Vivek Shende

Contact vivek@math.berkeley.edu http://math.berkeley.edu/~vivek Algebraic geometry, low dimensional topology. Ph.D. in Mathematics, Princeton University, May 2011 Supervised by Rahul Pandharipande. Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT 2011-2014. NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship 2011 (declined). IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Donald O. Pedersen Award for best paper in IEEE Trans. Computer Aided Design in 2004. Jobs Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Mathematics, Jul 2013 - present. Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT, Dept. of Mathematics, Sep 2011 - Aug 2013. Graduate Student, Princeton, Dept. of Mathematics, Sep 2006 - Aug 2011. Research Assistant, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Chemistry, 2005-2006. Research Assistant, U. Michigan, Dept. of EECS, 2001-2004. Teaching Assistant, U. Michigan, Dept. of Mathematics 2001-2002. REU, U. Michigan, Dept of Mathematics 2002. Teaching Assistant, U. Michigan, Math & Sci. Summer Scholars, 2002. Papers Equidistribution on the space of rank two vector bundles over the projective line, V. Shende and J. Tsimerman, [arxiv:1307.8237]. The chi-y genera of relative Hilbert schemes for linear systems on Abelian and K3 surfaces, L. G ottsche and V. Shende, [arxiv:1307.4316]. Higher discriminants and the topology of algebraic maps, L. Migliorini and V. Shende, [arxiv:1307.4059]. Rened curve counting on complex surfaces, L. G ottsche and V. Shende, [arxiv:1208.1973]. Torus knots and the rational DAHA, E. Gorsky, A. Oblomkov, J. Rasmussen, and V. Shende, [arxiv:1207.4523]. On the G ottsche threshold, S. L. Kleiman and V. Shende, [arxiv:1204.6254]. The Hilbert scheme of a plane curve singularity and the HOMFLY homology of its link, A. Oblomkov, J. Rasmussen, and V. Shende, [arxiv:1201.2115] Large N duality, lagrangian cycles, and algebraic knots, D.-E. Diaconescu, V. Shende, and C. Vafa, [arxiv:1111.6533], to appear in Comm. Math. Phys. A support theorem for Hilbert schemes of planar curves, L. Migliorini and V. Shende, [arxiv:1107.2355], to appear in J. Eur. Math. Soc. A short proof of the G ottsche conjecture, M. Kool, V. Shende, and R. Thomas, Geometry and Topology 15.1, pp. 397-406, (2011). 1 of 4

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Hilbert schemes of points on a locally planar curve and the Severi strata of its versal deformation, V. Shende, Compositio Mathematica 148.2 (2012), 531-547. The Hilbert scheme of a plane curve singularity and the HOMFLY polynomial of its link, A. Oblomkov and V. Shende, Duke Mathematical Journal 161.7 (2012), 1277-1303 Work unrelated to present research interests On the CNOT-cost of Tooli gates, V. V. Shende and I. L. Markov, Quantum Information and Computation 9, (2008). Synthesis of quantum logic circuits, V. V. Shende, S. S. Bullock, I. L. Markov, IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design 25, p. 1000, (2006). Quantum circuits for incompletely specied two-qubit operators, V. V. Shende and I. L. Markov, Quantum Information and Computation 5, pp. 048-056, (2004). Recognizing small-circuit structure in two-qubit operators, V. V. Shende, S. S. Bullock, and I. L. Markov, APS Physical Review A 70, p. 012310, (2004). Minimal universal two-qubit controlled-NOT-based circuits, V. V. Shende, I. L. Markov, and S. S. Bullock, APS Physical Review A 69, p. 062321, (2004). Synthesis of reversible logic circuits, V. V. Shende, A. K. Prasad, I. L. Markov and J. P. Hayes, IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design 22, p. 710, (2003). Conference Talks Moduli Spaces and their Invariants in Mathematical Physics, Montreal, 10 June 2013 Rened invariants in geometry, topology, and string theory, Ban, 4 June 2013. Winter school: geometry of sheaves in low dimensions, Ascona, 23 January 2013. Category O: geometry and categorication, Luminy, 11 December 2012. Singularities, Oberwolfach, 26 September 2012 (after dinner). ALGA 12 (70th birthday conference for Kleiman and Simis), Rio, 17 August 2012. String-Math, Bonn, 20 July 2012. Bethe Forum (four intro lectures), Bonn, 11 & 12 July 2012. Motivic DT and singularities (AIM workshop), Budapest, 11 May 2012. Knot homologies and BPS states (Simons Symposium), Caneel Bay, 25 Apr 2012. Simons fellows meeting, Stonybrook, 11 April 2012. AMS regional meeting (moduli session), Lawrence, Kansas, 1 April 2012. OSU/UIC/UM Weekend AG Workshop, Ann Arbor, 6 November 2011. Simons Summer Workshop on Mathematics and Physics, Stony Brook, 15 Aug 2011. Derived Categories, Cambridge (UK), 14 Apr 2011. Mathematics and Physics on the borderline between Algebraic and Dierential Geometry, Canberra, 30 Jul 2010. Wall crossing in Mathematics and Physics, Urbana-Champaign, 28 May 2010.

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Stanford (Algebraic Geometry), 15 April 2012. ETH Zurich (Algebraic Geometry), 29 January 2012. Northwestern (Collquium), 10 January 2012. U. British Columbia (Colloquium), 7 January 2012. Brown (Algebraic Geometry), 7 December 2012. UC Berkeley (Colloquium), 29 November 2012. U. Maryland (Algebra & Number Theory), 10 Oct 2012. MIT (Geometry & Topology), 17 Sep 2012. Kansas State (M Center), 28 Feb 2012. Northeastern (Geometry, Algebra, Singularities, Combinatorics), 6 Feb 2012. Stony Brook (Algebra, Geometry, and Physics), 25 Jan 2012. Harvard (Gauge Theory), 21 Oct 2011. Harvard/MIT (Algebraic Geometry), 13 Sep 2011. Imperial College (London Geometry and Topology), 24 Jun 2011. Oxford (Algebraic & Symplectic Geometry), 01 Mar 2011. IST Lisbon (Algebraic Geometry), 21 Feb & 07 Mar 2011. Bologna (Algebraic Geometry), 06 Dec 2010. U. Mainz (Algebraic Geometry), 24 Nov 2010. Cornell (Lie Groups), 12 Nov 2010. U. Mass. Amherst (Valley Geometry), 05 Nov 2010. Texas A& M (Geometry), 01 Oct 2010. Columbia (Algebraic Geometry), 26 Mar 2010. MIT (Geometry), 08 Mar 2010. U. Michigan (Algebraic Geometry), 17 Feb 2010. Cambridge (Topology), 26 Jan 2010. Imperial College (Algebraic Geometry), 25 Jan 2010. Princeton (Geometry, Rep. Theory & Moduli), 26 Oct 2009. Coorganizer for Algebraic Geometry and Geometry & Topology seminars at MIT. Reviewer for Proc. AMS, Annali SNS, Compositio, Experimental Mathematics.

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