Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics
Plane Partitions (Yucong Lei)
In this talk, I will introduce a class of combinatorial objects called plane partitions, which describe pilings of cubes n a corner. I will...
Student DGT: Convexity in a complex world
David Cutler
Complex geometry is a cornerstone of contemporary mathematics; convex geometry, by contrast, has remained fairly niche since its modern...
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Crepant resolutions via stacks
Jeremy Usatine, Florida State University
Consider an invariant that behaves nicely for smooth varieties, such as Euler number, Betti numbers, or Hodge numbers. Suppose we want a...
Probability and Analysis Seminar: Tightness of and counterexamples to several quantum estimates
Alexander Volberg (MSU)
Abstract: Recently the TCS query learning ala Nisan--Mansur--Linial got the boost from a harmonic analysis random algorithm. This problem...
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...
Geometry-Topology RTG Seminar: Stability Patterns for Spherical Braid Groups
Sarah Anderson (Purdue)
Abstract: Stability patterns for the homology of configuration spaces has been studied for decades, starting with homological stability in...
Student AIM Seminar: Internship Panel
Choco Li, Noah Conner, Zikang Jia, Stas Kowalski, Jasper Liang
Math/AIM graduate students and alumni who have participated in internships or fellowships will share their experiences, discuss the...
AIM Seminar: Math and physics at the moiré scale
Mitchell Luskin (Mathematics, University of Minnesota)
Abstract: Placing a two-dimensional lattice with a small rotation gives rise to almost periodic "moiré" patterns on a...
Combinatorial invariance for the coefficient of q in Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials
Christian Gaetz (UC Berkeley)
I will describe joint work with Grant Barkley and Thomas Lam in which we study the Combinatorial Invariance Conjecture (CIC), which asserts...
Stability conditions on product-quotient surfaces
Uttaran Dutta (University of South Carolina)
Product-quotient surfaces form an interesting class of surfaces of general type. We explore the stability manifold of these surfaces. In...
Topology seminar: Invariants from real Heegaard Floer homology
Eha Srivastava (Stanford University)
Abstract: Introduced by Guth and Manolescu, real Heegaard Floer homology is an invariant associated to 3-manifolds equipped with an...
Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar: The Limits of Axioms
Zander Hill
Has this ever happened to you? You're sitting down to prove a lemma, but none of your ideas seem to work out! At the same time,...
Descriptive set theory
Scott Schneider
Research seminar on descriptive set theory. Scott Schneider will continue discussing his work on Borel equivalence relations generated by...
Probability and Analysis Seminar: Non-abelian Hirota–Miwa Equations for the KPZ Universality Class
C. Alexander Rodriguez (Umich)
Abstract: The KPZ universality class is a broad collection of mathematical and physical models linked through their shared universal scaling...
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,...
Chow Vanishing and Motives of Cluster Varieties
Josie Hlavinka (UC Berkeley)
Progress over the last decade has shown that the cohomologies of full rank, locally acyclic cluster varieties enjoy remarkable combinatorial...
AIM Seminar: Spectral theory of soliton gases for integrable equations and related problems
Alexander Tovbis (University of Central Florida)
Abstract: Soliton gases for integrable systems is a rapidly developing new area in the theory of nonlinear waves. The spectral theory of...
ISRMT Seminar: Title TBA
Amari Jaconelli (University of Bristol)
Abstract: TBA To request access to the Zoom room, please contact Nathan Hayford at nhayford [ at ] umich.edu.
IBL Lunch
Come talk about teaching with IBL, interactive, and other active teaching methods over lunch. Bring teaching anecdotes, thoughts, and your...
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-...
AIM Seminar: From woven baskets to filamentous mycelium: harnessing entanglement for structural resilience
Evgueni Filipov (Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan)
Abstract: TBA Contact: Ian Tobasco
AIM Seminar: Reserved
Joshua B. Plotkin (University of Pennsylvania)
Abstract: TBA Contact: Naoki Masuda
Long time asymptotics of the generalized soliton gas for the mKdV equation
Manuela Girotti (Emory University)
We analyze a new class of solutions of the modified KdV equation introduced by Dyachenko, Zakharov, and Zakharov, and which can be...
Colloquium: How to achieve quantum advantage?
Lin Lin, Caltech
The development of error-corrected quantum computers raises the prospect of quantum advantages in scientific computation. Which problems are...
Policy Gradient Flow for Stochastic Control
Zhenjie Ren, University of Evry
Reinforcement learning has achieved remarkable success in landmark applications such as AlphaGo and AlphaFold, and is increasingly expected...
AIM Seminar: Programmable Collective Dynamics in Active Matter and Robot Swarms
Steven Ceron (UM Robotics)
Abstract: Collective systems are able to exhibit complex global dynamics through relatively simple local interactions, and they give us a...
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...
