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Bernd
Sturmfels
Professor of Mathematics,
Statistics and
Computer Science
925 Evans Hall
Dept. of Mathematics
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 642-4687
Fax: (510) 642-8204
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Research Interests:
Discrete Mathematics, Algebraic Geometry,
Commutative Algebra,
Algebraic Statistics, Computational Biology,
Convex Optimization
Office Hours (Fall 2009):
I'll be based at MSRI for the Tropical Geometry program.
To meet me in Evans Hall please schedule an appointment.
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SIAM Welcomes Algebraic Geometry
This to advertise the newly formed
SIAM Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry, chaired by
Frank Sottile. I serve
on the advisory panel. Please join.
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Lectures on Algebraic Statistics
This book is based on the
Oberwolfach seminar led by
Mathias Drton,
Seth Sullivant
and myself in May 2008.
Algebraic statistics is an emerging field, aimed at
solving statistical inference problems using concepts from algebraic
geometry as well as related computational and combinatorial techniques.
This book is an introduction to newcomers from the different camps.
It is centered around the three observations: many important statistical models correspond to algebraic or semi-algebraic sets of parameters; the geometry of these parameter spaces determines the behavior of widely used statistical inference procedures; computational algebraic geometry can be used to study
statistical models.
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Semidefinite Optimization
and Convex Algebraic Geometry
This is an multi-institutional
FRG project
funded by the
National Science Foundation. The other participants are
Bill Helton
and
Jiawang Nie
at UC San Diego,
Pablo Parrilo
at MIT
and
Rekha Thomas
at the University of Washington.
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A Different Perspective
Joe Gallian and Ivars Peterson: "Mathematicians Have a
Different Perspective: An Interview with Bernd Sturmfels"
MAA Focus, Vol 28(1) January 2008, 4-7.
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Can Biology Lead To New Theorems?
This is an article written for the
Annual Report 2005 of the
Clay Mathematics Institute. It
argues for an affirmative
answer to the question.
In future interactions between mathematics and
biology, both fields will contribute to each other,
and, indeed, research in the life sciences will inspire
new theorems.
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Algebraic Statistics for Computational
Biology
This book, published by Cambridge University
Press in October 2005, is based on a
graduate seminar held by
Lior Pachter
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