CMSA Q&A Seminar: Eric Maskin
Common Room, CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesCMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Eric Maskin, Harvard University Topic: The Mathematics of Voting
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Eric Maskin, Harvard University Topic: The Mathematics of Voting
https://youtu.be/zvvUFPOwseo New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Baran Hashemi, Technical University of Munich Title: Can Transformers Do Enumerative Geometry? Abstract: How can Transformers model and learn enumerative geometry? What is a systematic procedure for using Transformers in abductive knowledge discovery within a mathematician-machine collaboration? In this work, we introduce a Neural Enumerative Reasoning model for computation of ψ-class intersection numbers on the moduli space […]
Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar Speaker: Ki Fung Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Title: 3d Mirror Symmetry is 2d Mirror Symmetry Abstract: We introduce an approach to studying 3d mirror symmetry via 2d mirror symmetry. The main observations are: (1) 3d brane transforms are given by SYZ-type transforms; (2) the exchange of symplectic and complex […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Bowen Yang Title: Homological Invariants in Translation-Invariant Pauli Stabilizer Codes Abstract: Pauli stabilizer codes serve as foundational models in quantum error correction and the study of exotic quantum phases. In this talk, we explore the application of homological methods to translationally invariant Pauli stabilizer codes with qudits of varying dimensions. We introduce a series of invariants, […]
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Mitch Weaver, KAIST Title: The Extended Vertex Algebra of 4d N = 2 SCFTs and their Higher Products Abstract: Every 4d N=2 superconformal field theory contains a BPS protected sub-algebra of local operators that has the structure of a vertex operator algebra (VOA). This VOA is identified […]
Colloquium Speaker: Andrey Smirnov, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Title: Quantum K-theory at roots of unity Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss a version of quantum K-theory introduced by A.Okounkov, which can be defined through quasimap counts. In this framework, the quantum K-theory ring is obtained as a specialization of the equivariant […]
General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Aghil Alaee, Clark University Title: Positive mass theorem for ALE(AE) and ALF(AF) Toric 4-Manifolds Abstract: One of the fundamental conjectures in mathematical relativity is the positivity of total mass (if it is defined!) for complete non-compact Riemannian manifolds assuming appropriate lower bounds on scalar curvature. This conjecture has been proved for […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Anadil Saeed Rao, Northeastern University Title: Instantons on Taub-NUT space and Bow Construction Abstract: In this talk I will discuss Yang-Mills Instantons in a very special geometric setting: the Taub-NUT space, which itself is a Gravitational Instanton. In the first part of the talk I will review the essentials of gravitational […]
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Noah Golowich (MIT) Topic: What is length generalization in large language models?
https://youtu.be/VplMHWSZf5c Speaker: Scott Aaronson, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, Austin Scott Aaronson is the founding director at the Quantum Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Date: April 17, 2025 Time: 4:00-5:00 pm ET (Reception following in the Math Common Room) Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A Title: How Much […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Han Shao
Colloquium Speaker: Ila Fiete, MIT Title: Modeling the emergence of complex cortical structure from simple precursors in the brain: maps, hierarchies, and modules Abstract: Modular and hierarchical structures are ubiquitous in the brain. Two distinct hypotheses for such morphogenesis involve genetic specification (the positional information hypothesis) or spontaneous structure emergence from symmetry breaking (the pattern […]