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2025

UCSB ranks fifth in prestigious Putnam Math Competition
Goldwater Scholarship Awards: Pico Gilman (CCS Math) was one of four that were awarded the very prestigious 2025 Goldwater scholarship.
Mychelle Parker has won the UCSB Academic Senate Outstanding TA Award in 2025

Colloquia, Conferences, and Seminars

Applied Mathematics/PDE/DS Seminars -- Fridays 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. -- SH 4607 or Zoom
Differential Geometry Seminar, Fridays 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., SH 6635 or Zoom (check the link for details)
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar , Wednesdays 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. SH 4607B
Geometry, Topology and Physics, Fridays 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm SH 6635
Graduate Algebra Seminar, Fridays 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., SH 6617
Graduate Student Seminar, Wednesdays 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. SH 4607
Graduate Topology Seminar, Tuesdays 11 am SH 6617
Hypatian Seminar, Mondays 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. SH 6635
Mathematics Colloquium , Thursdays 3:30 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Rm. 6635
Quantum Topology Seminar, Wednesdays 11 a.m. SH 6635
Seminar on Geometry and Arithmetic, Thursday 4:30pm-6pm, SH 6635
Teaching & Learning Seminar, Thursdays 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., SH 4607

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Two CCS Math Students Ranked 3rd in Kaggle WiDS Datathon 2025 Competition

CCS Mathematics students Kathryn Lyu and Zhida Wang, guided by Professor Sui Tang (Math) and Professor Yu Guo (PSTAT),ranked 3rd among 1,075 global teams in the 2025 Kaggle WiDS Datathon.

Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Jessica N. Howard is a postdoctoral researcher working at the interface of physics, mathematics, and machine learning under the guidance of Professor Nathaniel Craig (physics) and Professor Katy Craig (mathematics).

$UCSB ranks fifth in prestigious Putnam Math Competition$

UCSB ranks fifth in prestigious Putnam Math Competition

UC Santa Barbara earned its highest-ever finish in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, placing fifth among 477 universities across North America. College of Creative Studies (CCS) student Pico Gilman ’27 led the team with an individual ranking of sixth out of nearly 4,000 competitors. The results, announced in February, mark a significant milestone for UCSB, surpassing its previous best finish from 1978.

Former Math Ph.D. student featured in Notices of the AMS

One of our former Ph.D. students, Nancy Scherich (2019) has published an article, Math Dance: Bringing the Process to Life in the current Notices of the AMS. Nancy was the overall winner of the national Dance your Ph.D. contest in 2017, and her article is featured on the cover.

Her winning video, Representations of the Braid Groups, can be found here.

Recruitment: Assistant Professor, Algebra (Tenure Track)

The Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in Algebra, at the level of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025. All areas of algebra, in the broad sense, will be considered.

View and apply at UCSB Recruit

Recruitment: Visiting Assistant Professor

One or more special one-year visiting assistant professorships may be available, with possibility of renewal for additional years, up to three years in total. These positions carry a teaching load of 4.5 one-quarter courses per year. Excellence in research, potential for interaction with faculty at UC Santa Barbara and evidence of (or potential for) good teaching are desired.

View and apply at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02767

Recruitment: Lecture Pool

The Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a pool of qualified lecturers to teach undergraduate or graduate Mathematics courses. Screening of applicants is ongoing and will continue as needed. The number of positions varies from quarter to quarter, depending on the needs of the department. Positions may range from one quarter to one year with the possibility of reappointment depending on performance and further departmental need.

View this position:

https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02762

Sui Tang Receives NSF CAREER Award

The Mathematics Department congratulates Assistant Professor Sui Tang on receiving an NSF CAREER Award. The CAREER award supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.