Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Saman Habibi Esfahani (CMSA) Title: Geometric structures on gauge theoretic moduli spaces Abstract: Motivated by Witten’s study of instantons on S3 x S1, we survey […]
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed, Harvard Topic: How does one navigate the job market as a postdoc in 2026?
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Greg Moore, Rutgers University Title: Topics in the Relation of Four-Manifold Invariants and Supersymmetric Field Theory Abstract: We will begin with a review of topological […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: William Stewart Title: Constructing oriented TQFTs from twisted pivotal tensor categories Abstract: The cobordism hypothesis classifies n-dimensional oriented TQFTs in terms of SO(n) homotopy […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Blake Bordelon, CMSA Title: Theory of Task-Adapted Dynamics in Large Recurrent Neural Networks Abstract: Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) encode expressive and flexible dynamical systems which can adapt […]
Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics Dates: February 23–March 11, 2026 Location: Harvard CMSA, Room G10, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA Mathematics, Morphometry and Morphogenesis is a 3-week program at […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Max Hübner, CMSA Title: Bi-HKT Manifolds, Sigma Models, Large N=4 and their String Constructions Abstract: We continue our review of Witten's paper "Instantons and […]
New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Courtney Paquette, McGill University Title: Scaling Stochastic Momentum from Theory to LLMs Abstract: Given the massive scale of modern ML models, we now often get only […]
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Mirjam Cvetic, University of Pennsylvania Title: Higher Symmetries, Eta Invariants and Anomaly Theories Abstract: In recent years, much progress has been made in understanding the extra-dimensional […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Saman Habibi Esfahani, CMSA Title: Gauge theory, from low dimensions to higher dimensions and back Abstract: Almost thirty years ago, Donaldson and Thomas proposed extending powerful ideas […]
Colloquium Speaker: L. Mahadevan, Harvard Title: Inverse problems in soft and active matter Abstract: How can one grow a face or a flower from a flat sheet? Fold a sheet […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sanjay Raman, Harvard Title: Solitonic Symmetry: Cohomology with TFT Coefficients Abstract: We review the formalism of https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.00939, which develops the theory of solitonic symmetry in quantum field […]