Itai Maimon
Mathematician
About
Recent PhD graduate from UCSD. I'm interested in mathematical modeling in technology, finance, and recreational games. Currently, I am particularly interested in how we can use topology to reframe these problems, e.g., persistent homology in Topological Data Analysis.
Work Experience
- Lectured a class of 200 students three times per week.
- Coordinated all of the MATLAB education for the department with over 1000 students per semester.
- Led teams of 15+ Graders and Tutors.
- Acted as a Teacher Assistant for nearly every math class offered at UCSD, including, most recently, Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Linear Algebra, and Mathematics Education.
- Studied encoding of topological invariants as Quantum Error Correcting Codes.
- Developed new encodings of homology/cohomology, and characteristic classes.
- Reverse Engineered definitions for Topological Quantum Codes.
- Defined a toy model for unfairness within undominated and strictly undominated games.
- Used the toy model to construct the least fair but playable for different forms of Rock-Paper-Scissors.
- Constructed applications of unfair games as mathematical models of ecological developments.
Awards
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May 2017
UCSD
Award for Excellence in Mathematics
A monetary award given to outstanding graduating seniors in mathematics at Binghamton University.
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May 2016
UCSD
George E Moore Scholarship for Academic Achievement in Physics
A monetary award given to outstanding graduating seniors in Physics at Binghamton University.
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Education
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2013 2017
Binghamton University
Bachelors
Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
Grade: 3.97/4.00
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2018 2024
University of California San Diego
Doctorate
Mathematics
Skills
Publications
My Dissertation
To be published work outlining new methods for topological encodings in quantum error correcting codes
To be published work on a novel form of unfairness in games
To be published work in redefining topological codes and using this definition to assist in classification.
A project using computational evidence and numerical methods to understand the behavior of the torus in a dynamical system
A study in the full reduction process for Iron-Oxide nanowires, including consistent computational density functional theory results.