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Support Ukraine With UsService & outreachFounder
- Venue
- Support Ukraine With Us
- Place
- Ukraine · International
- Role
- Founder
- Periods
- 2022–present
Service
Founded a volunteer-led Ukrainian 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has raised $750K for direct humanitarian relief in Ukraine.
MathForLifeService & outreachEducational math content creator
- Venue
- YouTube · Instagram · TikTok
- Place
- Online
- Role
- Educational math content creator
- Periods
- 2017–present
Service
Educational mathematics videos shared on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
Winter
Algebraic Geometry: A Window to Machine Learning WorkshopEventsAttending
- Venue
- IPAM
- Place
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Will attend Algebraic Geometry: A Window to Machine Learning Workshop.
2026 CMS Winter MeetingEventsOrganizer
- Venue
- 2026 CMS Winter Meeting
- Place
- Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Role
- Organizer
Activity
Will co-organize a minisymposium at the 2026 CMS Winter Meeting.
Summer
AGSTA Conference on Tensors and Related TopicsEventsAttending
- Venue
- Pusan National University
- Place
- Busan, South Korea
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended the AGSTA Conference on Tensors and Related Topics.
Women in Mathematics of Data Science WorkshopEventsAttending
- Venue
- UBC
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended the Women in Mathematics of Data Science Workshop.
AI and Mathematics: Geometry and PDEEventsAttending
- Venue
- KIAS
- Place
- Seoul, South Korea
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended AI and Mathematics: Geometry and PDE.
Algebro-geometric Methods in Deep LearningEventsOrganizer
- Venue
- SIAM Annual Meeting
- Place
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Role
- Organizer
Activity
Co-organized the minisymposium Algebro-geometric Methods in Deep Learning at the SIAM Annual Meeting.
Advances in Geometric Numerical MethodsTalksEventsInvited Talk
- Venue
- Virtual presentation
- Place
- Online
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave a virtual invited talk in the minisymposium Advances in Geometric Numerical Methods at the 2026 CAIMS Annual Meeting.
Invited talk
“Algebraic Geometry of Rational Neural Networks”
Workshop on the Geometry of Tensors and Neural Networks 2026TalksEventsInvited Talk
- Venue
- IDMC, Pôle Herbert Simon, rooms 206/207, 13 rue Michel Ney
- Place
- Nancy, Grand Est, France
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the Workshop on the Geometry of Tensors and Neural Networks 2026.
Invited talk
“The Interplay of Tensors and Neural Networks”
Mini-workshop on Machine Learning and Algebraic GeometryTalksEventsInvited Talk
- Venue
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University
- Place
- Aalborg, North Jutland, Denmark
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the Mini-workshop on Machine Learning and Algebraic Geometry.
Invited talk
“The Interplay of Tensors and Neural Networks”
Spring
Tensor Isomorphism: Algorithms, Geometry and Applications WorkshopTalksEventsInvited Talk
- Venue
- Shonan Village Center
- Place
- Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the Tensor Isomorphism: Algorithms, Geometry and Applications Workshop.
Invited talk
“The Interplay of Tensors and Neural Networks”
Department SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Place
- Monterey, California, United States
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the Department Seminar.
Invited talk
“Mathematics for AI: What Algebraic Geometry Brings to the Table?”
Applied Algebra SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- 901 Van Vleck Hall
- Place
- Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the Applied Algebra Seminar.
Invited talk
“Geometry and Expressivity of Neuromanifolds: Where Algebraic Geometry Meets Neural Networks”
UBC Algebraic Geometry SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- MATH 104
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the UBC Algebraic Geometry Seminar.
Invited talk
“Mathematics for AI: What Algebraic Geometry Brings to the Table?”
Rocky Mountain Algebra & Combinatorics SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- Weber 223
- Place
- Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the Rocky Mountain Algebra & Combinatorics Seminar.
Invited talk
“Geometry and Expressivity of Neuromanifolds: Where Algebraic Geometry Meets Machine Learning”
Algebraic Geometry SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- University of California Riverside
- Place
- Riverside, California, United States
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the Algebraic Geometry Seminar.
Invited talk
“Geometry and Expressivity of Neuromanifolds: Where Algebraic Geometry Meets Machine Learning”
Fall
UW Math AI Lab Research Visit & Math AI SeminarTalksEventsResearch VisitInvited Talk
- Venue
- PDL C-38
- Place
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Role
- Research Visit · Invited Talk
Activity
Research visit at the UW Math AI Lab. Invited talk at the Math AI seminar.
Invited talk
“Geometry and Expressivity of Neuromanifolds: Where Algebraic Geometry Meets Neural Networks”
Research Day 2025TalksEventsInvited Talk
- Venue
- University of British Columbia
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Research talk at Research Day 2025 for postdocs.
Research talk
“The Interplay Between Applied Mathematics and Real Data”
Western Algebraic Geometry SymposiumEventsAttending
- Venue
- University of Oregon
- Place
- Eugene, Oregon, United States
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium.
MPI MIS + UCLA Math Machine Learning SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- Online
- Place
- Online
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Gave an invited talk at the MPI MIS + UCLA Math Machine Learning Seminar.
Invited talk
“Algebraic Geometry of Rational Neural Networks”
2025 NCC SIAM ConferenceTalksEventsInvited Talk
- Venue
- B50 Auditorium, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Place
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Talk at the 2025 NCC SIAM Conference.
Invited talk
“The Geometry of Rational Neural Networks”
SIAM Applied Mathematics MeetingEventsOrganizer
- Venue
- University of British Columbia
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Organizer
Activity
Organized the one-day conference SIAM Applied Mathematics Meeting dedicated to the newly created SIAM student chapter at UBC.
2025 Pacific Northwest Section of SIAM Biennial MeetingTalksEventsAttendingOrganizerMinisymposium Talk
- Venue
- University of Washington
- Place
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Role
- Attending · Organizer · Minisymposium Talk
Activity
Attended the 2025 PNW SIAM Conference. Organizer of the minisymposium Algebraic Methods in Mathematical Machine Learning.
Minisymposium talk
“Algebraic Geometry of Rational Neural Networks”
Conference presentation within an organized minisymposium.2025 3 Minute Postdoc SlamTalksEventsCompetitionCompetition Presentation
- Venue
- Life Sciences Centre, LSC3, UBC Point Grey Campus
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Competition · Competition Presentation
Activity
Participated in the Postdoc SLAM Competition.
Competition presentation
“From Equations to Intelligence: World Models of Nature”
Three-minute science-communication competition presentation.Informal Reading Group on Classical Algebraic GeometryTalksReading-group Talk
- Venue
- Math 126
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Reading-group Talk
Activity
Reading-group talk at Informal Reading Group on Classical Algebraic Geometry.
Reading-group talk
“The Interplay of Tensors and Neural Networks”
Opening presentation for the Fall 2025 classical algebraic geometry reading group.
Summer
SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (AG25)TalksEventsSpeakerCo-organizer
- Venue
- The Marquee, Union South, UW–Madison
- Place
- Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Role
- Speaker · Co-organizer
Activity
Speaker and co-organizer at SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (AG25).
Speaker and co-organizer
“Algebraic Methods in Machine Learning: An Overview”
Conference presentation and organized minisymposium contribution.UBC Seminar on Tensors and Causal InferenceTalksSeminar Talk
- Venue
- University of British Columbia
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Seminar Talk
Activity
Seminar talk at UBC Seminar on Tensors and Causal Inference.
Seminar talk
“Detecting Cluster Patterns in Tensor Data”
Seminar presentation recorded in the current CV.
Spring
UBC Seminar on Tensors and Causal InferenceTalksSeminar Talk
- Venue
- University of British Columbia
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Seminar Talk
Activity
Seminar talk at UBC Seminar on Tensors and Causal Inference.
Seminar talk
“Principal Curves: Generalizations of PCA”
Seminar presentation recorded in the current CV.
Fall
UCI Algebraic Geometry SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- Rowland Hall 340N
- Place
- Irvine, California, United States
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Invited talk at UCI Algebraic Geometry Seminar.
Invited talk
“The Geometry of Rational Neural Networks”
Algebraic Geometry Seminar talk hosted by Vladimir Baranovsky.UBC Seminar on Tensors and Causal InferenceTalksSeminar Talk
- Venue
- University of British Columbia
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Seminar Talk
Activity
Seminar talk at UBC Seminar on Tensors and Causal Inference.
Seminar talk
“Attention Is a Smoothed Cubic Spline”
Seminar presentation recorded in the current CV.
Late graduate school2023–202415 entries
Summer
Tensors: Algebra-Geometry-ApplicationsEventsAttending
- Place
- Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Tensors: Algebra-Geometry-Applications.
Winter
Tensor NetworksEventsAttending
- Place
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Tensor Networks.
IAM SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- IAM Lounge, LSK 306
- Place
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Invited talk at IAM Seminar.
Invited talk
“Geometry of Principally Regular Matrices”
Institute of Applied Mathematics seminar presentation.Connecting Higher-Order Statistics and Symmetric TensorsEventsAttending
- Place
- Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Connecting Higher-Order Statistics and Symmetric Tensors.
Winter Program in Machine LearningEventsAttending
- Place
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Winter Program in Machine Learning.
2024 Joint Mathematics MeetingsTalksEventsContributed Talk
- Venue
- The Moscone Center
- Place
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Role
- Contributed Talk
Activity
Contributed talk at 2024 Joint Mathematics Meetings.
Contributed talk
“Likelihood Geometry of Determinantal Point Processes”
Contributed paper presentation; Maksym Zubkov is the presenting author.UC Berkeley Math and Machine Learning SeminarTalksSeminar Talk
- Venue
- University of California, Berkeley
- Place
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Role
- Seminar Talk
Activity
Seminar talk at UC Berkeley Math and Machine Learning Seminar.
Seminar talk
“Geometry of Deep Polynomial Neural Networks”
Seminar presentation recorded in the CV.
Fall
Apprenticeship Week: Varieties from StatisticsTalksEventsWorkshop PresentationAttending
- Venue
- IMSI
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Role
- Workshop Presentation · Attending
Activity
Workshop presentation at Apprenticeship Week: Varieties from Statistics.
Workshop presentation
“Polynomial Neural Network”
Collaborative Apprenticeship Week presentation.SFSU Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics SeminarTalksSeminar Talk
- Venue
- San Francisco State University
- Place
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Role
- Seminar Talk
Activity
Seminar talk at SFSU Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics Seminar.
Seminar talk
“Geometry of Principally Regular Matrices”
Seminar presentation recorded in the CV.UC Berkeley Computational Math SeminarTalksSeminar Talk
- Venue
- University of California, Berkeley
- Place
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Role
- Seminar Talk
Activity
Seminar talk at UC Berkeley Computational Math Seminar.
Seminar talk
“Polynomial Neural Networks”
Seminar presentation recorded in the CV.
Summer
Numbers in the UniverseEventsAttending
- Place
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Numbers in the Universe.
SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic GeometryEventsAttending
- Place
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry.
Algebraic and Topological Interplay of Algebraic VarietiesEventsAttending
- Place
- Jaca, Spain
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Algebraic and Topological Interplay of Algebraic Varieties.
Let’s Get ℝealEventsAttending
- Place
- Leipzig, Germany
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Let’s Get ℝeal.
Leipzig University presentationTalksSeminar Talk
- Venue
- Leipzig University
- Place
- Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
- Role
- Seminar Talk
Activity
Seminar talk at Leipzig University presentation.
Seminar talk
“Topology of the Complement of Determinantal Variety”
Presentation recorded in the CV during a Leipzig research period.
Early graduate school2019–20215 entries
Year-round
Direct Reading ProgramService & outreachMentor
- Venue
- University of California, Berkeley
- Place
- Berkeley, United States
- Role
- Mentor
- Periods
- 2020 · 2021
Service
Mentored two students through the Direct Reading Program, each for two semesters, on topics in differential manifolds and algebraic topology.
Fall
UC Berkeley Student Algebraic Curve SeminarTalksStudent Seminar Talk
- Venue
- University of California, Berkeley
- Place
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Role
- Student Seminar Talk
Activity
Student Seminar talk at UC Berkeley Student Algebraic Curve Seminar.
Student seminar talk
“Applications of the Riemann–Roch Theorem”
Student seminar presentation recorded in the CV.
Fall
UCI Algebra SeminarTalksInvited Talk
- Venue
- Online
- Place
- Online
- Role
- Invited Talk
Activity
Invited talk at UCI Algebra Seminar.
Invited talk
“Hochschild Homology and Differential Forms”
Online algebra seminar hosted by Vladimir Baranovsky.
Fall
UC Berkeley Student Topology SeminarTalksStudent Seminar Talk
- Venue
- University of California, Berkeley
- Place
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Role
- Student Seminar Talk
Activity
Student Seminar talk at UC Berkeley Student Topology Seminar.
Student seminar talk
“Colored Jones Polynomials”
Student seminar presentation recorded in the CV.
Spring
UC Berkeley Student Topology SeminarTalksStudent Seminar Talk
- Venue
- University of California, Berkeley
- Place
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Role
- Student Seminar Talk
Activity
Student Seminar talk at UC Berkeley Student Topology Seminar.
Student seminar talk
“Hyperbolic Dehn Surgeries”
Student seminar presentation recorded in the CV.
Undergraduate years2017–20187 entries
Year-round
Math CircleService & outreachInstructor
- Venue
- University of California, Irvine
- Place
- Irvine, United States
- Role
- Instructor
- Periods
- 2017–2018
Service
Math Circle instruction.
Winter
2018 Joint Mathematics MeetingsTalksEventsContributed TalkAttending
- Venue
- Room 13, Mezzanine Level, San Diego Convention Center
- Place
- San Diego, California, United States
- Role
- Contributed Talk · Attending
Activity
Contributed talk at 2018 Joint Mathematics Meetings.
Contributed talk
“Homotopy Commutative Algebras, Knots and Graphs”
Contributed paper presentation described as a preliminary report.
Fall
Field of Dreams ConferenceEventsAttending
- Place
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Field of Dreams Conference.
Summer
Interactions Between Representation Theory and Algebraic GeometryEventsAttending
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Role
- Attending
Activity
Attended Interactions Between Representation Theory and Algebraic Geometry.
MAA MathFest 2017TalksEventsUndergraduate Student Paper PresenterAttendingHonorary Presenter
- Venue
- Conference Room 4M, Hilton Chicago
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Role
- Undergraduate Student Paper Presenter · Attending · Honorary Presenter
Activity
Undergraduate Student Paper Presenter at MAA MathFest 2017.
Undergraduate student paper presenter
“Homotopy Commutative Algebras, Knots and Graphs”
Undergraduate student paper presentation at MAA MathFest.
Spring
UC Irvine Graduate Algebra SeminarTalksStudent Seminar Talk
- Venue
- University of California, Irvine
- Place
- Irvine, California, United States
- Role
- Student Seminar Talk
Activity
Student Seminar talk at UC Irvine Graduate Algebra Seminar.
Student seminar talk
“Homotopy Algebras: A-infinity, E2, and Brace”
Graduate algebra seminar presentation recorded in the CV.UC Irvine Undergraduate Math ClubTalksUndergraduate Club Talk
- Venue
- University of California, Irvine
- Place
- Irvine, California, United States
- Role
- Undergraduate Club Talk
Activity
Undergraduate Club talk at UC Irvine Undergraduate Math Club.
Undergraduate club talk
“Preliminaries on Knot Theory: Jones Polynomials and Vassiliev Invariant”
Undergraduate mathematics club presentation recorded in the CV.