Past Events

Let $A$ be an abelian surface. We investigate curves in a linear system on the dual abelian surface $\hat{A}$. There is an isomorphism of moduli spaces due to Yoshioka between the space $K_3(A)$ parametrizing 0-dimensional length-4 subschemes on $A$...

Stable matching mechanisms are ubiquitous in theory and in practice, with centralized mechanisms used to match students to schools or medical residents to hospitals. It is known that imbalance in the number of agents on either side of a random...

I will discuss a microlocal analysis approach to spectral theory on asymptotically Minkowski spaces both for scalar wave operators and also for Dirac type operators. This in turn gives rise to complex powers of the operators, allowing for the...

We present the results of a combined experimental and theoretical study of the spreading of viscous droplets over rigid substrates. First, we experimentally investigate the wetting of a roughened glass surface by a viscous droplet of silicone oil...

In this talk, I offer a brief account of my background in mathematics and academic research, and the confluence of factors that eventually led me to pursue a career in industry. I'll reflect on how my understanding of what it means to "solve a...

In this talk, I will present some recent advances for analyzing stochastic optimization methods without the bounded variance assumption. It is well-known that the bounded variance assumption is violated for even the most standard problems such as...

The Briançon-Skoda theorem is a comparison relating the integral closure of powers of a finitely generated ideal with its ordinary powers. Originally proved using analytic methods for coordinate rings of smooth varieties over the complex numbers in...

The study of the cohomology of line bundles on (partial) flag varieties is an important problem at the intersection of algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, and representation theory. Over fields of characteristic zero, this is well-understood...

In this talk, I'll introduce the Simply Typed Lambda Calculus (STLC), describing how it connects constructive propositional logic and computation. I then discuss how Cartesian Closed Categories serve as models of the STLC, and how the categorical...

UBC Mathematics and the Institute of Applied Mathematics will host an all-day colloquium featuring a series of talks in mathematical biology, bringing together postdoctoral fellows from mathematics and zoology. Tentative Schedule: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM...