Past Events

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Past Math Events

Friday, April 23, 2021

• Mathematics and Physics at the Moiré Scale

  Online, zoom
  April 23, 2021, 2:30PM
  Mitchell Luskin, U. Minnesota

• Applying GMRES to the Helmholtz equation with strong trapping: how does the number of iterations depend on the frequency?

  Online, zoom
  April 23, 2021, 10AM
  Euan Spence, University of Bath

Thursday, April 22, 2021

• Predicting phase transitions in nonequilibrium systems

  Online, zoom
  April 22, 2021, 12:30PM
  Ruben Zakine, CIMS

• Excitable Networks for Finite State Computation with Continuous Time Recurrent Neural Networks

  Online, zoom
  April 22, 2021, 10AM
  Peter Ashwin, University of Exeter

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

• Ocean-atmosphere dynamics of decadal climate variability

  Online, zoom
  April 21, 2021, 3:30PM
  Robert Jnglin Wills, University of Washington

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

• Algorithmic Auditing

  Online, zoom
  April 20, 2021, 5:30PM
  Srikanth Krishnamurthy

Thursday, April 15, 2021

• Open Problems in Applied Math

  Online, zoom
  April 15, 2021, 12:30PM
  Alex Mogilner, Sophie Marbach, Rob Webber

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

• A continuum viscous-elastic-brittle, FEM/DG model for the fracture and drift of sea ice

  Online, zoom
  April 14, 2021, 3:30PM
  Veronique Dansereau

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

• Deep Reinforcement Learning for Asset Allocation in U.S. Equities

  Online, zoom
  April 13, 2021, 5:30PM
  Miquel Noguer i Alonso, Artificial Intelligence Finance Institute, NYU Courant

• Rigidity, circuits and combinatorial resultants.

  Online, zoom
  April 13, 2021, 2PM
  Ileana Streinu, Smith College

Friday, April 9, 2021

• Random walks and PDEs in graph-based learning

  Online, zoom
  April 09, 2021, 2:30PM
  Jeff Calder, U. Minnesota

Thursday, April 8, 2021

• BANACH BUNDLES

  Online, zoom
  April 08, 2021, 5PM
  Kiran Kedlaya, UC San Diego

• A Festival of Machine Learning in Science at NYU (Part 2)

  Online, zoom
  April 08, 2021, 12:30PM
  Ben Peherstorfer, Eric Vanden-Eijnden, and Laure Zanna

• Towards Safe and Efficient Learning and Control for Physical Human Robot Interaction

  Online, zoom
  April 08, 2021, 11AM
  Nadia Figueroa, MIT

Monday, April 5, 2021

• The Power Of Lattice-Based Cryptography: Advanced Functionality and Post-Quantum Security

  Online, zoom
  April 05, 2021, 12PM
  Rishab Goyal, MIT

Thursday, April 1, 2021

• A Festival of Machine Learning in Science at NYU (Part 1)

  Online, zoom
  April 01, 2021, 12:30PM
  Mark Tuckerman, David Grier, Glen Hocky and Michael Lindsey

• Linear response in high-dimensional globally coupled chaotic dynamics

  Online, zoom
  April 01, 2021, 10AM
  Caroline Wormell , Laboratoire de Probabilités, Statistique et Modélisation, Sorbonne Université

• Probabilistic proofs: theory, hardware, and everything in between

  Online, zoom
  April 01, 2021, 10AM
  Riad S. Wahby, Stanford University

• Conditioning problems for invariant sets of expanding piecewise affine mappings: Application to loss of ergodicity in globally coupled

  Online, zoom
  April 01, 2021, 9AM
  Bastien Fernandez, Laboratoire de Probabilités, Statistique et Modélisation, Sorbonne Université

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

• Hidden Physics Models

  Online, zoom
  March 31, 2021, 3:45PM
  Maziar Raissi, University of Colorado

• Learning & Decision-Making in Societal Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and Design

  Online, zoom
  March 31, 2021, 12PM
  Eric Mazumdar, University of California, Berkeley

• More is different, Anomalous is normal?

  Online, zoom
  March 31, 2021, 10AM
  Evdokiya Kostadinova, Baylor University

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

• Modeling the Oil Squeeze: Storage and Trading Opportunities in Oil Derivatives

  Online, zoom
  March 30, 2021, 5:30PM
  Ilia Bouchouev, Pentathlon Investments LLC

• Algorithms and Barriers for Fast Matrix Multiplication

  Online, zoom
  March 30, 2021, 11:30AM
  Josh Alman, Harvard University

Monday, March 29, 2021

• What can Complexity Science do for Democracy?

  Online, zoom
  March 29, 2021, 5:30PM
  Tina Eliassi-Rad, Northeastern University

• Eliminating bugs in real systems

  Online, zoom
  March 29, 2021, 9AM
  Fraser Brown, Stanford University

Friday, March 26, 2021

• Interactions of Passive and Active Capillary Disks

  Online, zoom
  March 26, 2021, 2:30PM
  Daniel Harris, Brown University

• Provably entropy stable subcell finite volume shock capturing for high order spectral element discontinuous Galerkin methods

  Online, zoom
  March 26, 2021, 10AM
  Gregor Gassner, University of Cologne

• Integrating machine learning into algorithm design

  Online, zoom
  March 26, 2021, 9AM
  Ellen Vitercik, Carnegie Mellon University

Thursday, March 25, 2021

• Undergrad Research

  Online, Zoom
  March 25, 2021, 12:30PM
  Mengjian Hua and Bob Junyi Zou

• How to Do Cryptography Even When Cryptography Doesn't Exist

  Online, zoom
  March 25, 2021, 10AM
  Marshall Ball, University of Washington

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

• Learning and Control for Interactions in Mixed Human-Robot Environments

  Online, zoom
  March 24, 2021, 11AM
  Wilko Schwarting, MIT

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

• Feature Selection in Jump Models

  Online, zoom
  March 23, 2021, 5:30PM
  Peter Nystrup, InCommodities A/S

• Structural Foundations of Efficient Reinforcement Learning

  Online, zoom
  March 23, 2021, 9AM
  Alekh Agarwal, Microsoft Research Redmond

Monday, March 22, 2021

• Learning General Language Processing Agents

  Online, zoom
  March 22, 2021, 11AM
  Dani Yogatama, DeepMind

Thursday, March 18, 2021

• Chaos for motion of passive tracers in an incompressible fluid

  Online, zoom
  March 18, 2021, 4PM
  Alex Blumenthal , Georgia Tech

• Brief talks on Math History

  Online, zoom
  March 18, 2021, 12:30PM
  Alex Mogilner, Tristan Goodwill, Brennan Sprinkle, CIMS

• Learning through Interaction in Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems

  Online, zoom
  March 18, 2021, 11AM
  Kalesha Bullard, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

• Data Structures and Algorithms in Sublinear Computation

  Online, zoom
  March 16, 2021, 11:30PM
  Huacheng Yu, Princeton University

Monday, March 15, 2021

• Two short analytical stories: (1) Thin films, an edge, and a novel similarity solution and (2) A new look at ODEs and resonance

  Online, zoom
  March 15, 2021, 3:45PM
  Howard Stone, Princeton University

• Fusion for Robot Perception and Controls

  Online, zoom
  March 15, 2021, 12PM
  Michelle Lee, Stanford University

Friday, March 12, 2021

• Streaming k-PCA and concentration for random matrix products

  Online, zoom
  March 12, 2021, 2:30PM
  Jonathan Niles-Weed,, CIMS

• Computing disconnected bifurcation diagrams of partial differential equations

  Online, zoom
  March 12, 2021, 10AM
  Patrick Farrell, University of Oxford

Thursday, March 11, 2021

• Open sets of partially hyperbolic systems having a unique SRB measure

  Online, zoom
  March 11, 2021, 4PM
  Davi Obata, University of Chicago

• Projects from undergraduate modeling and simulation

  Online, zoom
  March 11, 2021, 12:30PM
  Students of Charles Peskin

• The Societal Impacts of Algorithmic Decision-Making

  Online, zoom
  March 11, 2021, 12:30PM
  Manish Raghavan, Cornell University

• Singular solutions of the binormal flow

  Online, zoom
  March 11, 2021, 11AM
  Valeria Banica, LJLL - Sorbonne Université

• Algorithms for Markets: Matching Under Uncertainty

  Online, zoom
  March 11, 2021, 10AM
  Mahsa Derakhshan, University of Maryland

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

• The Generalizability and Interpretability of Neural Language Models

  Online, zoom
  March 10, 2021, 11AM
  Urvashi Khandelwal, Stanford University

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

• Machine Learning for Quantitative Investment and Wealth Management: Opportunities and Challenges

  Online, zoom
  March 09, 2021, 5:30PM
  Cristian Homescu, Investment & Portfolio Analytics, Chief Investment Office, Global Wealth and Investment Management, Bank of America

• Probing chromatin organization at the sub-kilobase scale with sequencing-based and computational tools

  Online, zoom
  March 09, 2021, 12:15PM
  Vivana Risca, The Rockefeller University

• Sublinear Algorithms for Massive Datasets

  Online, zoom
  March 09, 2021, 12PM
  Erik Waingarten, Stanford University

Monday, March 8, 2021

• Online Misinformation during Crisis Events: The “Perfect Storm” of Covid-19 and Election2020

  Online, zoom
  March 08, 2021, 5:30PM
  Kate Starbird, University of Washington

• Emerging symmetries in 2D percolation

  Online, zoom
  March 08, 2021, 3:45PM
  Hugo Duminil-Copin, Université de Genève and IHES

• Understanding Human-Centric Sides of Deep AI Models

  Online, zoom
  March 08, 2021, 11AM
  Sarah Dean, University of California, Berkeley

Friday, March 5, 2021

• Shake your hips: an active particle with a fluctuating propulsion force

  Online, zoom
  March 05, 2021, 2:30PM
  Jean-Luc Thiffeault, U. Wisconsin

• On large deviations of SLEs, real rational functions, and zeta-regularized determinants of Laplacians

  Online, zoom
  March 05, 2021, 12:30PM
  Eveliina Peltola, Bonn

Thursday, March 4, 2021

• Uncovering hidden signals and causal effects from data through optimal transport

  Online, zoom
  March 04, 2021, 12:30PM
  Esteban Tabak, CIMS

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

• Scattering of inertia-gravity-wave by geostrophic turbulence

  Online, Zoom
  March 03, 2021, 3:30PM
  Hossein Kafiabad, U. Edinburgh

• Understanding Human-Centric Sides of Deep AI Models

  Online, zoom
  March 03, 2021, 11:30AM
  Bolei Zhou, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

• Modeling Interest Rate and FX Derivatives with Division Algebras

  Online, zoom
  March 02, 2021, 5:30PM
  Gregory Pelts

• On Undecided LP, Clustering and Active Learning

  Online, zoom
  March 02, 2021, 2PM
  Sariel Har-Peled, University of Illinois at Chicago

Monday, March 1, 2021

• Long timescale behavior from trajectory data

  Online, zoom
  March 01, 2021, 3:45PM
  Jonathan Weare, CIMS

• Steps towards making machine learning more natural

  Online, zoom
  March 01, 2021, 9AM
  Mengye Ren, University of Toronto

Friday, February 26, 2021

• Nonlinear model reduction for transport-dominated problems

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 26, 2021, 2:30PM
  Benjamin Peherstorfer, CIMS

• Learning from the directed landscape

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 26, 2021, 12:30PM
  Duncan Dauvergne, Princeton University

• Efficient numerical methods for polarization effects in molecular systems

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 26, 2021, 10AM
  Benjamin Stamm,, RWTH Aachen University

Thursday, February 25, 2021

• Some software for scientific programming

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 25, 2021, 12:30PM
  Multiple

• Multi-Population Phase Oscillator Networks with Higher-Order Interactions\t

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 25, 2021, 10AM
  Christian Bick , Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  **for info and Zoom link please write to mt3986 at nyu dot edu

• Linear response for a family of self-consistent transfer operators

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 25, 2021, 9AM
  Fanni Selley, CNRS and Sorbonne Université
  **for info and Zoom link please write to mt3986 at nyu dot edu

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

• Advancements and Challenges for Deep Learning in Medical Imaging

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 24, 2021, 12PM
  Pranav Rajpurkar, Stanford University

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

• Machine Learning in Finance: Putting it Into Practice

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 23, 2021, 5:30PM
  Joseph Simonian, Autonomous Investment Technologies LLC

Monday, February 22, 2021

• Local smoothing for the wave equation

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 22, 2021, 3:45PM
  Larry Guth, MIT

Friday, February 19, 2021

• Epidemic mitigation by statistical inference from contact tracing data

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 19, 2021, 11:30AM
  Lenka Zdeborova, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay
  ***PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE***

• Transport methods for data assimilation and likelihood-free inference

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 19, 2021, 10AM
  Youssef Marzouk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thursday, February 18, 2021

• The spectral measure of a dynamical system

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 18, 2021, 4PM
  Suddhasattwa Das , CIMS

• Some tools for scientific computer graphics

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 18, 2021, 12:30PM
  Sophie Marbach, Georg Stadler, Aleks Donev and Brennan Sprinkle

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

• More is different, Anomalous is normal?

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 17, 2021, 10AM
  Evdokiya Kostadinova, Baylor University

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

• Static and Streaming Data Structures for Fréchet Distance Queries.

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 16, 2021, 2PM
  Omrit Filtser, Stony Brook University

Friday, February 12, 2021

• A few things I learned about modelling the Covid 19 pandemic

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 12, 2021, 10AM
  Yvon Maday, University Pierre and Marie Curie

Thursday, February 11, 2021

• Stochastic organization of the mitotic spindle

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 11, 2021, 12:30PM
  Chris Miles, CIMS

• Dynamic polymers: invariant measures and ordering by noise

  Online, zoom
  Feb. 11, 2021, 12PM
  Yuri Bakhtin, CIMS

Friday, February 5, 2021

• LIFE IN FLATLAND: EMERGENT ORIGINS OF BEHAVIOR IN NON-NEURONAL SYSTEMS

  Online, Zoom
  Feb. 05, 2021, 2:30PM
  Manu Prakash , Stanford

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

• The Joint S&P 500/VIX Smile Calibration Puzzle Solved

  Online, Zoom
  Jan. 26, 2021, 5:30PM
  Julien Guyon, Bloomberg L.P.
  This event is free, but requires registration. Please use this link to register.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

• Long Time Behavior and Singularity Formation in PDEs – Part II

  Online, Zoom
  Jan. 14, 2021, 4:30PM
  Talks are in Gulf Standard Time, and also at 8pm and 9pm each day
  Attendance is free and open, but registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link for all the talks

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

• Long Time Behavior and Singularity Formation in PDEs – Part II

  Online, zoom
  Jan. 13, 2021, 4:30PM
  Talks are in Gulf Standard Time, and also at 8pm and 9pm each day
  Attendance is free and open, but registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link for all the talks

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

• Long Time Behavior and Singularity Formation in PDEs – Part II

  Online, zoom
  Jan. 12, 2021, 4:30PM
  Talks are in Gulf Standard Time, and also at 8pm and 9pm each day
  Attendance is free and open, but registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link for all the talks

Monday, January 11, 2021

• Long Time Behavior and Singularity Formation in PDEs - Part II

  Online, Zoom
  Jan. 11, 2021, 4:30PM
  various
  Registration with schedule of speakers (with talk titles and abstracts): https://wp.nyu.edu/stability/conference-january-2021/

Sunday, January 10, 2021

• Long Time Behavior and Singularity Formation in PDEs - Part II

  Online, ZOOM
  Jan. 10, 2021, 4:30PM
  Various
  Registration with schedule of speakers (with talk titles and abstracts): https://wp.nyu.edu/stability/conference-january-2021/ \n \n***Please note times are GULF STANDARD

Monday, December 21, 2020

• Solving High-Dimensional PDEs with Deep Learning

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 21, 2020, 2PM
  Jiequn Han, Princeton University

Thursday, December 17, 2020

• Generalized Constantin-Lax-Majda equation: Collapse vs. blow up and global existence

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 17, 2020, 12:30PM
  Denis Silantyev

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

• Zoonoses and the emergence of SARS-CoV-2

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 15, 2020, 4PM
  Edward Holmes, University of Sydney

Friday, December 11, 2020

• SPECIAL EVENT - Online Panel Discussion on LIBOR Transition

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 11, 2020, 5:30PM
  Panelists: Claudio Albanese, Antje Berndt, Samim Ghamami, Lotfi Karoui and Fabio Mercurio, Moderators: Samim Ghamami and Petter Kolm
  Registration: This event is free but requires registration. Please use this link to register. https://forms.gle/MRZzvfi77powADnS6

• TBA

  Online, Zoom
  Dec. 11, 2020, 2:30PM
  Christophe Clanet, CNRS, LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique

• TBA

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 11, 2020, 10AM
  Wayne Isaac Uy, CIMS

Thursday, December 10, 2020

• Global Melnikov Theory for Hamiltonian Systems with Non-Conservative Perturbations

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 10, 2020, 5PM
  Marian Gidea, Yeshiva University

• TBA

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 10, 2020, 12:30PM
  Mariya Savinov, Yu-hsuan Shih

• Regularity of the free boundary for the two-phase Bernoulli problem

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 10, 2020, 11AM
  Alessandro Pigati, NYU

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

• On the Value of Portfolio Construction

  Online, Zoom
  Dec. 08, 2020, 5:30PM
  Jason MacQueen, Smart Portfolio Strategies (SPS)
  Registration: This event is free, but requires registration. Please use this link to register

• Computing optimal homotopies

  Online, zoom
  Dec. 08, 2020, 2PM
  Erin Wolf Chambers, Saint Louis University

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