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The mathematics of evolution

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

Colloquium Speaker: Martin Nowak (Harvard) Title: The mathematics of evolution Abstract: All living systems are guided by evolutionary dynamics. Evolution is a search process which occurs in populations of reproducing individuals. The three fundamental forces of evolution are mutation, selection and cooperation. I will present basic ideas in the mathematical description of evolutionary dynamics, including quasi-species theory, evolutionary […]

Introduction to Factorization algebras

Science Center Hall E 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed, Harvard University Title: Introduction to Factorization algebras

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 of an expert in a sequential decision making task by learning from demonstrations, and has been widely applied to robotics, autonomous driving, and autoregressive language […]

Event Series Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Bounds and Dualities of Type II Little String Theories

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

Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar Speaker: Fabian Ruehle (Northeastern University) Title: Bounds and Dualities of Type II Little String Theories Abstract: The goal of this seminar is to introduce Type II Little String Theories (LSTs), which are six-dimensional supersymmetric QFTs. We explore how to geometrically engineer these theories within the context of M-/F-theory (top-down) as well […]

Representations of minimal W-algebras: unitarity and modular invariance

Virtual

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Victor Kac (MIT) Title: Representations of minimal W-algebras: unitarity and modular invariance Abstract: The minimal W-algebras, obtained by quantum Hamiltonian reduction from affina vertex algebras, form the most interesting class of vertex algebras, which includes all superconformal algebras: Virasoro, Neveu-Scharz, N=2, 3, 4, and big N=4. I will […]

ADHM spaces and their quantizations

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

Member Seminar Speaker: Vasily Krylov, CMSA Title: ADHM spaces and their quantizations Abstract: In their paper “Construction of Instantons,” Atiyah, Drinfeld, Hitchin, and Manin introduced an algebraic construction of the moduli space of instantons on R^4, now also known as the "ADHM space." This is a Poisson complex variety; it has been actively studied by both […]

pp Waves: Quasinormal Modes & Hidden Symmetries of Black Holes

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

General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Ahmed Seta, Harvard University Title: pp Waves: Quasinormal Modes & Hidden Symmetries of Black Holes Abstract: The spectrum of quasinormal modes of 4D flat space black holes is not analytically tractable, but there are two asymptotic limits where the QNM spectrum is under control: weak damping and strong damping. In this talk, I […]

Frontier of Formal Theorem Proving with Large Language Models: Insights from the DeepSeek-Prover Series

Virtual

https://youtu.be/qC60ZgsIFvk New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Huajian Xin, DeepSeek Title: Frontier of Formal Theorem Proving with Large Language Models: Insights from the DeepSeek-Prover Series Abstract: Recent advances in large language models have markedly influenced mathematical reasoning and automated theorem proving within artificial intelligence. Yet, despite their success in natural language tasks, these models face notable obstacles […]

Event Series Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar

(Un)likely intersections

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

Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar Speaker: Tom Scanlon, UC Berkeley Title: (Un)likely intersections Abstract: The Zilber-Pink conjectures predicts that for an ambient special variety  (such as an abelian variety or a Shimura variety), if   is an irreducible algebraic subvariety which is not contained a proper special subvariety of  (e.g. a proper algebraic subgroup in the abelian variety case […]

Quantum Criticality in Black Hole Scattering

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

Member Seminar Speaker: Uri Kol Title: Quantum Criticality in Black Hole Scattering Abstract: Perturbation theory around rotating black holes captures a few important effects in the physics of gravitational waves emitted from binary mergers. Despite a long and rich history, developing a qualitative understanding of the system remains a challenging problem. In this talk I […]

Freedman CMSA Seminar

Virtual

Freedman CMSA Seminar *Note: via Zoom only*   2:00-3:30 pm ET Speaker: Michael Freedman, Harvard CMSA Title: Some questions and theorems about closed 3 manifolds embedded in S^4 Abstract: Much is unknown about smooth embeddings of 3-manifolds in S^4; the Schoenflies problem  (Is there only one smoothly embedded 3-sphere in S^4 up to isotopy?) is […]