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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mathematics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mathematics. Joe Rosenblatt (Department Chair) Phil Griffith (Director of Graduate Studies) John P. D’Angelo (CID Coordinator) David Murphy (Graduate Student). Key Ideas. Mathematics at UIUC Historical development

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mathematics

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  1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mathematics Joe Rosenblatt (Department Chair) Phil Griffith (Director of Graduate Studies) John P. D’Angelo (CID Coordinator) David Murphy (Graduate Student)

  2. Key Ideas • Mathematics at UIUC • Historical development • Division into research areas • GAC • CID • Recent innovations • Conclusions

  3. Mathematics at UIUC • 43 Professors • 16 Associate Professors • 18 Assistant Professors • 8 Doob Postdocs • 9 VIGRE Postdocs • 3 Other Postdocs • 14 Visiting Faculty • 8 Visiting Scholars • 7 Teaching Associates

  4. Graduate Program • Fall enrollment 2003 (196, 55 women) • Applications Year Appl. Admits Arrivals 2003 385 155 30 (budget cuts) 2002 372 177 52 2001 302 208 53 2000 235 145 50

  5. Historical Development • Sputnik  Scientific funding  Increase in department size • 1980, UIUC had 100 math professors • 2003, UIUC has 77 math professors (also 10 in Statistics Department) • Future

  6. Research Areas • Algebra • Analysis • Number Theory • Logic • Combinatorics and Optimization • Geometry and Topology • Differential Equations and Applied Math • Probability • Algebraic Geometry

  7. Recent Innovations • Redesign of comps (1996) • Breadth and depth • Interdisciplinary mathematics • Math 400 • Math 500 • RAPs (VIGRE) • REGs (2003) • AVC (2003)

  8. GAC and CID • Used GAC for CID discussions • Time to degree report • Mentoring report • Creation of REGs • Creation of AVC • Endless discussion of exam system • CID survey

  9. Conclusions • Graduate program requires deeper discussion • AVC • Use CID to launch discussion • Eliminate division into subject areas • More RAPs, REGs, etc. • Better research teamwork • Move towards physics model? • Faculty involvement in graduate student research

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