About
I am an Assistant Professor at Department of Mathematics, University of Virginia. I got my PhD in 2010 in Moscow with Grigori Olshanski, and in 2011-2014 I was a postdoc at Northeastern University.Research interests • (papers) • (CV)
Integrable probability, KPZ universality, interacting particle systems, six vertex model, Yang-Baxter equation, stochastic vertex models, Bethe ansatz, Macdonald processes, random tilings, symmetric functions, algebraic combinatoricsFocused Research Group in Integrable Probability
supported by the NSF grant 1664617 and companion grants
1664531,
1664619,
1664650
Teaching • (all)
In Fall 2018 I teach 2 sections of MATH 3100 Introduction to Probability which meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45pm and 2:00-3:15pm in Monroe Hall 116.- Textbook: Pitman's "Probability"
- Syllabus (PDF)
- Office hours: Tuesday 11-12, Thursday 10-11, or by appointment (email me to set up a time; you can make as many appointments as you need). Advisees - please use these office hours or set up appointments, too.
Recent news and links • (Events) • (Blog)
Workshop on Representation Theory, Combinatorics, and Geometry
will be at University of Virginia on October 19-21, 2018. The workshop precedes
the Virginia Mathematics Lectures by Andrei Okounkov (October 22-24)
Virginia Integrable Probability Summer School will be held
at University of Virginia
from May 27 to June 8, 2019 (details will be added soon)
Updated gallery of simulations of integrable stochastic systems
The conference Integrable Probability Boston 2018 was held on May 14-18, 2018 at MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Mailing Address
Leonid PetrovDepartment of Mathematics
University of Virginia
141 Cabell Drive, Kerchof Hall
P.O. Box 400137
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4137