 CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: From string theory and Moonshine to vertex algebrasSpeaker: Bong Lian
Bong Lian (Brandeis) Title: From string theory and Moonshine to vertex algebras Abstract: This is a brief survey of the early historical development of vertex algebras, beginning... |
 CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Four-dimensional topologySpeaker: Ciprian Manolescu
Ciprian Manolescu (Stanford) Title: Four-dimensional topology Abstract: I will outline the history of four-dimensional topology. Some major events were the work of Donaldson and Freedman from... |
CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: My life and times with the sporadic simple groupsSpeaker: Robert Griess
Robert Griess (University of Michigan) Title: My life and times with the sporadic simple groups Abstract: Five sporadic simple groups were proposed in 19th century and... |
 CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Black Hole FormationSpeaker: Lydia Bieri
Lydia Bieri (University of Michigan) Title: Black Hole Formation Abstract: Can black holes form through the focusing of gravitational waves? This was an outstanding question since the... |
 CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Quantum GroupsSpeaker: Pavel Etingof
Pavel Etingof (MIT) Title: Quantum Groups Abstract: The theory of quantum groups developed in mid 1980s from attempts to construct and understand solutions of the quantum Yang-Baxter equation,... |
 CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Rationality questions in algebraic geometrySpeaker: Joe Harris
Joe Harris (Harvard) Title: Rationality questions in algebraic geometry Abstract: Over the course of the history of algebraic geometry, rationality questions — motivated by both geometric and arithmetic... |
Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Computation
Together with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the CMSA will be hosting a lecture series on the Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Computation. Talks in... |
 CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Why do some universities have separate departments of statistics?Speaker: Donald Rubin
Donald Rubin (Harvard) Title: Why do some universities have separate departments of statistics? And are they all anachronisms, destined to follow the path of other... |
 CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: The ADHM construction of Yang-Mills instantonsSpeaker: Simon Donaldson
Simon Donaldson (Stony Brook) Title: The ADHM construction of Yang-Mills instantons Abstract: In 1978 (Physics Letters 65A) Atiyah, Hitchin, Drinfeld and Manin (ADHM) described a construction... |
 CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Shiing-Shen Chern as a Great Geometer of 20th CenturySpeaker: Shing-Tung Yau
Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard) Title: Shiing-Shen Chern as a Great Geometer of 20th Century Video | Slides | Article |
 Mirror symmetry, gauged linear sigma models, matrix factorizations, and related topics
On March 4-6, 2020 the CMSA will be hosting a three-day workshop on Mirror symmetry, Gauged linear sigma models, Matrix factorizations, and related topics as part of the... |
Quantum Matter Workshop
On December 2-4, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting a workshop on Quantum Matter as part of our program on Quantum Matter in Mathematics and... |
Current Developments in Mathematics 2019Speaker: Svetlana Jitomirskaya
Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 1:30 pm – 5:20 pm Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Harvard University Science Center, Hall C Speakers: · Svetlana Jitomirskaya... |
 Workshop on Dynamics, Randomness, and Control in Molecular and Cellular NetworksSpeaker: David Anderson
On November 12-14, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting a workshop on Dynamics, Randomness, and Control in Molecular and Cellular Networks. The workshop will be held in room... |
Learning from health data in the million genome eraSpeaker: Heidi Rehm, Ph.D.
On November 1, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting a conference organized by Seven Bridges Genomics. The workshop will be held in room G10 of the CMSA, located at... |
SPACETIME AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, TOTAL POSITIVITY AND MOTIVES
Recent developments have poised this area to make serious advances in 2019, and we feel that bringing together many of the relevant experts for an... |
 Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics Master Class Workshop
As part of the program on Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics, Total Positivity and Motives, the CMSA will host a “Master Class Workshop” on October 28-30, 2019. Each day... |
2019 Ding Shum Lecture
On October 22, 2019, the CMSA will be hosting our third annual Ding Shum lecture. This year’s lecture will be a talk on “Election Security” by Ronald L.... |
 Noncommutative Analysis, Computational Complexity, and Quantum InformationSpeaker: Jason Altschuler
On October 16-18, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting a workshop on Noncommutative Analysis, Computational Complexity, and Quantum Information. This workshop will focus on linking three different rapidly... |
 Topology and Dynamics in Quantum Matter WorkshopSpeaker: Nima Arkani-Hamed
On September 10-11, 2019, the CMSA will be hosting a second workshop on Topological Aspects of Condensed Matter. New ideas rooted in topology have recently had a major... |
 Workshop on Foundations of Computational ScienceSpeaker: Sarah Adel Bargal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udXt_9SIceE&list=PL0NRmB0fnLJSOMolEshd16v74I5YGb_7N On August 29-31, 2019 the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be hosting a workshop on Foundations of Computational Science. The workshop will be held... |
 2019 Big Data ConferenceSpeaker: Rediet Abebe (Cornell), Pablo Azar (MIT), Jorn Boehnke (UC Davis), Sarah Brown (Brown), Abeer Elbahrawy (Alan Turing Institute), Charles Epstein (AMCS), David Gamarnik (MIT), Anna Gilbert (Michigan), Andrew Lo (MIT), Xiaole Shirley Liu (Dana Farber Cancer Institute), Joe Kileel (Princeton), Tymofiy Mylovanov (U Pittsburgh), Elaine O. Nsoesie (Boston University), Aaron Roth (UPenn), Amit Singer (Princeton), Zhiping Weng (UMass Medical School), David Yang (Harvard)
On August 19-20, 2019 the CMSA will be hosting our fifth annual Conference on Big Data. The Conference will feature many speakers from the Harvard community as well... |