For this week, we have a special Algebra and Combinatorics meet & greet where we'll get to chat informally and discuss some ideas for the seminar and the upcoming talks.   Join Zoom Meeting https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/98353887156?pwd=cUN6VnNwbHQ5Vyt2aFVCZmVPNm5nQT09 Meeting ID: 983 5388 7156 Passcode: Alg&Com21

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…