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 Maggie Miller is an assistant professor in the mathematics department at the University of Texas at Austin and a Clay Research Fellow. This is the fourth annual Math Science […]
https://youtu.be/TTM2Qmw-aek Josh Tenenbaum gave 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 Lecture […]
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, […]
https://youtu.be/1QwTqfiqxTw CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am ET Location: Via Zoom Webinar Speaker: Marc Lackenby, University of Oxford Title: The complexity of knots Abstract: In his final paper in 1954, Alan Turing wrote `No systematic method is yet known by which one can tell whether two knots are […]
https://youtu.be/Pht8aXE5IsU Machine Learning in Science Education Panel Discussion Monday, Sep. 30, 2024 3:30-5:30 pm ET Machine Learning is rapidly influencing many spheres of human activity. As part of the CMSA Mathematics and Machine Learning Program, this panel discussion will explore current and future uses of Machine Learning in science education. Panelists will make brief presentations, […]
Speaker: Andrew Neitzke, Yale University Location: Harvard University Science Center Hall D & via Zoom webinar Dates: October 16 & 17, 2024 Time: 4:00 pm https://youtu.be/1SyGyeMmWoM Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 Title: Abelianization in analysis of ODEs Abstract: I will describe the exact WKB method for asymptotic analysis of families of ODEs in one […]
Speaker: Andrew Neitzke, Yale University Location: Harvard University Science Center Hall D & via Zoom webinar Dates: October 16 & 17, 2024 Time: 4:00 pm https://youtu.be/1SyGyeMmWoM Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 Title: Abelianization in analysis of ODEs Abstract: I will describe the exact WKB method for asymptotic analysis of families of ODEs in one variable, […]
https://youtu.be/jEDFrIvRowc On February 13, 2025 the CMSA hosted the sixth annual Ding Shum Lecture, given by Irit Dinur, Institute for Advanced Study. Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A & via Zoom Webinar Speaker: Irit Dinur, Institute for Advanced Study Title: Expanders from local to global Abstract: Imagine a network—like a social network, a transportation […]
https://youtu.be/JJ88e4H4b8Q CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Date: April 8, 2025 Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am ET Location: CMSA G10, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA & via Zoom Speaker: Scott Sheffield (MIT) Title: Yang-Mills theory and random surfaces Abstract: The Clay Institute famously offered one million dollars to anyone who could mathematically construct and understand a certain continuum […]
https://youtu.be/VplMHWSZf5c Speaker: Scott Aaronson, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, Austin Scott Aaronson is the founding director at the Quantum Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Date: April 17, 2025 Time: 4:00-5:00 pm ET (Reception following in the Math Common Room) Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A Title: How Much […]
Geometry of Machine Learning Special Lecture: Yann LeCun Title: Self-Supervised Learning, JEPA, World Models, and the future of AI Date: Tuesday, Sep. 16, 2025 Time: 5:00 pm ET Location: Harvard Science Center, Hall C & via Zoom Webinar
https://youtu.be/60X5M1FhmUc Millennium Prize Problems Lecture Date: September 17, 2025 Location: Harvard Science Center Hall D & via Zoom Webinar Time: 5:00–6:00 pm Speaker: Michael Freedman, Harvard CMSA and Logical Intelligence Title: The Poincaré Conjecture and Mathematical Discovery Abstract: The AI age requires us to re-examine what mathematics is about. The Seven Millenium Problems provide an […]