Past Events
Scientific, Seminar
UCalgary Algebra and Number Theory Seminar: Fatemehzahra Janbazi
April 10, 2025
Online
A classical theorem of Birch and Merriman states that, for fixed n the set of integral binary n -ic forms with fixed nonzero discriminant breaks into finitely many G L 2 ( Z ) -orbits. In this talk, I’ll present several extensions of this finiteness...
Scientific, Seminar
Kantorovich Initiative Seminar: Arnaud Doucet
April 10, 2025
Online
Denoising Diffusion models have revolutionized generative modeling. Conceptually, these methods define a transport mechanism from a noise distribution to a data distribution. Recent advancements have extended this framework to define transport maps...
Scientific, Seminar
UW Combinatorics and Geometry Seminar: Lucas Gagnon
April 9, 2025
University of Washington
Schubert polynomials concretely embody the remarkable connection between the geometry of the flag variety G L ( n ) / B and the combinatorics of the symmetric group. This talk will develop similar story for the forest polynomials recently introduced...
Scientific, Seminar
Kantorovich Initiative Seminar: Andrea Natale
April 9, 2025
University of British Columbia
In this talk, we study a variational problem that provides a way to extend minimizing geodesics connecting two given probability measures in the Wasserstein space for all times. This is achieved by allowing negative coefficients in the classical...
Educational, Workshop
Math Circles
April 7, 2025
University of British Columbia
Students of grades 5 to 7 are invited to challenge and develop their thinking and creativity skills at the Math Circle Workshops. This is an enrichment program for students organized by the faculty members of the Department of Mathematics at the...
Scientific, Seminar
SFU MOCAD Seminar: Elena Celledoni
April 7, 2025
Simon Fraser University
Shape analysis is a framework for treating complex data and obtain metrics on spaces of data. Examples are spaces of unparametrized curves, time-signals, surfaces and images. In this talk we discuss structure preservation and deep learning for...
Scientific, Seminar
Joint Maud Menten /Math Bio Seminar: Roderick Melnick
April 7, 2025
University of Victoria
Life is a nonequilibrium phenomenon where nonlocal processes play a prominent and increasingly important role. Nonlocal models have emerged as a robust mathematical framework for capturing interactions across spatial and temporal scales in the life...
Scientific, Seminar
UWashington Y Math Seminar: Sharon Arroyo and Joerg Gablonsky
April 4, 2025
University of Washington
Sharon and Joerg are members of the Boeing Applied Mathematics organization. They partner with business units to develop applied math solutions and tools that help Boeing reduce costs, improve products and operations. In this presentation, Sharon and...
Scientific, Colloquia
UBC Math Department Colloquium: Sophie Morin
April 4, 2025
University of British Columbia
Since defending my PhD in the UBC Mathematics Department in 2023, I have worked as a sessional instructor both at UBC and at Corpus Christi College, which is one of UBC’s affiliate colleges, located at the northeast corner of campus. At UBC, I taught...
Industrial, Seminar
M2PI Case Studies Virtual Seminar: Marco Caoduro
April 4, 2025
Online
In an electric grid, 'phase imbalance' refers to the unequal distribution of electrical loads across the three phases of the grid. This imbalance can lead to inefficiencies, increased power losses, and equipment damage. A helpful analogy is a three...