Dipali Swain joined Florida Polytechnic University in August of 2024 as an assistant
professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics. Prior to this, she was a graduate
teaching associate at the University of South Florida for five years. This was an
instructor-equivalent position for Ph.D. students.
When not in the classroom, Swain enjoys spending time practicing Western-style calligraphy,
painting, and participating in Postcrossing, a project allowing people to send real
postcards and receive real postcards back from random people around the world.
Swain is married to Sudheendra, a lead software developer, and the couple has been
in Florida for over five years. Her yellow Labrador retriever, Max, enjoys his time
in Swain’s home country of India.
Fred L. and Helen M. Tharp Scholarship for teaching assistants, University of South
Florida, 2020-2024
Batch Topper and Gold Medalist, Master of Science (Mathematics), Central University
of Jharkhand, India, 2019
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) (2019), All India Rank: 672.
for pursuing M. Tech/Research/Ph. D. in the field of mathematics.
Ph.D. In Mathematics, University of South Florida, 2024
M.S. In Mathematics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India, 2019
B.S. In Mathematics (Hons.), Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, India, 2017
Low dimensional topology
Quandles
Knot theory
Homology theory
Undergraduate Advisor, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) at University of South Florida
Member, American Mathematical Society
Elhamdadi M., Nunez B., Singh M., and Swain D. (2023). Idempotents, free products
and quandle coverings, Internat. J. Math. 34, no. 3, Paper No. 2350011, 27, doi=10.1142/S0129167X23500118
Elhamdadi M., and Swain D., State sum invariants of knots from idempotents in quandle
rings (submitted), https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14661
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