Previous Conferences & Workshops

Mar
16
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Probabilistic Guarantees to Explicit Constructions: Local Properties of Linear Codes
Nikhil Shagrithaya
11:00am|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

We present a general framework for derandomizing random linear codes with respect to a broad class of properties, known as local properties, which encompass several standard notions such as minimum distance, list-decoding, list-recovery, and perfect...

Mar
12
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

Melnikov Functions Appearing in Polynomial Hamiltonian Perturbations
4:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: Joint project with Pavao Mardesic, Laura Ortiz-Bobadilla, and Jessie Pontigo-Herrera.

Hibert's 16th problem asks for an upper bound on the number of limit cycles of planar polynomial vector fields. For polynomial perturbations $\dH+\epsilon...

Mar
12
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

On the Completions of General Period Mappings
Haohua Deng
12:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: Constructing completions of period mappings with significant geometric and Hodge-theoretical meaning is an important topic in Hodge theory and its applications. There are rich theories for the classical case in which the period domain is...

Mar
12
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

Hodge-Theoretic Anabelian Geometry
Qixiang Wang
10:45am|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: The anabelian phenomenon may be viewed as an arithmetic analogue of Mostow rigidity: it predicts that certain varieties can be reconstructed from their arithmetic fundamental groups. A celebrated result of S. Mochizuki shows that...

Mar
11
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

(Quasi)-Periods Functions and Derivatives of Period Maps
4:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: Given a family $X \rightarrow S$, one may consider the corresponding fiber-wise (quasi-) period integrals as (multi)-functions on S. Built out of these using a flag variety, one obtains variation of (mixed) hodge structures giving period...

Mar
11
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

Some Effective Special Point Results
Gareth Jones
2:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: 
I'll start by discussing some work with Binyamini, Schmidt, and Thomas in which we prove a uniform Manin-Mumford result for products of CM elliptic curves. I'll show how we apply this to obtain an effective Andre-Oort result for fibre...

Mar
11
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

The Dynamical Schinzel-Zassenhaus Conjecture and the Transfinite Diameter of Trees
Philipp Habegger
10:45am|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: In 2019, Dimitrov proved the Schinzel-Zassenhaus Conjecture. Harry Schmidt and I extended his general strategy to cover some dynamical variants of this conjecture. One common tool in both results is Dubinin's Theorem on the transfinite...