University of Washington | PIMS - Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

The University of Washington PIMS site office is located in the Department of Mathematics at (Padleford building) the University of Washington (Map).

There are many synergies between probability theory and convex geometry, especially in high-dimensional settings. We discuss some classical examples and then focus on a recent development concerning a famous theorem of von Neumann, which establishes...

Random walks or diffusions with Dirichlet boundary condition (killing at the boundary) admit a Perron-Frobenius eigenfunction (the unique positive normalized eigenfunction when the domain is bounded). Starting with gambler's ruin problems, we discuss...

In this talk I'll give an overview of the mathematical side of the last eight years of my career as a software engineer at Google. This splits into two parts: writing software to automate the planning and management of Google's data centers as part...

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In this talk, I will describe the mathematics behind proving lower bounds on quantum circuit depth using light-cone arguments. These arguments have been used to prove lower bounds on the complexities of physically relevant ground states. No quantum...

We survey some new and old, positive and negative results on a priori estimate, regularity, rigidity, and constant rank results for special Lagrangian and quadratic Hessian equations. These equations originate in calibrated, convex, conformal, and...

A unitary connection on the 2-sphere is called transparent, if its parallel along all great circles is the identity. In the scalar case this is equivalent to the connection being odd up to gauge, but for higher ranks the situation is more intricate...

In this talk we will discuss recent results concerning stochastic (and deterministic) free boundary problems, particularly arising in fluid structure interaction (FSI). We will begin by considering a nonlinearly coupled FSI system perturbed by...

Conference Schedule: 9:15-10am: Welcome/light breakfast 10-11am: Isabella Novik, talk slides 11-11:30am: Coffee break 11:30am-12:30pm: Petter Brändén, talk slides 12:30-2:30pm: Lunch 2:30-3:30pm: Alexander Woo, talk slides 3:30-4pm: Coffee break 4...

The Twenty Fourth Northwest Probability Seminar is a mini-conference held at the University of Washington and organized with the support of the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)...

The mathematics of origami, or paper folding, raises rich questions in combinatorics and computational geometry, particularly related to flat-foldability: given a crease pattern, represented as a planar graph, and an assignment of mountains and...

In the rich landscape of algebraic varieties, moduli spaces stand out as some of the most enchanting varieties, capturing the imagination of algebraic geometers with their profound elegance and deep connections to other branches of mathematics...

Let K be a convex body made of material of uniform density less than 1 submerged into water of density 1. How to find the directions of equilibrium of $K$? How many directions of equilibrium does a triangular prism have? (A direction n orthogonal to...

Let Mat n × n ( C ) be the affine space of n × n complex matrices with coordinate ring C [ x n × n ] . We define graded quotients of C [ x n × n ] where each quotient ring carries a group action. These quotient rings are obtained by applying the...

Staff

Position	Name	Email	Phone #	Office
PIMS Site Director, University of Washington	Jayadev Athreya	jathreya@uw.edu	+1 (206) 616-2481	C-419, Padelford Hall
Site Administrator - University of Washington	Michael Munz	munz@math.washington.edu	+1 (206) 543-0397

Name	Position	Research Interests	Supervisor	Year
Pawel Morzywolek	PIMS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington	Statistics	Alex Luedtke	2024
Anastassiya Semenova	PIMS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington	Applied mathematics and nonlinear science	Bernard Deconinck	2023
Daniel Kessler	PIMS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington	Statistics	Daniela Witten	2023
Samuel Van Fleet	PIMS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington	Numerical Analysis and PDE	Jingwei Hu	2023
Amrei Oswald	Postdoctoral Researcher	Non-commutative Algebra	James Zhang	2022
Shiping Cao	Postdoctoral Researcher	Fractals	Zhen-Qing Chen	2022
Xiaowen Zhu	PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington	Mathematical Physics	Alexis Drout	2022
Jesse Daniel Raffa	University of Washington	Statistics	Elizabeth A. Thompson	2014
Nicholas W. Reichert	University of Washington	Partial Differential Equations	Robin Graham	2014