The conference on Statistical and Dynamical Combinatorics will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on June 26–29 2024 (Wednesday-Saturday). The conference will feature talks on sandpiles, dimers, dynamical combinatorics and a range of other topics that combine combinatorics, statistics and probability.
This will also serve as a celebration of Jim Propp's 2(4 choose 2)-th Birthday. Jim Propp is a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Please fill out the REGISTRATION FORM to express your interest in attending.
Organizers: Henry Cohn (MIT/Microsoft), Gregg Musiker (U Minnesota), Tom Roby (U Connecticut), David Speyer (U Michigan).
Speakers: The following mathematicians have agreed to speak at the conference.
| Mihai Ciucu | Indiana University |
| David desJardins | Institute for Defense Analyses |
| Emily Gunawan | University of Massachusetts, Lowell |
| Sam Hopkins | Howard University |
| Rick Kenyon | Yale University |
| Greg Kuperberg | University of California, Davis |
| Tri Lai | University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
| Lionel Levine | Cornell University |
| Olya Mandelshtam | University of Waterloo |
| Robin Pemantle | University of Pennsylvania |
| Dan Romik | University of California, Davis |
| Marianna Russkikh | Notre Dame University |
| Kyle Petersen | De Paul University |
| Scott Sheffield | MIT |
| Jessica Striker | North Dakota State University |
| Bridget Tenner | De Paul University |
| Julianna Tymoczko | Smith College |
| Peter Winkler | Dartmouth College |
| Benjamin Young | University of Oregon |
Here are titles and abstracts of their talks.
All talks will take place in Room 1-190 on the MIT campus. Break locations will be announced later.
Talks will be live-streamed via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants prior to the conference starting. Please contact David Speyer speyer@umich.edu for the link if you would like it.
| Wednesdsay | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30am-9:00am | Registration | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee |
| 9:00am-10:00am | Lionel Levine | Mihai Ciucu | Richard Kenyon | Peter Winkler |
| 10:00am-11:00am | Olya Mandelshtam | Tri Lai | Robin Pemantle | Julianna Tymoczko |
| 11:00am-11:30am | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:30am-12:30pm | Emily Gunawan | David desJardins | Dan Romik | Kyle Petersen |
| 12:30pm-2:00pm | Lunch break | Lunch break | Lunch break | Lunch break |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm | Jessica Striker | Bridget Tenner | Marianna Russkikh | Greg Kuperberg |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | Sam Hopkins | Ben Young | Scott Sheffield | Open Problems |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Tea | Tea | Tea | |
| 4:30pm-5:30pm | Panel: Mentoring Undergraduate Research |
Toasts and short speeches in honor of Jim Propp |
Games and puzzles |
T-shirt: We can print additional copies of the conference shirt. If you would like one, order it from this link by July 8.
Funding: We are funded by the National Science Foundation. We are co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and the Simons Foundation. These funds will be available to support graduate students and young faculty in attending.
