Represent: STEM voices
A speaker series, hosted at the University of Utah, which highlights the achievements of individuals in STEM who are Black, Indigenous, Latine, and/or belong to other historically marginalized groups.
Upcoming Speaker Series January 24-25, 2023
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Dr. Federico Ardila
Dr. Federico Ardila was born and raised in Colombia, and received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003. He is Professor of Mathematics at San Francisco State University and the Universidad de Los Andes. He is an International Congress of Mathematicians Invited Speaker, a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and an NSF CAREER Awardee in the US, and a recipient of the Premio Nacional de Ciencias and Premio Nacional de Matemáticas in Colombia. His research is in combinatorics and its connections to geometry, algebra, topology, and applications.
Federico is constantly working towards fostering an increasingly diverse, equitable, and welcoming community of mathematicians that serves the needs of all communities. With that goal, he has advised more than 50 thesis students, he founded the SFSU-Colombia Combinatorics Initiative, he hosts more than 200 hours of combinatorics lectures on YouTube, and he writes and speaks publicly about mathematics and its role in education and society. Federico is also a student of the centuries-old musical dialogue between Africa and the Americas. He is a DJ with Colectivo La Pelanga and a percussionist with Neblinas del Pacífico. |
Schedule of Events:
Tuesday January 24th Collaborative event with the School of Music
Interactive demonstration of Colombian music from the Pacific Coast
10:45 am -12:05 pm, DGH 270
Explorations in polyrhythm: a hands-on percussion workshop, rooted in marimba music from the Pacífico Colombiano.
Everyone is welcome, no previous experience necessary.
Tuesday January 24th Mathematics Department Colloquium
4:00 - 5:00 pm, JWB 335
Title: The geometry of geometries: matroid theory, old and new
Wednesday January 25th Represent: STEM Voices Lecture Series
Refreshments 5:30 - 6:00 pm outside of ASB 220
Talk starts 6:00 pm, ASB 220
Title: Humanity, community, mathematics: mi testimonio.
@THEU announcement
Tuesday January 24th Collaborative event with the School of Music
Interactive demonstration of Colombian music from the Pacific Coast
10:45 am -12:05 pm, DGH 270
Explorations in polyrhythm: a hands-on percussion workshop, rooted in marimba music from the Pacífico Colombiano.
Everyone is welcome, no previous experience necessary.
Tuesday January 24th Mathematics Department Colloquium
4:00 - 5:00 pm, JWB 335
Title: The geometry of geometries: matroid theory, old and new
Wednesday January 25th Represent: STEM Voices Lecture Series
Refreshments 5:30 - 6:00 pm outside of ASB 220
Talk starts 6:00 pm, ASB 220
Title: Humanity, community, mathematics: mi testimonio.
@THEU announcement
Sponsorship:
We kindly acknowledge the financial support we have received from the National Science Foundation, the University of Utah Mathematics Department, the College of Science, and the Graduate School Diversity Office.
We kindly acknowledge the financial support we have received from the National Science Foundation, the University of Utah Mathematics Department, the College of Science, and the Graduate School Diversity Office.
List of previous speakers:
Fall 2021: Miss Angelica Ross
Fall 2021: Miss Angelica Ross