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Rebecca Goldin

Research Interests

My research is in symplectic geometry, group actions and related combinatorics. Among my interests are: Schubert polynomials and the intersection properties of Schubert varieties, toric varieties, equivariant cohomology, moment maps and symplectic and hyperkähler reduction, and orbifold cohomology. I have also become involved in the media's use of statistics and mathematics. Feel free to read my papers.

STATS

I am currently Director of Research at Statistical Assessment Service, or STATS, a non-profit media watch-dog group affiliated with George Mason. This is  in addition to my position in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. The main purpose of the organization is to promote the responsible and mathematically sound use of data and statistics in journalism and communication. I was recently interviewed by PBS for their program Now, where I was edited past recognition.

Conferences and my whereabouts

Last fall ('07) I was at Cornell University, due to a residential fellowship as part of the Michler Prize. I had a great time talking to the many wonderful mathematicians in their department. This spring ('08) I joined the AMS as a general council member, where I have been appointed to the Science Policy Committee. I will be speaking in the Topology Festival at Cornell in May, in Spain at the "Moment Maps" conference this June, and giving the Falconer Lecture at the MAA MathFest this August. 

This month (April), the AMS is coordinating calls to congressional representative all across the U.S. to advocate for science funding. If you want information about this, or to be added to the mailing list, please let me know. It takes little time, and the AMS can provide you with helpful instructions about what to do and what to say to support science funding at the federal level. Any U.S. citizen can make a difference by sharing his or her views.

I recently gave the colloquium at Georgetown University, and a lecture at the AMS Eastern Sectional meetings in New York. Before that, I gave several lectures at Cornell while on leave there, and finished with the Non-Birthday conference of my advisor, Victor Guillemin, and his advisor, Shlomo Sternberg, at the Fields Institute this past January. Last February ('07), I went in Paris (the Institute Henri Poincare) for a Workshop on Quantum Cohomology of Stacks and Groupoids. In March, I went to Banff, Canada for a conference on Contemporary Schubert Calculus and Schubert Geometry. The previous May-June ('06) I went to Osaka, Japan for the International Conference on Toric Topology. Here is a picture of everyone who was there.

Teaching

This Spring ('08) I am teaching Math 722 (Algebraic Topology). Last semester I taught  Math 621 (Abstract Algebra) and coordinated Math 795 (graduate math seminar). I have previously taught an assortment of graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as advised individual and summer projects.

If you're interested in working with me independently, you can ask my students what they think.

Family

My kids are an inspiration to me (here's Benjamin learning about flops with my colleague....). My other half is also a professor at George Mason (with his own website).
 

News:	George Mason:
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Washington Post	Library, ISI
La Repubblica	Academic Calendars
Le Monde	Patriot web
The Independent	Provost's Office

This website is (as always) under construction. Last updated March 31, 2008.