Ezra Miller CV

Advances in multigraded algebra · September 29, 2023 International Meeting or Conference ICMAM Latin America: Algebra, Combinatorics, and Number Theory

Geometry of measures on stratified spaces · July 30, 2023 International Meeting or Conference Yanqi Lake Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Yau Center at Tsinghua University

Geometry of measures on stratified spaces · July 12, 2023 International Meeting or Conference Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation, Chicago

Geometric central limit theorems on non-smooth spaces · April 14, 2023 International Meeting or Conference Max Planck Institute / Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (MPI/ScaDS.AI), Leipzig

Geometric central limit theorems on non-smooth spaces · February 28, 2023 International Meeting or Conference Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (CMSA, Harvard)

Geometric central limit theorems on non-smooth spaces · December 15, 2022 Invited Talk Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA CCR, Princeton)

Concrete representatives for multiparameter derived sheaves · November 8, 2022 International Meeting or Conference Persistence, Sheaves, and Homotopy Theory (PSHT online)

Geometric central limit theorems on non-smooth spaces · September 7, 2022 Invited Talk UNC Greensboro (Colloquium)

Central limit theorems on non-smooth spaces · August 3, 2022 International Meeting or Conference Universität Göttingen (Oberseminar)

Multigraded algebra: past, present, future · July 1, 2022 International Meeting or Conference Seattle, WA (Combinatorial, Computational, and Applied Algebraic Geometry)

Homological algebra over partially ordered real vector spaces · June 5, 2022 International Meeting or Conference St. John's, NL, Canada (CMS) -- talk canceled for covid protocol

Duke Math panel: Networking & Collaborations · April 13, 2022 Other Duke University

Polynomials with real exponents · April 1, 2022 Invited Talk New Mexico State U. (Colloquium; virtual)

Computation of persistent homology with real parameters · March 26, 2022 National Scientific Meeting Purdue U (AMS -- online)

NCAA bracket probabilities · March 16, 2022 Broadcast Appearance WCNC-TV, Charlotte

NCAA bracket probabilities · March 15, 2022 Broadcast Appearance ABC11-TV, Raleigh

NCAA bracket probabilities · March 13, 2022 Broadcast Appearance WRAL-TV, Raleigh

Computational algebra and geometry of multipersistence · August 19, 2021 Keynote/Named Lecture Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Texas A&M (SIAM AG plenary talk)

Multigraded algebra over polynomial rings with real exponents · July 29, 2021 International Meeting or Conference IPM, Tehran, Iran (Commutative Algebra)

Endpoints for multiparameter persistence · July 22, 2021 International Meeting or Conference Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands (Metrics in Multiparameter Persistence)

Persistent homology with multiple parameters · May 11, 2021 International Meeting or Conference Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA (MSRI: Topological insights in Neuroscience)

Endpoints for multiparameter persistence · April 30, 2021 International Meeting or Conference University of Chicago, Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics (Geometric Data Analysis: TDA @ IMSI)

Minimal resolutions of monomial ideals · December 3, 2020 International Meeting or Conference Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Facets of combinatorial commutative algebra and algebraic geometry)

Algebra over polynomial rings with real exponents · December 3, 2020 International Meeting or Conference University of Talca, Chile (Mathematics Colloquium)

Non-integer multigraded algebra · November 17, 2020 International Meeting or Conference Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany (Nonlinear Algebra Seminar Online)

Minimal resolutions of monomial ideals · September 13, 2020 National Scientific Meeting El Paso, TX (AMS session: Free Resolutions, Combinatorics, and Geometry)

Minimal resolutions of monomial ideals · January 25, 2020 International Meeting or Conference Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Combinatorial Algebra Meets Algebraic Combinatorics #17)

Sampling from stratified spaces (5 hours of lectures) · September 2, 2019 - September 3, 2019 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Toulouse, France (IMT Toulouse program on Geometric Statistics)

Mathematics of phenotype variation · August 17, 2019 International Meeting or Conference Oslo, Norway (Evolvability Opening Workshop, Center for Advanced Study)

Primary distance for multipersistence · July 11, 2019 International Meeting or Conference Bern, Switzerland (SIAM AG Algebraic Geometry)

Topology for statistical analysis of brain artery images · June 25, 2019 Lecture Duke (SWiM, for high-school girls)

Topological brain statistics · June 20, 2019 Lecture Duke (STEM for high-schoolers)

Spanning trees and lattice paths for monomial resolutions · June 10, 2019 International Meeting or Conference Quy Nhon, Vietnam (AMS-VMS meeting)

Algebraic structures for topological summaries of data · June 7, 2019 International Meeting or Conference Hanoi, Vietnam (Institute of Mathematics Hanoi Colloquium)

Primary distance for multipersistence · May 22, 2019 International Meeting or Conference Chicago IL (conference on Geometric Data Analysis)

Multigraded algebra over polynomial rings with real exponents · February 23, 2019 Invited Talk El Paso, TX (Southwest Local Algebra Meeting)

Algebra for geometric data · February 22, 2019 Invited Talk University of Texas El Paso (Math Colloquium)

Real multiparameter persistent homology · December 4, 2018 Lecture Online: Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network

Resolving persistent homology (4.5 hours of lectures) · November 19, 2018 - November 20, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Guanajuato, Mexico (CIMAT: 5ta Escuela de Análisis Topológico de Datos)

Subword complexes as fibers of totally nonnegative parametrizations · September 26, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Montréal, QC, Canada (CRM: Algebra and Combinatorics at LaCIM)

From representations of quivers and posets to applied real commutative algebra (3 hours of lectures) · September 17, 2018 - September 21, 2018 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Montréal, QC, Canada (LaCIM: 50th anniversary of CRM)

What makes primary decomposition minimal? · August 6, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Oaxaca, Mexico (BIRS-CMO workshop: Multiparameter persistent homology)

Algebraic structures for topological summaries of data · July 24, 2018 International Meeting or Conference U. Edinburgh (Mathematics Colloquium)

Topological brain statistics · July 9, 2018 Lecture Duke (STEM for high-schoolers)

Homological and geometric finiteness for real-exponent multigraded commutative algebra · July 3, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Rabat, Morocco (International Conference on Algebra and Related Topics)

Real multiparameter persistent homology · June 26, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Vienna, Austria (Algebraic Topology: Methods, Computation, and Science 8)

Real multiparameter persistent homology · May 22, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Ohio State (TRIPODS: Theory and foundations of Topological and Geometric Data Analysis)

Data structures for real multiparameter persistence modules · April 22, 2018 National Scientific Meeting Boston (AMS Special Session: Algebraic statistics)

Algebra for geometric data · April 18, 2018 Invited Talk UNC-Greensboro (Mathematics Colloquium)

Stratified spaces, fly wings, and multiparameter persistent homology · January 25, 2018 International Meeting or Conference Oberwolfach, Germany (Workshop: Statistics for data with geometric structure)

Topology for statistical analysis of brain artery images · August 12, 2017 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Ohio State (Young Mathematicians Conference)

What is a QR code? · August 1, 2017 International Meeting or Conference Banff, AB, Canada (BIRS Workshop: Topological Data Analysis)

What is a barcode for persistent homology with multiple parameters? · July 31, 2017 International Meeting or Conference Banff, AB, Canada (BIRS Workshop: Topological Data Analysis)

Algebraic data structures for topological summaries · July 27, 2017 International Meeting or Conference Montréal, QC (Mathematical Congress of the Americas)

Topology for statistical analysis of brain artery images · June 23, 2017 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Duke University (Summer Workshop in Mathematics for high-school girls)

Fruit fly wing veins as embedded planar graphs · June 13, 2017 International Meeting or Conference Toronto, ON (CanaDAM)

Algebra for topology in biology and statistics · May 27, 2017 Keynote/Named Lecture Max Planck, Leipzig (Conference on Interactions between Algebra and the Sciences)

Algebraic data structures for topological summaries · January 26, 2017 Lecture Florida State University (Algebra & Applications seminar)

Data structures for real multiparameter persistence · November 12, 2016 Invited Talk NC State (AMS)

Lessons in topology from statistics of brain arteries · November 10, 2016 Invited Talk U. Florida (Informatics Institute)

Algebraic data structures for topological summaries · November 9, 2016 Invited Talk U. Florida (Math Colloquium)

Data structures for real multiparameter persistence · September 12, 2016 International Meeting or Conference Columbus, Ohio (MBI)

Real applied multigraded commutative algebra · August 18, 2016 - August 24, 2016 International Meeting or Conference Moieciu de Sus, Romania (EMS Summer School)

Poset encodings of modules with actions of real cones · July 14, 2016 International Meeting or Conference Herstmonceux, UK

Topology for statistical analysis of brain artery images · June 14, 2016 Invited Talk Duke (SWIM, for high-school girls)

Homological algebra for real multigraded modules · June 2, 2016 International Meeting or Conference Cortona, Italy (Bruns 70th)

Effective algebra and geometry for images with varied topology · May 24, 2016 Invited Talk Albuquerque, NM (SIAM Imaging Science)

Data structures for real multiparameter persistence · May 1, 2016 Invited Talk U. Wisconsin (Applied Algebra Days 3)

Interactions between topology, biology, and imaging · December 3, 2015 Invited Talk U. Minnesota (Math Colloquium)

Irreducible decomposition of binomial ideals · December 3, 2015 Invited Talk U. Minnesota (Commutative Algebra)

Multigraded modules from fruit flies · November 23, 2015 Invited Talk NC State (Algebra & Combinatorics)

Multigraded modules from fruit flies · November 20, 2015 Invited Talk Texas A&M (Algebra & Combinatorics)

Lessons in topology from statistics of brain arteries · November 19, 2015 Invited Talk Texas A&M (Math Colloquium)

Multigraded moduli from fruit flies · November 3, 2015 Invited Talk Clemson (AG/NT + Applied Discrete Math)

Topology for statistical analysis of brain artery images · October 20, 2015 Invited Talk SAMSI (Undergrad Workshop)

Persistent homology for biological images · September 28, 2015 Invited Talk UNC-Greensboro (Helen Barton Lecture Series)

Biological applications of persistent homology: interactions with statistics, geometry, and algebra · September 11, 2015 International Meeting or Conference Oxford, UK (Alan Turing Institute)

Multigraded moduli from fruit flies via stratified space statistics · July 7, 2015 International Meeting or Conference Osaka, Japan (Trends in Gröbner Bases)

Persistent interactions between biology, topology, and statistics · June 9, 2015 Invited Talk U. Chicago (Conference on Geometry & Data)

Applying persistent homology to brain artery and vein imaging · March 21, 2015 Invited Talk NC State (Grad Math Workshop)

Applying persistent homology to brain artery and vein imaging · January 30, 2015 Invited Talk Duke (MathBio Colloquium)

Persistent homology analysis of brain artery trees · January 11, 2015 Invited Talk San Antonio (JMM)

Applying persistent homology to brain artery and vein imaging · November 12, 2014 Invited Talk Athens, GA (UGA Stat, fMRI group)

Topological definition of sticky means in arbitrary metric spaces · October 3, 2014 International Meeting or Conference Oberwolfach, Germany

Topology for statistical analysis of brain artery images · June 27, 2014 Invited Talk Winthrop U.

Applying persistent homology to brain artery and vein imaging · May 20, 2014 Invited Talk Chicago, IL (Algebraic Statistics @ IIT)

Topology for statistical analysis of brain artery images · May 15, 2014 Invited Talk Green Hope High School (AP Stat classes)

Topological analysis of geometrically stratified data · May 12, 2014 Invited Talk Durham, NC (LDHD Transition @ SAMSI)

Topology for statistical analysis of brain artery images · April 11, 2014 Invited Talk Duke (Noyce Learning Conference)

Applying persistent homology to brain artery imaging · March 10, 2014 International Meeting or Conference Göttingen, Germany (Stochastics Colloquium)

Asymptotics of sampling from topologically stratified spaces · March 4, 2014 International Meeting or Conference Ulm, Germany (GPSD Section speaker)

Binomial irreducible decomposition · January 25, 2014 International Meeting or Conference Halifax, NS (Combin Alg meets Alg Combin)

Binomial irreducible decomposition · November 9, 2013 Lecture Columbia, SC

Binomial irreducible decomposition · October 12, 2013 Lecture Philadelphia, PA (AMS meeting)

Binomial irreducible decomposition · July 9, 2013 International Meeting or Conference Luminy, France (CIRM)

How do quivers and stratifications apply to biology? · April 27, 2013 International Meeting or Conference Boston, MA (Zelevinsky memorial)

Geometric statistics on stratified spaces · March 7, 2013 Lecture U. Arizona (math colloquium)

Sticky central limit theorems at singularities · March 6, 2013 Lecture U. Arizona (Probability seminar)

Biological applications of geometric statistics on stratified spaces · February 14, 2013 Lecture UNC Chapel Hill (math colloquium)

Statistics without addition or division · February 6, 2013 Lecture NC State (SUM Series)

Alexander duality and total positivity: a cluster/commutative algebra connection · December 7, 2012 International Meeting or Conference Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)

Geometry for samples of metric branched structures · October 11, 2012 International Meeting or Conference Sandbjerg, Denmark

NSF funding from the inside · September 25, 2012 Lecture Duke Postdoc Services / School of Medicine panel

Combinatorics and topology of fibers in total positivity · May 25, 2012 Lecture Ohio State Combinatorics Seminar

Sticky central limit theorems at singularities · May 23, 2012 International Meeting or Conference Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI)

Sticky central limit theorems at singularities · April 24, 2012 Lecture Duke University Data Seminar

Subword complexes and fibers of totally nonnegative parametrizations · September 24, 2011 Lecture Wake Forest, NC

Sticky central limit theorems at singularities · August 15, 2011 International Meeting or Conference Prague, Czech Republic

Sticky central limit theorems at singularities · August 4, 2011 Lecture Miami Beach, FL

How primary decomposition in commutative monoids is wrong · June 9, 2011 Lecture MSRI

Stratified statistics for evolutionary biology · April 30, 2011 Lecture SAMSI

Contractibility via subword complexes in the context of homogeneous spaces · April 23, 2011 Lecture Rice University

Geometric statistics: sampling from singular spaces · March 26, 2011 Lecture Duke Math recruitment weekend

How primary decomposition in commutative monoids is wrong · March 19, 2011 Lecture Columbia, SC

Sticky central limit theorems on polyhedral spaces · March 12, 2011 Lecture Statesboro, GA

Unfolding polyhedra · February 18, 2011 Lecture George Mason (math colloquium)

Statistics on data sampled from stratified spaces · January 14, 2011 International Meeting or Conference Oslo, Norway

Statistics on spaces of phylogenetic trees · December 3, 2010 Lecture Duke MathBio Colloquium

Combinatorics of phylogenetic trees · December 2, 2010 Lecture Duke Math Brown Bag

Decompositions of commutative monoid congruences and binomial ideals · November 2, 2010 International Meeting or Conference Luminy, France

Decompositions of monoids and binomial ideals (5 hours of lectures) · September 1, 2010 International Meeting or Conference Istanbul, Turkey

Unfolding convex polyhedra · July 1, 2010 Lecture NSA (math colloquium)

Face rings of simplicial complexes with singularities · June 1, 2010 International Meeting or Conference Berkeley, CA (AMS-SMM)

Lattice point methods for combinatorial games · May 1, 2010 Lecture MIT Combinatorics

Unfolding convex polyhedra · May 1, 2010 Lecture U Maryland (math colloquium)

Lattice point methods for combinatorial games · April 1, 2010 Lecture Texas State, Arlington (CombinaTexas)

Lattice point methods for combinatorial games · March 1, 2010 Lecture George Mason (WCEIT)

Unfolding convex polyhedra · February 1, 2010 Lecture Duke Algorithms

Primary decomposition of binomial ideals (8 hours of lectures) · January 1, 2010 International Meeting or Conference Seville, Spain

K-theory of toric varieties · December 1, 2009 Lecture Duke Algebraic Geometry

Equivariant transversality and K-theoretic positivity · October 1, 2009 Lecture Raleigh, NC (SE Lie Theory)

Biological and chemical applications of polyhedral geometry and algebra · October 1, 2009 Lecture Duke (CTMS)

What is a toric variety? · September 1, 2009 Lecture Duke Algebraic Geometry

Combinatorics in cohomology of toric varieties · September 1, 2009 Lecture Duke Algebraic Geometry

Unfolding polyhedra · September 1, 2009 Lecture NC State (SUM Series)

Lattice games · July 1, 2009 International Meeting or Conference Halifax, Nova Scotia (Games-at-Dal)

Binomial ideals · June 1, 2009 Lecture IPM, Tehran (canceled due to political unrest)

Applications of binomial commutative algebra · June 1, 2009 International Meeting or Conference Norway (Abel Symposium)

Combinatorial primary decomposition of binomial ideals · April 1, 2009 Lecture Raleigh, NC (AMS)

Equivariant positivity via transversality in K-theory of G/P · April 1, 2009 Lecture Raleigh, NC (AMS)

Topological Cohen-Macaulay criteria for monomial ideals · April 1, 2009 Lecture Raleigh, NC (AMS)

Potential applications of commutative algebra to combinatorial game theory · April 1, 2009 International Meeting or Conference Oberwolfach

Unfolding polyhedra · March 1, 2009 International Meeting or Conference Thessaloniki, Greece

Equivariant transversality and K-theoretic positivity · March 1, 2009 International Meeting or Conference MSRI

Geometry of flags and permutations · March 1, 2009 International Meeting or Conference Thessaloniki, Greece

Unfolding polyhedra · March 1, 2009 International Meeting or Conference Ioannina, Greece

Positivity from transversality and transitivity · January 1, 2009 Lecture UNC Chapel Hill (math colloquium)

Transversality in homogeneous spaces · December 1, 2008 Lecture U. Minnesota (math colloquium)

Cohomology rings of flag and toric varieties · October 1, 2008 Lecture U. Minnesota Schubert seminar

Topological Cohen-Macaulay criteria for monomial ideals · September 1, 2008 Lecture U. Minnesota Combinatorics

Cellular resolutions of multiplier ideals of sums · May 1, 2008 International Meeting or Conference Mangalia, Romania

Combinatorics of Horn hypergeometric series · April 1, 2008 Lecture U. Minnesota Comibnatorics

Unfolding polyhedra · February 1, 2008 Lecture U. Minnesota Junior Colloquium

Gröbner geometry of Schubert polynomials · February 1, 2008 Lecture UT Austin

Metric geometry and unfoldings of polyhedra · February 1, 2008 Lecture UC San Diego

Metric geometry and unfoldings of polyhedra · January 1, 2008 Lecture Duke University

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Advisory Board - Duke University Middle Grades · 2014 Community Development NSF capacity-building grant (funded in summer 2014) designed to explore the institutionalization of a middle-grades MAT strand for STEM subjects. Other board members include the Superintendent of Durham Public Schools as well as some school Principals and teachers, along with a few Arts~\& Sciences faculty and Program in Education PIs.

Advisory Board - Duke University Noyce Program · 2013 Community Development The program recruits and prepares highly successful STEM graduates to become highly effective middle school science and math teachers. Run by Duke University Program in Education in collaboration with Durham Public Schools and the STEM departments in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.

Lecturer to general audiences (see relevent items under <a href=https://scholars.duke.edu/person/ezra.miller#presentation46026>Presentations & Appearances</a>) · 2006 Community Outreach

Service to the Profession

Organizer, IMS Singapore Workshop: Interactions of Statistics and Geometry [ISAG II] (with Stephan Huckemann and Zhigang Yao) · October 14, 2024 - October 25, 2024 Event/Organization Administration

Organizer, Harvard CMSA Conference: Geometry and Statistics (with Stephan Huckemann and Zhigang Yao) · February 27, 2023 - March 1, 2023 Event/Organization Administration

AMS Special Session organizer - Multiparameter persistence in theory and practice · March 11, 2022 - March 13, 2022 Event/Organization Administration University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Organizer, IMS Singapore Workshop: Interactions of Statistics and Geometry [ISAG] (with Stephan Huckemann and Zhigang Yao) · February 2022 Event/Organization Administration

AMS Nominating Committee · 2021 - 2023 Other

Advisory Editor · 2021 Editorial Activities Combinatorial Theory,

Editorial Board Member - Journal of Machine Learning Research · 2020 Editorial Activities

Organizer, Oberwolfach Workshop: Statistics for data with geometric structure (with Aasa Feragen, Thomas Hotz, and Stephan Huckemann) · January 2018 Event/Organization Administration

Editorial Board Member - Journal of Applied and Computational Topology · 2018 Editorial Activities

Technical Program Committee: IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Workshop on High-Dimensional Big Data · December 2016 Event/Organization Administration

Director (with Viviana Ene): Summer school on Applicable Combinatorial Commutative Algebra, Romania · August 2016 Event/Organization Administration

Scientific Committee Member: Conference on algebraic combinatorics and group actions, Herstmonceux Castle, England · July 2016 Event/Organization Administration

Local Scientific Coordinator, SAMSI year-long program on Challenges in Computational Neuroscience · 2015 - 2016 Event/Organization Administration

Organizer, Oberwolfach mini-workshop: Asymptotic statistics on stratified spaces (with (with Aasa Feragen, Stephan Huckemann, J.S. Marron) · September 2014 Event/Organization Administration

Advisory Board, Meeting on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra (MOCCA 2014), Trentino, Italy · September 2014 Event/Organization Administration

Organizer, Fields Institute workshop: Geometric topological and graphical model methods in statistics (with Peter Kim and Hélène Massam) · May 2014 Event/Organization Administration

Editorial Board Member · 2014 - 2020 Editorial Activities Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A,

Organizer, SAMSI Public Lecture by Greg Fishel (WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist): ``The changing climate of weather prognostication: the irony of uncertainty leading to better forecasts'' · December 2013 Event/Organization Administration

AMS Fellows Selection Committee · 2013 - 2015 Other

Directorate Organizer : SAMSI Summer Program on Neuroimaging Data Analysis (NDA) · December 15, 2012 - July 1, 2013 Event/Organization Administration

Organizer : Oberwolfach mini-workshop: Asymptotic statistics on stratified spaces (29 Sep - 3 Oct 2014) · February 29, 2012 - October 3, 2014 Event/Organization Administration Oberwolfach, Germany

AMS Southeast Section Program Committee · 2012 - 2014 Other

AMS Short Course Subcommittee · 2012 - 2015 Other

Lead Organizer : MBI: Workshop on statistics, geometry, and combinatorics on stratified spaces arising from biological problems (May 2012) · December 12, 2011 - June 1, 2012 Event/Organization Administration MBI (Columbus, OH; May 2012)

Scientific Committee Member : Experimental and theoretical methods in algebra, geometry, and topology, Mangalia, Romania (June 2013) · December 12, 2011 - July 1, 2013 Event/Organization Administration Mangalia, Romania (June, 2013)

Organizer (with Sonja Mapes and Christine Berkesch) : Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics, 11 February 2012 · July 1, 2011 - July 1, 2012 Event/Organization Administration Duke University

Directorate Organizer : 2013-2014 SAMSI year-long program on Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimensional Systems (LDHD) · 2011 - 2014 Event/Organization Administration

Editorial Board Member · 2011 Editorial Activities Discrete Mathematics,

Organizer : Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics · September 25, 2010 Event/Organization Administration Duke University

Working Group leader and administrator : SAMSI Working Group: Analysis of data sampled from stratified spaces · September 2010 - June 2011 Event/Organization Administration SAMSI

Steering Committee Member : Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics · 2010 Event/Organization Administration Triangle area, NC

Program Committee Member : 2011 Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC), Reykjavík, Iceland · December 6, 2009 - July 1, 2011 Event/Organization Administration Reykjavik, Iceland

Working group session organizer (with William Graham, UGA) : Combinatorial Lie theory and applications · October 2009 Event/Organization Administration Raleigh, NC

Program Committee Member : 2009 Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC), Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC), Linz, Austria · July 2009 Event/Organization Administration Linz, Austria

Organizer : Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics · February 6, 2009 Event/Organization Administration Raleigh, NC

Organizer : 2012-2013 MSRI year-long program on Commutative Algebra · 2009 - 2013 Event/Organization Administration

Editorial Board Member · 2009 - 2017 Editorial Activities SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics,

Editorial Board Member · 2009 Editorial Activities Advances in Mathematics,

Scientific Committee Member : Exploratory workshop on combinatorial commutative algebra and computer algebra, Mangalia, Romania · May 2008 Event/Organization Administration Mangalia, Romania

Organizer : Workshop on Combinatorial Game Theory, Banff International Research Station (BIRS) · January 2008 Event/Organization Administration Banff, AB, Canada

Editorial Board Member · 2008 Editorial Activities Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie,

Associate Editor · 2007 - 2010 Editorial Activities Discrete Mathematics,

Referee for over 80 journals, conferences, and other venues · 2000 Other

hundreds of submissions refereed

Service to Duke

Lead PI, NSF/Simons proposal: National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (declined) · 2021 Other

Liaison to MA Teaching Program · August 2019 Other Duke Mathematics Department,

Advanced Linear Algebra (Math 403), sole developer · 2016 - 2017 Curriculum Innovations

Advanced Linear Algebra is a second semester of
linear algebra to bridge the gap between standard first
semester and applications; topics include grassmannians,
matrix groups, homology, convexity, singular value
decomposition and principal component analysis, matrix
perturbation theory, matrices with positive entries, and exterior algebra

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program: Math Content Advisor (Program) · 2014 Committee Service

Faculty Advisory Board member, Robert Noyce Teacher Fellowship Program · December 21, 2013 Other

Univ Services ; Robert Noyce Teacher Fellowship Program, an NSF grant awarded through the Master of Arts in Teaching program at Duke to fund continued research into the recruitment and preparation of highly successful STEM majors to be high school math and science teachers in a high-need area ; https://web.duke.edu/MAT/fellowships-robert_noyce_fellows.html

Associate Director, SAMSI . SAMSI Associate Director · May 1, 2011 - June 1, 2014 Other SAMSI

Univ Services

Math Everywhere (Math 181) co-developer, with Ingrid Daubechies and Jonathan Mattingly · 2011 Curriculum Innovations

Math Everywhere is a course for undergraduate students
who might not otherwise take any math courses at all but who
want a broad overview of what modern mathematics is about