Ken Ono is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Emory University. His highly accomplished research program focuses on number theory, algebra, and combinatorics. Ken graduated from UCLA with his doctorate of mathematics in 1993. Before joining Emory in 2010, he has held several academic positions including one at the Institute for Advanced Study at… Read More Interview with a mathematician: Ken Ono
It’s Mathematics Awareness Day at my home institution of Ryerson University. In honour of the occasion, I wrote a special blog cataloguing a day in the life of a mathematician (me!). Also, I am taking over @RyersonSci on Twitter for the day. There will be special tweets and surprises there. Watch out for #FOSBoss! *** “Woke up,… Read More A day in the life of a mathematician
I’m excited to launch my second short story THE LIGHTS on Wattpad. Wattpad is like the YouTube for writers. Writers post their stories there for free, including short stories and serialized novels. Wattpad great and safe place to get feedback on your writing. In THE LIGHTS, Franklin is alone and sick in the frozen Icelandic wilderness. The… Read More My second SFF short story live on Wattpad
It’s 2015! (or 2016) When the media asked the new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau why 50% of his cabinet were made up of women, his simple response garnered international press. When it comes to gender parity among tenured Mathematics faculty in Canada, it is more like 1995 or even 1985. In a study from January 2015, most Mathematics… Read More Mathematics and diversity
Izabella Laba is a leading mathematician working at the University of British Columbia. Her research spans several fields such as harmonic analysis, geometric measure theory, mathematical physics, and the relatively new (but fast-breaking) area of additive combinatorics. She is highly awarded, having won the prestigious Coxeter-James and Krieger-Nelson Prizes of the Canadian Mathematical Society. In 2012, she became a fellow… Read More Interview with a mathematician: Izabella Laba
What is the connectome? Networks are everywhere: the roads in cities, links in the web, and the neural pathways in our brains. The science of networks is a trending topic interfacing with many disciplines. Mathematics, as you would expect, plays a major role in understanding the properties, structure, and evolution of networks. The connectome is a network consisting of… Read More Algebraic topology and the brain
Popcorn and math As the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival is about to open in Toronto, I think back on the amazing movies I’ve seen there with mathematical themes. Mathematicians aren’t exactly a movie producer’s dream protagonist. We don’t blow things up, have superpowers, or save the world from invading aliens (or do we?). Movies rarely,… Read More Mathematics in the movies
