Alex Sheng 盛云翰

Portrait of Your Name

Hi, I am a second-year PhD student in Mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

I was an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago from 2020 to 2024.

Before that, I spent my high school years in the beautiful city of Maastricht, the Netherlands.

I was born and raised in Hefei, China.

Research interests

I am interested in problems that arise in number theory, homotopy theory, and representation theory.

Recently, I have been interested in mathematical biology and machine learning.

Papers

Performed Bach Trio Sonatas Reveal Topological Encoding of Polyphonic Music arxiv Short description.

Notes

Music

I am a pianist and an organist. You can access some of my recordings on Youtube and Bilibili. Here are some recent ones:

Other writings

I write in Chinese. They are mostly prose or scholarly articles that concern music, travelling, and philosophy. Here are some recent ones:

Contact

You can reach me at: yhsheng AT umich DOT edu.