• Second Annual Yip Lecture: Extraterrestrial Life

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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 […]

  • Conference on Differential Geometry, Calabi-Yau theory and General Relativity: A conference in honor of the 70th Birthday of Shing-Tung Yau

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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 […]

  • Yip Annual Lecture

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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

  • Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott: Mina Aganagic

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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

  • 2018 Ding Shum Lecture

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

      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 […]

  • Big Data Conference 2018

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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, […]

  • Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott, April 2-3

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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.    

  • Blockchain Conference

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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 […]

  • 2017 Ding Shum Lecture

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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 […]

  • 2017 Big Data Conference

    Harvard Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    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 […]