During the 2026–27 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a Colloquium series, organized by Tobias Schmidt, Houcine Ben Dali, Francesco Mori, and Michal Shavit.
It will take place on Mondays from 4:30 – 5:30 pm (Eastern Time) in Room G10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street. All CMSA postdocs/members are required to attend the weekly CMSA Colloquium series as well as the weekly CMSA Members’ Seminars.
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The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.
Geometry of 3-manifolds and Complex Chern-Simons Theory
Speaker: Masahito Yamazaki (IMPU) Title: Geometry of 3-manifolds and Complex Chern-Simons Theory Abstract: The geometry of 3-manifolds has been a fascinating subject in mathematics. In this talk I discuss a "quantization" of 3-manifold geometry, in the language of complex Chern-Simons theory. This Chern-Simons theory in turn is related to the physics of 3-dimensional supersymmetric field theories through the so-called 3d/3d correspondence, whose […]
2020-2021 Colloquium, Wednesdays
During the Spring 2021 semester, and until further notice, all seminars will take place virtually. The 2020-2021 Colloquium will take place every Wednesday from 9:00 to 10:00am ET virtually, using zoom. All CMSA postdocs/members are required to attend the weekly CMSA Members’ Seminars, as well as the weekly CMSA Colloquium series. Please email the seminar organizers to obtain […]
Sequences: random, structured or something in between
Speaker: Fan Chung (University of California, San Diego) Title: Sequences: random, structured or something in between Abstract: There are many fundamental problems concerning sequences that arise in many areas of mathematics and computation. Typical problems include finding or avoiding patterns; testing or validating various ‘random-like’ behavior; analyzing or comparing different statistics, etc. In this talk, we will […]
A new program on quantum subgroups
Speaker: Zhengwei Liu (Harvard Physics) Title: A new program on quantum subgroups Abstract: Quantum subgroups have been studied since the 1980s. The A, D, E classification of subgroups of quantum SU(2) is a quantum analogue of the McKay correspondence. It turns out to be related to various areas in mathematics and physics. Inspired by the quantum McKay correspondence, […]
Essential concepts of Causal inference—a remarkable history
Speaker: Don Rubin (Harvard Statistics) Title: Essential concepts of Causal inference—a remarkable history Abstract: I believe that a deep understanding of cause and effect, and how to estimate causal effects from data, complete with the associated mathematical notation and expressions, only evolved in the twentieth century. The crucial idea of randomized experiments was apparently first proposed in 1925 in the context of […]
Computer-assisted analysis of singularity formation of a regularized 3D Euler equation
Speaker: Tom Hou, Caltech Title: Computer-assisted analysis of singularity formation of a regularized 3D Euler equation
Harmonic functions and the chromatic polynomial
Speaker: Richard Kenyon, Brown Title: Harmonic functions and the chromatic polynomial