A representation of the category of finite sets is a linear algebraic object, which roughly consists of a sequence of representations V_n of the symmetric group S_n related by transition…
In this talk, we will examine the time evolution of viscoelastic solids within a framework that allows for collisions and self-contact. In the static and quasi-static regimes, corresponding existence results…
Symmetry is prevalent in a variety of machine learning and scientific computing tasks, including computer vision and computational modeling of physical and engineering systems. Empirical studies have demonstrated that machine…
By slicing a Heegaard diagram for a knot K in $S^3$, it is possible to retrieve the knot Floer homology of K as a tensor product of bimodules over an…
Dimension four is the lowest dimension where smooth and topological manifolds can differ; any difference between these categories is known as exotica. In particular, a smooth 4-manifold is \emph{exotic} if…
Multiple financial assets’ time-series data is stored in a matrix upon which we perform principal component analysis to find predominant factors in the market. Random matrix theory helps us to…
A fundamental problem in knot theory is determining when two distinct knot diagrams represent the same knot. This is traditionally addressed through the use of invariants such as the knot…
Symplectic manifolds show up in many areas of mathematics, including topology, geometry, representation theory, and dynamics. In the talk I will give an introduction to symplectic manifolds and then discuss…
Motivated by the problem of classifying quantum symmetries of non-semisimple, finite-dimensional associative algebras, we define a notion of connection between bounded quivers and build a bicategory of bounded quivers and…
Machine learning has become a widely popular and successful paradigm, including for data-driven science. A major application is forecasting complex dynamical systems. Artificial neural networks (ANN) have evolved as a…
We consider the random Cayley graphs of a sequence of finite nilpotent groups of diverging sizes G = G(n), whose ranks and nilpotency classes are uniformly bounded. For some k…
We analyze a randomized preconditioned Cholesky-QR algorithm for computing the thin QR factorization of real matrices with full rank. Using a perturbation analysis that is transparent and identifies clearly all…
Generalizing unknotting number, n-adjacent knots have n crossings such that changing any non-empty subset of them results in the unknot. We determine the 2-adjacent knots through 12-crossings, with one exception.…
One of the main approaches to topological data analysis is to study discrete invariants of (multiparameter) persistence modules. In this talk, we discuss recent research which utilizes techniques from (relative)…
Finding combinatorial interpretations for the structure constants of Schubert polynomials is a long-standing open problem in algebraic combinatorics. In the case where one of the Schubert polynomials is a Schur…
In this talk we will first briefly review some geometric inverse problems we have studied for the one-dimensional heat, wave and Burgers equations. Then, we will consider a one-dimensional fluid-solid…
In this talk, we will investigate the acoustic transmission eigenvalue problem associated with an inhomogeneous media with a conductive boundary. These are a new class of eigenvalue problems that are…