Joshua Paik

email: jdp 5887 at psu dot edu

PhD student. I like dynamical systems and computers. My PhD advisors are Jairo Bochi and Amie Wilkinson. I used to be an applied mathematician.

Research

-Averaging Invariant Measures, with Jairo Bochi. (In progress)

- Completely Integrable Replicator Dynamics Associated to Competitive Networks, with Christopher Griffin. Physical Review E. (2023)

- Betti Curves of Rank One Symmetric Matrices, with Carina Curto and Igor Rivin. Geometric Science of Information. (2021)

Teaching

- Fall 2023: Math 140 Calculus 1, 2 sections

- Fall 2022: Math 35: A general view of mathematics

- Spring 2022: Math 220: Matrices

Events I organize

Lunchtime Colloquium for Graduate Students with Lael Costa and Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin

Coorganize the Geometry Seminar with Dmitri Burago and Anton Petrunin.

Other stuff

University of Maryland Dynamics Conference Spring 2024

Graduate Teaching Associate 2023

Maryland Symbolics Conference, 2023

Summer School: Partial Hyperbolicity 2023 at Maryland -- Brin MRC

Workshop: Partial Hyperbolicity 2023 at Maryland -- Brin MRC

ZZRQ Award 2023: In recognition of a doctoral candidate who has contributed most to the sense of community within the department of mathematics.

Department of Mathematics Teaching Award Fall 2023: In recognition of outstanding teaching by a graduate assistant in mathematics.

USA - Uzbekistan Advanced Studies Instititute at Urgench State University - 2022

Houston Workshop on Hyperbolic Dynamics - 2022

For references, contact Jairo Bochi, Amie Wilkinson, Sergei Tabachnikov, or Dmitri Burago.

Presentations

University of Maryland Dynamics Conference, Student Days, April 3, 2024

PSU Geometry Seminar, February 2024.

PSU Undergraduate Student Seminar, February 2024.

Talk at Penn State Mathematical Biology Seminar 2022.

Talk at Geometric Science of Information, Sorbonne University 2021.

Some talks that inspire me

I like watching math talks on Youtube. Here are some that I really enjoy and have rewatched.

Jin Young Park, Proof of Kahn-Kalai Conjecture

Bryna Kra, 2022 NAS Research Briefing

Amie Wilkinson, Fields Institute 2018

Diana Davis, Billiards in Regular Polygons

Richard Schwartz, A survey lecture on Billiards

Craig Kaplan, An Aperiodic Monotile

Dmitry Dolgopyat, Flexibility of statistical properties in smooth dynamics

Scott Aaronson, Avi's Permanent Impact on Me

Ardilla Axioms

Axiom 1. Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.

Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.

Axiom 3. Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.

Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect