https://youtu.be/pAlKAFC5u64 First Proof, Second Batch: Results Date: June 10, 2026 Time: 1:00–2:00 pm ET Location: via Webinar The First Proof Editors present the results of their Second Batch benchmark testing on AI systems. First Proof Editors Mohammed Abouzaid (Stanford) Nikhil Srivastava (UC Berkeley) Rachel Ward (UT Austin) Lauren Williams (Harvard)
Big Data Conference 2026 Dates: Sep. 3–4, 2026 Location: Harvard University CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA & via Zoom The Big Data Conference features speakers from the Harvard community as well as scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math and physics, and economics. Confirmed Speakers SueYeon Chung, Harvard […]
Fall CMSA Welcome Event Date: September 3, 2026 Time: 4:15 pm Location: CMSA Common Room, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA All CMSA and Math affiliates are invited.
The Geometry of Machine Learning 2026 Dates: September 8–11, 2026 Location: Harvard CMSA, Room G10, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 & via Zoom Webinar Large language models are presently, and will increasingly, be complemented by other dimensions of intelligence: formal verification and energy-based optimizers, becoming parts of larger ecosystems. Can AIs reason geometrically and […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Nikita Sopenko, CMSA Title: Quasi-local algebras and invertible phases of matter Abstract: In the algebraic approach to quantum field theory, observables localized in bounded regions form a net of von Neumann algebras generating what is known as a quasi-local algebra. I will discuss the classification of quasi-local algebras under […]
https://youtu.be/0wL8NlhxXcU AI for the Working Mathematician Speaker: Daniel Litt, University of Toronto Title: Working with LLMs to do high quality math Abstract: Much hay has been made of the capabilities of LLMs to do math autonomously, and indeed frontier models have resolved some long-standing, interesting open questions. But our goal is not to produce papers, but […]
Geometry and Mathematical Physics Seminar Speaker: Brian Williams, Boston University Title: Higher Virasoro algebras Abstract: I will introduce and classify central extensions of the dg Lie algebra of derived global sections of the tangent sheaf on the punctured d-disk for d > 1. Then, I will formulate and sketch the proof of a formal and […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Elena Kim Title: A beginner's guide to quantum unique ergodicity Abstract: The Quantum Unique Ergodicity conjecture is one of the main open questions in quantum chaos. I will explain the conjecture and the progress towards its resolution.
CMSA Special Lecture Time: 2:30 pm ET Date: Friday, Sep. 11, 2026 Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A & via Zoom Webinar Lecture Video https://youtu.be/TcEefrWrddA With the announcement this week that AI has finished off a solution to one of the Millennium Prize Problems, the Harvard CMSA will host this special lecture to […]
Joint Math/CMSA Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed Title: Path integral quantization of particles via probability Abstract: This is the beginning of our study of Sourav Chatterjee's Gauge Theory Lecture Notes, a book-in-progress. This lecture follows Chapter 1, which covers the path integral quantization of a single particle. We begin in real time with […]
Ahlfors Lectures Dates: September 16 & 17, 2026 Time: 4:00–5:00 pm Location: Science Center Hall A Speaker: Mohammed Abouzaid (Stanford) Register to attend in person or online at: https://www.math.harvard.edu/event/ahlfors-lecture-series-mohammed-abouzaid/ September 16, 2026 Title: Framed bordism and nearby Lagrangians Abstract: The problem of understanding Lagrangian embeddings in symplectic manifolds remains a mystery. The simplest class […]
CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Date: September 16, 2026 Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am ET Location: CMSA G10, 20 Garden Street & via Zoom Webinar Please register to attend In-person registration Zoom Webinar registration Speaker: Robert E. Gompf, University of Texas, Austin Title: On classifying smoothings of R^4–from the beginning to the present Abstract: The field […]