Diffusive growth sourced by topological defects
Member Seminar Speaker: Farzan Vafa Title: Diffusive growth sourced by topological defects Abstract: In this talk, we develop a minimal model of morphogenesis of a surface where the dynamics of […]
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During the 2025–26 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a Member Seminar, organized by Iacopo Brivio and Lorenzo Riva.
This seminar will take place weekly on Fridays from 12:00–1:00 pm Eastern Time.
The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.
Synthetic Regression Discontinuity: Estimating Treatment Effects using Machine Learning
Speaker: Jörn Boehnke Title: Synthetic Regression Discontinuity: Estimating Treatment Effects using Machine Learning Abstract: In the standard regression discontinuity setting, treatment assignment is based on whether a unit’s observable score (running […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
Principal flow, sub-manifold and boundary
Member Seminar Speaker: Zhigang Yao Title: Principal flow, sub-manifold and boundary Abstract: While classical statistics has dealt with observations which are real numbers or elements of a real vector space, nowadays many […]
Quantum magnet chains and Kashiwara crystals
Speaker: Leonid Rybnikov, Harvard CMSA/National Research University Higher School of Economics Title: Quantum magnet chains and Kashiwara crystals Abstract: Solutions of the algebraic Bethe ansatz for quantum magnet chains are, generally, […]
Explicit Ramsey Graphs and Two Source Extractors
Speaker: David Zuckerman, Harvard CMSA/University of Texas at Austin Title: Explicit Ramsey Graphs and Two Source Extractors Abstract: Ramsey showed that any graph on N nodes contains a clique or independent […]
Some non-concave dynamic optimization problems in finance
Member Seminar Speaker: Shuaijie Qian (Harvard CMSA) Title: Some non-concave dynamic optimization problems in finance Abstract: Non-concave dynamic optimization problems appear in many areas of finance and economics. Most of existing literature […]