On April 9 and 10, 2019 the CMSA hosted two lectures by Mina Aganagic (UC Berkeley). This was the second annual Math Science Lecture Series held in honor of Raoul Bott. The lectures took place in Science Center, Hall C “Two math lessons from string theory” Lecture 1: April 9, 2019 Title: “Lesson on […]
Current Developments in Mathematics 2018 Conference. Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 2:15 pm – 6:00 pm Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Harvard University Science Center, Hall B Visit the conference page here
On October 24, 2018, the CMSA will be hosting our second annual Ding Shum lecture. This event was made possible by the generous funding of Ding Lei and Harry Shum. Last year featured Leslie Valiant, who spoke on “learning as a Theory of Everything.” This year will feature Eric Maskin, who will speak on “How to […]
On August 23-24, 2018 the CMSA will be hosting our fourth annual Conference on Big Data. The Conference will feature many speakers from the Harvard community as well as scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math and physics, and economics. The talks will take place in Science Center Hall B, 1 Oxford […]
On April 2-3, the CMSA will be hosting two lectures by Freddy Cachazo (Perimeter Institute) on “Geometry and Combinatorics in Particle Interactions.” This will be the first of the new annual Bott Math Science Lecture Series hosted by the CMSA. The lectures will take place from 4:30-5:30pm in Science Center, Hall D.
On January 24-25, 2019 the Center of Mathematical Sciences will be hosting a conference on distributed-ledger (blockchain) technology. The conference is intended to cover a broad range of topics, from abstract mathematical aspects (cryptography, game theory, graph theory, theoretical computer science) to concrete applications (in accounting, government, economics, finance, management, medicine). The talks will take […]
Leslie Valiant will be giving the inaugural talk of the Ding Shum Lectures on Tuesday, October 10 at 5:00 pm in Science Center Hall D, Cambridge, MA. Learning as a Theory of Everything Abstract: We start from the hypothesis that all the information that resides in living organisms was initially acquired either through learning by an individual or […]
The 2017 Charles River Lectures Charles River with Bench at Sunset Jointly organized by Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Microsoft Research New England, the Charles River Lectures on Probability and Related Topics is a one-day event for the benefit of the greater Boston area mathematics community. The 2017 lectures will take place 9:15am – […]
The Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be hosting a conference on Big Data from August 18 – 19, 2017, in Hall D of the Science Center at Harvard University. The Big Data Conference features many speakers from the Harvard community as well as scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math […]
In celebration of the Journal of Differential Geometry’s 50th anniversary, the Harvard Math Department will be hosting the Tenth Conference on Geometry and Topology (JDG 2017) from April 28 – May 2, 2017. Registration and additional information on the conference can be found at http://abel.harvard.edu/jdg/index.html. Confirmed Speakers Mina Aganagic, UC Berkeley Denis Auroux, UC Berkeley Caucher Birkar, University of Cambridge […]
! LOCATION CHANGE: The conference will be in Science Center Hall C on Tuesday, Aug.23, 2016. The Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be hosting a workshop on Big Data from August 12 – 21, 2016 followed by a two-day conference on Big Data from August 22 – 23, 2016. Big Data Conference features many speakers from the Harvard […]
The Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be having a conference on Big Data August 24-26, 2015, in Science Center Hall B at Harvard University. This conference will feature many speakers from the Harvard Community as well as many scholars from across the globe, with talks focusing on computer science, statistics, math and physics, […]