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Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics
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Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Javier Gómez-Serrano: Navier-Stokes Existence or Breakdown
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Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Daniel Spiegel, Harvard Title: The Quasi-Adiabatic Theorem and All That Abstract: Yosuke Kubota has recently made progress on understanding Kitaev's conjecture by constructing a […] |
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CMSA Spring Welcome Back Event Date: Jan 28, 2026 Time: 4:00 pm Location: CMSA Common Room, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA All CMSA and Math affiliates are invited. |
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Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Tristan Collins, University of Toronto Title: Complete Calabi-Yau Metrics and Optimal Transport Abstract: I will discuss the connection between optimal transport and the existence of complete […] |
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Member Seminar Speaker: Stephen Landsittel Title: Some results about saturation Abstract: Given a local ring R we can ask when saturation of ideals in R commutes with other operations on […]
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Freedman Seminar Speakers: Michael Freedman, CMSA and Slava Krushkal, University of Virginia (2-3 pm and 3:15-4:15 pm) Title: Formulating 4D surgery for AI agents Abstract: The topological category surgery exact […] |
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Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Pierre Vanhove (Institute of Theoretical Physics - Saclay) Title: Reflexive Polytopes and the Convergence of Feynman Integrals Abstract: In the parametric representation, […]
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Colloquium Speaker: Olivier Bernardi, Brandeis University Title: Bijections for hyperplane arrangements of Coxeter type Abstract: This talk is about real hyperplane arrangements whose hyperplanes are of the form {xi −xj = s} or […] |
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Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Dan Freed and Bowen Yang, Harvard CMSA Title: More on Kubota's spectrum of invertible states Abstract: Bowen will explain a construction aptly dubbed “Kitaev’s pump” in […] |
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https://youtu.be/14-9iCoclFE Date: February 4, 2026 Time: 5:00–6:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge MA Speaker: Barry Mazur, Harvard University Title: About the Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer […] 
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Ludmil Katzarkov, University of Miami Title: New Birational Invariants Abstract: We will introduce the origins of the main ideas of the theory of atoms. Applications follow. […]
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New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: George Tsoukalas, UT Austin Dept. of Computer Science and Google DeepMind. Title: Automated Theory Formation and Interestingness in Mathematics Abstract: Advances in modern learning systems are […] |
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Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Monica Jinwoo Kang, Texas A&M University Title: Index from a point Abstract: We argue that protected data of 4d N=2 SCFTs admits a purely algebro-geometric characterization. […]
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Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Yinan Wang, Peking University Title: On E7+1/2 gauge theory Abstract: We propose that an exotic gauge theory based on the intermediate Lie algebra E7+1/2 naturally appears […] |
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Member Seminar Speaker: Ahsan Khan, Harvard CMSA Title: Lie algebra cohomology and Seiberg-Witten theory Abstract: I will discuss how a certain (relative) Lie algebra cochain complex categorifies the Schur index […] |
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Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Shaoyun Bai (MIT) Title: On the p-curvature of quantum connections of CY threefolds Abstract: The small quantum connection of Calabi-Yau varieties has […]
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Colloquium Speaker: Pankaj Metha, Boston University Title: Phase Transition to Chaos in Complex Ecosystems with Non-reciprocal Interactions Abstract: Nonreciprocal interactions between microscopic constituents can profoundly shape the large-scale properties of […] |
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CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: James Eldred Pascoe, Drexel University Title: (What is) The tracial fundamental group and free universal monodromy? Abstract: We introduce the tracial fundamental group to classify the […]
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New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Yiannis Vlassopoulos, Athena Research Center Title: ReLU and Softplus neural nets as zero-sum, turn-based, stopping games Abstract: Neural networks are for the most part treated […] |
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Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Gabor Szekelyhidi, Northwestern University Title: Gromov-Hausdorff limits of collapsing Calabi-Yau fibrations Abstract: A well studied problem is the metric behavior of Calabi-Yau metrics on […] |
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Member Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Riva, Harvard CMSA Title: A leisurely stroll through the theory of adjunctions Abstract: Adjoint functors (and, more generally, adjunctions in a 2-category) are ubiquitous in algebra […] |
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Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Shaoyun Bai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Max Hübner and Saman Habibi Esfahani |
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Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Greg Moore, Rutgers University
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Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: William Stewart Title: Constructing oriented TQFTs from twisted pivotal tensor categories Abstract: The cobordism hypothesis classifies n-dimensional oriented TQFTs in terms of SO(n) homotopy […] |
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Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics Dates: February 23–March 11, 2026 Location: Harvard CMSA, Room G10, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA Mathematics, Morphometry and Morphogenesis is a 3-week program at […]
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Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Owen Gwilliam, Umass Amherst
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Colloquium Speaker: Mikhail Khovanov, Johns Hopkins University Title: Facets of link homology Abstract: We will review some link homology theories of algebraic origin and their connections to representation theory and […] |
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Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Max Hübner and Saman Habibi Esfahani |
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New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Courtney Paquette, McGill University Title: Scaling Stochastic Momentum from Theory to LLMs Abstract: Given the massive scale of modern ML models, we now often get only […] |
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Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Mirjam Cvetic, University of Pennsylvania |
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Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
Event Title: The Quasi-Adiabatic Theorem and All That
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar
Event Title: Complete Calabi-Yau Metrics and Optimal Transport
Algebra Seminar
Event Title: Algebra Seminar
Member Seminar
Event Title: Some results about saturation
Freedman Seminar
Event Title: Freedman Seminar: Michael Freedman, CMSA & Slava Krushkal, University of Virginia
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics
Event Title: Reflexive Polytopes and the Convergence of Feynman Integrals
Colloquium
Event Title: Bijections for hyperplane arrangements of Coxeter type
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
Event Title: More on Kubota’s spectrum of invertible states
Featured
Millennium Prize Problems Lecture
Event Title: Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Barry Mazur: About the Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer Conjecture
CMSA Q&A Seminar
Event Title: CMSA Q&A Seminar: Ludmil Katzarkov, University of Miami
New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar
Event Title: Automated Theory Formation and Interestingness in Mathematics
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar
Event Title: Index from a point
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar
Event Title: On E7+1/2 gauge theory
Algebra Seminar
Event Title: Algebra Seminar
Member Seminar
Event Title: Lie algebra cohomology and Seiberg-Witten theory
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics
Event Title: On the p-curvature of quantum connections of CY threefolds
Colloquium
Event Title: Phase Transition to Chaos in Complex Ecosystems with Non-reciprocal Interactions
CMSA Q&A Seminar
Event Title: CMSA Q&A Seminar: James Eldred Pascoe, Drexel University
New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar
Event Title: ReLU and Softplus neural nets as zero-sum, turn-based, stopping games
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar
Event Title: Gromov-Hausdorff limits of collapsing Calabi-Yau fibrations
Member Seminar
Event Title: A leisurely stroll through the theory of adjunctions
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics
Event Title: Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
Event Title: Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
CMSA Q&A Seminar
Event Title: CMSA Q&A Seminar
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar
Event Title: Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
Event Title: Constructing oriented TQFTs from twisted pivotal tensor categories
Algebra Seminar
Event Title: Algebra Seminar
Member Seminar
Event Title: Member Seminar
Programs
Event Title: Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics
Event Title: Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar
Colloquium
Event Title: Facets of link homology
Programs
Event Title: Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
Event Title: Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
Programs
Event Title: Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics
CMSA Q&A Seminar
Event Title: CMSA Q&A Seminar
New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar
Event Title: Scaling Stochastic Momentum from Theory to LLMs
Programs
Event Title: Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar
Event Title: Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar
Algebra Seminar
Event Title: Algebra Seminar
Programs
Event Title: Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics
Member Seminar
Event Title: Member Seminar
Programs
Event Title: Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics
Programs
Event Title: Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics
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