News and Announcements

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Two GGAM Students Win Best Poster Awards at SIAM NCC
Graduate students Kelli Gutierrez and Jon Forstater were honored with Best Poster Awards at the 2025 SIAM Northern California Chapter (SIAM NCC) meeting. Their work showcases the depth, creativity, and interdisciplinary reach of research happening in our graduate program.
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Congratulations to Joshua Petrack – Winner of the Excellent Student/Postdoc Poster Award at DNA31!
Joshua Petrack, Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics, has won the Best Student/Postdoc Poster Award at DNA31 in Lyon, France! His work, co-authored with Professor David Doty, introduces the first exact algorithm for simulating chemical reaction networks in sublinear time per reaction—a major leap in molecular programming.
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Congratulations to Lauren Mossman on Receiving the Simons Dissertation Fellowship!
Lauren Mossman, Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics, has been awarded the prestigious Simons Dissertation Fellowship for her groundbreaking research on ecosystem dynamics and species interactions. Her innovative modeling work offers new insights into habitat change, resilience, and ecological management.
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Matthias Köppe’s Passagemath Project Marks New Era for Open-Source Math Software
After five years of development, UC Davis professor Matthias Köppe has reengineered the open-source math software SageMath—ushering in a modular future with the release of Passagemath 10.5.29.
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Join us in Welcoming Prof. Dogyoon Song to GGAM!
We are excited to add Prof. Dogyoon Song of the Department of Statistics as the newest member of GGAM! Some of Prof. Song's current research topics include optimization theory, high-dimensional statistics, deep learning theory, and causal inference.
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Join us in Welcoming Prof. Caleb Stanford to GGAM!
We are excited to add Prof. Caleb Stanford of the Department of Computer Science as the newest member of GGAM! Some of Prof. Stanford's interests include Programming language theory and formal methods in computer science; applied mathematical logic; theoretical computer science.
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Join us in Welcoming Prof. Andrés Carvajal to GGAM!
We are excited to add Prof. Andrés Carvajal of the Department of Economics as the newest member of GGAM! Some of Prof. Carvajal's interests include pure economic theory, in particular general equilibrium theory. This field requires the application of careful mathematics to develop insight about the operation of markets.
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AAAS Elects Alexander Aue and Raissa D'Souza as Fellows
Congratulations to Prof. Alexander Aue and Prof. Raissa D'Souza for being elected as AAAS fellows!

Upcoming Seminars

Mon, Dec 1, 4:10PM - MSB 2112
Math Bio. : Craig Benham, UC Davis
DNA Topology: What it is and Why it is Important

Tue, Dec 2, 1:10PM - MSB 2112
Alg. Geometry : Katy Woo, Stanford University
Rational points on degree one del Pezzo surfaces (and base change for GL(2))

Tue, Dec 2, 2:10PM - MSB 2112
Geometry : Amanda Schwartz, University of Michigan
The HOMFLY Polynomial of a Forest Quiver

Tue, Dec 2, 3:10PM - PDSB 1025
Data & Dec. : Thomas Strohmer, UC Davis
Can AI Truly Forget? A Mathematical Framework for Machine Unlearning

Wed, Dec 3, 4:00PM - PDSB 3024
Math Physics : Anuj Kumar, UC Davis
Optimal scalar and vector transport using branching flows

Thu, Dec 4, 11:00AM - MSB 2112
Probability : Brice Huang, Stanford
Strong low degree hardness in random optimization problems

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