Jon Hillery
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Mathematics PhD Student at UCLA
Research Area
I'm broadly interested in representation theory and connected areas.
Positions
2024–present
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
PhD Student, Graduate Student, UCLA Department of Mathematics
2022–2023
Purdue University Data Mine
West Lafayette, IN
Undergraduate Researcher, Subtraction Games Research.
2020
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
SURF Math Fellow, Undergraduate research in applied analysis.
Education
2024–Present
Ph.D. in Mathematics, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Foucsed on representation theory.
2023–2024
M.A.St. in Mathematics, Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK
Focused on algebraic geometry, number theory, and geometric group theory.
2018–2022
B.A. in Mathematics, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
GPA: 3.91, Highest Honors with Distinction
Over 20 graduate courses across all major areas of pure mathematics.
Notable Awards
2022
Dorothea Klumpke Roberts Prize in Mathematics
UC Berkeley Mathematics
Awarded to "seniors who have demonstrated truly exceptional scholarship in mathematics."
2020
UC Berkeley SURF Math Fellowship
UC Berkeley Mathematics
Funding for a group of four UC Berkeley math undergraduates to conduct summer research.
2018
National Merit Scholarship
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
One-time scholarship awarded to 2500 high school students in the United States.
Publications [Interactive Version]
Student Mentoring
Talks [Interactive Version]
Kazhdan-Lusztig Theory
UCLA Algebra Seminar, Los Angeles
Communication-Optimal Neural Network Nested Loops
UC Berkeley, Online
Applications of Information Theory to Theoretic Computer Science
Berkeley UGTCS, Berkeley
Brunn-Minkowski Inequality and Sorting Partial Orders
Berkeley UGTCS, Berkeley
Teaching
Fall 2024
Math 33A: Linear Algebra and Applications
UCLA
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