Langenhop Lecture and Math Conference 2024

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2024 Langenhop Lecture & SIU Conference

May 16-17, 2024

A NATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE IN THE FIELD OF PURE MATHEMATICS.

The School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is pleased to announce a research conference in the area of Pure Mathematics. This event is combined with the annual Langenhop lecture series to promote the importance of mathematics to a general audience. The conference will begin at 9:00 am on Thursday May 16th and end in the evening of Friday May 17th. The Langenhop Lecturer this year will be Ken Ono, University of Virginia. Website

Graduate Students are invited to attend and are welcome to submit talks. We have funds to cover their lodging expenses, meals, and up to $500 in travel expenses, regardless of whether they are giving a talk or just attending. To apply for support, graduate students should fill out the registration form and select that option.

Lodging will be provided for all invited participants and graduate students.

Meals will be provided for all registered participants.

Langenhop Lecturer: Ken Ono, University of Virginia

The Langenhop Lecture is intended for a general university audience, highlighting the beauty and impact of pure mathematics.

Plenary Speakers:

Stephen DeBacker, University of Michigan

Louis Kauffman, University of Illinois Chicago

Freydoon Shahidi, Purdue University

Robin Wilson, Loyola Marymount University

Representation Theory and Automorphic Forms

Devjani Basu, Southern Illinois University

David Goldberg,  Purdue University

Alexander Hazeltine, University of Michigan

Joe Hundley, University of Buffalo

Aranya Lahiri, University of California San Diego

Baiying Liu, Purdue University

Ayan Maiti, Purdue University

Jeremiah Roberts, Southern Illinois University

Claus Sorensen, University of California, San Diego

Layla Sorkatti, Southern Illinois University

Matthias Strauch, Indiana University

Manisha Varahagiri, University of Texas, Arlington


Integral Quadratic Forms

Eran Assaf, Dartmouth College

Archisman Bhattacharjee, Louisiana State University

Wai Kiu Chan, Wesleyan University

Pete Clark, University of Georgia

Maxwell Forst, University of Minnesota Duluth

Lenny Fukshansky, Claremont McKenna College

Larry Gerstein, University of California Santa Barbara

Felipe Valdes Gonzalez, Wesleyan University

Sehun Jeong, Claremont Graduate University

Jingbo Liu, Texas A&M San Antonio

Koustav Mondal, Louisiana State University

Jeremy Rouse, Wake Forest University

Ester Sgallova, Michigan State University

Kate Thompson, US Naval Academy


Steinberg Module of the Braid Group

Nathan Broaddus, Ohio State University

Emille Lawrence, University of San Francisco

Anisah Nu'Man, Spelman College

Robin Wilson, Loyola Marymount University

Partial Differential Equations

Carlo Morpurgo, University of Missouri

Cheikh Birahim Ndiaye, Howard University

John Villavert, University of Texas, RGV

Lei Zhang, University of Florida


Geometry Broadly Understood

Simina Branzei, Purdue University

Philip Feinsilver, SIU Carbondale

Louis Kauffman, University of Illinois Chicago

Hanna Makaruk, LANL

Robert Owczarek, University of New Mexico

Bogdan Petrenko, Eastern Illinois University

Stacy Staples, SIU Edwardsville

Ron White, SIU Carbondale

Sponsors:

National Science Foundation

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences (Langenhop Fund)

College of Engineering, Computing, Technology & Math


Organizing Committee:

Dubravka Ban

Wesley Calvert

Andrew Earnest

Mathew Gluck

Jurek Kocik

Lindsey-Kay Lauderdale