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Seminars

Tuesday, February 7
Geometry and Topology
Speaker: Amitesh Datta, Princeton University
Title: Does the Jones polynomial of a knot detect the unknot? A novel approach via braid group representations and class numbers of number fields.
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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Wednesday, February 8
Combinatorics and Graph Theory
Speaker: Wenjie Fang, Graz University of Technology
Title: Parabolic Tamari Lattices in Linear Type B
Time: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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Probability
Speaker: Yier Lin, University of Chicago
Title: Some recent progress in the weak noise theory of the KPZ equation
Time: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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Analysis and PDE
Speaker: Alexander Volberg, MSU
Title: Noncommutative Bohnenblust--Hille inequalities and application to learning the quantum observables
Time: 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall
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Thursday, February 9
Conversations among Colleagues
Speaker: Round Table Discussion, MSU
Title: Flexibility at Scale: Makeup Exams and Syllabus policies
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Place: D101 Wells Hall

For a full schedule of seminars, click here.

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Phone: (517) 353-0844
Fax: (517) 432-1562

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MSU Topology Awarded RTG Grant

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Spotlight

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Keith Promislow named 2022 SIAM Fellow

Professor Keith Promislow was named a 2022 SIAM Fellow for contributions to rigorous asymptotic reductions, development of novel models and their applications, and service to the applied mathematics community.

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Guowei Wei receives $2.7 Million NIH grant

This project will develop AI tools to predict evolution of viruses, including Covid-19. For more information, see the NatSci article: MSU researchers use AI to stay ahead of COVID-19 and other diseases.

Ilya Kachkovskiy awarded 2022 Sloan Fellowship

Ilya Kachkovskiy awarded a 2022 Sloan Fellowship for his research in transport in random media. For more information, see the College of Natural Science article on the 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship awards.

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