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Spin glasses are disordered statistical physics system with both ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic spin interactions. The Gibbs measure belongs to the exponential family with parameters, such as inverse temperature $\beta>0$ and external field $h...

The Moran process models the evolutionary dynamics between two competing types in a population, traditionally assuming a fixed population size. We investigate an extension to this process which adds ecological aspects through variable population...

In this talk, I will discuss recent progress on the directed Oberwolfach problem. A directed variant of the famous Oberwolfach problem, the directed Oberwolfach problem considers the fol- lowing scenario. Given m people and t round tables of size m1...

The chromatic polynomial of a graph G counts the number of proper k-colorings of G. In 1995, Stanley extended this concept to define the chromatic symmetric function of a graph, which lives in the ring Sym of all symmetric functions. Building on this...

We will present a matching upper and lower bound for the right tail probability of the maximum of a random model of the Riemann zeta function over short intervals. In particular, we show that the right tail interpolates between that of log-correlated...

In 1973, assuming the Riemann hypothesis (RH), Montgomery studied the vertical distribution of zeta zeros, and conjectured that they behave like the eigenvalues of some random matrices. We will discuss some models for zeta zeros � starting from the...

We study the question of when a generic stably free module splits off a free summand of a given rank. This question has the following geometric interpretation due to M. Raynaud. Let V(r,n) denote the Stiefel variety GL(n)/GL(n-r) over a field k...

Understanding mechanisms of coexistence is a central topic in ecology. Mathematical analysis of models of competition between two identical species moving at different rates of symmetric diffusion in heterogeneous environments show that the slower...

In this talk we will cover the mathematics behind a security system that is thought to be secure against quantum computer hacking; the Supersingular Ell Isogeny Cryptosystem. Specifically the Supersingular Ell Isogeny Graph. This abstract object is...

Complex submanifolds of Kähler manifolds are prototypical examples of stable, minimal submanifolds of higher codimension. In 1990, Yau asked whether it was possible to classify stable minimal spheres in hyperkähler 4-manifolds, proposing that all...