Yeeka Yau

Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of North Carolina Asheville, NC, USA. Previously, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Furman University, SC, USA. And prior to that, I was a Postdoc at the University of Sydney, where I also completed my PhD in 2021. My advisor was James Parkinson.


Postal address: Dr Yeeka Yau
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
1 University Heights
University of North Carolina Asheville
Asheville, NC 28804
USA
Office:
Email: yyau@unca.edu


Research Interests

My research interests are in Coxeter groups, Hecke algebras, algebraic combinatorics and connections between group theory and automata theory. I also enjoy teaching mathematics at all levels and helping to make the joy of mathematics accessible to as many people as possible.

Here is my CV.

Papers and Preprints

A pair of Garside shadows.
(P. Przytycki, Y. Yau)
(Submitted) (2023) (pdf)

Modifying twist algorithms for determining the key length of a Vigenère cipher.
(C. Millichap, Y. Yau, A. Pate and M. Carns)
To appear in Cryptologia (2023) (pdf)

Cone types, automata, and regular partitions in Coxeter groups.
(J. Parkinson, Y. Yau)
Advances in Mathematics, vol 398 (2022) (pdf)

Coxeter Systems for which the Brink-Howlett automaton is minimal.
(J. Parkinson, Y. Yau)
Journal of Algebra, Volume 527, June 2019, p437-446 (2019) (pdf) Online Publication

Other

Automatic Structures for Coxeter Groups
(Y. Yau)
Phd Thesis University of Sydney (2021) (University Library Link)

Emmie Maelee and Maisie Shae
(C. Yau, Y. Yau)
(Work in progress) (Link)

Some Code and Web Applications

Teaching

At UNCA, in Fall 2023, I am teaching: