2026 Maseno and Nairobi workshops in Algebraic Geometry
Dates: 3 July 2026 (Maseno), 8 July 2026 (Nairobi)
Organisers: Geoffrey Mboya (IDEMS, Maseno University), Damian Maingi (Catholic University of Eastern Africa)
Supported by the University of Vienna
Maseno Programme
3 July 2026, 9 am to 3 pm EAT
Maseno University Siriba Campus, School of Mathematics Computer Lab
9:00 – 9:10 AM– Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10:05 AM – Balázs Szendrői (University of Vienna, Austria): Ehrhart theory of polytopes and commutative algebra
10:10 – 10:40 AM – Geoffrey Mboya (Maseno University): Free Resolutions of Fibered Varieties
Student presentations
10:45 – 11:00 AM – Marcella Aloo (Maseno University): Algebraic Geometric Analysis of Steady States in Early Stage Cancer Cell Rho GTPases Signaling Networks
11:05 – 11:20 AM – Isaiah Odhiambo (Maseno University): Determinantal Varieties of Segre and Veronese Types
11:25 – 11:55 AM – Fredrick Koech (Maseno University): Lines on K3 and Enriques Surfaces
Nairobi programme
8 July 2026, 9 am to 3 pm (Nairobi time)
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Innovation Hub
9:00am – 9.10 am Opening remarks
9:15am – 10.05am Balázs Szendrői (University of Vienna, Austria): The projective coinvariant algebra
10.40am – 11:30am Irene Macias (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain): Wall-and-Chamber Theory of rank 2 stable bundles on algebraic varieties – remote talk
11:35am – 12:25pm Geoffrey Mboya (Maseno University): Free resolutions of fibered varieties
12.30pm – 1.20pm – Soham Modal (Indian Institute of Technology): Existence of ACM Bundles on Polarized Abelian Varieties – remote talk