Department News

A UCSD team, including Mathematics Department Professor David Meyer and scientists David Rideout and Orest Bucicovschi, has been awarded the prize for Best Scientific Project in the Data for Development (D4D) Challenge. See http://www.orange.com/en/D4D/the-projects.
(May 3, 2013)

A one-day symposium for Women in Mathematics in Southern California will be held at UCSD on Sunday, April 21, 2013. This symposium is sponsored by Microsoft Research and UCSD. For more info, please see the Twin WiMSoCal website.
(Apr 19, 2013)

The day will be Friday, April 5th. There will be plenary lectures by Fan Chung-Graham, Iain Johnstone, Scott Sheffield, Peter Hall, David Aldous, and a public lecture by Terry Speed. For more information: http://www.math.ucsd.edu/ProbStatsDay/
(Mar 26, 2013)

On Thursday April 4th and Friday April 5th, the UCSD Department of Mathematics will host its annual Open House for prospective graduate students who have been admitted for Fall 2013. The schedule of events is packed with two days of activities for prospective mathematics Ph.D. students. Program information is now available.
(Mar 26, 2013)

The Southern California Algebraic Geometry Seminar will meet next at UC San Diego on Saturday, April 13 from 10am-4:30pm. Confirmed speakers: Ben Antieau, Izzet Coskun, Karl Schwede, Anastasia Stavrova. Click here for more information.
(Mar 8, 2013)

Microsoft Research has given $7,500 to the University of California, San Diego to support the Women in Numbers - Europe (WINE 2013) , and Women in Mathematics - Southern California annual conference (WiMSoCal), both coordinated by Dr. Alina Bucur in 2013; and to support the Association for Women in Mathematics UCSD Student Chapter , overseen by Dr. Bucur.
(Feb 26, 2013)

The winter edition of SCAPDE will be held at UCLA March 9-10. If you are a graduate student interesting in attending please email jsterben@math.ucsd.edu for travel funding.
(Feb 25, 2013)

UCSD will host the 20th meeting of the Southern California Geometric Analysis Seminar, February 23-24, 2013. All talks will be held in Center Hall 105. Email scgas@math.ucsd.edu any questions.
(Feb 19, 2013)

Congratulations to Adrian Ioana, named as a 2013 Sloan Research Fellow. Click Here for a full list of the 2013 recipients.
(Feb 14, 2013)

Adrian Ioana and Todd Kemp have each been awarded prestigious NSF CAREER grants. Congratulations to Adrian and Todd!
(Jan 31, 2013)

Camille Briat, a double major in Probability & Statistics and Management Science, and Math Club President, has been named as the recipient of the 2013 Selma and Robert Silagi Award for Undergraduate Excellence. The annual award honors the top graduating undergraduate in the Natural Sciences (which includes the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mathematics, and Physics, as well as the Division of Biological Sciences.) The Silagi Award is given to students in recognition of their commitment and dedication to excellence in academics and research.
(Jan 30, 2013)

UCSD will host the winter meeting of the Lie Theory Workshop, January 19-20, 2013. The speakers will be Misha Kapovich, Bert Kostant, Alex Lubotzky, Amir Mohammadi, Vera Serganova, Terry Tao, and Nolan Wallach. All talks will be in 6402 AP&M. More information here.
(Jan 8, 2013)

Six undergraduate math majors have been named among the recipients of the 2012 Dean's Undergraduate Award for Excellence. Congratulations to Siuyung Fung, Artem Mavrin, Alex Moody, Kevin Vissuet, Harrison Wong, and Yun Jeong Yang.
(Jan 4, 2013)