Seminar Calendar
October 2025
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Unoriented 2-dimensional TQFTs
Agustina Czenky,
Simons Collaboration Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Quot schemes of points on torus knot singularities
Yifeng Huang,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Mathematics,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Scaling limit of a weakly asymmetric simple exclusion process in the framework of regularity structures
Hendrik Weber,
Professor,
Münster Mathematics,
Universität Münster,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Intersection of Hecke correspondences and a general conjecture
Qiao He,
Ritt Assistant Professor,
Mathematics Department,
Columbia University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
The Zigzag Strategy for Random Band Matrices.
Volodymyr Riabov,
PhD Student,
Department of Mathematics,
Erdoes Research Group,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Sampling Duality
Adrian Gonzalez Casanova,
Associate Professor,
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences,
Arizone State University,
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
TBD
Ali Naseri Sadr,
PhD Candidate,
Department of Mathematics,
Boston College,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
Analytical and computational methods for metamaterials
Jinghao Cao,
von Karman Instructor in Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Covariance-Modulated Optimal Transport and Gradient Flows
Franca Hoffmann,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMS Trailblazer Symposium - Qianying Cao
Research Seminar Characterization and Inverse Design of Stochastic Mechanical Metamaterials Using Neural Operators
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Arithmetic aspects of Hecke traces
Liubomir Chiriac,
Associate Professor,
Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Portland State University,
Friday, October 10th, 2025
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, October 13th, 2025
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Mathematics and AI
Sergei G. Gukov,
Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics,
The Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar
Action Gaps and Advantages in Continuous-Time Distributional Reinforcement Learning
Yash Jhaveri,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Rutgers University-Newark,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar
Action Gaps and Advantages in Continuous-Time Distributional Reinforcement Learning
Yash Jhaveri,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Rutgers University–Newark,
Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Exponential anticoncentration of the permanent
Matthew Kwan,
Assistant Professor,
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Tarski's circle squaring problem with algebraic translations and few pieces
Andrew Marks,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar
Lagrangian Dual Sections: A Topological View of Hidden Convexity
Kevin Shu,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Malle's conjecture over function fields
Aaron Landesman,
Benjamin Peirce Fellow,
Department of Mathematics,
Harvard University,
Friday, October 17th, 2025
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Unoriented link Floer homology and Khovanov homology
Gheehyun Nahm,
PhD Student,
Princeton Math,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
Percolation on transitive graphs
Minghao Pan,
PhD Student,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Equivariant Birational Geometry
Yuri Tschinkel,
Professor of Mathematics,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
New York University,
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Generic group properties
Tamás Kátay,
Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
UCLA,
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Whittaker averaging and singular support
Jeremy Taylor,
Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California - Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Quantum cohomology of variations of GIT quotients and flips
Zhaoxing Gu,
PhD Student,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Manin's conjecture for Châtelet surfaces
Katharine Woo,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
Friday, October 24th, 2025
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Splitting spheres and barbells
Alison Tatsuoka,
PhD Student,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Monday, October 27th, 2025
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Isometry groups of Polish ultrametric spaces
Riccardo Camerlo,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Università di Genova,
Friday, October 31st, 2025
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Curvature, macroscopic dimensions, and symmetric products of surfaces
Ekansh Jauhari,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Florida,