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Mathematics can be tasty! It's a way of thinking, and not just about numbers. Through unexpectedly connected examples from music, juggling, and baking, Dr. Cheng will show that math can be made fun and intriguing for all, through hands-on activities, examples that everyone can relate to, and funny stories. She will present surprisingly high-level mathematics, including some advanced abstract algebra usually only seen by math majors and graduate students with a distinct emphasis on edible examples.

Dr. Eugenia Cheng is Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and tenured in Pure Mathematics at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has previously taught at the universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice and holds a PhD in pure mathematics is from the University of Cambridge. Alongside her research in Category Theory and undergraduate teaching her aim is to rid the world of "math phobia". Her first popular math book, How to Bake Pi, was published by Basic Books in 2015 to widespread acclaim including from the New York Times, National Geographic, Scientific American, and she was interviewed around the world including on the BBC, NPR and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The book has been translated into seven languages so far. Eugenia was an early pioneer of math on YouTube and her videos have been viewed over a million times to date. She has also assisted with mathematics in elementary schools and high schools for 15 years. Her next popular math book on infinity will be published in 2017. Eugenia is also a concert pianist and runs the Liederstube, a Not For Profit organization in Chicago bringing classical music to a wider audience.www.eugeniacheng.com and twitter.com/DrEugeniaCheng