This $330,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research into quantum groups, W-algebras, and Brauer-Kauffmann categories, with a focus on understanding the underlying mathematical symmetries that govern natural phenomena. The principal investigator will develop emerging theories and applications of I-quantum groups, including exploring braid group actions, Drinfeld presentations, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences grant award, titled "Categorical Centers, Cactus Actions, and Diagram Algebras," provides $170,000 in funding to Northeastern University over 3 years, from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The project will develop a deeper understanding of representation theory, which studies the symmetries of mathematical objects, by combining algebraic, combinatorial, and categorical techniques to investigate quantum groups...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $172,247 to support collaborative research on small quantum groups, their categorifications, and topological applications. The research aims to bridge the gap between 3D topological quantum field theories and our 4D universe, with a focus on developing homological invariants of 3D and 4D manifolds. The project will involve students and postdocs,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $361,459 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to expand the scope of rigidity in von Neumann algebras and uncover new applications to group theory, ergodic theory, and C*-algebras from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. Specifically, the award will support research investigating rigidity properties for group von Neumann algebras and related topics, such as Hilbert-Schmidt...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $155,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. This funding supports research related to the representation theory of groups, which is the study of symmetry and its applications in various mathematical fields. The project aims to construct and classify pre-Tannakian categories, which are algebraic structures generalizing the...
This Project Grant award of $149,002 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award will fund research at the University of Iowa to extend the foundations of representation theory of finite dimensional associative algebras to the setting of algebras in tensor categories. This work aims to broaden participation in mathematics by engaging a diverse group of doctoral students in...
This three-year, $611,884 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research on higher categorical structures in algebraic geometry at Northwestern University from September 2022 through August 2025. The project aims to apply recent developments in higher category theory and condensed mathematics to longstanding questions in algebra and algebraic geometry relating to complete noncommutative categorical...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $112,231 project grant to Texas A & M University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research into the regularity properties and K-theory of crossed product operator algebras from June 2021 through May 2024. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge and understanding of major problems in mathematics and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded North Carolina State University a $270,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "COXETER GROUPS, SCATTERING DIAGRAMS, AND SHARDS" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant funding will allow researchers at North Carolina State University to advance understanding of major problems in mathematics through projects...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences provides $194,902 to Texas A&M University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study the quantum symmetries of topological phases of matter. The investigator will classify and distinguish topological phases through their mathematical symmetries, probe their properties, and understand relationships between phases through transitions. Some emphasis will be placed on...