Past Events

In this talk, I will discuss random walks on Gromov hyperbolic spaces. Due to the hyperbolicity of the spaces, random walks exhibit behaviors that differ from the classic (Euclidean) ones. These behaviors include the escape to infinity, central limit...

Abstract: The principal function of the nucleus is to facilitate storage, retrieval, and maintenance of the genetic information encoded into DNA and RNA sequences. A unique feature of nucleoplasm—the fluid of the nucleus—is that it contains chromatin...

Abstract: A k-list-assignment for a graph G is a function L from V(G) to the set of subsets of {1,…,k}. The list-k-colouring problem asks, given G and a k-list-assignment L, is there a colouring f of G with f(v) in L(v) for all v in V(G)? This...

Abstract: In 1964, Kemperman proved the following continuous nonabelian counterpart of the Cauchy-Davenport theorem: If G is a connected unimodular locally compact group with a left (and hence right) Haar measure \mu, A, B \subseteq G are nonempty...

Here I give two tiny talks on some of my research from the past couple years. In the first half of the talk I re-examine some popular heuristics for epidemic "time of spread" through the world airline network, and use hitting times and branching...

Abstract: From a group action on a space, define a variant of the configuration space by insisting that no two points inhabit the same orbit. When the action is almost free, this "orbit configuration space" is the complement of an arrangement of...

The purpose of the conference is to bring together experts from across automorphic forms,representation theory, and arithmetic connected to the theory of theta series and the theta correspondence in order to survey the most recent developments and to...

Abstract: Given a group G with a finite set of generators, S, it is natural to ask if the product of n generators from S evaluate to the identity. The enumerative version of this problem, known as the cogrowth problem, counts the number of such...

Understanding how cells change their identity and behaviour over time in living systems is a key question in many fields of biology. Measurement of cell states is inherently destructive, and so the relationship of the current state of a cell to some...

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Frontiers in Biophysics 2021 will be held virtually this year. We are happy to announce that registration will be free because of this change. Frontiers in Biophysics is a conference designed to promote...