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During the 2025–26 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a Colloquium series, organized by Tomer Ezra, Houcine Ben Dali, Francesco Mori, and Sunghyuk Park.

It will take place on Mondays from 4:30 – 5:30 pm (Eastern Time) in Room G10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street. All CMSA postdocs/members are required to attend the weekly CMSA Colloquium series as well as the weekly CMSA Members’ Seminars.

To subscribe to the CMSA Colloquium Mailing list, please visit this link.

The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.

  • Bijections for hyperplane arrangements of Coxeter type

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    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 […]

  • Phase Transition to Chaos in Complex Ecosystems with Non-reciprocal Interactions

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    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 […]

  • Inverse problems in soft and active matter

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    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: L. Mahadevan, Harvard Title: Inverse problems in soft and active matter Abstract: How can one grow a face or a flower from a flat sheet? Fold a sheet […]

  • Facets of link homology

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    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 […]

  • Enacted collective cognition: Brainless problem-solving in weaver ants

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: Ofer Feinerman, Weizmann Institute of Science Title: Enacted collective cognition: Brainless problem-solving in weaver ants Abstract: Unlike most ants, weaver ants construct their nests by pulling together leaves. […]

  • Dynamics as intersection problem

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: Nikita Nekrasov, Simons Center Title: Dynamics as intersection problem Abstract: Most classical and quantum field theories are based on an action principle. However, there are important exceptions to […]

  • Statistical Shape Analysis of Complex Natural Structures

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: Anuj Srivastava, Johns Hopkins University Title: Statistical Shape Analysis of Complex Natural Structures Abstract: Statistical modeling and analysis of structured data is a fast-growing field in Statistics and […]