Y Math?
A University of Washington math series on the use of Mathematics outside Mathematics
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Y Math is a lecture series on the use of mathematics beyond academia. It features talks by professionals who explain how they use mathematics in their work. They are dedicated to undergraduate students, in particular to those wondering which career paths are available after a mathematics degree.
In the Fall 2025, the talks take place in ECE 105, on Fridays 3:30-4:30PM. All are welcome!
October 10th 2025 | Chinmay Nirkhe, University of Washington | Complexity of Quantum States
October 10th 2025 | Chinmay Nirkhe, University of Washington | Complexity of Quantum States
Chinmay Nirkhe is a faculty member in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and a member of the CS Theory and Quantum CS groups. Before UW, he was a research scientist with IBM Quantum. He received his Ph.D. from Berkeley and his B.S. from Caltech. Nirkhe is somewhere between a mathematician and a computer scientist. His research is at the intersection of complexity theory and quantum computation. In particular, he is interested in proving hardness-of-approximation results and lower bounds on the description complexity of quantum states.
November 7th 2025 | Jeremy Kun, Google | Planning Datacenters and Protecting Data at Google
November 7th 2025 | Jeremy Kun, Google | Planning Datacenters and Protecting Data at Google
February 20th 2026 | Emilie Purvine, PNW National Lab | Complex mathematical models of data
February 20th 2026 | Emilie Purvine, PNW National Lab | Complex mathematical models of data
April 3rd 2026 | Michael Naehrig, Microsoft | Y Math? To prove and verify!
April 3rd 2026 | Michael Naehrig, Microsoft | Y Math? To prove and verify!
May 1st 2026 | Kristin Lauter, Meta | AI4Crypto: Machine Learning attacks on Post Quantum Cryptography
May 1st 2026 | Kristin Lauter, Meta | AI4Crypto: Machine Learning attacks on Post Quantum Cryptography
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