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  • Geometric Simplicity in Quantum Field Theory and Gravity

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: Thomas Grimm, Utrecht University Title: Geometric Simplicity in Quantum Field Theory and Gravity Abstract: In physics we attribute much value to the emergence of simplicity, both conceptually and […]

  • Coulomb branches and KLRW algebras

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker:Vasily Krylov, CMSA Title: Coulomb branches and KLRW algebras Abstract: I will introduce Coulomb branches associated to a pair of a reductive group G and its […]

  • Asymptotic Theory of Attention: In-Context Learning and Sparse Token Detection

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: Yue M. Lu, Harvard University Title: Asymptotic Theory of Attention: In-Context Learning and Sparse Token Detection Abstract: Attention-based architectures exhibit striking emergent abilities—from learning tasks directly from context to detecting rare, […]

  • Homological mirror symmetry for Coulomb branches

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sebastian Haney, Harvard Title: Homological mirror symmetry for Coulomb branches Abstract: I will describe a result of Aganagic, Danilenko, Li, Shende, and Zhou which constructs a embeddings […]

  • Machine learning tools for mathematical discovery

    Virtual

    New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Adam Zsolt Wagner, Google DeepMind Title: Machine learning tools for mathematical discovery Abstract: I will discuss various ML tools we can use today to […]

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    Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Madhu Sudan: P vs NP Problem

    Harvard Science Center Hall D 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    https://youtu.be/yeFaGFehc44 Pamphlet (pdf) Slides (pdf) Date: December 3, 2025 Time: 5:00–6:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge MA Speaker: Madhu Sudan, Harvard University Title: The […]

  • Towards a Dolbeault AGT correspondence

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Surya Raghavendran, Yale Title: Towards a Dolbeault AGT correspondence Abstract: The AGT correspondence and its extensions propose geometric constructions of vertex algebras and their modules from […]

  • A combinatorial formula for interpolation Macdonald polynomials

    Common Room, CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Member Seminar Speaker: Houcine Ben Dali, Harvard CMSA Title: A combinatorial formula for interpolation Macdonald polynomials Abstract: In 1996, Knop and Sahi introduced a remarkable family of inhomogeneous symmetric polynomials, […]

  • Computing WKB periods 

    CMSA Room G02 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

    Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Max Meynig, University of Connecticut Title: Computing WKB periods Abstract:  In one dimensional quantum mechanics, the all-orders WKB method leads to ‘quantum periods’ which […]

  • Recent Advances in Probabilistically Checkable Proofs

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: Dor Minzer (MIT) Title: Recent Advances in Probabilistically Checkable Proofs Abstract: The PCP Theorem is a cornerstone of computer science, with applications to hardness of approximation, verification, interactive protocols […]

  • Aganagic’s invariant is Khovanov homology

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Riva, CMSA Title: Aganagic’s invariant is Khovanov homology    

  • Covers of curves, Ceresa cycles, and unlikely intersections

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Algebra Seminar Speaker: Padamavathi Srinivasan, Boston University Title: Covers of curves, Ceresa cycles, and unlikely intersections Abstract: The Ceresa cycle is a canonical homologically trivial algebraic cycle associated to a curve […]