Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics Dates: February 23–March 11, 2026 Location: Harvard CMSA, Room G10, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA Mathematics, Morphometry and Morphogenesis is a 3-week program at the Harvard CMSA, which will bring together researchers from a few different communities with a common aim—to understand shape and its development and evolution in […]
Colloquium Speaker: Mikhail Khovanov, Johns Hopkins University Title: Facets of link homology Abstract: We will review some link homology theories of algebraic origin and their connections to representation theory and geometry.
New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Courtney Paquette, McGill University Title:Â Scaling Stochastic Momentum from Theory to LLMs Abstract:Â Given the massive scale of modern ML models, we now often get only a single shot to train them effectively. This limits our ability to sweep architectures and hyperparameters, making it essential to understand how learning algorithms scale […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sanjay Raman, Harvard Title: Solitonic Symmetry: Cohomology with TFT Coefficients Abstract: We review the formalism of https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.00939, which develops the theory of solitonic symmetry in quantum field theory. The algebraic structure of solitonic symmetry is determined by the fusion of topological functionals in a given path-integral formulation of topological field theory, and […]
Date: March 4, 2026 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall D & via Zoom Webinar Speaker: Sanjeev Arora, Princeton Title and Abstract TBA Registration required In-person registration  Zoom Webinar Registration This event is made possible by the generous funding of Ding Lei and Harry Shum.
CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Date: March 10, 2026 Time: 8:45 - 10:15 am ET Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA &Â via Zoom Webinar Speaker: Martin Bridson FRS is the Whitehead Professor of Pure Mathematics at Oxford and President of the Clay Mathematics Institute. Title: Profinite rigidity: Chasing finite shadows […]
Date: March 11, 2026 Time: 5:00–6:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge MA Speaker: Javier Gómez-Serrano, Brown University Topic: Navier-Stokes Existence or Breakdown Register to attend in-person. Register for the Zoom Webinar. Read more about the Navier-Stokes Equation at the Clay Math website. Organizers: Martin Bridson, Clay Mathematics Institute | […]
Math Science Literature Lecture Series Event Title: CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture: Martin Bridson: Profinite rigidity: Chasing finite shadows of infinite groups