Emerging Researchers in Category Theory
Posted by John Baez
Eugenia Cheng is an expert on giving clear, fun math talks.
Now you can take a free class from her on how to give clear, fun math talks!
You need to be a grad student in category theory, and priority will be given to those who aren’t at fancy schools, etc.
Her course is called the Emerging Researchers in Category Theory Virtual Seminar, or Em-Cats for short. You — or some student you know! — can apply for it here:
The first round of applications is due April 30th. It looks pretty cool, and knowing Eugenia, you’ll get a lot of help on giving talks.
Aims
The aims are, broadly:
- Help the next generation of category theorists become wonderful speakers.
- Make use of the virtual possibilities, and give opportunities to graduate students in places where there is not a category theory group or local seminar they can usefully speak in.
- Give an opportunity to graduate students to have a global audience, especially giving more visibility to students from less famous/large groups.
- Make a general opportunity for community among category theorists who are more isolated than those with local groups.
- Make a series of truly intelligible talks, which we hope students and researchers around the world will enjoy and appreciate.
Talk Preparation and Guidelines
Eugenia Cheng has experience with training graduate students in giving talks, from when she ran a similar seminar for graduate students at the University of Sheffield. Everyone did indeed give an excellent talk.
We ask that all Em-Cats speakers are willing to work with Eugenia and follow her advice. The guidelines document outlines what she believes constitutes a good talk. We acknowledge that this is to some extent a matter of opinion, but these are the guidelines for this particular seminar. Eugenia is confident that with her assistance everyone who wishes to do so will be able to give an excellent, accessible talk, and that this will benefit both the speaker and the community.
Re: Emerging Researchers in Category Theory
The first round of speakers for the Em-Cats virtual seminar has been chosen!
Here they are:
Jade Master
University of California Riverside
Petri nets and compositionality of networks
17:00 UTC, 25th of August 2021
Minani Iragi
University of South Africa
Categorical topology
15:00 UTC, 29th of September 2021
Johan García Vargas
Universidad de los Andes
Hopf monads and Galois theory
16:00 UTC, 27th of October 2021
Nuiok Dicaire
University of Edinburgh
Local monads and computational effects
16:00 UTC, 17th of November 2021
Gun Pinyo
University of Nottingham
Cubicial type theory and geometric shapes for higher structure
February 2022
Jennifer Brown
University of California Davis
Quantum topology
March 2022
Eli Hazel
Macquarie University
Categorical algebra
April 2022
Juan F. Meleiro
Universidade de São Paulo
Categorical logic
May 2022