WOMP 2020

(Last updated Sept 3, 2020)

The Warmup Program for entering first year graduate students in mathematics is a social and academic program organized by older graduate students in the math department. The goals of the 2020 program, similar to its predecessors, will be to provide the background necessary for approaching the first year coursework, provide opportunities for first year students to meet older graduate students in the math department, form connections essential to an inclusive department, as well as develop a group dynamic among their cohort.

Given the covid-19 pandemic, the warmup program in 2020 is different from its traditional format. The program will be a week long rather than two. All mathematical sessions and talks will be done virtually. In addition, social events will be held both virtually and outdoors in Chicago with social distancing.

Talks and forums take place on Zoom. If you are giving a Zoom talk or holding an event, send the link to first@math. Activities held elsewhere will be indicated below. WOMP runs from September 21 to September 27.

*The schedule down below is provisional, please check back for the final version nearer to the beginning of WOMP.



WOMP

Day
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Monday
21 Sep
Orientation with Faculty

Amie Wilkinson

Zoom meeting.

Linear Algebra

Josh

Welcome from the WOMP organizers

Jon and Tom


Representation Theory

Gal


Shakespeare!

Aaron

  • We were all in drama club once.
Tuesday
22 Sep
Real Analysis

Bill


Differential Equations

Sebastian

Forum on the First Year Program

DeVon, Megan, Colin, Pranjal

First years only.

Research Talks

  • Sarah
  • Kiho
  • Ronno

Wednesday
23 Sep
Meet the Students Trapped Abroad

Tom

Forum on Life in Chicago

Mike, Meg, Owen, Peter

Commutative Algebra

Billy


Welcome to the AWM

Sarah

Come learn about the UChicago chapter of the AWM and discuss impostor syndrome and other challenges in grad school. Students of all gender identities are welcome.

Galois Theory

Aaron

Virtual Bar Crawl

Nat

Let's get tropical!
Thursday
24 Sep
Sexual Misconduct Awareness and Prevention Meeting

Amie


Complex Analysis

Iqra

The Calculus

Meg

  • sleep through this talk: you'll learn in two years when you teach it... jk lol
  • implicit function theorem
Hyde Park: A Tour

Josh

This will be a tour of Hyde Park of an uncertain kind.

Board Game Night

Dylan
Boardgames on the internet.
Friday
25 Sep
Topology

Ishan

  • π_1 and covering spaces

Basic Differential Topology

Adan

  • Stokes
Faculty Open House

  • Professor X
Picnic

DeVon

At Greek House.

Saturday
26 Sep
Class Photo

We'll get it in post
Walk Downtown for Dinner

Eric