RIT on Mathematical Concepts and Practices Archives for Fall 2021 to Spring 2022


What is a Higgs Bundle?

When: Mon, February 15, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: Online
Speaker: Richard Wentworth (UMCP) -


What is an elliptic curve?

When: Mon, February 22, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: Online
Speaker: Larry Washington (UMCP) -


How to write and publish a math paper

When: Mon, March 1, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: Kirwan 3206 and online
Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg (UMCP) -


Stable and random motions in the solar system

When: Mon, March 8, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: Online
Speaker: Dmitry Dolgopyat (UMCP)

Fighting drug resistance with math

When: Mon, March 22, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: Kirwan 3206 and online
Speaker: Doron Levy (UMCP) -


The geometry of General Relativity

When: Mon, March 29, 2021 - 3:00pm
Where: Online
Speaker: Karin Melnick (UMCP) -


What is a p-adic group?

When: Mon, April 5, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: KIrwan 3206 and online
Speaker: Tom Haines (UMCP) -


Numerical methods for the study of rare events

When: Mon, April 12, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: Kirwan 3206 and online
Speaker: Maria Cameron (UMCP) -


Statistical network inference

When: Mon, April 19, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: In person? Also online
Speaker: Vince Lyzinski (UMCP) -


Computers in pure mathematics: the atlas project

When: Mon, April 26, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: Kirwan 3206 and online
Speaker: Jeff Adams (UMCP) -


Diffusions, branching processes, and related topics

When: Mon, May 3, 2021 - 5:00pm
Where: Online
Speaker: Leonid Koralov (UMCP) -