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SUMMARY:PROGRAM ON TOPOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONDENSED MATTER
DESCRIPTION:During Academic year 2018-19\, the CMSA will be hosting a Program on Topological Aspects of Condensed Matter. New ideas rooted in topology have recently had a big impact on condensed matter physics\, and have highlighted new connections with high energy physics\, mathematics and quantum information theory. Additionally\, these ideas have found applications in the design of photonic systems and of materials with novel mechanical properties. The aim of this program will be to deepen these connections by foster discussion and seeding new collaborations within and across disciplines. \nAs part of the Program\, the CMSA will be hosting two workshops: \n\nWorkshop on Topology and Quantum Phases of Matter (August 27-28\, 2018)\nWorkshop on Topological Aspects of Condensed Matter (September 10-11\, 2019)\n\n. \nAdditionally\, a weekly Topology Seminar will be held on Mondays from 10:00-11:30pm in CMSA room G10. \n\nHere is a partial list of the mathematicians who have indicated that they will attend part or all of this special program\n\n\n\n\n\nName\nTentative Visiting Dates\n\n\n\n\n\nJason Alicea \n\n11/12/2018-11/16/2018\n\n\nMaissam Barkeshli\n4/22/2019 – 4/26/2019\n\n\nXie Chen\n4/15-17/2019 4/19-21/2019 4/24-30/2019\n\n\n\nLukasz Fidkowski \n\n1/7/2019-1/11/2019\n\n\n\nZhengcheng Gu \n\n8/15/2018-8/30/2018 & 5/9/2019-5/19/2019\n\n\n\nYin Chen He \n\n10/14/2018-10/27/2018\n\n\nAnton Kapustin\n8/26/2018-8/30/2018 & 3/28/2019-4/5/2019\n\n\n\nMichael Levin \n\n3/11/2019-3/15/2019\n\n\nYuan-Ming Lu\n4/29/2019-6/01/2019\n\n\n\nAdam Nahum \n\n4/2/2019- 4/19/2019\n\n\n\nMasaki Oshikawa \n\n4/22/2019-5/22/2019\n\n\nChong Wang\n 10/22/2018-11/16/2018\n\n\n\nJuven Wang \n\n4/1/2019-4/16/2019\n\n\nCenke Xu\n 8/26/2018-10/1/2018\n\n\n\nYi-Zhuang You \n\n4/1/2019-4/19/2019\n\n\n\nMike Zaletel \n\n5/1/2019-5/10/2019
URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/topological-aspects-of-condensed-matter/
LOCATION:CMSA 20 Garden Street Cambridge\, Massachusetts 02138 United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181022T090000
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SUMMARY:Mathematical Biology
DESCRIPTION:During Academic year 2018-19\, the CMSA will be hosting a Program on Mathematical Biology. \nJust over a century ago\, the biologist\, mathematician and philologist D’Arcy Thompson wrote “On growth and form”. The book was a visionary synthesis of the geometric biology of form at the time. It also served as a call for mathematical and physical approaches to understanding the evolution and development of shape. \nIn the century since its publication\, we have seen a revolution in biology following the discovery of the genetic code\, which has uncovered the molecular and cellular basis for life\, combined with the ability to probe the chemical\, structural\, and dynamical nature of molecules\, cells\, tissues and organs across scales. In parallel\, we have seen a blossoming of our understanding of spatiotemporal patterning in physical systems\, and a gradual unveiling of the complexity of physical form. And in mathematics and computation\, there has been a revolution in terms of posing and solving problems at the intersection of computational geometry\, statistics and inference.  So\, how far are we from realizing a descriptive\, predictive and controllable theory of biological shape? \nIn Fall 2018\, CMSA will focus on a program that aims at recent mathematical advances in describing shape using geometry and statistics in a biological context\, while also considering a range of physical theories that can predict biological shape at scales ranging from macromolecular assemblies to whole organ systems \nThe CMSA will be hosting three workshops as part of this program. The Workshop on Morphometrics\, Morphogenesis and Mathematics will take place on October 22-26.  \nA workshop on Morphogenesis: Geometry and Physics will take place on December 3-6\, 2018. \nA workshop on Invariance and Geometry in Sensation\, Action and Cognition will take place on April 15-17\, 2019.
URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/mathematical-biology/
LOCATION:CMSA\, 20 Garden Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190108T140000
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SUMMARY:1/8/2019 Topology Seminar
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URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/1-8-2019-topology-seminar/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190116T204600
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CREATED:20240213T110531Z
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SUMMARY:1/16/2019 Hodge Seminar
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URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/1-16-2019-hodge-seminar/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190118T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190121T173000
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SUMMARY:Geometric Analysis Approach to AI Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Due to inclement weather on Sunday\, the second half of the workshop has been moved forward one day. Sunday and Monday’s talks will now take place on Monday and Tuesday.\nOn January 18-21\, 2019 the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be hosting a workshop on the Geometric Analysis Approach to AI. \nThis workshop will focus on the theoretic foundations of AI\, especially various methods in Deep Learning. The topics will cover the relationship between deep learning and optimal transportation theory\, DL and information geometry\, DL Learning and information bottle neck and renormalization theory\, DL and manifold embedding and so on. Furthermore\, the recent advancements\, novel methods\, and real world applications of Deep Learning will also be reported and discussed. \nThe workshop will take place from January 18th to January 23rd\, 2019. In the first four days\, from January 18th to January 21\, the speakers will give short courses; On the 22nd and 23rd\, the speakers will give conference representations. This workshop is organized by Xianfeng Gu and Shing-Tung Yau. \nThe workshop will be held in room G10 of the CMSA\, located at 20 Garden Street\, Cambridge\, MA.  \nSpeakers:  \n\nSarah Adel Bargal\, Boston University\nGuy Bresler\, MIT\nTina Eliassi-Rad\, Northeastern\nYun Raymond Fu\, Northeastern\nBrian Kulis\, Boston University\nNa Lei\, Dalian University of Technology\nYi Ma\, UC Berkeley\nMinh Hoai Nguyen\, Stony Brook\nFrancesco Orabona\, Boston University\nCengiz Pehlevan\, Harvard SEAS\nTomaso Poggio\, MIT\nZhiwei Qin\, DiDi Research America\nKate Saenko\, Boston University\nDimitris Samaras\, Stony Brook\nJohannes Schmidt-Hieber\, University of Twente\nSteven Skiena\, Stony Brook\nVivienne Sze\, MIT\nNaftali Tishby\, ICNC\nJiajun Wu\, MIT\nYing Nian Wu\, UCLA\nGangqiang Xia\, Morgan Stanley\nEric Xing\, Carnegie Mellon\nDonghui Yan\, UMass Dartmouth\nAlan Yuille\, Johns Hopkins\nJuhua Zhu\,  Argus
URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/geometric-analysis-approach-to-ai-workshop/
LOCATION:CMSA\, 20 Garden Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Innovation in Cell Phones in the US and China: Who Improves Technology Faster?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Richard B. Freeman (Harvard University and NBER) \nTitle: Innovation in Cell Phones in the US and China: Who Improves Technology Faster? \nAbstract: Cell phones are the archetypical modern consumer innovation\, spreading around the world at an incredible pace\, extensively used for connecting people with the Internet and diverse apps. Consumers report spending from 2-5 hours a day at their cell phones\, with 44% of Americans saying “couldn’t go a day without their mobile devices.” Cell phone manufacturers introduce new models regularly\, embodying additional features while other firms produce new applications that increase demand for the phones. Using newly developed data on the prices\, attributes\, and sales of different models in the US and China\, this paper estimates the magnitude of technological change in the phones in the 2000s. It explores the problems of analyzing a product with many interactive attributes in the standard hedonic price regression model and uses Principal Components Regression to reduce dimensionality. The main finding is that technology improved the value of cell phones at comparable rates in the US and China\, despite different market structures and different evaluations of some attributes and brands. The study concludes with a discussion of ways to evaluate the economic surplus created by the cell phones and their contribution to economic well-being.
URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/1-30-2019-colloquium/
LOCATION:CMSA\, 20 Garden Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190123T150000
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SUMMARY:1/23/2019 Hodge Seminar
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URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/1-23-2019-hodge-seminar/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T130000
DTSTAMP:20260706T052101
CREATED:20240212T090434Z
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SUMMARY:1/27/2020 Math Physics Seminar
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URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/1-27-2020-math-physics-seminar/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190128T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190128T000000
DTSTAMP:20260706T052101
CREATED:20240212T094919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T094919Z
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SUMMARY:1/28/2018 Mathematical Physics Seminar
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URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/1-28-2018-mathematical-physics-seminar/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190130T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190130T150000
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CREATED:20240212T100318Z
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SUMMARY:1/30/2019 Hodge and Noether-Lefschetz Loci Seminar
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URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/1-30-2019-hodge-and-noether-lefschetz-loci-seminar/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190131T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190131T160000
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CREATED:20240212T095419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T095419Z
UID:10001941-1548946800-1548950400@cmsa.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:1/31/2019 General Relativity Seminar
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URL:https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/1-31-2019-general-relativity-seminar/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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