News and events at Department of Mathematics

Thesis defense: Weinan Zhang

Event date: 2023/03/24

Weinan Zhang will defend the Ph.D. thesis on Friday, March 24. The title is

Relative braid group symmetries on i-quantum groups”.

  • Date: Friday, March 24.
  • Time: 3:30 pm EST
  • Place: Monroe 122

Everyone is invited to attend.

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Yaolong Shen

Yaolong Shen receives the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

2023/03/21

Yaolong Shen, a graduate student at our department, has been awarded the highly competitive Jefferson Scholars Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for next year - congratulations Yaolong on this remarkable achievement!

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Ken Ono and Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo. Photo Courtesy: Matthew Kent Riley/University of Virginia

The sorcery and science behind Virginia's swimming dynasty

2023/03/14

ESPN features Professor Ken Ono who has been using mathematical optimization to minimize inefficiencies in swimmers’ strokes, contributing to the remarkable success of the UVA swim team. This innovative approach, combined with the exceptional talent of swimmers like Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, Kate Douglass, and Lexi Cuomo, has helped usher in a period of disruptive dominance of UVA swimming.

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Conference poster

Reflections on mathematical fluid dynamics

Event start date: 2023/03/11

The conference “Reflections on mathematical fluid dynamics” will be held at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA on March 11-12, 2023, in Clark 102.

Conference schedule (PDF)

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Alley Serpentine Walls

2023 Southeastern Probability Conference II

Event start date: 2023/08/14

The 2023 Southeastern Probability Conference II will be held at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA on Aug 14-15, 2023. (There will be two meetings in the conference series this year. The 2023 Southeastern Probability Conference I will be at Duke University on May 15-16, 2023.)

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Arithmetic Geometry and Algebraic Groups conference, May 24-28, 2023

Event start date: 2023/05/24

The conference on Arithmetic Geometry and Algebraic Groups will be held at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA on May 24-28, 2023. The conference will bring together researchers working in arithmetic geometry and the theory of algebraic groups to discuss the latest achievements in both areas and specifically the recent results at their meeting ground. This conference is supported by the NSF grant DMS-2305231, by the Institute for mathematical sciences, and by the University of Virginia.

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Ben Hayes

Professor Ben Hayes honored for his research achievements in 2022

2023/02/04

The University of Virginia honored faculty members across Grounds for their outstanding research and scholarship on Tuesday at the fourth annual Research Achievement Awards, held at The Pavilion at the Boar’s Head Resort.

Professor Ben Hayes was among the 2022 awardees of the NSF CAREER award.

“This year’s awardees are an incredibly talented group of faculty who are working every day to advance the frontiers of knowledge and human progress, and it was a pleasure to recognize their achievements in this way,” UVA President Jim Ryan said. “I’m grateful for their efforts and excited about what’s next for research at UVA, across disciplines, schools, and areas of study.”

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Ken Ono

Professor Ono Honored by the University of Chicago

2023/02/03

In May, Ono will receive the 2023 University of Chicago Alumni Award for Professional Achievement for his research in algebra, combinatorics and number theory. More details here.

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