Previous Seminars

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Spring 2009): Uwe Nagel, coordinator; Tuesdays, 2:00 - 3:00 pm, in POT 745. We are studying the book Toric Varietes, written by D. Cox, J. Little, H. Schenck

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Fall 2008): Uwe Nagel, coordinator; Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:00 pm, in POT 845. Some weeks will have a WILDCATS seminar instead, which then normally will take place Mondays 4:00 - 5:00 pm in CB 238 (WILDCATS = Work, Interactions, and Leading Developments in Combinatorics, Algebra, Topology, and Statistics).

  • Hilbert schemes of points, Kyungyong Lee (Purdue University), December 2, 2008 at 4:00 pm in POT 745
  • Stanley decompositions for squarefree monomial ideals, YiHuang Shen (Purdue University), November 25, 2008 at 4:00 pm in POT 745
  • Constructing the absolute value on a finite extension of Q_p, Laura Steil (University of Kentucky), November 18, 2008 at 4:00 pm in POT 745
  • Codes over finite rings, Jon-Lark Kim (University of Louisville), November 11, 2008 at 4:00 pm in POT 745
  • Noncrossing partitions and intersections of shards, Nathan Reading (North Carolina State University), November 10, 2008 at 4:00 pm in CB 238
  • A combinatorial description of the core, Bonnie Smith (University of Notre Dame), October 28, 2008 at 4:00 pm in POT 745
  • Generic Initial Ideals, David Cook II (University of Kentucky), October 14, 2008 at 4:00 pm in POT 745
  • Least Squares Methods for Equidistant Tree Reconstruction, Serkan Hosten (San Francisco State University), September 30, 2008 at 4:00 pm in CB 208 (WILDCATS seminar)
  • Betti Numbers of Bipartite Graph Ideals, Michael Goff (University of Washington), September 23, 2008 at 4:00 pm in POT 745
  • Experiments in Lattice Polytopes, Winfried Bruns (University of Osnabrueck, Germany), September 8, 2008 at 4:00 pm in CB 238 (WILDCATS seminar)

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Spring 2008): Uwe Nagel, coordinator; Tuesdays, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, in POT 845.

  • Gorenstein Approximations, Dual Filtrations, and Applications, Tony Puthenpurakal (IIT Bombay), April 29, 2008
  • An Introduction to Low-Density Parity-Check Codes, Christine Kelley (Ohio State University), April 22, 2008
  • Poincare Series for Diagonal Forms, Dibyajyoti Deb (UKY), April 8, 2008
  • Building Public Key Crypto-Systems from Semi-Rings, Joachim Rosenthal (Zürich), April 3, 2008
  • The Slice Algorithm, Bjarke Roune (Aarhus), April 1, 2008
  • Simplicial Complexes and Algebraic Statistics, Erik Stokes (UKY), March 18, 2008
  • Gorenstein Hilbert functions, Juan Migliore (Notre Dame), March 4, 2008
  • Introduction to the Milnor Fibration, Darren Tapp (UKY), January 30, February 5, February 19, 2008

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Fall 2007): Uwe Nagel, coordinator; Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, in POT 845.

  • Minimal Linkage, Uwe Nagel (UKY), November 27, 2007
  • How to use the CD-index, Michael Slone (UKY), October 30, 2007
  • Ordered Fields and Quadratic Forms, Claus Schubert (UKY), October 23, 2007
  • An Open Problem on Hierarchical Models and Simplicial Complexes, Erik Stokes and Sonja Petrovic (UKY), October 16, 2007
  • Edge Ideals of Trees, Rachelle Bouchat (UKY), October 9, 2007
  • Groebner Bases and List Decoding of BCH Codes, Philip Busse (UKY), October 2, 2007
  • Algebraic properties of cut ideals, Sonja Petrocvic (UKY), September 25, 2007
  • The arithmetic degree of squarefree strongly stable ideals, Eric Stokes (UKY), September 11, 2007
  • Specializations of Ferrers ideals, Uwe Nagel (UKY), September 4, 2007

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Spring 2006): Uwe Nagel, coordinator

  • To be completed!

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Fall 2005): Uwe Nagel, coordinator

  • Gröbner Bases and Combinatorics for Error-Correcting Codes, Philip Busse, University of Kentucky
    November 16, 2005 - 4:15pm - POT845
  • Ehrhardt polynomials and magic squares,Tricia Muldoon, University of Kentucky
    November 9, 2005 - 4:15pm - POT845
  • Extremal Betti Numbers and Applications to Monomial Ideals, Rachelle Bouchat, University of Kentucky
    November 2, 2005 - 4:15pm - POT845
  • What Can Be Said About Pure O-sequences?, Sonja Petrovic, University of Kentucky
    October 26, 2005 - 4:15pm - POT845
  • Empty simplices of polytopes and graded Betti numbers, Uwe Nagel, University of Kentucky
    October 5, 2005 - 4:15pm - POT845
  • State polytopes and varieties of minimal degree, Sonja Petrovic, University of Kentucky
    September 28, 2005 - 4:15pm - POT 845

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Spring 2005): Uwe Nagel, coordinator

  • Multiple Views on h-vectors, Carl Lee, University of Kentucky, March 28, 2005 - 2:00pm - POT945
  • Toric Ideals of Ferrers Graphs, Uwe Nagel, University of Kentucky, March 7, 2005 - 2:00pm - POT945
  • Edge Ideals of Ferrers Graphs, Uwe Nagel, University of Kentucky, March 7, 2005 - 2:00pm - POT945
  • The Dedekind-Mertens Formula and Ferrers Graphs, Alberto Corso, University of Kentucky, March 1, 2005 - 2:00pm - POT945
  • Resolutions of Tree Ideals, Rachelle Bouchat, University of Kentucky, February 21, 2005 - 2:00pm - POT945

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Spring 2004): Uwe Nagel, coordinator

  • Systems of quadratic forms over the real numbers, Kelly McKenzie, University of Kentucky, April 28, 2004 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Koszul homology and integral closure of ideals, Alberto Corso, University of Kentucky, April 7+14, 2004 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Generalized Teichmuller invariants, Edgar Enochs, University of Kentucky, March 31, 2004 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • TBA
    Tim Roemer, University of Osnabrueck, March 24, 2004 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Convolutional codes with cyclic structure, Heide Gluesing-Luerssen, University of Kentucky, February 25 and March 3, 2004 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Generalized Tate cohomology, Alina Iacob, University of Kentucky, February 18, 2004 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Tetrahedral curves, Uwe Nagel, University of Kentucky, February 4+11, 2004 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Plane curves of the form yn=xm, Part II, Avinash Sathaye, University of Kentucky, January 27, 2004 - 3:00 pm - POT845

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Fall 2003): Uwe Nagel, coordinator

  • Plane curves of the form yn=xm, Avinash Sathaye, University of Kentucky, December 4, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • The equation of a degree two curve, Uwe Nagel, University of Kentucky, November 20, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Curves on surfaces of minimal degree, Roberta Di Gennaro, Università di Napoli (Italy), November 13, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Homogeneous forms over p-adic fields, II, David Leep, University of Kentucky, November 6, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Homogeneous forms over p-adic fields, I, David Leep, University of Kentucky, October 30, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Some aspects of convolutional coding theory, II, Heide Gluesing-Luerssen, University of Kentucky, October 23, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Some aspects of convolutional coding theory, I, Heide Gluesing-Luerssen, University of Kentucky, October 16, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Landau-Ginzburg Calabi-Yau correspondence and vertex algebras, II, Vassily Gorbunov, University of Kentucky, September 25, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT1345
  • Landau-Ginzburg Calabi-Yau correspondence and vertex algebras, I, Vassily Gorbunov, University of Kentucky, September 18, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845
  • Sally modules in local rings and applications, Alberto Corso, University of Kentucky, September 11, 2003 - 3:00 pm - POT845

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Spring 2003): Uwe Nagel, coordinator

  • Construction of Gorenstein ideals, Sonia Spreafico, Politecnico di Torino (Italy), April 28, 2003 - 4:00 pm - POT945
  • Projective curves with very degenerate general hyperplane section, Roberto Notari, Politecnico di Torino (Italy), April 21, 2003 - 4:00 pm - POT945
  • Bluegrass Algebra Conference and Hayden-Howard Lectureship, April 11-13, 2003
  • Chiral differential operators and mirror symmetry, Vassily Gorbunov, University of Kentucky, March 31, 2003 - 4:00 pm - POT945
  • The Amer-Brumer Theorem over arbitrary fields, Todorka Nedeva, University of Kentucky, March 24, 2003 - 4:00 pm - POT945
  • Multiplicity of the special fiber of blowups, Alberto Corso, University of Kentucky, March 10, 2003 - 4:00 pm - POT945
  • Cyclic convolutional codes, Heide Glüsing-Lüerßen, University of Oldenburg (Germany), Februry 24, 2003 - 4:00 pm - POT945
  • Linear subspaces on the variety given by a nonsingular intersection of two quadratic forms, David Leep, University of Kentucky, February 10, 2003 - 4:00pm - POT945
  • The maximum number of points on a hypersurface defined over a finite field, David Leep, University of Kentucky, January 27, 2003 - 4:00pm - POT845

Algebra and Geometry Seminar (Fall 2002): Uwe Nagel, coordinator

  • Bezout's theorem and Cohen-Macaulay modules, I + II , Uwe Nagel, University of Kentucky, December 3 + 10, 2002 - 2:00pm - POT845
  • Compact coGalois groups, Edgar Enochs, University of Kentucky, November 26, 2002 - 2:00pm - POT845
  • The weak Lefschetz property for some complete intersections, Uwe Nagel, University of Kentucky, November 19, 2002 - 2:00pm - POT845
  • Useful versions of Bertini's Theorems, Avinash Sathaye, University of Kentucky, November 5 + 12, 2002 - 2:30pm - POT845