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YanYan Li, Rutgers University
May 10, 2024 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
ECE 125
Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington
May 17, 2024 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
ECE 125
Past Events
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Seeing the forest for the trees (Anna Gilbert, Yale University) -
April 5, 2024
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Stable polynomials and Fourier quasicrystals (Cynthia Vinzant, University of Washington) -
March 1, 2024
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Elliptic integrals, modular forms, and the Weierstrass zeta-function (Mario Bonk, University of California, Los Angeles) -
February 9, 2024
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Reconstructing simplicial polytopes from partial information (Isabella Novik, University of Washington) -
January 26, 2024
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The local-global conjecture for Apollonian circle packings is false (Katherine E. Stange (University of Colorado, Boulder)) -
December 1, 2023
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Hitting the High-D(imensional) Notes: Stochastic Gradient Descent Learning Dynamics (Courtney Paquette (McGill University)) -
November 17, 2023
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Local to global principles in orbits, and applications (Alex Kontorovich (Rutgers University)) -
November 2, 2023
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When do varieties map to each other? (Mihnea Popa (Harvard University)) -
October 13, 2023
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Intersection theory of moduli spaces of curves (Hannah Larson (University of California, Berkeley)) -
October 6, 2023
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Uniformity in Diophantine Geometry (Lars Kühne, University of Copenhagen) -
May 26, 2023
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Group actions, algebra up to homotopy, and flavors of commutativity (Mike Hill, University of California, Los Angeles) -
May 19, 2023
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Geometry of surface group homomorphisms (David Dumas, University of Illinois at Chicago) -
May 5, 2023
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On Unirationality of hypersurfaces (Roya Beheshti Zavareh, Washington University in St. Louis) -
April 7, 2023
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Take a residue, leave a residue (Andrei Okounkov, Columbia University) -
March 31, 2023
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Ramsey graphs and additive combinatorics without addition (Jacob Fox, Stanford University) -
March 3, 2023
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Localization Schemes: A Framework for proving mixing bounds in Markov chains (Ronen Eldan, Microsoft Research) -
February 17, 2023
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Renormalized Volume and Area for Poincaré-Einstein Spaces (Robin Graham, University of Washington) -
February 10, 2023
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Algorithms for optimization, inference, sampling of random probability measures (Andrea Montanari, Stanford University) -
February 3, 2023
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Expressive curves (Sergey Fomin, University of Michigan) -
January 13, 2023
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The underlying topology of data (Jose Perea, Northeastern University) -
November 18, 2022
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Understanding graphs locally (Annie Raymond, UMass Amherst) -
November 4, 2022
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Equiangular lines and eigenvalue multiplicities (Yufei Zhao, MIT) -
October 28, 2022
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Rigidity and uniformity and algebraic dynamics (Laura DeMarco, Harvard) -
October 7, 2022
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Gradeless: Grade Less; Teach More (Ileanu Vasu, Holyoke Community College) -
June 3, 2022
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Infinite-type surfaces (Priyam Patel, University of Utah) -
May 20, 2022
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A Discussion of a Generalization of the Multilinear Kakeya Theorem (Bobby Wilson, UW) -
May 6, 2022
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How to Obfuscate Computer Programs Mathematically? (Rachel Lin, UW) -
April 29, 2022
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Curvature flows toward optimal geometric inequalities (Pengfei Guan, McGill University) -
April 15, 2022
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Nonlinear PDEs in Lagrangian geometry (Arunima Bhattacharya, UW) -
November 19, 2021
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Some examples of homological mirror symmetry (Heather Lee) -
November 12, 2021
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Geometric realization of cyclically branched covers over spheres (Dami Lee) -
October 22, 2021
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New Postdoc Quick Introductions (Sheela Devadas, Lijun Ding, Tim Duff, Andrea Ottolini, Hadrian Quan, and Xueying Yu, UW) -
October 15, 2021
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Hidden Figures, Service Learning, and Mathematical Community (Ranthony Edmonds, Ohio State) -
June 4, 2021
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Machine Problem Solving (Daniel Selsam, Microsoft Research) -
May 21, 2021
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Mathematics Teacher Performance Assessments Across Contexts (Elese Washines, Program manager for the Yakama Nation Higher Education Program) -
April 30, 2021
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Teaching and Learning Brown Bag: Emphasizing concepts and geometry in linear algebra without proofs (Patrick Perkins, Rekha Thomas and Bianca Viray) -
April 15, 2021
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PIMS 25th Anniversary Network-Wide Colloquium (John Baez, University of California, Riverside) -
April 8, 2021
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PIMS 25th Anniversary Network-Wide Colloquium (Lauren Williams, Harvard University) -
March 11, 2021
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PIMS 25th Anniversary Network-Wide Colloquium (Ben Green, University of Oxford) -
February 11, 2021
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Strongly Rayleigh Distributions and a (slightly) Improved Approximation algorithm for Metric TSP (Shayan Oveis Gharan, University of Washington) -
February 5, 2021
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CANCELED: PIMS 25th Anniversary Network-Wide Colloquium (Ingrid Daubechies, Duke University) -
January 21, 2021
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Variational Analysis and Optimization (Tyrell Rockafellar, University of Washington) -
January 15, 2021
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Teaching and Learning Brown Bag: Should we ask or should we tell? (José M. Guzmán, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington) -
January 14, 2021
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Systems biology approaches in infectious disease and cell biology (John Aitchison, Center for Global Infectious Disease at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington) -
May 22, 2020
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COVID Math: trailing indicators, leading indicators, math models, and stats models (Abraham Flaxman, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) -
April 17, 2020
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CANCELED: Symmetries of shift systems (Bryna Kra, Northwestern University) -
March 13, 2020
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3264 Conics in A Second (Bernd Sturmfels, MPI Leipzig / UC Berkeley) -
February 18, 2020
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3264 Conics in A Second (Bernd Sturmfels, MPI Leipzig / UC Berkeley) -
February 18, 2020
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Mathematical sense and nonsense outside the classroom: How well are we preparing our students to tell the difference? (Robert Megginson, University of Michigan) -
February 14, 2020
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On $C^{2,\alpha}$ estimates for levels sets of Allen-Cahn equation (Jun-Cheng Wei, University of British Columbia) -
December 6, 2019
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Graph Density Inequalities and Sums of Squares (Rekha Thomas, University of Washington) -
November 22, 2019
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Heights and moments of abelian varieties (Farbod Shokrieh, University of Washington) -
November 8, 2019
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Recent progress in birational geometry in positive characteristics (Christopher Hacon, University of Utah) -
October 11, 2019
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A Year at Google Research (Jake Levinson, University of Washington) -
October 4, 2019
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The Amazing Power of Dimensional Analysis in Finance: Market Impact and the Intraday Trading Invariance Hypothesis (Walter Schachermayer, University of Vienna) -
May 31, 2019
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Topology in neuroscience: some examples from neural coding and neural networks (Carina Curto, Penn State University) -
May 17, 2019
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Progress on Kahler-Ricci flow (Gang Tian, Peking University) -
May 3, 2019
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Lagrange's Identity and Apportionment of the U. S. House of Representatives (Tommy Wright, US Census Bureau) -
April 29, 2019
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The stability of Kerr-de Sitter space and global analysis (András Vasy, Stanford University) -
April 26, 2019
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Geometry of the Phase Retrieval Problem (Charles Epstein, University of Pennsylvania) -
April 5, 2019
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Nonlinear detection of connections (Gabriel Paternain, University of Cambridge) -
March 15, 2019
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Equations and Algebraic Geometry in Groups and Algebras (Olga Kharlampovich, Hunter College CUNY) -
February 22, 2019
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Ranks, lines, progressions, and sets (Jordan Ellenberg, University of Wisconsin–Madison) -
November 30, 2018
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Patterns in Standard Young Tableaux (Sara Billey, University of Washington) -
November 16, 2018
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What is the shape of a rational map? (Sarah Koch, University of Michigan) -
October 12, 2018
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Fifty years in mathematics: A minority perspective (William Vélez, University of Arizona) -
October 5, 2018
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From lecture to active learning: Rewards for all, and is it really so difficult? (David Pengelley, Oregon State University) -
May 18, 2018
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The large-scale geometry of the Hitchin moduli space (Rafe Mazzeo, Stanford University) -
May 11, 2018
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Coloring maps on surfaces (Ian Agol, UC Berkeley) -
April 27, 2018
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5 points on the sphere (Richard Schwartz, Brown University) -
April 20, 2018
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How to remedy unintended bias: “Stop it!” vs. “Document it” (Anthony Greenwald, University of Washington) -
April 13, 2018
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Applications of functoriality (Emily Riehl, Johns Hopkins University) -
April 6, 2018
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Using Mathematics to Unlock Biological Mysteries (Candice Price, University of San Diego) -
March 30, 2018
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Mathematical Adventures with Knitting Machines (Fabienne Serriere, KnitYak.com) -
November 17, 2017
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Using mathematics to fight cancer (Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College) -
October 20, 2017
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Toroidal Belyĭ pairs, Toroidal graphs, and their monodromy groups (Edray Goins, Purdue University) -
October 6, 2017
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Optimal transportation between unequal dimensions (Robert McCann, University of Toronto) -
June 2, 2017
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Equidistribution of Shapes of Number Fields of degree 3, 4, and 5 (Piper Harron, University of Hawaii at Manoa) -
May 26, 2017
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T-duality and Mirror Symmetry (Mohammed Abouzaid, Columbia University) -
May 5, 2017
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[Video] Of Triangles, Gases, Prices and Men (Cédric Villani, Institut Henri Poincaré & Université de Lyon) -
May 1, 2017
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Scattering by the sphere (Maciej Zworski, University of California, Berkeley) -
April 28, 2017
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Tamagawa Numbers and Factorization Homology (Jacob Lurie, Harvard University) -
April 21, 2017
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Isometric Embedding of 2-dim Riemannian Manifolds in Euclidean 3-Space (Qing Han, University of Notre Dame) -
April 7, 2017
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[Video] On the Approximation of Laplacian Eigenvalues in Graph Disaggregation (John Urschel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) -
March 28, 2017
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Quantum Symmetry (Chelsea Walton, Temple University) -
March 10, 2017
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Poset topology meets combinatorial representation theory (Patricia Hersh, North Carolina State University) -
February 10, 2017
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Alex Wright from Stanford University -
November 18, 2016
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Renzo Cavalieri from Colorado State University -
November 10, 2016
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Steven Lalley from University of Chicago -
November 4, 2016
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Frank Farris from Santa Clara University -
October 21, 2016
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June Huh from Princeton University -
April 22, 2016
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Katherine E. Stange from University of Colorado, Boulder -
April 1, 2016
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Dusa McDuff from Barnard College -
March 4, 2016
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Brian Conrad from Stanford University -
February 12, 2016
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Jennifer McLoud-Mann from University of Washington, Bothell -
November 20, 2015
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Sham M. Kakade from University of Washington -
November 13, 2015
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Ivan Corwin from Columbia University and the Clay Mathematics Institute -
October 16, 2015
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[Video] Amnon Yekutieli from Ben Gurion University -
October 2, 2015
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Catherine Williams, Chief Data Scientist at AppNexus -
May 8, 2015
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Michelle Wachs from University of Miami -
May 1, 2015
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Lauren Williams from University of California, Berkeley -
March 6, 2015
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Mark Rudelson from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor -
February 20, 2015
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Andrea R. Nahmod from University of Massachusetts Amherst -
November 21, 2014
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Christopher D. Hacon from The University of Utah -
October 31, 2014
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Marianna Csörnyei from The University of Chicago -
October 17, 2014
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Ravi Ramakrishna from Cornell University -
June 6, 2014
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Gene Abrams from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs -
May 23, 2014
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Shige Peng from Shandong University -
May 19, 2014
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Victor Reiner from University of Minnesota -
May 16, 2014
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Dan Spielman from Yale Institute for Network Science (Joint Math/CSE Colloquim and CORE Seminar) -
May 8, 2014
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Steffen Rohde from University of Washington -
May 2, 2014
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Roman Bezrukavnikov from Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
April 18, 2014
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Dan Shumow from Senior SDE at Microsoft Research -
April 18, 2014
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Neal Koblitz from University of Washington -
March 7, 2014
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Bianca Viray from Brown University -
January 13, 2014
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Wei Ho from Columbia University -
January 10, 2014
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[Video] Gil Kalai from Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem -
November 22, 2013
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[Video] Greg Blekherman from Georgia Institute of Technology -
October 25, 2013
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[Video] Yuval Peres, Principal Researcher and Theory Group Manager at Microsoft Research -
May 17, 2013
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[Video] S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan from New York University's Courant Institute -
May 10, 2013
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[Video] Cathy O'Neil of mathbabe.org and Data Scientist at Johnson Research Labs -
March 20, 2013
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[Video] Gerald Folland from University of Washington -
February 22, 2013
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Exotic spheres and topological modular forms (Mark Behrens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) -
February 4, 2013
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[Video] Thomas Rothvoss from Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
February 1, 2013
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Dmitriy Drusvyatskiy from Cornell University -
January 29, 2013
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Katya Krupchyk from University of Helsinki -
January 28, 2013
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[Video] Fredrik Viklund from Columbia University -
January 25, 2013
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Reinier Bröker from Brown University -
January 22, 2013
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[Video] Mathias Drton from UW Statistics Department -
January 18, 2013
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[Video] Max Warshauer from Texas State University -
November 16, 2012
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[Video] Matthew Kahle from Ohio State University -
October 5, 2012
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[Video] Bruce Reznick from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -
May 18, 2012
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[Video] Christopher Hacon from University of Utah -
April 6, 2012
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[Video] Jonathan Brundan from University of Oregon -
March 9, 2012
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[Video] Edward Witten from Institute for Advanced Study -
February 17, 2012
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[Video] Kristin Lauter from Microsoft Research and University of Washington -
January 13, 2012
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[Video] On the Topology of Black Holes (Greg Galloway, University of Miami) -
November 8, 2011
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[Video] Two Needles in Exponential Haystacks (Joel Spencer, New York University) -
October 14, 2011
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The Static and Stochastic Ising Models (Eyal Lubetzky, Microsoft Research and UW) -
May 20, 2011
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From Hilbert's 17th Problem to Polynomial Optimization and Convex Algebraic Geometry (Rekha Thomas, University of Washington) -
April 29, 2011
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Testing the Manifold Hypothesis (Hariharan Narayanan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) -
March 29, 2011
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[Video] The Critical Probability of Percolation: Percolation on Self-Dual Polygon Configurations (Béla Bollobás, University of Cambridge, University of Memphis, and Microsoft ) -
February 18, 2011
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[Video] A Survey of Alternating Permutations (Richard Stanley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) -
January 14, 2011
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Birational Classification of Algebraic Varieties (Christopher Hacon, University of Utah) -
November 23, 2010
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[Video] Potential Theory Meets Geometric Measure Theory (Tatiana Toro, University of Washington) -
October 29, 2010
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The Geometry of Reimann's Theta Functions (Sebastian Casalaina-Martin, University of Colorado, Boulder) -
October 15, 2010
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[Video] Quasirandom Processes (Jim Propp, University of Massachusetts Lowell) -
May 28, 2010
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[Video] The Optimization Work of Paul Tseng (Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo, University of Minnesota) -
May 7, 2010
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[Video] Generalizing the Cross Ratio: The Moduli Space of n Points on the Projective Line Up to Projective Equivalence (Ravi Vakil, Stanford University) -
April 30, 2010
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[Video] Weak Solution Concepts for Nonlinear Elliptic PDE and Associated Regularity (Neil Trudinger, Australian National University) -
April 16, 2010
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[Video] Issues in Multivariate Polynomial Interpolation (Carl de Boor, University of Wisconsin and UW (affiliate) ) -
February 5, 2010
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[Video] Growth Rates and Explosions in Sandpiles (Lionel Levine, M.I.T. and Microsoft Research ) -
January 29, 2010
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[Video] Random Sorting Networks (Alexander Holroyd, University of British Columbia & Microsoft Research) -
January 15, 2010
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[Video] Cloaking and Transformation Optics (Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington) -
November 20, 2009
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[Video] Character Formulas (Bill Fulton, University of Michigan ) -
November 6, 2009
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Shuffling Cards and Adding Numbers (Persi Diaconis, Stanford University) -
October 23, 2009
