Past Events

Stein’s method is a set of techniques for bounding distances between probability measures via integration-by-parts formulas. It was introduced by Stein in the 1980s for bouding the rate of convergence in central limit theorems, and has found many...

Abstract: Voronoi tessellations give rise to a wealth of analytic, geometric, and computational questions. They are also very useful in modelling. This talk will consist of three parts. In the first, I will address the simple, yet rich, question of...

A perfect matching (   P M ) in the complete graph K 2 k K 2 k is a set of edges by which every vertex is covered exactly once. Two   P M s are said to be t t -intersecting if they have at least t t edges in common. Another type pf intersection...

Hurwitz numbers are counts of maps between Riemann surfaces with specified ramification profiles. Alternatively, they may be seen as counting decompositions of the identity in symmetric groups into permutations of given cycle type or as certain...

In this talk, we explore the simple, yet rich, paradigm of optimal quantization (alternatively, optimal centroidal Voronoi tessellations (CVT)). The 3D Gersho's conjecture may be viewed as a crystallization conjecture and asserts the periodic...

Abstract: I will describe variational problems whose solutions imply statements about dynamical systems, as well as how relaxations of these variational problems often can be solved computationally using tools of polynomial optimization. The talk...

In this paper we present a general framework in which one can rigorously study the effect of spatio-temporal noise on traveling waves, stationary patterns and oscillations that are invariant under the action of a finite-dimensional set of continuous...

In recent years, quantum information theory (QIT) has become a melting pot between disparate branches of physics. Within the last decade, tools and techniques from QIT are bringing new perspectives into fields such as quantum field theory (QFT) and...

Abstract: Metasurfaces are surfaces with microscopic objects on top, which can yield unexpected physical properties like, bending of light, relocating sound peaks, flat lenses, color printing, holograms and cloaking devices. In this talk we consider...