Algebraic Geometry in Evolutionary Biology Dr. Elizabeth Gross Associate Professor University of Hawaii at Manoa One of the main goals of phylogenomics is to understand the evolutionary history of a set of species. These histories are represented by directed graphs... Read More
Combinatorial Problems Related to Optimal Transport and Parking Functions Mr. Jan Kretschmann University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dissertator In the first part, we show contributions to optimal transport through work on the discrete Earth Mover's Distance (EMD). We provide a new formula... Read More
Structure-Randomness and The Green-Tao Theorem Mr. Kushlam Srivastava PhD Student University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee In this talk we will give a brief introduction of the dichotomy between structure and randomness in the context of Szemeredi's Theorem and the celebrated... Read More
A General Theory of Coexistence for Stochastic Populations Dr. Alexandru Hening Assistant Professor of Mathematics Texas A&M University One of the longstanding, fundamental problems in population biology is understanding the coexistence of multiple interacting species. In order to accurately... Read More