The University of Michigan Student Combinatorics Seminar
Thursdays, 4:10-5:00pm, 3866 East Hall

During the Winter 2008 semester, the Student Combinatorics Seminar will run on Thursdays, from 4-5pm in 3866 East Hall. This page is maintained by Kelli Talaska and Florian Block. If you would like to be added to the mailing list or to give a talk, please email one of us (kellicar@umich, blockf@umich).

Winter 2008

Date Speaker Title (links lead to abstracts)
January 10 - Planning and Cookies
January 17 Federico Ardila (San Francisco State)
(cookies by Florian)
Matroids and Hyperplane Arrangements
January 24 Dave Anderson
(cookies by Brian)
Schubert polynomials and Hessenberg varieties
January 31 Luis Serrano
(cookies by Alan)
Introduction to hyperplane arrangements
February 7 Austin Shapiro
(cookies by Ajinkya)
Hyperplane Arrangements II
February 14 Giancarlo Urzua
(cookies by Luis)
Line Arrangements
February 21 Florian Block
(cookies by Austin)
Hyperplane Arrangements, Matroids and Homology
February 28 Break .
March 6 Luis Serrano
(cookies by Ryan)
Introduction to k-Schur Functions
March 13 Kelli Talaska
(cookies by Florian)
k-Schur Functions II
March 20 Alan Stapledon
(cookies by Austin)
Show Me the Polytope!
March 27 Ajinkya More Combinatorial Designs
April 3 No seminar -
April 10 TBA TBA

Past semesters:
Winter 2007
Fall 2006