Scientific Lectures

  • 17-Jan-13

How Does Google Google? The Math Behind the Internet

 We all Google. You may even have found this talk by Googling. What you may not know is that behind the Google’s and other search engines is beautiful and elegant mathematics. In this talk, I will try to explain the workings of   more››

University of Calgary

  • 16-Jan-13

Topology Seminar: Enrique Torres

Topological Complexity   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jan-13

C2C: Towards Personal Visual Analytics

C2C: Towards Personal Visual Analytics   more››

University of Calgary

  • 15-Jan-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Jingyi Chen

A Bernstein theorem for the Willmore equation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jan-13

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Margot Gerritsen

A computational mathematician combusts - simulation of in-situ combustion for heavy oil recovery   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jan-13

CMS/PIMS/IAM Public Lecture: Margot Gerritsen

How does Google google?  The math behind the internet   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jan-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Andrew Morrison

Behrend's function is constant on Hilb^n(C^3)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jan-13

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Martin Rinard

Quick, Simple, and Easy Solutions to Hard Software Problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jan-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Chris Vogl

Various Approaches to Modeling the Lyopreservation of Cells   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Jan-13

Topology Seminar: Juan Souto

Holomorphic maps between moduli spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Jan-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Vivek Shende

Special divisors on hyperelliptic curves   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Jan-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Mostafa Fazly

m-Liouville theorems for elliptic PDEs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Jan-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Daniel Erman

Semiample Bertini Theorems over Finite Fields   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Dec-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Anais Khuong

TBD   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Dec-12

IQIS Seminar: Nicolas Brunner

The structure of quantum states   more››

University of Calgary

  • 11-Dec-12

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Brendan Pass

Multi-marginal optimal transport and multi-agent matching problems: uniqueness and structure of solutions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Dec-12

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Rouslan Krechetnikov

Weak ellipticity: why lubrication approximation works better than expected and how disturbances can propagate upstream in supersonic flows?   more››

University of Alberta

  • 5-Dec-12

PIMS CRG Distinguished Speaker: Faith Ellen

Faster than Optimal Snapshots (for a While)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Dec-12

IQIS Seminar: Petr Lisonek

Algebraic and Combinatorial Quantum Codes   more››

University of Calgary