MCA 2013: On attending the first Mathematical Congress of the Americas
A few weeks ago I attended my last conference of the summer, the Mathematical Congress of the Americas in Guanajuato, Mexico. This is the first conference of its kind, and brought together about one...
View ArticleConference diaries: Maine-Quebec Number Theory
Two weekends ago, I attended the Maine-Quebec Number Theory conference at the University of Maine in Orono. This year the conference was special in that it honored two of its co-founders, Claude...
View ArticleConference diaries: Women in Numbers – Europe
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the latest installation of the Women in Numbers conferences, Women in Numbers – Europe at the CIRM in Luminy. (Side note: WINE must be the best acronym...
View ArticlePCMI: Week One
I have just finished (survived?) the first of my three weeks at the Park City Math Institute. The research topic this year is “Geometry of Moduli Spaces and Representation Theory.” For those of you...
View ArticleLetter of Recommendation for a Boston Mathcation
Just got back from my month long research visit to the Boston area. I wrote last month about how hard it was to re-immerse myself in my research and writing for this visit, even though I desperately...
View ArticleBuilding Locality
My first three years out of graduate school, when I was in visiting positions, I was moving a lot and didn’t have much extra energy to dig into the communities where I lived. I made some great friends,...
View ArticleIt’s Not a Competition…But We’re Still Ahead
Life is full of ironies and contradictions. Case in point: I write for two competitions (Who Wants to Be a Mathematician, and MATHCOUNTS), but I never have participated in a math competition myself. I...
View ArticleShould I Stay or Should I Go?
How do you determine whether or not to attend a particular conference? As a working example to see through to natural generalizations, let’s use the JMM. [Just to choose a conference we’ve all heard...
View ArticleAre You Ready For Some Football?
Many of us, myself included, have it pretty easy. And so it’s been interesting to see what people’s “Corona/quarantine” breaking-points have been. For some, who I believe are VERY pampered, it came...
View ArticlePower, Part I
There have been a few moments that have floored me recently. And I like to think that I’m rarely floored. My intent is to discuss one at a time until I run out. In trying to figure out if there’s …...
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