Harvard CMSA hosted the second annual Yip Lecture on April 4, 2022. The Yip Lecture takes place thanks to the support of Dr. Shing-Yiu Yip. This year’s speaker was Avi Loeb (Harvard). https://youtu.be/YV4Ki7x_yRc Extraterrestrial Life Abstract: Are we alone? It would be arrogant to think that we are, given that a quarter of all […]
On May 2-5, 2019 the Harvard Mathematics Department hosted a Conference on Differential Geometry, Calabi-Yau Theory and General Relativity: A conference in honor of the 70th Birthday of Shing-Tung Yau. The conference was held in the Science Center, Lecture Hall C. Organizers: Horng-Tzer Yau (Harvard) Wilfried Schmid (Harvard) Clifford Taubes (Harvard) Cumrun Vafa (Harvard) Speakers: Lydia Bieri, University […]
On April 18, 2019 Harvard CMSA hosted the inaugural Yip lecture. The Yip Lecture takes place thanks to the support of Dr. Shing-Yiu Yip. This year’s speaker was Peter Galison (Harvard Physics). The lecture was held from 4:00-5:00pm in Science Center, Hall A. https://youtu.be/BofWFoiKARQ
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” […]
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 Youtube Playlist
On October 24, 2018, the CMSA hosted the 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 Improve Presidential […]
On August 23-24, 2018 the CMSA hosted the fourth annual Conference on Big Data. The Conference featured 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 were held in Science Center Hall B, 1 Oxford Street. Speakers: Mohammad Akbarpour, […]
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 […]
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 – 5:30pm on Monday, October 2 at […]
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 […]