About me
I am Thanh Le (Lê Viết Lưu Thanh), a Math PhD student at UNL since Fall 2022. My office is AVH 241. Here is my LinkedIn.
Please contact me via email: tle51[at]huskers[dot]unl[dot]edu
I completed my Master degree in Mathematics at UNL in 2023. Before that, I completed my Bachelor degree in Computer Science and Mathematics at Fairfield University in 2022.
Research
My advisor is Dr. Xavier Pérez Giménez. My research interest is Probabilistic Combinatorics. We are working on a project about thresholds for Hamitonicity in directed random graphs with some degree conditions.
In Spring 2025, I am going to be a Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Vinod Variyam. We are probably working on theoretical Machine Learning, in particular the Transformer architecture.
Recent news
- Fall 2024: I gave a talk in the Discrete Seminar (DisCo) of UNL’s Math department. The talk was titled “Thresholds in random graphs and the Kahn-Kalai Conjecture.” Here are my slides.
- 08/05-08/09/2024: I attended Minicourse: Synergies of probabilistic and extremal combinatorics in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Teaching
Instructor of Record
- Fall 2024: Math 103 (College Algebra and Trigonometry), 1 section, at UNL
- Spring 2024: Math 101 (College Algebra), 1 section, at UNL
- Fall 2023: Math 101 (College Algebra), 1 section, at UNL
Teaching Assistant
- Summer 2023: Math 107 (Calculus II) recitation, 1 section, at UNL
- Spring 2023: Math 107 (Calculus II) recitation, 2 sections, at UNL
- Fall 2022: Math 107 (Calculus II) recitation, 2 sections, at UNL
- Spring 2022: Machine Learning, at Fairfield University
- Fall 2021: Theory of Programming Languages, at Fairfield University
Honors
- Lloyd Jackson Award (UNL, 2024, awarded based on scholarship)
- Math Department’s Outstanding Qualifying Exam (UNL, 2023)
- Rank 193/2975 at Putnam Math Competition 2021
- Third Prize at Vietnam Mathematical Olympiad 2017
- Media Coverage: VnExpress (2018)
Outreach
- Ran the UNL Putnam Competition Study Seminars (together with 2 faculties, Fall 2024)
- Volunteered at NCUWM, Math Day (at UNL, in 2023, 2024)
- Built the website for Vietnam Math Modeling Contest (2021)
- Taught Olympiad Math (Number Theory, Combinatorics) for high school students in Kon Tum, Vietnam (July 2020, July 2022)
Materials
- UNL Putnam Seminar 2024: Here are some resources that I created: Proof by Contradiction, Induction, Extremal Heuristic. I did not write up solutions, but contact me if you want to know where to find solutions!
- In Spring 2024, I had a reading course on the first 4 chapters of Probability: Theory and Examples by Rick Durrett. I wrote up some key concepts and a few exercises.
Other Stuff
My hobbies: Soccer, Writing. I maintain a little blog in Vietnamese here (Facebook page).
Micellaneous cool stuff:
- This site was so easy to create, thanks to academicpages. No coding experience required, totally free - I highly recommend
(This site was last updated on: December 27th, 2024)