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SUMMARY:GEMS November 2nd Session
DESCRIPTION:This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor David Bachman from Pitzer College. \nTitle: How does ChatGPT work? \nAbstract: In 2022 ChatGPT took the world by storm and challenged our ideas of what computers are capable of. However\, few people have any sense of how this technology works. Through hands-on activities participants will learn about neural networks (the engines that power language models like ChatGPT)\, and about how computers can generate text that reads like it was written by a human.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-november-2nd-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241104T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241104T171500
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SUMMARY:Applied Math Seminar: Course Preview
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/applied-math-seminar-course-preview/
LOCATION:Emmy Noether Room\, Estella 1021\, Pomona College\,\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Math Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241105T121500
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SUMMARY:Noether-Lefschetz theory and class groups (John Brevik\, Cal State Long Beach)
DESCRIPTION:The classical Noether-Lefschetz Theorem states that a suitably general algebraic surface S of degree d ≥ 4 in complex projective 3-space P3 contains no curves besides complete intersections\, that is\, curves of the form S ∩ T where T is another surface. After discussing briefly Noether’s non-proof of this theorem and hinting at the idea behind Lefschetz’s proof\, I will sketch some of our recent progress in generalizing this theorem and its implications for global and local divisor class groups. We explore the question of what class groups are possible for local rings on surfaces in a particular analytic isomorphism class and show the ubiquitousness of unique factorization domains among such rings. Joint work with Scott Nollet (Texas Christian University).
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/antc-talk-john-brevik-cal-state-long-beach/
LOCATION:Estella 2113
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241105T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241105T160000
DTSTAMP:20260612T081840
CREATED:20240928T045017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T175032Z
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SUMMARY:Claremont Topology Seminar: Vijay Higgins (UCLA)
DESCRIPTION:We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! \nSpeaker: Vijay Higgins (UCLA) \nTitle: Webs and skein algebras \nAbstract: The Jones polynomial of a link can be computed diagrammatically by using skein relations\, which encode the representation theory of SL(2). By considering the vector space spanned by links drawn on a surface and imposing these skein relations\, we obtain an algebra known as the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of the surface. These algebras have been studied by many authors\, including F. Bonahon and H. Wong\, and much is known about their structure. Replacing SL(2) by SL(3) or any other higher rank Lie group gives rise to a new skein algebra involving not only links but also certain graphs called webs. In this talk\, we will discuss some of the complications involved with studying skein algebras built from webs on surfaces and then present ways of getting around them. Some of this work is joint with F. Bonahon.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-topology-seminar-vijay-higgins-ucla/
LOCATION:Estella 2099
CATEGORIES:Topology Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241106T173000
DTSTAMP:20260612T081840
CREATED:20241108T223540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T224503Z
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Dynamical Systems and the Period 3 Implies Chaos Theorem (Michelle Manes\, AIM)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Michelle Manes\, AIM \nTitle: Dynamical Systems and the Period 3 Implies Chaos Theorem \nAbstract: Sharkovskii’s theorem\, sometimes called “period 3 implies chaos\,” concerns a one-dimensional real dynamical system: a function from the real line to itself that you iterate and study the orbits of points. This theorem is fascinating because of its very simple hypotheses\, its surprisingly strong conclusion\, and its clever and elementary proof that uses not much more than the intermediate value theorem and some careful bookkeeping. Like Sharkovskii’s theorem\, my mathematics research lives in the world of iterated dynamical systems\, and I’ll end by telling you a bit about some interesting number theoretic questions one can ask (and sometimes answer) in this context. \nBio: Michelle Manes received her AB in mathematics from UC Berkeley\, an MEd in Deaf Education from Boston University\, and an ScM and PhD in mathematics from Brown University. She was a professor in the mathematics department at the University of Hawaii for 15 years before leaving to join the American Institute of Mathematics (in Pasadena) as Deputy Director. She has also worked as a program officer at the National Science Foundation. She has taught mathematics at every level from 3rd grade through graduate school and has co-authored textbooks for middle grades mathematics\, high school geometry\, linear algebra\, and preservice elementary teachers. \nDr. Manes does research in number theory\, primarily in the field of arithmetic dynamics. She has authored over 30 articles\, most of them in collaboration with some of her best friends. She believes deeply in collaboration\, mentoring\, and professional service. She has served on committees for the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)\, the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)\, and the American Mathematical Society (AMS). She currently serves as the Associate Secretary for the Western Section of the AMS and as an editor-in-chief for La Matematica\, the flagship journal of the AWM. She has received numerous accolades including the Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Hawaii and the Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the MAA Golden Section and an AWM Service Award. She has been named a Fellow of the AWM and of the AMS.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-dynamical-systems-and-the-period-3-implies-chaos-theorem-michelle-manes-aim/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:No CCMS Colloquium on November 27th! Happy Thanksgiving!
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URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/no-ccms-colloquium-on-november-27th-happy-thanksgiving/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T121500
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CREATED:20240118T205450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T192316Z
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SUMMARY:Traces of Partition Eisenstein series (Ken Ono\, University of Virginia)
DESCRIPTION:Integer partitions are ubiquitous in mathematics\, arising in subjects as disparate as algebraic combinatorics\, algebraic geometry\, number theory\, representation theory\, to mathematics physics. Many of the deepest results on partitions have their origin in the work of Ramanujan. In this lecture\, we will describe a completely new and unexpected role for partitions that also arises from the mysterious “lost notebook” of Ramanujan. We discover and explain the role of new q-series called “partition Eisenstein series”. These functions magically pop up as the key device for solving a conjecture of Andrews and Berndt\, for studying symmetric functions of 2-dimensional lattice sums\, for determining the properties of Andrews-Garvan “crank statistic”\, and for representing the Taylor coefficients of virtually every interesting Jacobi automorphic form. This talk will tell the story of the recent discovery of these functions\, and will offer a brief tour of these applications.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/antc-seminar-ken-ono-university-of-virginia/
LOCATION:Estella 2113
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T160000
DTSTAMP:20260612T081840
CREATED:20240928T045117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241109T013611Z
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SUMMARY:Claremont Topology Seminar: Claudio Gomez-Gonzales (Carleton College - UC Irvine)
DESCRIPTION:We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend the Topology Seminar! \nSpeaker: Claudio Gomez-Gonzales (Carleton College – UC Irvine) \nTitle: How hard could it be? A tour of resolvent degree \nAbstract: Solving algebraic equations are among the oldest problems in mathematics. In this talk\, we offer a concrete\, visual\, and historical introduction to resolvent degree (RD)\, an invariant that aspires to quantify just how hard these problems are. The lineage of this theory includes the origins of topology\, Klein’s “hypergalois” program\, and centuries-old exploits in reducing numbers of coefficients\, which dare us to push beyond the solvable/unsolvable dichotomy. We will build towards the notion of versality central to Klein’s vision\, with a nod to our general framework implemented in joint work with Alexander Sutherland and Jesse Wolfson\, that permits us to address resolvent questions via classical invariant theory. We will conclude by reflecting on the past and future of resolvent problems\, along with what we do and don’t know about RD. This talk is designed to be accessible for undergraduates—let’s do some math!
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-topology-seminar-claudio-gomez-gonzales-carleton-college-uc-irvine/
LOCATION:Estella 2099
CATEGORIES:Topology Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T173000
DTSTAMP:20260612T081840
CREATED:20240905T023653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T224555Z
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Molecular Pasta\, Complex Entanglement in Biopolymers (Dorothy Buck\, Duke Uni.)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dorothy Buck\, Professor of Mathematics\, Duke University \nTitle: Molecular Pasta: Complex Entanglement in Biopolymers \nAbstract: If you’ve cooked spaghetti\, you’ve probably noticed how the pasta becomes entangled in the pot (especially in a small volume of water) or in your bowl afterwards.  This is a macro example of what I like to think about: entanglement in biopolymers.  Like linguine in a boiling pot of water\, our own DNA is a (group of) long skinny molecule(s) in the confined volume of an active\, energetic cell.  Unlike fettuccine though\, it’s life-or-death important to organize\, access and groom these long skinny DNA molecules.  So there’s a host of small machines (proteins) to do this\, in ways we’ve yet to fully understand.  Part of the complication is that we don’t yet have the precise experimental tools yet to watch (through microscopes) this dynamic process.  So instead we use the shape of these DNA molecules — before\, during and after their grooming — to back solve the precise processes that must be happening within the cell. \nIn this talk\, I’ll give an overview of some of these molecular biological questions\, why we care about them (as humans\, biologists and mathematicians) and some of my answers to these.  In particular I’ll highlight some more recent work on understanding DNA spatial graphs\, including those that look the the Greek letter theta\, and the exciting new mathematics we’ve developed to accurately model DNA during cell division \nBio: Dorothy Buck is an alumna of Pomona College\, and credits the Pomona Math department — including Professors Shahriar Shahriari\, Richard Elderkin and especially Erica Flapan — for igniting a love of both math and academia. Her 20+ years of research has worked to characterize entanglement – in circles\, linear segments and graphs – and to explore how biomolecular entanglement affects cellular structure and function. She investigates this molecular entanglement using a combination of topological (3-manifold) techniques and occasionally biochemical experiments. \nShe’s currently a professor at Duke\, after faculty positions in the US (Brown and Johns Hopkins) and the UK\, and much earlier an NSF postdoc and PhD with advisors in both Math and Molecular Biology.  After many years at the bench\, she now collaborates with experimental and computational experts.  She’s been the recipient of over $5M in grants\, which has funded both her own research and her large team\, as well as projects with architects and an Artist in Residence.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/molecular-pasta/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T110000
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SUMMARY:Claremont History and Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar: Iris Clever (UChicago)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Iris Clever\, University of Chicago \nTitle: The Making of the Modern Statistical Identity: From Skull Science to Biometrics \nAbstract: In this presentation\, I uncover an overlooked genealogy of biometrics\, tracing it back to early 20th-century race science and the rise of statistical thinking about human identity. Before biometrics became a technology of controlling human identity\, it was a science aimed at understanding human diversity\, specifically racial diversity. I examine the emergence of craniometry in the 19th century and how its methodologies paved the way for a novel approach to racial anthropology driven by mathematical statistics in the early 20th century. Finally\, I explore the postwar development of computerized anthropology. \nFMI (or zoom link): jlorenat [at] pitzer.edu
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-history-and-philosophy-of-mathematics-seminar-iris-clever-uchicago/
LOCATION:Founders Room\, Pitzer College
CATEGORIES:History and Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241118T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241118T171500
DTSTAMP:20260612T081840
CREATED:20240924T161201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241117T175021Z
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SUMMARY:Applied Math Seminar: Shriya Nagpal (Pitzer College)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Designing Robust Networks of Coupled Phase Oscillators with Applications to the High-Voltage Electric Grid \nAbstract: A network is any collection of objects\, called nodes\, in which some pairs of these objects are connected by links\, called edges. In a network of coupled phase-oscillators\, each node represents a phase-angle (or an angle with periodicity) whose long-term dynamics is determined by a differential equation governed by the node’s connectivity to the rest of the network and the phase-angle’s inherent natural frequency. Networks of coupled phase-oscillators have been of great interest to the scientific community in the last decade because of their ability to model a broad array of applications including circadian rhythms\, flashing fireflies\, and high voltage electric grids. In many of these applications\, synchronization is a coordinated behavior that emerges over time and is of interest to optimize for. To this end\, we introduce a mathematical framework for designing robust networks of coupled phase-oscillators. Robustness\, in this context\, denotes the ability of the phase-oscillators to maintain synchronized behavior despite minor system perturbations.  We then apply this mathematical framework to address challenges impacting the functionality of high voltage electric grids\, particularly in the context of integrating renewable energy.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/applied-math-seminar-shriya-nagpal-pitzer-college/
LOCATION:Emmy Noether Room\, Estella 1021\, Pomona College\,\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Math Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241119T160000
DTSTAMP:20260612T081840
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T011845Z
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SUMMARY:Claremont Topology Seminar: Heather Lee
DESCRIPTION:We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! \nSpeaker: Heather Lee \nTitle: Some examples of homological mirror symmetry \nAbstract: Mirror symmetry is a duality phenomenon between symplectic geometry and complex geometry. The homological mirror symmetry (HMS) conjecture was originally formulated by M. Kontsevich in 1994 to fully capture this phenomenon for mirror pairs of compact Calabi-Yau manifolds. Since then\, it has been extended to cover a much wider range of manifolds. For example\, in 2 real dimensions\, among the compact Riemann surfaces\, the torus is Calabi-Yau\, the sphere is Fano\, and all others are of general type; in addition\, there are punctured Riemann surfaces which are not compact. In this talk\, I will present a few illustrative examples of HMS\, including ones worked out by others and from my own research.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-topology-seminar-heather-lee/
LOCATION:Estella 2099\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Topology Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241120T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241120T173000
DTSTAMP:20260612T081840
CREATED:20241111T183115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241116T023348Z
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Sound Information is All You Need (Kobi Abayomi\, Seton Hall University)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kobi Abayomi\, Head of Science\, Gumbel Demand Acceleration \nTitle: Sound Information is All You Need \nAbstract: It turns out that affinity for a song is predictable from its sound. We explore the statistical predictability of aggregate song demand from an informational representation. \n___________________________ \nBio: Dr. Abayomi is the Head of Science for Gumbel Demand Acceleration – a Software as a Service (SaaS) company for digital media. Dr. Abayomi was the first and founding SVP of Data Science at Warner Music Group (WMG). He has also served as a Professor of Industrial Engineering\, Probability\, and Statistics & Environmental Science at Georgia Tech\, Universidad de Cuenca\, and Binghamton University. He holds a Ph.D. in Probability and Statistics from Columbia University and Post-Doctorates from Duke and Stanford Universities. \nDr. Abayomi serves on the Data Science Advisory Council at Seton Hall University\, where he holds an appointment in the Mathematics & Computer Science Department. He serves on the Advisory Council at the Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology\, the Faculty Council at Barnes & Noble Education\, the advisory council for Modal Education\, and he is a chapter advisor for AI 2030.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/sound-info/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241127T041500
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SUMMARY:No CCMS Colloquium.  Happy Thanksgiving!
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URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/no-ccms-colloquium-on-november-27th-happy-thanksgiving-2/
LOCATION:CA
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