Congratulations to Professor Andrei Okounkov for being awarded the Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics. The award, which is bestowed by Northwestern University, recognizes top scholars for their lasting contributions to new knowledge, outstanding achievements and the development of significant new modes of analysis.
Congratulations to Professor Simon Brendle for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences!
Joint Distinguished Interdisciplinary and Applied Mathematics and Mathematics Colloquium Title: AI-Driven Mathematical Discovery: Singularities, Algorithms, and Beyond Speaker: Javier Gómez-Serrano (Brown University) Date, Time, Location: Wednesday, March 25th @4:30 PM – 5:30 PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: Machine learning is transforming mathematical discovery, enabling advances on longstanding open problems. This talk explores two complementary approaches illustrating different […]
Starting Tues. Jan 27th, the Spring 2026 Samuel Eilenberg Lectures will take place on Tuesdays at 2:40 – 3:55 PM in Room 520, Mathematics Hall. Professor Robert Bryant will deliver a series of lectures titled Non-classical PDE in Differential Geometry. Flyer Many systems of partial differential equations that arise naturally in differential geometry do not fit […]
Title: Can AI systems produce interesting proofs? Speaker: Mohammed Abouzaid (Stanford) Date, Time, Location: Thursday, Feb. 26th @4:30 PM – 5:30 PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: We recently released a set of 10 mathematical statements in arxiv:2602.05192, with known ibut unpublished short human proofs (about 5 pages), and attempted to ascertain how far AI systems can […]
Title: Malle’s conjecture over function fields Speaker: Aaron Landesman (Harvard) Date, Time, Location: Monday, Feb. 9th @4:30 – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: The inverse Galois problem, a foundational question in number theory, asks whether every finite group $G$ can be realized as the Galois group of a field extension of the rational numbers. Malle’s conjecture is a […]
Speaker: Denis Nesterov (ETH Zurich) Title: Compactifications and Degenerations Date, Time, Location: Friday, Feb. 6th @3 – 4PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: I will discuss a universal structure that appears in the compactification of spaces parametrizing points, maps, and vector bundles associated with a complex variety. It gives rise to numerous interesting correspondences between seemingly different geometries, shedding light […]
Speaker: Lucas Mason-Brown (Texas) Title: Unitary representations of semisimple Lie groups and conical symplectic singularities. Date, Time, Location: Monday, Feb. 2nd @4:30 – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: One of the most fundamental unsolved problems in representation theory is to classify the set of irreducible unitary representations of a semisimple Lie group. In this talk, I will define […]
Title: Yang-Mills, probability, and stochastic PDE Speaker: Sky Cao (MIT) Date, Time, Location: Friday, Jan. 30th @3 – 4PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: Originating in physics, Yang-Mills theory has shaped many areas of modern mathematics. In my talk, I will present Yang-Mills theory in the context of probability, highlighting central questions and recent advances. In particular, […]
Title: The reasonable effectiveness of physics in mathematics Speaker: Sheldon Katz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Date, Time, Location: Thursday, Nov. 13th @3PM – 4PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: One of the reasons why theoretical physics has spawned the development of many surprising and deep ideas of mathematics in recent decades is the presence of symmetries […]