Past Events

E.g., Aug 13, 2026

Justin Salez

Université Paris-Dauphine & PSL
The local product condition implies cutoff

July 29, 2026

ESB 4133 (PIMS Library)

  • Probability

Taeuk Nam

Harvard University
Applications of Geometric Langlands

July 22, 2026

MATH 126

We will begin by explaining the categorical trace construction, and show how it can be used to go down one categorical level. Then, we will look at the connections between (categorical) geometric Langlands and (classical) function field arithmetic Langlands. Time permitting, we may also talk... Read more

  • Algebra and Algebraic geometry
  • Harmonic analysis
  • Number Theory

Taeuk Nam

Harvard University
The Geometric Langlands Program

July 21, 2026

MATH 126

We will discuss the geometric Langlands program, with an emphasis on motivation. We will mostly focus on the de Rham, global, critical level, unramified geometric Langlands correspondence (which was proved recently by Gaitsgory et al), but we will also spend some time explaining what kinds of... Read more

  • Algebra and Algebraic geometry
  • Harmonic analysis
  • Number Theory

Taeuk Nam

Harvard University
Preliminaries for Geometric Langlands

July 20, 2026

MATH 126

We will introduce various geometric and (higher) categorical constructions in a mostly informal manner. The goal of this talk is to explain what kinds objects appear in geometric representation theory and (the statement and proof of) geometric Langlands, rather than what the... Read more

  • Algebra and Algebraic geometry
  • Harmonic analysis
  • Number Theory

Deanna Needell & Chris Budd


SFU-UBC Computational Math day

July 10, 2026

Simon Fraser University (Harbour Centre)

Event Schedule:

1:30-1:45: Welcome remarks 1:45-2:45: Deanna Needell

Title: On Fairness and Foundations in AI Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss several areas of recent work centered... Read more

Deanna Needell & Chris Budd


SFU-UBC Computational Math day

July 10, 2026

Simon Fraser University (Harbour Centre)

Event Schedule:

1:30-1:45: Welcome remarks 1:45-2:45: Deanna Needell

Title: On Fairness and Foundations in AI Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss several areas of recent work centered... Read more

Dr. Jose Manuel Garcia Aznar

University of Zaragoza
Mathematical tumour growth modelling: from in-vitro tumour organoids to patient-specific models

July 9, 2026

ESB 4133

The simulation of tumour growth presents many challenges from a modelling point of view, both when performing in vitro models and when corresponding to tumours in patients. Obviously, the difficulties are much more relevant for patient-specific models because the amount of information available... Read more

  • Mathematical Biology

Roeland Merks

Universiteit Leiden
Mathematical models of cell and extracellular matrix interactions in animals and in plants

June 3, 2026

ESB 4133

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an umbrella term for elastic and viscoelastic materials secreted by biological cells in multicellular organisms and aggregates, such as collagens and laminins in animals, cellulose and hemicellulose in plants, and extracellular polysaccharides in bacteria.... Read more

  • Mathematical Biology

Joshua Greene

Boston College
The Niven Lecture: The Square Peg Problem

May 26, 2026

MATH 100

I will tell the story of a mathematical problem which can be understood and tested by a child, yet which has resisted solution for over a century, in spite of the efforts of many prominent mathematicians. I will describe in parallel the development of a seemingly unrelated mathematical movement... Read more

Joshua Greene

Boston College
Inscription problems and symplectic geometry

May 25, 2026

MATH 203

I will survey joint work with Andrew Lobb circling around the Square Peg Problem. Read more

  • Topology