CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: USC Department of Mathematics, KAP 108-MC 2532
3620 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2532
E-mail: fulman@usc.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Math) Harvard, 1997
B.A. (Math) Harvard, 1993 (Summa Cum Laude)
POSITIONS HELD
2009-present Professor, USC Math Dept.
2006-2009 Associate Professor, USC Math Dept.
2005-2006 Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Math Dept.
2001-2005 Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Math Dept.
1999-2001 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University Math Dept.
1997-1999 John Wesley Young Research Instructor, Dartmouth College Math Dept.
VISITING POSITIONS
5/14-6/14 Senior Researcher at Universite Paul Sabatier
5/05-6/05 Visitor to Oxford University Mathematical Institute and Fellow Commoner at Queen’s College
6/98-7/98 Postdoctoral Visitor at Stanford University Statistics Department
8/98-9/98 Research in Pairs Program at Oberwolfach, Germany. Worked with Peter Neumann (Oxford University) and Cheryl Praeger (University of Western Australia)
8/98 Visitor to Oxford University Mathematical Institute
RESEARCH GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND HONORS (note that at times I had
grants from both NSA and NSF)
2023 My book “The Mathematics of Shuffling Cards”, joint with Persi Diaconis, received the 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic Titles Award
2022-2027 Simons Foundation Travel Support Grant for Mathematicians
2016-2021 Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant for 2 Mathematicians
2013-2015 NSA Grant
2012 Simons Foundation Fellowship
2008-2012 NSF Grant
2008-2011 NSA Grant
2005-2008 NSF Grant
2005-2006 NSAYoung Investigator’s Grant
2003-2004 NSAYoung Investigator’s Grant
1998-2001 NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
1996-1997 Alfred P. Sloan Dissertation Fellowship
1993-1996 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
1992 Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
POSTDOCS
2024-2025 Yifeng Huang
2021-2022 Sangchul Lee
2018-2019 Gene Kim
Ph.D. STUDENTS
Wes Wise Unofficial student (doing reading course)
Dominic Arcona Unofficial student (doing reading course)
J.E. Paguyo Former student, graduated 2023
John Rahmani Former student, graduated 2021
Alperen Ozdemir Former student, graduated 2020
Enes Ozel Former student, graduated 2018
Gene Kim Former student, graduated 2018
Dinh Nguyen Former student, graduated 2017
Haining Ren Former student, graduated 2015
Umit Islak Former student, graduated 2014
John Pike Former student, graduated 2013
Radoslav Marinov Former student, graduated 2013
Nathan Ross Former student, graduated 2009
Lerna Pehlivan Former student, graduated 2009
MASTERS STUDENTS
Beijia Zhang Former student, graduated 2009
Meghdi Aboulian Former student, graduated 2009
SERVICE (USC)
2024 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Ashton Lowenstein
2024 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Chenchen Zhao
2024 Master Thesis Committee for John Borger
2023 Oral Exam Committee for Oleksandra Lymar
2023-2024 Teaching Fellows Hiring Committee, Member
2023 (Fall) Graduate Exam Committee for Probability, Member
2023 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Henry Ehrhard
2023 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Shiyun Wang
2023 Oral Exam Committee Member for Jiakang Wang
2022 (Spring) Chair of Graduate Exam Committee for Probability
2022 Greta Panova Promotion Committee Member
2022 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for JE Paguyo
2021 Oral Exam Committee Member for S. Wang
2021 Oral Exam Committee Member for H. Ehrhard
2021 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for C. Walker
2021 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for X. Zhou
2021 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for A. Karakus
2021 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for D. Quijada
2021 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for T. Wang
2021 TA Teaching Prize Selection Committee, Member
2021-2022 Coorganizer of Combinatorics Seminar
2020 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for P. Kagey
2020 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for E. Emamjomeh
2019-2021 Graduate Exam Committee for Probability, Member
2019 Master’s Thesis Committee Member for SJ Kim
2019 Master’s Thesis Committee Member for B. Zheng
2019 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for E. McKemmie
2019 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Hao Wu
2019 Master’s Thesis Committee Member for H. Zhou
2019-2020 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for J. Rahmani
2017-2018 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for E. Kantarci
2017-2018 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for I. Egilmez
2014-2018 Colloquium Committee, Co-Chair
2016-2017 Faculty Developmental Committee, Member
2016-2017 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for A. Ozdemir
2016-2017 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Jiaowen Yang
2016-2017 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for N. Rotella
2016-2017 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for M. Donner
2016-2017 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for N. Wiroonsri
2015-2016 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Weinan Wang
2015-2016 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for C. Bhattacharjee
2015-2016 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for Gene Kim
2015-2016 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for Enes Ozel
2015-2016 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Nicole Gonzalez
2014-2015 Undergraduate Advisement Committee, Member
2014-2015 Merit and FLAC Committee, Member
2014-2015 Faculty Developmental Committee, Member
2014-2015 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for Dinh Nguyen
2014-2015 Graduate Exam Committee for Probability, Member
2013-2015 Elected to USC Faculty Council
2013-2014 Consultative Committee for Chairman Selection, Member
2013-2015 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for Haining Ren
2013-2014 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for Umit Islak
2013-2015 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Dilip Bethanabhotla
2013-2015 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Vasilis Ntranos
2012-2014 Merit/Promotion Committee, Member
2013-2014 FLAC (Teaching Load) Committee, Member
2012-2014 Undergraduate Advisement Committee, Member
2012-2013 Hiring Committee, Chair
2012-2013 Faculty Developmental Committee, Member
2012-2015 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Hassan Ghozlan
2012-2013 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Ansuman Adhikary
2012-2013 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Song Nam Hong
2012-2013 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for John Pike
2012-2013 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for Radoslav Marinov
2011-2012 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Burton Newman
2011-2012 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Kamran Aslam
2009-2011 Merit Committee, Member
2007-2011 Colloquium Committee, Chair
2010-2011 Graduate Exam Committee for Probability, Member
2010-2011 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Stephen De Salvo
2009-2010 Review Committee for Jay Bartroff, Member
2009-2010 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Subhankar Ghosh
2009-2010 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member for Sivaditya Kaligotla
2008-2009 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for Nathan Ross
2008-2009 Ph.D. Thesis Committee Chair for Lerna Pehlivan
2006-2008 Merit Committee, Member
2006-2007 Statistics Hiring Committee, Member
2006-2007 Colloquium Committee, Co-Chair
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Reviewer for Israel Research Foundation, 2010, 2020
2020 FPSAC (Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics) Program Committee
External Examiner for Amy Pang, 2018
Simons Foundation Grant Review 2014, 2015, 2017
NSA Grant Review Panel (Probability and Statistics) 2013
Reviewer for NSF Grants 2012
Co-organizer for Special AMS Session: Probability and Combinatorics on Groups, 2010
NSF Grant Review Panel (Probability) 2006, 2010
Reviewer for NSA Grants 2004, 2006, 2008, 2014
Reviewed articles for Math Reviews
Refereed numerous articles
External Ph.D. thesis examiner for Han Liang Gan, 2014
External Ph.D. thesis examiner for Scott Brown, 2006
BOOKS (2)
1. “The Mathematics of Shuffling Cards”, with Persi Diaconis, published by the
American Mathematical Society, 2023, 346 pages.
2. “A Generating Function Approach to Matrix Enumeration in the Finite Classical
Groups”, with Peter Neumann, and Cheryl Praeger, Memoirs of the American
Mathematical Society, 2005, 90 pages, ISBN 0821837060.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (78)
3. “Beta Approximation for the Two Alleles Moran Model by Stein’s Method”, Statistics
and Probability Letters, 2024, 7 pages.
4. “Probabilistic Generation of Finite Almost Simple Groups”, joint with Daniele Garzoni
and Robert Guralnick, Advances in Math, 2024, 26 pages.
5. “Enumeration of Conjugacy Classes in Affine Groups”, joint with Robert Guralnick,
Algebra and Number Theory, Volume 18, 2024, 1189-1219.
6. “Carries and a Map on the Space of Rational Functions”, Advances in Applied
Mathematics, Volume 152, 2024, 7 pages.
7. “Cohen Lenstra Partitions and Mutually Annihilating Matrices over a Finite Field”,
joint with Robert Guralnick, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Volume 645, 2022, 1-8.
8. “Central Limit Theorem for Peaks of a Random Permutation in a Fixed Conjugacy
Class of S_n”, joint with Gene Kim and Sangchul Lee, Annals of Combinatorics, Volume
26, 2022, 97-123.
9. “Stein’s Method, Heat Kernel, and Linear Functions on the Orthogonal Groups”, joint
with Adrian Roellin, Journal of Algebra, Volume 607, 2022, 272-285.
10. “On the Joint Distribution of Descents and Signs of Permutations”, joint with Gene
Kim, Sangchul Lee, and Kyle Petersen, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Volume 28,
2021, 30 pages.
11. “Card Shuffling and P-partitions”, with Kyle Petersen, Discrete Mathematics,
Volume 344, 2021, 18 pages.
12. “Stein’s Method and Narayana Numbers” with Adrian Roellin, Statistics and
Probability Letters, Volume 165, 2020, article no. 108835, 1-9.
13. “Random Partitions and Cohen-Lenstra Heuristics” with Nathan Kaplan, Annals of
Combinatorics, Volume 23, 2019, 295-315.
14. “Derangements in Finite Classical Groups for Actions Related to Extension Field and
Imprimitive Subgroups and the Solution of the Boston-Shalev Conjecture”, with Robert
Guralnick, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 370, 2018,
4601-4622.
15. “Enumeration of Commuting Pairs in Lie Algebras over Finite Fields”, with Robert
Guralnick, Annals of Combinatorics, Volume 22, 2018, 295-316.
16. “Asymptotics of the Number of Involutions in Finite Classical Groups”, with Robert
Guralnick and Dennis Stanton, Journal of Group Theory, Volume 20, 2017, 871-902.
17. “Generating Functions and Statistics on Spaces of Maximal Tori in Classical Lie
Groups”, with Rita Jimenez Rolland and Jennifer Wilson, New York Journal of
Mathematics, Volume 23, 2017, 165-191.
18. “Derangements in Subspace Actions of Finite Classical Groups”, with Robert
Guralnick, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 369, 2017,
2521-2572.
19. “A Generating Function Approach to Counting Theorems for Square-free
Polynomials and Maximal Tori”, Annals of Combinatorics, Volume 20, 2016, 587-599.
20. “On the Distribution of the Number of Fixed Vectors in the Finite Classical Groups”,
with Dennis Stanton, Annals of Combinatorics, Volume 20, 2016, 755-773.
21. “Hall-Littlewood Polynomials and Cohen-Lenstra Heuristics for Jacobians of
Random Graphs”, Annals of Combinatorics, Volume 20, 2016, 115-124.
22. “Stein’s Method and the Rank Distribution of Random Matrices over Finite Fields”,
with Larry Goldstein, Annals of Probability, Volume 43, 2015, 1274-1314.
23. “Combinatorics of Balanced Carries”, with Persi Diaconis, Advances in Applied
Math, Volume 59, 2014, 8-25.
24. “Cohen-Lenstra Heuristics and Random Matrix Theory over Finite Fields”, Journal of
Group Theory, Volume 17, 2014, 619-648.
25. “Generating Functions for Real Character Degree Sums of Finite General Linear and
Unitary Groups”, with Ryan Vinroot, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 40,
2014, 387-416.
26. “The Number of Regular Semisimple Conjugacy Classes in the Finite Classical
Groups”, with Robert Guralnick, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Volume 439,
2013, 488-503.
27. “Exponential Approximation and Stein’s Method of Exchangeable Pairs”, with
Nathan Ross, ALEA, Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical Statistics,
Volume 10, 2013, 1-13.
28. “Analysis of Casino Shelf Shuffling Machines”, with Persi Diaconis and Susan
Holmes, Annals of Applied Probability, Volume 23, 2013, 1692-1720.
29. “Stein’s Method, Heat Kernel, and Traces of Powers of Elements of Compact Lie
Groups”, Electronic Journal of Probability, Volume 17, 2012, 1-16.
30. “Foulkes Characters, Eulerian Idempotents, and an Amazing Matrix”, with Persi
Diaconis, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 36, 2012, 425-440.
31. “Cycle Indices for Finite Orthogonal Groups of Even Characteristic”, with Jan Saxl
and Pham Huu Tiep, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 364,
2012, 2539-2566.
32. “Bounds on the Number and Sizes of Conjugacy Classes in Finite Chevalley Groups
with Applications to Derangements”, with Robert Guralnick, Transactions of the
American Mathematical Society, Volume 364, 2012, 3023-3070.
33. “Exponential Approximation by Exchangeable Pairs and Spectral Graph Theory”,
with Sourav Chatterjee and Adrian Roellin, ALEA, Latin American Journal of
Probability and Mathematical Statistics,Volume 8, 2011, 197-223.
34. “Zero biasing and Jack measures”, with Larry Goldstein, Combinatorics, Probability,
and Computing, Volume 20, 2011, 753-762.
35. “Separation Cutoffs for Random Walk on Irreducible Representations”, Annals of
Combinatorics, Volume 14, 2010, 319-337.
36. “On Adding a List of Numbers (and Other One-Dependent Determinantal
Processes)”, with Alexei Borodin and Persi Diaconis, Bulletin of the American
Mathematical Society, Volume 47, 2010, 639-670.
37. “Carries, Shuffling, and an Amazing Matrix”, with Persi Diaconis, American
Mathematical Monthly, Volume 116, 2009, 788-803.
38. “A Sharp Analysis of the Mixing Time for Random Walk on Rooted Trees”,
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Volume 16 (1), R 139, 2009, 13 pages.
39. “Carries, Shuffling, and Symmetric Functions”, with Persi Diaconis, Advances in
Applied Mathematics, Volume 43, 2009, 176-196.
40. “Stein’s Method and Characters of Compact Lie Groups”, Communications in
Mathematical Physics, Volume 288, 2009, 1181-1201.
41. “Commutation Relations and Markov Chains”, Probability Theory and Related
Fields, Volume 144, 2009, 99-136.
42. “On Fixed Points of Permutations”, with Persi Diaconis and Robert Guralnick,
Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 28, 2008, 189-218.
43. “Stein’s Method and Random Character Ratios”, Transactions of the American
Mathematical Society, Volume 36, 2008, 3687-3730.
44. “Convergence Rates of Random Walk on Irreducible Representations of Finite
Groups”, Journal of Theoretical Probability, Volume 21, 2008, 193-211.
45. “An Inductive Proof of the Berry-Esseen Theorem for Character Ratios”, Annals of
Combinatorics, Volume 10, 2006, 319-332.
46. “Power Series Coefficients for Probabilities in Finite Classical Groups”, with John
Britnell, Journal of Algebra, Volume 305, 2006, 1212-1237.
47. “Martingales and Character Ratios”, Transactions of the American Mathematical
Society, Volume 358, 2006, 4533-4552.
48. “Stein’s Method and Descents after Riffle Shuffles”, Electronic Journal of
Probability, Volume 10, 2005, 901-924.
49. “Stein’s Method and Plancherel Measure of the Symmetric Group”, Transactions of
the American Mathematical Society., Volume 357, 2005, 555-570.
50. “Card Shuffling and the Decomposition of Tensor Products”, Pacific Journal of
Mathematics, Volume 217, 2004, 247-262.
51. “Stein’s Method, Jack Measure, and the Metropolis Algorithm”, Journal of
Combinatorial Theory, Series A , Volume 108, 2004, 275-296.
52. “Conjugacy Class Properties of the Extension of GL(n,q) Generated by the Inverse
Transpose Involution”, with Robert Guralnick, Journal of Algebra , Volume 275, 2004,
356-396.
53. “A Card Shuffling Analysis of Deformations of the Plancherel Measure of the
Symmetric Group”, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 2004, 15 pages.
54. “Applications of Symmetric Functions to Cycle and Increasing Subsequence
Structure After Shuffles”, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics . Volume 16, 2002, 165-
194.
55. “GL(n,q) and Increasing Subsequences in Non-Uniform Random Permutations”,
Annals of Combinatorics. Volume 6, 2002, 19-32.
56. “Random Matrix Theory over Finite Fields”, Bulletin of the American Mathematical
Society. Volume 39, Number 1, 2002, 51-85.
57. “Finite Affine Groups: Cycle Indices, Symmetric Functions, and Probabilistic
Algorithms”, Journal of Algebra. Volume 250, 2002, 731-756.
58. “Applications of the Brauer Complex: Card Shuffling, Permutation Statistics, and
Dynamical Systems”, Journal of Algebra. Volume 243, 2001, 96-122.
59. “A Probabilistic Proof of the Rogers Ramanujan Identities”, Bulletin of the London
Mathematical Society. Volume 33, 2001, 397-407.
60. “Descent Algebras, Hyperplane Arrangements, and Shuffling Cards”, Proceedings of
the American Mathematical Society. Volume 129, 2001, 965-973.
61. “A Probabilistic Approach to Conjugacy Classes in the Finite Symplectic and
Orthogonal Groups”, Journal of Algebra. Volume 234, 2000, 207-224.
62. “Affine Shuffles, Shuffles with Cuts, the Whitehouse module, and Patience Sorting”,
Journal of Algebra. Volume 231, 2000, 614-639
63. “The Eigenvalue Distribution of a Random Unipotent Matrix in its Action of Lines”,
Journal of Algebra..Volume 228, 2000, 497-511.
64. “Semisimple Orbits of Lie Algebras and Card Shuffling Measures on Coxeter
Groups”, Journal of Algebra. Volume 224, 2000, 151-165.
65. “Counting Nilpotent Pairs in Finite Groups”, with Mike Galloy, Gary Sherman, and
Jeff Vanderkam, Ars Combinatoria. Volume 54, 2000, 161-178.
66. “The Rogers-Ramanujan Identities, the Finite General Linear Groups, and the Hall-
Littlewood Polynomials”, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. Volume
128, 2000, 17-25.
67. “Descent Identities, Hessenberg Varieties, and the Weil Conjectures”, Journal of
Combinatorial Theory, Series A. Volume 87, 1999, 390-397.
68. “Counting Semisimple Orbits of Finite Lie Algebras by Genus”, Journal of Algebra.
Volume 217, 1999, 170-179.
69. “Hall Polynomials and the Fixed Space of an Automorphism of an Abelian p-Group”,
Archiv der Mathematik.Volume 73, 1999, 1-10.
70. “Comparing Eigenvalue Bounds for Markov Chains: When Does Poincaré Beat
Cheeger?”, with Elizabeth Wilmer, Annals of Applied Probability. Volume 9, 1999, pp.
1-13.
71. “A Probabilistic Approach Toward Conjugacy in the Finite General Linear and
Unitary Groups”, Journal of Algebra. Volume 212, No. 2, 1999, pp. 557-590.
72. “Cycle Indices for the Finite Classical Groups”, Journal of Group Theory. Volume 2,
No. 3, 1999, pp. 251-289.
73. “A Simple Geometric Proof of the Invariance of the Conway Polynomial for Links in
3-Space,” with Dror Bar-Natan and Lou Kauffman, The Journal of Knot Theory and its
Ramifications. Volume 7, No. 7, 1998, 873-879.
74. “Orbifold Euler Characteristics and the Number of Commuting m-tuples in the
Symmetric Groups”, with Jim Bryan, Annals of Combinatorics. Volume 2, 1998, pp. 1-6.
75. “The Combinatorics of Biased Riffle Shuffles”, Combinatorica. Volume 18, No. 2,
1998, pp.173-184.
76. “The Distribution of Descents in Fixed Conjugacy Classes of the Symmetric Groups”,
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A. Volume 84, 1998, pp. 171-180.
77. “Divisibility Results on Conjugacy Classes of Finite Groups,” Archiv der
Mathematik. Volume 67, 1996, pp. 11-15.
78. “Vertex Domination Critical Graphs,” with Denis Hanson and Gary MacGillivray,
Networks. Volume 24, 1995, pp. 41-43.
79. “A Generalization of Vizing’s Theorem on Domination,” Discrete Mathematics.
Volume 126, 1994, pp. 403-406.
80. “A Note on the Characterization of Domination Perfect Graphs,” The Journal of
Graph Theory. Volume 17, 1993, pp. 47-51.
REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS (1)
81. “Stein’s Method and Non-Reversible Markov Chains”, Chapter 4 in “Stein’s Method:
Expository Lectures and Applications”, Institute of Mathematical Statistics Lecture
Notes, Volume 46, (2004), Diaconis, Holmes, editors, 69-77
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (1)
82. “Derangements in Simple and Primitive Groups”, with Robert Guralnick, in Groups,
combinatorics, and geometry: Durham 2001, (2003) Ivanov, Liebeck, Saxl editors, 99-121.
SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS (1), available at xxx.lanl.gov
“Tensor Product Markov Chains and Weil Representations”, joint with Michael Larsen
and Pham Huu Tiep, 28 pages.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
USC:
(2024-25): Undergraduate probability (2 sections)
(2023-24): Undergraduate probability, undergraduate combinatorics (2 sections)
(2022-23): Graduate combinatorics, undergraduate probability (2 sections)
(2021-22): Undergraduate probability (3 sections)
(2020-21): Graduate linear algebra, undergraduate probability (2 sections)
(2019-20): Undergraduate probability (3 sections)
(2018-19): Undergraduate probability, graduate probability
(2017-18): Mathematics of physics and engineering, undergraduate probability, linear
algebra and differential equations
(2016-17): Undergraduate probability, undergraduate combinatorics, linear algebra and
differential equations
(2015-16): Graduate linear algebra, topics course on Markov chains, undergraduate
probability
(2014-15): Graduate linear algebra, graduate combinatorics, undergraduate probability
(2013-14): Graduate linear algebra, business calculus, introductory statistics
(2012-13): Sabbatical (fall), graduate probability
(2011-12): Linear algebra and differential equations, graduate combinatorics,
Sabbatical (spring)
(2010-11): Graduate linear algebra, applied algebra, graduate colloquium
(2009-10): Graduate combinatorics, probability for business, graduate colloquium
(2008-9): Sabbatical (fall), graduate colloquium (spring)
(2007-8): Multivariable calculus–2 sections, graduate colloquium
(2006-7): Graduate combinatorics, introductory statistics for non-mathematicians,
graduate colloquium
University of Pittsburgh:
(2005-6) Introductory abstract algebra, discrete structures, Markov chain theory
(2004-5) Introduction to proofs, topics in abstract algebra, probabilistic combinatorics
(2003-4) Introductory abstract algebra (2 sections), course on symmetric group, directed
study on representation theory (once for an undergraduate in summer, once for a
graduate student in fall)
12
(2002-3) Year course in graduate linear algebra, multivariable calculus
(2001-2) Graduate combinatorics, linear algebra
Dartmouth:
(1998-9) Galois theory, undergraduate combinatorics
(1997-8) Introductory abstract algebra, undergraduate combinatorics, topics in applied
probability, honors probability
LECTURE SERIES
(2009) Tutorial lecture series: “Stein’s method and algebra” (4 talks), Singapore
TALKS
(2024) Speaker at USC Algebra Seminar
(2023) Speaker at USC Combinatorics Seminar
(2020) Speaker for teachers at USC MESA (Math Engineering Science Achievement)
Seminar
(2020) Speaker at Ohio State Combinatorics and Probability Seminar
(2020) Speaker at 2020 Southern California Discrete Math Symposium
(2019) Speaker at MIT Conference on Representation Theory, Probability, and
Symmetric Functions
(2019) Speaker at joint Columbia/Courant Probability Symposium
(2019) Speaker at UCLA Combinatorics Seminar
(2018) Speaker at Stanford Probability Seminar
(2018) Speaker at 2018 Southern California Discrete Math Symposium
(2017) Speaker at University of Colorado Boulder Probability Seminar
(2017) Speaker at 2017 Southern California Discrete Math Symposium
(2017) Speaker at Caltech Combinatorics Seminar
(2016) Speaker at USC Combinatorics Seminar
(2015) Speaker at USC Algebra Seminar
(2015) Speaker at UC Irvine Number Theory Seminar
(2014) Member of USC Career Advice Panel
(2014) Speaker at Universite Paul Sabatier Probability Seminar
(2013) Speaker at UCLA Combinatorics Seminar
(2013) Speaker at AMS Session on Markov Chains, UC Riverside
(2013) Member of USC Career Advice Panel
(2013) Speaker at Permutation Groups Conference, Banff, CA
(2012) Speaker at USC Graduate Colloquium
(2012) Speaker at USC Probability Seminar
(2012) Speaker at AMS Session on Group Theory, Hawaii
(2012) Speaker at AMS Session on Combinatorics, Hawaii
(2010) Speaker at AMS Session on Mathematical Models of Random Phenomena, UCLA
(2010) Speaker at AMS Session on Combinatorics and Probability on Groups, UCLA
(2010) Speaker at Annual National AMS meeting in Session on Permutations, San Francisco
(2009) Speaker at UC Irvine Probability Seminar
(2009) Speaker at UCLA Combinatorics Seminar
(2009) Speaker at Stein’s method conference, Singapore
(2008) Speaker at Southern California Probability Symposium, UCLA
(2008) Speaker at Southern California Algebra Conference, UCLA
(2008) Speaker at conference on Random Partitions, Growth Processes and Random
Tilings, in Montreal, Canada
(2008) Speaker at Stanford Probability Seminar
(2008) Speaker at UC Berkeley Probability Seminar
(2008) Speaker at University of Texas Austin Seminar in Number Theory/Combinatorics
(2007) Speaker at 2007 Shuffles Conference in Memory of M. Schocker, in Nice, France
(2006) Speaker at University of Southern California Probability Seminar
(2006) Speaker at Carnegie Mellon Probability Seminar
(2005) Speaker at Oxford Conference on Probabilities in Finite Classical Groups
(2005) Speaker at University of Pittsburgh Algebra/Combinatorics Seminar
(2005) Colloquium, University of Southern California
(2005) Speaker at University of Michigan Combinatorics Seminar
(2004) Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh
(2004) Speaker at MIT Combinatorics Seminar
(2004) A principal speaker at 2004 conference on Geometric Group Theory, Random
Walks, and Harmonic Analysis, in Cortona, Italy
(2002) Speaker at University of Pittsburgh Algebra/Combinatorics Seminar
(2002) Speaker at Courant Institute Conference on Random Matrix Theory and
Combinatorics
(2002) Speaker at Carnegie Mellon Combinatorics Seminar
(2001) Speaker at Midwest Probability Colloquium
(2001) Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh
(2001) Colloquium, Michigan State
(2001) Colloquium, Wayne State
(2001) Colloquium, Texas A&M
(2001) Colloquium, University of Virginia
(2001) Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago
(2001) Colloquium, University of Kentucky
(2001) Speaker at University of Southern California Algebra Seminar
(2001) Speaker at Microsoft Research Seminar, Seattle
(2001) Speaker at University of Washington Combinatorics Seminar
(2001) Speaker at UC Berkeley Combinatorics Seminar
(2000) Colloquium, UC Davis
(2000) Speaker at Stanford Random Matrix Seminar
(1999) Speaker at Ohio State Conference on Computational Group Theory
(1999) Speaker at Northeastern Conference on Hyperplane Arrangements
(1999) Special Seminar, Northwestern University
(1999) Speaker at UC Berkeley Probability Seminar
(1998) Colloquium, University of Minnesota
(1998) Speaker at University of Minnesota Probability Seminar
(1998) Speaker at MIT Combinatorics Seminar
(1998) Speaker at 10th Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics Conference,
Toronto
(1998) Speaker at Stein’s Method Conference, Stanford University
(1998) Speaker at AMS Meeting on Q-series and Partitions, Penn State University
(1998) Speaker at Conference on Probability and Groups, Jerusalem
DISCUSSION OF MY WORK IN THE MEDIA
(2023) “Expert Reveals the Fascinating Link Between Math and Card Shuffling”, in
dornsife.usc.edu/news, April 21, 2023
(2023) “The Best and Worst Ways to Shuffle a Deck of Cards”, Interview on Utube,
April 14, 2023
(2002) “Coming up Trumps”, pages 42-44 in New Scientist, July 20, 2002