Author: akuncu

  • 15 minute mathematics advice /w Krishnaswami Alladi – 2

    We had a second chat with Prof Alladi. This time more focused on Erdös and SASTRA Ramanujan Prize. Here is also my account on the 16th SASTRA Ramanujan award ceremony.   Sadly my main camera didn’t wanted to record this time. Thankfully there was the second one I borrowed from the UF math department.  …

  • 15 minute mathematics advice /w Philip Boyland

    It is always a blast to chat with Prof Boyland. It was good to learn Ergodic theory from him. He advised my roommate (here is a story/memory with him), and with that we get to meet too. He is a great researcher, a great advisor, a great teacher, the co-director of Center of Applied Mathematics…

  • 15 minute mathematics advice /w Kevin Knudson

    Kevin Knudson and I met later in my graduate studies, when he assumed the position of associate chair at the UF math department. Amazing all-a·round professional. Much to learn from him.    

  • 15 minute mathematics advice /w Douglas Cenzer

    This particular professor of University of Florida was the chair when I was most active teaching there. He has supported me greatly, and he has been a great role model. Prof Cenzer, is one of the morale boosters of the department:    

  • 15 minute mathematics advice /w Krishnaswami Alladi

    One of my professors from University of Florida; the very person who taught me the first graduate course in q-series and partition theory; one of my academic recommenders; it is a pleasure to know Krishnaswami Alladi. I learn a lot from him in every conversation we have, and this is no exaggeration.   This time…

  • 15 minute mathematics advice /w Christoph Koutschan

    It is always great to chat with Christoph. I am happy to know him for 3 years, and I have listened to his advice many times before. It felt like the right time to share his intuition with people. Especially right after becoming a postdoctoral researcher under his mentoring, I had many questions. I had…

  • 15 minute mathematics advice /w Stefano Capparelli

    I recently had the chance to chat with Prof. Stefano Capparelli in his office at Sapienza University of Rome. I want to share our conversation with the public. I hope that this conversation, I enjoyed very much, would also be interesting/enjoyable/inspiring/helpful to others.     I also want to add that I had a great…

  • An account on the 16th International Conference on Srinivasa Ramanujan

    Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. 21-22 December 2018 Srinivasa Ramanujan’s legacy is undeniable in the mathematics community. His uncanny story from his birth in the small town of Kumbakonam to his election as the first Indian as a Fellow of the Trinity College in Cambridge and his early passing is well known and now even in…

  • Workshop on Integer Partitions

    Two related links: Nesin Mathematics Village and this workshop’s description. Pdf Version: Workshop on Integer Partitions. Nesin Mathematics Village, May 21–25, 2018 Nesin Mathematics Village This unique place needs no introduction. I —while offending other valuable foundations— would always say that this is the one non-profit organization that has added so much to Mathematics community and Turkey…

  • My end of many beginnings was the launch of my late year plans. I was going to my hometown to take care of some well needed business. The obligations I was carrying from Florida was worrying me a little. Went to Tampa airport to start a chain of flights on a sunny day. Said my…