AI for the Working Mathematician Speaker: Lauren Williams, Harvard Title: First Proof Batch 3: Mathematicians putting AI to the test Abstract: First Proof is an initiative that aims to obtain a nuanced, objective assessment about the capabilities of large language models to prove specified mathematical statements. I will report on the results of First Proof's third […]
Geometry and Mathematical Physics Seminar Speaker: Spiro Karigiannis, University of Waterloo
Member Seminar Speaker: Yiqi Liu
Dates: October 19 & 21, 2026 Time: 4:00–5:00 pm ET Location: Science Center - Zimmer Hall Lecture Hall D and via Zoom Webinar In-person registration Webinar Registration Speaker: Daniel Litt, University of Toronto & Benedict H. Gross Distinguished Visitor, Harvard Mathematics Department Monday, October 19, 2026 Lecture 1: The arithmetic of differential equations Abstract: […]
Joint Math/CMSA Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Robert M. Freund, MIT Title: What is a self-concordant barrier function?, and what is an accelerated first-order algorithm? (ICM Series: On the work of Yurii Nesterov) Abstract: The two most impactful contributions of Nesterov on both theory and computation in optimization are (i) self-concordant barriers for interior-point methods in convex optimization, and (ii) […]
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: tba
New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Riccardo Zecchina (Bocconi University)
Dates: October 19 & 21, 2026 Time: 4:00–5:00 pm ET Location: Science Center – Zimmer Hall Lecture Hall D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA & via Zoom Webinar In-person registration Webinar Registration Speaker: Daniel Litt, University of Toronto & Benedict H. Gross Distinguished Visitor, Harvard Mathematics Department Monday, October 19, 2026 Lecture 1: The arithmetic […]
Geometry and Mathematical Physics Seminar
Member Seminar Speaker: David Ritzwoller
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