During 2025–26, the CMSA will host a seminar on New Technologies in Mathematics, organized by Michael Douglas and Blake Bordelon. This seminar will take place on Wednesdays from 2:00 pm–3:00 pm (Eastern Time). The meetings will take place in Room G10 at the CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138, and some meetings will take place virtually on Zoom or be held in hybrid formats. To learn how to attend, please fill out this form, or contact Michael Douglas (mdouglas@cmsa.fas.harvard.edu).

The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.

Seminar videos can be found at the CMSA Youtube site: New Technologies in Mathematics Playlist

  • Understanding Optimization in Deep Learning with Central Flows

    Hybrid - G10

    https://youtu.be/04E8r76TetQ New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Alex Damian, Harvard Title: Understanding Optimization in Deep Learning with Central Flows Abstract: Traditional theories of optimization cannot describe the dynamics of optimization in deep […]

  • The Carleson project: A collaborative formalization

    Virtual

    New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: María Inés de Frutos Fernández, Mathematical Institute, University of Bonn Title: The Carleson project: A collaborative formalization Abstract: A well-known result in Fourier analysis […]

  • Discovery of unstable singularity with machine precision

    CMSA 20 Garden Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 United States

    New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Yongji Wang, NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Title: Discovery of unstable singularity with machine precision Abstract: Whether singularities can form in fluids remains a […]

  • Machine learning tools for mathematical discovery

    Virtual

    New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Adam Zsolt Wagner, Google DeepMind Title: Machine learning tools for mathematical discovery Abstract: I will discuss various ML tools we can use today to […]