The seminar will resume in Spring 2026. It is currently organized by Timothy Blanton, Lisa Johnston, and Soyeon Kim. We intend for the seminar to be an informal introduction to topics of broad interest in algebra and discrete math, primarily aimed at people without lots of background in those areas. First and second year grad students who are interested in ADM are especially welcome!
For Spring 2026, the meeting time is TBA but will be for approximately 1 hour a week. We will read Richard P. Stanley’s Algebraic Combinatorics along with Enumerative Combinatorics, Vol. 1, followed by a series of lightning talks highlighting active research topics within the department. In addition, there will be pretalks for select speakers of the ADM seminar.
1-2 units of MAT 298 are available upon request for participants. The faculty mentor is Chenchen Zhao.
Note: The organizers are planning to give talks for the first several weeks, but anyone is welcome to speak. Talks which have two parts should be independent enough that anyone attending the second talk (but not the first) can still follow along and learn.
The most commonly asked question, especially for new graduate students, is: “I would like to speak, but I don't know what to talk about! What can I give a talk on?”
The list is a work in progress - check back soon for updates. Suggestions are welcome!