During 2024–25, the CMSA will host a seminar on New Technologies in Mathematics, organized by Michael Douglas and Samy Jelassi. 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

Is Behavior Cloning All You Need? Understanding Horizon in Imitation Learning

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

https://youtu.be/KOgh-FFDlvg New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Dylan Foster, Microsoft Research Title: Is Behavior Cloning All You Need? Understanding Horizon in Imitation Learning Abstract: Imitation learning (IL) aims to mimic the behavior […]

Thinking Like Transformers – A Practical Session

Virtual

New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Gail Weiss, EPFL Title: Thinking Like Transformers - A Practical Session Abstract: With the help of the RASP programming language, we can better imagine […]

Can Transformers Reason Logically? A Study in SAT-Solving

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

https://youtu.be/o7uac6DuzcQ New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Leyan Pan, Georgia Tech Title: Can Transformers Reason Logically? A Study in SAT-Solving Abstract: Transformer-based LLMs have apparently demonstrated capabilities that resembles human […]