Primes Logo Fourth Annual Yulia's Dream Conference, June 18, 2026

Yulia Zdanovska
Ukrainian mathematician and educator Yulia Zdanovska (2000-2022) at the 2017 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad

Thursday, June 18

11:00 am (Boston) [18:00 (Kyiv)]: Welcoming Remarks

  • Dr. Slava Gerovitch, Yulia's Dream Program Director

11:10 am (Boston) [18:10 (Kyiv)]: Lecture

  • Prof. Pavel Etingof, MIT, Yulia's Dream Program Chief Research Advisor, “Using generative AI in mathematical research: A guide for young mathematicians.”

11:25 am (Boston) [18:25 (Kyiv)]: Session 1

  • Yelyzaveta Melnychuk, Kostiantyn Lapko, Oleksandr Kohan, “An introduction to Algebraic Geometry: Varieties, Ideals, and Gröbner bases” (mentor Mykola Sapronov, University of Minnesota)
  • Dmytro Koshevy, Sofia Fedoskina, “The Riemann Zeta Function and Prime Distribution” (mentor Dr. Andrei Ionov, University of Texas at Austin)
  • Anastasiia Nosyk, Mariia Rapina, "Introduction to Linear Algebra" (mentor Dr. Kostiantyn Tolmachov, University of Hamburg)

12:35 pm (Boston) [19:35 (Kyiv)]: Session 2

  • Mykhailo Sydorenko, Kateryna Sydorenko, “Prime Numbers and Polynomial Equations” (mentor Dr. Michael McBreen, the Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  • Illia Balashov, Illia Rozenberg, “Accessible Percolation” (mentor Alina Harbuzova, MIT)
  • Oleh Puzyrkov, “Chebyshev Profiles of Sparse Random Graphs” (mentor Elizaveta Nesterova, Technion)

Contact

With questions, contact PRIMES Program Director Slava Gerovitch at