Past Events

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Carmen Bruni


A Mathematicians Apology

May 7, 2025

MATH 104

At its core, mathematics itself has remained fundamentally unchanged. However, the emphasis on certain areas has evolved significantly over the past century. This discussion will explore the historical context, the current state of mathematics, future developments, and why an apology may be... Read more

  • Mathematics education

Huang Liding

Xiamen University
The form-type Calabi-Yau equation on a class of complex manifolds

May 7, 2025

MATH 202

The Calabi-Yau theorem says that given any smooth representative $\Phi$ of the first Chern class, there exists a unique K\”ahler metric $\omega$ cohomologous to $\alpha$ such that $Ricci(\omega)=\Phi$. It is natural to investigate whether similar results hold when the manifolds is non-K\”ahler.... Read more

  • Differential geometry

Cole Zmurchok

AbCellera
Model-Informed Drug Development: Applications in Antibody and Cell Therapy

May 7, 2025

MATX 1100

Mathematical modelling is increasingly central to pharmaceutical research and development through the framework of model-informed drug development (MIDD). This talk will introduce the core principles of MIDD and showcase its practical application using various modelling techniques, with a focus... Read more

  • Mathematical Biology

Alan Lindsay

University of Notre Dame
The mathematics of diffusion and application to biological signaling and movement.

May 7, 2025

MATH 225

In this talk I will review progress over the last few decades in the application of asymptotic analysis and numerical methodologies to the understanding of diffusive signaling with applications to biological signaling. We will review now classic results on describing the MFPT and narrow escape... Read more

  • Scientific Computing

Gourab Ray

University of Victoria
Double dimers on planar hyperbolic graphs, via circle packings

May 7, 2025

MATH 105

I will present some new results about the double dimer model on hyperbolic graphs. We prove that there are no bi-infinite paths in the double dimer model on such graphs.

A key insight is the role circle packing plays for this model. First: we prove that on such graphs, the weak limit of... Read more

  • Probability

Chadi Saad-Roy

UC Berkeley
Mathematical models to untangle infectious disease eco-evolutionary dynamics

May 7, 2025

MATH 100

Infectious diseases are complex systems across many scales. In this talk, I will use mathematical models to investigate a range of questions in infectious disease eco-evolutionary dynamics. I will begin by modelling the transition from pathogen emergence to endemicity, landscapes of immunity,... Read more

  • Mathematical Biology


Krieger-Nelson Lunch and High Tea: Shaping Success and Conquering Challenge

May 7, 2025

MATX 1115

Join us for wisdom from some of these amazing women over lunch and high tea. All are welcome!

Speakers:

Julia Gordon Cindy Greenwood Leah Keshet Malabika Pramanik

Moderated by Stephanie van Willigenburg.

To attend please register by April 10, 2025.... Read more

Alex Mogilner

NYU Courant Institute
Building mathematical model of cell leading edge from multiplex data

May 7, 2025

MATX 1100

Many cells in our body migrate - 'good' examples are wound healing, embryogenesis and immune response; 'bad' example is metastasis. Migration starts with leading edge protrusion, which is enabled by branching growth of actin network and resisted by membrane tension. Two main molecular players in... Read more

  • Mathematical Biology

Brett Kolesnik

The University of Warwick
Combinatorial applications of the Lévy–Khintchine formula

May 7, 2025

MATH 105

The Lévy–Khintchine formula relates an infinitely divisible probability measure to its Lévy measure, which controls the jumps of the associated Lévy process. If the Lévy measure is well behaved then the two measures are asymptotically equivalent (the one big jump principle). Using this framework... Read more

  • Probability

Iain Moyles

York University
Pseudo Matching To Identify Layers in Solid Electrolytes

May 7, 2025

MATH 225

We present a continuum model of charge transfer in a solid electrolyte which has a logarithmic singularity owing to a filling and emptying process. We use an auxiliary variable to regularize and simulate the model. We show that an electrically neutral bulk layer is present along with space... Read more

  • Scientific Computing