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Federico Ardila
[edit]Federico Ardila (1979) is a Colombian mathematician whose research is in combinatorics with a specialization in matroid theory. Ardila graduate from MIT and obtained a B.Sc. in Mathematics (1998) and his Ph.D in 2003, under the supervision of Richard P. Stanley[1]. Ardila is currently a professor at the San Francisco State University, also holds an adjunct position at the University of Los Andes in Colombia[2].
Early life and education
[edit]Ardila was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. During his childhood Ardila showed great promise in mathematics, scoring the highest amongst his age group in the fourth grade [3]. While attending the college-prep Colegio San Carlos de Bogotá, Ardila had the privilege to represent Colombia in the international math Olympics where he won a silver (1994) and bronze (1993) medal[4][5].
Prior to attending MIT, Ardila was already enrolled in another local university. Ardila had never heard of MIT, but a classmate told him that they offered financial aid to everyone, so he applied without knowing how competitive the school was[3].
Career
[edit]Under his NSF CAREER grant, Ardila has been committed to create a larger and more diverse community of members of underrepresented groups in mathematics[6]. Federico follows certain principles, for cultivating diversity within his field of study, which he calls Axioms[2]:
- Axiom 1. Mathematical potential is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
- Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
- Axiom 3. Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
- Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
Federico has provides over 200 hours of lecture videos on YouTube with additional resources for free[2][7]. He is also well known for his appearances in the popular mathematics YouTube video series numperphile[8].
Awards
[edit]Ardila has received awards, among which are [5]:
- Mathematical Sciences Research Institute postdoctoral fellow 2003 to 2005
- Clay Mathematics Institute scholar 2004 to 2006
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- ^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project".
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- ^ a b "Mathematician Federico Ardila Dances to the Joys and Sorrows of Discovery". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "federico ardila . sfsu-colombia combinatorics initiative". math.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ a b http://math.sfsu.edu/federico/cv.pdf
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- ^ "Federico Ardila". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Numberphile". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-14.