Graduate Student Seminar Coordinator: Debraj Chakrabarti
Because there might be a time delay in updating the webpage, please always check with the Coordinator for the available dates.
Regular GSS Talks are on Tuesdays, 4:00–4:50pm, in person in Room 227 of Pearce Hall. Talks at other times which may be attended by students taking the GSS for credit are noted in the schedule are noted in bold.
| Date | Speaker | Title (Scroll down for Abstract) | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no talks planned for Fall 2024 | |||
| 2/18/2025 | Pete Vermeire | The Amazing Synthesis | |
| 2/25/2025 | Nicholas Witt (University of Arizona |
Leveraging Technology and Place for Mathematics Teaching and Learning | PE 227 abstract |
| 2/27/2025 | Shemail Fatima* (Florida International University) |
From Cognitive Processes to Classroom Practices: Supporting Students’ Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics | PE 227 abstract |
| 3/6/2025 | Lino Guajardo* (Texas State University) | Proof Comprehension Strategies and Meanings: Considering the Student's Perspectives | PE 227 abstract |
| 3/7/2025 | Roberto Albesiano* (University of Waterloo, Canada) |
See TAG site | 1:00 to 2:00 pm PE 225 |
| 3/11/2025 | |||
| 3/18/2025 | Alessandro Monguzzi (University of Bergamo, Italy) |
Convergence of ergodic means of Hilbert space shift operators. | |
| 3/25/2025 | Lisa DeMeyer (CMU) | Vertex Coloring of the Zero-divisor Graph | 3:30 to 4:30 pm |
| 4/1/2025 | |||
| 4/8/2025 | |||
| 4/15/2025 | Debraj Chakrabarti (CMU) | An introduction to the Bergman kernel | |
| 4/17/2025 | Steven Bell (Fleming Lecturer) | See colloquia site | 4:00 to 5:00 pm French Auditorium EHS Building |
| 4/18/2025 | Steven Bell (Fleming Lecturer) | See colloquia site | 2:00 -- 3:00 pm PE 227 |
| 4/22/2025 | |||
| 4/29/2025 | Isaac Cinzori | TBA |
Speaker: Pete Vermeire
Title: The Amazing Synthesis
Abstract: We will discuss what David Mumford called “The Amazing Synthesis”, the categorical equivalence(s) between compact Riemann surfaces,
smooth algebraic curves, and field extensions of the complex numbers of transcendence degree one.
During the talk we will define what these objects are.
Speaker: Alessandro Monguzzi
Title: Convergence of ergodic means of Hilbert space shift operators.
Abstract: In this talk, I will give a basic introduction to abstract Hilbert space shift operators and discuss the pointwise convergence of their ergodic means. Unilateral shift operators are key examples of non-surjective isometries and have a rich history in hard analysis and operator theory. I will review some well-known results and illustrate them with a few examples. If time permits, I will also present one of my own results on the speed of convergence of the ergodic means of shift operators. The talk is intended to be accessible to a general mathematical audience.
Speaker: Lisa DeMeyer
Title: Vertex Coloring of the Zero-divisor Graph
Abstract: The zero-divisor graph associated to a commutative ring, $R$, was first introduced by I. Beck in 1988. Beck’s primary aim was to study the vertex coloring of the zero-divisor graph of $R$. A proper coloring of a graph, $G$, is a coloring of the vertices of $G$ so that no two adjacent vertices have the same color. We will discuss Beck’s results, and several results which followed Beck’s 1988 paper. Several generalizations of the zero-divisor graph will be presented, and we will discuss known graph coloring results in each context.