Ahlfors Lectures Dates: September 16 & 17, 2026 Time: 4:00–5:00 pm Location: Science Center Hall A Speaker: Mohammed Abouzaid (Stanford) Register to attend in person or online at: https://www.math.harvard.edu/event/ahlfors-lecture-series-mohammed-abouzaid/ September 16, 2026 Title: Framed bordism and nearby Lagrangians Abstract: The problem of understanding Lagrangian embeddings in symplectic manifolds remains a mystery. The simplest class […]
https://youtu.be/DtaFyE9BcXw Date: April 15, 2026 Time: 5:00–6:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge MA Speaker: Peter Sarnak, Institute for Advanced Study Title: The Riemann Hypothesis Abstract: After reviewing the hypothesis as put forth by Riemann we discuss its generalizations and analogues. We highlight a few of their implications and workarounds, […]
https://youtu.be/3j1VW9REm7s Date: March 11, 2026 Time: 5:00–6:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge MA & via Zoom Webinar Speaker: Javier Gómez-Serrano, Brown University Title: Navier-Stokes Existence or Breakdown Abstract: The Navier-Stokes equations have been the cornerstone of fluid dynamics for over a century, accurately describing the motion of viscous fluids […]
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Vivek Shende (Syddansk Universitet & UC Berkeley) Title: Fukaya categories and higher representation theory Abstract: I will explain how Lagrangian Floer homology in certain monopole moduli spaces recovers the Khovanov homology and its relatives, by a description strikingly similar to the Oszvath-Szabo Heegard-Floer theory. I will also explain how the […]
https://youtu.be/gXiVVZypHJg 2026 Ding Shum Lecture Date: March 4, 2026 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall D & via Zoom Webinar Speaker: Sanjeev Arora, Princeton Title: How could a Superhuman AI mathematician come about? Abstract: Can AI systems exceed the capabilities of the human experts who provided their training data? The talk will examine […]
Two talks on Function-theoretic implications of geometric Langlands Dates: October 20 & 21, 2025 Time: 4:30–5:30 pm Location: Science Center Lecture Hall A and via Webinar Speaker: Dennis Gaitsgory, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Abstract: The recently established geometric Langlands equivalence implies an explicit description of the space of (unramified) automorphic functions in terms of […]
Two talks on Function-theoretic implications of geometric Langlands Dates: October 20 & 21, 2025 Time: 4:30–5:30 pm Location: Science Center Lecture Hall A and via Webinar Speaker: Dennis Gaitsgory, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Abstract: The recently established geometric Langlands equivalence implies an explicit description of the space of (unramified) automorphic functions in terms […]
Geometry of Machine Learning Special Lecture: Yann LeCun Title: Self-Supervised Learning, JEPA, World Models, and the future of AI Date: Tuesday, Sep. 16, 2025 Time: 5:00 pm ET Location: Harvard Science Center, Hall C & via Zoom Webinar
https://youtu.be/VplMHWSZf5c Speaker: Scott Aaronson, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, Austin Scott Aaronson is the founding director at the Quantum Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Date: April 17, 2025 Time: 4:00-5:00 pm ET (Reception following in the Math Common Room) Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A Title: How Much […]
When: April 4, 2025 - April 5, 2025 Where: Science Center Hall C Address: 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States Speaker: Michael Chapman - NYU | Pazit Haim-Kislev - Institute for Advanced Study | Jianfeng Lin - Tsinghua University | Laura Monk - University of Bristol | Ramon van Handel - Princeton University IN-PERSON REGISTRATION Limited […]
https://youtu.be/jEDFrIvRowc On February 13, 2025 the CMSA hosted the sixth annual Ding Shum Lecture, given by Irit Dinur, Institute for Advanced Study. Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A & via Zoom Webinar Speaker: Irit Dinur, Institute for Advanced Study Title: Expanders from local to global Abstract: Imagine a network—like a social network, a transportation […]
Speaker: Andrew Neitzke, Yale University Location: Harvard University Science Center Hall D & via Zoom webinar Dates: October 16 & 17, 2024 Time: 4:00 pm https://youtu.be/1SyGyeMmWoM Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 Title: Abelianization in analysis of ODEs Abstract: I will describe the exact WKB method for asymptotic analysis of families of ODEs in one variable, […]