• Non-invertible Symmetries in Nature

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq_XXzbFr18&list=PL0NRmB0fnLJQAnYwkpt9PN2PBKx4rvdup&index=3 Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Speaker: Yichul Cho (SUNY Stony Brook) Title: Non-invertible Symmetries in Nature Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss non-invertible symmetries in familiar 3+1d […]

  • Strategyproof-Exposing Mechanisms Descriptions

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

    Colloquium Speaker: Yannai Gonczarowski (Harvard) Title: Strategyproof-Exposing Mechanisms Descriptions Abstract: One of the crowning achievements of the field of Mechanism Design has been the design and usage of the so-called […]

  • Breaking the one-mind-barrier in mathematics using formal verification

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

    https://youtu.be/D7dqadF5k9Q New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Johan Commelin, Mathematisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Title: Breaking the one-mind-barrier in mathematics using formal verification Abstract: In this talk I will argue that […]

  • The Gregory-Laflamme instability of black strings revisited

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

    General Relativity Seminar Title: The Gregory-Laflamme instability of black strings revisited   Abstract: In this talk I will discuss our recent work that reproduces and extends the famous work of Lehner and Pretorius on the […]

  • Derivation of AdS/CFT for Vector Models

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

    Member Seminar Speaker: Shai Chester Title: Derivation of AdS/CFT for Vector Models Abstract: We derive an explicit map at finite N between the singlet sector of the free and critical O(N) and U(N) […]

  • The story of the information paradox

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

    Swampland Seminar Speaker: Samir Mathur (Ohio State) Title: The story of the information paradox Abstract:  In 1975 Hawking argued that black hole evaporation would lead to a loss of unitarity in quantum […]

  • Geometric test for topological states of matter

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

    https://youtu.be/MxXD2yA2pxQ Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Semyon Klevtsov, University of Strasbourg Title: Geometric test for topological states of matter Abstract: We generalize the flux insertion argument due to Laughlin, Niu-Thouless-Tao-Wu, and […]

  • Limit and potential of adaptive immunity

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

    Active Matter Seminar Speaker: Shenshen Wang, UCLA Title:  Limit and potential of adaptive immunity Abstract: The adaptive immune system is able to learn from past experiences to better fit an unforeseen future. This […]

  • Moduli spaces of graphs

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

    Colloquium Speaker: Melody Chan, Brown Title: Moduli spaces of graphs Abstract: A metric graph is a graph—a finite network of vertices and edges—together with a prescription of a positive real […]

  • A scale-critical trapped surface formation criterion for the Einstein-Maxwell system

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

    https://youtu.be/1v9STFWqArQ General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Nikolaos Athanasiou Title: A scale-critical trapped surface formation criterion for the Einstein-Maxwell system Abstract: Few notions within the realm of mathematical physics succeed in capturing […]

  • CMSA/MATH Fall Gathering

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    CMSA/MATH Fall Gathering Friday, Sep 23, 2022 4:30–6:00 pm All CMSA and Math affiliates are invited.

  • Random determinants, the elastic manifold, and landscape complexity beyond invariance

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

    Member Seminar Speaker: Ben McKenna Title: Random determinants, the elastic manifold, and landscape complexity beyond invariance Abstract: The Kac-Rice formula allows one to study the complexity of high-dimensional Gaussian random functions […]