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Seth Sullivant

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Department of Mathematics
Harvard University
One Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: (617) 495-5274
email: seths@math.harvard.edu

Employment:

I am a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows.
I am affiliated with the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics.

Education:

B.A.	in Mathematics	8/96 - 5/00	UC Berkeley
M.A.	in Mathematics	8/00 - 5/02	San Francisco State University	Advisor: Serkan Hosten
Ph. D.	in Mathematics	8/02 - 5/05	UC Berkeley	Advisor: Bernd Sturmfels

Research Interests:

Algebraic statistics; commutative, combinatorial, and computational algebra; algebraic geometry; combinatorics; polyhedral geometry; optimization; multivariate statistics; log-linear and graphical models; phylogenetics

** Vita **

** Papers **

** Job Search Materials **

** Computational Commutative Algebra Challenge Problem **

Recent Preprints

Markov models for accumulating mutations. (with N. Beerenwinkel), 2007, submitted 0709.2646
Algebraic complexity of maximum likelihood estimation for bivariate missing data. (with S. Hosten), 2007, submitted 0709.0935
Gaussian conditional independence relations have no finite complete characterization. 2007, submitted 0704.2847
Algebraic geometry of Gaussian Bayesian networks. 2007, to appear in Advances in Applied Mathematics. 0704.0918
Prolongations and computational algebra. (with J. Sidman), 2006, to appear in Canadian Journal of Mathematics. math.AC/0611696

Upcoming Conferences, Workshops, Talks, and Other Activities:

Oberwolfach Seminar on Algebraic Statistics, Oberwolfach, Germany, May 11-17, 2008.
Pistone Conference, Sestri Levante, Italy, May 19-20, 2008.
Mathematical Aspects of Graphical Models, Durham, UK, June 30 - July 10, 2008.
Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics, SAMSI, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2008-9

Past Conferences and Workshops:

Algebraic Statistics and Computational Biology. "Theme Topic" in Statistica Sinica
Multivariate Interpolation-- Its relation to Algebraic Statistics, Classical Algebraic Geometry, and Computational Complexity Theory, Sestri Levante, Italy, October 16-19, 2007.
AMS Special Session on Combinatorial Enumeration, Optimization, Geometry and Statistics, Murfreesboro, TN, Nov 3-4, 2007.
AMS Special Session on Secant Varieties and Related Topics, San Diego, CA, Jan 6-9, 2008.
Applicable Algebraic Geometry. Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, July 23 - August 10, 2007.
Algebraic Statistics Short Course. DIAMANT/EIDMA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 25-29, 2007.
Applications of Algebraic Geometry. Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Minneapolis, MN, September 2006 - July 2007.
Applications in Biology, Dynamics, and Statistics. Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Minneapolis, MN, March 5-9, 2007.
Theoretical and Practical Effectivity of Gröbner bases. Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto, Japan, January 22-26, 2007.
Algebraic Statistics Mini-course. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 3 - July 7, 2006.
Algebraic Statistics, Tropical Geometry, and Computational Biology. Summer School. Sophus Lie Conference Center, Nordfjordeid, Norway, June 17-21, 2006.
Algebraic Statistics Short Course. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May 30 - June 2, 2006.
Algebraic Statistics: Theory and Practice. AMS Special Session, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX, January 12-13, 2006.
Algebraic Statistics and Computational Biology. Clay Mathematics Institute, Cambridge, MA, November 12-14, 2005.

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