Activities

Upcoming Conferences, Workshops, Talks, and Other Activities:

• SIAM Annual Meeting, Minisymposium on Algebraic Statistics, July 6 - 10, 2026.
• Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Workshop on Computational Algebraic Geometry, Vienna, Austria, July 8 - 18, 2026.

Past Conferences, Workshops, and Other Activities (for which I have been an organizer or primary lecturer):

• SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Madison, WI, July 7 - 11, 2025.
• Workshop on the Applications of Commutative Algebra, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 26 - 30, 2025.
• From Phylogenetics to Phylogenomics, ICERM, Providence, October 21- 25, 2024.
• Algebraic Statistics and Our Changing World, IMSI, Chicago, September 18 - December 15, 2023.
• Algebraic Statistics for Ecological and Biological Systems, IMSI, Chicago, October 9-13, 2023.
• Invitation to Algebraic Statistics and Applications, IMSI, Chicago, September 18 - 22, 2023.
• Spectra Survey of Mathematics Conference,  Lexington, KY, May 20-21, 2023.
• Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Workshop on Computational Algebraic Geometry,  Paris, France, June 12 - 21, 2023.
• Algebraic structures in statistical methodology, Oberwolfach Germany, December 4 - 10, 2022.
• Spec(Q-bar):  A celebration of LGBTQ+ mathematicians in geometry, algebra, and number theory., Toronto, ON, Canada, July 6-8, 2022.
• Combinatorial, Computational, and Applied Algebraic Geometry,  Seattle, WA, June 27-July 1, 2022.
• Algebraic Statistics 2022, Honolulu, HI, May 16 - 20, 2022.
• Phylomania 2019, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, November 20-22, 2019.
• Minisymposium on Algebraic and Combinatorial Phylogenetics, SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Bern, Switzerland, July 9 - 13, 2019
• Commutative Algebra with Applications to Statistics and Coding Theory, Zacatecas, Mexico, June 25 - July 6, 2018.
• Short Course on Algebraic Statistical Models in Phylogenetics, Kobe University, Japan, March 5-9, 2018.
• Minisymposium on Identifiability of Biological and Statistical models, SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Atlanta, Georgia, July 31- August 4, 2017
• AMS Special Session on Gaussian Graphical Models and Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry, Atlanta, GA, January 4-7, 2017.
• AMS Special Session on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Raleigh, NC, November 12-13, 2016.
• Current Trends on Gröbner Bases, Mathematical Society of Japan, Seasonal Institute, Osaka, Japan, July 1-10, 2015.
• Triangle Area Graduate Mathematics Conference (TAGMaC), March 21, 2015.
• Algebraic Statistics at IIT, Chicago, IL, May 19-22, 2014.
• Invited Address, Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry (MEGA), Frankfurt, Germany, June 3-7, 2013.
• Invited Tutorial, International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC), Grenoble, France, July 22-25, 2012.
• Minisymposium on Algebraic and Combinatorial Methods in Biology, SIAM Annual Meeting, July 9-13, 2012.
• Algebraic Statistics in the Alleghenies at Penn State, State College, PA, June 9-15, 2012.
• Algebraic Methods in Evolutionary and Systems Biology, MBI, Columbus, OH, May 7-11, 2012.
• Bay Area Discrete Math Day (in honor of Bernd Sturmfels' 50th birthday), March 17, 2012.
• MAA Invited Address, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Boston, MA, January 4-7, 2012.
• MAA Invited Paper Session on Algebraic Statistics, Boston, MA, January 4-7, 2012.
• SIAM Meeting on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Raleigh, NC, October 6-9, 2011.
• Invited Address, AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Wake Forest University, NC, September 24-25, 2011.
• Special Session on Algebraic and Geometric Aspects of Matroids, AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Wake Forest University, NC, September 24-25, 2011.
• Algebraic Geometry in the Sciences, CMA, Oslo, Norway, January 10-14, 2011.
• Parameter Identification in Graphical Models, AIM, Palo Alto, CA, October 4-8, 2010.
• Minisymposium on Discrete Mathematical Biology SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, Austin, TX, June 14-17, 2010
• Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics,  SAMSI, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2008-9.
• Algebraic Methods Transition Workshop, SAMSI, Research Triangle Park, NC, June 18-20, 2009.
• Applications of Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics,  AMS Special Session, Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Raleigh, NC, April 4-5, 2009.
• Algebraic Statistical Models, SAMSI Mid-program workshop, Research Triangle Park, NC, Jan. 15-17, 2009.
• Opening Workshop on Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics,  SAMSI, Research Triangle Park, NC,  Sep. 14-17, 2008.
• Oberwolfach Seminar on Algebraic Statistics,  Oberwolfach, Germany, May 11-17, 2008.
• Algebraic Statistics and Computational Biology.  "Theme Topic" in Statistica Sinica.
• Applicable Algebraic Geometry.  Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, July 23 - August 10, 2007.
• Algebraic Statistics Short Course.  DIAMANT/EIDMA,  Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 25-29, 2007.
• Applications of Algebraic Geometry.  Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Minneapolis, MN, September 2006 - July 2007.
• Applications in Biology, Dynamics, and Statistics.  Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Minneapolis, MN, March 5-9, 2007.
• Algebraic Statistics Mini-course.  Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina,  July 3 - July 7, 2006.
• Algebraic Statistics, Tropical Geometry, and Computational Biology.  Summer School.  Sophus Lie Conference Center, Nordfjordeid, Norway, June 17-21, 2006.
• Algebraic Statistics Short Course.   Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,  May 30 - June 2, 2006.
• Algebraic Statistics:  Theory and Practice.  AMS Special Session, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX, January 12-13, 2006.
• Algebraic Statistics and Computational Biology.  Clay Mathematics Institute, Cambridge, MA, November 12-14, 2005.