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.

Spring 2026 Colloquium schedule
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.

Spring 2026 Homological Algebra Seminar schedule
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. 

Spring 2026 Matrix Theory Seminar schedule
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. 

Spring 2026 Number Theory Seminar schedule
1/23/2026 TBA TBA DMSC 315