Colloquia and seminars
Colloquia talks are scheduled from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Thursday each week. Talks will be held either in-person (in PE 104) or occasionally virtually (via Zoom). Speakers give 50-minute presentations on various mathematical and statistical topics.
Date | Title | Presenter | Mode |
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9/7/2023 | Cataloging knotted surfaces in 4-space | Jeffrey Meier, Western Washington University | PE 104 |
9/14/2023 | Breaking down symplectic 4-manifolds | Laura Starkston, UC Davis | PE 104 |
9/21/2023 | Konrad Zuse's Early Computers | Raul Rojas-Gonzales, University of Nevada, Reno | PE 104 |
10/5/2023 | P-matrix Powers | Michael Tsatsomeros, Washington State University | PE 104 |
10/12/2023 | Variable selection methods in linear models and their applications on education data | Jingxuan Yang, University of Nevada, Reno | PE 104 |
10/19/2023 | Navigating the complexity of biodosimetry: Mathematical models for radiation dose estimation | Dorota Mlynarczyk, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain | PE 104 |
10/26/2023 | Quantum Non-Local Games | Priyanga Ganesan, UC San Diego | PE 104 |
11/9/2023 | Time Series Modeling for Stock and Bond Markets | Andrey Sarantsev, University of Nevada, Reno | PE 104 |
11/16/2023 | Hilbert Spaces and Operators Without the Axiom of Choice | Bruce Blackadaar, University of Nevada, Reno | PE 104 |
11/23/2023 | No Colloquium (Thanksgiving) | ||
12/7/2023 | Extensions of Yamamoto-Naya’s Theorem | Huajun Huang, Auburn University | PE 104 |
Seminars
The Department also holds regular seminars in various research areas. Speakers include researchers from outside the department, as well as current faculty and graduate students.
Algebraic & Geometric Topology Seminar
The Algebraic & Geometric Topology Seminar will be held on Fridays from 2:00-3:00pm in DMSC 315.
Date | Title | Presenter | Mode |
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9/8/2023 | Classifying ribbon disks | Jeffrey Meier, Western Washington University | DMSC 315 |
10/6/2023 | An introduction to Simplicial Sets | Landon Fox, University of Nevada, Reno | DMSC 315 |
10/13/2023 | Normality in ∞-Group Theory | Landon Fox, University of Nevada, Reno | DMSC 315 |
10/27/2023 | No Seminar (Nevada Day) | ||
11/10/2023 | No Seminar (Veterans Day) | ||
11/24/2023 | No Seminar (Family Day) |
C*-Algebras Seminar
The C*-Algebras Seminar will be held on Wednesdays from 10:00am-11:00am in DMSC 315.
Date | Title | Presenter | Mode |
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9/13/2023 | Groupoid actions and Koopman representations, part 1 | Valentin Deaconu, University of Nevada, Reno | DMSC 315 |
9/20/2023 | Groupoid actions and Koopman representations, part 2 | Valentin Deaconu, University of Nevada, Reno | DMSC 315 |
9/27/2023 | Groupoid actions and Koopman representations, part 3 | Valentin Deaconu, University of Nevada, Reno | DMSC 315 |
Matrix Seminar
The Matrix Seminar will be held in a virtual mode via Zoom bi-weekly on Fridays from 4:15-5:15pm.
Date | Title | Presenter | Mode |
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9/1/2023 | Topological Proofs of Hidden Convexity Theorems | Kevin Shu, Georgia Tech | Zoom |
9/15/2023 | On an order-like relation on the cone of positive definite matrices | Jose Franco, North Florida University | Zoom |
9/29/2023 | Maximizing Sum of Coupled Traces with Applications | Ren-Cang Li, University of Texas at Arlington | Zoom |
10/13/2023 | Approximation of Structured Singular Values | Mutti-Ur Rehman, Akfa University, Uzbekistan | Zoom |
11/3/2023 | Early history of eigenvalue computing algorithms and their modern Lie extensions | Tin-Yau Tam, University of Nevada, Reno | Zoom |
11/17/2023 | High Dimensional Data Recovery | Michael Kwok-Po Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University | Zoom |
12/1/2023 | Recent advancement of SPD matrix analyses in brain networks | Duy Duong-Tran, United States Naval Academy | Zoom |