Colloquia, Conferences, Seminars & Events | Department of Mathematics

Announcements

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.

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).

Announcements

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