Sira Busch
Mathematisches Institut
Universität Münster
Orléans-Ring 10
48149 Münster
Zimmer: 110.004
Email: s_busc16 [at] uni-muenster.de
Pronouns: Any. (If you can not choose, then they/them.) You may address me by name; (i.e. "Sira Busch" instead of "Ms Busch" or "Frau Busch" etc.)
Research interests:
Buildings (of spherical type), incidence geometry, group theory and combinatorics.
Articles:
- Groups of Projectivities and Levi Subgroups in Spherical Buildings of Simply Laced Type, Sira Busch, Jeroen Schillewaert, Hendrik Van Maldeghem, arXiv:2407.09226
- A Characterisation of lines in finite Lie incidence geometries of classical type, Sira Busch and Hendrik Van Maldeghem, arXiv:2408.02413
Talks:
- 10/09/2024, Projectivity Groups of Spherical Buildings, Integral Structures in Geometry and Representation Theory, Session Groups and Geometry, Opening conference of CRC-TRR 358 of Bielefeld and Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany.
- 13/06/2024, Projectivity Groups of Spherical Buildings, Geometry and Groups Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
- 04/2024, Projectivity groups of spherical buildings, Oberseminar Algebra und Geometrie, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
- 02/2024, Die Moufang-Eigenschaft in Polarräumen, Das Grüppchen, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
- 02/2024, The Moufang Property in Polar Spaces, Bielefeld-Münster Seminar on Groups, Geometry and Topology, Münster University, Germany.
- 01/2024, Spherical Buildings and the Moufang Property, PostGrad Seminar, University of Auckland.
- 01/2024, The Moufang Property in Polar Spaces, Algebra and Combinatorics Seminar, University of Auckland.
- 12/2023, Constructing automorphisms and showing the Moufang property for projective planes and generalized quadrangles in polar spaces, Magic Square Seminar, Universiteit Gent.
- 07/2023, Buildings as Generalizations of Projective Spaces – Visualizing the Moufang Property, HaJe MaDre, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
- 03/2023, Spherical Buildings, Das Grüppchen, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
- 03/2022, Group Cubization, Oberseminar Group Geometry, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg.
Curriculum Vitae:
- 2022 and ongoing: PhD student, Mathematics Münster Graduate School, Universität Münster.
- 2021-2022: Worked as an author and wrote a book about how norms and stereotypes prohibit equality. Find it here.
- 2020-2021: Worked as a software engineer. I was interested in and worked with: Go, Python, Java, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, SQL, Terraform, REST, Containerisation, Bash, Git, Github.
- 2017-2020: Master of Science Mathematics, Universität Münster, Minor subject: Philosophy.
- 2013-2017: Bachelor of Science Mathematics, Universität Münster, Minor subject: Philosophy.
Research Stays & Visits:
- Nov 30 – Dec 22 2024: New Zealand, visit of the University of Auckland, joint work with Jeroen Schillewaert & Hendrik Van Maldeghem.
- Sept 18 – Nov 28 2024: Belgium, research stay at Ghent University, joint work with Hendrik Van Maldeghem.
- Jan 07 – Jan 20 2024: New Zealand, visit of the University of Auckland, joint work with Jeroen Schillewaert & Hendrik Van Maldeghem.
- Nov 05 – Dec 22 2023: Belgium, research stay at Ghent University, joint work with Hendrik Van Maldeghem.
Theses:
- Gruppenkubisierung und ein Ergebnis Sabidussis .
Group cubization and a result of Sabidussi.
Master's thesis (2020) - Teilmengen mit Toren und Projektionen in metrischen Räumen und Gebäuden .
Gated subsets and projections in metric spaces and buildings.
Bachelor's thesis (2017)
Teaching:
- Teaching assistant for Foundations of Analysis, Topology and Geometry (SS24)
- Tutor for Analysis I (WS19/20)
- Tutor for Linear Algebra II (SS19)
- Tutor for Mathematics For Physicists III (WS16/17)
Miscellaneous:
- I was organizer of the Buildings 2024 conference.
- I get funding through the Dissertation Plus Scholarship of the Claussen-Simon-Stiftung and the Diversity Support Fellowship of the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster.
- I am a member of the Fachgruppe Gender, Diversity and Sustainability in Mathematics of the German Mathematical Society since the 23rd of June 2023 and contact person for questions regarding trans identity and neurodiversity.
- I am a math ambassador of the Stiftung Rechnen since 2017.