Catherine PFAFF, PhD (she/her)
@PfaffCatherine
I love beauty, adventure, order in chaos, & the search for understanding. Thus, I'm a mathematician. @the_IAS member, topologist, soccer addict. Views my own
Extensive thanks for all your contributions & (public, private) messages of support! Here's our list of female (identifying) sports analysts to choose from as speakers in seminars, conferences, clubs, etc. Document updates, corrections, additions welcome! mast.queensu.ca/~cpfaff/Female…
Great talk by Joseph Maher this week! youtube.com/watch?v=RaKc_a…
Dr. Brandis Whitfield defended her thesis last week & spoke at IAS this week! youtube.com/watch?v=RjttLS…
Something extraordinary for me about @the_IAS is the intergenerationality & inclusion of "wise elders." I will always treasure the special bond Pierre & I developed with the greatests of greats, Karen Uhlenbeck. Our many meals, math & life conversations, something very special...
Always wonderful to see a former student thriving & sharing that they'll be at your location! Howie Hong at IAS!
🚨 PhD opportunity! I’m recruiting a PhD student with a strong background in math/stats/CS to join my group at NTU Singapore 🇸🇬 Start: Jan or Aug 2026 Topic: Foundations of Epistemic Uncertainty in ML 🧠🔍 📌 Details: chau999.github.io/group/ RT appreciated!
Catherine Eva Pfaff (@PfaffCatherine), Member in the School of Mathematics (2024–25), discusses the ways in which geometric group theorists and theoretical computer scientists at IAS approach mathematical constructions and learn from one another: youtu.be/nhcmRFZKRh4
It's somehow not the most flattering video of me, but here I am talking about talking about simplicial complexes at the Institute: youtube.com/watch?v=nhcmRF…
In other news posh travel news, I'm giving a mini-course in Hawaii at the end of the month: sites.google.com/hawaii.edu/sum…
I'm excited that I'll be spending 2 months at l'Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques @Institut_IHES in Orsay (right outside Paris) Spring 2026!
Among last week's IAS shenanigans was trying to reenact an Oppenheimer scene with Professor Flores. I chose to asssume that in reality there was actually a dog present in that moment of history,
Last @the_IAS Groups & Dynamics Seminar talk of the year . It's been lovely! youtu.be/Q9Y1AReegNg?si…
This beautiful mathematical story was a highlight of the week for sure! Thanks Rob Silversmith!
Really great visiting Yale & chatting with Eduardo Reyes there!
Episode 2 today with her collaborator also. Very fun & exciting conversations!
Very special treat to get to tell Karen Uhlenbeck about geodesics in Culler-Vogtmann outer space today & for her to share some of her wisdom in return. Some heros are even better in real life.
Thomas Koberda's excellent talk here at @the_IAS ! youtube.com/watch?v=iKNjpI…