Hi! I’m a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Mathematics, as well as a postdoctoral fellow with the Algorithms and Randomness Center (ARC).
In Spring 2025, I will be visiting SLMath (formerly MSRI) as a postdoctoral fellow for the semester programs in Extremal Combinatorics and Probability & Statistics of Discrete Structures.
| Email: | math@corrineyap.com |
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| Address: | School of Mathematics 686 Cherry St NW Atlanta, GA 30332 |
| Office: | Klaus 2111 |
| Hours: | W 11-12, F 1:30-3 |
| CV: | Link |
This fall I am teaching Math 4221: Stochastic Processes I. You can find a little bit of info on my Teaching page.
About Me:
My research interests are in extremal and probabilistic combinatorics and their intersections with statistical physics. I earned my mathematics PhD in 2023 from Rutgers University, under the supervision of Bhargav Narayanan. At Georgia Tech, I work with Will Perkins on problems related to counting and sampling algorithms in combinatorial/statistical physics models, as well as with Christine Heitsch on enumeration problems motivated by biology.
In my “spare time,” I perform my one-woman play Uniform Convergence at math departments around the country. I started writing it when I was an undergrad at Sarah Lawrence College where I concentrated in mathematics and theater. You can find more info about it on the Theater page.
I am also the director of MathILy-Er, a summer program for high school students where we teach (primarily) discrete math via inquiry-based instruction. Before that, I was a Lead Instructor in 2022, and before that, I was an Apprentice Instructor with {MathILy, MathILy-Er} from 2015-21. Even before that, I was the MathILy PRiME from 2014-15.
News and Upcoming Events:
Kevin Knudson and Evelyn Lamb interviewed me for their podcast, My Favorite Theorem! You can listen to my episode on Kevin’s website or on Spotify.
I was invited to review the book The Proof Stage: How Theater Reveals the Human Truth of Mathematics by Stephen Abbott. You can find my review in the February issue of MAA Math Horizons.
- Sept 19-22: Summer Math Programs Consortium Conference at Georgia Tech (attendee)
- Sept 21: Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics at UNC Wilmington (speaker)
- Sept 23-24: Carleton College, performance of Uniform Convergence and math colloquium talk
- Oct 5-6: AMS Southeastern Sectional in Savannah, GA (Special Session on Trees in Many Contexts)
- Oct 10: MIT Combinatorics Seminar
- Oct 25-28: UIC, performance of Uniform Convergence and talk at Combinatorics and Probability Seminar
- Nov 2-3: Atlanta Lecture Series XXIX in Combinatorics and Graph Theory at Georgia State (speaker)
- Jan 8-11: JMM in Seattle
- AMS Special Session on Extremal Combinatorics and Random Discrete Structures (co-organizer with Sam Spiro)
- AMS Special Session on Coloring Problems in Combinatorics (speaker)
- {MathILy, MathILy-Er, MathILy-EST} Yearly Gather (co-host with sarah-marie belcastro and Tom Hull)
- Jan 27-31: SLMath Introductory Workshop: Probability and Statistics of Discrete Structures (speaker)