The conference on Statistical and Dynamical Combinatorics will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on June 26–29 2024 (Wednesday-Saturday). The conference will feature talks on sandpiles, dimers, dynamical combinatorics and a range of other topics that combine combinatorics, statistics and probability.
This will also serve as a celebration of Jim Propp's 2(4 choose 2)-th Birthday.
Please fill out the REGISTRATION FORM to express your interest in attending.
Organizers: Henry Cohn (MIT/Microsoft), Gregg Musiker (U Minnesota), Tom Roby (U Connecticut), David Speyer (U Michigan).
Speakers: The following mathematicians have agreed to speak at the conference.
| Mihai Ciucu | Indiana University | |
| David desJardins | Institute for Defense Analyses | |
| Emily Gunawan | University of Massachusetts, Lowell | |
| Sam Hopkins | Howard University | |
| Rick Kenyon | Yale University | |
| Greg Kuperberg | University of California, Davis | |
| Tri Lai | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | |
| Lionel Levine | Cornell University | |
| Olya Mandelshtam | University of Waterloo | |
| Robin Pemantle | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Dan Romik | University of California, Davis | |
| Marianna Russkikh | Notre Dame University | |
| Kyle Petersen | De Paul University | |
| Scott Sheffield | MIT | |
| Jessica Striker | North Dakota State University | |
| Bridget Tenner | De Paul University | |
| Julianna Tymoczko | Smith College | |
| Peter Winkler | Dartmouth College | |
| Benjamin Young | University of Oregon |
All talks will take place in Room 2-190 on the MIT campus. Break locations will be announced later.
Funding: We have been approved for funding by the National Science Foundation, and we also hope to recieve funds from the Simons Foundation. These funds will be available to support graduate students and young faculty in attending.
