The Logic and Foundations group in the Department of Mathematical Sciences conducts research in the application of algebraic and topological structures to logic and foundational issues.
John Harding | Pat Morandi (Emeritus) | Andre Kornell (Postdoc) | Joel Lucero-Bryan | Ilya Shapirovskiy |
At nearby labs and government facilities: Tim Hannan, Alex Pogel.
News
- In 2023, our group received a 5-year NSF grant for a Research Training Group in Logic and its Application
- John Harding was a co-organizer of AMS Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Topology, Logic, and Arithmetic I, AMS Sectional Meeting, University of Texas at El Paso, September 17-18, 2022.
- Fall 2021: new weekly seminar in Foundations.
- On June 9-13, the BLAST 2021 international online conference was held in our Department. We had about one hundred talks and more than 250 registered participants from 30+ countries.
- In May 2021, Luca Carai received his PhD.
Current research topics
- Ordered algebraic structures, lattices with operators, and their applications to logic
- Topological and order-topological models of non-classical logics, algebraic aspects of fuzzy logic
- Orthomodular structures and quantum logic, intuituionistic and modal logics
For prospective graduate students
We offer a good range of graduate courses in areas of foundations including courses:
Special topics classes are also offered. Foundations is one of the course sequences for our PhD comprehensive exam. We continue to have a fine group of Master’s and PhD students working in various areas of foundations.Events and Associations
- We hold a weekly Foundations seminar and are also involved in a weekly Algebra Seminar.
- We are involved in the organization and/or scientific committees of a good number of conferences held in the local area, regionally, and internationally. These include AiML, BLAST, IQSA, QPL, TACL, and TOLO.
- John Harding is the treasurer of the International Quantum Structures Association.
Students
Current PhD Students |
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Gutierrez-Hougardy, Uzias |
He, Jianfeng |
Khan, Mashiath |
Melzer, Sebastian |
Peinado Portillo, Miguel |
Raviprakash, Ranjitha |
Selgas, Sophia |
Sliusarev, Vladislav |
Current Masters |
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West, Jackson |