Professors Matt Baker and Josephine Yu will host Hodge Theory in Combinatorics, A Workshop on the Proof of Rota's Conjecture on January 16, 2016 in Skiles 006. The speakers are:

These 3 speakers proved Rota's 45-year old conjecture on the log concavity of the characteristic polynomial of matroids.

Matt Baker, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Georgia Tech's School of Mathematics, is no stranger to awards both for his teaching and research. It turns out, he is also an award-winning magician, two times over. Dr. Baker has been named the 2015 Greater Atlanta Magician of the Year by the Atlanta Society of Magicians and Georgia Magic Club, a local ring of the world's largest magic organization, the International Brotherhood of Magicians.  His exploits combining magic with math to enhance the teaching experience were covered in the inaugural edition of the ProofReader, an annual alumni publication of the School of Mathematics.

 

Continue to Georgia Tech's announcement and profile of Dr. Baker.

Professor Molei Tao is an invited speaker at this year's Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium to be held at Emory University on February 20, 2016.

The Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium (GSCS) is a forum for professors, postdocs, graduate students and other researchers in Georgia to meet in an informal setting, to exchange ideas, and to highlight local scientific computing research. The symposium has been held every year since 2009 and is open to the entire research community. The format of the day-long symposium is a set of invited presentations, poster sessions and a poster blitz, and plenty of time to network with other attendees.

Congratulations! Professor Zaher Hani received the 2016 Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship. In the words of a Sloan Foundation press release, "the fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders," and "these outstanding men and women are responsible for some of the most exciting science being done today."

He is one of the 20 awardees in mathematics (chosen from among all applicants in the U.S. and Canada)! The full list in all areas can be found at the following link.

http://www.sloan.org/fellowships/2016-sloan-research-fellows/

Congratulations to Klara Grodzinsky on receiving this year's Class of 1940 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award! (A max of 40 awards were given institute-wide; each accompanied by a "nice check"!) This year's criteria for selection of the award included a CIOS reponse rate of 85% for Fall 2014 and/or Spring 2015 and:

  • The top 12 rankings of a class size of at least 40 students with a CIOS score for the question, "Overall, this instructor is an effective teacher" of at least 4.8; and
  • The top 28 rankings of a class size of at least 15 students and a CIOS score for the same question of at least 4.9; or a 5 (or greater) credit course with a size of at least 10 and a CIOS score for the same question of at least 4.9.

CETL will recognize and thank Klara during the Celebrating Teaching Day on March 15, 2016.

Thanks to the hard work of several School of Mathematics graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, staff and faculty, the High School Mathematics competition was a huge success, with more than 400 students participating in the event.

This annual competition covers a wide range of topics, including algebra, Euclidean geometry, combinatorics, number theory, and calculus. Schools from any state are welcome to compete, and schools may register up to five teams with up to five contestants per team.

Special thanks to the organizing committee: Sharon McDowell, Annette Rohrs, Eric Sabo, Elizabeth (Betsie) Last, Chi Ho Yuen, George Kerchev, and Shane Scott. Also thanks to Mohammad Ghomi for an exciting presentation on the age-old Durer's problem and recent progress, and to J.D. Walsh for engaging the students, parents and school counselors with a passionate talk on professional opportunities for students majoring in math.

Winners:

  • 1st Place - Henrik Boecken
  • 2nd Place - Timothy Geiseking
  • 3rd Place - Kalen Patton
  • 4th Place - Aaron Fishburn

Teams with top scores:

  • First - Northview High School, Team A
  • Second - Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Team A
  • Third - Chamblee Charter High School, Team A
  • Fourth - Northview High School, Team B

32nd Southeastern Analysis Meeting

SEAM 32 will be hosted in Tampa, FL by the University of South Florida during March 13-15, 2016. Professor Doron Lubinsky is a plenary speaker and our recently hired assistant professor, Shahaf Nitzan, is an invited speaker. Visit the SEAM 32 website for complete details as they become available.

30th Southeastern Analysis Meeting

SEAM 30 will be hosted by Clemson University organized by Mishko Mitkovski, a previous post doc in Tech's School of Mathematics. Professor Michael Lacey is a plenary speaker. The conference will begin the morning of March 7, 2014 and continue into the afternoon on March 8, 2014. There will be eight plenary talks given by five senior (1-hour talks) and three junior (30 minute talks) mathematicians. Visit the SEAM 30 website for complete details.

28th Southeastern Analysis Meeting

SEAM 28 will be hosted by the University of Alabama on March 9-10, 2012. The meeting has a rich history and its main purpose is to bring together experienced researchers, junior faculty, and graduate students to discuss recent work and advances in Operator Theory, Classical Complex Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Function Theoretic Operator Theory, and related areas. The conference will begin the morning of March 9 and go into the afternoon of March 10.

27th Southeastern Analysis Meeting

SEAM 27 will be held in conjuction with John Conway Day on Thursday March 17, 2011 on the occassion of his upcoming retirement in recognition of his influence on function theoretic operator theory, his many students and collaborators, and for contributions to SEAM. The combined meeting will take place on the University of Florida campus from the morning of March 17 through the afternoon of March 19, 2011. Visit the SEAM 27 website for complete details.

26th Southeastern Analysis Meeting

Photos from 2010 meeting

The Southeastern Analysis Meeting (SEAM) promotes interaction between researchers and encourages research and education in the field of analysis. The meeting has a very rich history, is well established, and is frequently well-attended. The main purpose of this conference is to bring together experienced researchers, junior faculty, and graduate students to discuss recent work and advances in Operator Theory, Classical Complex Analysis and Harmonic Analysis, Function Theoretic Operator Theory, and related areas.

The meeting will take place on the Georgia Tech campus during March 25-28, 2010.

Hour-long talks will include the following speakers:

Thirty-minute talks will be given by the following speakers:

Organizers are:

For more details on registration and abstract submissions, please visit the SEAM website.
Schedule of Presentations

Maps: Parking and venue location

If you are traveling to Atlanta for SEAM via plane, then the easiest way to reach Tech is the MARTA (~$2.50), though a Taxi is a reasonable option as well (~$35). The subway (MARTA) runs from the airport directly to the Georgian Terrace Hotel. At the airport, follow the signs to MARTA, which is the Atlanta Subway. You'll see the signs after arriving at the baggage claim area.

The airport is the end of the south line. To reach campus and the Georgian Terrace, ride the train north, to the North Ave MARTA stop. For the hotel, exit the station--and the building--towards the HEAD of the train. You'll be on 3rd street, once you exit the building. Turn right, walking one block to 3rd and Peachtree. Cross Peachtree, and turn right to get to the Georgian Terrace, the tall building with a glass cylinder going up. To reach the campus and conference location, follow these directions, but then it is best to consult the map on the conference website for how to walk from the subway station to Klaus.

Directions from the Georgian Terrace Hotel to the campus venue are on-line. The hotel is 1.2 miles from the SEAM venue and is about a 25-minute leisurely walk.

 

Questions? Contact seam@math.gatech.edu
Event Day Phone Number:  To be Activated on Event Day Only

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The organizers gratefully acknowledge the NSF for their support of this conference.

Georgia Institute of Technology is proud to be a key partner and sponsor of the 2016 Atlanta Science Festival (ASF). The weeklong science celebration takes place during March 19-26 in various venues in the city, as well as on the Georgia Tech Campus.

The Georgia Tech community will be hosting 10 events through March 25. On March 26, 13 Georgia Tech exhibitors will join others at the Exploration Expo, which will be held at Centennial Olympic Park from 11am to 5pm.

See the complete program for more details. The College of Sciences has also compiled a complete list of events.

Tom Morley will receive the 2016 Faculty Academic Outreach Award. This award provides Georgia Tech with the opportunity to reward faculty members for productive academic outreach in which they go beyond their normal duties to enrich the larger educational community with their subject matter knowledge. One or two awards are granted annually depending on the number and quality of nominations. However, no more than one faculty member from any given academic unit will be chosen in the same year.

Ronghua Pan will receive the 2016 Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award. Established in 2005 through a gift from School of Mechanical Engineering Regents’ Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Eichholz, the award was created to reward senior faculty members who had 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.

Every Spring, CETL hosts Celebrating Teaching Day as a time for faculty and graduate students to gather together to showcase pedagogical research and teaching accomplishments from the past year. This annual event provides an opportunity for instructors from across campus to reflect on practices and strategies that enhance student learning, and to celebrate Georgia Tech educational efforts. The event typically includes a luncheon, a guest speaker, a brief program honoring teaching excellence, and a poster display session where our Teaching Fellows and Teaching Scholars, the Brittain Fellows, and other campus constituents highlight ongoing projects, initiatives and research they have engaged in during the year.

The School of Mathematics was well represented. As many as 22 teachers from Mathematics were recognized as Thank-a-Teacher recepients, out of the 47 from the college.

In addition, the following received recognition:

The 2015 Graduate Teaching Fellows were:

  • Yoan Delchev (Math) teamed up with Michael Steffens (AE): GoSTEM Graduate Teaching Fellows at Radloff
  • Spencer Tolbert (Math) teamed up with Michael Tannenbaum (Physics) -- at Maynard Jackson High School: GTRI Graduate Teaching Fellows

CETL/BP Outstanding TA Award Finalists:

  • Ishwari Kunwar: Grad student instructor award finalist
  • Shane Scott: Grad TA award finalist
  • Derek Kielty: Undergrad TA award finalist

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