Category Archives: Research

Erman grant on mathematics inspired by mirror symmetry

UH News has written an article by Daniel Erman’s collaborative NSF Focused Research Group grant on “Multigraded Commutative
Algebra, Toric Varieties, and Homological Mirror Symmetry.” The grant is for $1.5M across six different institutions: UH Mānoa, Auburn University, University of Minnesota, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California, and University of Oregon.

While the grant is primarily focused on collaborative research among the group of 7 PI’s, it will also support opportunities for early-career researchers and students, including workshops, graduate student support, and a postdoctoral fellow at UH Mānoa from 2025-2028.

You can read more about this project through the UH News Article.

Jordan Ellenberg’s Visit

Jordan Ellenberg visited our department from March 28 — April 3 for the 2025 Distinguished Lectures.

He gave 3 lectures:

Colloquium: Friday, March 28, 3:30pm (PSB 217)
What does artificial intelligence have to offer mathematics?

Public Lecture: Monday, March 31, 5:30pm (PSB 217)
From malaria to ChatGPT: the birth and strange life of the random walk

Seminar: Wednesday, April 2, 3:30pm (Keller 303)
Smyth’s conjecture and a non-deterministic Hasse principle

He also appeared on the Hawaiian Public Radio program The Conversation, which you can find here.

See also the UH news article.

The color version of my author photo, by Mats Rudels.

Distinguished Lecture Series: Jordan Ellenberg

The 2025 Distinguished Lectures are coming up! Our speaker is Jordan Ellenberg from the University of Wisconsin. He is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the NYTimes Best-selling author of “How Not to be Wrong” and “Shape”.

The color version of my author photo, by Mats Rudels.

He will give 3 lectures:

Colloquium: Friday, March 28, 3:30pm (PSB 217)
What does artificial intelligence have to offer mathematics?

Public Lecture: Monday, March 31, 5:30pm (PSB 217)
From malaria to ChatGPT: the birth and strange life of the random walk

Seminar: Wednesday, April 2, 3:30pm (Keller 303)
Smyth’s conjecture and a non-deterministic Hasse principle

For questions email erman@hawaii.edu