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.

Fall 2023 Colloquium schedule
Date Title Presenter Mode
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.

Fall 2023 Algebraic & Geometric Topology Seminar schedule
Date Title Presenter Mode
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.

Fall 2023 C*-Algebras Seminar schedule
Date Title Presenter Mode
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. 

Fall 2023 Matrix Seminar schedule
Date Title Presenter Mode
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