Ayse Berkman
Brief CV of Ayşe Berkman
Official Name: Ayşe Aslı Berkman Pierce
Birth: 1
May
1971,
Ankara
BS & MS: Department of
Mathematics,
METU, 1992, 1995.
PhD: Department of Mathematics,
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology,
1998.
Work Places:
Written Math:
- MS Thesis: Algebraic Structures of Finite Morley Rank (Supervisor:
Simon Thomas)
- PhD Thesis: Tame Groups of Finite Morley Rank (Supervisor:
Alexandre Borovik)
- 'On Quasi and Psuedo Unipotent Groups', with C. Altseimer,
Manchester
Center for Pure Mathematics Preprint Series (1998).
- 'The Classical Involution Theorem for Groups of Finite Morley
Rank',
J. Algebra 243
(2001) 361-384.
- 'An Identification Theorem for Groups of Even Type',
with A. Borovik, J. Algebra
266 (2003) 375-381.
- 'A Generic Identification Theorem for Groups of Finite Morley Rank',
with A. Borovik, J. London Math. Soc. (2) 69 (2004) 14-26.
- 'On Groups with the Weak Wide Commensurable Property',
with M. Kuzucuoğlu and E. Özyurt,
Turkish J. Math. 29 (2005) 403-412.
- 'Centralizers of Involutions in Locally Finite-Simple Groups',
with M. Kuzucuoğlu and E. Özyurt, Rend. Sem. Mat. Univ.
Padova 118 (2007) 189-196.
- 'A Generic Identification Theorem for $L*$-Groups of Finite Morley
Rank', with A. Borovik, J. Burdges and G. Cherlin, J. Algebra 319 (2008)
50-76.
Organized Math:
Teaching:
- Undergraduate: 1. Basic Mathematics I-II, Calculus I-II,
Calculus for
Math Students I-II, Analytic Geometry,
Fundamentals of Mathematics, Basic Algebraic Structures, Introductory
Discrete Math, Calculus with Analytic Geometry, Calculus of
Functions of Several Variables.
2. Linear Algebra I-II, Honors Linear Algbera I-II, Basic Linear
Algebra.
3. Abstract Algebra, Field Extensions and Galois Theory,
Elementary Number Theory,
Set Theory, Graph Theory.
4. Introduction to
Group Theory, Groups and Geometry, Rings and Modules, Geometric Algbera.
- Graduate: Lie Algebras, Algebra I-II, Linear Algebraic Groups,
Buildings and Classical Groups.
- Supervision: 1. Şükrü
Yalçınkaya, 'Probabilistic recognition of
symplectic and orthogonal
groups', M.Sc. Thesis, METU, 2001.
2. Şükrü Yalçınkaya, `Black Box Groups and Related Group Theoretic
Constructions', Ph.D. Thesis, (Co-supervisor:
A. Borovik), METU, 2007.
3. Pınar Uğurlu, 'Groups of finite Morley rank with a tight
automorphism whose centralizer is pseudofinite', Ph.D. Thesis,
(Co-supervisor: A. Borovik), METU, 2009.
Administrative:
- Head of the Graduate Committee of METU Mathematics Department:
2000-2003
- Elected member of the Academic Board of the Faculty of Arts and
Science in METU:
2003 - 2006
- Vice Chairperson of METU Mathematics Department: 2003 - 2004
- Model Theory and Applications Network (EU FP6 Marie Curie RTN),
Turkey coordinator:
Jan 2004 - Dec 2008
- Member of the Executive Board of the Mathematics
Foundation: 2007 - 2009
- Member of the Executive Board of the METU Graduate School of
Natural
and Applied Sciences: 2009 - 2011
Consultancy:
Updated in August 2011.
