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Claremont Topology Seminar: Sierra Knavel (Georgia Tech)

Estella 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

We especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Sierra Knavel (Georgia Tech) Title: Betti Numbers and Indecomposability of Genus-2 Lefschetz Fibrations Abstract: Symplectic 4-manifolds, smooth 4-manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate 2-form, arise naturally in classical mechanics and have become central objects of study in topology. Following foundational work by […]

CCMS Colloquium: (Naneh Apkarian, Arizona State University, Arizona)

Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

Speaker:  Naneh Apkarian Professor of Mathematics, Arizona State University, Arizona Title: Student Success in an Interactive STEM Ecosystem Abstract: This talk begins with a discussion of the multifaceted nature of “student success” in STEM, including externally recognized markers (e.g., grades) and internally defined indicators (e.g., enjoyment). Investigations of the factors which contribute to student success […]

Applied Math Seminar: Fabio Milner (Arizona State University)

Emmy Noether Room, Estella 1021, Pomona College, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

Title: Modeling viral STI epidemics Abstract: We will describe an SIR model of viral sexually transmitted infections in a population structured by sex and sexual preference and its validation in the simple SI case from HIV data incidence. We will also use the model to establish a plausible structure of the U.S. population by sexual […]

Algebraic properties of linguistic structure (Isabella Senturia, Yale / Caltech)

Estella 2113

The recognition that theoretical models of natural language syntax have robust algebraic foundations is longstanding. Both the syntactic structures proposed (trees, semirings, etc.) and metrics developed to understand them (the Chomsky hierarchy, partial orders, and so forth) closely resemble structures and systems familiar to theoretical mathematicians (groups, rings, fields, ...). Despite the underlying mathematical tools, […]

Claremont Topology Seminar: Sam Nelson (Claremont McKenna College)

Estella 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

We especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Sam Nelson (Claremont McKenna College) Title: Virtual Biquandle Cocycle Quiver Representations Abstract: We construct a quiver representation valued invariant of virtual knots and links using virtual biquandle homology.

CCMS Colloquium: Agent-Based and Continuous Models of Locust Hopper Bands (Andrew J. Bernoff, Harvey Mudd College, CA)

Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

Speaker: Andrew J. Bernoff, Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College Abstract: An outstanding challenge in mathematical biology is using laboratory and/or field observations to tune a model’s functional form and parameter values. These problems lie at the intersection of dynamical systems and data science. In this talk I will discuss an ongoing project developing models […]

Data Science / Statistics Seminar: Ana Maria Kenney (UC Irvine)

Roberts North 15, CMC 320 E. 9th St., Claremont, United States

Speaker: Ana Maria Kenney, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, UC Irvine Title: Distilling heterogeneous treatment effects: Stable subgroup estimation in causal inference Abstract: Recent methodological developments have introduced new black-box approaches to better estimate heterogeneous treatment effects; however, these methods fall short of providing interpretable characterizations of the underlying individuals who may be most at […]

Applied Math Seminar: Alejandra Castillo (Pomona College)

Emmy Noether Room, Estella 1021, Pomona College, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

Title:    Randomized Kaczmarz Methods for Corrupted Tensor Linear Systems Abstract: Recovering tensor-valued signals from corrupted measurements is a central problem in various applications such as hyperspectral image reconstruction and medical imaging. This talk considers tensor linear systems of the form AX = B, that contain observations potentially affected by sparse, large-magnitude corruptions.  A quantile-based randomized […]

Claremont Topology Seminar: David Bachman (Pitzer College)

Estella 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

We especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: David Bachman (Pitzer College) Title: Learning optimal knot projections Abstract: We use techniques from Reinforcement Learning to find knot projections which minimize crossing number.

CCMS Colloquium presents the Second Barbara Beechler Talk: Deanna Needell (UCLA)

Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

CCMS Colloquium invites you to the Second Barbara Beechler Lecture by Professor Deanna Needell, Professor of Mathematics, Dunn Family Endowed Chair in Data Theory Executive Director, Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) at UCLA. Title: Fairness and Foundations in Machine Learning Abstract: In this talk, we will address areas of recent work centered around the […]