Previous Conferences & Workshops

Nov
25
2019

Special Seminar

Topological quantum phases
5:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will describe the problem of finding the homotopy type of the space of quantum Hamiltonians in dimension d under certain constraints. The common assumptions are that the interactions have finite range and that the ground state is separated from...

Nov
25
2019

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

On singularity properties of word maps and applications to probabilistic Waring type problems
Itay Glazer
4:30pm|Princeton University, Fine Hall 314

We discuss some recent results on singularity properties of word maps and Lie algebra word maps on semisimple algebraic groups and semisimple Lie algebras, generalizing a work of Aizenbud-Avni done in the case of the commutator map. These...

Nov
25
2019

Symplectic Dynamics/Geometry Seminar

Homological mirror symmetry for elliptic Hopf surfaces
Abigail Ward and Abigail Ward
3:30pm|Princeton University, Fine Hall 224

We show evidence that homological mirror symmetry is a phenomenon that exists beyond the world of Kähler manifolds by exhibiting HMS-type results for a family of complex surfaces which includes the classical Hopf surface (S^1 x S^3). Each surface S...

Nov
25
2019

Members’ Seminar

Convergence of nearest neighbor classification
2:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

The "nearest neighbor (NN) classifier" labels a new data instance by taking a majority vote over the k most similar instances seen in the past. With an appropriate setting of k, it is capable of modeling arbitrary decision rules. Traditional...

Nov
25
2019

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Lifting small locally testable codes (LTCs) to large LTCs via HDXs
Prahladh Harsha
11:00am|Simonyi Hall 101

In this talk, I'll illustrate how to lift a "small" locally testable code via a high dimensional expander (HDX) to a "large" locally testable code. Given a D-left regular bipartite graph G = ([n], [m], E) and a "small" code C \in {0,1}^D, the Tanner...

Nov
22
2019

Special Dynamics Seminar

On some consequences of exponential mixing
Federico Rodriguez-Hertz
2:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

In this talk I will discuss some definitions of exponential mixing and other rates of mixing and discuss some of its consequences.

Nov
21
2019

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

Canonical integral models of Shimura varieties
George Pappas
4:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

We will discuss the problem of constructing and characterizing uniquely, integral models of Shimura varieties over some primes where non-smooth reduction is expected.

Nov
20
2019

Mathematical Conversations

Some challenging graph inequality
6:00pm|Dilworth Room

A main theme in extremal combinatorics is about asking when the random construction is close to optimal. A famous conjecture of Erd\H{o}s-Simonovits and Sidorenko states that if $H$ is a bipartite graph, then the random graph with edge density $p$...