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 […]
Statistical mechanics of neural networks: From the geometry of high dimensional error landscapes to beating power law neural scaling
https://youtu.be/SQlPI07LvUc New Technologies in Mathematics Speaker: Surya Ganguli, Stanford University Title: Statistical mechanics of neural networks: From the geometry of high dimensional error landscapes to beating power law neural scaling Abstract: Statistical […]
Kahler geometry in twisted materials
Member Seminar Speaker: Jie Wang Title: Kahler geometry in twisted materials Abstract: Flatbands are versatile platform for realizing exotic quantum phases due to the enhanced interactions. The canonical example is Landau […]
Minerva: Solving Quantitative Reasoning Problems with Language Models
https://youtu.be/HUTWime3d6w New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Guy Gur-Ari, Google Research Title: Minerva: Solving Quantitative Reasoning Problems with Language Models Abstract: Quantitative reasoning tasks which can involve mathematics, science, and programming […]
Quantum statistical mechanics of charged black holes and strange metals
https://youtu.be/-Kjl8WehIPw Colloquium Please note this colloquium will be held at a special time: 4:00-5:00 pm. Speaker: Subir Sachdev (Harvard) Title: Quantum statistical mechanics of charged black holes and strange metals […]