2020-2021 Annual Report
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Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics Annual Report May 1, 2020 – April 30, 2021 Brendan Hassett, Director, PI Mathew Borton, IT Director Ruth Crane, Assistant Director and Chief of Staff Juliet Duyster, Assistant Director Finance and Administration Sigal Gottlieb, Deputy Director Jeffrey Hoffstein, Consulting Associate Director Caroline Klivans, Deputy Director Benoit Pausader, co-PI Jill Pipher, Consulting Director Emerita, co-PI Kavita Ramanan, Associate Director, co-PI Bjorn Sandstede, Associate Director, co-PI Ulrica Wilson, Associate Director for Diversity and Outreach Table of Contents Mission ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Annual Report for 2020-2021 ........................................................................................................ 5 Core Programs and Events ............................................................................................................ 5 Participant Summaries by Program Type ..................................................................................... 7 ICERM Funded Participants ................................................................................................................. 7 ICERM Funded Speakers ...................................................................................................................... 9 All Speakers (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ................................................................. 10 ICERM Funded Postdocs ..................................................................................................................... 11 All Postdocs (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ................................................................. 12 ICERM Funded Graduate Students ................................................................................................... 13 All Graduate Students (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ................................................ 14 Additional Participant Data ................................................................................................................. 15 Semester Program Length of Stay .......................................................................................................................15 Primary Field of Interest .....................................................................................................................................15 Position ................................................................................................................................................................16 Gender .................................................................................................................................................................16 US vs Foreign Based Participants .......................................................................................................................17 Ethnicity ..............................................................................................................................................................17 Impact of the Pandemic on 2020-2021 Programming ............................................................... 18 Semester Programs ...................................................................................................................... 18 Semester Program Process ................................................................................................................... 18 1. Solicitation of Proposals ..................................................................................................................................19 2. Proposal Selection ...........................................................................................................................................19 3. Selection of Long-term Visitors/Research Fellows ........................................................................................20 4. Offers to Research Fellows .............................................................................................................................20 5. Semester Workshops .......................................................................................................................................20 6. Application Process .........................................................................................................................................20 7. Applicant Selection .........................................................................................................................................21 Financial Decisions for Semester Programs ....................................................................................... 21 Opening, Closing, and Related Events ................................................................................................ 21 2020-2021 Semester Programs .................................................................................................... 22 Fall 2020 Semester Program: Advances in Computational Relativity ............................................ 22 Workshop 1: Advances and Challenges in Computational Relativity ................................................................25 Workshop 2: Mathematical and Computational Approaches for Solving the Source- Free Einstein Field Equations .............................................................................................................................................................26 Workshop 3: Mathematical and Computational Approaches for the Einstein Field Equations with Matter Fields ...................................................................................................................................................................28 Workshop 4: Statistical Methods for the Detection, Classification, and Inference of Relativistic Objects ........29 Spring 2021 Semester Program: Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry ............................................ 30 • I enjoyed the gather hours to talk more with participants and explore research ideas. .............................33 • It was great to see all the good work of young people. .............................................................................33 ICERM Annual Report 2020-2021 2 Workshop 1: Introductory Workshop: Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry ......................................................33 Workshop 2: Sage/Oscar Days for Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry ............................................................34 Workshop 3: Geometry and Combinatorics from Root Systems ........................................................................35 Workshop 4: Algebraic Geometry and Polyhedra ..............................................................................................36 Topical Workshops ....................................................................................................................... 37 1. Solicitation of Topical Workshop Proposals ...................................................................................................37 2. Topical Workshop Selection ...........................................................................................................................37 3. Recommendation of Speakers .........................................................................................................................38 4. Invitations to Speakers ....................................................................................................................................38 5. Application Process .........................................................................................................................................38 6. Applicant Selection .........................................................................................................................................38 Financial Decisions for Topical Workshops ....................................................................................... 38 Topical Workshops in 2020-2021 ................................................................................................ 38 Topical Workshop 1: Competitive Equilibrium with Gross Substitutes, with Applications to Problems in Matching, Pricing, and Market Design ...............................................................................................................38 Topical Workshop 2: Lattice Point Distribution and Homogeneous Dynamics .................................................40 Topical Workshop 3: Circle Packings and Geometric Rigidity ..........................................................................41 Topical Workshop 4: Geometry Labs United Conference ..................................................................................42 Topical Workshop 5: Women in Algebraic Geometry .......................................................................................43 Topical Workshop 6: Free Resolutions and Representation Theory ...................................................................45 Topical Workshop 7: Symmetry, Randomness, and Computations in Real Algebraic Geometry .....................46 Collaborate@ICERM (C@I) ........................................................................................................ 47 TRIPODS Workshops .................................................................................................................