• Modulated Gauge Theories and Fracton Behavior in 2D

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

    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Guilherme Delfino Silva (Boston University) Title: Modulated Gauge Theories and Fracton Behavior in 2D Abstract: In this talk we investigate deconfined phases of two-dimensional ZN lattice […]

  • A p-adic Laplacian on the Tate curve

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

    Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: An Huang (Brandeis) Pre-talk Speaker: TBA: 10:00-10:30 am Title: A p-adic Laplacian on the Tate curve Abstract: We shall first explain the relation […]

  • What do topological dynamics, combinatorics, and model theory have in common?

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

    Speaker: Dana Bartosova (University of Florida) Title: What do topological dynamics, combinatorics, and model theory have in common? Abstract: A striking correspondence between dynamics of automorphism groups of countable first order structures […]

  • Remarkable symmetries of rotating black holes

    https://youtu.be/cSgyLwg0v00 General Relativity Seminar Speaker: David Kubiznak (Charles University) Title: Remarkable symmetries of rotating black holes Abstract: It is well known that the Kerr geometry admits a non-trivial Killing tensor and its […]

  • Anomalous Landau level analog in solids: search and implications for 2d heterostructures

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

    https://youtu.be/fB9xJyJj8zU Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Valentin Crepel, Flatiron Institute Title: Anomalous Landau level analog in solids: search and implications for 2d heterostructures Abstract: The recent experimental observation of fractional […]

  • A Gaussian convexity for logarithmic moment generating function

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

    Probability Seminar Speaker: Wei-Kuo Chen (University of Minnesota) Title: A Gaussian convexity for logarithmic moment generating function Abstract: Convex functions of Gaussian vectors are prominent objectives in many fields of mathematical studies. […]

  • An introduction to mixture of experts in deep learning

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

    Member Seminar Speaker: Samy Jelassi Title: An introduction to mixture of experts in deep learning Abstract: Scale has opened new frontiers in natural language processing – but at a high cost. […]

  • A Plane Defect in the 3d O(N) Model

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    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Abijith Krishnan (MIT) Title: A Plane Defect in the 3d O(N) Model Abstract: It was recently found that the classical 3d O(N) model in the semi-infinite geometry […]

  • Quantum information: the interplay of mathematics and physics

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

    Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Kaifeng Bu (Harvard University) Title: Quantum information: the interplay of mathematics and physics Abstract: I will provide an introduction to quantum information, which points to a new […]

  • CM-minimizers and standard models of Fano fibrations over curves

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

    Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: Maksym Fedorchuk (Boston College) Title: CM-minimizers and standard models of Fano fibrations over curves Abstract: A recent achievement in K-stability of Fano varieties […]

  • The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect at ν=5/2: Past, Recent, and Future

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

    https://youtu.be/2CbIDgFFzRY Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker:  Ken K. W. Ma (Northeastern University) Title: The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect at ν=5/2: Past, Recent, and Future Abstract: The discovery of fractional quantum Hall […]