Pi Mu Epsilon Presents Professor Ben Brubaker, University of Minnesota
Pi Mu Epsilon presents Professor Ben Brubaker, Head of the School of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota for the annual Pi Mu Epsilon lecture. Professor Brubaker's lecture will be on Friday, April 23rd at 5 pm on Zoom.
Title -- "Setting your undergraduate research on fire: A parable through ice."
Abstract -- We'll talk about recent research in representation theory and combinatorics done by and in collaboration with undergraduates in various formats (including REUs and other summer programs). On the research side, it is a chance to explain how special functions in representation theory arise as generating functions on "ice-type" lattice models and how methods from statistical mechanics allow us to draw conclusions about them. We'll also use each example as an opportunity to talk about the various research formats and programs for undergraduates, and what the benefits, goals, and future possibilities of such formats might be as we are all acquiring new skills and new modes of delivery. For the mathematics, no prior familiarity with combinatorial representation theory is required and terms and concepts will be introduced from scratch.
Details
Date: Friday, April 23rd
Time: 4:00 pm CDT
Zoom Link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/9534937938080
Meeting ID: 953 4937 9380