Graduate Student Seminar


The Graduate Student Seminar normally meets in PHSC 1105 on Mondays at 5:30pm. At the end of the seminar there is usually free pizza! For more information about the seminar, contact Lucas Yong.

Fall 2023

August 21
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Nikola Petrov
University of Oklahoma
Calculus of variations – what it is about and how it came to be
August 28
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Angela Pasquale
Université de Lorraine
Fourier analysis: the back and forth between concrete and abstract
September 11
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Alejandro Chávez-Domínguez
University of Oklahoma
From classical to quantum: building a dictionary
September 18
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Jonathan Kujawa
University of Oklahoma
2D TQFTs
September 25
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Greg Muller
University of Oklahoma
Markov numbers and a Conjecture Older than Sliced Bread
October 2
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Keri Kornelson
University of Oklahoma
Frames and space-time samples
October 9
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
James Broda
Washington and Lee University
The mathematics of fair division
October 23
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Miroslav Kramar
University of Oklahoma
Introduction to Neural Networks
November 6
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Luke Dechow
University of Oklahoma
73: Numerology, Number Theory, and Beyond
November 13
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Mario Morán Cañón
University of Oklahoma
Arc space from scratch
November 20
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Ryan Gueli
University of Oklahoma
A day in the life of an Operations Research Analyst
December 4
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Alan Roche
University of Oklahoma
Fun with Finite Flags

Spring 2023

January 23
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Jonathan Kujawa
University of Oklahoma
Linear Algebra in Pictures
February 6
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Greg Muller
University of Oklahoma
Knots, skein relations, and skein algebras
February 13
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Emily Gunawan
University of Oklahoma
Using permutations to model waves, quiver representations, and other mathematical objects
February 20
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Max Forester
University of Oklahoma
The topology of lines
February 27
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Jing Tao
University of Oklahoma
Bad arithmetics and good approximations of pi
March 6
5:30pm (CST)
PHSC 1105
Deborah Moore-Russo
University of Oklahoma
Preparing for a Career in Academia
March 20
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Gary Moon
University of Oklahoma
Elliptic Free Boundary Problems: Phase Transition, Minimal Surfaces and Beyond
March 27
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Keri Kornelson
University of Oklahoma
Being a reflective teacher
April 3
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Samuel Lin
University of Oklahoma
Geometric structures and the Laplace spectrum
April 10
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Dustin Gaskins and Ryan Reynolds
University of Oklahoma
What We Wish We Knew
April 17
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Justin Malestein
University of Oklahoma
Combinatorics of Rigid Structures
April 24
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Peter Patzt
University of Oklahoma
Kissing number and perfect forms
May 1
5:30pm (CDT)
PHSC 1105
Joshua Pankau
University of Oklahoma
The Curve Complex
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