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CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture: Cameron Gordon

Hybrid

https://youtu.be/3Opuy9l5S_U CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Prof. Cameron Gordon will present a lecture in the CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Series. Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Time: 9:00–10:30 am ET Location: Room G10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA and via Zoom Webinar Directions to CMSA Registration is required. Register here to attend in person: In-Person Registration […]

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2024 Ding Shum Lecture: Yann LeCun: Objective-Driven AI: Towards AI systems that can learn, remember, reason, and plan

Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

https://youtu.be/MiqLoAZFRSE LECTURE SLIDES (pdf) On March 28, 2024, the CMSA will host the fifth annual Ding Shum Lecture, given by Yann LeCun. Time: 4:30–5:30 pm ET Speaker: Yann Lecun, New York University & META Location: Harvard Science Center  Hall A & via Zoom Webinar Title: Objective-Driven AI: Towards AI systems that can learn, remember, reason, […]

BPS Algebras in Landau-Ginzburg Models

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

Speaker: Ahsan Khan (CMSA) Title: BPS Algebras in Landau-Ginzburg Models Abstract: The study of BPS states in supersymmetric quantum field theory has been a fruitful source of both mathematical and physical insights. In particular their study often leads to rich algebraic structures - from the "Algebra of the Infrared" of Gaiotto-Moore-Witten to the "Cohomological Hall […]

Mathematics around Twisted Holography

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

Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Keyou Zeng (CMSA) Title: Mathematics around Twisted Holography Abstract: The holography principle is an important idea in physics and has been widely studied since the 90s. Twisted holography offers a way to simplify physical holography models through the procedure called twisting. In the first part of the talk, I’ll […]

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CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture: Marc Lackenby

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https://youtu.be/1QwTqfiqxTw CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am ET Location: Via Zoom Webinar Register for Zoom Webinar   Speaker: Marc Lackenby, University of Oxford Title: The complexity of knots Abstract: In his final paper in 1954, Alan Turing wrote `No systematic method is yet known by which one can […]

Symplectic duality in examples

Science Center Hall E 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Vasily Krylov, Harvard CMSA & Math Title: Symplectic duality in examples Abstract: Over the past twenty years, mathematicians and physicists have shown increasing interest in studying certain Poisson varieties, known as “symplectic singularities.” Many of these objects naturally arise as Higgs or Coulomb branches of certain TQFTs and, therefore, […]

Topological Invariants of gapped states through cosheaves

Science Center Hall E 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Bowen Yang, Harvard CMSA Title: Topological Invariants of gapped states through cosheaves Abstract: We provide a proper mathematical framework for the constructions of topological invariants of gapped quantum states and interpret topological invariants of gapped states as lattice analogs of ’t Hooft anomalies in Quantum Field Theory. Our secondary […]

Skein traces and curve counting

Science Center Hall E 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sunghyuk Park, Harvard CMSA Title: Skein traces and curve counting Abstract: Skein modules are vector space-valued invariants of 3-manifolds describing the space of line defects modulo skein relations (determined by a choice of a ribbon category). When the 3-manifold is S x I for some surface S, the skein […]