PUNDiT: Practicum for Undergraduates in Number Theory

October 16 - 17, 2021

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:50 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
8:50 - 9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks: Dean Miguel García-Garibay (Dean of Physical Sciences, UCLA) and Dima Shlyakhtenko (Director, IPAM)
9:00 - 10:00
Lori Watson (Wake Forest University)

Expository talk: Fundamental Indeed

10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00 Problem Session #1
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
3:00 - 4:00 Problem Session #2
4:00 - 5:00
Aaron Pollack (University of California, San Diego (UCSD))

Expository talk: Sums of two squares

5:00 - 6:00 Panel Discussion: Opportunities in Number Theory for Undergraduates, featuring Alina Bucur (UCSD), Ken Ono (University of Virginia), Rachel Pries (Colorado State University), Edray Goins (Pomona College). Moderator: Caleb Ashley
6:00 - 6:10 Closing Remarks
6:10 - 8:00 Dinner (on your own)

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:00 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00 Problem Session #3
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
3:00 - 4:00 Panel Discussion: Opportunities at the NSF-Math Institutes for Undergraduates, featuring Rebecca Garcia (Sam Houston State), Rafe Mazzeo (Stanford University), Ulrica Wilson (Morehouse College), Susana Serna (IPAM). Moderator: Edray Goins
4:00 - 4:10 Closing Remarks