Abstract: The theory of topological modular forms leads to many interesting constraints and predictions for two-dimensional quantum field theories, and some of them might have interesting implications for the swampland program. In […]
Abstract: I will talk about work to uncover connections between invariant theory and maximum likelihood estimation. I will describe how norm minimization over a torus orbit is equivalent to maximum […]
Abstract: Strominger-Yau-Zaslow conjecture is one of the guiding principles in mirror symmetry, which not only predicts the geometric structures of Calabi-Yau manifolds but also provides a recipe for mirror construction. Besides mirror […]
During the 2021–22 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a Colloquium, organized by Du Pei, Changji Xu, and Michael Simkin. It will take place on Wednesdays at 9:30am – 10:30am (Boston time). The […]
Colloquium Speaker: Wenbin Yan (Tsinghua University) Title: Tetrahedron instantons and M-theory indices Abstract: We introduce and study tetrahedron instantons. Physically they capture instantons on $\mathbb{C}^{3}$ in the presence of the most general […]
Abstract: There are several properties of closed geodesics which are proven using its Hamiltonian formulation, which has no analogue for minimal surfaces. I will talk about some recent progress in proving […]
https://youtu.be/MSw8HV0eHo8 Speaker: Ben Edelman, Harvard Computer Science Title: Toward Demystifying Transformers and Attention Abstract: Over the past several years, attention mechanisms (primarily in the form of the Transformer architecture) have revolutionized deep […]
Speaker: Yuji Tachikawa (Kavli IPMU, U Tokyo) Title: On the absence of global anomalies of heterotic string theories Abstract: Superstring theory as we know it started from the discovery by Green […]
Abstract: To characterise scalar curvature, Gromov proposed the dihedral rigidity conjecture which states that a positively curved polyhedron having dihedral angles less than those of a corresponding flat polyhedron should be […]
Speaker: Mohamed Anber (Durham University) Title: The global structure of the Standard Model and new nonperturbative processes Abstract: It is well-established that the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics is based on […]
Abstract: My lab is interested in the active and adaptive materials that underlie control of cell shape. This has centered around understanding force transmission and sensing within the actin cytoskeleton. I […]
Title: Metric Algebraic Geometry Abstract: A real algebraic variety is the set of points in real Euclidean space that satisfy a system of polynomial equations. Metric algebraic geometry is the study […]