Curriculum Vitae
Frank Sottile

Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 1994, University of Chicago.

Supervisor: William Fulton

Dissertation title: Enumerative Geometry of Real Grassmannian Varieties

CPGS, Mathematical Tripos, Part III (with distinction), Cambridge University.

Honors B.S., Physics, summa cum laude, Michigan State University.

Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences' Japanese-American Frontiers of Science Symposium, 1–3 December 2007, Kanagawa, Japan.

Clay Mathematical Institute Research Scholar January 1–June 15, 2004. Report on Activities.

NSF CAREER Award, "Computation, Combinatorics, and Reality in Algebraic Geometry, with Applications" 1 August 2002–31 July 2007.

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.

Winston Churchill Foundation Graduate Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1985–1986.

September 2006 —     Professor of Mathematics, Texas A&M University.

August 2004 – August 2006     Associate Professor of Mathematics, Texas A&M University.

November – December 2005, Professeur invité, Institute Henri Poincaré, Paris.

September 1999 – July 2004 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
    On leave September 1999 – August 2000.
    Paternity Leave Autumn 2001. One reason.

June 2001. Maître de Conférence invité, IRMAR, Université de Rennes, France.

juin/juillet 1999.Visitor, Université de Genève, Suisse.

May/June 1999. Maître de Conférence invité, IRMA, Université de Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.

January 1999–May 2000, van Vleck Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

August – December 1998, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.

August 1996 – June 1997, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.

July 1994 – July 1998, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Toronto. (Leave of absence August 1996–July 1997)

NSF individual research grant Applications and Combinatorics in Algebraic Geometry, 1 August 2010 – 31 July 2013. DMS-1001615.

NSF equipment SCREMS grant, Cluster computing in the mathematical sciences at TAMU, Co-PI with Wolfgang Bangerth, Raymond Carrell, and Zach Teitler. 30 August 2009 – 29 August 2010, DMS-0922866.

NSF individual research grant Numerical Real Algebraic Geometry, 1 August 2009 – 31 July 2012. DMS-0915211.

Co-PI with Professor Luis Garcia-Puente of Sam Houston State University on a Texas Advanced Research Projects grant 010366-0054-2007, Algebraic Geometry in Algebraic Statistics and Geometric Modeling, 15 May 2008 – 14 May 2010. Proposal.

IRTAG travel grant, "Bounds for real solutions to polynomial equations", April 14–May 9 2008. Proposal.

NSF Individual Research grant, 1 September 2007 – 31 August 2010. "Applicable Algebraic Geometry: Real Solutions, Applications, and Combinatorics" DMS-0701050 Proposal.

NSF CAREER Award, "Computation, Combinatorics, and Reality in Algebraic Geometry, with Applications" 1 August 2002 – 31 July 2007. DMS-0134860 and DMS-0538734.

Co-PI on U Mass SCREMS grant, 1 September 2000 – 31 August 2003. DMS-0079536. Proposal.

NSF Individual Research Grant, 1 June 2000 – 31 July 2002. DMS-0070494. Real and Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry.   Proposal.

NSERC Individual Research Grant # OGP0170279. April 1995 – July 1998. A Geometric Approach to the Combinatorics of Schubert Polynomials.   Proposal.

NSF Conference grant "Texas Algebraic Geometry Seminar (TAGS) 2012", DMS-1203175, PI: Laura Matusevich, and Co-PIs: Paulo Lima-Filho, Joseph Landsberg, Maurice Rojas, and Frank Sottile.

NSF Conference grant "Texas Algebraic Geometry Seminar (TAGS) 2009", DMS-0915235, PI: Maurice Rojas, and Co-PIs: Laura Matusevich, Paulo Lima-Filho, Joseph Landsberg, Frank Sottile.

NSA conference grant, "Combinatorial, Enumerative, and Toric Geometry", to support workshop at MSRI in March 2009. Co-PI with Linda Chen and Sandor Kovacs).

NSF conference grant, "Enumeration and bounds in real algebraic geometry", April 21–25 2008, Bernoulli centre, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. DMS-0800253. Proposal.

NSF grant to fund additional participation in the 2007 IMA PI Summer Graduate Prgram on Applicable Algebraic Geometry at Texas A&M University, 23 July – 11 August 2007. Co-PI Prof. Laura Matusevich. DMS-0704355

NSA conference grant to fund US participation at the Coloquio Latinamericano di Álgebra in Colonia, Uruguay, 1–12 August, 2005. Co-PIs: Prof. S. Montgomery, University of Southern California, and J. Wolf, University of California at Berkeley.

Texas A&M University grant for ``Year of the International Student'', to help fund participantion of two graduate students at the Coloquio Latinamericano di \'Algebra in Colonia, Uruguay, 1–12 August, 2005. Co-PIs: Professors Marcelo Aguiar, Hal Schenck, and Sarah Witherspoon.

NSA Conference Support, Algorithmic, Combinatorial, and Applicable Real Algebraic Geometry 12 – 16 April 2004, MSRI.

NSF Conference Support, MSRI Workshop on Real Algebraic Geometry and Geometric Modeling, April 3–4, 2004, MSRI, Berkeley. CCF-0412858

NSA Conference Support, Discrete Mathematics in New England, 1 September 2002 – 31 August 2004.

Five Colleges Lecture Fund to support first Valley Discrete Math Day, 12 October 2001.

University of Toronto Connaught Fund Committee for International Symposia Grant (for Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, 1998). March 1997.   Proposal.

Chris Strader, Senior Honors Thesis, University of Massachusetts, 2003. Singular Algorithms for Wu's Method  

Yuval Sivan, Undergraduate Research, Summer and Autumn 2003.

Andy Howard, Undergraduate Research, Summer 2008.

Christopher Brooks, Undergraduate Research, Autumn 2009—

James Ruffo, Graduate Student at U Mass and Texas A&M University. PhD August 2007.

Weronika Buczynska, Graduate Student at Texas A&M University, Begining January 2009. Ph.D. June 2010

Corey Irving, Graduate Student at Texas A&M University, Since August 2006.

Abraham Martin Del Campo Sanchez, Graduate Student at Texas A&M University, Since September 2006.

Nickolas Hein, Graduate Student at Texas A&M University, Since August 2007.

Tina Mai, Graduate Student at Texas A&M University, Since May 2010.

Mariana Pereira, Graduate Student at Texas A&M University. 2001 – 2005 (December 2006 Ph.D. w/ Sarah Witherspoon).

Gregory Warrington, Postdoc at University of Massachusetts, 2001–2003.

Evgenia Soprunova, Postdoc at University of Massachusetts, 2002–2005.

Frédéric Bihan, Postdoc at MSRI, January–February 2004.

Seongchun Kwon, Postdoc at MSRI, January–May 2004.

Luis García, Postdoc at Texas A&M University, January 2005 – August 2007.

Christopher Hillar, NSF Postdoc at Texas A&M University, September 2005 – August 2008.

Aaron Lauve, Postdoc at Texas A&M University, September 2007 – August 2010.

Zach Teitler, Postdoc at Texas A&M University, September 2007 – August 2010.

Jon Hauenstein, Postdoc at Texas A&M University, since January 2010.

Mounir Nisse, Postdoc at Texas A&M University, since September 2010.

External Examiner for Kuimars Kaveh, Ph.D., University of Toronto, May 2002.

External Examiner for Stefan Mykytiuk, Ph.D., York University, August 2002.

Thesis committee, Seongchun Kwon, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Spring 2003.

Thesis committee, Moussa Seydou (Mathematiques, Université de Rennes, France), Autumn 2010.

Habilitation Thesis Report for Nicolas Perrin, Université Jussieu, June 2010.

Habilitation Thesis Committee for Mohab Safey el-Din, Université Jussieu, December 2010.

Habilitation Thesis Committee for Xavier Goaoc, Université Nancy, December 2011.

Thesis committees at Texas A&M University.

Mariana Pereira, Ph.D. (2006), 2004–2006.

Waqar Malik, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. (2007) 2006–2007.

James Ruffo, Ph.D. (2007) 2004–2007.

Walter Moreira, Ph.D. (2008) 2006–2008.

Luke Oeding, Ph.D. (2009) 2005–2009.

Ashraf Ibrahim, Ph.D. (2009) 2008–2009.

Cort Spellman, 2008–2009.

Svetlana Poznanovik, Ph.D. (2010) 2006–2010.

Weronika Buczynska, Ph.D. (2010) 2009–2010.

Xiaolong Tang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2007–

Phong Sy Nguyen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007–

Corey Irving, 2008–

Abraham Martin del Campo Sanchez, 2008–

Nickolas Hein, 2008–

Korben Rusek, 2008–

Ke Ye, 2009–

Yang Qi, 2009–

Ming Yang, 2009–

Yue Li, (CS) 2009–

Liu Jiayin, 2010–

Zekiye Sahin, 2010–

Selected Talks all Research Talks (Conferences, Colloquiua, and Research Seminars)

Outreach Activities

Departmental Activities

• Honors Committee, Autumn 2009 –
• Outreach Committee, Autumn 2008 – Spring 2009 and Autumn 2011 –
• Co-organizer of the Algebra and Combinatorics Seminar, Autumn 2006 and Winter 2007.
• Member of Departmental Executive Committee, TAMU, 2006–2008
• Member of the Graduate Affairs Committee, TAMU, 2004–2005
• Organizer of the Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Autumn 2004.
• Chair of the U. Mass. Colloquium Committee 2002/3.
• Co-organizer of the Valley Geometry Seminar Winter 2001–Autumn 2003.

Conference Organization

Editing, Refereeing, Reviewing
• Editorial Board, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics.
• Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Mathematics, and Canadian Mathematical Bulletin.
• Editorial Board, AIM open textbook initiative.
• MathSciNet Reviewer. My reviews.
• Reviewer for Zentralblatt, 2002—2007.
• Grant Review for NSF, NSA, NSERC (Canada), ISF (Israel), FONDEYCT (Chile), FWF (Austrian Science Fund), ANR (France), NWO (Netherlands) agencies.
• List of Journals served as a referee.
• Nonlinear Computational Geometry, co-edited with I. Emiris and Th. Theobald, IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, Vol. 151, Springer-Verlag. 2009.
• Guest Editor (with Jesús De Loera and Bernd Sturmfels) of special issue of Discrete and Computational Geometry devoted to Geometric Combinatorics. 27 No. 1, (2002). Table of Contents.
• Guest Editor (with Nantel Bergeron and Ian Goulden) Special issue of Discrete Mathematics, 10th Conference "Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics", Toronto, Canada, 1998. 225, Nos. 1-3, (2000). Table of Contents.
  
  
Professional Societies
• Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry, 2009–2011.
• Member of AMS committee, Mathematical Research Communities advisory board, since January 2009.
• Member of AMS since 1990, SIAM since 1998, MAA since 2010, and CMS/SMC since 2011.
• Young Mathematicians's Network, Editorial Board. August 1994 - August 1999.
  I used to run yearly surveys of the academic job market. I have collected them into an archive.
• Ran unsuccessfully for position of member-at-large of the AMS council in the 2001 AMS election. Results. Statement for the AMS Election Materials. Statement for the AWM Newsletter.