Arithmetic Quantum Field Theory Program To receive email updates and program announcements, visit this link to sign up for the CMSA Arithmetic Quantum Field Theory Program mailing list. Dates: Feb. 5–Mar. 29, 2024 Location: Harvard CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 Directions to CMSA Organizers: David Ben-Zvi (University of Texas Austin) Solomon Friedberg (Boston […]
https://youtu.be/yPOy4OoXJX0 CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Prof. Amie Wilkinson will present a lecture in the CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Series. Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Time: 9:00–10:30 am ET Location: Via Zoom Webinar Registration is required. Register here to attend virtually: Zoom Webinar Registration Title: Stretching and shrinking: 85 years of the Hopf argument for ergodicity Abstract: […]
Fibered ribbon knots vs. major 4D conjectures Location: Harvard University Science Center Hall A & via Zoom webinar Dates: Feb 20 & 22, 2024 Time: 4:00-5:30 pm Directions and Recommended Lodging Registration is required. In-person registration: Harvard Science Center Zoom Webinar registration Maggie Miller is an assistant professor in the mathematics department at the University […]
https://youtu.be/TTM2Qmw-aek Josh Tenenbaum will give the Fourth Annual Yip Lecture on February 29, 2024. Title: How to grow a mind from a brain: From guessing and betting to thinking and talking Time: 4:00-5:00 pm ET Location: Harvard Science Center The Yip Lecture takes place thanks to the support of Dr. Shing-Yiu Yip. The previous Yip […]
https://youtu.be/3Opuy9l5S_U CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Prof. Cameron Gordon will present a lecture in the CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Series. Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Time: 9:00–10:30 am ET Location: Room G10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA and via Zoom Webinar Directions to CMSA Registration is required. Register here to attend in person: In-Person Registration […]
Arithmetic Quantum Field Theory Conference Dates: March 25-29, 2024 Location: Room G10, Harvard CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 Youtube Playlist Organizers: David Ben-Zvi (University of Texas Austin) Solomon Friedberg (Boston College) Natalie Paquette (University of Washington Seattle) Brian Williams (Boston University) Scientific Goals: On one hand, there has been tremendous progress in the past decade in our […]
https://youtu.be/MiqLoAZFRSE LECTURE SLIDES (pdf) On March 28, 2024, the CMSA will host the fifth annual Ding Shum Lecture, given by Yann LeCun. Time: 4:30–5:30 pm ET Speaker: Yann Lecun, New York University & META Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A & via Zoom Webinar Title: Objective-Driven AI: Towards AI systems that can learn, remember, reason, […]
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MATHEMATICS 2024 APRIL 5-6, 2024 HARVARD UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CENTER LECTURE HALL C REGISTER HERE https://www.math.harvard.edu/event/current-developments-in-mathematics-2024/ Speakers: Daniel Cristofaro-Gardiner - University of Maryland Samit Dasgupta - Duke University Jiaoyang Huang - University of Pennsylvania Daniel Litt - University of Toronto Lisa Piccirillo - MIT/University of Texas Download PDF for a detailed schedule […]
The CMSA will be hosting a Workshop on Global Categorical Symmetries from April 29–May 3, 2024. Participation in the workshop is by invitation. The workshop will hold three Symmetry Colloquia open to the community on Thursday, May 2, 2024. In-person Registration for Symmetry Colloquia Zoom Webinar Registration Location: Room G-10, CMSA, 20 Garden […]
Symmetry Colloquia - Global Categorical Symmetries May 2, 2024 Location: Room G-10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 Speaker: Clay Còrdova, University of Chicago Title: Particle-Soliton Degeneracies from Spontaneously Broken Non-Invertible Symmetry Abstract: We study non-invertible topological symmetry operators in massive quantum field theories in (1+1) dimensions. In phases where this symmetry is spontaneously broken […]
Symmetry Colloquia - Global Categorical Symmetries May 2, 2024 Location: Room G-10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 Speaker: Thomas Dumitrescu, UCLA Title: Symmetries, Invertible Field Theories, and Gauge Theory Phases Abstract: I will start with a brief overview of gauge theory phases in 3+1 dimensions through the lens of higher symmetries — in particular the realization […]
Symmetry Colloquia - Global Categorical Symmetries May 2, 2024 Location: Room G-10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 Speaker: Theo Johnson-Freyd, Dalhousie University and Perimeter Institute Title: The Universal Target Category Abstract: Hilbert's Nullstellensatz says that the complex numbers C satisfy a universal property among all R-algebras: every not-too-large nonzero commutative R-algebra maps to C. Deligne proved a similar statement […]