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.

Fall 2026 Colloquium schedule
Date Title Presenter Location
9/24/2026 A report from the obsolete frontier: Formalization, LLMs, and the future of mathematics at UNR and beyond Chris Rogers, University of Nevada, Reno PE 104
10/1/2026 Random Stability of Random Variables Andrey Sarantsev, University of Nevada, Reno PE 104
10/15/2026 TBA TBA PE 104
10/22/2026 Convexity of bi-invariant distances along unitary geodesics Gabriel Larotonda, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and
Instituto Argentino de Matemática, CONICET, Argentina		 PE 104
10/29/2026 TBA TBA
11/5/2026 TBA Tim Lewis, UC Davis PE 104
11/12/2026 TBA So Nakamura, University of Nevada, Reno PE 104
11/19/2026 TBA Sarafina Ford, University of Nevada, Reno PE 104
11/26/2026 No Colloquium (Thanksgiving)
12/3/2026 TBA Bryan Shader, University of Wyoming 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 2:00-3:00pm in DMSC 315.

Fall 2026 Homological Algebra Seminar schedule
Date Title Presenter Location
10/9/2026 Shape Theory, PL Topology, and Classification of C*-Algebras Bruce Blackadar, University of Nevada, Reno DMSC 315
10/16/2026 TBA TBA DMSC 315
10/23/2026 TBA Logan Beier, University of Nevada, Reno DMSC 315
10/30/2026 No Seminar (Nevada Day) DMSC 315
11/6/2026 TBA Wyland Gilmore, University of Nevada, Reno DMSC 315
11/13/2026 TBA So Nakamura, University of Nevada, Reno DMSC 315
11/20/2026 TBA So Nakamura, University of Nevada, Reno DMSC 315
11/27/2026 No Seminar (Thanksgiving) DMSC 315
12/4/2026 Toward a Combinatorial Description of the Monoidal Envelope of 𝔼₂ Landon Fox, University of Nevada, Reno DMSC 315

Matrix Theory Seminar

The Number Theory Seminar will be held biweekly on Fridays from 4:15-5:15pm PT via Zoom. 

Fall 2026 Matrix Theory Seminar schedule
Date Title Presenter Mode
9/4/2026 Some block Krylov subspace solvers with partial convergence management for sequences of linear systems Yanfei Xiang, Institute for Advanced Mathematical Research (IRMA), University of Strasbourg, France Zoom
9/18/2026

Gershgorin Discs of the Second type: An Application to Constant Row-Sum Matrices

Rachid Marsli, Georgia State University

 Zoom
10/2/2026 A generalization of the Böttcher-Wenzel inequality for three matrices and its relationship to another inequality Motoyuki Nobori, Ehime University, Japan  Zoom
10/16/2026 TBA Gabriel Larotonda, Universidad de Buenos Aires and Instituto Argentino de Matemática, Argentina Zoom
10/30/2026 No Seminar (Nevada Day)
11/6/2026 TBA Ning Zheng, Tongji University, China  Zoom
11/20/2026 TBA Eloise Misa, University of Philippines, Diliman, Philippines  Zoom
12/4/2026 TBA Jie Tian, University of Nevada, Reno  Zoom