Federico Ardila
Federico Ardila | |
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 Ardila at the 2020 Joint Math Meetings. | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BSc, PhD) |
| Spouse | May-Li Khoe |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic combinatorics |
| Workplaces | |
| Thesis | Enumerative and Algebraic Aspects of Matroids and Hyperplane Arrangements (2003) |
| Richard P. Stanley | |
| Website | math |
Federico Ardila (born 1977) is a Colombian mathematician who is also active as a DJ. His research is in combinatorics, with a focus on matroid theory. Ardila is currently a professor at Queen Mary University of London, and has also held roles at San Francisco State University and the University of the Andes.[1][2]
Early life and education
Ardila was born in Bogotá, Colombia.[3] While at Colegio San Carlos, Ardila represented Colombia twice in the International Mathematical Olympiad, winning bronze in 1993 and silver in 1994.[4]
Ardila earned a degree in mathematics from MIT in 1998 and completed his PhD in 2003 under Richard P. Stanley.[5]
Beyond mathematics, Ardila is a co-founder of the DJ collective, La Pelanga.[3]
Career
Ardila has written about increasing representation in mathematics and proposed principles for inclusive learning environments, which he calls 'The Axioms'.[1][6]
He established the SFSU-Colombia Combinatorics Initiative, a collaborative program between San Francisco State University and the Universidad de los Andes, and "Todos Cuentan," a community-based project aimed at supporting mathematicians from underrepresented backgrounds.[7] He has published over 200 hours of free lectures and mathematical resources online.[8][9][10] He has also made several appearances in the mathematical YouTube video series Numberphile.[11]
Awards
- One of the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics (2020)[12]
- Simons Foundation Fellowship in Mathematics (2019–2020)[13]
- Premio Nacional de Matemáticas of the Colombian Mathematical Society (2019)[14]
- Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2018)[15]
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2010–2016)[16]
Selected writings
- The Bergman complex of a matroid and phylogenetic trees (2003), with Carly Klivans
- Lagrangian geometry of matroids (2020), with Graham Denham and June Huh
- CAT(0) geometry, robots, and society (2019)
- Hopf monoids and generalized permutahedra (2017), with Marcelo Aguiar
- Todos Cuentan: Cultivating Diversity in Combinatorics Archived 2020-01-10 at the Wayback Machine z(2003)
References
- 1 2 "federico ardila". math.sfsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ↑ "Professor Federico Ardila joining QMUL in January 2026". QMUL Faculty of Science and Engineering - Research.
- 1 2 "Mathematician Federico Ardila Dances to the Joys and Sorrows of Discovery". Quanta Magazine. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ↑ "Federico Ardila Mantilla". International Mathematical Olympiads. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "Federico Ardila - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- ↑ Ardila, Federico (November 2016). "Todos Cuentan: Cultivating Diversity in Combinatorics" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 63 (10): 1164–1170. doi:10.1090/noti1434. PMC 5466815. PMID 28607525. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "federico ardila . sfsu-colombia combinatorics initiative". math.sfsu.edu. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ↑ Bruntz, Michael (Fall 2010). "A World-Class Education" (PDF). SF State Magazine. pp. 16–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "The Michael E. Moody Lecture Series". Harvey Mudd College. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
- ↑ "Federico Ardila – Personal Profile". Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
- ↑ "Geometry, Robots and Society". UC Berkeley Physics. 23 February 2022.
- ↑ "Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award". Mathematical Association of America. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "Simons Foundation Announces 2019 Fellows". Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Padilla, Sara. "¿Quiénes son los ganadores de los Premios de Matemáticas 2019?". Sociedad Colombiana de Matemáticas (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Monahan, Patrick (21 November 2017). "Professor named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society". San Francisco State University. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "CAREER: Matroids, polytopes, and their valuations in algebra and geometry". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 4 May 2020.