Upcoming Talks

• How to Solve a Polynomial System
      Brown University Theorems and Tales Seminar, October 29, 2026.
• Euclidean Distance Optimization Within the Grassmannian
      Georgia Tech Algebra Seminar, October 12, 2026.
• Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Statistical Models on the Grassmannian
      2026 Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the AMS, October 10, 2026.
      University of Missouri Math and Data Seminar, October 6, 2026.

Past Talks

• Squared Linear Models
      Brown University Combinatorics Seminar, September 14, 2026.
      MPI MiS Seminar on Nonlinear Algebra, June 19, 2025
• Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Statistical Models on the Grassmannain
      Geometric Methods in Optimization and Numerical Analysis, Oberwolfach, July 21, 2026.
• Metric Algebraic Geometry of the Grassmannian of Lines [slides]
      Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 15, 2026.
      Oberseminar at Universität Magdeburg, April 28, 2026.
      Algebra Seminar at Universität Osnabrück, April 22, 2026.
• Numerical Algebraic Geometry for Energy Computations on Tensor Train Varieties [slides]
      Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry, July 6, 2026.
• The ML Degree of the Grassmannian [slides]
      Metric Algebraic Geometry at Institute Mittag-Leffler, June 25, 2026.
• Distance Optimization [slides]
      Metric Algebraic Geometry: Starting Local, April 15, 2026.
• Counting Homogeneous Einstein Metrics [slides]
      Combinatorial Coworkspace, March 27, 2026.
      Math Seminar at CSBD, February 26, 2026.
      Santa Clara University Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium, November 11, 2025.
      San Francisco State University Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics Seminar, October 8, 2025.
      UC Berkeley Seminar on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, September 30, 2025.
• Metric Algebraic Geometry of Grassmannians
      University of Copenhagen Applied Algebra and Geometry Seminar, January 14, 2026.
• Grassmann and Flag Varieties in Linear Algebra, Optimization, and Statistics: An Algebraic Perspective [slides]
      New Frontiers of Geometry and Combinatorics in Machine Learning at SIAM AG, July 10, 2025.
• Solving Polynomial Equations
      Problem Solving Workshop: Computational Geometric Analysis, June 4, 2025
• Likelihood Geometry of the Squared Grassmannian
      Session on Advances in Applied Algebra and Algebraic Statistics at the AWM Resarch Symposium, May 16, 2025
      Algebraic Statistics 2025, March 27, 2025 [slides]
      AMS Special Session on Algebraic Statistics in Our Changing World at JMM, January 8, 2025 [slides]
      UC Berkeley Combinatorics Seminar, October 23, 2024
      Workshop for Women in Algebraic Statistics at St John’s College, University of Oxford, July 15, 2024
• Likelihood Geometry of Determinantal Point Processes
      University of Wisconsin Applied Algebra Seminar, May 15, 2025
• The Squared Grassmannian [slides]
      University of Washington Combinatorics and Geometry Seminar, January 15, 2025
• Optimization over Two Embeddings of the Grassmannian [slides]
      Codex Seminar, July 2, 2024
• Likelihood Geometry of Determinantal Point Processes [slides]
      Algebra-Geometry-Combinatorics Afternoon at San Francisco State University, November 28, 2023
• Long Increasing Subsequences [slides]
      Harvey Mudd Presentation Days, May 2023
• A New Basis for k-Local Class Functions on the Symmetric Group [slides]
      Joint Math Meetings, January 2023