The CMSA Special Seminar occurs periodically.

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Special Lecture Series on Derived Algebraic/Differential Geometry

In the Spring 2019 Semester, the CMSA will be hosting a special lecture series on Derived algebraic/differential geometry run by Artan Sheshmani, with lectures given by Prof. Sheshmani and Dr. Dennis Borisov. The seminar will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00-4:30pm in CMSA, room G10. Click here for reference material Click here for […]

Gromov-Witten/Donaldson Thomas theory and Birational/Symplectic invariants for algebraic surfaces

Virtual

During the Spring 2021 Semester Artan Sheshmani (CMSA/ I.M. A.U.) will be teaching a CMSA special lecture series on Gromov-Witten/Donaldson Thomas theory and Birational/Symplectic invariants for algebraic surfaces. In order to attend this series, please fill out this form. The lectures will be held Mondays from 8:00 – 9:30 AM ET and Wednesdays from 8:00 – 9:00 AM ET beginning January 25 on […]

Macroscopic properties of buyer-seller networks in online marketplaces

Abstract:  Online marketplaces are the main engines of legal and illegal e-commerce, yet the aggregate properties of buyer-seller networks behind them are poorly understood. We analyse two datasets containing 245M transactions (16B USD)  between 2010 and 2021 involving online marketplaces: 28 dark web marketplaces (DWM), unregulated markets whose main currency is Bitcoin, and 144 product […]

On the wave turbulence theory for a stochastic KdV type equation

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

Random Matrix & Probability Theory Seminar Speaker: Minh-Binh TRAN (SMU & MIT) Location: CMSA, Room G02 Title: On the wave turbulence theory for a stochastic KdV type equation Abstract: We report recent progress, in collaboration with Gigliola Staffilani (MIT), on the problem of deriving kinetic equations from dispersive equations. To be more precise, starting from the stochastic  […]

Topological modular forms and heretoric string theory

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

Special Seminar Speaker: Mayuko Yamashita, Kyoto University Title: Topological modular forms and heretoric string theory Abstract: In this talk I will explain my works with Y. Tachikawa to study anomaly in heterotic string theory via homotopy theory, especially the theory of Topological Modular Forms (TMF). TMF is an E-infinity ring spectrum which is conjectured by […]