2026 SIAM Student Mini-Symposium in Applied Mathematics
The SIAM Student Chapter at the University of Michigan is hosting the 2026 SIAM Student Mini-Symposium in Applied Mathematics on August...
Stability, Approximation, and Robustness of Optimal Policies in POMDPs
Yunus Emre Demirci, UM
In this talk, I will focus on the stability, approximation, and robustness of optimal policies in partially observable Markov decision...
DE Seminar: Mathematical Analysis of Many-Body Quantum Simulation with Coulomb Potentials
Di Fang (Duke)
Efficient simulation of many-body quantum dynamics is central to advances in physics, chemistry, and quantum computing. A fundamental...
Pseudo-magnetism in a strained discrete honeycomb lattice
Xuenan Li (Mathematics, Purdue University)
Abstract: Slowly-varying nonuniform strain in honeycomb media can generate an effective pseudo-magnetic field, even though the underlying...
Optimal Contract, Delegated Investment, and Information Acquisition
Yuyang Zhang, UM
We study a model of delegated investment within a noisy rational expectations equilibrium framework. Portfolio managers can acquire costly...
Foundation models and agentic AI for discovery in fluid mechanics
Ricardo Vinuesa (Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan)
Abstract: In this seminar we discuss a unified framework that combines explainable deep learning, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) and...
Buying Time: Optimal Service Purchase and Retirement Timing in Defined Benefit Plans
Kristen Moore, UM
We study retirement timing decisions in a defined benefit (DB) pension plan with a service-purchase...
Quantitative propagation of chaos and universality for asymmetric Langevin spin glass dynamics
Manuel Arnese
We obtain quantitative estimates on quenched propagation of chaos for Langevin spin glass dynamics with i.i.d. disorder. Prior work in the...
Robust and Risk-Sensitive Acceleration in Gradient Methods
Mert Gurbuzbalaban, Rutgers
First-order methods such as gradient descent (GD) are foundational in optimization. In unconstrained problems with exact gradients,...
Kullback–Leibler Mirror-Prox for Measure-Valued Variational Inequalities and Mean-Field Equilibria
Ziqing Zhang, UM
We study the computation of static mean-field equilibria on a compact state space by formu-...
From Woven Baskets to Filamentous Mycelium: Harnessing Entanglement for Structural Resilience
Evgueni Filipov (Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan)
Abstract: TBA Contact: Ian Tobasco
Exploratory Optimal Reinsurance under the Mean-Variance Criterion
Austin Riis-Due, Waterloo
This paper proposes a Reinforcement Learning (RL) approach to the optimal reinsurance problem...
