François Charest - Department of Mathematics - Columbia University
François Charest - Department of Mathematics - Columbia University
François Charest - Department of Mathematics - Columbia University
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560RiversideDr. Apt. 6C<br />
NewYork,NY 10027<br />
<strong>François</strong> <strong>Charest</strong><br />
charest@math.columbia.edu<br />
646-388-3214<br />
Education<br />
Ph.D.<strong>Mathematics</strong> 11/2012<br />
UniversitédeMontréal,Montréal,QC<br />
Advisor: <strong>François</strong> Lalonde,OctavCornea<br />
Thesis: SourceSpaces andPerturbationsforCluster Complexes<br />
Withhighesthonors<br />
Master2Advanced <strong>Mathematics</strong>,Research Oriented 09/2009<br />
ENS deLyon,Lyon,France<br />
Superviseur: Jean-YvesWelschinger<br />
Dissertation: Foncteursdela topologiesymplectique<br />
Withhonors<br />
B.Sc. Double Majorin<strong>Mathematics</strong> andPhysics 05/2006<br />
UniversitédeMontréal,Montréal,QC<br />
Cumulativeaverage: 4.13/4.30<br />
Experience<br />
RittAssistantPr<strong>of</strong>essor 07/2012-07/2013<br />
<strong>Department</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>Mathematics</strong>,<strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
• Teaching Calculus III(Fall2012)and Calculus I (Spring2013).<br />
Lecturer, Calculus2 05/2012-08/2012<br />
<strong>Department</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>Mathematics</strong> andStatistics,Universitéde Montréal<br />
Teaching assistant 09/2006-05/2012<br />
<strong>Department</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>Mathematics</strong> andStatistics,Universitéde Montréal<br />
• Conducted problemsolvingsessions,graded exams,held <strong>of</strong>ficehours.<br />
Research intern Summer 2005<br />
<strong>Department</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>Mathematics</strong> andStatistics,Universitéde Montréal<br />
Advisor: PavelWinternitz<br />
• Determined thedomain<strong>of</strong> applicability <strong>of</strong>quasiseparation<strong>of</strong>variables in<br />
quantum systemswith amagneticfield.<br />
• UsedPDE solvingtools.<br />
Undergraduateteachingassistant Winter 2005<br />
<strong>Department</strong><strong>of</strong> Physics,Universitéde Montréal,Electromagnetism1<br />
• Assistedstudentsduringproblemsolvingsessions.<br />
Research intern Summer 2004<br />
<strong>Department</strong><strong>of</strong> Physics,Universitéde Montréal<br />
Advisor: NormandMousseau<br />
• Applied activation-relaxationtechnique(ART) todensification<strong>of</strong> amorphous silicaproblem.<br />
• Wrotecode inCand Fortran,andexecuted theseprogramsoncomputation clusters.
<strong>François</strong><strong>Charest</strong> 11-2011<br />
PrizesandAwards<br />
Serge-BissonnettePrize($5,000) 11/2011<br />
Academic excellence, researchpotential, leadershipandcommunication prize,<br />
DMS,UniversitédeMontréal<br />
NSERC CGS-D($35,000peryear) 01/2009-12/2011<br />
FQRNTPh.D.Scholarship 09/2008(declined)<br />
MacCracken Award New York<strong>University</strong> 09/2008(declined)<br />
Ampère Award (12,000euros) ENSde Lyon 09/2008-08/2009<br />
FQRNTM.Sc. Scholarship($15,000) 09/2007-08/2008<br />
NSERC CGS-M($17,500) 09/2006-08/2007<br />
NSERC USRA($5,500) 05/2005-08/2005<br />
InternationalYear <strong>of</strong> PhysicsPrize($2,500) 2005<br />
Communication prize,<strong>Department</strong><strong>of</strong> Physics,UniversitédeMontréal<br />
RQMP Research Award ($4,500) 05/2004-08/2004<br />
Welcome Scholarship($2,000) UniversitédeMontréal 09/2003<br />
Ordre deschimistesdu QuébecExamination Prize 2002<br />
InventiveEngineeringContest PrizeCDLS 2001<br />
Main ResearchandTeachingInterests<br />
Differentialgeometry,algebraicanddifferentialtopology,symplectictopology,lagrangiansubmanifolds,Floer<br />
theories.<br />
Contributions<br />
Papers,preprints:<br />
• F. <strong>Charest</strong>, ⊗-cluster complexes for monotone Lagrangian submanifolds, part <strong>of</strong> Ph.D. thesis, to<br />
besubmitted.<br />
•F.<strong>Charest</strong>,SourceSpaces andPerturbationsfor ClusterComplexes, Ph.D.thesis,<br />
http://www.math.columbia.edu/∼charest/.<br />
• F. <strong>Charest</strong>, C. Hudon, P. Winternitz, (2007) Quasiseparation <strong>of</strong> variables in the Schrödinger<br />
equationwith amagneticfield, Journal<strong>of</strong> MathematicalPhysics,48,012105,1-16.<br />
Researchreports:<br />
•Foncteursdelatopologiesymplectique, ENS Lyon 09/2009<br />
•Applicationdelaméthode ARTàladensificationde lasiliceamorphe, RQMP 08/2004<br />
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<strong>François</strong><strong>Charest</strong> 11-2011<br />
Talks given:<br />
•Cluster complexes for monotoneLagrangians,InformalST Seminar,<strong>Columbia</strong> 10/2012<br />
•OrbifoldMorse-Smale-WittenComplex, GW TheorySeminar,<strong>Columbia</strong> 10/2012<br />
•MorseA∞-category,UdeM 05/2011<br />
•Sourcespaces forcluster homologyII,UdeM 03/2011<br />
•Sourcespaces forcluster homologyI,UdeM 03/2011<br />
•Orientations inFloertheories,CIRGET jr.,UQAM 11/2009<br />
•Lefoncteur deMorse,ENS Lyon 09/2009<br />
•L’indicedeMaslov,ENS Lyon 05/2009<br />
•TherealZeuthen problem,ENS Lyon 03/2009<br />
•PinceaudeLefschetz surtoilelisse,CIRGET jr.,UQAM 12/2007<br />
•Complexes doubles deCech etsuitesspectrales,UdeM 08/2007<br />
•Théorèmede DeRhametprincipedeMayer-Vietoris,UdeM 07/2007<br />
•ClassescaractéristiquesetthéoriedeChern-Weil,UQAM 05/2007<br />
•TransversalitéetespacedeThom, UQAM 12/2006<br />
Summer schoolparticipations:<br />
•MIT-RTGGeometryWorkshop(theoryandapplications <strong>of</strong>polyfolds),Watsonville,CA 08/2012<br />
•Écoled’étésurlatopologie decontactetsymplectique, Nantes,France 06/2011<br />
•Renc. math. deGlanon: Homologiede Floer,catégories deFukaya, Glanon,France 06/2009<br />
•Écoled’étéGéométriesymplectique etalgébriqueréelle,Paris,France 06/2008<br />
Other RelevantActivities<br />
Co-founderand co-organizer, 2005-2006<br />
Summer Physicsseminars,Universitéde Montréal<br />
Vice-president foracademic affairs,PHYSUM 2004-2005<br />
Vice-president forsocialaffairs,AÉGM 2007-2008<br />
• Represented theseassociationsattheassociations’federationandondepartmental<br />
commitees.<br />
• Initiatedscanning<strong>of</strong> pastexams.<br />
• Negotiated withpr<strong>of</strong>essorsduring2005studentstrike.<br />
• Organized festiveevents.<br />
Secretary, SONOTRE-DAME1syndicate <strong>of</strong>co-owners 2011-<br />
• Collection andadministration<strong>of</strong> funds,buildingadministration,negotiationwith<br />
variousparties involved.<br />
Judge,Expo-sciences 2004-2005<br />
Linguistic Skills<br />
French(native)and English(second),bothwrittenand spoken. Basicnotions <strong>of</strong> Japanese.<br />
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