School of Mathematics

We present a polynomial-time algorithm that, given samples from the unknown valuation distribution of each bidder, learns an auction that approximately maximizes the auctioneer's revenue in a variety of single-parameter auction environments...

I will discuss a construction of the homological mirror correspondence on algebraic integrable systems arising as moduli of flat bundles on curves. The focus will be on non-abelian Hodge theory as a tool for implementing hyper Kaehler rotations of...

If two motives are congruent, is it the case that the special values of their respective $L$-functions are congruent? More precisely, can the formula predicting special values of motivic $L$-functions be interpolated in $p$-adic families of motives...

In this talk, following right after Chiu's, I will summarize two other tools capable of detecting the non-squeezing property of pre-quantized balls in $\mathbb R^{2n} \times S^1$. One of these is a $\mathbb Z_k$-equivariant version of contact...

In this talk I will introduce a way to associate a triangulated category of sheaves with a domain of $\mathbb R^{2n} \times S^1$. The cohomological information on the category side helps to detect the contact non-squeezing property of the domain on...

In the first half of the talk I shall present a new algebraic proof of a result of Deligne-Illusie about the degeneration of the Hodge-de Rham spectral sequence. The idea is to reduce the main technical point of their proof to a question about the...

It is widely believed that the generic dynamics of nonlinear dispersive equations in the whole space is described by solitary waves and linear dispersions. More precisely, over large times, solutions tend to de-couple into solitary waves plus...

I will discuss a construction of the homological mirror correspondence on algebraic integrable systems arising as moduli of flat bundles on curves. The focus will be on non-abelian Hodge theory as a tool for implementing hyper Kaehler rotations of...

I will give an introduction to computational techniques in noncommutative probability for people (like myself) that are less interested in the details of the theory and more interested using results in the theory to help understand the behavior of...

This talk will survey some recent advances in research on program obfuscation, an area of theoretical cryptography that has seen unprecedented levels of activity over the last four years. We will cover material starting from the basics, and no prior...