SOPHIE LIBKIND
I am a first year math PhD student at Stanford University. Some words that get me excited include: dynamics, computation, information, ergodicity, coarse-graining, category theory, time, and structure. I would love to understand how small interacting parts (atoms, neurons, people) create a unified, agentic whole (the universe, me, the economy).
I think a lot of about teaching and education. Between my Masters degree and PhD, I taught middle school computer science and a math class on combinatorics and number systems. Currently, I work with Jo Boaler on math(s) education and am a teaching assistant.
PLACES
- 2018 - present: PhD candidate in the Department of Mathematics at Stanford University
- 2015 - 2018: Computer Science and Math teacher at the Girls' Middle School
- 2014 - 2015: Part III Masters student in the Department of Mathematics at University of Cambridge
- 2010 - 2014: Math and Computer Science major at Swarthmore College
WRITING AND TALKING
- Introduction to Derived Categories, Stanford Student Symplectic Seminar
- No, It's Not an Elective! 17 Years of Teaching Computer Science as a Required Class, The 2016 Global Forum on Girls’ Education
- Fibered Categories and Stacks, Part III Essay
- Control Improvisation with Application to Music, International Computer Music Conference, with A. Donze, R. Valle, I. Akkaya, S. Seshia, D. Wessel
Email me at < first initial>< last name>`at`stanford.edu