WOMP 2016
(Last updated Sept. 8, 2016.)
We recommend that everyone get a Ventra Card for Chicago public transit.
Talks and forums take place in Eckhart 206 except for on Friday 9/23. Talks (excluding research talks and forums) will consist of a half-hour lecture followed by a half hour problem session per one hour.
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Purple events are mandatory or informational. Come to them.
Green events are math talks meant to refresh your memory and/or give you an idea of what other people in the department do.
Orange events are for enjoyment and bonding. They are highly recommended.
| Week 1 | |||
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| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Sunday Sept. 11 |
11am: Pre-WOMP brunch (Ben O'Connor) (Check your email for more information.) |
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| Monday Sept. 12 |
10am: Welcome and Tour of Hyde Park (Nazerke Bakytzhan) Meet in first year office. | 1-3pm: Linear Algebra (Drew Moore and Rin Ray)
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| Tuesday Sept. 13 |
10-11am: Galois Theory (Sean Howe)
11am-Noon: Commutative Algebra (Olivier Martin)
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1pm: Forum on Life in Chicago |
3-5pm: Improv Games in the Barn (Tim Black and Claudio Gonzales) First years only. |
| Wednesday Sept. 14 |
10am-Noon: Multilinear Algebra and Differential Forms (Nick Salter and Ian Frankel)
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1-2pm: Finite Representation Theory (Kevin Casto)
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6pm: Dinner at Medici (Reid Harris) For more information, see the Medici website and a map. Meet in the first year office at 5:45pm, or at the restaurant at 6pm. |
| Thursday Sept. 15 | 10-11am: Category Theory (Eric Stubley) 11am-Noon: Number Theory (Nazerke)
| 1pm: Trip to Art Institute of Chicago (Minh-Tam Trinh) Meet at the #6 bus stop at 55th and S. Hyde Park Blvd. Admission is free with UChicago student ID. Bus fare is $2.25 each way if you pay cash. See the museum website for more information. | |
| Friday Sept. 16 |
10-11am: Real Analysis (Stephen Cameron)
11am-Noon: Fourier Series and Hilbert Spaces (Charly di Fiore) |
1-2pm: Measure Theory/Probability (Rachel Vishnepolsky) | 5-7pm: Bowling at Seven-Ten Lanes (Stephen Cameron) Meet at Seven-Ten Lanes, near 55th and Ellis. 7pm: Hyde Park Bar Crawl (Karl Schaefer) Starts with dinner at Seven-Ten Lanes. To participate in the bar crawl, you must have either a passport or a US state ID/driver's license, it must not be expired, and it must say that you are at least 21 years old. |
| Saturday Sept. 17 |
11am-1pm: Hyde Park Farmer's Market (Mathilde) Meet in the first year office at 10am and bring cash if you want to buy produce and snacks! |
5pm: Fall Poker Tournament Spectacular It will be held at [T.B.A.] at 6pm. (Don't be late!) For those interested, come at 5pm for an explanation of the rules. Cheat sheets will be provided. We will order vegetarian and non-vegetarian dinner for all those interested. Please bring a little cash for food if you want it. | |
| Sunday Sept. 18 | Day off Have fun! | ||
| Week 2 | |||
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Monday Sept. 19 |
10am-Noon: Covering Spaces and the Fundamental Group (Reid Harris and Claudio Gonzales)
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1-2pm: Complex Analysis (Brian Chung)
2-4pm: Research Talks Round 1 Tori Akin: (Advisor: Benson Farb) Tim Black: (Advisor: Laszlo Babai) Casey Rodriguez: (Advisor: Carlos Kenig) | 8pm: Bonfire at the Point (Mathilde Gerbelli-Gauthier and Ben O'Connor) Meet at Promontory Point. |
| Tuesday Sept. 20 |
10-11am: Functional Analysis (Ben Seeger) 11:15am: Graduate Orientation Begins on the main quad with a bagpipe-led procession to Rockefeller Chapel. There's also lunch. See the UChicago Grad website for more information. | 3-5pm: Graduate Student Social Hour From the website: "toast to the year ahead with fellow grad students on the Midway, hosted by Graduate Council" | 5-8pm: Graduate Student Post-Party From the website: "continue the celebration with Oktoberfest at International House, featuring Oktoberfest-style dinner and refreshments and live entertainment by Professor Hedeker's band, The Polkaholics!" |
| Wednesday Sept. 21 |
11am-Noon: Gaussian Curvature and the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem (Subhadip Chowdhury) Noon-1pm: Parallel Transport and Connections (Joe Chen) |
1:45pm: Class photo On the front steps of Eckhart Hall that lead out to the quad. 2-5pm: Faculty Open House |
7pm: Board Game Night (Dylan Quintana) Meet in the first year office for board and card games. Sponsored by the UChicago chapter of the AWM. |
| Thursday Sept. 22 | 2-4pm: Forum on the First-Year Program |
5:45pm: Dinner in Chinatown (Foling Zou) Please RSVP here. Meet 5:45pm at 55th and University or 6:30pm at the restaurant. We will take the 55 bus and then the red line to Chinatown. The restaurant is: Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot 2342 S Wentworth Ave Dinner will begin at 6:30 pm 8:30pm: North Side Bar Crawl (Mathilde Gerbelli-Gauthier and Jonathan Rubin) The first bar is the Map Room (1949 N Hoyne Ave). Meet there at 8:30pm. |
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| Friday Sept. 23 | Noon: Department picnic The department is generously organizing a picnic to welcome everyone to the new school year! On the main quad. RSVP to Lynette Whalum. | 2pm: Research Talks Round 2 (ROOM CHANGE: Eckhart 202) Ana Balibanu (Advisor: Victor Ginzburg) Henry Chan (Advisor: Peter May) Jeff Manning (Advisor: Matt Emerton) | 5pm: Department Picnic The second years are also generously organizing a picnic to welcome everyone to the new school year! (Congratulations on choosing the right year to enter UChicago!) On the main quad. |
| Saturday Sept. 24 | 2:30pm: Walk Downtown for Dinner (Claudio Gonzales and Eric Stubley) Meet in the first-year office (or at the Point at 3pm) for a lakeside walk downtown to Giordano's Pizza at 223 W. Jackson Blvd. (map). We will reach the restaurant at around 5:45pm. | ||
| Sunday Sept. 25 | Nothing planned. Classes begin Monday! | ||