Current von Neumann Fellow
Cynthia Vinzant
Funding provided by the National Science Foundation
Affiliation
Mathematics
Field of Study
Real Algebraic Geometry, Combinatorics, Optimization
Home Institution
North Carolina State University
Website
Cynthia Vinzant’s research centers on real algebraic objects appearing in combinatorics, matrix theory, and convex optimization. This includes polynomials with special properties, such as nonnegativity or hyperbolicity, certificates thereof, such as sums-of-squares and determinantal representations, and applications in semidefinite programming and matroid theory.
Dates at IAS
von Neumann Fellow
School of Mathematics
– current
Degrees
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D.
2011
Appointments
North Carolina State University
Assistant Professor