Baylor Hosts Rami Grossberg for AEC Workshop

Workshop on Abstract Elementary Classes held in honor of Carnegie Mellon Mathematician Rami Grossberg's 70th birthday

The Department of Mathematics at Baylor University hosted a workshop on Abstract Elementary Classes (AEC) June 25-27, in honor of the 70th birthday of renowned mathematician Rami Grossberg, professor of mathematical sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. This event featured distinguished mathematicians from around the world.

Grossberg is a leading mathematician in the field of abstract elementary classes. AECs are a generalization of the notion of an elementary class in model theory, a branch of mathematical logic. Grossberg's research has advanced the understanding of AECs, including their categoricity, stability and complexity. He has advised nine Ph.D. students on AECs. Together with his students, he has shaped many aspects the field of AECs in the past 30 years helping illuminate the deep connections between logic, set theory and algebra.

Organized by Grossberg's former Ph.D. students Marcos Mazari-Armida, Ph.D., of Baylor University, and Will Boney, Ph.D., of Texas State University, the conference gathered prominent researchers in AEC mathematics. Notable attendees include John Baldwin, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Sharon Shelah, Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jan Trlifaj, D.Sc., Charles University, Czech Republic; and Andrés Villaveces, Ph.D., National University of Colombia.

"We are one of the newest Logic groups in the country and to have the opportunity to host such a workshop was an honor," Marzari-Armida said.

The workshop was funded by an AMS-Simmons Travel Grant and a National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMS-2137465 and the Department of Mathematics of Baylor University.