PAK-HIN LEE CURRICULUM VITAE

PAK-HIN LEE
CURRICULUM VITAE
(Last updated: September 5, 2014)
CONTACT AND PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Mailing Address:
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Office: 408 Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
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Email: [email protected]
Columbia University
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Website: http://www.math.columbia.edu/~phlee/
Room 509, MC 4406
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Citizenship: Hong Kong
2990 Broadway
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Languages: English (fluent), Cantonese Chinese
New York, NY 10027
(native), Mandarin Chinese (basic)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry
EDUCATION
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Columbia University (New York City, New York)
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Candidate for Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2017 (expected)
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M.A. in Mathematics, 2014
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Thesis Advisor: Eric Urban
09/2012 – present
09/2008 – 06/2012
Stanford University (Stanford, California)
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B.S. in Mathematics, with Departmental Honors and University Distinction, 2012
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Undergraduate Thesis Advisor: Brian Conrad
PUBLICATIONS
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P.-H. Lee and A. Zamorzaev, Parity of the partition function and traces of singular moduli,
International Journal of Number Theory, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2012), P.395 – 409
AWARDS AND HONORS
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Dean’s Fellow, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University
2012 – present
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J. E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement, Stanford University
2012
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Top 25 graduating seniors in the School of Humanities and Sciences
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Honorable Mention, The 71st William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
2010
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Nominee, Boothe Prize for Excellence in Writing, Stanford University
2009
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Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship for Overseas Studies
2008 – 2011
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Silver Medal, The 48th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
2007
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HKSAR Government Scholarship
2007
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TALKS
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03/2014
Compact Operators on p-adic Banach Spaces
Research Seminar on p-adic families of automorphic forms, Columbia University
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10/2013
Local Howe Duality
Graduate Student Theta Correspondence Seminar, Columbia University
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02/2013
Spectral Sequences
Topics Course on the Cohomology of Arithmetic Groups, Columbia University
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Dirichlet's Theorem on Primes in Arithmetic Progressions
11/2012
Undergraduate Mathematics Seminar, Columbia University
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Parity of the partition function and traces of singular moduli
12/2010
Analytic Number Theory Seminar, Stanford University
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
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Introductory Workshop: New Geometric Methods in Number Theory and Automorphic 08/2014
Forms
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
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Spring School on Classical and p-adic Hodge Theories
05/2014
Centre Henri Lebesgue, Rennes, France
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Recent Advances in Hodge Theory: Period Domains, Algebraic Cycles, and Arithmetic
06/2013
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, Vancouver, Canada
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p-adic Modular Forms, L-functions, and Galois Representations
05/2013
University of California, Los Angeles
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Algebraic Geometry Northeastern Series (AGNES)
04/2013
Yale University
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Arizona Winter School 2013: Modular Forms and Modular Curves
03/2013
University of Arizona
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Stanford University
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Advisor: Brian Conrad
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I studied the obstruction to descending the fields of definition for linear
09/2011 – 06/2012
representations of finite groups using Brauer groups and class field theory.
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Departmental Undergraduate Research Internship, Stanford University
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Research Mentor: Akshay Venkatesh
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I investigated the explicit parametrization of elliptic curves admitting branched
06/2011 – 09/2011
coverings over the Riemann sphere with specific monodromy. This work was
supported by a Departmental Undergraduate Research Internship Grant.
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Number Theory, University of
Wisconsin–Madison
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06/2010 – 07/2010
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Research Mentor: Ken Ono
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Together with A. Zamorzaev, I expressed the parity of the partition function as the
trace of certain singular moduli. I was supported by the NSF and a VPUE
Department Grant from Stanford University.
TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
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Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University
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MATH V3025: Making, Breaking Codes (Instructor: Dorian Goldfeld)
09/2014 – 12/2014
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MATH S1201: Calculus III (Instructor: Philip Engel)
05/2014 – 07/2014
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MATH V1101: Calculus I (Instructor: Anand Deopurkar)
01/2014 – 05/2014
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MATH V1202: Calculus IV (Instructor: Michael Woodbury)
09/2013 – 12/2013
Stanford – Math League Tournament
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Residential Counselor for the Third Annual Tournament
08/2014
Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC)
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Residential Counselor and Teaching Assistant for Program II (Algebraic Topology)
07/2014 – 08/2014
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Residential Counselor and Teaching Assistant for Program II (Algebraic Topology)
07/2013 – 08/2013
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Residential Counselor and Teaching Assistant for Program II (Algebraic Topology)
07/2012 – 08/2012
Course Grader, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
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I graded homework for courses on Real Analysis, Algebraic Number Theory,
09/2009 – 06/2012
Calculus on Manifolds, and Functional Analysis.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network (SEALNet)
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A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that aims to bring service and to promote the
spirit of service leadership in Southeast Asia
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Project Mentor, Project Brunei 2014
07/2014
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Board Member, Board of Directors
09/2010 – 10/2012
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Co-President, Stanford SEALNet Chapter
09/2010 – 09/2011
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Project Leader, Project Vietnam (Hanoi) 2010
01/2010 – 09/2010
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Team Member, Project Thailand 2009
04/2009 – 09/2009
North American Collegiate Bridge Team Championship
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Runner-up, representing Stanford University with X. Shao (partner), S.
Lichtenstein and Z. Wang
COMPUTER SKILLS
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C++, Java, LaTeX, Mathematica, Pascal
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07/2012

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