The goal of the symposium is to forge new connections between faculty and students in Utah who are working on representation theory, algebra and number theory and related fields.

Next meeting: Saturday March 21, 2026

Location: University of Utah, LCB 219 (campus map)

Speakers

Peter Crooks (Utah State University)

Mark Gao (Utah State University)

Matt Harper (Michigan State University)

Suo-Jun Tan (University of Utah)

Stephen McKean (Brigham Young University)

Gordan Savin (University of Utah)

Schedule

9:30am-10:15am: Stephen McKean- Motivic invariants of automorphisms

10:15am-10:45am: Coffee break

10:45am-11:30am: Mark Gao- A Generalization of Kostant's Codimension-Three Theorem

11:30am-11:45am: Coffee break

11:45am-12:30pm: Gordan Savin

12:30pm-1:15pm: Lunch

1:15pm-2:00pm: Matt Harper- Hopf ideals in quantum groups at roots of 1

2:00pm-2:15pm: Coffee Break

2:15pm-3:00pm: Peter Crooks- Slices for reductive group actions in algebraic symplectic geometry

3:00pm-3:15pm: Coffee break

3:15pm-4:00pm: Suo-Jun Tan- Slope Classicality Statements in Number Theory

Registration: All are welcome to attend. We ask that all participants please register here to facilitate planning. (Please email Matt Young (matthew.young@usu.edu) if you have issues registering.) We do not have general funding to support participation.

Parking: There is free parking on weekends behind the Math Department; see here https://maps.app.goo.gl/vEez1t9YBFuFhdcE7.

Organizers: Petar Bakic (Utah), Peter Crooks (USU), Sean Howe (Utah), Stephen McKean (BYU), David Schwein (Utah) and Matt Young (USU)

Previous meetings: October 2025, March 2025