Emory Department of Mathematics

We are thrilled to announce that Terry Ingram, the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Department of Mathematics at Emory University, has been honored with the prestigious Laney Outstanding Program Administrator Award for 2024.

This esteemed accolade recognizes Terry’s unwavering dedication and outstanding contributions to our graduate program, students, faculty, and wider community.

Terry’s innovative approach, unwavering positivity, and commitment to teamwork have made a profound impact on our graduate program. Her dedication to excellence and student-centered focus set a standard for others to follow.

Please join us in congratulating Terry Ingram on this well-deserved achievement. Her passion, hard work, and positive influence continue to elevate our program and inspire us all.

Mathematics graduate students Santiago Arango (left) and Jasmine Camero (right) have recently been featured as the Daily Mathematicians on Lathisms, an organization founded in 2016 in order to showcase the contributions of Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Santiago Arango-Piñeros is a Colombian Ph.D. candidate in Arithmetic Geometry at Emory University, where he is advised by David Zureick-Brown. Raised in Bogotá, Colombia, he fulfilled the compulsory military service before receiving his BS in Mathematics and a second BS in Environmental Engineering from Los Andes University in 2016. After becoming obsessed with moduli spaces of elliptic curves, the topic of his undergraduate dissertation, Santiago decided to abandon engineering to continue his education in Mathematics. Before the start of his PhD program, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he obtained an MSC in Mathematics at Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA). To read more about Santiago please visit his feature page on the Lathisms website (https://www.lathisms.org/calendar-2023/santiago-arango).

Jasmine Camero is a Mexican-American first-generation Ph.D. student from Santa Ana, California. She is currently a student in the Emory University Department of Mathematics studying classical algebraic geometry, advised by Brooke Ullery. Before pursuing a Ph.D., she attended California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), where she received her B.A. in Mathematics in 2020. To read more about Jasmine please visit her feature page on the Lathisms website (https://www.lathisms.org/calendar-2023/jasmine-camero).

We're thrilled to see our students celebrated like this. Congratulations Santiago and Jasmine!

Dr. Raman Parimala, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, has been elected to Honorary Membership of the London Mathematical Society, in recognition of her fundamental contributions to the theory of quadratic forms, Galois cohomology, and the theory of principal bundles for algebraic groups. https://www.lms.ac.uk/membership/honorary-members

Dr. Yiran Wang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, was one of the invited plenary speakers at the Applied Inverse Problems Conference in Gottingen, Germany last week. He delivered a talk on Reconstruction of Space-time Structures in General Relativity and Lorentzian Geometry. Congratulations Dr. Wang!

To learn more about the conference, please visit their website: http://www.aip2023.com/

Dr. Cosmin Pohoata, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, publishes a new proof that breaks a decades-long drought of progress on the problem of estimating the size of triangles created by cramming points into a square (known as the Heilbronn triangle problem). A nice summary of the work was recently reported in Quanta Magazine (https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-biggest-smallest-triangle-just-got-smaller-20230908/).

Lars Ruthotto receives the Winship Distinguished Research Associate Professor award!

The designation of distinguished professor is one of the highest honors that Emory bestows on a member of its faculty. The level of distinction recognizes Lars’s eminence as a scholar, as well as the accomplishments that have placed him at the very top of his field. Conferral of the title also signifies that he has made substantial contributions to Emory University’s mission to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. Congratulations Lars!

This Summer, Emory Math Department has hosted a Research Experience for Teachers and Research Experience for Undergraduates. Last week, they were able to present their research posters showcasing their summer of hard work!

Emory Math students, Leonardo Molinari and Imran Shah, along with Georgia Tech student, Rene Mata, win Goizueta Healthcare Association Healthcare Futuring Competition! Competing as team "BioFuture," they were tasked to to consider what U.S. healthcare looks like in 2040. Their idea for an integrated computational facility where clinical staff work in conjunction with multidisplinary teams focused on computational modeling work to improve care won them the first place prize. Congrats to team BioFuture! To read more on this accomplishment, please visit this link: https://www.patientsafetytech.com/past-competitions/virtualrealityhealthcareassociation-rycew?utm_campaign=PSTC%20Updates&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=257120506&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9HJwgc9zOqu_m9SE8cSYt9seyWhf8l8h3pBUWxCHvUM0RY0KcMc6uDcTa6weInWBCLGpFiJ2FiwE3eqP-UsBPkmKHIpPRcJiECyztF012E7EcRz-U&utm_content=257120506&utm_source=hs_email

Dr. Manuela Manetta, Assistant Teaching Professor in Mathematics, was selected to receive the prestigious Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award. This award was established by Emory Williams, a 1932 Emory College alumnus and long-time trustee, and recognizes faculty who strive from excellence in teaching, curriculum development, pedagogy, and educational innovation. The award recognizes faculty members who teach undergraduate students at Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and Oxford College. Congratulations Manuela!

Alex Dunbar, PhD student in Mathematics, ran an amazing 2:51:33 in his first Boston Marathon — an average 6:33 minutes per mile! Alex competed for the Rice Cross Country and Track & Field teams as an undergraduate before coming to Emory in 2020. Alex qualified for the Boston Marathon by placing third in the 2022 Atlanta Marathon. Congratulations Alex!!

Pi Day was a success! Thank you to everyone who showed up and celebrated with us!! Special thanks to our Undergraduate Coordinator, Taylr Tuggle, for planning such a fun event. See you next year!! 🥧🍕🍪

Please join the Math Department as we celebrate Pi Day! 🎉🎉 We will be serving pizzas, pies, and all things circular. You won’t want to miss this event, see you there!!

Satellite MORE workshop brings together undergraduate students

The Emory Math Department hosted its first satellite MORE workshop on October 8-9, 2022. The purpose of this conference is to bring together undergraduate students interested in mathematics to learn about opportunities in research and education. Participants from Emory University, Georgia Tech, Augusta University, and Clemson University attended plenary lectures from Oyita Udiani from the Virginia Commonwealth University and Angela Robinson from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Students had the opportunity to interact with faculty, graduate students, and postdocs, and attended panels on research, summer opportunities, graduate school, and pathways to mathematical careers.

PhD students Riti Bahl and Chris Keyes host Julia Robinson Math Festival

The Julia Robinson Math Festival on August 27, 2022, was a smashing success! Middle and high school students, along with their families, descended on Emory's campus to participate in a wide range of fun mathematics exploration activities led by Emory students and faculty. Thank you to all who attended, and a special thanks to the volunteers who made it happen!

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⁣Emory professors challenge students to ‘Move Your Math’ in first-year seminar. ⁣
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⁣Students in Dr. Manuela Manetta's "Move Your Math" learn that incorporating movement can help them better understand complicated mathematical concepts — and themselves.⁣
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⁣Congratulations to the department’s very own, Dr. Raman Parimala! ⁣
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⁣Dr. Parimala has been invited to join a committee of five distinguished research mathematicians to serve on the Abel Prize Committee. The Abel Prize, which was established by the Norwegian government in 2002 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Niels Henrik Abel's birth, is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters appoints the members of the Abel Committee, based on nominations from the International Mathematical Union and the European Mathematical Society. ⁣
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⁣Details on the Abel prize and the committee can be found at abelprize.no

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⁣Undergraduate Awards for 2021🏆 ⁣
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⁣Congratulations to Mai Phuong Pham Huynh for receiving the Chair's Award for Achievement. This award recognizes dedication and excellent undergraduate performance. The recipient of this award is chosen by the Department Chair and the Undergraduate Committee. Congratulations, ._____ ,on your well-deserved success!🎉⁣
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⁣Undergraduate Awards for 2021 🏆⁣
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⁣Congratulations to Jennifer Zheng for receiving the Trevor Evans Award. The Trevor Evans Award recognizes outstanding performance by undergraduate majors in the Department of Mathematics at Emory University.⁣
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⁣Each year, the Undergraduate Committee of the Department of Mathematics selects the award recipients based upon information received from the Department faculty, including academic performance and achievements. Well done, !🎉

⁣Graduate Awards for 2021 🏆⁣
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⁣The Marshall Hall Teaching Award was presented to Maryam Khaqan last week for her amazing teaching contributions. This award was established in honor of Dr. Marshall Hall to honor outstanding teaching by a PhD student from Mathematics. This award recognizes Maryam’s extraordinary performance and commitment to teaching. ⁣
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⁣Maryam is also a Graduate Research Honors Award recipient. This award recognizes outstanding research by students working towards degrees in Mathematics. Congratulations, Maryam!🎉

How can thinking like a hacker improve your cyber security? Join Emory ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave and Emory computer scientist (and former hacker) Ymir Vigfusson TODAY (April 15) at 1 p.m. for a Facebook Live discussion on protecting your data

The Emory University MatheMatics Association (EUMMA) is ready to start a new semester of events!

Tomorrow, March 9th at 7pm EST, EUMMA will host a talk by Dr. Talea Mayo.

Join us to learn about Dr. Mayo’s research, experiences, and more!

Zoom ID: 933 5454 5030

Feel free to share the Zoom ID with your friends, classmates and colleagues!

⁣The Mathematics Department is looking to recruit great students and K-12 teachers for a new REU/RET Site: Computational Mathematics for Data Science at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. this summer.

We are looking for students and in-service K-12 teachers with background in Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus, Differential Equations and some elementary programming experience. Since this REU/RET is funded through the NSF participants need to be US citizen or permanent residents.

Applications received by March 1, 2021 will receive full consideration. Submit your application through mathprograms.org

For more information please view the flyer, or visit
http://www.mathcs.Emory.edu/site/scicomp/REURET

Happy Holidays from the Mathematics Department! We wish you all a safe and relaxing holiday season.

Happy First Day of Winter ❄️ (Sadly - or happily depending on your snow tolerance - no snow yet in ATL)

FISH: Constraints and optimization for weakly supervised deep-learning from few data and fewer labels | MIT Earth Resources Laboratory Oct 23, 2020 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDTSpeaker: Prof. Bas Peters (Emory U.)MIT Earth Resources Laboratory presents Bas Peters, Visiting Assistant Professor at Emory U., on "Constraints and optimization for weakly supervised deep-learning from few data and fewer labels." "When pixel-level masks or pa...

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⁣The Mathematics Department would like to recognize Terry Ingram, Academic Degree Coordinator (Graduate), on reaching 20 years of service at Emory College of Arts and Science of Emory University. Please join us in congratulating Terry on this significant milestone. Thank you, Terry, for all that you do. We appreciate you immensely!⁣
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The Mathematics Department would like to recognize and congratulate Dr. Robert Jensen, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, for his many years of service in the Department.


We invite you to take a moment to celebrate his career. Professor Jensen received his EdD from the University of Georgia in 1984. He was appointed to the Emory faculty in 1984 as Assistant Professor of Educational Studies. Professor Jensen’s research was informed by the 12 years he taught middle and high school students, and is broadly in the area of the teaching and learning of mathematics with a particular emphasis on non-routine problems. Professor Jensen received one of the most prestigious honors granted to Emory College faculty, the George P. Cuttino Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

“I’ll keep my advice brief: ‘Be here now.’ I originally read this mantra as a book title in the late 60’s. Reflecting on its meaning has positively influenced my life and it still strikes me as appropriate advice to live by.”
—Robert Jensen

Dr. Jensen, we wish you the best in your well-deserved retirement.