Field of Dreams Conference
University hosts annual conference that helps connect students from underrepresented groups with doctoral programs in mathematics.
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Professor Jose Figueroa-Lopez Receives NSF Grant
Professor Jose Figueroa-Lopez receives an NSF Grant for research on Optimal and Adaptive Nonparametric Methods for High-Frequency Data.
Uniting Statisticians and Mathematicians
Last weekend, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, top statisticians and mathematicians came to Washington University in St. Louis for the first-ever Workshop on Higher-Order Asymptotics and Post-Selection Inference (WHOA-PSI).
Professor Rachel Roberts Receives an NSF Grant for Collaborative Research on Taut Foliations and Contact Topology
Contact and symplectic topology are branches of mathematics that are motivated by Physics, specifically by classical mechanics and thermodynamics. This National Science Foundation funded project seeks to extend the application of physical phenomena to the study of three-dimensional topology.
Assistant Professor Job Opening
The Mathematics Department of Washington University in St. Louis, MO, has two openings for tenure track Assistant Professor in mathematics, to begin August 2017.
John Shareshian receives NSF Grant
John Shareshian studies problems in combinatorics that arise in or have consequences for other fi elds of mathematics. There are close connections between combinatorics and other fi elds of mathematics in which non-discrete objects are studied, including topology and geometry. The work of Shareshian involves the close study of such connections, with the aim of solving problems about both discrete and non-discrete structures.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant for Math Department's John McCarthy
John McCarthy has received a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to study Operator Theory and Applications. He will study problems in operator theory, function theory, and in non-commutative functions.
Putnam Mathematical Competition
The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) was held Saturday, December 5, 2015.
It's a Tie for the Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition!
One WU team tied for 1st in the competition with a perfect "100" score: team members were Matt Ehren, Harry Go, and Alex Mason.
WHOA-PSI
The Workshop on Higher-Order Asymptotics and Post-Selection Inference (WHOA-PSI) will take place September 30 - October 2, 2016 on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
Mathematics Meets Music
At the most recent American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, Chair of the Mathematics Department David Wright contributed to the topic of Mathematics and Music.
Holmes receives NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Irina Holmes, currently a Hale Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech, received an NSF postdoctoral fellowship for her work in Harmonic Analysis. She will spend 2016-2018 at Washington University, working with sponsoring scientist Brett Wick.