Colloquia and seminars
Colloquia talks are scheduled from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Thursday most weeks. 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 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/29/2026 | TBA | Bruce Blackadar, University of Nevada, Reno | PE 104 |
| 2/5/2026 |
TBA |
TBA | PE 104 |
| 2/12/2026 | TBA | TBA | PE 104 |
| 2/19/2026 | TBA | Vellaisamy Palaniappan, UC Santa Barbara | PE 104 |
| 2/26/2026 | TBA | Gregory Galloway, University of Miami | PE 104 |
| 3/5/2026 | No Colloquium | ||
| 3/12/2026 | No Colloquium | ||
| 3/19/2026 | No Colloquium | ||
| 3/26/2026 | No Colloquium (Spring Break) | ||
| 4/2/2026 | No Colloquium | ||
| 4/9/2026 | TBA | Emerson Arehart, Peregrine Fund | PE 104 |
| 4/16/2026 | TBA | TBA | PE 104 |
| 4/23/2026 | Second Annual Ilya Zaliapin Memorial Lecture | Yehuda Ben-Zion, USC | PE 104 |
| 4/30/2026 | TBA | Chi-Kwong Li, College of William & Mary | 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.
Homological Algebra Seminar
The Homological Algebra Seminar will be held on Fridays from 2:00-3:30pm in DMSC 315.
| Date | Title | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/23/2026 | TBA | TBA | DMSC 315 |
Matrix Theory Seminar
The Number Theory Seminar will be held biweekly on Fridays from 4:15-5:15pm PT via Zoom.
| Date | Title | Presenter | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/30/2026 | TBA | Riley Casper, California State University, Fullerton | Zoom |
| 2/13/2026 | TBA | Jie Meng, Ocean University in China | Zoom |
| 2/27/2026 | TBA | Jyoti Rani, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai | Zoom |
| 3/13/2026 | TBA | Prateek Kumar Vishwakarma, Laval University | Zoom |
| 3/27/2026 | No Seminar (Spring Break) | ||
| 4/3/2026 | TBA | Fengjiao Liu, Florida State University | Zoom |
| 4/17/2026 | TBA | Oliver Pernie, University of Nevada, Reno | Zoom |
| 5/1/2026 | TBA | Khalid Koufany, University of Lorraine | Zoom |
Number Theory Seminar
The Number Theory Seminar will be held in DMSC 315 on Fridays from 9:30-10:30am.
| 1/23/2026 | TBA | TBA | DMSC 315 |
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