Jeffrey Giansiracusa
Studying the geometry behind new forms of arithmetic.
Understanding the shape of complex data.
About Me
I am a professor and Director of Research for Mathematics at Swansea University in Wales. My research interests include
- Topological data analysis, theory and applications
- Tropical geometry, matroids, idempotent algebra, non-archimedean geometry
- Topological field theory, topology of surfaces, moduli spaces, operads, cobordism, and related structures.
I am currently an Editorial Advisor for the London Mathematical Society journals (the Journal, Proceedings, and Bulletin). I am happy to receive submissions in the areas of tropical geometry and algebraic topology.
I serve on the London Mathematical Society Research Policy Committee.
I am a member of the Oxford-Liverpool-Swansea Centre for Topological Data Analysis, funded by EPSRC grant EP/R018472/1.
Contact details
Office: Computational Foundry 339
Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Computational Foundry, Swansea University Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, United Kingdom
Phone (mobile): +44 (0)7815 861468
Phone (office): +44 (0)1792 295087
Fax: +44 (0)1792 295843
Office hours: Thursday 12-2pm
PhD funding
We have exciting fully-funded PhD opportunities at Swansea! Please contact me if you are interested in working with me in an area related to my research interests (tropical geometry, topology, topological data analysis). Unfortunately, these scholarships are available to UK/EU nationals only.
PhD Scholarship in Topological Data Analysis: Pawel Dlotko and I will offering a fully-funded (£14k stipend plus fees) 3-year PhD scholarship to bring another research student into our topological data analysis group and to be a part of the Oxford-Liverpool-Swansea Centre for TDA. The scholarship will be advertised soon, but please contact me if you are interested.
Centres For Doctoral Training (CDTs): In Swansea we have two CDTs that I am involved with. Both are in the area of data science and AI.
- EPSRC multi-disciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Human-Centred AI and Data Science.
- UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Advanced Computing (AIMLAC)
Externally funded and self-funded students: I am always happy to receive applications from self-funded and externally funded prospective PhD students. If you are interested in working with me then please get in touch. For UK/EU residents, the tuition fees for a PhD are currently approximately £4k per year.
Postdoc in TDA
We will be recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join our topological data analysis group. The job will start in October 2020 and is a 3-year 100% research position (no teaching load). The job will be advertised later in the autumn and we expect to shortlist January. Please get in touch with me if you are interested.
I support Federico Ardila's axioms for diversity in mathematics.
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.
Diane Maclagan and I delivered the 2019 WARTHOG summer school at University of Oregon. The topic of the week was Foundations of Tropical Geometry.
Pawel Dlotko and I organised an international conference on topological data analysis and computational topology. The event was funded by grants from the EPSRC and LMS.
