Past events

Events at the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation.

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2 Feb. 2015, 13:00-14:00

Coarse, flexible, and rigid: geometry and topology in group theory

Colloquium style geometry/topology talk by Mark Hagen (Michigan)

30 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Seminar: What is... an algebraic stack?

Beren Sanders - What is an algebraic stack?

28 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Operator Algebra Seminar

Selcük Barlak: Rokhlin actions of finite groups on UHF-absorbing C*-algebras

26 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Algebra/Topology Seminar

Manuel Rivera: An algebraic model for the infinitesimal bialgebra of string topology

26 Jan. 2015, 14:15-15:15

Algebra/Topology Seminar

Tina Kanstrup: Demazure descent theory.

23 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Seminar: What is... étale cohomology?

Dustin Clausen - What is étale cohomology?

23 Jan. 2015, 14:15-15:15

Number Theory Seminar

Jeffrey Tolliver will speak about "The Stefanescu-Viro construction and the universal valuation."

22 Jan. 2015, 14:15

Reconstructing graphs

Janne Kool. Algebra/Topology Seminar. 

21 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Operator algebra seminar

 Operator algebra seminar by Chris Cave: Lp-compression of discrete and locally compact groups

21 Jan. 2015, 13:15-14:15

Fundamental Groups in Noncommutative Geometry

Baby NCG Seminar  by Clarisson Canlubo

20 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Department colloquium: Quantum Information as Asymptotic Geometry

Department colloquium with Patrick Hayden, Stanford University.

19 Jan. 2015, 15:20-16:20

Finite dimensional Hopf algebras and invariant theory

Algebra/Topology Seminar. Speaker: Ehud Meir

19 Jan. 2015, 14:15-15:15

Number Theory Seminar

Simon Rose (Bonn) will talk about "Beyond hyperelliptic curves on abelian surfaces".

16 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Seminar: What is... a tangent groupoid?

Niek de Kleijn - What is... a tangent groupoid?

16 Jan. 2015, 14:15-15:15

Number Theory Seminar

Sho Tanimoto will talk about the "Distribution of rational points on algebraic varieties."

16 Jan. 2015, 13:15-14:14

Drinfeld and Hopf centers and their applications

Seminar by Robert Laugwitz

15 Jan. 2015, 15:15-17:00

The Baum-Connes conjecture for p-adic groups

Baby NCG Seminar by Kang Li.

15 Jan. 2015, 14:15-15:15

Number Theory Seminar

Marta Pieropan will talk "On the distribution of rational points on Fano varieties over number fields."

14 Jan. 2015, 12:05-13:00

SYM lecture: When does a group act properly on a contractible n-manifold?

Expository lecture by Mike Davis. This a talk in our monthly SYM lecture series, aimed at all members of the center. Sandwiches are provided. Place: Aud 3.

13 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Goodwillie approximations to higher categories

Algebra / Topology Seminar. Speaker: Gijsbert Heuts, Harvard University.

12 Jan. 2015, 15:15-16:15

Cohomology of finite general linear groups

Algebra / Topology Seminar. Speaker: David Sprehn, University of Washington.

12 Jan. 2015, 14:10-15:10

Knörrer Periodicity and Bott Periodicity.

Algebra / Topology Seminar. Speaker: Mickael Brown 

9 Jan. 2015, 13:15-14:15

Seminar: What is... a modular form?

MOVED: Nadim Rustom - What is a modular form?

9 Jan. 2015, 10:00-11:00

Number Theory Seminar

Lombardi: Deformations of minimal cohomology classes and regularity.

7 Jan. 2015, 13:15

Spaces of Piecewise Linear Manifolds

PhD defense ved Mauricio Gómez López