In this talk, I will share with you what kind of problems I work on and what’s my motivation. We will talk about the representation theory of finite groups and symmetric functions, and how algebraic combinatorics appears in the less expected places. This talk aims to be mostly informal and accessible for grad students. 

Speaker’s webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/l-colmenarejo/home

Jointly in person and virtually on Zoom. SAS 4201 for in-person participation. The Zoom link is sent out to the Algebra and Combinatorics mailing list, please contact Corey Jones at cmjones6@ncsu.edu to be added.