Practicum for Undergraduate Mathematicians in Combinatorics

April 13 - 14, 2024

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Saturday, April 13, 2024
Morning Session
8:00 - 8:50	Breakfast (hosted by IPAM)
8:50 - 9:00	Welcome and Introductions
9:00 - 10:00	Emily Heath (Iowa State University) Introduction to Extremal Combinatorics
10:00 - 11:00	Anastasia Chavez (Saint Mary's College of California) Tutorial Lecture: An introduction to matroid theory (Part 3)
11:00 - 12:00	Problem Session #1
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)
Afternoon Session
1:00 - 2:00	Anastasia Chavez (Saint Mary's College of California) Tutorial Lecture: An introduction to matroid theory (Part 3)
2:00 - 3:00	Problem Session #2
3:00 - 3:30	Break
3:30 - 4:30	Bennet Goeckner (University of San Diego) Two famous examples in Enumerative Combinatorics
4:30 - 5:30	Professional development session #1-facilitated by Anika D O’Donnell
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Morning Session
8:00 - 9:00	Breakfast (hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 10:00	Max Hlavacek (Pomona College) An invitation to Ehrhart theory
10:00 - 11:00	Andrés Vindas Meléndez (UC Berkeley & Harvey Mudd College) Tutorial Lecture: An introduction to matroid theory (Part 3)
11:00 - 12:00	Problem Session #3
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)
Afternoon Session
1:00 - 2:00	José Mijares-Palacios (California State University, Los Angeles (CSU Los Angeles)) An introduction to Ramsey theory and its connections with topology
2:00 - 3:00	Professional development session #2- facilitated by Anika D O’Donnell