CMSA Q and A Seminar Speakers: Dan Freed (Harvard Math & CMSA) and Dan Berwick-Evans (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Topics: Dan Freed: What is framing anomaly? How is it different from other anomalies? Dan Berwick-Evans: What is Atiyah-Singer index theorem?
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speakers: Dan Freed (Harvard Math and CMSA) and Sunghyuk Park (CMSA) Topics: Dan Freed: What is Dijkgraaf-Witten theory? Sunghyuk Park: What happened at the Clay Math Institute Workshop?
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speakers: Xi Yin (Harvard Physics) and Peter Kronheimer (Harvard Math) Topics: Xi Yin: What is string field theory? Peter Kronheimer: What is Seiberg-Witten theory?
Mathematics in Science: Perspectives and Prospects A showcase of mathematics in interaction with physics, computer science, biology, and beyond. October 27–28, 2023 Location: Harvard University Science Center Hall D & via Zoom. Directions and Recommended Lodging Mathematics in Science: Perspectives and Prospects Youtube Playlist Speakers Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS) Constantinos Daskalakis (MIT) Alison Etheridge (Oxford) Mike […]
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speakers: Michael Hopkins (Harvard Math) and Minhea Popa (Harvard Math) Topics: Mike Hopkins: What are topological modular forms? Mihnea Popa: What is the abundance conjecture and why should it to be true?
https://youtu.be/y6Gc0G_2Mf0 CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Prof. Scott Kominers will present a lecture in the CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Series. Date: Monday, November 20, 2023 Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am ET Location: Via Zoom Webinar Title: 60 Years of Matching: From Gale and Shapley to Trading Networks Abstract: Gale and Shapley's 1962 American Mathematical Monthly paper, "College Admissions and the […]
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speakers: Mike Douglas (Harvard CMSA) and Anurag Anshu (Harvard Computer Science) Topics: Mike Douglas: What are scaling laws in deep learning? Anurag Anshu: What's the difference between classical information theory and quantum information theory (or classical computation vs quantum computation)?
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speaker: Greg Moore, Rutgers University Question: What is supersymmetry?
https://youtu.be/yPOy4OoXJX0 CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Prof. Amie Wilkinson gave a lecture in the CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Series. Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Time: 9:00–10:30 am ET Title: Stretching and shrinking: 85 years of the Hopf argument for ergodicity Abstract: The early 20th century witnessed an explosion of activity, much of it centered at Harvard, […]
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speaker: Solomon Friedberg, Boston College Question: What is the Langlands program?
Fibered ribbon knots vs. major 4D conjectures Location: Harvard University Science Center Hall A & via Zoom webinar Dates: Feb 20 & 22, 2024 Time: 4:00-5:30 pm Maggie Miller is an assistant professor in the mathematics department at the University of Texas at Austin and a Clay Research Fellow. This is the fourth annual Math Science […]
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed Question: What are Higgs bundles?