u003E, professor at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uchicago.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E, at 5 p.m. on Saturday in Clough Room 152. Wilkinson\u0026rsquo;s Erd\u0151s Lecture is titled \u0026ldquo;Symmetry Rigidity.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWilkinson\u0026rsquo;s research interest is smooth dynamical systems and their relationship with other structures in pure mathematics \u0026mdash; geometric, statistical, topological, and algebraic.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The basic idea of dynamical systems is that you do some \u0026lsquo;move\u0026rsquo; to a \u0026lsquo;space\u0026rsquo; over and over again, and try to figure out what will happen in the long term,\u0026rdquo; explains \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dmargalit7.math.gatech.edu\/index.shtml\u0022\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/a\u003E, a School of Mathematics professor whose research topics include topology and geometric group theory.. \u0026ldquo;An example is what happens to the solar system in the long term? Will Jupiter fly out of the solar system, or will it stay in orbit around the sun forever?\u0026nbsp; Another example is the rolling of pastry dough, like a croissant. This is an example of a chaotic dynamical system.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMargalit, a co-organizer of the meeting along with fellow School of Mathematics Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/greg-blekherman\u0022\u003EGreg Blekherman\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;adds that Wilkinson has published many times in top journals such as \u003Cem\u003EAnnals of Mathematics\u003C\/em\u003E. She has also been very active with educational and public outreach.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It will be a very lively atmosphere,\u0026rdquo; Margalit added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELearn more: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/meetings\/sectional\/2298_program.html\u0022\u003E2023 AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The School of Mathematics will host 800 mathematicians on campus for a theorem-filled weekend of sessions and lectures \u2014 including one from a College of Sciences alumna \u2014 at the AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Mathematics will host 800 mathematicians on campus for a theorem-filled weekend of sessions and lectures \u0026mdash; including one from a College of Sciences alumna \u0026mdash; at the AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Mathematics will host 800 mathematicians on campus for a theorem-filled weekend of sessions and lectures \u2014 including one from a College of Sciences alumna \u2014 at the AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting."}],"uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-02-22 19:34:23","changed_gmt":"2023-03-02 17:16:32","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"666089":{"id":"666089","type":"image","title":"Blair Dowling Sullivan ","body":null,"created":"1677094614","gmt_created":"2023-02-22 19:36:54","changed":"1677094614","gmt_changed":"2023-02-22 19:36:54","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251894","name":"Blair D. 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Yet in this context, none of these terms refer to pool tables, botany, or places where World Cup games are played \u0026mdash; along with Bunimovich mushrooms, which you (fortunately and hopefully) won\u0026rsquo;t find on any pizzas or salads.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstead, these terms refer to the visualization of mathematical concepts \u0026mdash; and they\u0026rsquo;ve made Bunimovich, a Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, quite well-known among his peers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researcher\u0026rsquo;s concepts are used by physicists and mathematicians around the world to describe ways to study dynamical systems, Bunimovich\u0026rsquo;s chief research area. Dynamical systems theory uses mathematical tools to model many components of a phenomena that exists and needs to be explained, and whose state changes over time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A current state of the object is described by some characteristics \u0026mdash; positions and velocities of particles, for example, or concentrations of some types of viruses,\u0026rdquo; Bunimovich explains. Their evolution can be regular \u0026mdash; fixed and relatively easy to predict, or complex (chaotic = quasi-random) and not so easy to predict, or both.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDynamical systems can model changes over time of numbers in data, bringing some clarity to economic theories. They can model phenomena in health and medicine, weather patterns, planetary bodies, and quantum mechanics; any complex system with lots of moving parts that needs to be observed, understood, and predicted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKnowing how those particles bounce off walls of a Bunimovich stadium, and each other, and their trajectories, can help mathematicians and physicists provide better predictability to those movements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBunimovich is modest about his fame in the field. \u0026ldquo;Mostly the billiards give people a vision of chaotic dynamics. All these Bunimovich stadiums, mushrooms, flowers, provide such visual examples which demonstrate that some unimaginable before types of evolutions (changes) may occur, and how it happens.\u0026rdquo; He says an old saying proves his point: it is better to see just once than hear a hundred times.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFiguring out those patterns helped researchers develop chaos theory, \u0026ldquo;one of the major discoveries of the 20\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;century,\u0026rdquo; Bunimovich explains. Chaos theory examines random or unpredictable behaviors in dynamical systems run by fixed deterministic rules, and it is applied to a range of scientific and mathematical disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUpdating math concepts for the 21\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;century\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBunimovich notes that he wasn\u0026rsquo;t the first to use the concept of billiards to study dynamical systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yakov_Sinai\u0022\u003EY.G. Sinai\u003C\/a\u003E, Bunimovich\u0026rsquo;s former adviser currently at Princeton University, wrote a 1970 paper introducing the concept of dynamical billiards, where a point particle bounces around inside a rectangular shape with a removed circle as in a billiards game, but without losing its speed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESinai was himself a student of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrey_Kolmogorov\u0022\u003EA.N. Kolmogorov\u003C\/a\u003E, one of the greatest Russian mathematicians who conducted pioneering research in probability, theory of functions, turbulence theory, and complexity theory. It was Kolmogorov \u0026ldquo;who particularly built a bridge between random and deterministic worlds, and random and deterministic systems,\u0026rdquo; Bunimovich said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dmargalit7.math.gatech.edu\/index.shtml\u0022\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/a\u003E, a fellow professor in the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech, adds that Bunimovich is credited with taking these concepts introduced by other Russian mathematicians and updating them for 21\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;century uses in probability and quantum theory, as well as physics. \u0026ldquo;The basic idea is that you have a billiard table of a certain shape, and you want to know if I shoot a frictionless billiard ball in some direction, will it eventually travel over the whole table,\u0026rdquo; Margalit said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother way to visualize dynamical systems is through Bunimovich \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/doi\/10.1063\/1.1418763\u0022\u003Emushroom billiards\u003C\/a\u003E, which get their name from their caps-and-stems shapes that form in visualizations that depict particle movements. \u0026ldquo;It is a general belief, although not proved, that typical dynamical systems have regions with regular motion\/dynamics, or stable islands, situated in chaotic seas where dynamics is chaotic,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Mushrooms are the only large class of billiards where such coexistence was proved. 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Elliptical flower billiards take into account other factors that may impact the trajectories of the billiards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Elliptic flowers are the only ones where the coexistence of chaotic and non-chaotic regions is rigorously proved, and non-chaotic regions do not have a very specific shape like in mushroom billiards,\u0026rdquo; Bunimovich said. These changes of shape can help researchers make better sense of classical systems, whose variables are strictly defined and can be precisely measured, and quantum systems, where the action happens at the atomic or subatomic level.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026lsquo;Mathematics and physics can be beautiful\u0026rsquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.idpoisson.fr\/berglund\/\u0022\u003ENils Berglund\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of mathematics at the University of Orleans in France, has produced \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/nilsberglund\u0022\u003EYouTube videos\u003C\/a\u003E showing Bunimovich elliptical flowers billiards, which he calls \u0026ldquo;examples of systems that can be proved to have mixed dynamics, with both regular and chaotic trajectories.\u0026rdquo; The resulting animations are colorful representations of Bunimovich\u0026rsquo;s innovations and those of other mathematicians.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With these animations, I am trying to show that mathematics and physics can be beautiful,\u0026rdquo; Berglund shares on his channel. \u0026ldquo;They are all based on real models in physics and math, typically describing the evolution in time of some system: a particle or a wave in a closed domain, a growing interface, a population of animals.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBunimovich\u0026rsquo;s elliptical flower discovery isn\u0026rsquo;t quite two years old, so he doesn\u0026rsquo;t expect that a lot of physicists know about it yet. \u0026ldquo;But I fully expect they will build elliptical flowers in physics labs, as it was with the stadium and mushrooms.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBunimovich\u0026rsquo;s unique creations offer others like Berglund a chance to inject some 21\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;century creativity into math and physics problems. 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Is it true that every number theorist loves quadratic reciprocity? Is it required to get a PhD in number theory?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMB\u003C\/strong\u003E. I feel like that\u0026rsquo;s an informal, if not a formal, requirement. During my oral exam at Berkeley, Ken Ribet asked me what my favorite proof of quadratic reciprocity was. At that time, I didn\u0026rsquo;t have an original proof, so I just told him my favorite one that existed; that\u0026rsquo;s the kind of question you actually get as a student in number theory. But my favorite now is my card-dealing proof. There\u0026rsquo;s something unusual about being able to explain basically the whole proof in terms of dealing cards that fits me particularly well; it\u0026rsquo;s kind of uniquely branded to me.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMH\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Have you ever used magic to inspire math research?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMB\u003C\/strong\u003E. Glenn Stevens asked me to mentor students in the PROMYS program. One group explored a magic trick I had recently devised. The idea was that you have a stack of cards in some order, and with as few questions as possible, you want to get enough information so that you can determine what cards people have. Diaconis and Graham have a well-known trick like this using de Bruijn sequences. The students proved a nice theorem\u0026mdash;they characterized when you have a special generalized de Bruijn sequence. As far as we can tell, it\u0026rsquo;s a new theorem, which I found surprising.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMH\u003C\/strong\u003E. Do you have advice for aspiring mathematicians, magicians, or anyone trying to pursue their passions?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMB\u003C\/strong\u003E. It\u0026rsquo;s fine to just do something because you love it. But the older I get, the more I care about the impact that I can have. So I think you should spend your precious time not just on something you enjoy, but also on things that you can share with others to bring them enjoyment. The time I spend thinking about magic eventually pays off in that way. The same goes for my math work. I could spend my time trying to prove a theorem and write a paper about it, and if it\u0026rsquo;s a really good result, that might be the best use of my time. But right now, I actually find that stuff I can share with people (like with my blog or integration of recreational math ideas) is probably going to have a bigger impact than a technical paper that gets read by a handful of mathematicians. I\u0026rsquo;ve learned to give myself permission to be playful, and I encourage others to do the same.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, you can\u0026rsquo;t just learn everything about math and use all of it. You have to be a little more focused. My advice is to strive to become interested in at least a couple things that are seemingly unrelated and perhaps become quite good at one of those things. Then really try to push the connections a bit because it\u0026rsquo;s just way more likely that you\u0026rsquo;ll make a breakthrough that way.\u0026ensp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMatt Baker appears on the cover of the MAA publication Math Horizons, and is featured in an article \u0026quot;On Magic and Math - A Conversation with Matt Baker\u0026quot;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Matt Baker appears on the cover of the MAA publication Math Horizons, and is featured in an article \u0022On Magic and Math - A Conversation with Matt Baker\u0022."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2023-02-15 15:43:41","changed_gmt":"2023-02-15 16:00:28","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665828":{"id":"665828","type":"image","title":"slide_horizons_matt_baker","body":null,"created":"1676476527","gmt_created":"2023-02-15 15:55:27","changed":"1676476527","gmt_changed":"2023-02-15 15:55:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251786","name":"slide_horizons_matt_baker.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slide_horizons_matt_baker.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slide_horizons_matt_baker.png","mime":"image\/png","size":210363,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/slide_horizons_matt_baker.png?itok=swS7__qG"}},"665825":{"id":"665825","type":"image","title":"photo_horizons_matt_baker","body":null,"created":"1676475853","gmt_created":"2023-02-15 15:44:13","changed":"1676475853","gmt_changed":"2023-02-15 15:44:13","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251785","name":"photo_horizons_matt_baker.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/photo_horizons_matt_baker.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/photo_horizons_matt_baker.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":556419,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/photo_horizons_matt_baker.jpeg?itok=Z9D-ZqtP"}}},"media_ids":["665828","665825"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/maa.tandfonline.com\/journals\/umho20","title":"Math Horizons (MAA)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"665025":{"#nid":"665025","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EXTERNAL NEWS - SoM Alumna to Speak at AMS Sectional Meeting","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cs.utah.edu\/~sullivan\/#!\/about\u0022\u003EBlair D.\u0026nbsp;Sullivan,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;B.S.\u0026nbsp;MATH\/CS\u0026nbsp;2003, will be one of four plenary speakers at the Spring Southeast Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, scheduled for March 18-19 at Georgia Tech. Sullivan is\u0026nbsp;now an associate professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah,\u0026nbsp;with an adjunct appointment at\u0026nbsp;North Carolina State University. Her research interests include\u0026nbsp;parameterized algorithms, structural graph theory, applied discrete mathematics, random graphs, and combinatorial scientific computing. Sullivan was also a research scientist in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division at Oak Ride National Laboratory. Several\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;faculty members are organizing panels and other discussions during the Spring Southeast Sectional Meeting.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Blair D.\u00a0Sullivan, B.S.\u00a0MATH\/CS\u00a02003, will be one of four plenary speakers at the Spring Southeast Sectional Meeting of the AMS."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2023-01-23 21:50:52","changed_gmt":"2023-01-23 21:50:52","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"629089":{"id":"629089","type":"image","title":"slide_ams_logo","body":null,"created":"1574107945","gmt_created":"2019-11-18 20:12:25","changed":"1574107945","gmt_changed":"2019-11-18 20:12:25","alt":"","file":{"fid":"239580","name":"slide_ams_logo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slide_ams_logo.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slide_ams_logo.png","mime":"image\/png","size":68987,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/slide_ams_logo.png?itok=Ol3p1fkt"}}},"media_ids":["629089"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ams.org\/meetings\/sectional\/2298_presenters.html","title":"AMS Sectional Meeting"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"664647":{"#nid":"664647","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Josephine Yu Article Appears in AMS Notices","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosephine Yu and her coauthors have had a recent work published in the AMS Notices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/202301\/rnoti-p34.pdf\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/202301\/rnoti-p34.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the article:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this article we introduce some of the basic constructions in tropical geometry, focusing on linear spaces and Grassmannians for their combinatorial significance. We give pointers to some recent research frontiers and discuss applications in matroid theory, phylogenetic trees, and auction theory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EProfessor Josephine Yu\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~jyu67\/\u0022\u003EDr. Josephine Yu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was recently promoted to a Full Professor in the School of Mathematics, in 2022. Prof. Yu\u0026#39;s research lies in the area of Tropical Algebraic Geometry and its\u0026nbsp;applications to combinatorics, matroid theory, and analytic and computational geometry,\u0026nbsp;and since arriving at Tech her\u0026nbsp;work has been continually supported by the NSF. Prof. Yu has organized many conferences since 2011 including the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/maag2019\/home\u0022\u003EMeeting on Applied Algebraic Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2019, and the Computational\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/meetings.siam.org\/sess\/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=62341\u0022\u003ETropical Geometry Minisymposium\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/meetings\/ag17\/\u0022\u003ESIAM Algebraic Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;meeting in 2017. Prof. Yu was also the Program co-chair of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/conferences\/cm\/conference\/ag21\u0022\u003ESIAM AG21\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and has served on the Advisory Board of MEGA (Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry) since 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Yu is also currently an Editor for two journals,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/combinatorial_theory\u0022\u003ECombinatorial Theory\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/msp.org\/astat\/about\/journal\/about.html\u0022\u003EAlgebraic Statistics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(AStat), is the Associate Editor for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/msp.org\/jsag\/about\/journal\/about.html\u0022\u003EJournal of Software for Algebra and Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(JSAG),\u0026nbsp;and was the Editor in Chief for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.journals.elsevier.com\/journal-of-combinatorial-theory-series-a\u0022\u003EJournal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(JCTA) from 2018 until 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her impressive research and organizational work, Prof. Yu has mentored three graduate students and two masters students including award winning graduate students\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/ctl-celebrates-outstanding-teaching-assistants\u0022\u003ECvetelina Hill\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/student-awards-2018-2019\u0022\u003EMarcel Celaya\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosephine Yu and her coauthors have had a recent work published in the AMS Notices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Josephine Yu and her coauthors have had a recent work published in the AMS Notices."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2023-01-11 18:11:12","changed_gmt":"2023-01-11 18:13:36","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602454":{"id":"602454","type":"image","title":"Josephine Yu","body":null,"created":"1518734307","gmt_created":"2018-02-15 22:38:27","changed":"1518734307","gmt_changed":"2018-02-15 22:38:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229616","name":"Josephine Yu.square200.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Josephine%20Yu.square200.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Josephine%20Yu.square200.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":59723,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Josephine%20Yu.square200.jpg?itok=m01qMKmq"}}},"media_ids":["602454"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"664065":{"#nid":"664065","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Svetlana Jitomirskaya Joins SoM as Inaugural Hubbard Chair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Sciences is pleased to welcome \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.uci.edu\/~szhitomi\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESvetlana Jitomirskaya\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Distinguished Professor at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/uci.edu\u0022\u003EUniversity of California, Irvine,\u003C\/a\u003E and a prize-winning mathematician, as the inaugural Hubbard Chair Professor in the School of Mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Jitormirskaya will arrive on campus in January 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The School of Mathematics is just delighted to welcome Professor Jitomirskaya,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/michael-wolf-appointed-school-mathematics-chair\u0022\u003EMichael Wolf\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We had hoped that the Hubbard Chair would be transformational for the School of Mathematics, and the appointment of Svetlana to this position exceeds our wildest ambitions. Known for her penetrating insights into mathematical physics and dynamics, she adds to our already premiere presence in mathematical physics \u0026mdash; an additional depth that rivals any other such center in North America.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJitomirskaya is one of seven new faculty members starting in Fall 2022 in the School of Mathematics. That number includes Wolf, who was named school chair in December 2021 and officially arrived at Georgia Tech last summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe inspiration for the Hubbard Chair\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe chair is named for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/584887\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElaine M. Hubbard\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (MATH 1972, M.S. MATH 1974, Ph.D. MATH 1980), who died in 2016 after a 28-year career as a mathematics professor at Kennesaw State University. Hubbard was a long-time friend and supporter of the School of Mathematics and a member of the College of Sciences Advisory Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHubbard \u0026ldquo;was a true innovator \u0026mdash; her delight in mathematics served to inspire her students,\u0026rdquo; said Paul Goldbart, who spoke at Hubbard\u0026rsquo;s memorial service six years ago and was then College of Sciences Dean. \u0026ldquo;She piloted the use of graphical calculators and gained national recognition and the Kennesaw Distinguished Teaching Award for her groundbreaking uses of technology. She spoke on mathematics education at conferences and campuses around the nation and received the Kennesaw State Alumni Association Achievement Award in 1994,\u0026rdquo; Goldbart said. \u0026ldquo;Elaine co-authored an amazing 13 textbooks on mathematics, important for their incorporation of the scholarship of teaching and learning to promote student success.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHubbard included a provision in her estate that established the Elaine M. Hubbard Endowed Chair for the School of Mathematics. Colleagues note that her passion was teaching, and the fund serves to support robust, leading-edge mathematics education and research at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Elaine Hubbard was a gentle champion of mathematics at Georgia Tech, and I believe she would be pleased by how this first result of her generosity and vision has propelled forward the school and all of its missions,\u0026rdquo; Wolf added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026lsquo;A scientific granddaughter\u0026rsquo; of Russia\u0026rsquo;s greatest mathematician\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJitomirskaya was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, to parents who were both mathematicians. She has described both of them as survivors, having barely escaped as young children from the German invasion of Kiev in 1941.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMathematics excellence runs in her family. Her mother chaired the famed Department of Analysis at Kharkov State University, and was also the only female professor of mathematics in Ukraine for some twenty years. Her father was a long-time chair of the Department of Mathematics at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.khadi.kharkov.ua\u0022\u003EKhADI\u003C\/a\u003E, an engineering school.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESvetlana left Kharkov at 16 to study at Moscow State University, and graduated under the supervision of Yaklov G. Sinai, himself a student of A.N. Kolmogorov, whom \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~bunimovh\u0022\u003ELeonid Bunimovich\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Mathematics called \u0026ldquo;the greatest Russian mathematician ever.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJitomirskaya \u0026ldquo;brings to Georgia Tech a brilliant scientific genealogy which is really hard to match,\u0026rdquo; Bunimovich said. \u0026ldquo;She is a scientific granddaughter of A.N. Kolmogorov and her advisor Sinai is an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/abelprize.no\/page\/history-abel-prize\u0022\u003EAbel Prize\u003C\/a\u003E winner. The spirit of this School is that mathematics is rigorously proved. In other words, mathematicians should not just prove what scientists and engineers already understood, but uncover why their ideas are right and show them the way further, and even bring in new ideas, which mathematicians must rigorously justify, especially in cases when these new ideas contradict \u0026lsquo;preexisting\u0026rsquo; physics intuition.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInternational recognition\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJitomirskaya was awarded the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.maa.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Association\u003C\/a\u003E in 2005, and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics awarded by the American Physics Association and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aip.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Institute of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E in 2020. She has been a member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aaas.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)\u003C\/a\u003E since 2018, and was elected to the NAS in 2022. Jitomirskaya was invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mathunion.org\/icm\/icm-2022\u0022\u003EInternational Congress of Mathematicians\u003C\/a\u003E, held as a virtual event in July 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn July 2022, Jitomirskaya was also announced as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/2022\/07\/05\/new-award-for-mathematical-physics-the-olga-alexandrovna-ladyzhenskaya-prize-given-to-svetlana-jitomirskaya\/\u0022\u003Ethe first winner of a new award\u003C\/a\u003E for mathematical physics: the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/2022\/07\/05\/new-award-for-mathematical-physics-the-olga-alexandrovna-ladyzhenskaya-prize-given-to-svetlana-jitomirskaya\/\u0022\u003EOlga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya Prize\u003C\/a\u003E. Wolf, the Georgia Tech School of Mathematics chair, said the prize celebrates the \u0026ldquo;extraordinary mathematical contributions in the middle part of the previous century of the Russian mathematician Olga Ladyzhenskaya.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJitomirskaya has also dedicated a large portion of her career to teaching. She received the University of California, Irvine Chancellor\u0026rsquo;s Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research in 2018. She has advised many graduate students and post-doctoral researchers, who eventually found positions in the academic world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There is no better choice than Svetlana Jitomirskaya to occupy this inaugural Chair,\u0026rdquo; added \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/jeanbel.math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJean Bellissard\u003C\/a\u003E, professor emeritus in the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech, \u0026ldquo;as she is both a worldwide recognized expert in analysis, and widely appreciated among her students and her university for her dedication to teaching mathematics at the highest level of excellence.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Mathematics progresses through a sustained conversation among a community of scholars, and Svetlana will deepen and broaden that dialogue for our scholars while exciting and inspiring our students,\u0026rdquo; Wolf said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore new faces at the School of Mathematics\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael (Mike) Wolf joined the School of Mathematics as chair and professor in the fall of 2022. Wolf comes to Georgia Tech from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.rice.edu\u0022\u003ERice University\u003C\/a\u003E, where he served most recently as Milton B. Porter Professor. During his three-decade tenure at Rice, Wolf has held many positions, including two periods as chair of the Department of Mathematics, head of a residential college, and co-founder and co-director of the Rice Emerging Scholars Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Mathematics faculty is world-renowned for its strength and scope, and it is an honor to participate in its leadership,\u0026rdquo; Wolf said in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/michael-wolf-appointed-school-mathematics-chair\u0022\u003Eannouncement\u003C\/a\u003E of his new role. \u0026ldquo;Mathematics is an engine for modern science and technology \u0026mdash; from codes for cybersecurity, to differential equations that explain black holes and the interfaces of materials, to machine learning and mathematical neuroscience, and through beautiful advances whose applications will only be revealed to our grandchildren. Mathematics is everywhere, and Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s mathematicians are at the frontier.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThree assistant professors joined Wolf in the Fall 2022 semester as new School of Math faculty: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/cg66math\/home\u0022\u003EGong Chen\u003C\/a\u003E, Vesselin Dimitrov, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/web.mat.bham.ac.uk\/T.Kelly\/\u0022\u003ETom Kelly\u003C\/a\u003E; along with Academic Professionals \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hunterlehmann.github.io\u0022\u003EHunter Lehmann\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/kalilajo.github.io\/Bio\u0022\u003EKalila Lehmann\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Mathematics is also welcoming \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people?field_job_type_tid=11\u0022\u003E15 new visiting assistant professors and postdoctoral scholars\u003C\/a\u003E for the 2022-2023 academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Svetlana Jitomirskaya, Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine, and a prize-winning mathematician, joins Georgia Tech as the inaugural Hubbard Chair Professor in the School of Mathematics. 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The prize is awarded to researchers \u0026quot;For contributions to the resolution of several major conjectures on thresholds and selector processes.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, three\u0026nbsp;Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes, of $50,000 each, were awarded to women mathematicians who have recently completed their PhDs and produced important results.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJinyoung Park\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJinyoung Park is a Szeg\u0026ouml; Assistant Professor at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmathematics.stanford.edu%2F\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw35OJgxIfPZM2Gdh5o11An-\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EStanford University\u003C\/a\u003E, working with her mentor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fstanford.edu%2F~jacobfox%2F\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw12HQPG0s7RYk_ZNoT-td-w\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJacob Fox\u003C\/a\u003E. 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The research team\u0026rsquo;s open access paper, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/356842134_Learning_to_Solve_Hard_Minimal_Problems\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;Learning to Solve Hard Minimal Problems\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E, has also won the prestigious \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cvpr2022.thecvf.com\/cvpr-2022-paper-awards\u0022\u003Ebest paper award at CVPR 2022\u003C\/a\u003E, the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) \u0026mdash; selected from a pool of over 8,000 papers submitted this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0026rsquo;s research idea revolved around developing a new way to solve a family of problems known as hard minimal problems, which are essential for 3D reconstruction. \u0026ldquo;A minimal problem is a smallest geometric problem one can consider in the 3D reconstruction context,\u0026rdquo; Leykin explained. \u0026ldquo;For example, recovering a 3D scene consisting of 5 points from 2 views (2-dimensional images of 5 points in the plane) without knowing the relative position and orientation of the second camera with respect to the first.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn other words, the problem focuses on \u0026ldquo;solving\u0026rdquo; how to see in three dimensions by analyzing multiple two-dimensional perspectives \u0026mdash; this is how humans and self-driving cars see in 3D. One way to understand this is by imagining our eyes as cameras. Both eyes capture two-dimensional images, each from a slightly different perspective. By considering the perspective of the image sent by each eye, our brains create a 3D rendering of these two-dimensional images. While our brains might do this with seeming ease in the case of our vision, solving these problems mathematically can be more difficult.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inf.ethz.ch\/people\/people-atoz\/person-detail.MjkzNjg5.TGlzdC8zMDQsLTIxNDE4MTU0NjA=.html\u0022\u003EPetr Hruby\u003C\/a\u003E, currently a Ph.D. student at the ETH Zurich Department of Computer Science, with a recent Master\u0026rsquo;s degree from Czech Technical University, serves as the paper\u0026rsquo;s lead author. He is joined by co-authors Leykin, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.washington.edu\/people\/timothy-duff\u0022\u003ETimothy Duff\u003C\/a\u003E, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington (Georgia Tech Ph.D. in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aco.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAlgorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization\u003C\/a\u003E, 2021); and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cvut.academia.edu\/TomasPajdla\u0022\u003ETomas Pajdla\u003C\/a\u003E, professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics. The core of the team started working together during \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/icerm.brown.edu\/programs\/sp-f18\/\u0022\u003Ethe Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) semester on Nonlinear Algebra in 2018\u003C\/a\u003E, of which Leykin was the primary organizer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/syncedreview.com\/2019\/10\/29\/iccv-2019-best-papers-announced\/\u0022\u003Etheir first project won the best student paper award at the 2019 International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)\u003C\/a\u003E, the team decided to pursue research in hard minimal problems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the technique the researchers developed is general, Leykin said it can be applied to many other situations with similar mathematical problems. In addition, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/petrhruby97\/learning_minimal\u0022\u003Esoftware pieces derived from the researchers\u0026rsquo; findings are in the public domain\u003C\/a\u003E, and can be used by a broad computer vision community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolve-and-Pick vs. Pick-and-Solve\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESolving minimal problems can be difficult, because they often have many spurious solutions (solutions that might solve the equation, but are ultimately unhelpful or unexpected).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, the state-of-the-art technique for solving minimal problems used a \u0026ldquo;solve-and-pick\u0026rdquo; approach. Solve-and-pick involves first determining all of the possible solutions to a problem, and then picking the optimal solutions \u0026mdash; this is done by removing non-real solutions, using inequalities, and evaluating how well they support the solution. But, when there are many spurious solutions, this type of optimization can be costly and time-consuming.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstead of using this traditional solve-and-pick approach, the researchers investigated the opposite: a \u0026ldquo;pick-and-solve\u0026rdquo; technique that learns, for a given data sample, how to first pick a promising starting point and then continue it to a meaningful solution. This approach is unique in that it avoids computing large numbers of spurious solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy selecting a suitable starting point and solving from that point (instead of solving from all points), the method can quickly find and track a path to the solution more quickly, learning how to find that target solution more efficiently.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Instead of finding all possible solutions and then deciding which one is relevant, we aimed at \u0026lsquo;guessing\u0026rsquo; which path leads to one physically meaningful solution \u0026mdash; as long as the guess is correct with high probability, this becomes practically useful,\u0026rdquo; said Leykin. \u0026ldquo;For a \u0026lsquo;hard\u0026rsquo; minimal problem, this is like finding a needle in a haystack \u0026mdash; we need to guess one correct path out of several hundreds.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo do so, the research combined concepts spanning several fields of mathematics: algebra, geometry, numerical analysis, and statistics. Computer science and engineering components also played a vital role: \u0026ldquo;We had to use neural networks for one particular task and, of course, implement the algorithms efficiently,\u0026rdquo; Leykin said. Since the minimal problem solvers are executed as subroutines millions, billions, or trillions of times, efficiency was essential.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolving the hard problems\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo test their method, the researchers developed a solver using their pick-and-solve technique for a well-known problem in the field. They benchmarked and studied their engineering choices with another familiar problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, they applied their technique to a harder problem \u0026ndash; reconstructing a 3D view using four 2D points in three views. The researchers\u0026rsquo; implementation of their method solves this problem in about 70 microseconds on average \u0026ndash; ten times faster than any other method.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team hopes that their solution could change how these problems are approached and solved in the future. \u0026ldquo;Previously, \u0026lsquo;hard\u0026rsquo; minimal problems were avoided in practical applications, since there were no fast reliable solvers for them,\u0026rdquo; Leykin said. \u0026ldquo;We hope that, over time, our work will convince the industry to reconsider \u0026ndash; the \u0026lsquo;hard\u0026rsquo; problems are not that hard after all!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/school-mathematics-colloquium\/anton-leykin-20221013\u0022\u003ELeykin will soon deliver a colloquium\u003C\/a\u003E on the work with the School of Mathematics. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/this-week-s-seminar-and-colloquia\u0022\u003ELearn more\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECitation:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHruby, Petr \u0026amp; Duff, Timothy \u0026amp; Leykin, Anton \u0026amp; Pajdla, Tomas. 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The organization has more than \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/little-einsteins\u0022\u003E100 Georgia Tech student members\u003C\/a\u003E and nearly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gatech_leo\/?hl=en\u0022\u003E2,000 followers on Instagram\u003C\/a\u003E. 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Why? What was different? \u0026lsquo;How come my catapult is not working?\u0026rsquo; It is okay if it does not work \u0026mdash; let\u0026rsquo;s take a look and think how we can make it work,\u0026quot; she shares. \u0026quot;LEO members created a welcoming and vibrant atmosphere in which students were so engaged and curious.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere was also the opportunity for Atlanta children to see future versions of themselves in the Georgia Tech students. \u0026ldquo;They recognized themselves or connected with LEO members as if they were in an age group of older sisters or brothers. It demystified the image given to a scientist or engineer.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/olivia-gravina-a75415183\u0022\u003EOlivia Gravina\u003C\/a\u003E, a fourth-year undergraduate in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, serves as LEO president for the 2021-22 school year. Gravina says one of the group\u0026rsquo;s latest efforts to get creative during Covid challenges involved putting together at-home STEM kits for kids involved in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.handsonatlanta.org\/discovery\u0022\u003EHands On Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s \u0026quot;Disco\u0026quot; program\u003C\/a\u003E, formerly known as the Discovery program. 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Of course, I have much to learn about the school, its people and programs, but I was excited to be offered the position because of the tremendous strength of the school and especially the promise and potential of SoM at the moment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EThe Beauty of Mathematics\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELet me take a step back. I don\u0026#39;t have to tell this audience that mathematics is a wonderful subject. Mathematics has an unparalleled richness and complexity that comes from millennia of human thought and discourse across cultures; math has a scope of effect that touches all scientific and engineering disciplines, and now math reaches ever further into the social sciences as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile perhaps somewhat less visible than the research in the other sciences, mathematics is beautiful and signif- icant - in this issue, you may read of the breakthroughs of Alex Blumenthal on Batchelor\u0026#39;s law, Jinyoung Park on the expectation conjecture, and Svetlana Jitomirskaya on quantum mechanics, as well as the ongoing pioneering efforts of Rachel Kuske to harvest unused vibrational energy in bridges.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EAbout the School of Mathematics\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe school is increasingly prominent: you will also read in this edition of the ProofReader of our rapid ascent in the U.S. News rankings: not only did the school jump from 26 to 21 in the most recent poll, but we were also ranked in four specialized areas, which is in itself a testament to the breadth and depth of the program. Faculty gained a great deal of international recognition: there are few math departments that can claim three invited addresses (here by Jen Hom, Michael Loss, and Konstantin Tikhomirov) at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) for work they did while at the school. In addition, our incoming Hubbard Chair Svetlana Jitomirskaya delivered a plenary address at the ICM and was recently awarded the inaugural Ladyzhenskaya prize by the International Mathematics Union.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EThe Impact of SoM\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the same time that mathematicians drive mathematics forward, they influence vast numbers of students at all levels. Just about all Tech students take a math course and most take several: as one cumulative measure, last year the school awarded roughly sixty-five thousand credit-hours for undergraduate and graduate classes. Beyond the numbers, the instruction is first-rate: please take note of all the pedagogical awards garnered by the faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe school also reaches beyond its own students with several outreach programs: there are articles in this issue on the Atlanta Science Festival and the High School Math Competition. Not mentioned here is the longstanding Distance Learning program which sends Georgia Tech courses to high school students across Georgia who have progressed beyond calculus and are ready for more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso in this newsletter, you\u0026#39;ll see a reflection of the contributions of our wonderful staff, who with little celebration just make everything work. Both Kimberly Stanley and Lea Marzo were recognized for their efforts beyond what any of us had the right to expect. It is greatly empowering to a new chair to inherit a staff that is both effective and invested in the future of the school.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EThe Future of SoM\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are of course challenges. Our excellence invites competition from other programs, so we must constantly try to advance our research presence, defending our strengths and growing into newly important areas. The student body is growing in size and diversity and we need to find ways to make sure that all are supported as they reach towards their ambitions. What can be wonderful about mathematics is that, ideally, it is only the truth and significance of what you say that matters, rather than what your background is. But to fully realize that ideal, we must be welcoming and encouraging to all, including mathematicians of exceptional potential from groups we haven\u0026#39;t focused on as much as we could. That goal of broad and comfortable participation from all corners of society is both the imperative of today and also the promise of mathematics for the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EShare Your Story!\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI am trying to learn from as many people from the School of Mathematics community as I can. I ask the alumni to please share your stories of what you did with your mathematics education: our students greatly benefit from having models of where their studies can take them. More broadly, if you wish to partner with us as we move forward, please get in touch: I would love to hear your ideas. It\u0026#39;s a wonderful time to join the School.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA letter from the Chair of the School of Mathematics Mike Wolf.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A letter from the Chair of the School of Mathematics Mike Wolf."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2022-08-04 13:59:02","changed_gmt":"2022-08-05 15:32:57","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"659903":{"id":"659903","type":"image","title":"slide_wolf_letter","body":null,"created":"1659621903","gmt_created":"2022-08-04 14:05:03","changed":"1659621903","gmt_changed":"2022-08-04 14:05:03","alt":"","file":{"fid":"250121","name":"slide_wolf_letter.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slide_wolf_letter.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slide_wolf_letter.png","mime":"image\/png","size":50941,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/slide_wolf_letter.png?itok=_yt9JMAr"}},"659900":{"id":"659900","type":"image","title":"Mike Wolf","body":null,"created":"1659621526","gmt_created":"2022-08-04 13:58:46","changed":"1659621526","gmt_changed":"2022-08-04 13:58:46","alt":"","file":{"fid":"250120","name":"headshot_mike_wolf.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_mike_wolf.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_mike_wolf.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5039075,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot_mike_wolf.png?itok=xQgVPbEQ"}}},"media_ids":["659903","659900"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"659625":{"#nid":"659625","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Roberta Shapiro Wins 2022 Haley Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch3\u003EHerbert P. Haley Fellowship\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis graduate fellowship recognizes significant accomplishments and outstanding academic achievements for students at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecent Winners of the Haley Fellowship include:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChris Dupre (2022)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIan Lewis (2021 while an MS student)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EAn Interview with Roberta Shapiro\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBy Dan Margalit\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERoberta has written three papers on quite different topics within the theory of mapping class groups. As an undergraduate, she was a co-author on a paper called \u0026ldquo;Automorphisms of the\u0026nbsp;k-curve graph.\u0026rdquo; This paper was completed as part of the Summer@ICERM program. The project pushes in a new direction the metaconjecture of Ivanov, which says that any graph naturally associated to a\u0026nbsp;surface should have automorphism group isomorphic to the mapping class group. There are many papers on this topic. This is only the second one that deals with infinitely many different graphs for each surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore broadly, Roberta has been a leader in the graduate program as a whole. She has volunteered for more panels than I can count. She and Katherine Booth have also been working hard to revitalize the AWM chapter in SoM. She has mentored a first year student two years in a row.\u0026nbsp;She also is organizing the Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference at Georgia Tech in a few weeks. This is a high profile, annual national conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis graduate fellowship recognizes significant accomplishments and outstanding academic achievements for students at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This graduate fellowship recognizes significant accomplishments and outstanding academic achievements for students at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2022-07-22 20:16:08","changed_gmt":"2022-08-01 13:56:15","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"659626":{"id":"659626","type":"image","title":"Roberta Shapiro","body":null,"created":"1658521157","gmt_created":"2022-07-22 20:19:17","changed":"1658521157","gmt_changed":"2022-07-22 20:19:17","alt":"","file":{"fid":"250014","name":"headshot_roberta.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_roberta.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_roberta.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":261016,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot_roberta.jpeg?itok=d_zmPG7Y"}}},"media_ids":["659626"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"657205":{"#nid":"657205","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lea Marzo Wins Staff Excellence Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELea Marzo has won the CoS Staff Excellence Award for her phenomenal\u0026nbsp;work in SoM. Congratulations to Lea and thank you for everything that you do for SoM!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EExceptional Staff Member and Staff Excellence Awards:\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere is one $1,500 cash award and two or more $500 cash awards each year for demonstrated excellence in\u0026nbsp;each of the following areas:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOutstanding performance above and beyond the call of duty (Commitment)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EExemplary teamwork\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EImpact on the strategic goals of the College (Building Communities of Excellence, Catalyzing Discovery and Solutions and\u0026nbsp; Amplifying Impact)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EConsistently excellent service to the School or College\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAn Interview with Lea Marzo\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003ECan you tell us about your journey so far?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeople beam at me with envy when I tell them I grew up in beautiful southern California which is mainly seen as a city for tourists. However, in my small neighborhood, there are approximately 15 different gangs within a 15-mile radius. Inequality is not just seen it is felt. As a first-generation student, I have always felt different. I was raised by a single mother of four in a Filipino and Native American family in a predominantly African American community in Southeast San Diego. The backdrop of my community and the public school I attended during the summers starkly contrasted with the predominantly white, affluent, cultural-capital rich Catholic school that I attended on a scholarship during the academic year. It was in my immersion in these completely different socioeconomic environments that not only taught me to critically navigate through various cultural environments, but also heightened my interest in how marginalized students find ways to be successful while dealing with institutionalized racism.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeing a biracial other in a black working-class community gave me the perfect ethnographic lens to analyze social stratification, poverty, race, and culture. In high school, I left two hours early to take the trolley and bus to the other side of town. On this ride, you can notice the shift as the graffiti lined walls and broken windows gradually change to manicured sidewalks and well-maintained businesses as you rode from one part to the other. In addition to my scholarship, my mother worked out some deal with the principal to get \u0026ldquo;two for the price of one,\u0026rdquo; so my brother and I could get a better education. She worked bingo every Friday night as well as a full-time teacher\u0026rsquo;s aide to pay for our tuition. During summers, I attended the local public school where my mother worked and learned early on that not everyone is afforded a \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; education.\u0026nbsp;This realization has fueled my passion for helping underrepresented communities have access to higher education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI became a single mother at the age of 20, determined to achieve my goals and make sure my daughter had a bright future, I decided to finish my Bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree. While working as full-time as an Academic Advisor the Education Studies Department at the University of California, San Diego I completed my general education courses at San Diego Mesa Community College and transferred to UCSD working out a schedule with my job to be a full-time student as well. It was during this time that I became an institutional agent for my students as well politically active in my community. I organized a student group called \u0026ldquo;Teachers 4 Change.\u0026rdquo; This group worked to recruit STEM students to get their teaching credential and work in low-income K-12 schools. I mentored high school students at the UCSD Preuss school and scored senior projects. I volunteered at UPTE, a national union to work for better wages for administrative positions. I also created \u0026ldquo;Preps for Success\u0026rdquo; that mentored known gang members and ex-offenders in my community. This involved preparing resumes and helped people complete the necessary applications for GED programs and community colleges.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring my Master\u0026rsquo;s program at San Diego State I was the treasurer for the Sociology student group. I mentored incoming master\u0026rsquo;s students and was a Teacher\u0026rsquo;s assistant. I taught Sociology 101 to incoming Freshmen students using a critical caring pedagogy. \u0026nbsp;This combines a feminist, non-hierarchal teaching approach where the students and instructor sit in a circle and there is reflexive teaching and auto ethnographies. \u0026nbsp;The teacher learns about the students, their lives, and backgrounds as well as shares their background. \u0026nbsp;Being from a low-income community myself allows students from similar backgrounds relate to me and feel comfortable sharing. \u0026nbsp;Once students feel cared for, we can foster a learning environment of trust and encouragement. I hope to be able to utilize this style of teaching from entire career.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCurrently, I work full-time as the Assistant to the Chair II at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Math and teach classes online for Post University. I recently completed my Ph.D. in Sociology with a concentration in Race and Urban Studies at Georgia State University. I also got married last October! My current goal is to work in Higher Education Administration focusing on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EWhat is your work in the SoM?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI work at the Asst. to the Chair II for the School of Math. In this role I assist the chair in administrative duties as well as oversee the front desk staff and the Visiting Honors Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003ECan you tell us about your other efforts at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI routinely collaborate with campus leaders to spearhead and prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Specifically, I strategize with college leadership to develop and implement initiatives such as a college-wide Code of Conduct, conflict resolution training, DEI best practices, and student-focused events. I was recently invited by the Dean of the College of Sciences, to join the Budget Reform Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion working group. This group created 12 budget recommendations focused on diversity reform and hiring initiatives and presented to the President of Georgia Tech and DEI stakeholders.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, I currently serve as a member of the College of Sciences Staff Advisory Council where we promote staff engagement by arranging monthly speakers, host staff engagement events, and offer professional development opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EHow about your work in the DEI Committee?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EServing as the co-Chair for the DEI Committee is a rewarding experience. It allows me to bridge my academic background with my current position. I hope that I can continue this work throughout my career.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003ECan you tell us about your Ph.D. thesis work?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;American\u0026rsquo;s Finest City\u0026rdquo; is also home to approximately 91 gangs and over 4000 gang members (Burks 2014). That was my lived reality growing up in Southeast San Diego. In my neighborhood alone, there are approximately 15 different gangs within a 10-mile radius. Growing up, I knew several young men and women who died or became incarcerated as a result of gang-related violence.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen I moved away from San Diego to work on my doctorate, I was hoping to escape that life and embrace a new chapter. However, after reading Victor Rios\u0026rsquo;s Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys, I was inspired to do my dissertation on San Diego gangs. Something Rios wrote shook my core. As he reflects on his ethnography of gangs in Oakland, California, he writes, \u0026ldquo;One of my graduate-school professors warned me, \u0026lsquo;Go native, but make sure to come back.\u0026rsquo; When I returned from the field, I told him, \u0026lsquo;I took your advice and went native in the academy, but I made sure to go back to the community where I come from.\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo; (Rios 2011:15). Being disconnected from my neighborhood allowed me to reflect. I no longer wanted to escape; instead, I yearned to be engaged in the community with the hope of affecting change. In this moment I realized that becoming a sociologist is not just a personal goal, but can also be a vehicle through which I enrich my community.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAlthough I write this work and submit it to the academy, I want it to be accessible for mass consumption. I write this work for my participants. My hope is to be the vehicle through which my participants tell their stories. Being back in my community has allowed me to reflect on the importance of empowering others and keeping the door open for those behind me. The purpose of this study is to challenge the governing narratives, to challenge those in power who label these young men and women, and to allow their stories to be told from their standpoint.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ESet Trippin\u0026rsquo;: An Intersectional Examination of Gang Members\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTypically, when most people hear the word \u0026ldquo;gangs,\u0026rdquo; the usual connotation is that of boys and men. However, recent studies show that women and girls make up about 30% of the gang population and that most gangs are mixed gender (Curry 1998, Miller and Brunson 2000, Sutton 2017). The experiences of gang-affiliated women remain under-theorized and understudied. Moreover, studies in criminology often dehumanize gang members and advance archaic ideas of inherent criminality. By utilizing a critical race theory (CRT) framework, I analyze how gang membership results from the intersection of racist practices and U.S. laws (Bell 1995, Crenshaw 1995, Ladson-Billings and Tate 1995, Sol\u0026oacute;rzano, Ceja and Yosso 2000). This exploratory study demonstrates the complexities of how minoritized neighborhoods create a climate ripe for gang membership. By centering gang narratives, I highlight the myriad ways that people living in Southeast San Diego navigate gang culture and identity, gender expectations, and criminalization. Through a feminist standpoint lens, I employ the \u0026ldquo;docent method,\u0026rdquo; a qualitative place-based approach, to accompany 30 men and women gang members and affiliates on a walking or driving interview (Chang 2017). This unique methodology facilitates participant-led, ethnographical analysis, and in-depth interviews. My work challenges the one-sided, male-dominated research seen in gang literature. Providing gang members the opportunity to share their stories helps them to reclaim their identities. Findings from this study indicate that Black gang members share \u0026ldquo;Black extraordinary adolescent trauma\u0026rdquo; within hyper-segregated gang communities, often resulting in a collective identity. Black women gang members use their gang-affiliated identities as a tool to navigate violence within their neighborhoods. Furthermore, family socialization is an underutilized approach to understanding gang membership. I argue that place-identity, shared gang identity, and \u0026quot;Black extraordinary adolescent trauma\u0026quot; bond young men and women into \u0026quot;gang kinship networks.\u0026quot; In addition, I offer alternative narratives to the stereotype of violent gang members. While on the one hand, there are instances where men gang members adopt conventional patriarchal norms of masculinity, on the other hand, they can exhibit caring attitudes towards people within their gang kinship network. Finally, I argue that low-income minoritized youth are subject to \u0026ldquo;legal violence\u0026rdquo; routinely practiced by local law enforcement and probation officers (Menj\u0026iacute;var and Abrego 2012). The legal jurisdictions of gang documentation, gang injunctions, and policing practices interlink with social conditions to cause social suffering (Menj\u0026iacute;var and Abrego 2012). \u0026nbsp;These punitive laws create additional barriers and obstacles for documented gang members, trapping them in the cycle of re-offending, and blocking Black and Latinx youth from upward mobility. Therefore, I call for sociologists to include gang membership as a neighborhood effect and to fund more research utilizing a critical race theory lens.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EHow did you manage to earn a Ph.D. while doing excellent work in the SoM?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was not without difficulty :)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHonestly, I\u0026rsquo;m not really sure. There was a lot of long nights and long days. I worked on my dissertation whenever I had free time, weekends and late nights. I just figured it out. 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There were also many subfields \u0026nbsp;that were represented, opening opportunities for conversations and collaboration between participants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe had an opportunity to speak with two of the organizers, Agniva Roy and Roberta Shapiro, and ask a few questions about the importance of the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003ERoberta Shapiro\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat will it mean for the students who participate in the conference?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere haven\u0026#39;t been any in-person conferences for the last couple years, which is nearly half of what students spend in grad school. That means that people had fewer chances to connect with others, get to know the community, and network.\u0026nbsp;In the past, students have made connections at GSTGC that led to collaborations. 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Having been accepted into the University of Chicago graduate program, one of the top programs in the world, we wanted to take one last opportunity to speak with Noah before he continues on his inspiring path.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInterview by Dan Margalit\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EWhat made you interested in majoring in mathematics?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInitially I wanted to be a chemist, but my 11th grade chemistry class\u0026nbsp;put a stop to that pretty quick. That semester, I was taking calculus at\u0026nbsp;my local university with a great professor, Dr. Hu. He was always happy\u0026nbsp;to entertain my questions and I spent a lot of time in his office hours\u0026nbsp;talking to him about math. Because of him, I took as much math as my\u0026nbsp;dual enrollment program would allow, and here I am. I\u0026#39;m not sure I knew\u0026nbsp;what I was getting into at the time, but I\u0026#39;m quite happy where I ended up.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFavorite class?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0026#39;ll give you two answers. The most rewarding was MATH 1564, \u0026quot;Linear\u0026nbsp;algebra with abstract vector spaces\u0026quot; with Shahaf Nitzan---it was my\u0026nbsp;first \u0026quot;real\u0026quot; math class and I learned tons of linear algebra. It set the\u0026nbsp;tone for the rest of my math degree. The most fun was Dan Margalit\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;special topics class in geometric group theory, which I think is the\u0026nbsp;topic I\u0026#39;ll end up specializing in.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFavorite math-related activity?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe mapping class group lunch with Dan Margalit\u0026#39;s research group. Once a\u0026nbsp;week, everyone who studies mapping class groups in the department gets\u0026nbsp;together to eat lunch. It\u0026#39;s a great little social group, and I\u0026#39;ve\u0026nbsp;learned quite a bit when the conversations inevitably turn to math.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWhat are you most proud of?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo things come to mind. First, there is my research paper with Nick\u0026nbsp;Salter, a professor at Notre Dame.\u0026nbsp; In the paper (called \u0026quot;Totally\u0026nbsp;Symmetric sets in the General Linear Group\u0026quot;),\u0026nbsp; we classified totally\u0026nbsp;symmetric sets in the general linear group (totally symmetric sets are a\u0026nbsp;relatively new concept used for understanding group homomorphisms). I\u0026nbsp;have hope that some of the ideas we developed will be used and built\u0026nbsp;upon in the future, which is very exciting.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMy other big project was my book, \u0026quot;Chess Algorithms\u0026quot;. Chess programming\u0026nbsp;(programming computers to play chess) was one of my hobbies in high\u0026nbsp;school. I was very frustrated by the quality of chess exposition\u0026nbsp;available on the internet, so I decided to write some notes. I initially\u0026nbsp;planned for only 40 pages, but I ended up with a book, which is\u0026nbsp;available on Amazon. It was a massive project that I\u0026#39;m quite proud of.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFavorite non-math activity?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBadminton Club for sure. I\u0026#39;ve played three times a week for almost all\u0026nbsp;of the past four years. 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Second and final performance Saturday, July 2nd at 8pm.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EWhere: \u003C\/strong\u003EDramatech Theater,\u0026nbsp;349 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, in between the Boggs building and the Student Center.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy:\u003C\/strong\u003E It\u0026#39;s a musical about linear algebra... !\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EWho:\u003C\/strong\u003E Everyone! Admission is free.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEight actors and a dozen theater tech enthusiasts will put on what is bound to\u0026nbsp;be a joyful romp through a dystopian futuristic world populated by matrices, where your societal rank is equal to your matrix rank. Dramatech is Tech\u0026#39;s on-campus,\u0026nbsp;student run theater company and their newest offering is a jukebox musical written by Tech student Aren Russ,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ELinear Algebra: The Musical\u003C\/em\u003E, a rising fourth-year physics major\u0026nbsp;who first started\u0026nbsp;writing the script as a study guide to Dr. Mayer\u0026#39;s Spring 2019 class, Math 1554 Linear Algebra.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe had an opportunity to chat with the playwright about how this amazing musical was created and to get a glimpse into what anyone attending the performance can expect. Here is what we found out.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: So, \u003Cem\u003ELinear Algebra: The Musical\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;how did this happen.\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout 2 years ago I took Math 1554 Linear Algebra the four hour version, with Dr. Mayer. I\u0026#39;m a physics major so I wanted to take the longer version for when I would need it for quantum [mechanics]. I was trying to memorize all the definitions for the final exam, and I memorize scripts a lot easier than I can memorize pages of notes, so I jokingly said I should just write a script about linear algebra. So just opened a word document and at the top I jokingly wrote \u003Cem\u003ELinear Algebra: The Musical\u003C\/em\u003E, and this title was too funny to not do anything with.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: Completely agree. Is that when you wrote the play?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout a year later, Dramatech was looking for student works to do readings. I went back and found what I had done before and then wrote [the play]\u0026nbsp;over the course of 3 days, it was a very interesting period of my life. I realized about a day into it, that it needed to be\u0026nbsp;a musical and so I needed songs. The song \u0026quot;Teenagers\u0026quot; by My Chemical Romance came on the radio and I could picture the characters of the story singing the songs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: Can you tell us a bit about the plot?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe plot centers around four zero matrices who live in a dystopian future where your matrix rank determines your societal rank. So since their rank is zero they are at the bottom and they are all edgy and angsty about it. It\u0026#39;s implied that every five years you add another row or column [to your matrix]. The whole society is led by the identity matrices because they are the top dogs, and so you see the journey of these zero matrices working through society and trying to find a place for themselves, and working to make a statement for the rights of zero matrices, and you end up finding out by the end that zero matrices are already pretty interesting: they are already in reduced echelon form, they are diagonalizable, basically they are already\u0026nbsp;perfect matrices, and the identity matrix was hiding that because he wanted to be the only\u0026nbsp;perfect matrix and not them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: Do matrices get to rank up in your world, or are they stuck with the same rank forever and I guess they just learn to accept it?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026#39;s implied that the rank that you are around graduating high school is the same rank that you are going to be regardless of how you age.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: How did you come up with the jokes in the play?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA lot of the jokes were me just going back to the linear algebra notes and seeing terms, things that I enjoyed in the class, and then working them into the script and basing characters off of them or just writing little throw away lines. I ended up doing a motif where I would take pop culture references, and change one thing about them to be linear algebra themed. So for example, one of the characters mentions an artist named Megan The Subspace, and\u0026nbsp;there is a party where they drink SmirNULL Ices (instead of Smirnoff Ice).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: Was this your first play that you wrote?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI have written quite a few plays and musicals, but this is the first one that I\u0026#39;ve actually found a space and opportunity to perform. And so I\u0026#39;ve had the time to really rewrite it and polish it. Most of my other works are less campy and jokey, and it is much harder to find a space to perform them. They either require a lot of technical aspects or they are just relatively serious intense topics that are not really the vibe of Dramatech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: So you are a physics major, and you write plays for fun?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI do a lot of things with my life. I\u0026#39;m a physics major but i want to go into meteorology, and I love writing but I do a ton of art. I\u0026#39;m a professional artist, doing art is my main source of income. 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So we have a lot of people that are interested in lighting design, we have a master electrician, a master carpenter and we often end up with some really cool set builds.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe work 6pm-10pm pretty much every night. The actors have been doing an amazing job memorizing their lines and learning the seven songs in the musical.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: What was the experience like going from your written play to a living breathing production, or did things pretty much stay the same as how you were originally envisioning?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026#39;s been really cool to see how [the show] changes from my mental image to actually being on the stage. The cast that I got they are amazing, I love them all so much. Casting was a bit of a struggle, it\u0026#39;s a minimum of 8 people but only 7 people signed up and some people were dropping last minute but eventually we got one freshmen and one third year who are here for the summer recruitment events, they are noobies to Dramatech. But casting-wise I just put people in random roles based on their vocal range and how much theater experience that they had, and I ended up casting them as themselves. So all of the actors are playing their exact type, playing pretty much their own personality on stage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: What was it about Math 1554 Linear Algebra that made you want to create the musical?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst of all, I loved [Dr. Mayer\u0026#39;s] class he was an amazing teacher. The content, well, not my favorite math course I\u0026#39;ve ever taken - I\u0026#39;m much more of a differential calculus kind of person. But he made it really palatable and fun to learn despite it being at 8am. And I was having trouble memorizing all the different terms and all the different definitions, because there were so many different ways to classify everything and so many different methods of processing everything, and I was trying to think of fun ways to memorize everything. And I was putting everything into a word document and I thought it would be a good joke to write a script about it, and then it wasn\u0026#39;t a joke.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was a series of funny, one line jokes that I had: your matrix rank equals determines societal rank, and a couple other bitty style one-liners, that I just sat down and over the course of three days just kind of made a script out of it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: Are your other plays also science or math based?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0026#39;ve spent a nonzero amount of my life practicing bridging scientific topics with artistic things, being an artist myself who does a lot of drawing, illustration, writing, and painting and other forms of art. Pretty much as long as I can remember I have always been doodling characters based on the elementary [classical physics] model, or super heroes based on the periodic table, so it was surprisingly in my wheelhouse to transfer these linear algebra concepts into an art form. Understanding them from a logical on-paper standpoint, and then using that understanding to create an artistic impression of them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: That\u0026#39;s actually really cool. Can you explain that a bit more?\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI think it comes from my love for the two fields. My love for the pure sciences and the pure arts, and wanting to do the two things - not wanting to have to choose between the two things I love. So it\u0026#39;s kind of driven out of necessity, almost, the necessity to not have to give up either aspect of myself. I was raised on shows like Mythbusters and Magic Schoolbus which are art-forms that portray scientific concepts and I absolutely loved those growing up. And I guess I wanted to kind of do that in my own way. Like in high school I would explain what a photon is by showing my friends a silly little doodle of an anime girl who can fly through walls because she has no mass.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EQ: I absolutely love that, and I\u0026#39;m super excited to go see the show!\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeeing the interest that people have in this, because I didn\u0026#39;t know that anyone would even be interested in this kind of thing. So I genuinely didn\u0026#39;t realize there were so many people on this campus interested in bridging the two [art and science]. I think people just enjoy getting to see this thing that they spent hours of their life studying and pouring themselves into in a much more fun, lighthearted, and low stakes format with fun songs and dance, lights and costumes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow that I\u0026#39;ve discovered the shared interest people have in bridging art and these scientific ideas,\u0026nbsp;I\u0026#39;m hoping to bring more stuff like this to campus in this final year that I have here.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe spoke with the playwright of \u0026quot;Linear Algebra: The Musical\u0026quot; which opens this Friday night at Dramatech theater.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"We spoke with the playwright of \u0022Linear Algebra: The Musical\u0022 which opens this Friday night at Dramatech theater."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2022-06-29 22:41:42","changed_gmt":"2022-06-30 16:09:05","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"659171":{"id":"659171","type":"image","title":"dramatech_logo","body":null,"created":"1656542693","gmt_created":"2022-06-29 22:44:53","changed":"1656542693","gmt_changed":"2022-06-29 22:44:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249859","name":"logo_dramatech.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo_dramatech.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo_dramatech.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11941,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logo_dramatech.jpeg?itok=XoxS7qy3"}},"659172":{"id":"659172","type":"image","title":"linear_algebra_the_musical","body":null,"created":"1656542800","gmt_created":"2022-06-29 22:46:40","changed":"1656542800","gmt_changed":"2022-06-29 22:46:40","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249860","name":"LinearAlgebraPoster.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LinearAlgebraPoster.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LinearAlgebraPoster.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":87000,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LinearAlgebraPoster.jpg?itok=0p48Uj5j"}}},"media_ids":["659171","659172"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"652745":{"#nid":"652745","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dan Margalit to Give AMS Maryam Mirzakhani Invited Address at JMM 2022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Dan Margalit will give an invited lecture at the AMS Special Session AMS Maryam Mirzakhani Lecture\u0026nbsp;at the Joint Math Meetings (JMM), in April 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EThe Maryam Mirzakhani Lectures\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AMS Council established this Lecture in 2018 to honor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/profession\/mirzakhani\u0022\u003EMaryam Mirzakhani\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(1977-2017), the first woman and the first Iranian to win a Fields Medal.\u0026nbsp; Mirzakhani was a professor at Stanford University and a highly original mathematician who made a host of striking and influential contributions to hyperbolic geometry, complex analysis, topology, and dynamics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E AMS Maryam Mirzakhani Lecture - Dan Margalit, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate: \u003C\/strong\u003EThursday April 7, 2022, 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ETaffy pullers, lab stirrers, and paint mixers are complicated dynamical systems. To any such system we can ascribe a real number, called the entropy, which describes the amount of mixing being achieved. Which real numbers arise, and what do they say about the dynamics of the system? We will explore this question through the lens of topological surfaces, making unexpected connections to algebra and number theory. Our tour will take us from the work of Max Dehn and Jakob Nielsen a century ago, to the revelations of the Fields medalist William Thurston in the 1970s, to the breakthroughs of Fields medalist Maryam Mirzakhani in the 21st century.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EModerator:\u0026nbsp;Ruth Charney (Brandeis University)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOrganizer:\u0026nbsp;Georgia Benkart (University of Wisconsin - Madison)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDan Margalit, Georgia Tech University\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: dmargalit7@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edmargalit7@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more details see the JMM AMS Special Session website:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jointmathematicsmeetings.org\/meetings\/national\/jmm2022\/2268_program_ss133.html\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.jointmathematicsmeetings.org\/meetings\/national\/jmm2022\/2268_program_ss133.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout Maryam Mirzakhani\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMaryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichm\u0026uuml;ller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.[3] In 2005, as a result of her research, she was honored in Popular Science\u0026#39;s fourth annual \u0026quot;Brilliant 10\u0026quot; in which she was acknowledged as one of the top 10 young minds who have pushed their fields in innovative directions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics, becoming the first Iranian to be honored with the award[15] and the only woman to date. The award committee cited her work in \u0026quot;the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces\u0026quot;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn 14 July 2017, Mirzakhani died of breast cancer at the age of 40.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAn Excerpt From the Talk\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0026#39;d like to tell one story about my personal interaction with Maryam.\u0026nbsp; She invited me to give a seminar talk at Stanford.\u0026nbsp; I didn\u0026#39;t know she was already sick.\u0026nbsp; Still she came in an hour before the seminar to discuss my work.\u0026nbsp; She sat down next to the board, pen and paper ready to go.\u0026nbsp; We both quickly realized that I couldn\u0026#39;t answer her questions in the depth that she wanted.\u0026nbsp; I saw her slowly put down her pen and her pad.\u0026nbsp; She shifted gears and steered the conversation to things I knew a little better, and when I gave the talk she was smiling the whole time and full of enthusiastic comments.\u0026nbsp; Given the situation, her positivity was such a generous act of grace, and I will always appreciate her for that.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Dan Margalit will give an invited lecture at the AMS Special Session AMS Maryam Mirzakhani Lecture at the Joint Math Meetings (JMM) in Seattle, in January 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prof. Dan Margalit will give an invited lecture at the AMS Special Session AMS Maryam Mirzakhani Lecture at the Joint Math Meetings (JMM) in Seattle, in January 2022."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2021-11-12 15:33:38","changed_gmt":"2022-06-16 00:47:29","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658898":{"id":"658898","type":"image","title":"photo_margalit_JMM_mirzakhani","body":null,"created":"1655251176","gmt_created":"2022-06-14 23:59:36","changed":"1655251193","gmt_changed":"2022-06-14 23:59:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249759","name":"photo_margalit_JMM_mirzakhani.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/photo_margalit_JMM_mirzakhani.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/photo_margalit_JMM_mirzakhani.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2545056,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/photo_margalit_JMM_mirzakhani.png?itok=lFsWnI-p"}},"652743":{"id":"652743","type":"image","title":"JMM_2022","body":null,"created":"1636731156","gmt_created":"2021-11-12 15:32:36","changed":"1636731156","gmt_changed":"2021-11-12 15:32:36","alt":"","file":{"fid":"247642","name":"JMM_2022.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JMM_2022.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JMM_2022.png","mime":"image\/png","size":93716,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/JMM_2022.png?itok=E2e2D748"}}},"media_ids":["658898","652743"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.jointmathematicsmeetings.org\/meetings\/national\/jmm2022\/2268_program_ss133.html","title":"JMM AMS Special Session"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"658851":{"#nid":"658851","#data":{"type":"news","title":"External News - AMS Tribute for the Legacy of Robin Thomas","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor the full article, please click \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/202206\/noti2497\/noti2497.html?adat=June\/July%202022\u0026amp;amp;trk=2497\u0026amp;amp;galt=none\u0026amp;amp;cat=interest\u0026amp;amp;pdfissue=202206\u0026amp;amp;pdffile=rnoti-p966.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. Below are a few excerpts from the article.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ELegacy of Robin Thomas\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003Eby Chun-Hung Liu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ECommunicated by\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Notices\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAssociate Editor Emilie Purvine\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERobin Thomas, a renowned mathematician, passed away on March 26, 2020, following a long struggle against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He was born in Czechoslovakia in 1962 and earned his doctoral degree in 1985 from Charles University. Following the invitation of Neil Robertson and Paul Seymour, Robin arrived in the United States in 1988 and had positions at Ohio State University and Bellcore. He joined Georgia Tech in 1989 as a faculty member and was appointed a Regent\u0026rsquo;s Professor in 2010. In 2016, he received the Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award, the highest honor for a professor at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERobin\u0026rsquo;s research was in combinatorics, especially in structural graph theory, with applications to different branches of mathematics and computer science. He was awarded the Fulkerson Prize twice: in 1994 for the proof of the 5-color case of Hadwiger\u0026rsquo;s conjecture and in 2009 for the proof of the Strong Perfect Graph Theorem. In 2011, he was awarded the Karel Jane\u010dek Foundation Neuron Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Mathematics. He became an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012 and a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his prominent achievements in research, Robin\u0026rsquo;s remarkable leadership had a profound influence in education. Robin served as the director of the Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (ACO) program at Georgia Tech from 2006 to 2019. The ACO program at Georgia Tech, founded around 1991, is an elite interdisciplinary doctoral program that combines three rapidly growing research areas in computer science, mathematics, and industrial engineering. Robin was involved in the founding of the ACO program and was the second director of the program. His long-term service preserved and enhanced the prestigious reputation of the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESadly, in 2008, Robin was diagnosed with ALS which gradually decreased his muscle strength, resulting in difficulty moving, speaking, and breathing. But he never gave up working. He delivered a very encouraging commencement address at Georgia Tech in 2016. He kept doing research, teaching, advising students, and leading the ACO program until a few months prior to his tragic passing in 2020. Indeed, he accomplished this all with truly remarkable diligence and passion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EGraph Coloring\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EArguably one of the most famous problems in graph theory is the Four Color Problem, which asks whether every planar graph is 4-colorable (i.e., the vertices can be colored with 4 colors so that any two adjacent vertices receive different colors), raised by Guthrie in 1852. Even though this question looks elementary, it is equivalent to numerous statements in different branches of mathematics and is surprisingly difficult to prove. Robin made significant contributions on graph coloring, mainly related to the Four Color Problem and its variants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA proof of the Four Color Problem was published by Appel and Haken in the 1970s. Even though this proof represents a major breakthrough, it was not fully accepted for two reasons: one is that part of the proof uses a computer and cannot be checked by hand, and the other is that the part of the proof that is supposed to be checked by hand is extremely complicated and tedious. Robertson, Sanders, Seymour, and Robin tried to read this proof, but very soon gave up. They decided to make their own proof, and they did it\u0026nbsp;in the 1990s. Though their proof still relies on a computer, it is significantly simpler and has been independently verified (including the computer part) by different groups of people. Due to this work, now it is safe to call it the Four Color Theorem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ELeadership and Mentorship\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBesides Robin\u0026rsquo;s remarkable mentorship witnessed by prolific work joint with his students and postdocs mentioned in previous sections, we briefly remark on Robin\u0026rsquo;s long-term leadership for the ACO program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (ACO) program at Georgia Tech is the oldest interdisciplinary PhD program at Georgia Tech founded around 1991. It is one of only two programs of their named genre in the United States. (The other ACO program is at Carnegie Mellon University created one or two years earlier than the one at Georgia Tech.) The ACO program highlights three rapidly growing areas of research: analysis of algorithms, combinatorics, and discrete and combinatorial optimization. As we have seen in previous sections, Robin\u0026rsquo;s work spans all three areas and shows that the boundary line between those areas is vague. Many faculties in different departments of Georgia Tech had worked on related areas since the 1970s, motivating the creation of the ACO program with a unique curriculum design that spans three academic units in Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1993, Robin\u0026rsquo;s student, Daniel Sanders, became the first graduate of the ACO program. Robin was the second director of the ACO program, serving from 2006 to 2019. When Robin took over the position from the first director, Richard Duke, the ACO program was already well-established in the sense that the concerns about its viability and appeal to applicants with the highest quality had essentially resolved. Robin not only maintained the prestige of the ACO program but also elevated it. By 2011, the ACO program was considered an elite academic program by any of the usual metrics. Today, 30 years after its establishment, the ACO program remains strong and thriving. Robin\u0026rsquo;s long-term service and extraordinary contributions from other affiliated faculties definitely played important roles. ACO alumni gathered at Georgia Tech in 2017 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ACO program and gave public talks. Many of them recalled their days at Georgia Tech and the graph theory course taught by Robin. Indeed, Robin was part of the daily life of an ACO person.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe close this article by including contributions from some of Robin\u0026rsquo;s former students and postdocs that highlight his excellent mentoring.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ELuke Postle\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs his PhD student, Robin taught me how to think about research. An excellent researcher, Robin had a wonderful taste in problems. While we both shared a love of graph coloring, particularly the Four Color Theorem and all its extensions and generalizations, Robin was always open to a new problem if it was natural and well-motivated. Robin taught me to never shy away from the hard problems of mathematics but instead to embrace them, to believe that problems worth working on are their own reward.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERobin also taught me the importance of communicating mathematical ideas. Through Robin\u0026rsquo;s guidance during our many collaborations, I learned how to write mathematics professionally, to understand that technical writing was not about persuasion but precision. I learned that a colleague reading my paper had to be able to reconstruct exactly what I was doing without having me there to walk them through it. For presentations, Robin instilled in me that each slide should carry its own weight. Since I graduated in 2012, I have taken to heart all the lessons I learned from Robin. Robin shaped how I think about mathematics and how I approach research, writing, and presentations. To this day, I still find myself asking what would Robin say?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERobin was the best mentor I ever had. I can honestly say I would not be where I am today as a tenured professor if it were not for Robin; indeed, I wonder sometimes if I would even be in math. Robin literally changed my life but he also changed me. He taught me many things but most of all he taught me by example with his constant courage, perseverance, and enthusiasm in the face of adversity.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELuke Postle is an associate professor at University of Waterloo. His email address is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:\/\/lpostle@uwaterloo.ca\u0022\u003Elpostle@uwaterloo.ca\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EDan Kr\u0026aacute;l\u0026rsquo;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI first met Robin in 1999, during the symposium on Graph Drawing in Prague where he gave an invited plenary talk on graph planarity and related topics. I still remember his talk today, which was given with crystal clarity whilst covering so many deep results from the theory of graph minors, a rapidly emerging area at that time. In 2001, Robin gave an invited talk at the first workshop of the GROW series and during this workshop, I became engrossed in a detailed discussion with Robin concerning the extension of Erd\u0151s-Posa type results on planar graphs (that I had obtained earlier) to surfaces of higher genus. It was extremely impressive how broad and deep Robin\u0026rsquo;s knowledge was, not only of graph theory, but across the entire field of mathematics. This made me realize the importance of seeing mathematics in its unity and led me to devote a significant amount of time while working on my PhD to learning topics from other areas of mathematics and computer science, even if I did not intend to do any research in those areas. In 2005, I was honored to become Robin\u0026rsquo;s postdoc and the year that I spent at Georgia Tech really changed the direction of my research career. Of course, I learnt a lot from graph theory while working with Robin but it was his open-minded approach to mathematics, graph theory in particular, and the routine involvement of computers in his work which have served as a huge source of inspiration during my academic career. However, Robin was not only an outstanding researcher but also an excellent teacher as I witnessed during my postdoc stay and frequent subsequent visits to Georgia Tech. He paid extreme attention to the delivery of material in his classes and I am sure he would not mind me sharing a brief story related to this. Once whilst having lunch with Robin, a student that Robin had taught a couple of years earlier came to thank him for conducting the class in such a way that he could build so much upon it in his forthcoming years at Georgia Tech. Certainly in my view, this is one of the greatest accolades a teacher can receive! Robin was, and still is, a source of inspiration for my academic work and, until his untimely passing, I continued to consult him for scientific advice on various matters. I stay very much indebted to Robin for the amount I learnt from him, his overall support and a great deal of inspiration, all of which are impossible to comprehend in words.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDan Kr\u0026aacute;l\u0026rsquo; is a Donald Ervin Knuth Professor at Masaryk University and a honorary professor at University of Warwick. His email address is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:\/\/dkral@fi.muni.cz\u0022\u003Edkral@fi.muni.cz\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EAcknowledgment\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe author thanks Sigrun Andradottir, Luke Postle, and Petr Hlin\u011bn\u0026yacute; for some suggestions when preparing this article.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn this article, the author briefly surveys some of Robin\u0026rsquo;s research achievements among his more than 100 papers, focusing on his most important work and results joint with his students and postdocs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In this article, the author briefly surveys some of Robin\u2019s research achievements among his more than 100 papers, focusing on his most important work and results joint with his students and postdocs."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2022-06-14 14:52:14","changed_gmt":"2022-06-16 00:44:15","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658852":{"id":"658852","type":"image","title":"headshot_robin_thomas_tribute","body":null,"created":"1655218479","gmt_created":"2022-06-14 14:54:39","changed":"1655218479","gmt_changed":"2022-06-14 14:54:39","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249733","name":"headshot_robin_thomas_tribute.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_robin_thomas_tribute.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_robin_thomas_tribute.png","mime":"image\/png","size":454365,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot_robin_thomas_tribute.png?itok=Hl4M8-1L"}},"658853":{"id":"658853","type":"image","title":"headshot_chun-hung_liu","body":null,"created":"1655218520","gmt_created":"2022-06-14 14:55:20","changed":"1655218571","gmt_changed":"2022-06-14 14:56:11","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249734","name":"headshot_chun-hung_liu.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_chun-hung_liu.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_chun-hung_liu.png","mime":"image\/png","size":121046,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot_chun-hung_liu.png?itok=WOQm5Ise"}}},"media_ids":["658852","658853"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/202206\/noti2497\/noti2497.html?adat=June\/July%202022\u0026amp;trk=2497\u0026amp;galt=none\u0026amp;cat=interest\u0026amp;pdfissue=202206\u0026amp;pdffile=rnoti-p966.pdf","title":"AMS Tribute for the Legacy of Robin Thomas"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"658874":{"#nid":"658874","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SoM Advances in U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E continues to make progress in the graduate school rankings published by U.S. News and World Report.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReleased on March 29, the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/georgia-institute-of-technology-139755\/overall-rankings\u0022\u003E 2023 U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings\u003C\/a\u003E highlights all six College of Sciences schools as \u003Cstrong\u003Ebest overall science programs for graduate studies\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiology \u0026ndash; 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programs and was last ranked in the 2017 Edition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAmong speciality graduate programs\u003C\/strong\u003E, Analytical Chemistry and Condensed Matter (Physics) both rank in the top 20, while previously unranked Applied Math climbed into the top 16 to No. 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMathematical Analysis and Topology tied for No. 18 and No. 15, respectively, and Tech remains top five in the nation for Discrete Math and Combinatorics. Uniquely organized across the Colleges of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESciences\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EComputing\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEngineering\u003C\/a\u003E, the Institute\u0026rsquo;s\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aco.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization\u003C\/a\u003E program previously held a rank of No. 2.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnalytical Chemistry \u0026ndash; No. 17\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EApplied Math \u0026ndash; No. 11\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECondensed Matter \u0026ndash; No. 18\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDiscrete Math and Combinatorics \u0026ndash; No. 5\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMathematical Analysis \u0026ndash; No. 18\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETopology \u0026ndash; No. 15\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I was very happy to see that several of our schools in the College of Sciences moved up in the rankings, in some cases quite significantly,\u0026rdquo; shares\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/matt-baker\u0022\u003E Matthew Baker\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Mathematics and associate dean for Faculty Development in the College.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFellow colleges on campus are also on the rise in the latest U.S. News \u0026ldquo;Best Graduate Schools\u0026rdquo; set, with Engineering remaining in the top ten in its overall disciplines, and Business, Computing, and Public Affairs also ranking among top programs in the nation. The full roster of current Georgia Institute of Technology rankings \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/georgia-institute-of-technology-139755\/overall-rankings\u0022\u003Ecan be found here\u003C\/a\u003E, along with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-graduate-schools\/articles\/rankings-methodologies\u0022\u003EU.S. News\u0026rsquo; methodology for graduate rankings here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ERachel Kuske on the SoM:\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This clear upward trajectory in the rankings, with even sharper growth in recent years, reflects the School\u0026rsquo;s consistent recruitment of outstanding faculty at all ranks and across all areas. Whether recent additions or long-time School members, the faculty have shown exceptional dedication to growth in quality, quantity, and diversity in its graduate training, able to leverage support from Georgia Tech as well as external resources to expand graduate and postdoctoral programs in both core and cross-disciplinary fields.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-Rachel Kuske, Professor and former SoM Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EHaomin Zhou on Applied Math:\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Being at a leading technological university, the Applied Math program benefits tremendously in a supportive environment. Its growth is reflected in many aspects of research, education, and community building. The recruitment of exceptional faculty, postdoc, and students has been vital. Our junior faculty members have received national recognition including NSF Career Awards in the past few years. The ever-growing number of joint projects within math and across campus helps create a collaborative atmosphere which further enhances the interdisciplinary nature of the program. The richness in class selection and diverse career prospective play key roles for the success of students. Postdocs and PhD students in Applied Math have been hired in excellent positions both in academic and industrial settings. \u0026nbsp;In addition, and perhaps more importantly, collegiality such as teaching-coordination, Friday lunch with everyone, working seminar, and year-end-gathering makes the program more personal, inclusive, and attractive.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-Haomin Zhou\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EJohn Entire on Topology:\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;It is exciting to see Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Topology program being recognized as one of the top programs in the country. 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to check in with them, listen to their concerns, and make sure that weekly goals were realistic and manageable.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccessibility was also a key component to my approach during the pandemic. \u0026nbsp;I have always believed in an open door policy and being accessible during the pandemic was more important than ever. \u0026nbsp;For the past two years, I have been accessible to faculty and staff via Microsoft Teams, Bluejeans, Zoom and cell phone. \u0026nbsp;Even though I did not have many face to face meetings during the pandemic, I made sure that faculty and staff knew that I was (and continue to be) ready and available to address any business related issue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFlexibility has also been essential to the success of our team during this challenging time. \u0026nbsp;During the past two years, my staff and I have been very flexiable and open to new ideas, suggestions and ways of conducting business. \u0026nbsp;Change can be 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Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"658397":{"#nid":"658397","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Recent Promotions in SoM","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive SoM faculty will receive promotions, with successful promotions\u0026nbsp;at all levels.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EMichael Damron, Promoted to Full Professor\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.michaeldamron.org\/home\u0022\u003EDr. Michael Damron\u003C\/a\u003E came to Georgia Tech as an Assistant Professor in 2015 and became an Associate Professor in 2017. Prof. Damron\u0026#39;s research is in probability theory, with interests in percolation and particle systems and with research supported by an NSF grant and an NSF CAREER award.\u0026nbsp;Some examples of the random growth\u0026nbsp;models studied by Prof. Damron\u0026nbsp;include bacterial or tumor spread, and fluid flow through porous media.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Damron is a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/school-mathematics-associate-professor-now-kavli-fellow\u0022\u003EKavli fellow\u003C\/a\u003E (National Academy of Sciences) since 2019, and the organizer of several conferences including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ams.org%2Fprograms%2Fresearch-communities%2Fmrc-19\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1MU4U94GQ3Y3hSFB_e9k1O\u0022\u003EMathematics Research Communities\u003C\/a\u003E (2019) and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpwp.gatech.edu%2Frtip\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0LiBEy_OMYKtA_eJNU4riA\u0022\u003ERecent Trends in Continuous and Discrete Probability\u003C\/a\u003E (2018). Prof. Damron is also a mentor to many past and current postdocs and graduate students including two current Ph.D. students and one postdoc.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EJosephine Yu, Promoted to Full Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~jyu67\/\u0022\u003EDr. Josephine Yu\u003C\/a\u003E first joined SoM in 2010 as an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow and became an\u0026nbsp;Assistant Professor the following year. Prof. Yu\u0026#39;s research lies in the area of Tropical Algebraic Geometry and its\u0026nbsp;applications to combinatorics, matroid theory, and analytic and computational geometry,\u0026nbsp;and since arriving at Tech her\u0026nbsp;work has been continually supported by the NSF. Prof. Yu has organized many conferences since 2011 including the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/maag2019\/home\u0022\u003EMeeting on Applied Algebraic Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2019, and the Computational \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/meetings.siam.org\/sess\/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=62341\u0022\u003ETropical Geometry Minisymposium\u003C\/a\u003E at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/meetings\/ag17\/\u0022\u003ESIAM Algebraic Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E meeting in 2017. Prof. Yu was also the Program co-chair of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/conferences\/cm\/conference\/ag21\u0022\u003ESIAM AG21\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and has served on the Advisory Board of MEGA (Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry) since 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Yu is also currently an Editor for two journals,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/combinatorial_theory\u0022\u003ECombinatorial Theory \u003C\/a\u003Eand \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/msp.org\/astat\/about\/journal\/about.html\u0022\u003EAlgebraic Statistics\u003C\/a\u003E (AStat), is the Associate Editor for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/msp.org\/jsag\/about\/journal\/about.html\u0022\u003EJournal of Software for Algebra and Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E (JSAG),\u0026nbsp;and was the Editor in Chief for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.journals.elsevier.com\/journal-of-combinatorial-theory-series-a\u0022\u003EJournal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A\u003C\/a\u003E (JCTA) from 2018 until 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her impressive research and organizational work, Prof. Yu has mentored three graduate students and two masters students including award winning graduate students \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/ctl-celebrates-outstanding-teaching-assistants\u0022\u003ECvetelina Hill\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/student-awards-2018-2019\u0022\u003EMarcel Celaya\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EMayya Zhilova, Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~mzhilova7\/\u0022\u003EDr. Mayya Zhilova\u003C\/a\u003E began work at the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech in 2016, and is an affiliate faculty member of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Machine Learning at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/triad.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETransdisciplinary Research Institute for Advancing Data Science (TRIAD)\u003C\/a\u003E. Prof. Zhilova\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;research interests lie in the areas of mathematical statistics, statistical learning theory, and uncertainty quantification, particularly in statistical inference for complex high-dimensional data, performance of resampling procedures for various classes of problems, functional estimation, and inference for misspecified models. Prof. Zhilova was awarded an NSF CAREER award in 2021 with a project which seeks to address challenging open questions in high-dimensional and nonparametric statistics motivated by practical applications in finance, engineering, and life sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ESal Barone, Promoted to Senior Academic Professional\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sbarone7.math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDr. Sal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E first arrived at Georgia Tech in 2013 as a Hale Postdoctoral Fellow doing research in Real Algebraic Geometry, and became the school\u0026#39;s first Director of Communications (DoCSoM)\u0026nbsp;as an Academic Professional in 2017. With a clear passion for teaching, Dr. Barone has contributed to the service mission of SoM by coordinating Math 1554 Linear Algebra since Spring 2020, and has been the course coordinator for Math 1552 Calculus II as well as the lead instructor for nearly all the first year courses offered in SoM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of his role as DoCSoM, Dr. Barone designs and publishes the yearly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/proofreader\u0022\u003EProofReader\u003C\/a\u003E magazine which features the goings-on of the renowned faculty and phenomenal students here in SoM. 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The highly competitive government program supports interdisciplinary teams of investigators developing innovative solutions in DoD interest areas. This year, the DoD awarded $195 million to 28 research teams across the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s MURIs are both primarily within the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. First, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/simon-sponberg\u0022\u003ESimon Sponberg\u003C\/a\u003E, a Dunn Family Associate Professor of Physics and Biological Sciences, leads a team discovering how animals strategically use sensing and cognition to make decisions in complex environments. The project, \u003Cem\u003EFast, Lexicographic Agile Perception Integrates Decision and Control in a Spike-Resolved, Sensorimotor Program (FLAP),\u003C\/em\u003E specifically addresses the \u0026nbsp;core DoD topic area of understanding neural systems integration for competent autonomy in decision and control.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have all these great, sophisticated algorithms for processing big data, but an animal doesn\u0026#39;t have time to process a million samples of its environment and then figure out what\u0026rsquo;s a predator,\u0026rdquo; said Sponberg.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudying moths for their agile, sophisticated flying and complex sensing abilities, the team will record electrical activity in the brain to determine how the moths make decisions and use natural language processing techniques to see how a moth derives meaning from sensory cues and movements. The goal is to develop an information processing framework that enables quick, flexible decision-making that could facilitate the next generation of autonomous bio-inspired systems and better integrate living systems with engineered technologies\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe interdisciplinary nature of the team makes complex research possible. Half the team is made of experimentalists: Sponberg specializes in sensors connected to motor systems with precisely timed signals; Jeff Riffell, a professor at the University of Washington, studies how the nervous system processes sensory signals to control behavior; and as a vision neuroscientist at Florida International University, Jamie Theobald, determines how animals parse complex environments. The other half of the team will build the framework: Duke Professor Vahid Tarokh models complex datasets, Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hannahchoi.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EHannah Choi\u003C\/a\u003E focuses on neural networks, and Cornell Professor Silvia Ferrari ties it all together as a control theorist embedding control in neural structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;MURIs were originally training grants for the DoD to develop the next generation of scientists who would make progress,\u0026rdquo; said Sponberg. \u0026ldquo;This funding will allow us to have postdocs and graduate students across all six labs and disciplines working together tightly and creating a community.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the second MURI, \u003Cem\u003EProgramming Multistable Origami and Kirigami Structures via Topological Design,\u003C\/em\u003E Georgia Tech Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/david-rocklin\u0022\u003EZeb Rocklin\u003C\/a\u003E is part of a team exploring a new class of origami- and kirigami-inspired flexible, lightweight structures capable of transitioning between many stable shapes to perform different tasks or adapt to changing environmental conditions. These structures could be used in a range of applications, from multifunctional robots and collapsible antennae to rapidly assembled bridges and temporary structures, and force protection elements like origami-inspired bulletproof shields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team combines experts in mathematics, physics, material science, mechanics, robotics, numerical modeling, and computation, including Harvard University Professors Katie Betoldi, Jennifer Lewis, L. Mahadevan, and Robert Wood, as well as University of Pennsylvania Associate Professor Eleni Katifori\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers will develop mathematical models to characterize and design the complex mechanical behavior of multi-stable origami and kirigami structures\u037e new scale-spanning manufacturing processes that efficiently integrate actuation and sensing\u037e and experimental test beds to serve as a platform for evaluation and optimization of design concepts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This project benefits from Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s ability to develop tight, powerful connections between engineering advanced technologies and developing universal, mathematically rigorous physical theories,\u0026rdquo; Rocklin said. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026#39;ll be starting from concepts that anyone can get a sense of by looking at or feeling a piece of origami and using robotics and multifunctional 3D printing to create complex, flexible and robust 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Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis school year, dozens of College of Sciences undergraduate students have been recognized across Georgia Tech and beyond for significant academic achievements and excellence, including several honored during Tech\u0026rsquo;s Student Honors Celebration, held on April 21 at the Academy of Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences graduate students and researchers have also been recognized with Georgia Tech Teaching Assistant Awards and special certificates during the Institute\u0026rsquo;s Teaching Assistant (TA) and Future Faculty Award ceremonies, held on April 20 at the Bill Moore Student Success Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us in congratulating these special recipients across our community:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELove Family Foundation Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yashvardhan-tomar-054951191\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYashvardhan Tomar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a double major in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/welcome-daniel-guggenheim-school-aerospace-engineering-0\u0022\u003E Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, is the recipient of one of the highest academic honors given to a Georgia Tech graduating senior, the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/loveaward.oue.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELove Family Foundation Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe accolade\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eis\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Emade possible by a generous grant from the Gay and Erskine Love Foundation, and recognizes the undergraduate student with the most outstanding scholastic record of all members of the class.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s six colleges nominates its top graduating student, and the winner is ultimately selected by the academic associate deans in coordination with the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I find myself at a loss for words to truly convey how grateful I feel to the institute for selecting me for this really high honor,\u0026rdquo; Tomar says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I still remember my first day as a freshman at Tech\u0026mdash;a young boy beyond-eager to learn so many new things and get involved in so much exciting research\u0026mdash;an excitement that has stayed with me since,\u0026quot; he shares.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The news of this award comes as a strong boost of encouragement and appreciation to propel with me strengthened promise towards the fulfillment of my aspirations. I express my most heartfelt thanks to everyone who invested their belief in my candidature for this highly prestigious award.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERoger M. Wartell and Stephen E. Brossette Award for Multidisciplinary Studies in Biology, Physics, and Mathematics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award is presented to an undergraduate student with demonstrated accomplishments at the interface of biology with either physics or mathematics. The award was established by a generous donation from alumnus Stephen E. Brossette in recognition of the many contributions of Roger M. Wartell to the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2022 winner,\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lila-nassar-b6968814b\u0022\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ELila Nassar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, is a physics major with a concentration in the physics of living systems. Nassar has a broad set of research experiences with faculty\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/martin-mourigal\u0022\u003E Martin Mourigal\u003C\/a\u003E and\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/jennifer-curtis\u0022\u003E Jennifer Curtis\u003C\/a\u003E in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. Nassar has also served as the secretary and president of the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wip.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E Georgia Tech Society of Women in Physics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Lila has broad interests and lots of ambition,\u0026rdquo; says Curtis. \u0026ldquo;She brings both an intensity that is useful for driving forward progress and dealing with setbacks. She brings that same fire and energy to her role as president of the Society of Women in Physics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn summer 2021, Nassar also participated in a National Science Foundation\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E Research Experience for Undergraduates\u003C\/a\u003E program at Vanderbilt University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Undergraduate Research Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award was created by the endowment gift of Joyce E. Nickelson and John C. Sutherland to honor Joyce\u0026rsquo;s late mother, alumna A. Joyce Nickelson, and Sutherland. The scholarship, which recognizes excellence at the interface of mathematics and physics, is awarded to an undergraduate student who has jointly studied mathematics and physics, and who has engaged in scientific research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENickelson-Sutherland award winner\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saraheisenstadt\u0022\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Eisenstadt\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is completing majors in physics and mathematics, and also studies applied languages and intercultural studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEisenstadt has completed research with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~loss\/\u0022\u003E Michael Loss\u003C\/a\u003E in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E on mathematical physics and the development of an energy functional to describe superconductivity, and with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/stephanie-boulard\u0022\u003E Stephanie Boulard\u003C\/a\u003E on the artist Marc Chagall. She has also served as a teaching assistant for linear algebra and multivariable calculus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECynthia L. Bossart and James Efron Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis honor was created by alumna Cindy Bossart to recognize high academic achievement by a student in the College of Sciences who is a non-Georgia resident.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2022-3 recipient of this award, \u003Cstrong\u003ESena Ghobadi\u003C\/strong\u003E, is a resident of Florida who graduated from American Heritage School in Broward County. Ghobadi has made a strong start as a first-year as a physics major at Georgia Tech: she has already begun work as a teaching assistant for Physics 2211.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMetha Phingbodhipakkiya Memorial Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis honor was established by Maranee Phingbodhipakkiya to honor her father, his love for physics, and the sacrifices he made to assure that she would have the finest education. This award is made to a junior or senior in the College of Sciences based on academic merit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe recipient of this award,\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nabojeetdas\u0022\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ENabojeet Das\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, is a graduate of Tucker High School and is a candidate for the Bachelor of Science in Biology with the Research Option designation and Biologically Inspired Design certificate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDas has served as a teaching assistant for the introductory Organismal Biology course, and as a resident assistant for Georgia Tech Housing. His research with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/petitinstitute.gatech.edu\/aniruddh-sarkar-0\u0022\u003E Aniruddh Sarkar\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/\u0022\u003E Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, focuses on the creation of small and portable biosensors for Covid-19 and other diseases.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has presented his research at a meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. Das is a member of DramaTech, the Minority Association of Premed Students, and Buzz Mobile Health.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirginia C. and Herschel V. Clanton Jr. Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis scholarship was established by alumnus Herschel V. Clanton Jr. to honor his wife, Virginia. The scholarship is awarded annually to a student in the College of Sciences who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2022 recipient of the Clanton Scholarship,\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/griffinwagner314\u0022\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EGriffin Wagner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a graduate of Vero Beach High School in Florida and is currently a biology major.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWagner\u0026rsquo;s research with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/jeannette-yen\u0022\u003E Jennette Yen\u003C\/a\u003E in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, with collaborators at the Carter Center, the University of Georgia, Texas A\u0026amp;M, and the African country of Chad, focuses on inhibiting the transmission of African guinea worm disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has completed an internship at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, and a National Science Foundation\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)\u003C\/a\u003E program at Georgia Tech. Wagner presented his research at the 2022 Ocean Sciences meeting.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert A. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Sciences presents this scholarship in honor of Robert \u0026ldquo;Bob\u0026rdquo; Pierotti, past dean of the College and founder of the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)\u003C\/a\u003E. The award is made to top graduating seniors in the College who have excelled both academically and in research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe two recipients of the 2022 Pierotti Award are\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/holly-mccann-01963b169\u0022\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EHolly McCann\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ESoham Kulkarni\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMcCann is a biology major who is completing the Biomolecular Technology certificate. She is a researcher with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/loren-williams\u0022\u003E Loren Williams\u003C\/a\u003E in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, working on the prediction and visualization of the structure of RNA. McCann\u0026rsquo;s work led to the publication of a paper in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENucleic Acids Research\u003C\/em\u003E. She has also participated in the BeeSnap Vertically Integrated Project with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/jennifer-leavey\u0022\u003E Jennifer Leavey\u003C\/a\u003E. McCann has also completed internships with Syngenta and Fidelity Investments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Holly is remarkable,\u0026rdquo; says Williams. \u0026ldquo;She is highly intelligent, creative, motivated, functional and productive. She is destined to be an extremely successful scientist.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKulkarni, a graduate of Chattahoochee High School, is a biochemistry major who will also complete the Health and Medical Sciences and Computational Data Analysis minors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has conducted research with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Cassie-S.-Mitchell\u0022\u003E Cassie S. Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E in the Chronic Myeloid Leukemia laboratory. He is a coauthor of a paper in the journal \u003Cem\u003EPharmaceutics\u003C\/em\u003E and has presented his research at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) conference. He also serves as an Undergraduate Research Ambassador.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELarry O\u0026rsquo;Hara Graduate Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis honor is provided by an endowment bequeathed by alumnus Larry O\u0026rsquo;Hara. It is presented to outstanding graduate students in the College of Sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll of the 2022 winners have established a strong record of research with multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as multiple conference presentations:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~yyoo41\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYoungho Yoo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. candidate, Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization in Mathematics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microdynamics.gatech.edu\/pedro-marquez-zacarias\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPedro M\u0026aacute;rquez-Zacarias\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. candidate, Quantitative Biology program, Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/englelab.gatech.edu\/jason\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJason Tsukahara\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. candidate, Psychology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYoo is currently studying graph theory with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/xingxing-yu\u0022\u003E Xingxing Xu\u003C\/a\u003E and holds a prestigious NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship to support her doctoral studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EM\u0026aacute;rquez-Zacarias\u0026rsquo; doctoral research with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003E William Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E focuses on developing theories to understand how multicellular organisms became more complex, and how microbial populations are structured in space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETsukahara, who is studying cognition and brain science with\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/randall-w-engle\u0022\u003E Randall Engle\u003C\/a\u003E, focuses on investigating the nature of attention control with the use of pupillometry and mind-wandering reports.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHerbert P. Haley Fellowship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis graduate fellowship recognizes significant accomplishments and outstanding academic achievements for students at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2022 winners are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mcdonaldlab.biology.gatech.edu\/kara-lee\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKeun (Kara) Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Bioinformatics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/kubanek.biosci.gatech.edu\/marisa-cepeda\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarisa Cepeda\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/garcia-estefania\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEstefania Garcia\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/christopher-dupre\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher DuPre\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/franciscomartinez8\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrancisco Martinez\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Physics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeaching Assistant Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Science had four winners among the \u003Cstrong\u003E2022 Georgia Tech Teaching Assistant Awardees\u003C\/strong\u003E, with three hailing from the School of Mathematics. The awards are presented annually by the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E Center for Teaching and Learning\u003C\/a\u003E to celebrate the contributions to teaching excellence at Georgia Tech made by graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUndergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bryan-lee-clark-771b0a169\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBryan Clark\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/tao-yu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETao Yu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Student Instructor of the Year:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/medchemliz\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth (Liz) Jones\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOnline Head Teaching Assistant of the Year:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/jaewoo-jung\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJaewoo Jung\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETech to Teaching Certificates\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech to Teaching Certificates are designed to prepare Georgia Tech graduate and postdoctoral associates for college teaching positions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough this certificate program, participants will develop a thorough understanding of the scholarship of teaching and learning, and will demonstrate their ability to apply these skills in the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following College of Sciences students were awarded Tech to Teaching Certificates:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=D3V-K8kAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThomas Day\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003EPhysics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/alex-draper\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlex Draper\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/caria-evans-76295295\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECaria Evans\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/jersild-annika\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnnika Jersild\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/maugan-lloyd\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaugan Lloyd\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Psychology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microdynamics.gatech.edu\/pedro-marquez-zacarias\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPedro M\u0026aacute;rquez-Zacarias\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/daniyar-omarov\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDaniyar Omarov\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Mathematics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/alperen-ozdemir\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlperen Ozdemir\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E Mathematics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu\/hud\/tyler-roche\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETyler Roche\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\/people\/tyler-vollmer\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETyler Vollmer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECenter for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Certificates\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a member institution in the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctl.gatech.edu\/grad-students\/preparing-faculty\/cirtl\u0022\u003E CIRTL\u003C\/a\u003E national network, Georgia Tech joins with 37 other universities on a mission to improve undergraduate education through the preparation of future faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants in these certificate programs learn about how students learn, how differences among students affect their learning, evidence-based teaching and assessment practices, and teaching with technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants who complete these foundation-level learning outcomes through a combination of coursework, workshops, or online learning, receive the CIRTL Associate certificate.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following College of Sciences students were awarded CIRTL Certificates:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/graduate-students\/616\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMary Bernhardt\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E Psychology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=D3V-K8kAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThomas 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below.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2006\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/math\/0603218\u0022\u003Eexpectation threshold conjecture\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;gives a justification for a naive way to estimate the threshold probability of a random graph property. Suppose that you are asked about the critical probability for a random graph in G(n,p) for having a perfect matching (or a Hamiltonian cycle). You compute the expected number of perfect matchings and realize that when p is C\/n this expected number equals 1\/2. (For Hamiltonian cycles it will be C\u0026rsquo;\/n.) Of course, if the expectation is one half, the probability for a perfect matching can still be very low; indeed, in this case, an isolated vertex is quite likely but when there is no isolated vertices the expected number of perfect matchings is rather large. Our 2006 conjecture boldly asserts that the gap between the value given by such a naive computation and the true threshold value is at most logarithmic in the number of vertices. Jeff and I tried hard to find a counterexample but instead we managed to find more general and stronger forms of the conjecture that we could not disprove.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EJinyoung Park\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJinyoung Park is a Szeg\u0026ouml; Assistant Professor at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmathematics.stanford.edu%2F\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw35OJgxIfPZM2Gdh5o11An-\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EStanford University\u003C\/a\u003E, working with her mentor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fstanford.edu%2F~jacobfox%2F\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw12HQPG0s7RYk_ZNoT-td-w\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJacob Fox\u003C\/a\u003E. Previously a postdoctoral member of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ias.edu%2F\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0mYVBHDid-oCM0SF8D4sOi\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for Advanced Study\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.math.ias.edu%2Fcsdm\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2phk_Cu-UKlEqxt1Tuv6R9\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECSDM\u003C\/a\u003E program, led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.math.ias.edu%2Favi%2F\u0026amp;sa=D\u0026amp;sntz=1\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw11yNNfwUk26spS1P7wwsaZ\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAvi Wigderson\u003C\/a\u003E), Dr. Park will be joining SoM as an incoming faculty member in 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Park\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;research interests include\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003Eextremal and probabilistic combinatorics,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003Easymptotic enumeration, and\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003Egraph theory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJinyoung Park, an incoming faculty member for Fall 2023, has proven the the Kahn-Kalai\u0026nbsp;Expectation Threshold Conjecture with coauthor Huy Tuan Pham.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jinyoung Park, an incoming faculty member for Fall 2023, has proven the Kahn-Kalai Expectation Threshold Conjecture with coauthor Huy Tuan Pham."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2022-04-12 14:31:38","changed_gmt":"2022-04-12 14:38:01","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"657187":{"id":"657187","type":"image","title":"Jinyoung Park","body":null,"created":"1649773839","gmt_created":"2022-04-12 14:30:39","changed":"1649773839","gmt_changed":"2022-04-12 14:30:39","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249079","name":"headshot_jinyoung_park.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_jinyoung_park.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_jinyoung_park.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":158638,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot_jinyoung_park.jpeg?itok=DOl7FWhR"}}},"media_ids":["657187"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gilkalai.wordpress.com\/2022\/04\/02\/amazing-jinyoung-park-and-huy-tuan-pham-settled-the-expectation-threshold-conjecture\/?fbclid=IwAR3Wt4_73iRwFAyMx6zL7MCnMYfYheZJWk8318r766OR7VDu-d_jR3FayNY","title":"External News: Jinyoung Park"},{"url":"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/jinyoungpark","title":"Jinyoung Park\u0027s Homepage"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"656965":{"#nid":"656965","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bhanu Kumar Awarded Prestigious NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~bkumar30\/\u0022\u003EBhanu Kumar\u003C\/a\u003E has been awarded a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2202994\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003ENSF Postdoctoral Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E for work in dynamical systems applied to celestial mechanics and applied astrodynamics for space mission design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBhanu is a Ph.D. candidate and a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/math-phd-student-bhanu-kumar-offered-prestigious-nasa-fellowship\u0022\u003ENASA Space Technology Research Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E (NSTRF) in the School of Mathematics, working with his advisor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~rll6\/\u0022\u003EProf. Rafael de la Llave\u003C\/a\u003E at the cutting edge of the field of dynamical systems. Bhanu also does research as\u0026nbsp;M.S. student in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech, and as a NSTRF visiting technologist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, where he works with his mentor and research collaborator Dr. Rodney Anderson.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EResearch Interests\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt a broad level, my interests lie in the application of tools and results from mathematical dynamical systems theory, both analytical and computational, to various problems in celestial mechanics and applied astrodynamics for space mission design. In particular, there are geometric structures, such as periodic orbits, invariant tori, and stable and unstable manifolds, which govern many of the important dynamical properties of multi-body celestial systems. I am interested in developing fast and accurate methods for computing these objects as well as for investigating the dynamics induced by them. I am also working on applications of these methods to current and relevant problems in astrodynamics, with a current focus on tour design in the Jovian system (although our tools are general and applicable to other systems as well).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-Bhanu Kumar\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, Bhanu had been supported by a prestigious NASA graduate fellowship and he\u0026nbsp;has participated in several international conferences in Celestial Mechanics in USA, Italy, and Spain.\u0026nbsp;His advisor, Prof. De La Llave, has also used\u0026nbsp;advanced grants from NASA to help fund travel and to\u0026nbsp;support Bhanu throughout his PhD. An accessible\u0026nbsp;description of Bhanu\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;research (with some\u0026nbsp;references to more advanced material) can\u0026nbsp;be found in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/proofreader2020.pdf\u0022\u003EProofReader 2020\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBhanu Kumar has been awarded a NSF postdoctoral fellowship for work in dynamical systems applied to celestial mechanics and applied astrodynamics for space mission design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Bhanu Kumar has been awarded a NSF postdoctoral fellowship for work in dynamical systems applied to celestial mechanics and applied astrodynamics for space mission design."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2022-04-04 15:29:04","changed_gmt":"2022-04-06 14:55:31","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656968":{"id":"656968","type":"image","title":"slide_bhanu_kumar","body":null,"created":"1649086896","gmt_created":"2022-04-04 15:41:36","changed":"1649086896","gmt_changed":"2022-04-04 15:41:36","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249016","name":"slide_bhanu_kumar.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slide_bhanu_kumar.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slide_bhanu_kumar.png","mime":"image\/png","size":47880,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/slide_bhanu_kumar.png?itok=tDg8K6Th"}},"656964":{"id":"656964","type":"image","title":"Bhanu Kumar","body":null,"created":"1649086040","gmt_created":"2022-04-04 15:27:20","changed":"1649086040","gmt_changed":"2022-04-04 15:27:20","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249013","name":"headshot_bhanu_kumar.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_bhanu_kumar.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_bhanu_kumar.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":515789,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot_bhanu_kumar.jpeg?itok=kRJzMfzI"}}},"media_ids":["656968","656964"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2202994\u0026HistoricalAwards=false","title":"NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship"},{"url":"https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~bkumar30\/","title":"Bhanu\u0027s Homepage"},{"url":"https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/math-phd-student-bhanu-kumar-offered-prestigious-nasa-fellowship","title":"Bhanu Kumar NASA Fellowship Story"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"656933":{"#nid":"656933","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Three SoM Faculty to Speak at ICM","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENote: This article was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/school-mathematics-celebrates-two-researchers-receiving-very-high-prestige-invitations-0\u0022\u003Eoriginally published\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;07\/21\/2021 featuring\u0026nbsp;only Jen Hom and Konstantin Tikhomirov.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELike the Olympics, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mathunion.org\/icm\/icm-2022\u0022\u003EInternational Congress of Mathematicians\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;only meets once every four years. Like that global athletic competition, medals are presented to those who excel. In this case, they\u0026rsquo;re presented to those with breakthrough research on subjects like topology, random matrices, combinatorics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESimply being asked to present research at an ICM is, as Davide Castelvecchi wrote in a 2015\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/526178a\u0022\u003Estory\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026ldquo;the equivalent, in this community, of an induction to a hall of fame.\u0026rdquo; So imagine the pride at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;when it learned that it will have not one, but three lecturers at the 2022 ICM, scheduled for July 6-14 virtually. Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~jhom6\/\u0022\u003EJennifer Hom\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~loss\/\u0022\u003EMichael Loss\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~ktikhomirov6\/\u0022\u003EKonstantin Tikhomirov\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;have accepted invitations from ICM committees to speak at the conference.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The ICM speaker invitations are a major news item in the mathematics community every four years. The invitations carry very high prestige, selected with\u0026nbsp;extreme diligence\u0026nbsp;to highlight leading breakthroughs across all of mathematics,\u0026rdquo; explains\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/rachel-kuske\u0022\u003ERachel Kuske\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor and Chair of the School of Mathematics. \u0026ldquo;An invitation signals innovative research that is driving future discovery. A single invitation in any cycle is a source of great pride for the home department of the speaker, and more than one is particularly noteworthy, reflecting the impressive talent joining the School in recent years. Of course, we are well aware that our pioneering colleagues Jennifer and Konstantin are leading the world in their fields, but we are very pleased by the community\u0026#39;s agreement, via this exceptional international recognition.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was a very pleasant surprise to get the email,\u0026rdquo; says Hom. \u0026ldquo;It wasn\u0026rsquo;t something that was on my radar. Most mathematicians do math because they find it interesting and challenging and fun, and things like this are the icing on the cake.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe invitation also came as a surprise to Tikhomirov. \u0026ldquo;I was extremely happy, of course, and I didn\u0026rsquo;t expect it,\u0026rdquo; he says. \u0026ldquo;People usually get invited earlier. I was not really expecting this because it\u0026rsquo;s a hard thing, it\u0026rsquo;s a very rare event, once every four years.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHom echoes Kuske when she says having three\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech researchers speaking at ICM \u0026ldquo;speaks highly of the quality of math being done at the School of Mathematics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHom hasn\u0026rsquo;t decided the\u0026nbsp;specific\u0026nbsp;topic of her lecture, but her mathematical research focuses on low-dimensional topology.\u0026nbsp;Topology is the study of shapes and spaces that can be stretched, twisted, and otherwise deformed, but never broken or torn. These spaces are called manifolds; for example, the surface of a donut is a two-dimensional manifold. Low-dimensional topology is the sub-discipline interested in topological spaces of four or fewer dimensions.\u0026nbsp;The study of manifolds can help bring simplicity to the understanding of more complex structures in math and physics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m lucky enough to sit and think about totally abstract things just for the sake of finding patterns,\u0026rdquo; she says. \u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s so much more to math than what people see in high school, or what average college students see in the math class. A lot of high school math is focused on getting you to calculus, and that\u0026rsquo;s a small part of the really\u0026nbsp;cool math that\u0026rsquo;s out there.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETikhomirov\u0026rsquo;s research is in discrete probability, which tries to bring structure and predictability to chance in the form of modeling. Take a coin flip, for example. \u0026ldquo;If I could measure the parameters of the coins, and figure out how much muscle you use to flip the coin, and figure for the activity of neurons, I would be able to predict the outcome \u0026mdash; heads or tails,\u0026rdquo; he explains. \u0026ldquo;But that\u0026rsquo;s too complicated\u0026rdquo; to compute outcomes in that way.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026ldquo;\u003C\/strong\u003EProbability, in that respect, is designed to model things. So you have a complicated system, and then you can construct a model that inherits some properties of real physical systems, but at least you can make some predictions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael Loss is a mathematician and mathematical physicist. With Elliott H. Lieb he is the author of the textbook Analysis (Graduate Studies in Mathematics 14. American Mathematical Society, 1997; 2nd ed., 2001). In 2012, he became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society, and was elected as a Foreign Corresponding Member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences. He is also one of the 2015 winners of the Humboldt Prize. Recently, Prof. Loss was asked to serve on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEditor\u0026#39;s Note: The\u0026nbsp;Inaugural Hubbard Chair, Prof. Svetlana Jitomirskaya who is\u0026nbsp;arriving in Fall 2022, will also be speaking at ICM this year as a plenary speaker. For more information about Prof. Jitomirskaya and this exceptional honor to give a plenary talk at ICM, see \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/svetlana-jitomirskaya-hold-inaugural-hubbard-chair-position-starting-fall-2022\u0022\u003Ethis story\u003C\/a\u003E on our website.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Jennifer Hom, Michael Loss, and Konstantin Tikhomirov are invited to speak at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree School of Mathematics researchers have been invited to speak\u0026nbsp;at the prestigious International Congress of Mathematicians, which is held\u0026nbsp;every four years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jennifer Hom, Michael Loss, and Konstantin Tikhomirov are invited to speak at the 2022 International Congress of 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and science of art conservation, my research team at\u0026nbsp;Duke University, Bass Connections Image Processing Algorithms for Art Conservation, spent a year working with the NC Museum of Art to study, restore, and exhibit a 14th-century altarpiece\u0026nbsp;that hadn\u0026rsquo;t been displayed in its\u0026nbsp;entirety for over a century.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout The Speaker\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIngrid Daubechies is a\u0026nbsp;James B. 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Daubechies is a member of the\u0026nbsp;National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDaubechies also serves on the board of directors of Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE), a program that helps women entering graduate studies in the mathematical sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout the Stelson Lecture Series\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas Stelson was a distinguished Civil Engineer who served as the Dean of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s College of Engineering from 1971 to 1974, as Vice President for Research from 1974 to 1988, and as Executive Vice President from 1988 to 1990.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 70\u0026#39;s and 80\u0026#39;s, he oversaw a vast expansion in Tech\u0026#39;s research expenditures during an era when Tech went from being primarily teaching-oriented university to a major research institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStelson helped the School of Mathematics create the Center for Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Studies, and he endowed the School\u0026#39;s Stelson lectures in 1988 in honor of his father, Hugh Stelson, who was a mathematician. 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Cullen (B.S. in Mathematics with Honors 1973, M.S. in Operations Research 1975, Ph.D. Industrial\u0026nbsp;Engineering 1984) and Libby Peck (B.S. in Applied Mathematics 1975, M.S. in Industrial\u0026nbsp;Engineering 1976).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EMolei Tao\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor Molei Tao\u0026#39;s research is primarily concerned with\u0026nbsp;control systems characterized by multiple scales, geometric structures, and randomness.\u0026nbsp;Prof. Tao\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;group addresses both scientific curiosity and engineering practicality, from studying\u0026nbsp;extrasolar and Solar planetary dynamics, the engineering problems of energy transfer and harvest, rare events quantification, the resonant control of microscopic systems, to\u0026nbsp;the interplay between dynamics and machine learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrevious recipients of the Cullen-Peck Scholar Award\u0026nbsp;include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2014 Sung Ha Kang\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2017 Anton Leykin\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2018 Jen Hom\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2019 Greg Blekherman\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Molei Tao is being recognized for excellence in research with the Cullen-Peck Award."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2022-01-11 19:31:18","changed_gmt":"2022-04-01 17:18:07","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"639286":{"id":"639286","type":"image","title":"Molei Tao ","body":null,"created":"1600442893","gmt_created":"2020-09-18 15:28:13","changed":"1600442893","gmt_changed":"2020-09-18 15:28:13","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243067","name":"Molei Tao.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Molei%20Tao.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Molei%20Tao.png","mime":"image\/png","size":279802,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Molei%20Tao.png?itok=YZ8O0vVW"}}},"media_ids":["639286"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"656371":{"#nid":"656371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumni News: Ryan Hynd receives 2022-2023 Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the news recently, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rhynd.math.upenn.edu\u0022\u003ERyan Hynd\u003C\/a\u003E a Georgia Tech SoM alumni was awarded a Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship. Ryan was a graduate in the B.S. Applied Mathematics program and\u0026nbsp;completed his MSc in mathematics at Georgia Tech in 2004, he then went on to\u0026nbsp;receive\u0026nbsp;his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2010, studying under Lawrence Evans.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EFrom the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/news?news_id=6981\u0022\u003EAMS News\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERyan Hynd, an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the AMS Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship for the 2022\u0026ndash;2023 academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHynd researches partial differential equations arising in mathematical models for fluid mechanics, control theory, and finance, as well as eigenvalue problems. During his fellowship year, he will visit the Mittag-Leffler Institute in Sweden for collaborations in the fall and continue consulting with various mathematicians in the spring. He will investigate the Blaschke-Lebesgue problem, seeking to characterize minimum-volume bodies of constant width.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This has been an outstanding problem in convex geometry for a number of years,\u0026rdquo; Hynd said. \u0026ldquo;My current hunch is that a time-dependent flow can be used to deform shapes in a way that leads to some new insight.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHynd earned his PhD in 2010 from the University of California, Berkeley, advised by Craig Evans. After a postdoc at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, Hynd joined the Penn faculty in 2012. In 2016\u0026ndash;2017 he was a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AMS Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship was established to further excellence in mathematics research and to help generate wider and sustained participation by Black mathematicians. Recipients are recognized for their achievements as well as their significant potential for further contributions to mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Gloria Ford Gilmer and William Schieffelin Claytor are both mathematicians whose efforts helped pave the way for someone like me. I think the work they did early in their careers is an indication that men and women from all walks of life can do mathematics at a high level,\u0026rdquo; said Hynd. \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m also especially proud of their accomplishments as they both earned graduate degrees in my department. In fact, we have a permanent exhibit highlighting Claytor\u0026rsquo;s PhD thesis and the professional struggles he later encountered.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReceiving the fellowship named for Claytor and Gilmer is \u0026ldquo;a tremendous honor,\u0026rdquo; Hynd said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s wonderful that the AMS has dedicated a fellowship in their honor, and I\u0026rsquo;m thrilled to be a Claytor-Gilmer Fellow for the upcoming academic year.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his outstanding research, Hynd is a passionate teacher dedicated to promoting diversity in STEM. He helped create and coordinate the Bridge to PhD program at Penn, and he was a research leader for the 2020 African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop (ADJOINT).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout the Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AMS Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship aims to further excellence in mathematics research and to help generate wider and sustained participation by Black mathematicians. Awardees may use the fellowship in any way that most effectively enables their research\u0026mdash;for instance, for release time, participation in research programs, travel support, childcare, etc. The most likely awardee is a mid-career Black mathematician based at a US institution whose achievements demonstrate significant potential for further contributions to mathematics. The fellowship is named for Dr. William Schieffelin Claytor, the first African American man to publish a research article in a peer-reviewed mathematics journal, and Dr. Gloria Ford Gilmer, the first African American woman to publish a research article in a peer-reviewed mathematics journal.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESee the full article on the AMS News website\u0026nbsp;here:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/news?news_id=6981\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.ams.org\/news?news_id=6981\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EOther News\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERyan was a JMM Invited Speaker in 2021:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/two-jmm-invited-speakers-are-som-faculty\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/two-jmm-invited-speakers-are-som-faculty\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERyan was also featured in this 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They have been exceptionally successful.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1991, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aco.gatech.edu\/admissions\/admission-aco-program\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EACO program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is housed jointly across the College of Computing, the\u0026nbsp;School of Mathematics in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, and ISYE in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. Focused on topics like graph theory, algorithms, discrete optimization \u0026mdash; and the interplay between the three \u0026mdash; the program has deeply embraced its multidisciplinary nature,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aco.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eessentially eliminating\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;the traditional walls that usually separate academic units\u0026rdquo; by encouraging faculty members to advise students regardless of departmental affiliation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EACO \u0026ldquo;brings together three disciplines that are fundamentally related,\u0026rdquo; Vempala explains. \u0026ldquo;Its course structure enables students to understand phenomena from all three perspectives and learn to use tools from all of them.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVempala has been involved with the ACO program since he joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 2006, advising many students in ACO, as well as serving on committees within the program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Professor Vempala\u0026#39;s experience at Georgia Tech, including his prior service as associate director of the ACO program, means that he is uniquely qualified to serve as director,\u0026rdquo; shares\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/our-leadership\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDavid Collard\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and senior associate dean in the College of Sciences. \u0026ldquo;The program is highly regarded nationally and internationally. It attracts superb students from around the world and provides exceptional educational opportunities. I look forward to its continued success under professor Vempala\u0026#39;s leadership.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeet Santosh Vempala\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVempala received his Ph.D. in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization at Carnegie Mellon University before spending a year as a Miller Fellow at University of California, Berkeley and a decade as a professor of mathematics at the\u0026nbsp;Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon joining the faculty at Georgia Tech, Vempala served as the founding director of Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAlgorithms and Randomness Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;He is a fellow of both the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.acm.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAssociation for Computing Machinery\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/home\/page\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescribing his research as \u0026ldquo;studying the nature of computation, and its limits,\u0026rdquo; Vempala\u0026rsquo;s work ranges from theoretical to applied. 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Each semester,\u0026nbsp;instructors who met the base criteria of 70% response rate and placed in the top 25% of the composite CIOS scores for each size group were eligible for recognition on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EHonor Roll.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ENow 50 members of the Honor Roll with the highest response rates and CIOS scores are being recognized with the 2021 CIOS Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Margalit\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;research lies in the intersection of low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory, with a\u0026nbsp;focus on mapping class groups of surfaces, \u003Cem\u003Ei.e.\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ethe symmetries of surfaces. Prof. Margalit has a long history of excellence in teaching, and he is a\u0026nbsp;previous recipient of several teaching awards including the Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award in 2021 and the Fulmer Award in 2019. Prof. Margalit is also a renowned researcher who recently gave an invited Maryam Mirzakhani Lecture at the JMM in 2022, and is a recent winner of the Conant Prize in 2021\u0026nbsp;as well as being\u0026nbsp;named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2019. Prof. Margalit is also an extremely active mentor\u0026nbsp;in the School of Mathematics, helping to guide graduate students and postdocs to successful careers in mathematics, as well as mentoring undergraduates in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/undergraduate-research\u0022\u003EResearch Experiences for Undergrads\u003C\/a\u003E (REU\u0026#39;s) with four successful REU programs with co-mentors Wade Bloomquist, Yvon Verberne, and Nancy Scherich,\u0026nbsp;in the Summer of 2021 alone.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EGary Lavigne\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Michael Gary Lavigne is the Assistant Director of Communication, Education, and Outreach for the Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology (SCMB) and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematics. 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La Pierre Named Sloan Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo assistant professors in the College of Sciences have just joined the ranks of Georgia Tech early career scientists selected to receive prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hannahchoi.math.gatech.edu\/people\/about-hannah-choi\/\u0022\u003EHannah Choi\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/la%20pierre\/henry\u0022\u003EHenry S. \u0026ldquo;Pete\u0026rdquo; La Pierre\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;are among 118 early career researchers across the United States and Canada named as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sloan.org\/fellowships\/2022-Fellows\u0022\u003E2022 Sloan Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Today\u0026#39;s Sloan Research Fellows represent the scientific leaders of tomorrow,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sloan.org\/storage\/app\/media\/files\/press_releases\/Announcing-the-2022-Sloan-Research-Fellows.pdf\u0022\u003Esays Adam F. Falk\u003C\/a\u003E, president of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sloan.org\/\u0022\u003EAlfred P. Sloan Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026quot;As formidable young scholars, they are already shaping the research agenda within their respective fields \u0026mdash; and their trailblazing won\u0026#39;t end here.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESloan Research Fellowships are some of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early career researchers. They are also often seen as a marker of the quality of an institution\u0026rsquo;s science faculty \u0026mdash; and proof of an institution\u0026rsquo;s success in attracting the most promising junior researchers to its ranks. Since the first Fellowships were awarded in 1955, nearly 50 faculty from Georgia Institute of Technology have received the honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am extremely excited and honored to be named a Sloan Fellow,\u0026rdquo; Choi says. \u0026ldquo;I am deeply grateful to my research group members, mentors, colleagues and collaborators who made this possible, and I appreciate support from the School of Mathematics and the College of Sciences very much.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChoi plans to use the grant to expand on current research projects on biological neural networks. \u0026ldquo;Specifically, with this grant, I hope to investigate computational roles of network complexities manifested by diverse neural dynamics and intricate connectivity among different types of neurons, in data-driven, functional neural networks across multiple scales, modalities, and systems. This study, therefore, will help us better understand how robust and efficient computation emerges from the unique complexity of biological neural networks, which then can be applied to innovate neuromorphic computing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hannahchoi.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EChoi Research Group in Mathematical Neuroscience\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s primary goal \u0026ldquo;is to understand how efficient and adaptable neural coding emerges from complex connectivity structure and rich neural dynamics in both biological and artificial neural networks at multiple scales.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELa Pierre leads the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lapierregroup.com\/\u0022\u003ELa Pierre Research Group\u003C\/a\u003E, with an aim to \u0026ldquo;disentangle the complex electronic structure of\u0026nbsp;f-block materials,\u0026rdquo; according to the group\u0026rsquo;s website. 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title: \u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EExploiting Low-Dimensional Structures in Data Science: Manifold Learning, Partial Differential Equation Identification, and Neural Networks\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESee also the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/mathematics-wenjing-liao-wins-nsf-career-award\u0022\u003ECoS news item\u003C\/a\u003E on our website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EWenjing Liao\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWenjing Liao is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematics with interests in\u0026nbsp;imaging, signal processing,\u0026nbsp; high dimensional data analysis and machine learning. Prof. Liao won a National Science Foundation (NSF) award in deep neural networks for structured data as a principal investigator in 2020, representing the third NSF award and fourth award overall she has won since becoming an assistant professor at Tech in 2017.\u0026nbsp;Prof. Liao is also very\u0026nbsp;active in the REU Program in SoM, mentoring undergraduates and leading them in undergraduate research projects, having worked with nearly a dozen REU students in several projects including\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Double Descent Phenomenon in Machine Learning\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EUsing Neural Networks to Classify PDE\u0026#39;s\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ENSF CAREER Grant\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation\u0026#39;s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrevious recipients of the NSF CAREER Award include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E1997 Dana Randall\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2002 Robert Ghrist\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~etnyre\/\u0022\u003E2003 John Etnyre\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~ghomi\/\u0022\u003E2003 Mohammad Ghomi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2006 Chongchun Zeng\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2007 Hao-Min Zhou\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2008 Yuri Bakhtin\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/brett-wick-awarded-nsf-career-grant\u0022\u003E2010 Brett Wick\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~dmargalit7\/index.shtml\u0022\u003E2010 Dan Margalit\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/maria-westdickenberg-awarded-nsf-career-grant\u0022\u003E2010 Maria Westdickenberg\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/anton-leykin-awarded-nsf-career-grant\u0022\u003E2012 Anton Leykin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/greg-blekherman-awarded-nsf-career-grant\u0022\u003E2014 Greg Blekherman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2015 Karim Lounici\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2016 Esther Ezra\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~jhom6\/\u0022\u003E2016 Jen\u0026nbsp;Hom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~kwickelgren3\/\u0022\u003E2016 Kirsten Wickelgren\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~mdamron6\/\u0022\u003E2016 Michael Damron\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2017 Zaher Hani\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/602477\u0022\u003E2018 Galyna Livshyts\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/professor-yao-yao-awarded-nsf-career-grant-0\u0022\u003E2019 Yao Yao\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~mtao8\/\u0022\u003E2019 Molei Tao\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/shahaf-nitzan\u0022\u003E2019 Shahaf Nitzan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2020 Lutz Warnke\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2021 Mayya Zhilova\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Wenjing Liao has been awarded a coveted NSF CAREER grant, one of the NSF\u0026#39;s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Assistant Professor Wenjing Liao has been awarded a coveted NSF CAREER grant, one of the NSF\u0027s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty. 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Activities pursued by early career faculty ... build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am very grateful to the NSF for its support,\u0026rdquo; Liao says. \u0026ldquo;This CAREER Award will not only support my team\u0026rsquo;s efforts in the area of computational math and data analysis, but it will also support the training of the future data analysis workforce by involving graduate and undergraduate students.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELiao\u0026rsquo;s project for the grant is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2145167\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Exploiting Low-Dimensional Structures in Data Science: Manifold Learning, Partial Differential Equation Identification, and Neural Networks.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Liao says many real-world datasets are high dimensional (more features than observations) but exhibit low dimensional structures (a small number of important\u0026nbsp;features).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Low dimensional structure is the opposite of high dimensional. For example, a high resolution\u0026nbsp;image may have millions of pixels,\u0026nbsp;but images of similar objects in a dataset may contain very few important features to represent an object,\u0026nbsp;Liao says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReducing dimensionality can narrow down datasets to workable numbers by removing\u0026nbsp;redundancies and inessential features. \u0026ldquo;The success of many modern methods suggests that exploiting low-dimensional structures in data often leads to outperforming results.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the educational aspect of the CAREER proposal, Liao would like to help build an undergraduate \u0026ldquo;Bridge\u0026rdquo; program for math and data science students to assist with the transition from Georgia Tech to careers in academia and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELiao also proposes to recruit math undergraduates from diverse backgrounds in the greater Atlanta area, and design special math and data science research projects for students in the NSF\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/beta.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/research-experiences-undergraduates-reu\u0022\u003EREU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELiao has been active in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/undergraduate-research\u0022\u003EREU Program in the School of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, mentoring undergraduates and leading them in undergraduate research projects, having worked with nearly a dozen REU students in several projects including The Double Descent Phenomenon in Machine Learning, and Using Neural Networks to Classify PDEs\u0026nbsp;(partial differential equations). She has also developed a new data science course for undergraduate students in the College of Sciences. In the future,\u0026nbsp;Liao also plans to organize a young researchers workshop on mathematical foundations of machine learning.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELiao won a 2020 NSF award in deep neural networks for structured data as a principal investigator, representing the third NSF award and fourth award overall she has won since becoming an assistant professor at Georgia Tech in 2017.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Professor Liao is an expert in analyzing data presented to us in high dimensions, but actually being closely identified with surfaces of much smaller dimension. This is a surprising, and essential, aspect of modern data analysis,\u0026rdquo; says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-lacey\u0022\u003EMichael Lacey\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and interim chair\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E of the School of Mathematics. \u0026ldquo;We are very pleased that this award recognizes both professor Liao\u0026#39;s worldwide expertise in this subject, but also her great successes in training people in modern data analysis. 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Associate\u0026nbsp;Professor\u0026nbsp;Xu-Yan Chen, the 2021 recipient of the SoM Fulmer Prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prize recognizes Xu-Yan\u0026#39;s work over a number of years, contributing significantly to student success with a broad impact on engineering students at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2021 School of Mathematics Fulmer Prize\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe thank the late Howard Woodham (Georgia Tech alumnus, Engineering \u0026rsquo;48) for the establishment of the Herman K. 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Their\u0026nbsp;intention for this session is not only to highlight the diverse areas of mathematics related to models involving biomolecular and cellular interactions, but also the diversity of the researchers involved in these areas.\u0026nbsp;Please see the information below for more details.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EJMM Special Session\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Mathematical Models for Biomolecular and Cellular Interactions\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate \u0026amp; Time:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;January 7, 2022 (8am - 11:50am PST and 1pm - 5:50pm PST)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EUnderstanding biomolecular and cellular interactions is at the heart of vital questions in biology because such interactions have far-reaching effects on larger, fundamental processes. 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At Rice, my family and I lived on campus in a house astride an undergraduate residence for five years,\u0026rdquo; Wolf says. \u0026ldquo;During that time, I got to know about 750 undergraduates quite well, serving as a mentor to them as they lived their lives as young people trying to manage semi-independently for the first time while also trying to navigate their way through college. I was left with a far richer understanding of contemporary undergraduate life and education than I had had before.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWolf shares that during that half-decade living on campus, he \u0026ldquo;became frustrated by the experiences of our students of high potential from under-resourced high schools. 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They were smart and at least as hard-working and mature as the rest of their freshman competition \u0026mdash; but the pace, rigor, depth and scope of what they were asked to do as matriculating science and engineering students was just too much to handle with a background that often included far fewer AP or even regular science classes.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe result? \u0026ldquo;They left STEM in droves, sometimes even failing to make it to their junior year as college students,\u0026rdquo; he says, but also that \u0026ldquo;four years after I began to gather statistics and highlight this issue to the senior university leadership, Rice asked me in 2010 to co-lead an effort to address the problem.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEquity, diversity, access, representation \u0026mdash; and retention\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat effort led to the Rice Emerging Scholars Program (RESP), which takes in a number of incoming science and engineering matriculants and, \u0026ldquo;through a summer bridge program and aggressive term-time interventions, seeks to have this group, whose preparation leaves them most at risk to not achieve their dreams, succeed at the level of their peers,\u0026rdquo; Wolf says.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, in a typical year, \u0026ldquo;more than 80% of our group has, in their fourth semester, declared a major in science or engineering, while a similarly prepared control group averages about 50%, and the general peer group is at 75%.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We comprehensively attack the obstructions these students face, from an \u0026lsquo;anti-remedial\u0026rsquo; bridge program that focuses on very difficult topics in STEM to advising that encompasses the idiosyncratic problems these folks face as typically low-income, first generation, and\/or students of color,\u0026rdquo; he shares.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWolf says that work must also focus on anticipating the arc of a student\u0026rsquo;s career and identifying inherent milestones \u0026mdash; and also in carefully defining every obstruction that might stand in their way, and proactively producing sustainable solutions and ongoing support for each student, focusing first on those most likely to fall behind their peers. \u0026ldquo;Many programs address just some of the obstacles students must overcome,\u0026rdquo; he says, \u0026ldquo;but those approaches leave them vulnerable to the remaining barriers. You simply have to confront every issue.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This program has been important for Rice,\u0026rdquo; he shares. \u0026ldquo;We were the first program on campus that intervened academically for cohorts like the one we address.\u0026rdquo; Since then, a new \u0026lsquo;holistic\u0026rsquo; advising office has opened on campus that is modeled on the team\u0026rsquo;s practices, and that today, access and inclusion stand as one of eight planks in Rice\u0026rsquo;s new strategic plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Most of my administrative work in the past decade or so has been in the direction of transitioning to successful science and engineering undergraduate students whose background puts them at risk for not realizing their ambitions,\u0026rdquo; Wolf says. \u0026ldquo;Most of these students in the Emerging Scholars Program are from groups poorly represented in the sciences \u0026mdash; about one-third are first generation collegians, almost all are from underrepresented minority groups, most are women, and almost all are low income.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The really cool part of this work is engaging with these students as pre-matriculants and then freshmen and then seniors and finally graduates,\u0026rdquo; he adds. \u0026ldquo;I get to watch them mature from not knowing their own potential to succeeding and finally realizing that they can take on and surmount very difficult challenges and lead in that work: I think this is the most personally gratifying administrative work there can be.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWolf received Rice\u0026rsquo;s George R. 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His service leadership there has also included appointments on the University\u0026rsquo;s strategic planning group on diversity and equity, as Faculty Senate Parliamentarian, the University Faculty\u0026rsquo;s Officer for Grievances and Appeals, and on numerous committees on issues across the University \u0026mdash; from General Educations, to Benefits, to Data Warehouses, to a committee he chaired that rewrote Rice\u0026rsquo;s calendar \u0026mdash; along with several diversity and equity initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVertically integrated student support: NSF VIGRE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWolf has also served as PI and co-I of the Rice VIGRE Program, an NSF-funded initiative whose primary goal is to \u0026ldquo;increase the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and to broaden their background and perspective\u0026rdquo; through sustained mentoring, education, and training.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVIGRE stands for \u003Cstrong\u003EV\u003C\/strong\u003Eertical \u003Cstrong\u003EI\u003C\/strong\u003Ente\u003Cstrong\u003EG\u003C\/strong\u003Eration of \u003Cstrong\u003ER\u003C\/strong\u003Eesearch and \u003Cstrong\u003EE\u003C\/strong\u003Education and in the NSF program\u0026rsquo;s context, \u0026ldquo;vertical means across academic ranks: faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates.\u0026rdquo; Under Wolf\u0026rsquo;s leadership, Rice secured two five-year VIGRE grants, and when that program became more targeted as the NSF Research Training Grant program, Wolf was part of a team that secured two more five-year grants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;During the second VIGRE grant, I was department chair, and a consequence of that grant was that I was able to permanently grow our Instructorship pool from five to eight lines; those extra lines \u0026mdash; quite a jump for a department in a small school \u0026mdash; enhanced our ability to teach and are attractions when we recruit,\u0026rdquo; he says, also noting that \u0026ldquo;graduate education in the science and technical areas in this country must change. Our current systems obstruct us from welcoming into the best STEM post-baccalaureate programs whole cohorts of students with amazing potential.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch, recognition, outreach\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn active teacher and scholar, Wolf\u0026rsquo;s research lies in geometry, at the intersection of the study of families of surfaces and geometric variational problems. His work which has garnered the most popular attention is a proof, with Weber and Hoffman, of the existence of a minimal surface \u0026mdash; an idealized soap film \u0026mdash; of a \u0026lsquo;helicoid with a handle\u0026rsquo;. This shape, announced in the \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E with a full proof in the \u003Cem\u003EAnnals of Mathematics\u003C\/em\u003E that ran for more than 100 pages, was the first example since the 18th century of a \u0026lsquo;topologically\u0026rsquo; simple minimal surface which was infinitely twisted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver 34 years, Wolf has also served as investigator on a number of grants and programs with the NSF; his educational work has been supported by the Chao Foundation, Hearst Foundations, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Alkek Foundation. He has delivered talks at dozens of universities and conferences spanning five continents, has co-authored several \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/profiles.rice.edu\/faculty\/michael-wolf\u0022\u003Epublications on STEM education and Bridge programs\u003C\/a\u003E, and delivers occasional talks to groups of teachers and the general public. \u0026ldquo;We once offered a course to the public on the hardest unsolved problems in mathematics. Outreach at Rice was convinced that no one would ever want to pay $79 to listen to math lectures,\u0026rdquo; he shares. \u0026ldquo;They were astonished when the course filled to capacity and was one of the most popular courses they had ever produced.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There is a tremendous interest in mathematics in the community, and a tremendous need for the scientific community to find ways to explain \u0026mdash; to both school children and the general community \u0026mdash; what scientists and mathematicians do and why it is interesting, as well as important,\u0026rdquo; Wolf says. \u0026ldquo;One of the attractions of Georgia Tech to me is its interest in engaging in such critical partnerships.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2019, Wolf was named a Simons Foundation Fellow in Mathematics and in 2013 was among the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). In his early career, Wolf was both an Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation and Research Fellow, as well as a NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow. 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The School continues to be a cornerstone of the Institute, and today is a vibrant community of faculty working on the highest caliber of mathematical research and educating a cohort of remarkable students on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Sciences cultivates curiosity, encourages exploration, and fosters innovation to develop scientific solutions for a better world. Our connected community of scientists and mathematicians collaborates across disciplines and challenges to achieve excellence in science, teaching, and research. Working across six internationally ranked schools with the brightest young minds in our fields, we mentor future leaders to identify and push the frontiers of human knowledge, imagination, and innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe nurture scientifically curious students by offering diverse educational and research experiences. As an internationally recognized, preeminent institution in the sciences and mathematics, we help students build empowering foundations in the sciences and mathematics \u0026mdash; educating and preparing the next generation of scientists who will create the technologies of the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMost of the disciplines within our six schools \u0026mdash; Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology \u0026mdash; are ranked in the top 10%. We organize ourselves in multidisciplinary research neighborhoods to promote broad exchange of ideas. 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I\u0026rsquo;m also including the list from Fall 2020 below, in case it was lost in the pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYour efforts on behalf of our students are greatly appreciated, both by students and colleagues! \u0026nbsp;Further details on the Honor Roll:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/645854\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/645854\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELarge Classes: Spring 2021\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENeha Gupta\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESung Ha Kang\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESiddhi Krishna\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMiriam Kuzbary\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESmall Classes: Spring 2021\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EGary Lavigne\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELutz Warnke\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELarge Classes: Fall 2020\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlex Blumenthal\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHector Banos\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKlara Grodzinsky\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMiriam Kuzbary\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael \u0026nbsp;Lavigne\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWenjing Liao\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarissa Loving\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDan Margalit\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGreg Mayer\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStephanie Reikes\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVictor Vilaca Da Rocha\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhiyu Wang\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESmall Classes: Fall 2020\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELutz Warnke\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeveral SoM faculty have been named to the Spring 2021 Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Several SoM faculty have been named to the Spring 2021 Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2021-11-15 16:22:23","changed_gmt":"2021-11-15 16:22:23","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650852":{"id":"650852","type":"image","title":"Mathlab_outdoors","body":null,"created":"1631821584","gmt_created":"2021-09-16 19:46:24","changed":"1631821584","gmt_changed":"2021-09-16 19:46:24","alt":"","file":{"fid":"246972","name":"Mathlab_outdoors.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mathlab_outdoors.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mathlab_outdoors.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":861092,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Mathlab_outdoors.jpg?itok=LgcQ3E4u"}}},"media_ids":["650852"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/645854","title":"CIOS Honor Roll"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"652754":{"#nid":"652754","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Prof. Michael Loss to Serve on Executive Committee of the International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Michael Loss has been selected as the Secretary of the International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP) and will serve a three year term, to end in 2024.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout IAMP\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EInternational Association of Mathematical Physics\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;(IAMP) was founded in 1976 in order to promote research in mathematical physics. IAMP\u0026nbsp;brings together research\u0026nbsp;mathematicians\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;theoretical physicists, including students. The association\u0026#39;s ordinary members are individual researchers, although associate membership is available to organizations and companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe association sponsors the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iamp.org\/page.php?page=page_congress\u0022 title=\u0022International Congress on Mathematical Physics\u0022\u003EInternational Congress on Mathematical Physics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ICMP), which takes place every three years, and it also supports smaller conferences and workshops. There is a quarterly news bulletin.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIAMP currently awards two kinds of research prizes in mathematical physics at its triannual meetings, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iamp.org\/page.php?page=page_prize_poincare\u0022 title=\u0022Henri Poincar\u00e9 Prize\u0022\u003EHenri Poincar\u0026eacute; Prize\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(created in 1997) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iamp.org\/page.php?page=page_award\u0022\u003EEarly Career Award\u003C\/a\u003E (created in 2009).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information can be found on the IAMP website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iamp.org\/page.php?page=page_start\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.iamp.org\/page.php?page=page_start\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Michael Loss has been selected as the Secretary of the International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP) and will serve a three year term, to end in 2024.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prof. Michael Loss has been selected as the Secretary of the International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP) and will serve a three year term, to end in 2024."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2021-11-12 16:03:28","changed_gmt":"2021-11-12 16:03:28","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"652753":{"id":"652753","type":"image","title":"IAMP_logo","body":null,"created":"1636732987","gmt_created":"2021-11-12 16:03:07","changed":"1636732987","gmt_changed":"2021-11-12 16:03:07","alt":"","file":{"fid":"247645","name":"IAMP_logo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IAMP_logo.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IAMP_logo.png","mime":"image\/png","size":71005,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IAMP_logo.png?itok=xIxoiTCk"}}},"media_ids":["652753"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iamp.org\/page.php?page=page_start","title":"IAMP Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"652749":{"#nid":"652749","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ICERM Semester on Braids Planned for 2022, Organized by Prof. John Etnyre","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn ICERM semester-long program is being organized by Prof. John Etnyre and others, which will focus on braid groups, mapping class groups, and their generalizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbstract\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBraid groups were introduced by Emil Artin almost a century ago. 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For example, in modern representation theory, important equivalences of categories are organized into 2-representations of braid groups, and these same 2-representations appear prominently in parts of geometry and mathematical physics concerned with mirror dualities; in low-dimensional topology, manifolds are presented and related to each other via braids and mapping classes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EComputational applications and questions about braid groups have also emerged in disparate mathematical contexts; in some cases, these coalesce around the same computational problem. For example, developing fast machine-based calculations of link homology invariants is a goal shared by representation theorists, low-dimensional topologists, symplectic and algebraic geometers, and string theorists. The proposed semester program aims to bring together researchers working in diverse areas through the common thread of their interaction with braid and mapping class groups. 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He is now the recipient of top honors as a Fellow to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERoyal Society,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;the United Kingdom\u0026rsquo;s national academy of sciences and the world\u0026#39;s oldest independent scientific academy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/07\/bernard-f-schutz-elected-fellow-royal-society\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBernard F. Schutz Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society | News Center (gatech.edu)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGlobal Research \u0026amp; Impact\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENew \u0026#39;Vibrant Pack Energy Harvesters\u0026#39; to Harness Big Bridge Vibrations\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn collaboration with colleagues at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and Georgia State University, Georgia Tech researchers including School of Mathematics chair Rachel Kuske have intended to capture\u0026nbsp;and recycle vibrations on bridges using principles of physics. They have received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation, and the National Science Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/new-vibrant-pack-energy-harvesters-harness-big-bridge-vibrations\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENew \u0026#39;Vibrant Pack Energy Harvesters\u0026#39; to Harness Big Bridge Vibrations | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA (gatech.edu)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGlobal Climate Action Symposium\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith swaths of the country engulfed in flames, battered by winds, steeped in floodwaters, or parched by drought \u0026ndash; tragic and costly conditions that a recent United Nations report links to global warming \u0026ndash; Georgia Tech joined UN leaders in hosting the third annual Global Climate Action Symposium in September of this year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/and-not-minute-too-soon\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAnd Not a Minute Too Soon | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA (gatech.edu)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFinding and Connecting Ocean Ecoregions \u0026mdash; to Find and Conserve Marine Species\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-87711-z\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;researchers\u0026nbsp;is\u0026nbsp;charting a new path to help scientists create tools to uncover\u0026nbsp;global\u0026nbsp;marine connectivity through sea surface temperature. The study is led by\u0026nbsp;professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/bracco-dr-annalisa\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAnnalisa Bracco\u003C\/a\u003E, graduate student\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/falasca-fabrizio\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFabrizio Falasca\u003C\/a\u003E, and one of Bracco\u0026rsquo;s visiting students, Ljuba Novi from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.igg.cnr.it\/en\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute of Geosciences and Earth Resources\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(part\u0026nbsp;of the National Research Council in Pisa, Italy).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/finding-and-connecting-ocean-ecoregions-find-and-conserve-marine-species\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFinding and Connecting Ocean Ecoregions \u0026mdash; to Find and Conserve Marine Species | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA (gatech.edu)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECreative Cutting-Edge Coral Scientist\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn alumna Kristen\u0026nbsp;Marhaver\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;research lab at CARMABI (Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity) on the island of Cura\u0026ccedil;ao,\u0026nbsp;Marhaver\u0026nbsp;and her team have made great strides in aiding coral survival by inventing methods for coral breeding, baby coral propagation, and coral gene banking.\u0026nbsp;Marhaver\u0026nbsp;now sponsors a first-year biology researcher each year at Tech through the FastTrack Research Program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/magazine-pages.aspx?sid=1481\u0026amp;gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=21784\u0026amp;cid=48888\u0026amp;ecid=48888\u0026amp;crid=0\u0026amp;calpgid=16742\u0026amp;calcid=37904\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Association - Creative Cutting-Edge Coral Scientist (gtalumni.org)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStudent Stories\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhere Linguistics, French, and Psychology Intersect: Zach Hopton Discusses Collaborative Time at Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPsychology\u0026nbsp;and Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies\u0026nbsp;student Zachary Hopton discusses\u0026nbsp;the balance between experimental psychology and\u0026nbsp;language, and the relationship that the two disciplines have with each other.\u0026nbsp;He shares his experiences\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;the French Language, Business, and Technology Program and\u0026nbsp;during\u0026nbsp;an exchange semester at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/en\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESciences Po\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Paris, France.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/where-linguistics-french-and-psychology-intersect-zach-hopton-discusses-collaborative-time-tech\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWhere Linguistics, French, and Psychology Intersect: Zach Hopton Discusses Collaborative Time at Tech | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA (gatech.edu)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECelebrating #GT21 Graduate Stories: Maria Zulfiqar\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am the first person in my family\u0026rsquo;s history to obtain a college degree in the United States, the first woman to ever obtain a college degree at all in my family \u0026mdash; and I\u0026rsquo;m doing it two years early, with highest honors,\u0026rdquo; shares Maria Zulfiqar. Zulfiqar, who is Pakistani, grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia, and was born in Mississauga, Canada.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/celebrating-gt21-graduate-stories-maria-zulfiqar\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECelebrating #GT21 Graduate Stories: Maria Zulfiqar | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA (gatech.edu)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Language Institute: Meet\u0026nbsp;Taehwan\u0026nbsp;Yang\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter completing a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in biotechnology and bioscience in South Korea,\u0026nbsp;Taehwan\u0026nbsp;Yang decided to pursue a master\u0026rsquo;s degree in biology in the United States\u0026nbsp;with support from the Georgia Tech Language Institute. The Language Institute helps international students, professionals and visitors improve their English proficiency through short courses, summer classes, and semester-long programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/esl.gatech.edu\/about-us\/testimonials\/meet-taehwan-yang\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMeet Taehwan Yang | Language Institute - English as a Second Language (ESL) | Georgia Tech Professional Education | Atlanta, GA (gatech.edu)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInternational Education Week Events\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iew.gatech.edu\/events\u0022\u003E2021 IEW Event Schedule\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, IEW will take place from November 15-19. If your organization is interested in participating in International Education Week, there\u0026#39;s still time to fill out the following form with a proposal for your event:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8CkFDGTubkx5VBk\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8CkFDGTubkx5VBk\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMonday, November 15:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine Table at IEW Kick-Off!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Outside of Clough\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;10:30 to 11:30 am\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Stop by the Georgia Tech-Lorraine table at the IEW Kick-Off Event on November 15th from 10:30-11:30am outside of Clough. GTL representatives will be present to answer all your questions and give you details about a semester on Tech\u0026#39;s campus in France for undergraduates and graduates!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrench program tabling at IEW Kick-off\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Outside of Clough\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;10:30 to 11:30 am\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Information about French and Francophone Studies at Georgia Tech, including study abroad summer 2021 LBAT Paris and Senegal, and SLS GT Lorraine semester-long immersion program in Metz, fall 2022.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnglish Conversation Hour\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Clough 447\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;5 to 6 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Learning English? Come practice your spoken English skills in a friendly, informal setting with the staff of the Naugle Communication Center!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuesday, November 16:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow to Afford Study Abroad\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Exhibition Hall: Buckhead Room\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;11 am to 12 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Study abroad doesn\u0026#39;t have to break the bank. Come to the \u0026quot;How to Afford Study Abroad\u0026quot; information session to learn more.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESalud in Spain Summer Program Informational Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/556633472\/1660\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/556633472\/1660\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;11 am to 12 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;If you are interested in participating in the Salud in Spain Program in Summer 2022, please attend this information session.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISYE Summer Program in Europe Information Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/616106986\/8966\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/616106986\/8966\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;11 am to 12 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Learn more about the ISYE Summer Program in Europe! This 10-week summer program offers Georgia Tech ISYE students the opportunity to take standard undergraduate industrial engineering courses in Ireland and Spain during the Summer 2022 semester.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrench and Francophone Studies Research Round Table\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Swann 115\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;11 am to 12 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;French and Francophone Studies Round Table and Q\u0026amp;A with Faculty. Moderated by Andrea Jonsson.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeadership for Social Good Virtual Info Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/676192608\/7312\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/676192608\/7312\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;11 to 11:30 am\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Come join this alumni-led information session to hear more about the Leadership for Social Good Study Abroad Program. The Leadership for Social Good Study Abroad Program in Central and Eastern Europe offers interested students the opportunity to gain insight into global civil society, to learn about the challenges of creating and leading effective and sustainable social enterprises, and to make a positive impact by working closely with a non-profit organization in Budapest, Hungary.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJapan Day\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Swann Building Backyard\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;11 am to 2 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Please join us, \u0026quot;Japan Day\u0026quot;! Learn about the Japanese program at Tech! Meet\u0026nbsp;Furoshiki\u0026nbsp;master and\u0026nbsp;Kendama\u0026nbsp;master and have fun with Anime trivia contest and more! Japanese sweet and bakery will be served.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENote:\u0026nbsp;If it rains on the 16th, this event will be\u0026nbsp;move\u0026nbsp;to Nov. 18th\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirtual Info Session on the Study Abroad \u0026amp; Immersion Programs in France and Senegal\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/441452800\/9256\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/441452800\/9256\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;12 to 1 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Learn more about the School of Modern Languages\u0026#39; LBAT (Language for Business \u0026amp; Technology) France (Paris) and LBAT Senegal (Dakar) study abroad summer programs, and the SLS (Serve-Learn-Sustain) fall semester program at Georgia Tech Lorraine (Metz,France).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine Undergraduate Info Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/gjfwagkq\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/gjfwagkq\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;1 to 2 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Can\u0026#39;t make it to a weekly GTL Info Session held on Thursdays from 11am-12pm? No worries! Tune in to this special IEW GTL Info Session held on Tuesday, November 16th from 1-2pm for details about studying at Tech\u0026#39;s campus in France!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISYE Summer Program in Asia Information Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/734576054\/3476\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/734576054\/3476\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;2 to 3 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Learn more about the ISYE Summer Program in Asia! This 12-week summer program offers Georgia Tech ISYE students the opportunity to take standard undergraduate industrial engineering courses while exploring some of the most important locations for logistics and manufacturing in the 21st century: China and Singapore.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWednesday, November 17:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPassport to GT\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;- RSVP at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_7QxiuEsHQtiuqnc\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_7QxiuEsHQtiuqnc\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 9:30 to 11:30 am\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Join OIE ISSS Staff to learn more about the international student experience of coming to Georgia Tech, as well as the various services ISSS offers. Registration is required. Limit of 30 attendees. *This event if for faculty\/staff only*\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate Studies at Georgia Tech-Lorraine: Virtual Info Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/uwfqpxtj\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/uwfqpxtj\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 10:00 to 11:00 am\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Join Georgia Tech-Lorraine\u0026#39;s virtual Grad Student info session to learn how easy it is to spend a semester on Tech\u0026#39;s European campus in Metz, France at up to half the cost of the Atlanta campus!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELBAT Ecuador Information Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Skiles 170\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 12:30 to 1:30 pm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Information session about Study Abroad Program in Ecuador (Cuenca and Galapagos Islands) for summer 2022.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/lbat\/ecuador-galapagos\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/lbat\/ecuador-galapagos\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThursday, November 18\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInternational Fellowships\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/2610797883\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/2610797883\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 11\u0026nbsp;am to 12 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Attend this informational webinar to learn about Prestigious Fellowships offering International Placements!!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhoto Contest Reception\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Price Gilbert - G116\u0026nbsp;Wilby\u0026nbsp;(by Blue Donkey)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 2\u0026nbsp;to 3 pm\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Join the Office of International Education as we celebrate the winners of the annual Photo Contest!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBoren Information Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Savant #308\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 3:30 to 4:30 pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Want to learn more about getting $23,000 to study language abroad? Join us at the Boren Information Session to learn more about this exciting\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ\u0026amp;A with Sabine Landolt \u0026amp; Agathe Laurent, co-authors of Can We Agree to Disagree\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/655772209\/7771\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/655772209\/7771\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 5:00 to 6:00 pm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Join us for a Q\u0026amp; A with Sabine Landolt, the co-authors of Can We Agree to Disagree, a compelling collection of anecdotes about French and American professionals on their experiences working together. This book reveals the risks of misjudgments. It provides tips and tricks to foster mutual understanding, sparks curiosity, and encourages professionals to adopt the best methods from both cultures, and to\u0026nbsp;better work\u0026nbsp;together.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/655772209\/7771\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMeeting URL\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFriday, November 19\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPacific Program Information Session\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;virtual\/bluejeans\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/655185001\/1185\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/655185001\/1185\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/655185001\/1185%C2%A0\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 11\u0026nbsp;am to 12 pm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Are you interested in participating in study abroad program during the\u0026nbsp;Summer? If you are, make sure you mark your calendar and come to one of the\u0026nbsp;Pacific\u0026nbsp;program\u0026#39;s information sessions. The Pacific program is GT faculty-led program that usually happens during the\u0026nbsp;Spring semester; however, it has recently been shifted to the\u0026nbsp;Summer\u0026nbsp;semester for 2022 only. The Pacific program travels to New Zealand and Australia for 11 weeks! In this information session you will learn valuable information about the program including what classes the program is offering, specific program dates, program itinerary, and much more. Please note that the program\u0026#39;s application is nor open. If you can\u0026#39;t attend the session, but you would like more information, reach out to Andrea Henriquez (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:andrea.henriquez@oie.gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eandrea.henriquez@oie.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;make an online advising appointment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBudgeting for International Experiences\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Savant #308\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 4\u0026nbsp;to 5 pm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Join us to learn ways to make international experiences more affordable!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELaternenfest\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;Tech Green\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp; 4:15 to 6:15 pm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescription:\u0026nbsp;Join the German Program to celebrate\u0026nbsp;Laternenfest\u0026nbsp;by making Lanterns, eating sweet treats, and learning children\u0026#39;s songs for the holiday!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQuestions? 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In this case, they\u0026rsquo;re presented to those with breakthrough research on subjects like topology, random matrices, combinatorics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESimply being asked to present research at an ICM is, as Davide Castelvecchi wrote in a 2015\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/526178a\u0022\u003Estory\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026ldquo;the equivalent, in this community, of an induction to a hall of fame.\u0026rdquo; So imagine the pride at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;when it learned that it will have not one, but two lecturers at the 2022 ICM, scheduled for July 6-14 in St. Petersburg, Russia.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~jhom6\/\u0022\u003EJennifer Hom\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~ktikhomirov6\/\u0022\u003EKonstantin Tikhomirov\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;have accepted invitations from ICM committees to speak at the conference.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The ICM speaker invitations are a major news item in the mathematics community every four years. The invitations carry very high prestige, selected with\u0026nbsp;extreme diligence\u0026nbsp;to highlight leading breakthroughs across all of mathematics,\u0026rdquo; explains\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/rachel-kuske\u0022\u003ERachel Kuske\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor and Chair of the School of Mathematics. \u0026ldquo;An invitation signals innovative research that is driving future discovery. A single invitation in any cycle is a source of great pride for the home department of the speaker, and more than one is particularly noteworthy, reflecting the impressive talent joining the School in recent years. \u0026nbsp;Of course, we are well aware that our pioneering colleagues Jennifer and Konstantin are leading the world in their fields, but we are very pleased by the community\u0026#39;s agreement, via this exceptional international recognition.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was a very pleasant surprise to get the email,\u0026rdquo; says Hom. \u0026ldquo;It wasn\u0026rsquo;t something that was on my radar. Most mathematicians do math because they find it interesting and challenging and fun, and things like this are the icing on the cake.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe invitation also came as a surprise to Tikhomirov. \u0026ldquo;I was extremely happy, of course, and I didn\u0026rsquo;t expect it,\u0026rdquo; he says. \u0026ldquo;People usually get invited earlier. I was not really expecting this because it\u0026rsquo;s a hard thing, it\u0026rsquo;s a very rare event, once every four years.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHom echoes Kuske when she says having two Georgia Tech researchers speaking at ICM \u0026ldquo;speaks highly of the quality of math being done at the School of Mathematics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHom hasn\u0026rsquo;t decided the\u0026nbsp;specific\u0026nbsp;topic of her lecture, but her mathematical research focuses on low-dimensional topology.\u0026nbsp;Topology is the study of shapes and spaces that can be stretched, twisted, and otherwise deformed, but never broken or torn. These spaces are called manifolds; for example, the surface of a donut is a two-dimensional manifold. Low-dimensional topology is the sub-discipline interested in topological spaces of four or fewer dimensions.\u0026nbsp;The study of manifolds can help bring simplicity to the understanding of more complex structures in math and physics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m lucky enough to sit and think about totally abstract things just for the sake of finding patterns,\u0026rdquo; she says. \u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s so much more to math than what people see in high school, or what average college students see in the math class. A lot of high school math is focused on getting you to calculus, and that\u0026rsquo;s a small part of the really\u0026nbsp;cool math that\u0026rsquo;s out there.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETikhomirov\u0026rsquo;s research is in discrete probability, which tries to bring structure and predictability to chance in the form of modeling. Take a coin flip, for example. \u0026ldquo;If I could measure the parameters of the coins, and figure out how much muscle you use to flip the coin, and figure for the activity of neurons, I would be able to predict the outcome \u0026mdash; heads or tails,\u0026rdquo; he explains. \u0026ldquo;But that\u0026rsquo;s too complicated\u0026rdquo; to compute outcomes in that way.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026ldquo;\u003C\/strong\u003EProbability, in that respect, is designed to model things. 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She has been employed at Georgia Tech since September 1997, serving as an instructor until she was promoted to Academic Professional in January 2017. In 2000, she co-created a training program for graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants, which earned the Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award in 2006 and has been used as a model for other campus departments. Since 2008, she has served as the TA Coordinator for the School of Mathematics. She earned the Center for Teaching and Learning Undergraduate Educator Award in 2011 and won the institute-wide Class of 1934\/1940 Course Survey Teaching Excellence Award seven times. In addition to directing the TA program, Ms. Grodzinsky has taken on key roles in course coordination, registration, permits, and the course scheduling team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EPromotion to Senior Academic Professional for Christopher Jankowski\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChristopher Jankowski received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and joined Georgia Tech as an Academic Professional in 2016. He has taken on a range of administrative and teaching responsibilities at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Since the inception of formal math course coordination in the School, \u0026nbsp;he has coordinated Introduction to Linear Algebra (Math 1553), and more recently Math 1551. As Director of Postdoctoral Teaching Effectiveness, he serves as a teaching mentor and an organizer of professional development events for postdoctoral faculty in mathematics. As the Director of Graduate Advising and Assessment, Dr. Jankowski is the central coursework advisor for MS Math and PhD Math students. 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These 40 talented individuals have made significant contributions in their fields at an early age. From saving endangered coral reefs in the Caribbean to building a space station near the Moon to paving the way for Black-owned businesses to thrive in Atlanta, these individuals are changing the world for the better.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENominees must have completed at least one semester at Georgia Tech, be under the age of 40 as of June 30, 2021, and have made an impact in their profession or community, spanning all industries and sectors. A committee of 21 faculty, staff, and volunteer leaders, who collectively represented all Georgia Tech colleges, scored each nominee using a 25-point rubric.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfiles on each member of this year\u0026rsquo;s cohort will be printed in the fall issue of the Alumni magazine, set for mid-October mailing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUntil then, you can \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/40under40\u0022\u003Elearn about the 2021 class on the Alumni Association\u0026rsquo;s website\u003C\/a\u003E, and read on to meet the six inspiring College of Sciences alumni recognized in this year\u0026rsquo;s class:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArindam Basu, MS Math 09, PhD ECE 10\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAssociate Professor | City U\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBasu\u0026rsquo;s work in implantable machine learning for brain-machine interfaces (BMI) offers hope to the nearly 5.4 million persons living with paralysis. 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She\u0026rsquo;s committed to shifting the narrative of what STEM education is and who can do it. As a doctoral candidate in mathematics education at the University of Michigan, she studies different aspects of informal STEM environments like extracurriculars designed for students who are underestimated because of their race or economic status. As a resident researcher intern at NASA, she conducts research and develops tools focused on evidence-based, effective practices aimed at sparking and sustaining underestimated K-12 girls\u0026rsquo; interest in STEM. She is also CEO and founder of STEMulation, an educational games and media production company that promotes STEM learning through the lens of social justice theory and practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Even though most of my current success is about critiquing mathematics education and the culture around it, my formal mathematics training at GT has set a sturdy foundation for my messaging,\u0026rdquo; Washington says. \u0026ldquo;By that, I mean my undergraduate experiences as a math major at GT gave me a first-hand perspective to understand when a student is not comfortable within a STEM space, and secondly, the motivation to want to do something about it.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFun fact:\u003C\/strong\u003E Washington has an Amtrak rewards card because she loves riding cross-country trains.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThomas \u0026ldquo;Bo\u0026rdquo; Hatchett, Bio 13\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia State Senator \u0026ndash; District 50 | Georgia State Senate\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHatchett was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2020, becoming the youngest state senator in Georgia. He represents District 50, which includes eight counties in the northeastern corner of Georgia. Hatchett also serves as the governor\u0026rsquo;s floor leader. Since passing the bar in 2017, Hatchett, a civil trial attorney with Cathy \u0026amp; Strain, LLC, has worked on a number of catastrophic injury cases seeking justice for families. While at Georgia Tech, Hatchett served as captain of the school\u0026rsquo;s swim team during his last two years. As a litigator, representative, and real-estate business owner, Hatchett strives to always live by the Institute\u0026rsquo;s motto of \u0026ldquo;Progress and Service.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My education extended way beyond the classroom, and the professors, coaches, and staff members at Georgia Tech helped mold me into the person I am today,\u0026rdquo; Hatchett says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFun fact:\u003C\/strong\u003E Hatchett is a huge fan of the show \u003Cem\u003EJeopardy\u003C\/em\u003E. 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This energy would normally travel away from its source before dissipating \u0026mdash; but academics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh alongside colleagues from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gsu.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia State University\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E in the US have recognized an opportunity. They intend to capture and recycle this untapped source by using the principles of physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey have received \u0026pound;340,000\u0026nbsp;(about $463,000) from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gow.epsrc.ukri.org\/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP\/V034391\/1\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council\u0026nbsp;(EPSRC)\u003C\/a\u003E, part of UK Research and Innovation,\u0026nbsp;and $443,000 from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E (NSF) to research and develop a revolutionary vibro-impact energy harvesting device.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDaniil Yurchenko, Ph.D., from Heriot-Watt University, has created a prototype called a \u0026lsquo;vibrant pack energy harvester\u0026rsquo; that can be fitted at multiple locations on a bridge.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese autonomous devices, measuring around 5 \u0026ndash; 10cm in length, do not require wiring to an electrical power source and are relatively cheap to manufacture. They work by holding a small ball housed within a tube that rolls back and forth as the device absorbs low frequency vibrations. As the ball moves, it impacts on non-conductive materials, known as dielectric membranes, located at either end of the tube. When the membrane is stretched, a brief electrical charge is applied but once it returns to its undeformed state, the generated excessive electrical charge can be harvested.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis electrical energy is stored in a battery and used to power a sensor capable of monitoring the structural integrity of a bridge. Engineers can then record multiple measurements, such as vibrations, traffic load, wind and temperature, all at the same time but without the need for specialist infrastructure to be installed at significant cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYurchenko, from the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, explains that while dielectric elastomer technology has been tried in wave energy, nothing has been done on this centimetre scale before.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What we are doing is creating a more efficient and cost-effective solution by harvesting energy that would otherwise be lost,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s something that has never been done before in this way.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a technology that can be used on any bridge anywhere in the world. There are plenty of places where these devices can be fitted to a bridge structure such as on cables, on the pillars, other side of the bridge deck, there really aren\u0026rsquo;t any limits.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The biggest problem in energy harvesting is that the absolute amount of energy produced by a typical device is very small due to the low available level of vibrations. In fact, for the past 100 years scientists have been fighting adverse vibrations to ensure that bridges are safe. So, through this work we will try to optimise the performance of our vibro impact energy harvesting device tuning it to the bridge application.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team is working alongside Wenzel Consult, an independent company that specialises in bridge sensor technology in Austria and Turkey.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the project advances, the scientists say they intend to carry our real-life testing of their prototype on a 32-meter long highway bridge in northern Austria.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe multidisciplinary project, entitled, Stochastic Nonsmooth Analysis For Energy Harvesting, is due to complete in 2024.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/rkuske7-home\/\u0022\u003ERachel Kuske\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, said: \u0026ldquo;While the device has nonlinear behaviour, which is beneficial in generating more energy than is used to power the device, the same nonlinearity can result in a range of complex responses to the vibrations. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We will use dynamical analyses to predict the different types of responses, as well as to select design choices for responses that optimise energy output. As the bridge vibrations are also inherently noisy, the analysis will also identify how to leverage noise sources that are beneficial and mitigate effects from detrimental noise sources.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Igor Belykh, co-investigator from Georgia State University, adds: \u0026ldquo;This project seeks to provide guidelines for designing power supplies that can harvest energy from bridge oscillations. These energy harvesters can be used in bridge damage sensors thereby minimising sensor maintenance\/battery replacement and decreasing the associated risks to service personnel on high suspension bridges. Moreover, this project is synergistically connected to another project supported by NSF grant (2019-2022) \u0026lsquo;Modern approaches to modelling and predicting bridge instabilities\u0026rsquo; that will inform the design of energy harvesters by offering a dynamical characterisation of bridge oscillations and external perturbations to be harvested.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe scientists say that in the future the same technology could be adapted and used to harvest energy from other vibrating man-made structures and machines.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERelated news coverage: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/education\/vibrations-from-forth-bridge-and-queensferry-crossing-could-be-harvested-and-turned-into-electrical-power-3313475\u0022\u003EEdinburgh Evening News\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scottishconstructionnow.com\/article\/and-finally-good-vibrations\u0022\u003EScottish Construction Now\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/futurescot.com\/bridge-energy-to-be-harvested-in-pioneering-research-project-led-by-scottish-university\/\u0022\u003EFutureScot\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/homenews\/19453629.heriot-watt-scientists-say-bridge-vibrations-used-improve-safety\/\u0022\u003EThe Herald Scotland\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/digit.fyi\/bridge-energy-gathered-heriot-watt-project\/\u0022\u003EDigit\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETraffic and wind regularly cause low frequency vibrations to ripple through bridge building materials such as steel and concrete. 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A theoretical abstraction known as a self-organizing particle system was developed to rigorously study a mathematical model of the BOBbots. Using ideas from probability theory, statistical physics and stochastic algorithms, the researchers were able to prove that the theoretical model undergoes a phase change as the magnetic interactions increase \u0026mdash; abruptly changing from dispersed to aggregating in large, compact clusters, similar to phase changes we see in common everyday systems, like water and ice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The rigorous analysis not only showed us how to build the BOBbots, but also revealed an inherent robustness of our algorithm that allowed some of the robots to be faulty or unpredictable,\u0026quot; notes Randall, who also serves as a professor of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecomputer science\u003C\/a\u003E and adjunct professor of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Emathematics\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe collaboration is based on experiments and simulations also designed by Bahnisikha Dutta, Ram Avinery and Enes Aydin from Georgia Tech, as well as on theoretical work by Andrea Richa and Joshua Daymude from Arizona State University, and Sarah Cannon from Claremont McKenna College, who is a recent Georgia Tech graduate.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work is part of a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) funded by the Army Research Office (ARO) to study the foundations of emergent computation and collective intelligence.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFunding: This work was supported by the Department of Defense under MURI award no. 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His lab is an experimental atomic physics group that prepares atomic vapors from room temperature down to the microKelvin temperature regime, and seeks to exploit their unique capabilities for applications in quantum photonics, sensing, and many-body physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInnovation in Co-Curricular Education\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E($3,000 shared--$1,000 each)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/paul-verhaeghen\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPaul Verhaeghen\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026mdash;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award is open to full-time faculty of any rank who increase student learning outside the traditional curriculum and help Georgia Tech achieve its strategic goal of graduating global citizens who can contribute to all sectors of society. Initiatives may involve formal or informal out-of-class learning experiences that engage undergraduate and\/or graduate students in opportunities to develop respect for other cultures, explore the leadership qualities and ethical behaviors necessary to contribute to society, and\/or build on their innovative and entrepreneurial talents in order to have a positive impact on local, state, national and\/or international arenas.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVerhaeghen, a professor, researches cognitive aging and working memory in the School of Psychology. He has also conducted scientific research into mindfulness meditation, and has published a book on his findings, \u0026ldquo;Presence: How Mindfulness Shapes Your Brain, Mind, and Life.\u0026rdquo; In late 2020 he was awarded a two-year, $200,000 grant from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mindandlife.org\/\u0022\u003EMind and Life Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EScholarship of Teaching and Learning Award\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E($3,000 shared--$1,500 each)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/evans\/michael\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMichael Evans\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/Shepler\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECarrie Shepler\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award, offered in 2018-2019 for the first time, provides Georgia Tech with the opportunity to acknowledge the value of scholarship of teaching and learning articulated by Boyer\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;Scholarship Reconsidered\u0026nbsp;(1990),\u0026nbsp;and exemplified by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This award is intended to encourage and support the work of\u0026nbsp;faculty\u0026nbsp;whose scholarship focuses on the instructional mission of the institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEvans is a senior academic professional who serves as the Freshmen Chemistry Laboratory Coordinator. 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Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award was established in 2005 through a gift from School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026#39;s Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Eichholz. It was created to reward senior faculty members who made a long-term contribution to introductory undergraduate education and were outstanding teachers for students taking freshman and sophomore core courses. Recently, the award has broadened to recognize faculty at any point in their careers who excel in teaching core and general education courses, and who help students establish a solid foundation for their education at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his success as an effective and engaging instructor, Prof. Margalit is recognized for his leadership on MATH 1553 Intro. 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In addition to leading improvements in this challenging area, she has\u0026nbsp;strengthened the cooperation and collaboration between Tutoring \u0026amp; Academic Support and SoM, and introduced an innovative Learning Assistants program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with the students who receive her\u0026nbsp;constant efforts, we are very grateful for Lecturer Reikes\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;continued work\u0026nbsp;in undergraduate education and specifically her work in the School of Mathematics, and congratulate her on this distinguished honor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis award, which was offered for the first time in 2009, recognizes the outstanding contributions that non-tenure track faculty make to the education of students on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This award, which was offered for the first time in 2009, recognizes the outstanding contributions that non-tenure track faculty make to the education of students on campus."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2021-03-23 18:37:46","changed_gmt":"2021-03-30 21:12:30","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-03-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"645916":{"id":"645916","type":"image","title":"Stephanie Reikes Headshot","body":null,"created":"1617138709","gmt_created":"2021-03-30 21:11:49","changed":"1617138709","gmt_changed":"2021-03-30 21:11:49","alt":"","file":{"fid":"245222","name":"headshot_stephanie_reikes_PREFERRED.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_stephanie_reikes_PREFERRED.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot_stephanie_reikes_PREFERRED.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":92038,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot_stephanie_reikes_PREFERRED.jpg?itok=LY7ReUX-"}}},"media_ids":["645916"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"645791":{"#nid":"645791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Reimagining Contact Tracing ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis story first appeared in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/reimagining-contact-tracing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E newsroom.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EContact tracing apps have become a crucial way for people to keep themselves and others safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. 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An alternative digital tool is an early warning system that anonymously alerts users as a Covid-infected individual approaches their social interaction circles \u0026ndash; simply put, a Covid radar system.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn an event co-hosted by the College of Engineering and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech faculty members Matt Baker and Shannon Yee invited Po-Shen Loh, a professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, to speak about the innovative radar approach, as well as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.novid.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003ENOVID\u003C\/a\u003E, an app pioneered by Loh and his team\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn March 2020, Loh began the theoretical plans for the NOVID app. He wanted to find a way to apply his scholarly work in times of national emergency, which led him to examine mainstream contact tracing apps that emerged at the beginning of the pandemic. Using his expertise in network theory \u0026ndash; the study of the way elements in a network interact \u0026ndash; Loh and his team wanted to create an app that would empower people with information, including when to take extra precautions to mitigate exposure, such as wearing a more protective mask or avoiding optional social gatherings. To do so, they created what he describes as a Covid radar app that provides users with a self-defense mechanism to avoid infection, showing multiple degrees of separation from infected individuals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ECombining Game and Network Theory\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere is where Loh\u0026rsquo;s application of game theory comes into play \u0026ndash; the team had to find a way to align the user\u0026rsquo;s natural incentives with downloading the NOVID app and did so by offering opportunities for the user to be proactive and protect themselves. Loh started with a question \u0026ndash; how a new methodology focused on game theory and networks could affect contact tracing apps \u0026ndash; and ended up with an app that has seen more than 100,000 users.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome contact tracing apps use smartphones\u0026rsquo; ability to connect to inform users if they have been physically near an infected individual, measuring distance in terms of feet or miles, but Loh felt their approach needed a methodological shift. They went one level of abstraction up, measuring distance in terms of sustained physical relationships \u0026ndash; mapping those smartphone interactions onto a network and measuring degrees of separation from infected individuals by network distance. His idea is extrapolated from network theory, where each node in the system is a person, and when two people spend a significant amount of time physically near each other, it forms a connection between those two nodes. The app can then measure the distance between a user and infection by measuring how many steps away on the network the user is from an infected individual.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EA Shift in Approach\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile most contact tracing apps notify a user to quarantine after physical exposures, Loh\u0026rsquo;s app gives users visual representation of how far away in terms of degrees of separation they are from an infected individual, and allows the user to become aware of their interactions and environment to make more proactive decisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the event, Loh outlined three main problems he found in mainstream contact tracing apps that create a significant barrier to their success. 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To solve the problem of mistrust in these apps\u0026rsquo; recommendation to quarantine, NOVID does not tell users to do so, but instead educates the user on how far away they are in the network from infection and recommends simple, temporary lifestyle changes, such as spending time with friends outside, not going out to eat, and other safety methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Traditional contact tracing relies to a large extent on altruism, but the NOVID app flips the incentives around and relies on users\u0026rsquo; desire to protect themselves,\u0026rdquo; said Baker. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a marvelous idea and the potential applications are not limited to Covid-19, or even to epidemiology.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NOVID team continues to work with researchers and epidemiologists to analyze and improve the app, and they plan to release a new update that allows users to input vaccination status in a few weeks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m really intrigued by the whole project and interested to see where this app will go,\u0026rdquo; said Yee. \u0026ldquo;I chose to teach in-person this semester, and NOVID provides me peace of mind when I go home at night regarding the prolonged interactions I may have on campus. It\u0026rsquo;s great to have this app in the Georgia Tech toolkit to help stop the spread of Covid-19 in our community.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhoto: (Left to right) Shannon Yee, professor in the George W. 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Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations go to Professor\u0026nbsp;Dan Margalit, who has been awarded the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/awards\/eichholz\u0022\u003EGeoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award was established in 2005 through a gift from School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026#39;s Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Eichholz. It was created to reward senior faculty members who made a long-term contribution to introductory undergraduate education and were outstanding teachers for students taking freshman and sophomore core courses. Recently, the award has broadened to recognize faculty at any point in their careers who excel in teaching core and general education courses, and who help students establish a solid foundation for their education at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his success as an effective and engaging instructor, Prof. Margalit is recognized for his leadership on MATH 1553 Intro. 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This is particularly relevant for high-dimensional and nonparametric statistics. In high-dimensional statistics, one studies problems involving data sets with a large complexity or dimensionality that can be much larger than an amount of available information.\u0026nbsp;Methods that are used in nonparametric statistics typically impose much weaker assumptions on a statistical model than the parametric statistics does. In general, this leads to a smaller modeling error and to a broader range of applications, or real-life problems, where these methods can be used.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhilova adds in her abstract: \u0026ldquo;The project is focused on development of new methods of statistical inference for complex data sets providing high accuracy and explicit theoretical guarantees. This includes (i) development of a novel framework for statistical inference that will considerably extend the range of applicability of some of the major statistical methods; (ii) studies of performance of resampling methods in a high-dimensional framework; and (iii) studies of intrinsic properties of high-dimensional models that ensure good performance of the statistical methods.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe educational aspect of Zhilova\u0026rsquo;s NSF CAREER project includes mentorship of graduate and undergraduate students, summer camps in statistics and data science for STEM-oriented high school students, and a workshop\/graduate school offering on high-dimensional statistics and learning theory for junior researchers. Zhilova notes that special attention will be given to supporting students and researchers from underrepresented minorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF CAREER Program is one of the Foundation\u0026rsquo;s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education, and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/pubs\/2020\/nsf20525\/nsf20525.htm\u0022\u003ENSF notes\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that activities pursued by early-career faculty recipients should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhilova began work at the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech in 2016, and is an affiliate faculty member of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Machine Learning at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/triad.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETransdisciplinary Research Institute for Advancing Data Science (TRIAD)\u003C\/a\u003E. Before coming to Atlanta, Zhilova was a researcher at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, and at the School of Business and Economics at the Humboldt University of Berlin. 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This is particularly relevant for high-dimensional and nonparametric statistics. In high-dimensional statistics, one studies problems involving data sets with a large complexity or dimensionality that can be much larger than an amount of available information.\u0026nbsp;Methods that are used in nonparametric statistics typically impose much weaker assumptions on a statistical model than the parametric statistics does. In general, this leads to a smaller modeling error and to a broader range of applications, or real-life problems, where these methods can be used.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhilova adds in her abstract: \u0026ldquo;The project is focused on development of new methods of statistical inference for complex data sets providing high accuracy and explicit theoretical guarantees. This includes (i) development of a novel framework for statistical inference that will considerably extend the range of applicability of some of the major statistical methods; (ii) studies of performance of resampling methods in a high-dimensional framework; and (iii) studies of intrinsic properties of high-dimensional models that ensure good performance of the statistical methods.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe educational aspect of Zhilova\u0026rsquo;s NSF CAREER project includes mentorship of graduate and undergraduate students, summer camps in statistics and data science for STEM-oriented high school students, and a workshop\/graduate school offering on high-dimensional statistics and learning theory for junior researchers. Zhilova notes that special attention will be given to supporting students and researchers from underrepresented minorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF CAREER Program is one of the Foundation\u0026rsquo;s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education, and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. 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Since the major is small, everyone knows\u0026nbsp;each other\u0026nbsp;and I get to take multiple classes with\u0026nbsp;all of\u0026nbsp;my friends.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUse three words to describe your major.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Small but mighty!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about your favorite class you\u0026rsquo;ve taken within your major.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;My favorite class was Learning and Memory. It was awesome learning how phenomena like conditioning and habituation are present in the world around us.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho is a professor that has inspired you?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Professor Sara Dommer over at Scheller. She\u0026#39;s an incredible teacher and mentor!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you plan to do after graduation?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;I\u0026#39;m pursuing a PhD in Marketing at the University of British Columbia to study ethical consumer behavior. It\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;pretty rooted\u0026nbsp;in psychological theory!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/undergrad\/eas-major\u0022\u003EEarth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E -\u0026nbsp;Dorien\u0026nbsp;Minor\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u0026nbsp;Third Year from Port Republic, Maryland\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Col\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy did you choose to study your major at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Since Atlanta is\u0026nbsp;really close\u0026nbsp;to many well-known broadcast stations, like The Weather Channel and CNN, having access to many opportunities in Atlanta combined with the amount of hands-on exposure students get within the EAS department made my decision to study at Tech easy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is the best part of your major?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The best part of our major is how much all students and faculty are connected to each other. 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The award is named for two former CMS presidents, Donald Coxeter, who is recognized as one of the world\u0026rsquo;s best geometers, and Ralph Duncan James, who was a great contributor to mathematical development in Canada.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor information about past recipients, visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cms.math.ca\/Prizes\/info\/cj.html\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/cms.math.ca\/Prizes\/info\/cj.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Luke Postle (ACO PhD 2012) Awarded Coxeter-James Prize for Work in Graph Theory"}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2021-02-01 23:21:48","changed_gmt":"2021-02-09 20:30:58","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"627744":{"id":"627744","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower in the Fall ","body":null,"created":"1571333850","gmt_created":"2019-10-17 17:37:30","changed":"1571333850","gmt_changed":"2019-10-17 17:37:30","alt":"Tech Tower in the Fall ","file":{"fid":"239031","name":"Tech Tower Fall.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Tech%20Tower%20Fall.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Tech%20Tower%20Fall.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1148692,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Tech%20Tower%20Fall.jpg?itok=B_QwOMnP"}}},"media_ids":["627744"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cms.math.ca\/news-item\/dr-luke-postle-to-receive-the-2021-coxeter-james-prize\/?fbclid=IwAR2s1a6tnp1rtGRQnf9T93WiSudJPXVYpFGPPP17Yy96efJ3qL-u0HZ1HUU.","title":"Canadian Mathematical Society"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"643474":{"#nid":"643474","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2021 and Beyond: Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Students ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn and off Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s campus, there are countless opportunities for undergraduate students to gain\u0026nbsp;practical skills, connections with industry leaders, and hands-on experience\u0026nbsp;through research\u0026nbsp;and internship\u0026nbsp;opportunities.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBelow is a non-comprehensive list of available opportunities, along with advice for how to find out about other opportunities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/sls-internship\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EServe-Learn-Sustain Internships\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESLS seeks to provide its partners with support and resources, while providing its students with practical experience in supporting solutions for sustainable communities. The SLS internship\u0026nbsp;program is offered every summer and is an opportunity for students looking to gain real-world experience related to sustainability and community engagement.\u0026nbsp;Summer interns will earn internship\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/career.gatech.edu\/internships\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecourse audit credit\u003C\/a\u003E, and can choose between a part-time (15-20 hours per week) or full-time (30-40 hours per week) internship.\u0026nbsp; The SLS Summer Internship Program is a 12-week program (mid-May to mid-August). Students interested in a part-time\u0026nbsp;internship for the\u0026nbsp;fall or spring semesters can contact SLS and SLS will work with them to identify partners who may be interested in hosting an intern during the school year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis semester, internships include\u0026nbsp;partnerships with the City of Savannah working on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/city_of_savannah_0.pdf\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESea Level Sensor Project\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/food4lives.pdf\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMake Homeless Meals More Nutritious\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with\u0026nbsp;Food4Lives, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/office_of_campus_sustainability_georgia_tech.pdf\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETracking and Reporting Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Scope 3 Emissions with the Georgia Tech Office of Campus Sustainability\u003C\/a\u003E. Read about all the internship opportunities\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/internship-opportunities\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, and apply for an internship\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/student-internship-application\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalchange.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGlobal Change Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Global Change Program provides an avenue for Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students to design and implement solutions to climate and global change challenges. Georgia Tech has extensive research expertise in climate science, energy policy, energy technology, and sustainable business, which support a host of activities in the classroom, across the state, and beyond. We aim to build new partnerships across Georgia Tech and with outside partners, both private and public, through innovation and the translation of research into practice.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch partnerships include\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sealevelsensors.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESmart Sea Level Sensors\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.drawdownga.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDrawdown Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/blog\/covid-19-drives-significant-decline-georgia-techs-air-travel-emissions\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGT Air Travel Emissions\u003C\/a\u003E. Learn more about research opportunities here.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo stay connected with\u0026nbsp;the Global Change Program\u0026nbsp;and learn about upcoming opportunities,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/blog\/covid-19-drives-significant-decline-georgia-techs-air-travel-emissions\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ejoin their mailing list.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/vip-vertically-integrated-projects-program\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EVertically Integrated Projects\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn VIP, teams of undergraduate students \u0026ndash; from various years, disciplines and backgrounds \u0026ndash; work with faculty and graduate students in their areas of scholarship and exploration. Undergraduate students earn academic credit for their work and have direct experience with the innovation process, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the extended efforts of their teams.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETeams\u0026nbsp;are open to students of all undergraduate majors, with the opportunity to work on projects\u0026nbsp;related to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/teams\/bio-inspired-network-dynamics-and-geomechanics\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emechanical and physical properties of soils, rocks and ceramics\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/teams\/diabetes-and-chronic-disease-systems\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudying and developing solutions for care regimens for diabetics\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/teams\/humanitech\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eaddressing health outcomes, nutrition, and general living conditions in developing nations\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EView a list of all teams\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/teams\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more, contact\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:vip@gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evip@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evip.gatech.edu.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.urop.gatech.edu\/content\/undergraduate-research-ambassadors\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUndergraduate Research Ambassadors\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELast month, the Undergraduate Research Ambassadors hosted an open house to\u0026nbsp;answer any research-related questions. 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You\u0026#39;ll have the opportunity to\u0026nbsp;work with mentors and other students on tough problems facing government and industry across our nation and around the globe. Projects\u0026nbsp;for College of Sciences students\u0026nbsp;include\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/urip.gtri.gatech.edu\/Projects\/Details\/62d06e61-8015-4af9-afc7-d1d4868d0add\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESecure key distribution in free space optics\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/urip.gtri.gatech.edu\/Projects\/Details\/e5ce158a-daa1-4bfc-b6e3-48c33d6cb5c2\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECelestial PNT from Wide Field Imaging\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;and \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/urip.gtri.gatech.edu\/Projects\/Details\/c0803e4f-9d12-4338-8127-630a959b2c45\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFabrication and test of graphene batteries\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe deadline to apply for summer 2021 GRIP internships was February 1, but you can learn more about the projects and the application process for future rounds \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/urip.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/ires\u0022\u003EInternational Research Experience for Students (IRES) in Lyon, France\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChemistry and biochemistry majors are invited to apply for an 8.5-week summer research experience\u0026nbsp;hosted by Georgia Tech and Ecole Superieure de Chimie Physique Electronique (CPE) in Lyon, France. 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The CEBR\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/crssprgm\/reu\/\u0022\u003EResearch Experience for Undergraduates (REU)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;program supports a select group of undergraduates, community college students, and tribal college students to participate in authentic research in solar, energy storage, and grid technologies under the mentorship of UW\u0026rsquo;s world-class faculty and grad students. Participants embark on a nine-week immersive research project in a single UW clean energy research lab, and produce an abstract and poster summarizing their work.\u0026nbsp;All students that are accepted into the program are supported financially with competitive stipends. Housing, food allowance, and up to $500 in travel allowances are provided.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca class=\u0022Hyperlink SCXW157096078 BCX2\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/crssprgm\/reu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates)\u003C\/a\u003E program is designed to provide meaningful research experiences to undergraduates who may not otherwise have the opportunity, with an ultimate goal of increasing matriculation in STEM careers and graduate school.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMost NSF REU programs are designed to pair students attending smaller and undergraduate-only schools with faculty and lab groups at larger host institutions for mentorship and a meaningful research experience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EImportantly, as NSF notes, the inclusion of historically under-represented groups in STEM (minorities, low socio-economic status, first generation students, veterans and women) will serve to broaden the STEM talent pool.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAs such, most REU programs in the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech host a diverse cohort of approximately ten non-Georgia Tech undergraduates, who have limited research opportunities at their current institution. Each unique program\u0026#39;s focus and requirements vary, so check individual program links for application guidelines and deadlines.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/reu.biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EREU: Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOpen to non-Georgia Tech undergraduate students only.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAquatic\u0026nbsp;Chemical\u0026nbsp;Ecology (ACE) at Georgia Tech is a summer research program supported by the National Science Foundation REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program. ACE at Georgia Tech gives you the opportunity to perform exciting research with our faculty in the schools of Biological Sciences, Earth \u0026amp; Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry, Civil \u0026amp; Environmental Engineering, and Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering. You\u0026#39;ll participate in research with one or more of our faculty, learn about careers in science and engineering, and see how scientists blend knowledge and skills from physics, chemistry and biology to investigate some of the most challenging problems in environmental sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/reu.chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EResearch Experiences for Undergraduates at Georgia Tech: Chemistry\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOpen to non-Georgia Tech undergraduate students only.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChemistry and Biochemistry undergraduate majors who are US citizens or Permanent Residents (\u003Cstrong\u003Efrom Colleges and Universities outside of Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E) are invited to apply for a ten-week (Sunday, May 17- Friday, July 24, 2020) research program. Program participants will receive a stipend of $5,000, a travel allowance, and housing. Participants supported must be US citizens or permanent residents of the US. Funding is pending support provided by the National Science Found and 3M Corporation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EREU students carry out a research project under the direction of a faculty member in School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech. Projects are available in analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, physical, and polymer chemistry with a number of projects involving interdisciplinary research perspectives. Contributions by undergraduate participants often result in publication of papers in the peer-reviewed literature with the student listed as an author. \u0026nbsp;In addition to full time research, students participate in a number of professional development seminars, site visits to scientific companies\/government labs, and social activities with fellow students and other REU groups on the Georgia Tech campus. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/easreu.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInterested in Summer Undergraduate Research in EAS? | EAS Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStrong priority for non-Georgia Tech undergraduate students.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduates are invited to apply for a ten-week research program hosted by Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) during\u0026nbsp;Summer 2021.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking under the supervision of an EAS faculty member, participants will focus on a single research project but also gain a broad perspective on research in earth and atmospheric sciences by participating in the dynamic research environment. This interdisciplinary REU program has projects ranging from planetary science to meteorology to oceanography. In addition to full time research, undergraduate researchers will participate in\u0026nbsp;a number of\u0026nbsp;professional development seminars, research horizon lunches, and social activities with other summer REU students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/undergraduate-research\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EResearch Experiences for\u0026nbsp;Undergraduates\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech: Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOpen to all undergraduate students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech has a rich tradition for undergraduate research. The projects have been mentored by many different\u0026nbsp;faculty, on topics ranging from fad formation, to random walks, tropical geometry, one bit sensing, extremal graph theory, and convex\u0026nbsp;polyhedra. Our students have published many papers, have won a number of awards, and have been very successful in their graduate school applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFind more details on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/reu-faq\u0022\u003EFAQ page\u003C\/a\u003E, and apply \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mathprograms.org\/db\/programs\/1072\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/physicsreu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe Atlanta University Center\/Georgia Tech Broadening Participation REU Program in Physics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESee program webpage for eligibility requirements.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPhysics majors are invited to apply for a ten-week (Sunday, May 16 - Friday, July 23, 2021) research program hosted by Georgia Tech School of Physics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking under the supervision of a physics faculty member, participants will focus on a single research project but also gain a broad perspective on research in physics by participating in the dynamic research environment. Available projects span the field of physics ranging from condensed matter and atomic physics to astrophysics and biophysics.\u0026nbsp; In addition to full time research, undergraduate researchers will participate in a number of professional development seminars, research horizon lunches, and social activities with other summer REU students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cbbg.engineering.asu.edu\/education\/research-experience-for-undergraduates\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E(Non-GT CoS REU) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe REU program at CBBG allows students from across the nation to visit, learn, and experience world-class bio-geotechnical engineering. Each student is given the opportunity to work closely with the Center faculty and other Center researchers. Students are granted stipends and assistance with housing and travel.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EInterested in finding other research opportunities?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELooking to stay updated with the latest research opportunities? Join the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programming Mailing List -\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=0015uMhBzumt1SpoxX1Nj4ah17M6PLSLpJbccumvLl4TkBEO3VpfuTLP9zAoOjhiZ71Q6Ocd6APc9iOlTt0XVNZgDRb-pvEt0ueEG1oZmxMmG0%3D\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Tech : Sign Up to Stay in Touch (constantcontact.com)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERead the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.urop.gatech.edu\/get-involved\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E10 Steps to Get Involved in Research.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EConduct\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/node\/98\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eexternal research\u003C\/a\u003E: students participating in research away from Georgia Tech may be eligible to have the experience listed on their official Georgia Tech transcript.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFind\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/node\/97\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eopportunities at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E:\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech undergraduate students have many opportunities to participate in research with faculty across campus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/node\/99\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EResearch Internationally\u003C\/a\u003E:\u0026nbsp;Study abroad, international internships, and international research are all available for undergraduate students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/node\/102\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESummer Research\u003C\/a\u003E: Read a non-exhaustive list of summer research opportunities\u0026nbsp;suggested by\u0026nbsp;the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELearn more on the website of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/urop.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUndergraduate Research Opportunities Program.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFind additional \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cosinfo.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInternship, Summer Research, and Study Abroad Opportunities for Georgia Tech Science and Math Undergraduates\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn and off Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s campus, there are countless opportunities for undergraduate students to gain\u0026nbsp;practical skills, connections with industry leaders, and hands-on experience\u0026nbsp;through research\u0026nbsp;and internship\u0026nbsp;opportunities.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On and off Georgia Tech\u2019s campus, there are countless opportunities for undergraduate students to gain practical skills, connections with industry leaders, and hands-on experience through research and internship opportunities.  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Two of the invited speakers were SoM faculty, and one was an SoM alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EASL Invited Address -\u0026nbsp;Anton Bernshteyn\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDescriptive combinatorics and distributed algorithms\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESaturday January 9, 2021, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDescriptive combinatorics is the study of combinatorial problems (such as graph coloring) under additional topological or measure-theoretic regularity restrictions. It turns out that there is a close relationship between descriptive combinatorics and distributed computing, i.e., the area of computer science concerned with problems that can be solved efficiently by a decentralized network of processors. In this talk, I will outline this relationship and present a number of applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ECurrent Events Bulletin Session (Lecture III) -\u0026nbsp;Jennifer Hom\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGetting a handle on the Conway knot\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFriday January 8, 2021, 3:00 p.m.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen does a knot bound a disk? In three dimensions, the only knot that bounds a smoothly embedded disk is the unknot. However, if one considers disks in the four-ball, the answer becomes significantly more difficult.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA knot is called slice if it bounds a smooth disk in the four-ball. For 50 years, it was unknown whether a certain 11 crossing knot, called the Conway knot, was slice or not, and until recently, this was the only one of the thousands of knots with fewer than 13 crossings whose slice-status remained a mystery. In this talk, we will describe Lisa Piccirillo\u0026#39;s proof that the Conway knot is not slice. The main idea of her proof is given in the title of this talk.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAMS Invited Address -\u0026nbsp;Ryan Hynd (MSc 2004)\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Hamilton-Jacobi equation, past and present\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFriday January 8, 2021, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENearly two centuries ago, William Rowan Hamilton observed that the equations of motion in classical mechanics can be derived by finding stationary points of a certain integral. 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Marcus, Daniel Alan Spielman, and Nikhil Srivastava (2021):\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor their breakthrough works on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and the underlying theory that leads to new connections between computer science, mathematics and physics.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Michael and Sheila Held Prize\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually and carries with it a $100,000 prize. The prize honors outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts of computer science, such as the design and analysis of algorithms and complexity theory. This $100,000 prize is intended to recognize recent work (defined as published within the last eight years). The prize was established in 2017 by the bequest of Michael and Sheila Held.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information (including previous winners) is here:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasonline.org%2Fprograms%2Fawards%2Fmichael-and-sheila-held-prize.html\u0026amp;data=04%7C01%7Csbarone%40math.gatech.edu%7C6356e73940304f6d6dac08d8bee1af55%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C0%7C0%7C637469223808446008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000\u0026amp;sdata=k%2FMVgYNnNfPpN6qhOn8eSh87o6iaT5tucqWfDOJVQz0%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nasonline.org\/programs\/awards\/michael-and-sheila-held-prize.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EACO alum Adam Marcus (PhD 2008) and collaborators won one more accolade for their breakthrough work Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and the underlying theory that leads to new connections between computer science, mathematics and physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ACO alum Adam Marcus (PhD 2008) and collaborators won one more accolade for their breakthrough work Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and the underlying theory that leads to new connections between computer science, mathematics and physics."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2021-02-01 23:14:34","changed_gmt":"2021-02-01 23:23:15","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"642020":{"id":"642020","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower ","body":null,"created":"1607612756","gmt_created":"2020-12-10 15:05:56","changed":"1607612756","gmt_changed":"2020-12-10 15:05:56","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243913","name":"Tech Tower overhead shot.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Tech%20Tower%20overhead%20shot.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Tech%20Tower%20overhead%20shot.png","mime":"image\/png","size":472368,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Tech%20Tower%20overhead%20shot.png?itok=UiYftRXO"}}},"media_ids":["642020"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nasonline.org\/programs\/awards\/michael-and-sheila-held-prize.html","title":"National Academy of Sciences"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"643743":{"#nid":"643743","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two Georgia Tech ACO Alumni Win Mathematics Prizes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aco.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAlgorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization (ACO) program\u003C\/a\u003E, jointly sponsored by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E, and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, is celebrating awards for two of its alumni.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aco.gatech.edu\/news\/aco-alum-luke-postle-aco-phd-2012-wins-2021-coxeter-james-prize\u0022\u003ELuke Postle\u003C\/a\u003E, who received his ACO PhD in 2012,\u0026nbsp;has won the 2021 Coxeter-James Prize from the Canadian Mathematical Society for his groundbreaking work on graph theory. Also,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epflepf.com\/adam\/\u0022\u003EAdam W. 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The previous two symposia featured plenary talks and poster sessions at the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. This time, online sessions ran from noon to 2 p.m. EST each day.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;This year\u0026rsquo;s virtual environment featured junior researchers showcasing their work at the frontiers of the math-bio interface via screenshare.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;There was also a lively virtual session for contributed posters, three engaging panels focusing on cross-disciplinary communication from different perspectives, and a closing plenary talk.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECreated in 2018, SCMB is funded by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/\u0022\u003ESimons Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E. It is headquartered at Georgia Tech, and has six partner institutions around the southeast --- ORNL, Clemson, Duke, Florida, South Florida, and Tulane.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;SCMB is one of four NSF-Simons Research Centers for Mathematics of Complex Biological Systems. The other Centers are located at Harvard University, the University of California, Irvine, and Northwestern University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELike several other research centers at Georgia Tech, SCMB stands as a truly interdisciplinary effort, with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/hang-lu\u0022\u003EHang Lu\u003C\/a\u003E, Love Family Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, serving as SCMB Associate Director.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeed projects at SCMB take advantage of a unique structure of pairing scientists in non-traditional, cross-disciplinary teams of principal investigators and junior researchers. The results promise a wider range of perspectives on scientific problems and potential solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are seven studies underway at SCMB, with the teams evenly split between mathematics and biosystems researchers \u0026mdash; not just at the senior personnel (SP) level, but also among the postdoctoral researchers and graduate students who are an integral part of the Center.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent research projects include using math models to learn more about DNA and RNA interaction \u0026mdash; and where breaks in that connection could lead to genetic disorders \u0026mdash; as well as how biological agents exploit disorder and randomness to survive their treks through hosts. One SCMB research team is investigating\u0026nbsp;RNA structural ensembles in evolution, while another is investigating\u0026nbsp;how stem cells pattern within colonies due to specific cell to cell communication.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ\u0026amp;A with the Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow would you explain the \u0026quot;math-biology interface\u0026quot; to the layperson? 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Fields like geometry and topology are equipped with dealing with these things. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EChristine Heitsch:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA fundamental premise for our center is \u0026ldquo;theory plus data.\u0026rdquo; The idea is that the math side brings the theoretical expertise, and the bio side brings the experimental expertise. These two domains of expertise meet at the interface that is the modeling and analysis of the data.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn some sense, any researcher is fundamentally seeking to better understand the world.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;We differ in the range and types of tools used, and in the aspects of the problems that we find interesting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeometry is fundamentally the study of shapes as, in some sense, is molecular biology.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;But a molecular biologist traditionally has very different ways of thinking about shapes, experimenting with the shapes of interest, than a geometer does.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Classically, a molecular biologist will\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;use physical experiments, whereas a geometer will use thought experiments. Now, though, both of them are increasingly likely to use computational experiments, especially when collaborating with each other.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIs this a \u0026quot;big data\u0026quot; approach to math and biological sciences? Are you using computational models to search for patterns or connections in the biological sciences?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHeitsch:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe are always searching for patterns and connections. However, the phrase \u0026ldquo;big data\u0026rdquo; has a certain resonance in the common usage, which is not the best description of our approaches.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of our senior personnel,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/matthew-torres\u0022\u003EMatthew Torres\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor at the School of Biological Sciences, said at the very beginning of this initiative that his interest wasn\u0026#39;t in\u0026nbsp;having someone do a better analysis of his current data.\u0026nbsp;Rather, he said, the\u0026nbsp;greatest advantage to a biologist in participating in efforts like this\u0026nbsp;is gaining a new way to ask questions that weren\u0026#39;t known before.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Matt put a huge effort into the planning and execution of this year\u0026rsquo;s Symposium, so he\u0026rsquo;s clearly invested in the center\u0026rsquo;s success.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;He also shared how excited he was about the recent results from his SCMB collaboration, so stay tuned for further developments on that front.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe structure for your research teams is designed to make sure there\u0026#39;s a math principal investigator and a bio principal investigator, along with a bio graduate research assistant and a math postdoctoral scholar, on every project. I know this is designed to share knowledge and train practitioners of one discipline in the foundations of the other discipline. How has that been working out since SCMB opened?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHeitsch:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEven better than we had hoped!\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;That\u0026rsquo;s one of the reasons our Symposium this week focused on exactly this critical skill of ``interactional expertise\u0026rsquo;\u0026rsquo; in cross-disciplinary collaborations.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;It really does seem to be the secret sauce for success.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe way that I keep track of it in my head is by picturing a square. You always have the vertical\/disciplinary sides, which are the standard senior mentor and junior trainee relationships.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;What SCMB is doing is bringing in those horizontal, cross-disciplinary connections \u0026mdash; the bio grad students interacting with math postdocs, the senior personnel engaging with each other \u0026mdash; as well as the diagonal connections being forged.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn that vein, one of the things that the center is always trying to communicate is that there\u0026rsquo;s great value to studying more complimentary discipline.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;If you do, then you have some groundwork to interact with experts. You won\u0026rsquo;t necessarily develop research expertise, but you\u0026rsquo;ll have some fundamental vocabulary. A little bit of fluency in another discipline can go a very long way.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAs an SCMB trainee , how do you like the interdisciplinary diversity within the center\u0026rsquo;s research teams?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hbassnos.wixsite.com\/hbanos\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHector Banos\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, SCMB mathematics postdoctoral junior researcher:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI really enjoy it. I am trying to develop a micro-evolutionary model to describe allele variation in tRNA (transfer ribonucleic acid). Certainly, it\u0026rsquo;s something new to me, but being able to get constant feedback from both the math and the bio sides really helps and keeps it interesting and relevant.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn our seed project, we have a nice collaborative system. I get to participate in the Bio PI lab\u0026#39;s meetings, and I am treated as another [within the] cohort. They also are very welcoming and address any questions or \u0026lsquo;inquietudes\u0026rsquo; I have regardless of the type of question. Sometimes it may be a little frustrating not being able to keep up with all the concepts and techniques, but I guess that is part of the learning curve for someone without formal bio training, and they help me with that.\u0026nbsp;I also try to provide my perspective from the math side. All these interactions have led to great discussions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow has this arrangement helped you with your research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMassively. Being able to collaborate with biologists on a daily basis has changed my perspective on math and biology. I became more aware of the challenges, techniques, and topics in the area. I have been able to communicate better with other biologists and bio-mathematicians. Also, being part of a center enhances the whole experience. We get to see different projects and talk to experts on math and biology. The center organizes activities that promote interactions within the fields. I am getting more comfortable in terms of biology and I think that is something someone who does math-biology needs to work on, so I am getting there.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECan you give a status report on progress within the research teams?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHang Lu:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn all projects, the bio researchers are now exposed to a whole new set of tools and ways of thinking. The multitudes of center activities certainly lowered the barriers for bio researchers to interact with mathematicians, particularly their partners. Most pairs have moved to defining better questions to ask and address together, which is exciting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHeitsch:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe had our 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;Annual Symposium in February 2020 which was coupled with the second\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Advisory Board meeting.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;All seven pairs of junior researchers got up in front of these senior experts and presented a unified picture of the progress made on each of their seed projects.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The Advisory Board was definitely pleased with the center\u0026rsquo;s progress overall.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Internally we think things are going quite well, and we\u0026rsquo;re delighted that that was validated by outside experts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow hard has it been to get these seven research projects up and running since SCMB was founded?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHeitsch:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInitially, the research aspect was about as seamless as it could be.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy design the organization of the Center was intended to be very nimble, because we knew we would need to quickly ramp up on a number of research projects. 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A current SCMB postdoc,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/daniel-cruz\u0022\u003EDaniel Cruz\u003C\/a\u003E, and I taught that class, and the students have told us what a positive experience it was. They felt like they gained an understanding of some mathematics they had not previously been exposed to in a way that was accessible to them, and could be useful in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat kinds of applications could result from this research in the next five to ten years? Where could math and biological sciences go from here?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHang Lu:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center addresses questions from molecular scale all the way to organism behavior. In five to ten years, the Center will be looking at these questions from unconventional angles; that is, making predictions about biological functions and figuring out mechanisms of actions in proteins, RNA\/DNA, designing molecular transport and cellular differentiation patterns, detecting subtle changes in organism aging process, and making better biomimetic robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHeitsch:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0026rsquo;m not a good prognosticator. I will say that one thing we\u0026rsquo;ve seen over the past year is how important the modeling and analysis of biosystems can be.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The level of interaction between math theory and bio data can have profound implications for our lives.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;It\u0026rsquo;s really been a lesson in the importance of researchers who may not necessarily be experts in both sides but who can collaborate with experts\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Efrom\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;the other side.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor SCMB, this all circles back to our \u0026ldquo;theory plus data\u0026rdquo; approach. There are a lot of people who have expertise in math and a lot with expertise in bio, and if SCMB can facilitate their interacting with each other, then really great things can come of this.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;We\u0026rsquo;re already seeing how these new collaborations --- as well as all the intra-center interactions --- are challenging us to think about our projects in new ways and helping to train the next generation of cross-disciplinary researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen we went to New York (in February 2018) to make the pitch for the center, somebody asked, \u0026ldquo;How will you know it\u0026rsquo;s been a success?\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s similar to the question you\u0026rsquo;re asking. 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Math\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eby Lu Paris (Head-Royce School)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInterviewee: Marissa Kawehi Loving (Georgia Institute of Technology)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Marissa Kawehi Loving studies the topology of surfaces, and, in her own words, \u0026ldquo;the properties of naturally associated groups\u0026rdquo;, but, growing up, she never had to question whether she belonged to the groups around her. Homeschooled with her family and then studying as an undergraduate at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Dr. Loving had always felt like she was welcome among her peers. \u0026ldquo;Hawaii is often called the minority majority state,\u0026rdquo; she chuckles, \u0026ldquo;and so, growing up and in college, I never felt \u0026lsquo;othered\u0026rsquo;. There were always lots of brown women, always lots of brown people\u0026rdquo;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe was quickly recruited and floated off to the PhD program in mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on a bubble of optimism and success, buoyed by having earned a prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship. But as soon as she arrived at the largely white campus, people made it clear she was less than welcome. Her classmates were incredulous and derisive about her presence and grant, claiming her race and gender, not her talent, had gotten her where she was. And it wasn\u0026rsquo;t just classmates. When she told a trusted professor she wanted to pursue a career in research, he scoffed at her. \u0026ldquo;He said that he didn\u0026rsquo;t think I had it in me to write a thesis good enough to do research,\u0026rdquo; Dr. Loving admits. \u0026ldquo;I believed him,\u0026rdquo; she states somberly. In this new realm, faculty and fellow grad students alike questioned her, belittled her, and worst of all, ignored her.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlagued by feelings of shame and illegitimacy and feeling like she did not belong there, she turned to her department\u0026rsquo;s chapter of the AWM for support, but discovered that the white women who dominated the club didn\u0026rsquo;t want to hear about issues exacerbated by racial prejudice. \u0026ldquo;There was no room to talk about the intersection of my identities,\u0026rdquo; Dr. Loving states, and she left the club feeling more isolated than ever.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut then, at a conference one day, a voice reached through the isolation that surrounded her. Dr. Piper H, a black, female mathematician, gave a talk about mathematics and racism, and for the first time, Dr. Loving felt heard. \u0026ldquo;I was just seeing all of these events as indicating how terrible I was, and how bad I was at math,\u0026rdquo; she confesses. \u0026ldquo;[The talk] gave the experiences I was having names and made visible to me the underlying structures that were manifesting all these things that I just assumed were isolated incidents happening to me. It just felt like a relief.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Loving had realized she was not alone, but she still struggled. She tried to make progress on her thesis, but the critical voice of her professor echoed in her head, and she found herself unable to open up to her thesis advisor and get real work done. The self-doubt and stymied progress were overwhelming, and she left for winter break unsure if she was coming back. She might not have, if it weren\u0026rsquo;t for what her department\u0026rsquo;s graduate director sent out on Martin Luther King Day: a speech originally written and delivered by Francis Su, entitled \u0026ldquo;Mathematics for Human Flourishing\u0026rdquo;. As soon as she got back to campus,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDr. Loving burst into her thesis advisor\u0026rsquo;s office. \u0026ldquo;I need to read you something,\u0026rdquo; she said, dizzy with hope and fear. She read him this excerpt from Su\u0026rsquo;s speech:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Because we are not mathematical machines. We live, we breathe, we feel, we bleed. If your students are struggling, and you don\u0026rsquo;t acknowledge it, their education becomes disconnected and irrelevant. Why should anyone care about mathematics if it doesn\u0026rsquo;t connect deeply to some human desire: to play, seek truth, pursue beauty, fight for justice? You can be that connection.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith those words, the barrier broke. She told him about all the prejudice she\u0026rsquo;d faced from other students and about the near-shattering blow to her confidence delivered by her professor\u0026rsquo;s dismissive comment. He believed her. He refuted the crushing comments, telling her, \u0026ldquo;No one can tell what kind of mathematician you can be until you become it.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prejudice and harm Dr. Loving and other women of color face did not end that day. But a new chapter opened for Dr. Loving. With a newfound feeling of belonging as a mathematician, she completed her thesis and was awarded an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work at Georgia Tech. Now, she doesn\u0026rsquo;t just limit group theory to her research. Instead, she works with Justin Lanier on SUBgroups, online support groups that connect first-year math graduate students in order to help them break through the same feelings of inadequacy and isolation Dr. Loving suffered. \u0026ldquo;Mathematics is based on the connections you have with other people,\u0026rdquo; Dr. Loving states. \u0026ldquo;Almost all math today is done collaboratively. I\u0026rsquo;m a Native Hawaiian woman. I\u0026rsquo;m the first Native Hawaiian woman to get a PhD in mathematics. A big value of mine, as a Hawaiian, is community, and so I see this very much as a coming together of my values as a person and as a mathematician.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The idea of rehumanizing mathematics in every way encompasses what I want to be\u0026hellip; and what I want my community to look like.\u0026rdquo; Dr. Loving\u0026rsquo;s journey shows one way to do just that: embrace groups, but don\u0026rsquo;t let anyone define you by them. 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Recently, he became attracted to machine learning, an area that according to him, contains numerous interesting problems that are mathematically exciting and can benefit from modern mathematical tools.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, Tao, an associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, published his first machine learning conference paper, and this work was awarded the best paper award at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aistats.org\/\u0022\u003E23\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis paper,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/proceedings.mlr.press\/v108\/tao20a.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EVariational Optimization on Lie Groups with Examples of Leading (Generalized) Eigenvalue Problems\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, details a natural way for adding momentum to the gradient descent optimization in non-flat spaces. In flat spaces, the approach of adding momentum for accelerating the training of machine learning models has already been tremendously successful, and this new progress expands the applicability of the popular and powerful idea.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETao felt fortunate to win this recognition. He and his co-author,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/personal.utdallas.edu\/~tomoki\/\u0022\u003ETomoki Ohsawa\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.utdallas.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Texas at Dallas\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;had read many classical works from previous proceedings of AISTATS. Impressed with the quality of work, the authors chose to submit their first draft to it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We really did not think of winning the award at all. The completion of our work was around the AISTATS submission deadline, so we just submitted happily,\u0026rdquo; said Tao. \u0026ldquo;This submission confirmed to me how vibrant the machine learning community is. They are open to new ideas and many people made real efforts to understand this theoretical work and ask good questions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETao was also encouraged by the collaborative and interdisciplinary environment provided by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMachine Learning Center at Georgia Tech (ML@GT)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;where Tao is also a faculty member.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech is full of leaders in machine learning with different areas of expertise. We are proud of how Molei continues to innovate and further connect machine learning to real-world problems, both physically and computationally, and look forward to his future accomplishments\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;Irfan Essa, ML@GT executive director.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETao stated that winning this award encouraged him, and hopefully other mathematicians and scientists, to continue searching for fusion of ideas and creating new venues of applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"School of Math associate professor gets top honor at international artificial intelligence conference "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMolei Tao\u0026#39;s recent interest in machine learning has paid off for the School of Math researcher, as his first paper on the subject won top honors at the\u0026nbsp;23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Math associate professor gets top honor at international artificial intelligence conference "}],"uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2020-09-18 15:20:14","changed_gmt":"2020-09-18 20:22:51","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"639286":{"id":"639286","type":"image","title":"Molei Tao ","body":null,"created":"1600442893","gmt_created":"2020-09-18 15:28:13","changed":"1600442893","gmt_changed":"2020-09-18 15:28:13","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243067","name":"Molei Tao.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Molei%20Tao.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Molei%20Tao.png","mime":"image\/png","size":279802,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Molei%20Tao.png?itok=YZ8O0vVW"}}},"media_ids":["639286"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/nsf-career-awarded-professors-shahaf-nitzan-molei-tao-and-yao-yao","title":"NSF CAREER Awarded to Professors Shahaf Nitzan, Molei Tao, and Yao Yao"},{"url":"https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/get-know-school-mathematics-prof-molei-tao","title":"Get to Know the School of Mathematics Prof: Molei Tao"},{"url":"https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/recent-promotions-som-1","title":"Recent Promotions in SoM"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"170130","name":"Molei Tao"},{"id":"9167","name":"machine learning"},{"id":"185887","name":"AISTATS"},{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERenay San Miguel\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-894-5209\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["renay.san@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"638870":{"#nid":"638870","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Sciences Announces Inaugural Staff Advisory Council","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe nominations are in, and the inaugural class of the College of Sciences Staff Advisory Council is preparing for its first virtual meeting later in September.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/inclusive-and-informative-team-college-sciences-creates-staff-advisory-council\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emission statement\u003C\/a\u003E, the Council represents and advocates for the diverse collective body of staff within the College and will interact directly with the Dean of the College of Sciences. The Council serves as a liaison between the staff and College leadership, providing an avenue for a significant contribution of staff expertise. The Council aims to use these perspectives to provide recommendations to the Dean of the College, as well as to inform leadership members within each independent school regarding staff matters.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us in welcoming the Council\u0026rsquo;s 15 members from across the College of Sciences, and in learning more about each member\u0026rsquo;s background, work, goals, and interests in serving:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EEmma Blandford\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAssistant Director of Living Learning Communities, Dean\u0026rsquo;s Office:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBackground:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI have a unique position to be able to interact with folks from across the college in order to best serve my students. I interact with first-year students on a daily basis, and connect them with the resources that they need on campus to be most successful. The team of amazing staff in the College of Sciences makes this college not only work, but run like their home-away-from-home. I have also been a part of the working group that formed the initial College of Sciences Advisory Council voting process, mission and vision.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy I\u0026rsquo;m joining the Council:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAs a member of the council I would work to learn about the wide variety of positions, responsibilities, and needs of the professionals across our college. I am also interested to serve in a way that allows folks to be more than who they are at work, to introduce holistic wellness opportunities and connections to inclusive\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eprogramming in order to support the whole-person experience.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPaula Ewers\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Support Coordinator, School of Biological Sciences:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBackground:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStrong service-oriented skills, educational background, high level of attention to detail and results driven workforce professional with proven success in demonstrating expertise in service management and coordination. Professional in customer service, project management, team management, and budget management.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy I\u0026rsquo;m joining the Council:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Throughout my years of experience in the College of Sciences I have identified areas of opportunity and areas of success, and I would love to assist in building a stronger culture. I want to give back to this amazing college and provide feedback where I can.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EShantel Floyd\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch Administrative Manager, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBackground:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI have a strong understanding of processes both on the finance and administration side. 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