Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Seth Koren (Notre Dame) Title: Non-invertible symmetries, leptons, quarks, and why multiple generations Abstract: Generalized global symmetries are present in theories of particle physics, and understanding their […]
Active Matter Seminar Speaker: Fred MacKintosh (Rice University) Title: Contractility, structure formation and fluctuations in active gels, with and without molecular motors Abstract: Various processes in living cells depend on contractile […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Puskar Mondal (CMSA) Title: On the Breakdown of Einstein's Gravity Abstract: It is important to understand under which conditions, the solutions of non-linear hyperbolic PDEs break down in finite […]
Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Pre-talk Speaker: Rosie Shen (Harvard): 10:00-10:30 am Pre-talk Title: Introduction to the singularities of the MMP Speaker: Dori Bejleri (Harvard Math & CMSA) Title: […]
https://youtu.be/AKZ4O0ZUrPo Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Ceren Dag, Harvard Title: Breaking ergodicity: quantum scars and regular eigenstates Abstract: Quantum many-body scars (QMBS) consist of a few low-entropy eigenstates in an otherwise chaotic many-body […]
Speaker: Joel D. Hamkins (Notre Dame and Oxford) Title: An exploration of infinite games—infinite Wordle and the Mastermind numbers Abstract: Let us explore the nature of strategic reasoning in infinite games, focusing […]
https://youtu.be/UqrKDW6aJuc Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Hart Goldman, University of Chicago Title: Composite fermions and the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect Abstract: Recent experiments have revealed evidence for fractional quantum […]
https://youtu.be/M25cbX5do8Y New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Yuanzhi Li, CMU Dept. of Machine Learning and Microsoft Research Title: Physics of Language Models: Knowledge Storage, Extraction, and Manipulation Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) can […]
Probability Seminar Speaker: Tomas Berggren (MIT) Title: Geometry of the doubly periodic Aztec dimer model Abstract: Random dimer models (or equivalently tiling models) have been a subject of extensive research […]
CMSA Director Dan Freed featured in Harvard Gazette "Center welcomes new director, a Harvard alum who will explore ‘beautiful, deep’ interactions between mathematics, science." Link to article. Story by Anne […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Daniel Kapec (CMSA) Title: Black Holes as Quantum Systems Abstract: To an outside observer, a black hole appears to be an ordinary quantum mechanical system with finite entropy and […]
Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: David Favero, University of Minnesota Title: Gauged Linear Sigma Models and Cohomological Field Theories Abstract: This talk is dedicated to the memory of […]