Federico Ardila

Federico Ardila (born 1977) is a Colombian mathematician and DJ who researches combinatorics and specializes in matroid theory. Ardila graduated from MIT with a B.Sc. in Mathematics in 1998 and obtained a Ph.D in 2003 under the supervision of Richard P. Stanley in the same institution.[2] Ardila is currently a professor at the San Francisco State University and additionally holds an adjunct position at the University of Los Andes in Colombia.[3]

Federico Ardila
Ardila at the 2020 Joint Math Meetings.
Born1977
Bogotá, Colombia
NationalityColombian
EducationB.Sc. 1998, Ph.D. 2003
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Spouse(s)May-Li Khoe
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic combinatorics
Institutions
ThesisEnumerative and Algebraic Aspects of Matroids and Hyperplane Arrangements (2003)
Doctoral advisorRichard P. Stanley
InfluencesMaría Falk de Losada, Gian-Carlo Rota [1]
Websitemath.sfsu.edu/federico/

Early life and education

Ardila was born in Bogotá, Colombia. During his childhood Ardila showed great promise in mathematics, scoring the highest amongst his age group in the fourth grade. [4] While attending the college-prep Colegio San Carlos in Bogotá, Ardila represented Colombia in the International Math Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1993 and a silver medal in 1994.[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.[4]

In addition to mathematics, Ardila enjoys making music and is a co-founder of the Oakland DJ collective La Pelanga.[6][4]

Career

Under his NSF CAREER grant, Ardila has worked to create a larger and more diverse community of members of underrepresented groups within mathematics.[7] Ardila follows certain principles geared towards cultivating diversity within his field of study, which he calls Axioms:[3]

  • "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."[8]

As part of his SFSU-Colombia combinatorics initiative, Ardila has provided over 200 hours of lecture videos on YouTube with additional resources for free.[9][10] He is also well known for his appearances in the popular mathematics YouTube video series Numberphile.[11]

Awards

Ardila has received many awards, among which are:

Selected writings

References
  1. Evelyn Lamb (14 September 2018). "Federico Ardila". Lathisms (Podcast). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "Mathematics Genealogy Project".
  3. "federico ardila". math.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  4. "Mathematician Federico Ardila Dances to the Joys and Sorrows of Discovery". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. "Federico Ardila Mantilla". International Mathematical Olympiads. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. "About". La Pelanga. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. "federico ardila . sfsu-colombia combinatorics initiative". math.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  8. Ardila, Federico (November 2016). "Todos Cuentan: Cultivating Diversity in Combinatorics" (PDF). [Notices of the American Mathematical Society]. 63 (10): 1164–1170. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. "Federico Ardila". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  10. Bruntz, Michael (Fall 2010). "A World-Class Education" (PDF). SF State Magazine. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  11. "Numberphile". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  12. "Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. "Simons Foundation Announces 2019 Fellows". Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  14. Padilla, Sara. "¿Quiénes son los ganadores de los Premios de Matemáticas 2019?". Sociedad Colombiana de Matemáticas (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  15. Monahan, Patrick (21 November 2017). "Professor named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society". San Francisco State University. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  16. "CAREER: Matroids, polytopes, and their valuations in algebra and geometry". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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