UMass Boston

Research & Impact

Research interests of members of the department include representation theory, differential geometry, combinatorics, optimization, probability, statistics, computational biology, hydrology, neuroimaging, and mathematics education.

Faculty in the department publish their research in prestigious journals, and participate actively in conferences and workshops. The department organizes regular research seminars.

Publications

Download a list of the most recent publications from the UMass Boston Department of Mathematics.

For a more comprehensive list, click here. (Last Update: October 19, 2023)

Mathematics Department Colloquium Series

The presentations cover a large variety of topics and are intended for a general math audience. The colloquia usually take place on Wednesdays afternoons, from 3:00pm to 4:00pm (or 4:00pm - 5:00pm if a Department Meeting is being held), in the Mathematics Department Seminar and Common Room (W03-154-28). 

Fall 2024 Colloquia

  • Speaker: Filip Zivanovic (Stony Brook University)
    Title: Floer Theory for Symplectic C*-Manifolds
    Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

  • Speaker: Harm Derksen (Northeastern University)
    Title: Invariants of Matrices
    Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

  • Speaker: Jose Perea (Northeastern University)
    Title: The Underlying Topology of Data
    Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

  • Speaker: Thomas Massoni (MIT)
    Title: Taut Foliations Through a Contact Lens
    Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

  • Speaker: Carl Lian (Tufts University)
    Title: How to (Not) Count Curves
    Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

  • Speaker: Daniel Kaplan (UMass Boston)
    Title: A Meandering Introduction to Quiver Waves
    Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Colloquia from Past Semesters