{"684375":{"#nid":"684375","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Stelson Lecture 2025","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJune Huh will give the SoM Stelson Lecture and a special SoM Colloquium during his visit to GT on September 18-19, 2025.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EStelson Public Lecture\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThursday, September 18, 2025\u003Cbr\u003E5:00pm - 6:00pm @ Boggs B5\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EReception 4:00-4:45pm in Skiles Courtyard\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProjection areas of 4-dimensional convex bodies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConsider a convex body in 4-dimensional space\u2014perhaps an ellipsoid or a polytope. When we project the convex body onto the six coordinate planes, we obtain six planar shadows whose areas we can measure. This leads to a deceptively simple question: which six numbers can arise as these projection areas?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBehind this concrete geometric problem lies a web of deep mathematics connecting Minkowski\u0027s classical work on the isoperimetric problem to recent developments in algebraic geometry. I will trace the path to the answer, revealing the rich mathematical landscape that emerges from this seemingly elementary question.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESoM Special Colloquium\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFriday, September 19, 2025\u003Cbr\u003E11:00am - 12:00pm\u003Cbr\u003ESkiles 006\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVolume polynomials\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVolume polynomials constitute a distinguished class of log-concave polynomials with remarkable analytic and combinatorial properties arising from convex bodies and projective varieties. 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. His work has transformed how mathematicians think about longstanding problems involving discrete structures, such as graphs and matroids, by importing tools from geometry traditionally used to study curves, surfaces, and other solutions to polynomial equations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile still a graduate student, Huh resolved Read\u2019s conjecture\u2014a 1968 problem in graph theory\u2014by applying techniques from algebraic geometry to prove a pattern in the coefficients of chromatic polynomials. 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For his groundbreaking contributions bringing ideas from Hodge theory into combinatorics, Huh was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and the 2022 Fields Medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHuh\u2019s current research interests include tropical geometry, Lorentzian polynomials, correlation phenomena for models in statistical physics, connections between realizability problems in algebraic geometry and combinatorics, and the geometry of matroids and polymatroids.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJune Huh will give the SoM Stelson Lecture and a special SoM Colloquium during his visit.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"June Huh will give the SoM Stelson Lecture and a special SoM Colloquium during his visit."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2025-09-03 16:49:10","changed_gmt":"2025-09-04 13:29:39","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-09-18T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-09-18T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-09-18T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-09-18 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-09-18 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-09-18 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Boggs B5","extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"677884":{"id":"677884","type":"image","title":"headshot_june_huh_2.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1756918229","gmt_created":"2025-09-03 16:50:29","changed":"1756918229","gmt_changed":"2025-09-03 16:50:29","alt":"Headshot of June Huh","file":{"fid":"261836","name":"headshot_june_huh_2.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/03\/headshot_june_huh_2.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/03\/headshot_june_huh_2.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":73926,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/09\/03\/headshot_june_huh_2.jpeg?itok=mPNgnlo5"}},"677885":{"id":"677885","type":"image","title":"headshot_june_huh.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1756918243","gmt_created":"2025-09-03 16:50:43","changed":"1756918243","gmt_changed":"2025-09-03 16:50:43","alt":"Headshot of June Huh - Stelson Lecture 2025","file":{"fid":"261837","name":"headshot_june_huh.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/03\/headshot_june_huh.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/03\/headshot_june_huh.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4605870,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/09\/03\/headshot_june_huh.jpeg?itok=iLCnORkL"}},"677905":{"id":"677905","type":"image","title":"StelsonLecturePoster_huh_18x24.png","body":null,"created":"1756992480","gmt_created":"2025-09-04 13:28:00","changed":"1756992480","gmt_changed":"2025-09-04 13:28:00","alt":"Stelson 2025 poster - June Huh","file":{"fid":"261860","name":"StelsonLecturePoster_huh_18x24.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/04\/StelsonLecturePoster_huh_18x24.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/04\/StelsonLecturePoster_huh_18x24.png","mime":"image\/png","size":4057845,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/09\/04\/StelsonLecturePoster_huh_18x24.png?itok=qWQ3is2q"}},"677906":{"id":"677906","type":"image","title":"slide_stelson_huh2b.png","body":null,"created":"1756992550","gmt_created":"2025-09-04 13:29:10","changed":"1756992550","gmt_changed":"2025-09-04 13:29:10","alt":"Slide for Stelson Lecture 2025 - June Huh","file":{"fid":"261861","name":"slide_stelson_huh2b.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/04\/slide_stelson_huh2b.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/04\/slide_stelson_huh2b.png","mime":"image\/png","size":81386,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/09\/04\/slide_stelson_huh2b.png?itok=5braUtxL"}}},"media_ids":["677884","677885","677905","677906"],"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","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}