Talks, seminars, and lecture series by Ezra Miller
(Last updated September 2012)
162. 
Sandbjerg, Denmark:
Geometry for samples of metric branched structures.  
11 October 2012
161. 
Duke Postdoc Services / School of Medicine panel:
NSF Funding from the Inside.  
25 September 2012
160. 
Ohio State Combinatorics:
Combinatorics and topology of fibers in total positivity.  
25 May 2012
159. 
Columbus, Ohio (MBI):
Sticky central limit theorems at singularities.  
23 May 2012
158. 
Duke Data Seminar:
Sticky central limit theorems at singularities.  
24 April 2012
157. 
Wake Forest (AMS):
Subword complexes and fibers of totally nonnegative parametrizations.  
24 September 2011
156. 
Prague, Czech Rep.:
Sticky central limit theorems at singularities.  
15 August 2011
155. 
Miami Beach (JSM):
Sticky central limit theorems at singularities.  
4 August 2011
154. 
MSRI:
How primary decomposition in commutative monoids is wrong.  
9 June 2011
153. 
SAMSI:
Stratified statistics for evolutionary biology.  
30 April 2011
152. 
Rice U. (TAGS):
Contractibility via subword complexes in the context of homogeneous spaces.  
22-24 April 2011
151. 
Columbia, SC (CommAlg in the SE):
How primary decomposition in commutative monoids is wrong.  
18-20 March 2011
150. 
Georgia Southern (AMS meeting):
Sticky central limit theorems on polyhedral spaces.  
12-13 March 2011
149. 
George Mason math colloquium:
Unfolding polyhedra.  
18 February 2011
148. 
Oslo, Norway:
Statistics on data sampled from stratified spaces.  
14 January 2011
147. 
Duke MathBio colloquium:
Statistics on spaces of phylogenetic trees.  
3 December 2010
146. 
Duke Brown Bag seminar:
Combinatorics of phylogenetic trees.  
2 December 2010
145. 
Luminy, France:
Decompositions of commutative monoid congruences and binomial ideals.  
2 November 2010
144. 
İstanbul, Turkey (CIMPA-TÜBITAK):
Five lectures: Decompositions of monoids and binomial ideals.  
18-21 September 2010
143. 
NSA math colloquium:
Unfolding convex polyhedra.  
16 July 2010
142. 
Berkeley (AMS-SMM meeting):
Face rings of simplicial complexes with singularities.  
3 June 2010
141. 
MIT combinatorics seminar:
Lattice point methods for combinatorial games.  
12 May 2010
140. 
U. Maryland math colloquium:
Unfolding convex polyhedra.  
7 May 2010
139. 
Texas State (CombinaTexas):
Lattice point methods for combinatorial games.  
24-25 April 2010
138. 
George Mason (WCEIT):
Lattice point methods for combinatorial games.  
19-20 March 2010
137. 
Duke U. Algorithms:
Unfolding convex polyhedra.  
8 February 2010
136. 
Seville, Spain:
Eight lecture-hours: Primary decomposition of binomial ideals.  
25-31 January 2010
135. 
Duke U. Algebraic Geometry:
K-theory of toric varieties.  
2 December 2009
134. 
Duke U. (CTMS Retreat)
Biological and chemical applications of polyhedral geometry and algebra.  
23 October 2009
133. 
Raleigh, NC (SE Lie Theory):
Equivariant transversality and K-theoretic positivity.  
9-11 October 2009
132. 
NC State (SUM Series):
Unfolding polyhedra.  
30 September 2009
131. 
Duke U. Algebraic Geometry:
Combinatorics in cohomology of toric varieties.  
23 September 2009
130. 
Duke U. Algebraic Geometry:
What is a toric variety?  
16 September 2009
129. 
Halifax, Nova Scotia (Games-At-Dal):
Lattice games.  
18-21 July 2009
-----. 
(canceled due to political unrest) IPM Tehran, Iran:
Four lectures on binomial ideals.  
20-30 June 2009
128. 
Voss, Norway (Abel Symposium):
Combinatorial positivity via transversality in homogeneous spaces.  
1-4 June 2009
127. 
Oberwolfach, Germany:
Potential applications of commutative algebra to combinatorial game theory.
  19-25 April 2009
126. 
Raleigh, NC (AMS meeting):
Equivariant positivity via transversality in K-theory of G/P.  
4-5 April 2009
125. 
Raleigh, NC (AMS meeting):
Topological Cohen--Macaulay criteria for monomial ideals.  
4-5 April 2009
124. 
Raleigh, NC (AMS meeting):
Binomial ideals.  
4-5 April 2009
123. 
MSRI, Berkeley:
Equivariant transversality and K-theoretic positivity.  
24 March 2009
122. 
Thessaloniki, Greece:
Geometry of flags and permutations.  
12 March 2009
121. 
Thessaloniki, Greece:
Unfolding polyhedra.  
11 March 2009
120. 
Ioannina, Greece:
Unfolding polyhedra.  
9 March 2009
119. 
UNC Chapel Hill colloquium:
Positivity from transversality and transitivity
15 January 2009
118. 
U. Minnesota math colloquium:
Transversality in homogeneous spaces.  
11 December 2008
117. 
U. Minnesota Schubert seminar:
Cohomology rings of flag and toric varieties.  
Friday 3, 10, 17 October 2008
116. 
U. Minnesota Combinatorics:
Topological Cohen-Macaulay criteria for monomial ideals.  
Monday 29 September 2008
115. 
Mangalia, Romania:
Cellular resolutions of multiplier ideals of sums.  
31 May 2008
114. 
U. Minnesota Combinatorics:
Combinatorics of Horn hypergeometric series.  
22 April 2008
113. 
UC San Diego:
Metric geometry and unfoldings of polyhedra.  
21 February 2008
112. 
U. Minnesota Junior Colloquium:
Unfolding convex polyhedra.  
19 February 2008
111. 
UT Austin:
Gröbner geometry of Schubert polynomials.  
5 February 2008
110. 
Duke U.:
Metric geometry and unfoldings of polyhedra.  
31 January 2008
109. 
American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto:
Nonoverlapping unfolding of polyhedra.  
7 December 2007
108. 
U. Minnesota Math Club:
Unfolding polyhedra.  
25 October 2007
107. 
Rutgers (AMS meeting):
Multiplier ideals of sums via cellular resolutions.  
6 October 2007
106. 
Medellín, Colombia (Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra):
Hypergeometric series and toric algebra.  
23-27 July 2007
105. 
Tianjin, China (FPSAC plenary speaker):
Combinatorics of Horn hypergeometric series.  
2-6 July 2007
104. 
CRM Montreal, Canada:
A Kleiman-Bertini theorem for sheaf tensor products.
  28 May - 1 June 2007
103. 
CRM Montreal, Canada:
Five lecture-hours: Multivariate hypergeometric series and binomial ideals.
  21-25 May 2007
102. 
U. Nebraska math colloquium:
Unfolding polyhedra.  
27 April 2007
101. 
Kansas U. math colloquium:
Unfolding polyhedra.  
26 April 2007
100. 
Kansas U. Combinatorics:
Combinatorics of permutations from determinantal ideals.  
25 April 2007
  99. 
U. Nebraska Algebra:
Multiplier ideals of sums via cellular resolutions.  
23 April 2007
  98. 
Michigan Geom. Rep. Theory:
Overview of the Kazhdan-Lusztig conjecture via intersection cohomology.  
11 April 2007
  97. 
Oberwolfach, Germany:
Cellular resolutions of multiplier ideals of sums.  
2 February 2007
  96. 
Indiana U. math colloquium:
Combinatorics in convexity, cohomology, and complex analysis.  
8 December 2006
  95. 
Purdue Algebraic Geometry:
Old mysteries about multivariate hypergeometric systems.  
7 December 2006
  94. 
Northeastern GASC:
Horn hypergeometric systems and binomial D-modules.  
9 November 2006
  93. 
MIT Combinatorics:
Hypergeometric series and binomial primary decomposition.  
8 November 2006
  92. 
U. Michigan Algebraic Geometry:
Toric primary decomposition and hypergeometric series.  
25 October 2006
  91. 
Cincinnati, Ohio (AMS meeting plenary speaker):
Unfolding polyhedra.  
21-22 October 2006
  90. 
Ann Arbor, Michigan (Ohio State-UMichigan Alg. Geom. Workshop):
Binomial schemes.  
14-15 October 2006
  89. 
Constanţa, Romania:
Nine lecture-hours: Multigraded commutative algebra.  
25-30 September 2006
  88. 
Lincoln, Nebraska (IMMERSE program):
Three lecture-hours: Irreducible decomposition.  
26-27 July 2006
  87. 
Snowbird, Utah:
Binomial D-modules and lattice point geometry.  
10-16 June 2006
  86. 
Luminy, France:
Lattice basis ideals and Horn systems.  
22-26 May 2006
  85. 
ITCEP Family Fun Fair (interactive middle & high school presentation):
Unfolding polyhedra.  
25 March 2006
  84. 
U. Minnesota Combinatorics:
h-vectors of Gorenstein polytopes.  
17 February 2006
  83. 
Oberwolfach, Germany:
Homological methods for hypergeometric families.  
29 January - 4 February 2006
  82. 
Taichung, Taiwan (AMS-TMS):
Combinatorial positivity by degeneration.  
14-18 December 2005
  81. 
Reed College math colloquium:
Unfolding polyhedra.  
1 December 2005
  80. 
U. Washington Combinatorics:
Simplicial complexes whose facets are Young tableaux.  
30 November 2005
  79. 
U. Washington math colloquium:
Unfolding polyhedra.  
29 November 2005
  78. 
Eugene, OR (AMS meeting):
Duality of antidiagonals and pipe dreams.  
12 November 2005
  77. 
MIT Combinatorics:
Tableau complexes.  
2 November 2005
  76. 
Lincoln, NE (AMS meeting):
Encoding injective resolutions.  
22 October 2005
  75. 
UNAM, Mexico City:
Three lectures on Gröbner geometry of quiver polynomials.  
19-23 September 2005
  74. 
Seattle (Algebraic Geometry Warmup Week):
Combinatorial positivity in algebraic geometry.  
22 July 2005
  73. 
Lisbon, Portugal (workshop on D-modules):
Homological methods for hypergeometric families.  
13 July 2005
  72. 
Snowbird, Utah:
Three lectures on local cohomology in combinatorics.  
19-28 June 2005
  71. 
U. Texas, Austin math colloquium:
Combinatorics in cohomology and convexity.  
22 March 2005
  70. 
UC Berkeley Rep. theory/geom/combin:
Families of hypergeometric systems.  
23 February 2005
  69. 
U. Minnesota Combinatorics:
Stanley's simplicial poset conjecture.  
4 February 2005
  68. 
Columbia U. math colloquium:
Combinatorics from geometry.  
20 January 2005
  67. 
Michigan Combinatorics:
Unfolding polytopes.  
24 September 2004
  66. 
Michigan State Colloquium:
Combinatorial positivity by geometric degeneration.  
23 September 2004
  65. 
RIMS, Kyoto:
Three lectures on Gröbner geometry of quiver polynomials.  
11 - 13 August 2004
  64. 
IAS/PCMI, Utah:
Overview of geometric combinatorics, II.  
12 July 2004
  63. 
ICTP, Trieste:
Four lectures on combinatorial commutative algebra.  
31 May - 4 June 2004
  62. 
Durham, NC (Duke Math Journal conference):
Combinatorial positivity by geometric degeneration.  
23 April 2004
  61. 
Michigan Noncommutative algebra:
Homological methods for hypergeometric families.  
16 March 2004
  60. 
Minnesota Geometry:
Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns via toric degeneration of flag manifolds.  
February 2004
  59. 
Binghamton, NY (AMS meeting):
Unfolding convex polyhedral manifolds.  
October 2003
  58. 
Seville, Spain (AMS-RSME):
Positive combinatorial formulae for quiver polynomials.  
19 June 2003
  57. 
Germany (MEGA):
Algorithms for graded injective resolutions and local cohomology over
semigroup rings.  
14 June 2003
  56. 
UC Davis Combinatorics:
Combinatorics of quiver polynomials.  
24 April 2003
  55. 
Stanford (Western Alg.Geom. Seminar):
Combinatorial positivity of universal formulae in cohomology.  
20 April 2003
  54. 
Banff, Canada:
Positive combinatorial formulas for quiver polynomials.  
5 May 2003
  53. 
Oberwolfach, Germany (Topological Combinatorics workshop):
Unfolding polyhedra.  
April 2003
  52. 
Banff, Canada:
Minors in products of matrices.  
1 April 2003
  51. 
Northeastern Algebra:
Quiver polynomials and Schubert varieties.  
March 2003
  50. 
MIT Combinatorics:
Combinatorics of quiver polynomials.  
March 2003
  49. 
Davis, CA (BADMath Day):
Unfolding polyhedra in many dimenions.  
1 March 2003
  48. 
UC Berkeley colloquium:
Combinatorial positivity by geometric degeneration.  
27 February 2003
  47. 
Michigan Algebraic geometry:
Positive formulae for quiver polynomials.  
January 2003
  46. 
Texas Tech (Red Raider Mini-Symposium):
Combinatorial positivity by orbit degeneration.  
November 2002
  45. 
Northeastern U. (AMS meeting):
Positivity of quiver cycles via deformation.  
October 2002
  44. 
Berkeley, CA (MSRI Workshop on Commutative Algebra):
Positivity via Gröbner degeneration.  
October 2002
  43. 
Michigan Combinatorics:
Gröbner geometry of Schubert polynomials.  
September 2002
  42. 
MSRI Introductory workshop:
Hilbert schemes of points in the plane.  
September 2002
  41. 
Melbourne, Australia (FPSAC); 1 hour lecture:
Gröbner geometry of Schubert polynomials.  
July 2002
  40. 
Levico, Italy:
Gröbner geometry of Schubert polynomials via determinantal ideals.
  June 2002
  39. 
Albany colloquium:
Determinants, permutations, and flags.  
April 2002
  38. 
Columbia Algebraic Geometry:
Gröbner geometry of flag varieties.  
15 March 2002
  37. 
U. Michigan Combinatorics:
Subword complexes in Coxeter groups.  
March 2002
  36. 
University of Minnesota Combinatorics:
Words and subwords in symmetric groups.  
February 2002
  35. 
San Diego (Joint meetings, AMS-MAA):
Determinantal ideals and combinatorics of Schubert polynomials.  
January 2002
  34. 
Cornell Algebra:
Determinantal ideals and the combinatorics of Schubert polynomials.  
October 2001
  33. 
George Washington U. Algebra:
Embedding planar graphs in staircases to resolve monomial ideals.  
September 2001
  32. 
George Washington U. colloquium:
Geometry and combinatorics of flag manifolds via Gröbner bases.
  September 2001
  31. 
Morelia, Mexico (AMS-SMM meeting):
Embedding planar graphs in staircases.  
May 2001
  30. 
UC Berkeley:
Planar graphs in 3-dimensional staircases.  
May 2001
  29. 
Harvard-MIT Algebraic Geometry:
An open problem on determinantal loci.  
24 April 2001
  28. 
MIT: Subword complexes in Coxeter groups and applications to Schubert varieties.
  16 February 2001
  27. 
UMass Amherst (Valley Geometry Seminar):
Gröbner geometry of formulae for Schubert polynomials.  
November 2000
  26. 
MIT: Gröbner geometry of formulae for Schubert polynomials.  
September 2000
  25. 
Toronto (AMS meeting):
Gröbner geometry of formulae for (double) Schubert polynomials.  
September 2000
  24. 
UC Berkeley workshop:
Haiman's proof of the n! conjecture.  
August 2000
  23. 
UC Berkeley Algebra:
Gröbner bases for determinantal ideals and K-theory of flag manifolds.
  May 2000
  22. 
Brown University:
Monomial ideals and duality.  
January 2000
  21. 
Guanajuato, Mexico (CIMAT):
The Cech hull.  
December 1999
  20. 
New Mexico State U. colloquium:
The Alexander duality functors.  
November 1999
  19. 
New Mexico State U. Monomial ideals seminar:
Injective resolutions.  
November 1999
  18. 
U. Utah (AMS Special Session):
The Alexander duality functors.  
September 1999
  17. 
UC Berkeley Algebra:
Projective dimension versus support-regularity.  
September 1999
  16. 
U. Kansas colloquium:
Resolutions of monomial ideals.  
September 1999
  15. 
U. Kansas Algebra seminar:
The canonical Cech complex.  
September 1999
  14. 
Essen, Germany:
Alexander duality and local duality with monomial support.  
June 1999
  13. 
Reed College colloquium:
Algebra and topology with alphabet blocks.  
February 1999
  12. 
UC Berkeley Grad Student Seminar:
Combinatorial commutative algebra.  
February 1999
  11. 
UC Berkeley:
Generic and cogeneric monomial ideals.  
February 1999
  10. 
U. Michigan:
Cellular homology and duality in the study of monomial ideals.  
September 1998
    9. 
MIT: Alexander duality for monomial ideals and their resolutions.  
September 1998
    8. 
MSRI Summer Program:
Three lectures on Alexander duality.  
August 1998
    7. 
UC Berkeley:
The cohull resolution.  
August 1998
    6. 
RIMS, Kyoto:
Alexander duality for arbitrary monomial ideals.  
April 1998
    5. 
UC Berkeley Algebra:
Degrees on graded modules.  
May 1997
    4. 
Rutgers U. Algebra:
Characterization of multiplicity functions of ideals.  
March 1997
    3. 
UC Berkeley Abelian Varieties:
Multiplying points on group schemes.  
November 1996
    2. 
UC Berkeley Grad Student Seminar:
Where is the geometry in schemes?  
October 1996
    1. 
MSRI Summer Program:
Gröbner bases over PIDs.  
July 1996
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