{"id":4,"date":"2025-12-18T14:19:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/?p=4"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:35:07","slug":"cmnd-2026-thematic-program-algebraic-combinatorics-and-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/2025\/12\/18\/cmnd-2026-thematic-program-algebraic-combinatorics-and-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"CMND 2026 Thematic Program: Algebraic Combinatorics and Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Center for Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame will host a two-week thematic program &#8220;Algebraic combinatorics and applications&#8221; from June 29 to July 10, 2026. The first week will consist of two learning workshops held in parallel, one for undergraduate students and another for graduate students and postdocs. The second week will be an international research conference. Funding is available for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs (see the links on the right panel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 29 &#8211; July 3, 2026 Undergraduate and Graduate\/PostDoc Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Undergraduate mini-course lecturers:<\/em><br>Grant Barkley (University of Michigan): Bruhat orders and applications<br>Amanda Burcroff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Cluster algebras<br>Colleen Robichaux (University of California, Los Angeles): Schubert calculus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration for the undergraduate mini-courses is restricted to accepted participants. The deadline to apply has passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Graduate\/postdoc mini-course lecturers:<\/em><br>Thomas Lam (University of Michigan): Positive geometries<br>Pavlo Pylyavskyy (University of Minnesota): Cluster algebras, T-systems, and Zamolodchikov periodicity<br>Jessica Striker (North Dakota State University): Webs and alternating sign matrices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2026\/06\/CMND_2026_GP_Schedule.pdf\">Graduate\/postdoc mini-course schedule (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration for the graduate\/postdoc mini-courses closed on June 1. The deadline to apply for funding has passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>July 6 &#8211; July 10, 2026 International Conference Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration for conference week closed on June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>International Research Conference Speakers:<\/em><br>Grant Barkley (University of Michigan)<br>Amanda Burcroff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<br>Sergey Fomin (University of Michigan)<br>Christian Gaetz (University of California, Berkeley)<br>Allen Knutson (Cornell University)<br>Jacob Matherne (North Carolina State University)<br>Isabella Novik (University of Washington)<br>Vincent Pilaud (Universitat de Barcelona)<br>Martha Precup (Washington University in St. Louis)<br>Nathan Reading (North Carolina State University)<br>Colleen Robichaux (University of California, Los Angeles)<br>Anne Schilling (University of California, Davis)<br>George Seelinger (University of Michigan)<br>Melissa Sherman-Bennett (University of California, Davis)<br>Hunter Spink (University of Toronto)<br>Anna Weigandt (University of Minnesota)<br>Alex Yong (University of Illinois at Urbana\u2013Champaign)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference will end no later than 1pm on Friday, July 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2026\/06\/CoC.pdf\">Participant code of conduct (PDF)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/centerformath.nd.edu\/resources-for-participants\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/centerformath.nd.edu\/resources-for-participants\/\"><strong>Notre Dame travel information (link)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Child care options<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1zzVf182diMVoJyUQvaTUS1hlORD53eL62PyjDK5MiH4\/edit?usp=sharing\">CMND list (link)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/frc.nd.edu\/married-and-parenting-student-resources\/childcare\/\">Notre Dame Family Resource Center (link)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizers<\/strong><br>David Galvin (University of Notre Dame) <a href=\"mailto:dgalvin1@nd.edu\">dgalvin1@nd.edu<\/a><br>Michael Gekhtman (University of Notre Dame) <a href=\"mailto:mgekhtma@nd.edu\">mgekhtma@nd.edu<\/a><br>Steven Karp (University of Notre Dame) <a href=\"mailto:skarp2@nd.edu\">skarp2@nd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions about the application process, please contact Nikki Stapleton <a href=\"mailto:nstaplet@nd.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nstaplet@nd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Funding<\/strong><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"165\" class=\"wp-image-47\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2025\/12\/academic-mark_primary_fullcolor_rgb_400px-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2025\/12\/academic-mark_primary_fullcolor_rgb_400px-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2025\/12\/academic-mark_primary_fullcolor_rgb_400px-2-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"wp-image-48\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2025\/12\/NSF_Official_logo_Med_Res_600ppi-medium-2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2025\/12\/NSF_Official_logo_Med_Res_600ppi-medium-2.png 480w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2025\/12\/NSF_Official_logo_Med_Res_600ppi-medium-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2025\/12\/NSF_Official_logo_Med_Res_600ppi-medium-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/files\/2025\/12\/NSF_Official_logo_Med_Res_600ppi-medium-2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br>We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the following sources:<br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/centerformath.nd.edu\/\">Center for Mathematics at Notre Dame<\/a><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/math.nd.edu\/\">Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame<\/a><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nd.edu\/\">College of Science, University of Notre Dame<\/a><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.nd.edu\/\">Notre Dame Research<\/a><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/show-award\/?AWD_ID=2611405\">National Science Foundation<\/a>*<br><br><em><sub>*This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2611405. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame will host a two-week thematic program &#8220;Algebraic combinatorics and applications&#8221; from June 29 to July 10, 2026. The first week will consist of two learning workshops held in parallel, one for undergraduate students and another for graduate students and postdocs. The second week will be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/2025\/12\/18\/cmnd-2026-thematic-program-algebraic-combinatorics-and-applications\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CMND 2026 Thematic Program: Algebraic Combinatorics and Applications&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4744,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"[]"},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4744"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cmnd2026-thematic-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}