Ben Salisbury

Ben Salisbury is a Professor of Mathematics and former Department Chair at Central Michigan University (CMU). He transitioned to industry as a Data Scientist at The Hartford. His academic career included postdoctoral roles at Brown University and The City College of New York, focusing on algebraic combinatorics and representation theory, particularly crystal bases. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut (2012) under Kyu-Hwan Lee.

Research Interests:

• Combinatorics of crystal bases
• Algebraic Combinatorics
• Representation Theory

Key Contributions:

• Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant (2016–2021)
• Organized international conferences like FPSAC 2023 and SageDays workshops

Transition to Industry: Leverages mathematical expertise in actuarial modeling and data science projects, including time series forecasting and machine learning (e.g., weather predictions, fruit classification).