CMSA

11/26/2019 Spacetime Seminar
2019-11-26 14:30 (America/New_York) | MA

Communication Complexity of Randomness Manipulation
2019-11-25 16:30 - 17:30 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Speaker: Madhu Sudan (Harvard)

Title: Communication Complexity of Randomness Manipulation

Abstract: The task of manipulating randomness has been a subject of intense investigation in the theory of computer science. The classical definition of this task consider a single processor massaging random samples from an unknown source and trying to convert it into a sequence of uniform independent bits. In this talk I will talk about a less studied setting where randomness is distributed among different players who would like to convert this randomness to others forms with relatively little communication. For instance players may be given access to a source of biased correlated bits, and their goal may be to get a common random bit out of this source. Even in the setting where the source is known this can lead to some interesting questions that have been explored since the 70s with striking constructions and some surprisingly hard questions. After giving some background, I will describe a recent work which explores the task of extracting common randomness from correlated sources with bounds on the number of rounds of interaction. Based on joint works with Mitali Bafna (Harvard), Badih Ghazi (Google) and Noah Golowich (Harvard).

11/25/2019 Math Physics Seminar
2019-11-25 15:00 - 16:00 | MA

Current Developments in Mathematics 2019
2019-11-22 13:30 - 2019-11-23 17:00 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 1:30 pm – 5:20 pm
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Harvard University Science Center, Hall C
Speakers:
· Svetlana Jitomirskaya (UC Irvine)
· Subash Khot (NYU)
· Jun Li (Stanford)
· André Neves (Chicago)
· Geordie Williamson (U Sidney)
Youtube Playlist

11/21/2019 Spacetime Seminar
2019-11-21 14:30 | MA

11/21/2019 Condensed Matter seminar
2019-11-21 11:50 - 13:00 | MA

An Introduction to the Non-Perturbative Bootstrap
2019-11-20 16:30 - 17:30 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Speaker: Xi Yin (Harvard)

Title: An Introduction to the Non-Perturbative Bootstrap

Abstract: I will discuss non-perturbative definitions of quantum field theories, some properties of correlation functions of local operators, and give a brief overview of some results and open questions concerning the conformal bootstrap

11/20/2019 Fluid Dynamics Seminar
2019-11-20 15:35 | MA

11/20/2019 Quantum Matter Seminar
2019-11-20 10:45 - 12:45 | MA

11/14/2019 Spacetime Seminar
2019-11-14 14:30 | MA

Algebra, Geometry and Topology of ERK Enzyme Kinetics
2019-11-13 16:30 - 17:30 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Speaker: Heather Harrington (University of Oxford)

Title: Algebra, Geometry and Topology of ERK Enzyme Kinetics

Abstract: In this talk I will analyse ERK time course data by developing mathematical models of enzyme kinetics. I will present how we can use differential algebra and geometry for model identifiability and topological data analysis to study these the wild type dynamics of ERK and ERK mutants. This work is joint with Lewis Marsh, Emilie Dufresne, Helen Byrne and Stanislav Shvartsman.

11/13/2019 General Relativity Seminar
2019-11-13 13:00 - 14:00 | MA

11/13/2019 Quantum Matter Seminar
2019-11-13 10:30 - 12:00 | MA

11/12/2019 Spacetime Seminar
2019-11-12 14:30 | MA

Workshop on Dynamics, Randomness, and Control in Molecular and Cellular Networks
2019-11-12 09:00 - 2019-11-14 17:00 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
On November 12-14, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting a workshop on Dynamics, Randomness, and Control in Molecular and Cellular Networks. The workshop will be held in room G10 of the CMSA, located at 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.
Biological cells are the fundamental units of life, and predictive modeling of cellular dynamics is essential for understanding a myriad of biological processes and functions. Rapid advances in technologies have made it possible for biologists to measure many variables and outputs from complex molecular and cellular networks with various inputs and environmental conditions. However, such advances are far ahead of the development of mathematical theory, models and methods needed to secure a deep understanding of how high-level robust behaviors emerge from the interactions in complex structures, especially in dynamic and stochastic environments. This workshop will bring together mathematicians and biological scientists involved in developing mathematical theories and methods for understanding, predicting and controlling dynamic behavior of molecular and cellular networks. Particular emphasis will be placed on efforts directed towards discovering underlying biological principles that govern function, adaptation and evolution, and on the development of associated mathematical theories.
Organizers: Jeremy Gunawardena (Harvard) and Ruth Williams (University of California, San Diego)
Speakers:

David Anderson, University of Wisconsin | Slides
James Collins, MIT
Domitilla Del Vecchio, MIT | Slides
Olga K. Dudko, UC San Diego
Massimiliano Esposito, University of Luxembourg | Slides
John Fricks, Arizona State University | Slides
Heather Harrington, University of Oxford
Joe Howard, Yale University
Krešimir Josić, University of Houston
Samuel Kou, Harvard University
Tom Kurtz, University of Wisconsin | Slides
Andrew Murray, Harvard University
Antonis Papachristodoulou, University of Oxford
Johan Paulsson, Harvard University
Lea Popovic, Concordia University
Sharad Ramanathan, Harvard University
Eduardo Sontag, Northeastern University
Jörg Stelling, ETH Zurich | Slides
Pieter Rein ten Wolde, AMOLF | Slides

Videos from the workshop can be found in the Youtube playlist.

11/8/2019 General Relativity Seminar
2019-11-08 10:30 - 23:30 | MA

11/7/2019 Quantum Matter Seminar
2019-11-07 11:50 | MA

A unified perspective on integrability
2019-11-06 16:30 - 17:30 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Speaker: Kevin Costello (Perimeter Institute)

Title: A unified perspective on integrability

Abstract: Two-dimensional integrable field theories, and the integrable PDEs which are their classical limits, play an important role in mathematics and physics. I will describe a geometric construction of integrable field theories which yields (essentially) all known integrable theories as well as many new ones. Billiard dynamical systems will play a surprising role. Based on work (partly in progress) with Gaiotto, Lee, Yamazaki, Witten, and Wu.

11/6/2019 Random Matrix and Probability Theory Seminar
2019-11-06 15:15 - 16:15 | MA

11/6/2019 Quantum Matter Seminar
2019-11-06 10:30 - 12:00 | MA

11/4/2019 Mathematical Physics Seminar
2019-11-04 12:00 - 13:00 | MA

11/1/2019 General Relativity Seminar
2019-11-01 10:30 - 11:30 | MA

Learning from health data in the million genome era
2019-11-01 09:00 - 17:00 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
On November 1, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting a conference organized by Seven Bridges Genomics. The workshop will be held in room G10 of the CMSA, located at 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.
Projects currently underway around the world are collecting detailed health and genomic data from millions of volunteers. In parallel, numerous healthcare systems have announced commitments to integrate genomic data into the standard of care for select patients. These data have the potential to reveal transformative insights into health and disease. However, to realize this promise, novel approaches are required across the full life cycle of data analysis. This symposium will include discussion of advanced statistical and algorithmic approaches to draw insights from petabyte scale genomic and health data; success stories to date; and a view towards the future of clinical integration of genomics in the learning health system.
Speakers:

Heidi Rehm, Ph.D.
Chief Genomics Officer, MGH; Professor of Pathology, MGH, BWH & Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, Broad Institute Clinical Research Sequencing Platform.
Saiju Pyarajan, Ph.D.
Director, Centre for Data and Computational Sciences,VABHS, and Department of Medicine, BWH and HMS
Tianxi Cai, Sci.D
John Rock Professor of Population and Translational Data Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health
Susan Redline, M.D., M.P.H
Farrell Professor of Sleep MedicineHarvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Avinash Sahu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health
Peter J. Park, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
David Roberson
Community Engagement Manager, Seven Bridges

11/31/2019 Spacetime Seminar
2019-10-31 14:30 - 16:00 | MA

10/31/2019 Condensed Matter Seminar
2019-10-31 11:50 - 13:00 | MA

Spacetime, Quantum Mechanics and Positive Geometry at Infinity
2019-10-30 16:30 - 17:30 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Speaker: Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS)

Title: Spacetime, Quantum Mechanics and Positive Geometry at Infinity

10/30/2019 Random Matrix and Probability Theory Seminar
2019-10-30 15:15 - 16:15 | MA

10/30/2019 Quantum Matter Seminar
2019-10-30 10:30 - 12:00 | MA

10/28/2019 Math Physics
2019-10-28 12:00 - 13:00 | MA

Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics Master Class Workshop
2019-10-28 09:00 - 2019-10-30 17:00 | CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
As part of the program on Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics, Total Positivity and Motives, the CMSA will host a “Master Class Workshop” on October 28-30, 2019. Each day of the workshop will feature an intensive full day of pedagogical lectures, with the aim of bringing actively interested but non-expert physicists and mathematicians up to speed on the featured topics.
Everyone is welcome to attend the lectures.
The master class workshop will be held in room G10 of the CMSA, located at 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.
Organizers:

Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS)
Lauren Williams (Harvard)
Alex Postnikov (MIT)
Thomas Lam (Michigan)

Here is a partial list of the mathematicians and physicists who have indicated that they will attend part or all of this special program as a visitor:

Paolo Benincasa, 11/17/2019 – 11/29/2019
Jacob Bourjaily, 9/1/2019 – 12/15/2019
Francis Brown, 9/15/2019 – 9/20/2019
Simon Caron-Huot, 9/30/2019 – 10/04/2019
Lance Dixon, 9/9/2019 – 9/20/2019
Charles Doran, 10/19/2019 – 11/1/2019
James Drummond, 10/14/2019 – 10/18/2019
Nick Early, 11/18/2019 – 11/22/2019
Livia Ferro, 10/27/2019 – 11/9/2019
Sergey Fomin, 10/6/2019 – 10/16/2019
Sebastian Franco, 10/9/2019 – 10/19/2019
Hadleigh Frost, 9/15/2019 – 12/20/2019
Michael Green, 10/05/2019 – 10/13/2019
Alexander Goncharov, 12/05/2019 – 12/20/2019
Song He, 9/29/2019 – 11/10/2019
Xuhua He, 10/30/2019-11/03/2019.
Enrico Herrmann, 10/27/2019 – 11/9/2019
Yutin Huang, 9/30/2019 – 10/12/2019
Steven Karp, 10/11/2019 – 11/03/2019
Tomasz Lukowski, 10/27/2019 – 11/11/2019
Andrew McLeod, 10/6/2019 – 10/19/2019 & 11/3/2019 – 11/16/2019
Sebastian Mizera, 10/28/2019 – 11/1/2019
Erik Panzer, 9/15/2019 – 9/25/2019
Matteo Parisi, 10/26/2019 – 11/10/2019
Julio Parra-Martinez, 10/10/2019 – 05/12/2019
Pierpaolo Mastrolia, 11/8/2019 – 11/16/2019
Pasha Pylyavskyy, 9/8/2019 – 9/22/2019 & 10/14/2019 – 11/1/2019
Junjie Rao, 10/25/2019 – 11/04/2019
Giulio Salvatori, 9/3/2019 – 12/15/2019
Michael Shapiro, 10/27/2019 – 11/2/2019
David Speyer, 10/14/2019 – 10/18/2019
Hugh Thomas, 10/27/2019 – 11/22/2019
Jaroslav Trnka, 9/30/2019 – 10/04/2019, 10/28/2019 – 11/01/2019, 11/18/2019 – 11/22/2019
Cristian Vergu, 11/10/2019 – 11/30/2019
Matthias Volk, 10/14/2019 – 10/25/2019
Matthew von Hippel, 11/11/2019 – 11/22/2019
Pierre Vanhove, 10/22/2019 – 10/31/2019
Matthias Wilhelm, 10/14/2019 – 10/25/2019
