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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T121100
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SUMMARY:2019 Ding Shum Lecture
DESCRIPTION:  \nOn October 22\, 2019\, the CMSA held the third annual Ding Shum lecture. \nSpeaker: Ronald L. Rivest (MIT) \nTitle: Election Security \nRonald L. Rivest is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and a founder of the Cryptography and Information Security research group within CSAIL. His research has been in the areas of algorithms\, machine learning\, cryptography\, and election security\, for which he has received multiple awards\, including: the ACM Turing Award (with Adleman and Shamir)\, the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award\, National Inventor’s Hall of Fame membership\, and the Marconi Prize. \nProf. Rivest is also well-known as a co-author of the textbook “Introduction to Algorithms” (with Cormen\, Leiserson\, and Stein)\, and as a co-inventor of the RSA public-key cryptosystem (with Adleman and Shamir). He is a co-founder of RSA and of Verisign.He has served on the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (advisory to the Election Assistance Commission)\, in charge of the Security subcommittee. He is a member of the CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project\, on the Board of Verified Voting\, and an advisor to the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Additionally\, he has served on the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (advisory to the Election Assistance Commission)\, as a member of the CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project\, and as an advisor to the Electronic Privacy Information Center. \n  \n \nLast year featured Eric Maskin\, who spoke on “How to Improve Presidential Elections: the Mathematics of Voting.” The first Ding Shum lecture took place on October 10\, 2017\, featuring Leslie Valiant on “Learning as a Theory of Everything.” \nThis event is made possible by the generous funding of Ding Lei and Harry Shum.\n 
URL:https://live-hu-cmsa-222.pantheonsite.io/event/2019-ding-shum-lecture/
LOCATION:CMSA\, 20 Garden Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ding Shum Lecture,Event,Public Lecture,Special Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190418T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190418T170000
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SUMMARY:Yip Annual Lecture
DESCRIPTION: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). \nThe lecture was held from 4:00-5:00pm in Science Center\, Hall A.
URL:https://live-hu-cmsa-222.pantheonsite.io/event/yip-annual-lecture/
LOCATION:Harvard Science Center\, 1 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event,Public Lecture,Special Lectures,Yip Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190409T170000
DTSTAMP:20250328T150617Z
CREATED:20240212T100146Z
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SUMMARY:Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott: Mina Aganagic
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe lectures took place in Science Center\, Hall C \n“Two math lessons from string theory”\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n \nApril 9\, 2019 \nLecture 1 \nTitle: “Lesson on Integrability” \nAbstract: The quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov (qKZ) equation is a difference generalization of the famous Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov (KZ) equation. The problem to explicitly capture the monodromy of the qKZ equation has been open for over 25 years. I will describe the solution to this problem\, discovered jointly with Andrei Okounkov. The solution comes from the geometry of Nakajima quiver varieties and has a string theory origin. \nPart of the interest in the qKZ monodromy problem is that its solution leads to integrable lattice models\, in parallel to how monodromy matrices of the KZ equation lead to knot invariants. Thus\, our solution of the problem leads to a new\, geometric approach\, to integrable lattice models. There are two other approaches to integrable lattice models\, due to Nekrasov and Shatashvili and to Costello\, Witten and Yamazaki. I’ll describe joint work with Nikita Nekrasov which explains how string theory unifies the three approaches to integrable lattice models.\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n \nApril 10\, 2019 \nLecture 2 \nTitle: “Lesson on Knot Categorification” \nAbstract: An old problem is to find a unified approach to the knot categorification problem. The new string theory perspective on the qKZ equation I described in the first talk can be used to derive two geometric approaches to the problem. \nThe first approach is based on a category of B-type branes on resolutions of slices in affine Grassmannians. The second is based on a category of A-branes in a Landau-Ginzburg theory. The relation between them is two dimensional (equivariant) mirror symmetry. String theory also predicts that a third approach to categorification\, based on counting solutions to five dimensional Haydys-Witten equations\, is equivalent to the first two. \nThis talk is mostly based on joint work with Andrei Okounkov.\n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://live-hu-cmsa-222.pantheonsite.io/event/math-science-lectures-in-honor-of-raoul-bott-mina-aganagic/
LOCATION:Harvard Science Center\, 1 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event,Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott,Public Lecture,Special Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181024T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181024T160000
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SUMMARY:2018 Ding Shum Lecture
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nOn 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.” \nThis year will feature Eric Maskin\, who will speak on “How to Improve Presidential Elections: the Mathematics of Voting.” This lecture will take place from 5:00-6:00pm in Science Center\, Hall D.  \nPictures of the event can be found here.
URL:https://live-hu-cmsa-222.pantheonsite.io/event/2018-ding-shum-lecture/
LOCATION:Harvard Science Center\, 1 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Ding Shum Lecture,Event,Public Lecture,Special Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180402T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180403T180000
DTSTAMP:20260218T203218Z
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SUMMARY:Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott\, April 2-3
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe lectures will take place from 4:30-5:30pm in Science Center\, Hall D. \n \n \n  \n 
URL:https://live-hu-cmsa-222.pantheonsite.io/event/math-science-lectures-in-honor-of-raoul-bott-april-2-3/
LOCATION:Harvard Science Center\, 1 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event,Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott,Special Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171010T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171010T180000
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SUMMARY:2017 Ding Shum Lecture
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearning as a Theory of Everything \nAbstract: We start from the hypothesis that all the information that resides in living organisms was initially acquired either through learning by an individual or through evolution. Then any unified theory of evolution and learning should be able to characterize the capabilities that humans and other living organisms can possess or acquire. Characterizing these capabilities would tell us about the nature of humans\, and would also inform us about feasible targets for automation. With this purpose we review some background in the mathematical theory of learning. We go on to explain how Darwinian evolution can be formulated as a form of learning. We observe that our current mathematical understanding of learning is incomplete in certain important directions\, and conclude by indicating one direction in which further progress would likely enable broader phenomena of intelligence and cognition to be realized than is possible at present. \n 
URL:https://live-hu-cmsa-222.pantheonsite.io/event/2017-ding-shum-lecture/
LOCATION:Harvard Science Center\, 1 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Ding Shum Lecture,Event,Public Lecture,Special Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171002T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171002T173000
DTSTAMP:20250328T150846Z
CREATED:20230717T172938Z
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SUMMARY:The 2017 Charles River Lectures
DESCRIPTION:Charles River with Bench at Sunset\nJointly 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. \nThe 2017 lectures will take place 9:15am – 5:30pm on Monday\, October 2 at Harvard University  in the Harvard Science Center. \n\n\n\n*************************************************** \nUPDATED LOCATION\nHarvard University\nHarvard Science Center (Halls C & E)\n1 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 (Map)\nMonday\, October 2\, 2017\n9:15 AM – 5:30 PM\n************************************************** \nPlease note that registration has closed. \nSpeakers:\n\nPaul Bourgade (Courant Institute\, NYU)\nMassimiliano Gubinelli (University of Bonn)\nAndrea Montanari (Stanford University)\nRoman Vershynin (University of California\, Irvine)\nOfer Zeitouni (Weizmann Institute)\n\nAgenda:\nIn Harvard Science Center Hall C: \n8:45 am – 9:15 am: Coffee/light breakfast \n9:15 am – 10:15 am: Ofer Zeitouni \nTitle: Noise stability of the spectrum of large matrices \nAbstract: The spectrum of large non-normal matrices is notoriously sensitive to perturbations\, as the example of nilpotent matrices shows. Remarkably\, the spectrum of these matrices perturbed by polynomially (in the dimension) vanishing additive noise is remarkably stable. I will describe some results and the beginning of a theory. \nThe talk is based on joint work with Anirban Basak and Elliot Paquette\, and earlier works with Feldheim\, Guionnet\, Paquette and Wood.\n\n10:20 am – 11:20 am: Andrea Montanari \nTitle: Algorithms for estimating low-rank matrices  \nAbstract: Many interesting problems in statistics can be formulated as follows. The signal of interest is a large low-rank matrix with additional structure\, and we are given a single noisy view of this matrix. We would like to estimate the low rank signal by taking into account optimally the signal structure. I will discuss two types of efficient estimation procedures based on message-passing algorithms and semidefinite programming relaxations\, with an emphasis on asymptotically exact results. \n11:20 am – 11:45 am: Break \n11:45 am – 12:45 pm: Paul Bourgade \nTitle: Random matrices\, the Riemann zeta function and trees \nAbstract: Fyodorov\, Hiary & Keating have conjectured that the maximum of the characteristic polynomial of random unitary matrices behaves like extremes of log-correlated Gaussian fields. This allowed them to predict the typical size of local maxima of the Riemann zeta function along the critical axis. I will first explain the origins of this conjecture\, and then outline the proof for the leading order of the maximum\, for unitary matrices and the zeta function. This talk is based on joint works with Arguin\, Belius\, Radziwill and Soundararajan. \n1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Lunch \nIn Harvard Science Center Hall E: \n2:45 pm – 3:45 pm: Roman Vershynin \nTitle: Deviations of random matrices and applications \nAbstract: Uniform laws of large numbers provide theoretical foundations for statistical learning theory. This lecture will focus on quantitative uniform laws of large numbers for random matrices. A range of illustrations will be given in high dimensional geometry and data science. \n3:45 pm – 4:15 pm: Break \n4:15 pm – 5:15 pm: Massimiliano Gubinelli \nTitle: Weak universality and Singular SPDEs \nAbstract: Mesoscopic fluctuations of microscopic (discrete or continuous) dynamics can be described in terms of nonlinear stochastic partial differential equations which are universal: they depend on very few details of the microscopic model. This universality comes at a price: due to the extreme irregular nature of the random field sample paths\, these equations turn out to not be well-posed in any classical analytic sense. I will review recent progress in the mathematical understanding of such singular equations and of their (weak) universality and their relation with the Wilsonian renormalisation group framework of theoretical physics. \nOrganizers:\n Alexei Borodin\, Henry Cohn\, Vadim Gorin\, Elchanan Mossel\, Philippe Rigollet\, Scott Sheffield\, and H.T. Yau
URL:https://live-hu-cmsa-222.pantheonsite.io/event/the-2017-charles-river-lectures/
LOCATION:Harvard Science Center\, 1 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event,Public Lecture,Special Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170308T121100
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170419T121100
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SUMMARY:Special Lecture Series on Donaldson-Thomas and Gromov-Witten Theories
DESCRIPTION:From March 8 to April 19\, the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications will be hosting a special lecture series on Donaldson-Thomas and Gromov-Witten Theories. Artan Sheshmani (QGM Aarhus and CMSA Harvard) will give eight talks on the topic on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00-10:30 am\, which will be recorded and promptly available on CMSA’s Youtube Channel.
URL:https://live-hu-cmsa-222.pantheonsite.io/event/special-lecture-series-on-donaldson-thomas-and-gromov-witten-theories/
LOCATION:CMSA\, 20 Garden Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Special Lectures
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