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<strong>Kristin</strong> <strong>Shaw</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><br />
University <strong>of</strong> Toronto<br />
<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mathematics</strong><br />
Bahen Centre<br />
40 St. George St., Room 6290<br />
Toronto, Ontario<br />
CANADA<br />
M5S 2E4<br />
Email: shawkm@math.utoronto.ca<br />
Employment<br />
Postdoctoral Fellow, University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, January, 2012 - present.<br />
Education<br />
Ph.D. <strong>Mathematics</strong>, Université de Genève, under supervision <strong>of</strong> Grigory Mikhalkin, December 2011.<br />
M.Sc <strong>Mathematics</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, under supervision <strong>of</strong> Grigory Mikhalkin, November 2010.<br />
B.S. Honours <strong>Mathematics</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> British Columbia, supervisor S. van Willigenburg, 2000-2005.<br />
Math in Moscow Program, Independent University <strong>of</strong> Moscow, September - December 2003.<br />
Awards<br />
NSERC Canadian graduate scholarship - doctoral level September 2007-April 2010.<br />
NSERC Postgraduate scholarship - masters level September 2006-April 2007.<br />
NSERC Undergraduate student research award 2003-2005.<br />
NSERC - CMS Math in Moscow Scholarship 2003.<br />
Oberwolfach Leibniz Graduate Student - Workshop: Real Enumerative Questions in Complex and Tropical<br />
Geometry, April 2011.<br />
Birkhäuser prize for best talk - 7th Annual Swiss Graduate Colloquium, February 2011.<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Publications<br />
<strong>Kristin</strong> M. <strong>Shaw</strong>. Tropical (1, 1)-homology for floor decomposed surfaces. A paraître au Contemporary<br />
mathematics: Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Workshop on Tropical Geometry (CIEM, Castro Urdiales, Spain). Eds:<br />
E. Brugallé, M.A. Cueto, A. Dickenstein, E.M. Feichtner and I. Itenberg.<br />
Erwan Brugallé and <strong>Kristin</strong> M. <strong>Shaw</strong>. Local obstructions to lifting tropical curves in surfaces. arXiv<br />
pre-print: arXiv:1110.0533v1<br />
<strong>Kristin</strong> M. <strong>Shaw</strong> Local obstructions to approximating tropical curves in surfaces. Oberwolfach Reports<br />
Vol. 20, to appear.<br />
<strong>Kristin</strong> M. <strong>Shaw</strong>. Tropical intersections in matroidal fans. arXiv pre-print: arXiv:1010.3967v1 SIAM<br />
Journal on Discrete <strong>Mathematics</strong>, to appear.<br />
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<strong>Kristin</strong> <strong>Shaw</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><br />
Victor Reiner, <strong>Kristin</strong> M. <strong>Shaw</strong>, Stephanie van Willigenburg. Coincidences among skew Schur functions.<br />
Advances in <strong>Mathematics</strong>. 216:118-152, 2007. arXiv version: arXiv:math/0602634v3<br />
<strong>Kristin</strong> M. <strong>Shaw</strong> and Stephanie van Willigenburg. Multiplicity free expansions <strong>of</strong> Schur P -functions.<br />
Annals <strong>of</strong> Combinatorics, 11:69-77, 2007. arXiv version: arXiv:0706.3249v1<br />
Teaching<br />
Classical geometries. University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, January 2013-April 2013.<br />
Linear algebra 1. University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, September 2012-December 2012.<br />
Introduction to Number Theory. University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, January 2012-April 2012.<br />
Teaching assistant - Analyse Complexe I. Université de Gen`ve, September - December 2011.<br />
Teaching assistant - Algébre I. Université de Gen`ve, February - June 2011.<br />
Teaching assistant - Mathématiques Pour Informaticiens and Labo de Programmation. Université de<br />
Gen`ve, January-June 2010.<br />
Teaching assistant - Analyse I and Labo de Programmation. Université de Gen`ve, January-June 2009.<br />
Teaching assistant - Calculus and Linear Algebra. University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, September 2006-April 2007,<br />
September- December 2008.<br />
Seminar co-organizer. “What is . . . ?” seminar. MSRI Berkeley, October-December 2009.<br />
Invited stays<br />
Fondation Mathématiques de Paris (Institut Mathématiques de Jussieu) April - July 2012.<br />
Instituto de Matemáticas (Unidad Cuernavaca) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México November -<br />
December 2010.<br />
Program Associate, MSRI Berkeley semester on tropical geometry, September - December 2009.<br />
Visiting student, Berlin Mathematical School, October 2007 - August 2008.<br />
Selected invited talks<br />
Spring School: Tropical Geometry and Cluster Algebra, Jussieu, Paris April 2012: Tropical intersection<br />
theory and applications<br />
Workshop: Tropical Geometry ICMS, Edinburgh, April 2012: Obstructions to lifting lines in tropical<br />
surfaces<br />
Tropical Geometry Workshop CIEM Castro Urdiales, Spain, December 2011: Tropical (1, 1)-homology<br />
<strong>of</strong> floor decomposed surfaces.<br />
Tropical Geometry in Europe, Institut de mathématiques de Toulouse, France, October 2011: Tropical<br />
smoothness and the adjunction formula for curves in surfaces.<br />
University <strong>of</strong> California Berkeley, Combinatorics Seminar, September 2011: Local obstructions to approximating<br />
tropical curves in surfaces.<br />
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<strong>Kristin</strong> <strong>Shaw</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><br />
San Francisco State University, Combinatorics Seminar, September 2011: A tropical intersection product<br />
on matroidal fans.<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, Symplectic Geometry Seminar, August 2011: Local obstructions to approximating<br />
tropical curves in surfaces.<br />
Workshop: Real Enumerative Questions in Complex and Tropical Geometry; Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut<br />
Oberwolfach, Germany, April 2011: Local obstructions to approximating tropical curves in surfaces.<br />
7th Swiss Graduate Colloquium; EPFL, Switzerland, February 2011: Obstructions to lifting tropical<br />
curves in hyperplane arrangements.<br />
3rd PhD students conference in tropical geometry - University <strong>of</strong> Göttingen, Germany, January 2011:<br />
Intersection theoretic obstructions to lifting tropical curves.<br />
Encuentro Tropical - CIMAT Guanajuato, Mexico, December 2010: Tropical surfaces I and II.<br />
Cuernavaca, Mexico, November 2010: Hyperplane arrangements, Bergman fans and tropical geometry.<br />
Workshop in Tropical Homology; Institut mathématiques de Jussieu, Paris, September 2010: Tropical<br />
intersection theory I and II.<br />
Séminaire théorie des noeuds et topologie en petite dimension; Institut de mathématiques de Toulouse -<br />
February 2010: Géométrie tropicale et théorie d’intersection.<br />
Graduate student seminar; MSRI, Berkeley, November 16th, 2009: Tropical intersections on matroidal<br />
fans via modification.<br />
Groupe de travail de Géométrie Tropicale; Paris, February 2009: Modifications et intersections tropicales.<br />
Gökova geometry/topology conference; Gökova, Turkey. May 2008: Introduction to tropical intersection<br />
theory.<br />
Teaching and other<br />
Classical geometries. University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, January 2013-April 2013.<br />
Linear algebra 1. University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, September 2012-December 2012.<br />
Introduction to Number Theory. University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, January 2012-April 2012.<br />
Teaching assistant - Analyse Complexe I. Université de Gen`ve, September - December 2011.<br />
Teaching assistant - Algébre I. Université de Gen`ve, February - June 2011.<br />
Teaching assistant - Mathématiques Pour Informaticiens and Labo de Programmation. Université de<br />
Gen`ve, January-June 2010.<br />
Teaching assistant - Analyse I and Labo de Programmation. Université de Gen`ve, January-June 2009.<br />
Teaching assistant - Calculus and Linear Algebra. University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, September 2006-April 2007,<br />
September- December 2008.<br />
Seminar co-organizer. “What is . . . ?” seminar. MSRI Berkeley, October-December 2009.<br />
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<strong>Kristin</strong> <strong>Shaw</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><br />
Computer Skills<br />
Operating systems: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X.<br />
<strong>Mathematics</strong>: Maple, Mathematica, Matlab.<br />
Other: TEX, L ATEX, Python, PiScript, HTML.<br />
Languages<br />
English (first language), French (read-spoken-written fluently), German (read-spoken-written intermediate)<br />
Last updated: December 18, 2012<br />
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