Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium
Saturday, November 8, 2025
University of Illinois at Chicago

Organized by Osama Khalil and Kevin Tucker

This page is about the 2025 symposium.

For the latest symposium information see the UMS home page.

About the symposium

The Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium at UIC is an annual one-day meeting focusing on undergraduate mathematical research and education. The meeting features plenary lectures by mathematical researchers and a poster session where students present results from undergraduate mathematical research projects.

UMS 2025 was held on November 8, 2025. It featured a poster session for undergraduate researchers and two invited plenary lectures by mathematical researchers.

Plenary speakers

Poster session

Undergraduates who have completed an REU, summer program, or other supervised mathematical research experience can apply to present a poster at UMS.

Poster applications for UMS 2025 are closed.

Attending the symposium

Registration for UMS 2025 is closed.

Schedule and locations

The symposium was held in the Science and Engineering Offices (SEO) building.

The schedule of events is shown below:

Saturday, November 8
TimeEventLocation
9:00 - 9:30am Sign-in and coffee SEO 300
Morning session
9:30am - 10:20am Mimi Dai (UIC) Lecture Center F3
10:30am - 12:00pm Poster session 1 Math and Science Learning Center
12:00pm Lunch SEO 300
Afternoon session
1:15pm - 2:05pm Jakub Witaszek (Northwestern) Lecture Center F3
2:15pm - 3:45pm Poster Session 2 Math and Science Learning Center

Code of Conduct

Speakers and participants in UMS must agree to the UMS Code of Conduct. Its purpose is to help the organizers ensure a safe, respectful, and welcoming environment for everyone.

Acknowledgment

UMS is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation: NSF RTG 2037569.

Contact

Kevin Tucker (kftucker@uic.edu)