CMSA Colloquium 9/15/2021 – 5/25/2022
During the 2021–22 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a Colloquium, organized by Du Pei, Changji Xu, and Michael Simkin. It will take place on Wednesdays at 9:30am – 10:30am (Boston time). The […]
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Machine Learning the Gravity Equation for International Trade
Member Seminar Speaker: Sergiy Verstyuk Title: Machine Learning the Gravity Equation for International Trade Abstract: We will go through modern deep learning methods and existing approaches to their interpretation. Next, […]
Cobordism and Deformation Class of the Standard Model and Beyond: Proton Stability and Neutrino Mass
Member Seminar Speaker: Juven Wang Title: Cobordism and Deformation Class of the Standard Model and Beyond: Proton Stability and Neutrino Mass Abstract: ‘t Hooft anomalies of quantum field theories (QFTs) with […]
Statistical Mechanics of Mutilated Sheets and Shells
Speaker: David Nelson, Harvard University Title: Statistical Mechanics of Mutilated Sheets and Shells Abstract: Understanding deformations of macroscopic thin plates and shells has a long and rich history, culminating with the […]
Duality in Einstein’s Gravity
Title: Duality in Einstein’s Gravity Abstract: Electric-Magnetic duality has been a key feature behind our understanding of Quantum Field Theory for over a century. In this talk I will describe […]
Strategyproof-Exposing Mechanisms Descriptions
Colloquium Speaker: Yannai Gonczarowski (Harvard) Title: Strategyproof-Exposing Mechanisms Descriptions Abstract: One of the crowning achievements of the field of Mechanism Design has been the design and usage of the so-called […]
Breaking the one-mind-barrier in mathematics using formal verification
https://youtu.be/D7dqadF5k9Q New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Johan Commelin, Mathematisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Title: Breaking the one-mind-barrier in mathematics using formal verification Abstract: In this talk I will argue that […]
Derivation of AdS/CFT for Vector Models
Member Seminar Speaker: Shai Chester Title: Derivation of AdS/CFT for Vector Models Abstract: We derive an explicit map at finite N between the singlet sector of the free and critical O(N) and U(N) […]
Moduli spaces of graphs
Colloquium Speaker: Melody Chan, Brown Title: Moduli spaces of graphs Abstract: A metric graph is a graph—a finite network of vertices and edges—together with a prescription of a positive real […]
Random determinants, the elastic manifold, and landscape complexity beyond invariance
Member Seminar Speaker: Ben McKenna Title: Random determinants, the elastic manifold, and landscape complexity beyond invariance Abstract: The Kac-Rice formula allows one to study the complexity of high-dimensional Gaussian random functions […]
The Tree Property and uncountable cardinals
Colloquium Speaker: Dima Sinapova (Rutgers University) Title: The Tree Property and uncountable cardinals Abstract: In the late 19th century Cantor discovered that there are different levels of infinity. More precisely […]