Past Events

May

PACM Colloquium

Yuxin Chen, Princeton University

Bridging convex and nonconvex optimization in noisy matrix completion: Stability and uncertainty quantification

Apr

PACM Colloquium

Oded Regev, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Lattice-Based Cryptography and the Learning with Errors Problem

Apr

PACM Colloquium

Subhash Khot, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences-New York University

Hardness of Approximation

Apr

PACM Colloquium

Avi Wigderson, IAS

Optimization, Complexity and Math (through the lens of one problem and one algorithm)

Apr

PACM Colloquium

Ronitt Rubinfeld, MIT and Tel Aviv University

Local algorithms for sparse connected subgraphs

Mar

PACM Colloquium

Imre Bárány,Renyi Institute, Budapest and University College, London

Theorems of Caratheodory, Helly, and Tverberg without dimension

Mar

PACM Colloquium

Eric Vanden-Eijnden, Courant Institute, New York University

Trainability and accuracy of neural networks used in machine learning

Mar

PACM Colloquium

Shay Moran, Princeton University

The Optimal Approximation Factor in Density Estimation

Feb

PACM Colloquium

Alex Townsend, Cornell University

Why are so many matrices and tensors low-rank in computational mathematics?

Feb

PACM Colloquium

Jörn Dunkel, MIT

Symmetry breaking and pattern formation in soft matter and active fluids

Feb

PACM Colloquium

Leslie Greengard, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Adaptive methods for the simulation of diffusion and fluid flow in complex geometries

Feb

PACM Colloquium

Lin Lin, UC Berkeley

Grassmann manifold, gauge, and quantum chemistry

Dec

PACM Colloquium

Weinan E, Princeton University

Machine Learning and Multi-scale Modeling

Dec

PACM Colloquium

Carlile Lavor, University of Campinas

Distance Geometry and Geometric Algebra for Protein Structure Determination

Nov

PACM Colloquium

Pierre-Thomas Brun, Princeton University

Architecting soft functional materials with instabilities

Nov

PACM Colloquium

Miranda Homes-Cerfon, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Kinetics of particles with short-range interactions

Nov

PACM Colloquium

Mark Tygert, Facebook Research

Machine Learning at Facebook

Nov

PACM Colloquium

Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research

How to Keep your Secrets in a Post-Quantum World (or: Supersingular Isogeny Graphs in Cryptography)

Nov

PACM Colloquium

Martin Bazant, MIT

Electrokinetic Control of Interfacial Instabilities

Oct

PACM Colloquium

Matthew Salganik, Princeton University

The Fragile Families Challenge: A Scientific Mass Collaboration

Oct

PACM Colloquium

Alexander Vladimirsky, Cornell University

Agreeing to Disagree in Anisotropic Crowds

Oct

PACM Colloquium

Nicolas Boumal, Princeton University

Handling non-convexity in low-rank approaches for semidefinite programming

Oct

PACM Colloquium

Mykhaylo Shkolnikov, Princeton University

Particles interacting through their hitting times: neuron firing, supercooling and systemic risk

Sep

PACM Colloquium

Marty Golubitsky, Ohio State University

Homeostasis, Catastrophes, and Networks

Sep

PACM Colloquium

Jianfeng Lu, Duke University

Diagrammatic algorithms for open quantum systems