MS 050
Brandeis University
Department of Mathematics
Waltham, MA 02453
Yan Zhuang
B zhuangy [AT] brandeis [DOT] edu
(Last Updated: June 21, 2015)
Education
Aug. 2013 – Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Present Advisor: Ira Gessel
Aug. 2009 – B.A., Mathematics and Philosophy, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, Summa
May 2013 cum laude.
Departmental Honors in Mathematics and Philosophy
Research Interests
Enumerative and algebraic combinatorics
Teaching
Aug. 2014 – Graduate Student Instructor, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Present Integral Calculus (2 semesters)
Sept. 2013 – Graduate Teaching Assistant, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Present Applied Linear Algebra (1 semester), Multivariable Calculus (1 semester)
Sept. 2013 – Graduate Student Tutor, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Apr. 2014 Work at tutoring center for students taking Pre-Calculus, Differential Calculus, and Integral
Calculus.
Jan. 2011 – Supplemental Instruction Leader and Grader, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD.
May 2013 Problem Solving and Mathematics: Geometry (1 semester), Calculus I (1 semester),
Calculus II (1 semester), Linear Algebra (3 semesters)
Papers
{ “Monoid networks and counting permutations by runs”.
Preprint.
[arXiv:1505.02308]
{ “Logarithmic representability of integers as k-sums”, with Anant P. Godbole,
Samuel Gutekunst, and Vince Lyzinski. Integers 15A: Paper #A5, 15, 2015. [Link
to Integers]
{ “Counting permutations by alternating descents”, with Ira M. Gessel. Electron. J. Combin. 21(4): Paper #P4.23, 21, 2014. [Link to E.J.C.]
{ “Shattering thresholds for random systems of sets, words, and permutations”, with Anant P. Godbole and Samantha Pinella. Pure Math. Appl.
(PU.M.A.) 24(2): 125-142, 2013. [Link to PU.M.A.]
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Presentations
Mar. 2015 “Permutations with Parity Restrictions on Valleys and Peaks”, Brandeis
Combinatorics Seminar, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Jan. 2015 “A Survey of Permutation Patterns”, Graduate Student Seminar, Brandeis
University, Waltham, MA.
Sept. 2014 “Counting Permutations by Alternating Descents”, Brandeis Combinatorics
Seminar, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Sep. 2014 “Combinatorics, Generating Functions, and a Permutation Counting Problem”, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD.
Apr. 2014 “Random Graphs, Threshold Functions, and Zero-One Laws”, Graduate Student Seminar, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
May 2013 “Probabilistic Bounds for the First-Order Theory of Random Graphs”, Senior Thesis Defense, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD.
Jan. 2013 “The VC Dimension of Random Set Systems, Word Sets, and Permutation
Sets”, 2013 Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA.
July 2012 “Threshold Functions of Random Set Systems”, 3rd Southeastern REU Symposium, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.
Conferences, Workshops, Summer Schools
May 2015
July 2014
June 2014
Ira Gessel 2015, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Permutation Patterns 2014, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
Stanley@70, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
June 2013 – Nebraska IMMERSE, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
July 2013
Jan. 2013
2013 Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA.
Awards and Honors
Brandeis University
June 2014
Summer Research Funding.
Awarded for Summer 2014.
Mar. 2013
GAANN Fellowship.
Awarded for Fall 2013 through Spring 2015.
Goucher College
Apr. 2013
Marian M. Torrey Prize in Mathematics.
Top graduating senior in mathematics.
Apr. 2013
Mary Carman Rose Prize in Philosophy.
Top graduating senior in philosophy.
Apr. 2012
Nancy J. Engelhardt ’64 Memorial Award in the Sciences.
Best independent project in mathematics or the sciences.
Apr. 2010, Apr. Pearl Davis Leavitt Prize in Mathematics.
2011, Apr. Non-graduating student with greatest potential in mathematics. (Won three times.)
2012
Apr. 2010
Mathematics Writing Prize.
Best expository mathematics paper.
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Aug. 2009 Winner of Goucher College First-Year Student Essay Contest.
Best essay on The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, among all first-year students.
Feb. 2009
Dean’s Scholarship.
Four year, full tuition merit scholarship.
Leadership and Service
Sept. 2011 – President of Pi Mu Epsilon, MD Theta (Goucher College) Chapter.
May 2013
Sept. 2012 – President of MaCS (Math & Computer Science) Club at Goucher College.
Mar. 2013
Jan. 2011 – President of LOTUS: The Asian Student Association at Goucher College.
May 2012 Formerly Vice President (Aug. 2010 to Dec. 2010), Public Relations Officer (Sept.
2009 to May 2009)
Computer Skills
Programming:
Web Design:
Typesetting:
Maple, C++, Java
HTML, XHTML, CSS
LATEX
Professional and Scholarly Organizations
May 2013 – Phi Beta Kappa
Present
Sept. 2011 – American Mathematical Society
Present
June 2010 – Pi Mu Epsilon
Present
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