Past Events

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

• 11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 517
  

  The cylindrical transform

  11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 517 Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Jake Solomon, Hebrew University

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  How Price Impact Distorts Accounting P&L - Revisiting Caccioli, Bouchaud and Farmer's impact-adjusted valuation

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Kevin Webster, Citadel

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

• 11AM, Online
  

  Conductive homogeneity of compact metric spaces and the construction of p-energy

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Jun Kigami, Kyoto University

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  Combining Reinforcement Learning and Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Asset Allocation Recommendations

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Igor Halperin, VP of AI Asset Management, Fidelity Investments

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  Portfolio Optimisation with Options

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Thomas Huckle and Jonathan Chan, Flow Traders and Kaiju Capital Management

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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

• 11AM, Online
  

  Harmonic map methods in spectral geometry and applications to minimal surfaces

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Daniel Stern, University of Chicago

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  Reinforcement Learning with Dynamic Convex Risk Measures

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Sebastian Jaimungal, University of Toronto, Department of Statistical Sciences

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Monday, May 9, 2022

• 3:45PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Phase transitions in random CSPs

  3:45PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Mathematics Colloquium
  Nike Sun, MIT
• 3:30PM, Online
  

  Mesoscale and Submesoscale Turbulence: from the Earth’s Ocean to Jupiter’s Atmosphere

  3:30PM, Online Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Lia Siegelman, UCSD/Scripps

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Friday, May 6, 2022

• 2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Applied Math Seminar
  Emilie Dressaire
• 11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Modeling the dynamics of micronscale particles

  11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Miranda Holmes-Cerfon, CIMS
• 10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Accelerating Outer Loop Problems with Geometry Exploiting Parametric Neural Network Surrogates

  10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing Seminar
  Tom O'Leary-Roseberry, UT Austin

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Thursday, May 5, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  What is the Replica Trick? A feeling for the science behind Giorgio Parisi's 2021 Physics Nobel Prize

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Sophie Marbach & Brennan Sprinkle

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Stormier Southern Hemisphere induced by topography and ocean circulation

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Tiffany Shaw, U Chicago
• 11AM, Online
  

  O(2)-symmetry of 3D steady gradient Ricci solitons

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Yi Lai, Stanford University

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

• 9:50AM, Online
  

  On the binary perceptron

  9:50AM, Online Student Probability Seminar
  Shuangping Li, Princeton University

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Monday, May 2, 2022

• 3:45PM, Online
  

  Foundations of supergeometry and supermoduli

  3:45PM, Online Mathematics Colloquium
  Kowshik Bettadapura, University of Melbourne

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Friday, April 29, 2022

• 11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Deep learning for scientific discovery

  11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Carlos Fernandez-Granda, CIMS
• 10AM, Online
  

  Machine Learning and Dynamical Systems

  10AM, Online Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing Seminar
  Qianxiao Li, National University of Singapore

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  AML Fest: Extraordinary math and physics of ordinary devices , Part II

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Tiffany Li, and Leif Ristroph (for Ariel Zhu), Courant

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Maryam Rahnemoonfar, U Maryland
• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Maryam Rahnemoonfar, U Maryland
• 11AM, Online
  

  Isoperimetric Multi-Bubble Problems - Old and New

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Emanuel Milman, Technion

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  The Virtue of Complexity

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Bryan Kelly, Yale University and AQR Capital Management
• 9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312
  

  The Dobrushin Interface for the 3-d Ising Model

  9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312 Student Probability Seminar
  Joseph Chen, CIMS

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Friday, April 22, 2022

• 2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Applied Math Seminar
  Thomas Fai
• 11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  An introduction to quantitative stochastic homogenization

  11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Scott Armstrong, Courant (NYU)
• 10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBD

  10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing Seminar
  Steffen Werner, New York Unviersity

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  AML Fest: Extraordinary math and physics of ordinary devices , Part I

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Olivia Pomerenk, and Leif Ristroph (for Kaizhe Wang), Courant
• 11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Sharp Lower Bounds for the Vector Allen-Cahn Energy, and Qualitative Properties of Minimizers

  11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Analysis Seminar
  Nicholas Alikakos, University of Athens

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  A Distillation of the Mechanism of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Geoff Vallis, Exeter
• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Geoff Vallis, Exeter
• 11AM, Online
  

  A comparison theorem for scalar curvature, dihedral angles and mean curvature

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Guoliang Yu, Texas A&M

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  Optimal turnover, liquidity and autocorrelation

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Bastien Baldacci and Jerome Benveniste, Quantitative Advisory Solutions and Ritter Alpha LP
• 9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312
  

  A Look at CLTs in Banach Spaces

  9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312 Student Probability Seminar
  Douglas Dow, CIMS

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Friday, April 15, 2022

• 2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Colloidal robotics: Engineering autonomous behaviors of self-propelled particles

  2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Applied Math Seminar
  Kyle Bishop, Columbia
• 10AM, Online
  

  TBD

  10AM, Online Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing Seminar
  Herbert Egger, Johannes Kepler University Linz

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  From microscopic jump process to continuum PDE: a numerical approach to the hydrodynamic limit of crystal surface relaxation

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Nick Boffi & Anya Katsevich, Courant

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

• 11AM, Online
  

  Convergence and regularity theorems for entropy and scalar curvature lower bounds

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Robin Neumayer, Carnegie Mellon

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

• 12PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  The Myth of Diversification, Reconsidered

  12PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Will B. Kinlaw, Head of Research, State Street Global Markets
• 9:50AM, Online
  

  Fluctuation theory for hydrodynamic limits

  9:50AM, Online Student Probability Seminar
  Kevin Yang, Stanford University

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Friday, April 8, 2022

• 11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Newton methods revisited, with application to non-Newtonian fluid dynamics

  11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Georg Stadler, Courant
• 10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Optimal Stochastic Trace Estimation

  10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing Seminar
  Christopher Musco, New York Unviersity

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Thursday, April 7, 2022

• 12:30PM, Location TBA
  

  Special MSG/NASC seminar: tbd

  12:30PM, Location TBA Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing Seminar
  Adrian Lozano Duran, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Lettie Roach, GISS
• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Antarctic sea ice in a hierarchy of models

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Lettie Roach, GISS
• 11AM, Online
  

  The spherical Plateau problem

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Antoine Song, University of California, Berkeley

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  4x4 Asset Allocation

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Max Golts, Chief Investment Officer at 4x4invest

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Friday, April 1, 2022

• 2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Applied Math Seminar
  Jérémie Palacci
• 11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Sampling and studying rare events in Earth and planetary science

  11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Jonathan Weare, Courant
• 10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBD

  10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing Seminar
  Qiang Du, Columbia University

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Two brief tutorials: Zotero and Git

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Ryan Shìjié Dù & Georg Stadler

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  How annular modes are linked surface wave events and wind-driven mixing

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Momme Hell, Brown
• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Momme Hell, Brown
• 11AM, Online
  

  A capillarity model for soap films

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Darren King, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

• 9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312
  

  Scaling Limits of the Membrane Model

  9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312 Student Probability Seminar
  Eric Thoma, CIMS

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Monday, March 28, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 512
  

  Science for the Greater Good: Saving Italy from Big Oil

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 512 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Maria R D'Orsogna, Department of Mathematics, California State University at Northridge and Department of Computational Medicine, UCLA

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Friday, March 25, 2022

• 2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  A thermomechanical model for frozen sediments

  2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Applied Math Seminar
  Colin Meyer
• 11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Rationality in algebraic geometry

  11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Alena Pirutka, Courant

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Towards fast algorithms for elliptic PDEs with boundary noise & Modeling neuronal networks in the striatum

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Paul Beckman and Vicente Gonzalez Bosca, Courant

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Active learning for solving high-dimensional evolution equations

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Ben Peherstorfer, NYU
• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Ben Peherstorfer, NYU
• 11AM, Online
  

  Knots, minimal surfaces and J-holomorphic curves

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Joel Fine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  James Stein for eigenvectors

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Lisa Goldberg, University of California, Berkeley
• 9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312
  

  Discrepancy and Sharp Phase Transitions

  9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312 Student Probability Seminar
  Dylan Altschuler, CIMS

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Friday, March 18, 2022

• 2:30PM, Location TBA
  

  Spring Break

  2:30PM, Location TBA Applied Math Seminar
  

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  A Robust Approach to Optimal Portfolio Choice with Parameter Uncertainty

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Majeed Simaan, Steven Institute of Technology - School of Business

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Friday, March 11, 2022

• 2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Different aspects of swimming and schooling in fish

  2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Applied Math Seminar
  Benjamin Thiria, PMMH Lab, ESPCI, Paris-Cité University
• 10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Direct solvers for integral equations in broadband applications

  10AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing Seminar
  Abi Gopal, Yale University

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

• 3:30PM, Online
  

  Physical understanding of tropical precipitation distribution and convective organization

  3:30PM, Online Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Ziwei Li, NYU
• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  TBA

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Ziwei Li, NYU
• 10AM, Online
  

  Singular metric and scalar curvature

  10AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Man-Chun Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

• 9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312
  

  Quantifying changes in probability distributions of sea level from tide gauge data

  9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312 Student Probability Seminar
  Andrew Brettin, CAOS

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Friday, March 4, 2022

• 2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Courant Instructor Day

  2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Applied Math Seminar
  

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  A homogenization perspective on Guest-Hutchinson modes

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Xuenan Li, partner: Miranda Holmes-Cerfon

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  The Unified Internal Dynamics and Global Interactions of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Aaron Match, NYU
• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  The Unified Internal Dynamics and Global Interactions of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Aaron Match, NYU

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

• 9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312
  

  Large Deviation Principles and Hamilton-Jacobi Equations

  9:50AM, Warren Weaver Hall 312 Student Probability Seminar
  Elias Hess-Childs, CIMS

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Friday, February 25, 2022

• 2:30PM, Online
  

  Coarse-Grained Models out of Equilibrium

  2:30PM, Online Applied Math Seminar
  Tanya Schilling

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1314
  

  A parametrix method for steady-state surface diffusion problems & Turbulent spectra of the Majda-McLaughlin-Tabak (MMT) model: theory and numerical experiment

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1314 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Tristan Goodwill & Ryan Shijie Du, Courant

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

• 11AM, Online
  

  Generic Regularity for All Minimal Hypersurfaces in 8-Manifolds

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Zhihan Wang, Princeton University

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Friday, February 18, 2022

• 11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Scientific machine learning for solving high-dimensional evolution equations

  11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Benjamin Peherstorfer, Courant

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

• 1:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall
  

  Rare transitions in heteroclinic networks

  1:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall Student Probability Seminar
  Hong-Bin Chen, CIMS
• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  An Inverse Problem in the Crossbridge Dynamics of Muscle

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Charlie Peskin, partner: Xuenan Li, Courant

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

• 3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  The tropical symmetric bias

  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Ofer Shamir, Courant
• 11AM, Online
  

  C^1 isometric embedding of the hyperbolic plane

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Mélanie Theillière, University of Luxembourg

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

• 1:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 605
  

  Ornstein-Zernike Theory

  1:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 605 Student Probability Seminar
  Yujin Kim, CIMS
• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Active Matter Festival, Part II

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Mariya Savinov, Ondrej Maxian, Leif Ristroph

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

• 3:30PM, Online
  

  Understanding climate change past, present, and future: new methods for signal detection and attribution

  3:30PM, Online Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Kate Marvel, Columbia/GISS
• 11AM, Online
  

  Scalar Curvature, Minimal Surfaces, and Hyperbolizable Riemannian Manifolds

  11AM, Online Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Ben Lowe, Princeton University

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

• 5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants
  

  The Tax-Smart Approach for Measuring and Maximizing After-Tax Performance

  5:30PM, Online Zoom access provided to registrants Mathematical Finance & Financial Data Science Seminar
  Andrew Kalotay, Kalotay Advisors

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Monday, February 7, 2022

• 11AM, Online
  

  Double-diffusive mixing and its large-scale effects in the polar oceans

  11AM, Online Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Yana Bebieva, Georgia Tech

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Friday, February 4, 2022

• 2:30PM, Online
  

  Twisted topological tangles or: the knot theory of knitting

  2:30PM, Online Applied Math Seminar
  Sabetta Matsumoto, Georgia Tech

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

• 4PM, Online
  

  Reducing uncertainties in climate predictions by constraining aerosols and clouds

  4PM, Online Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Zhaoyi Shen, Caltech
• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Active Matter Festival, Part I

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  Scott Weady, Brennan Sprinkle, Tanya Wang

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

• 3:30PM, Online
  

  From eddies to climate: Pathways and ecology of ocean biogeochemical tracer transport

  3:30PM, Online Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Mara Frielich, UCSD/Scripps

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

• 4PM, Online
  

  Investigating the causes and effects of Arctic climate change within a hierarchy of climate models

  4PM, Online Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
  Mark England, UCSC

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Monday, January 31, 2022

• 3:45PM, Online
  

  Finding structure with randomness: Randomized SVD algorithms

  3:45PM, Online Mathematics Colloquium
  Joel A. Tropp, California Institute of Technology

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Friday, January 28, 2022

• 11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Fast numerical schemes for the stepped pressure plasma model

  11:15AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Graduate Student / Postdoc Seminar
  Antoine Cerfon, Courant (NYU)

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

• 12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
  

  Planning meeting

  12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302 Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
  all interested

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