Previous Conferences & Workshops

Apr
03
2018

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

The generalized Whittaker function on quaternionic exceptional groups
4:30pm|Fine 314, Princeton University

I will try to explain what the Fourier expansion of a "modular form" on an exceptional group looks like, from the point of view of the archimedean place. In more detail, Gross-Wallach and Gan-Gross-Savin have singled out what a modular form on an...

Apr
03
2018

Marston Morse Lectures

Exceptional holonomy and related geometric structures: Basic theory
Simon Donaldson
2:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

In this lecture we will review the notion of the holonomy group of a Riemannian manifold and the Berger classification. We will discuss special algebraic structures in dimensions 6, 7 and 8, emphasising exterior algebra, and then go on to...

Apr
03
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Kirillov theory and its applications (continued).
10:00am|Dilworth Room

An orbit method (or Kirillov method) on compact $p$-adic groups establishes a one-to-one correspondence between irreducible representations and coadjoint orbits of dual blobs. After briefly recalling Howe’s Kirillov theory, we discuss its...

Apr
02
2018

Joint IAS/Princeton University Symplectic Geometry Seminar

Generating the Fukaya categories via Koszul duality
Yin Li
4:00pm|Fine Hall 322, Princeton University

I will present the proof of the split-generation of the compact Fukaya categories of certain Milnor fibers by vanishing cycles. The proof is based on the verification of the Koszul duality between compact and wrapped Fukaya $A_\infty$ algebras of...

Apr
02
2018

Members’ Seminar

On Expressiveness and Optimization in Deep Learning
2:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Three fundamental factors determine the quality of a statistical learning algorithm: expressiveness, optimization and generalization. The classic strategy for handling these factors is relatively well understood. In contrast, the radically different...

Mar
29
2018

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

The structure of generic tame type Galois deformation rings
Bao Le Hung
4:30pm|Fine Hall 214, Princeton University

Deformation spaces of representations of Galois groups of p-adic fields with p-adic Hodge theoretic conditions play a central role in many arithmetic questions, such as the weight part of Serre's conjecture and modularity lifting theorems, yet they...

Mar
29
2018

Locally Symmetric Spaces Seminar

Kirillov theory and its applications
10:00am|Simonyi Hall 101

An orbit method (or Kirillov method) on compact $p$-adic groups establishes a one-to-one correspondence between irreducible representations and coadjoint orbits of dual blobs. After briefly recalling Howe’s Kirillov theory, we discuss its...

Mar
28
2018

Mathematical Conversations

Hyperbolic geometry and quantum invariants in dimension 3
6:00pm|Dilworth Room

The end of the previous century saw radical changes to three-dimensional topology, which arose from two completely different approaches. One breakthrough came from Thurston's introduction of hyperbolic geometry into the field. The second one came...

Mar
28
2018

Analysis Seminar

Polynomial Carleson operators along the paraboloid
Lillian Pierce
1:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

The classical Carleson operator, which is intimately related to the Fourier transform, was an oscillatory singular integral operator with a linear phase. Motivated by a question of Eli Stein, recent consideration of Carleson operators has focused on...