{"664647":{"#nid":"664647","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Josephine Yu Article Appears in AMS Notices","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosephine Yu and her coauthors have had a recent work published in the AMS Notices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/202301\/rnoti-p34.pdf\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.ams.org\/journals\/notices\/202301\/rnoti-p34.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the article:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this article we introduce some of the basic constructions in tropical geometry, focusing on linear spaces and Grassmannians for their combinatorial significance. We give pointers to some recent research frontiers and discuss applications in matroid theory, phylogenetic trees, and auction theory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EProfessor Josephine Yu\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~jyu67\/\u0022\u003EDr. Josephine Yu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was recently promoted to a Full Professor in the School of Mathematics, in 2022. Prof. Yu\u0026#39;s research lies in the area of Tropical Algebraic Geometry and its\u0026nbsp;applications to combinatorics, matroid theory, and analytic and computational geometry,\u0026nbsp;and since arriving at Tech her\u0026nbsp;work has been continually supported by the NSF. Prof. Yu has organized many conferences since 2011 including the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/maag2019\/home\u0022\u003EMeeting on Applied Algebraic Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2019, and the Computational\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/meetings.siam.org\/sess\/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=62341\u0022\u003ETropical Geometry Minisymposium\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/meetings\/ag17\/\u0022\u003ESIAM Algebraic Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;meeting in 2017. Prof. Yu was also the Program co-chair of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/conferences\/cm\/conference\/ag21\u0022\u003ESIAM AG21\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and has served on the Advisory Board of MEGA (Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry) since 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Yu is also currently an Editor for two journals,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/combinatorial_theory\u0022\u003ECombinatorial Theory\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/msp.org\/astat\/about\/journal\/about.html\u0022\u003EAlgebraic Statistics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(AStat), is the Associate Editor for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/msp.org\/jsag\/about\/journal\/about.html\u0022\u003EJournal of Software for Algebra and Geometry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(JSAG),\u0026nbsp;and was the Editor in Chief for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.journals.elsevier.com\/journal-of-combinatorial-theory-series-a\u0022\u003EJournal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(JCTA) from 2018 until 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her impressive research and organizational work, Prof. Yu has mentored three graduate students and two masters students including award winning graduate students\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/ctl-celebrates-outstanding-teaching-assistants\u0022\u003ECvetelina Hill\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/student-awards-2018-2019\u0022\u003EMarcel Celaya\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosephine Yu and her coauthors have had a recent work published in the AMS Notices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Josephine Yu and her coauthors have had a recent work published in the AMS Notices."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2023-01-11 18:11:12","changed_gmt":"2023-01-11 18:13:36","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602454":{"id":"602454","type":"image","title":"Josephine Yu","body":null,"created":"1518734307","gmt_created":"2018-02-15 22:38:27","changed":"1518734307","gmt_changed":"2018-02-15 22:38:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229616","name":"Josephine Yu.square200.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Josephine%20Yu.square200.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Josephine%20Yu.square200.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":59723,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Josephine%20Yu.square200.jpg?itok=ePFnPM0w"}}},"media_ids":["602454"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}