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Nicholas A Cook

Nicholas A Cook

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
120 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
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Selected Presentations & Appearances

Large deviations theory for random graphs - Mathematics and Statistics Department Colloquium · October 25, 2023 Invited Talk UNC Greensboro,
Branching Brownian motion and the Road-Field Model - Probability Seminar · October 13, 2023 Invited Talk Courant Institute, NYU,
Large deviations for the largest eigenvalue of sub-Gaussian Wigner matrices - High Dimensional Statistics and Random Matrices workshop · June 2023 Invited Talk Île de Porquerolles, France
Large deviations for the largest eigenvalue of sub-Gaussian Wigner matrices - Random Matrices and Random Polynomials Workshop · May 2023 Invited Talk University of Illinois, Chicago,
Large deviations of the largest eigenvalue for sub-Gaussian Wigner matrices - Topics in High Dimensional Probability · January 2023 Invited Talk International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore
Large deviations theory for random graphs - Mathematics and Statistics Department Colloquium · October 25, 2023 Invited Talk UNC Greensboro,
Branching Brownian motion and the Road-Field Model - Probability Seminar · October 13, 2023 Invited Talk Courant Institute, NYU,
Large deviations for the largest eigenvalue of sub-Gaussian Wigner matrices - High Dimensional Statistics and Random Matrices workshop · June 2023 Invited Talk Île de Porquerolles, France
Large deviations for the largest eigenvalue of sub-Gaussian Wigner matrices - Random Matrices and Random Polynomials Workshop · May 2023 Invited Talk University of Illinois, Chicago,
Large deviations of the largest eigenvalue for sub-Gaussian Wigner matrices - Topics in High Dimensional Probability · January 2023 Invited Talk International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore
Structure and stability for sparse exponential random graphs - Conference on Random Matrix Theory and Numerical Linear Algebra · June 24, 2022 International Meeting or Conference University of Washington, Seattle (hybrid conference)
Geometric Methods in Random Matrix Theory - Random Matrix Theory Summer School · June 2022 Lecture University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

A series of 5 lectures for graduate students at a summer school on random matrix theory.
Structure and stability for sparse exponential random graphs - Southeastern Probability Conference (SEPC) · May 2022 Invited Talk Duke University
Structure and stability for sparse exponential random graphs - Probability Seminar · April 2022 Invited Talk Lehigh, Northwestern, UMN, Online seminar
Structure and stability for sparse exponential random graphs - Probability Seminar · April 2022 Invited Talk Cornell University Math Dept., Online seminar
Large deviations and the regularity method for sparse random hypergraphs - Probability Seminar · December 1, 2021 Invited Talk Centre de recherches mathématiques, Montreal
Universalidad en los extremos de polinomios aleatorios (in Spanish) - Seminario de Probabilidad Hispanohablante · November 22, 2021 Invited Talk Online seminar
Large deviations and regularity method for sparse random hypergraphs - Probability and Combinatorics Seminar · October 7, 2021 Invited Talk Ohio State University,
Large deviations and regularity method for sparse random hypergraphs - Probability Seminar · October 4, 2021 Invited Talk MIT,
Large deviations and the regularity method for the Erdős–Rényi (hyper)graph - Probability Seminar · September 29, 2021 Invited Talk University of California, Berkeley,
Large deviations and the regularity method for the Erdős–Rényi (hyper)graph - One World Probability Seminar · June 17, 2021 Invited Talk
Regularity method and large deviation principles for the Erdős–Rényi hypergraph - Combinatorics seminar · June 11, 2021 Invited Talk University of Warwick,
Universality for the min-modulus of random trigonometric polynomials - Probability Seminar · April 2, 2021 Invited Talk University of Chicago,
Universality for the minimum modulus of random trigonometric polynomials - Probability and Analysis Webinar · March 1, 2021 Invited Talk
Universality for the minimum modulus of random trigonometric polynomials - Probability Seminar · February 23, 2021 Invited Talk City University of New York,
Universality for the minimum modulus of random trigonometric polynomials - Probability Seminar · February 19, 2021 Invited Talk University of Southern California,
Universality for the minimum modulus of random trigonometric polynomials - Probability Seminar · February 18, 2021 Invited Talk Duke University,
Universality for the minimum modulus of random trigonometric polynomials - Probability and the City Seminar · January 22, 2021 Invited Talk Columbia University & Courant Institute,
The minimum modulus for random trigonometric polynomials - Probability seminar · November 2020 Invited Talk University of British Columbia,
Branching Brownian motion and the road-field model - Probability seminar · May 2020 Invited Talk University of California, Berkeley,
A branching Brownian motion perspective on the Road-Field Model - Applied Mathematics Seminar · February 2020 Invited Talk Stanford University,
Sparse exponential random graphs · January 2020 International Meeting or Conference Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, Marseille, France
Convergence to Brown’s spectral measure for polynomials in Ginibre matrices - Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics · December 2019 International Meeting or Conference Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Large Deviations for Sparse Erdos–Renyi Graphs - Advances in Asymptotic Probability in Honor of Amir Dembo's 60th Birthday · December 2018 International Meeting or Conference Stanford, CA

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Panelist - Life with a PhD - the very many ways we can use our quantitative skills - Graduate Research Opportunities Workshop · October 21, 2023 Event Participation Duke University , Durham, NC
Instructor - Math Circles · January 2022 - April 2022 Community Outreach Duke University , Central Park School for Children, Durham, NC Co-taught a weekly 1 hour math enrichment program for 2nd graders at a Durham area public school.

Service to the Profession

Organizer - Summer School on Random Matrix Theory and its Applications (with Sean O'Rourke and Hoi Nguyen) · May 22, 2023 - May 26, 2023 Event/Organization Administration Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

For graduate students and young researchers

Service to Duke

Graduate admissions committee (Department) · December 2022 - January 2023 Committee Service Duke Mathematics Dept,
Elliot Assistant Research Professor hiring committee (Department) · January 2021 Committee Service
Co-Organizer . Probability Seminar · 2020 - 2023 Event/Organization Administration Duke Mathematics Department,