The AGANT (Algebraic Geometry, Algebra, and Number Theory) Research and Training Group at the University of Georgia Mathematics Department coordinates a number of programs and activities at a variety of levels, from high school students to postdoctoral fellows. We gratefully acknowledge funding support from the National Science Foundation Research and Training Group grant DMS-1344994 ($2,000,000 over 5 years). We are also grateful for the financial support of the Office of Research, of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and of the Graduate School. Graduate Student Fellowships for Fall 2025 We expect to have several graduate student positions to offer to outstanding applicants for admission into our program in fall 2025. The application procedure is described here. Please do not hesitate to contact the RTG director, Professor Dino Lorenzini, for further information. Postdoctoral Positions for Fall 2025 We expect to have at least one postdoctoral position available in AGANT fields in 2025-2026. Seminars Oberseminar Algebra Seminar Algebraic Geometry Seminar Arithmetic Geometry/Number Theory Seminar Analysis and Arithmetic Combinatorics Conferences Integers Conference, May 14 - May 17, 2025. This conference will be held in honor of the 80th birthdays of Carl Pomerance and Mel Nathanson. GAGS 2025, Fri-Sun, March 21-23, 2025 Joint Athens Atlanta Number Theory Seminar Tuesday October 29, 2024, 4:00- 6:15, at UGA Representation Theory and Related Geometry: Progress and Prospects, May 27 - 31, 2024 Joint Athens Atlanta Number Theory Seminar Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Emory Congratulations to our 2024 new PhDs, Patrick Akande, defended on March 11, 2024. Ilkiz Bildik, defended on July 9, 2024. Aleksander Shmakov, defended on June 28, 2024. Haiyang Wang, defended on April 9, 2024. Congratulations to our 2023 new PhDs, Freddy Saia, defended on March 14, 2023. Tyler Genao, defended on March 16, 2023. Jack Wagner, defended on April 13, 2023. Peter Woolfitt, defended on December 4, 2023. Kudos Pierrick Bousseau was one of the two winners of the Dubrovin Medal 2024, a special prize that recognizes exceptionally promising young researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the fields of mathematical physics and geometry. Giorgis Petridis received UGA's 2024 Creative Research Medal for his 2021 breakthrough paper on the structure of Paley graphs, coauthored with his colleague Brandon Hanson. Paul Pollack received UGA's 2024 Creative Research Award. This award recognizes his work showing that methods from the well-established field of analytic number theory can be brought in to derive powerful new results in the burgeoning area of arithmetic statistics. Nate Harman joined the research group in Fall 2023 as Assistant Professor. He was awarded an NSF Research Grant in 2024. Hulya Arguz and Pierrick Bousseau joined the research group in Fall 2022 as Assistant Professors. They both were awarded an NSF Research Grant in 2023. Jiuya Wang joined the research group in Fall 2021 as Assistant Professor. She was awarded an NSF Research Grant in 2022. Giorgis Petridis and Laura Rider were promoted to Associate Professors with tenure in 2021. Lori Watson (PhD UGA 2019) received the 2021 speaking award as the best presenter in the Haynes-Granville-Browne Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients. Assistant Professor Ben Bakker was awarded a CAREER grant (2019-2024). The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Danny Krashen awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2016-2021). Associate Professor Danny Krashen and colleagues at Emory and at the University of Pennsylvania were awarded a Focus Research Group Grant (FRG) by the NSF (2015-2018). Graduate student Adrian Brunyate received an NSF postdoctoral fellowship (2015-2018). First year graduate student Ziqing Xiang was invited to talk at the 2014 Workshop on Sphere Packings, Lattices, and Designs, in Vienna, Austria. Georgia Algebraic Geometry Symposium (GAGS) The Georgia Algebraic Geometry Symposium is a conference series jointly organized by the University of Georgia, Emory University, and Georgia Tech. The location of the conference is rotating between these institutions. It will be held next at the University of Georgia, March 21-23, 2025. Joint Athens-Atlanta Number Theory Seminar The Joint Athens-Atlanta Number Theory Seminar is a seminar jointly organized by the University of Georgia, Emory University, and Georgia Tech. The seminar meets once a semester and its location is rotating between these institutions. The next meeting of the seminar will be at UGA in fall 2024. 2016: A Banner Year 10 new graduate students, 5 new postdocs, 3 new assistant professors Climate & Inclusivity We, the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Georgia, strive to provide an inclusive and supportive departmental culture that welcomes and respects all members of the mathematical community. Providing a safe environment and a nurturing atmosphere for our students is a foundational part of our departmental mission in teaching and research. The Mathematics Department affirms that all community members are to be treated with dignity and respect and that discrimination and harassment will not be tolerated. We further commit ourselves to making the department a supportive, inclusive, and safe environment for all students, faculty, staff, and visitors. In accordance with the University’s Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy, the Mathematics Department does not tolerate, and will report for further investigation, any instance of discriminatory conduct on the basis of race, color, sex (including sexual harassment and pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity or national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, age, or veteran status. Useful addresses: Mathematics Department Climate and Inclusivity Committee: climate@math.uga.edu Association for Women in Mathematics. Mathematically Gifted and Black. Latinx and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences. Spectra: the Association for LGBT Mathematicians.
