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These are the Advanced Courses for the summer semester 2022.

(We are still updating some information on this page, so please refer it to it again before making a final decision about which courses to take.)


1. Differential geometry, global analysis, and mathematical physics

Title: Quantum Computational Methods
Lecturer: L. Delle Site, FU
Location: A6/SR 009 Seminarraum
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: TUE 10-12
See also here.

Title: Differential Geometry IV
Lecturer: Walpuski, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 1.115 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 9-11 and THU 9-11
Tutorial: WED 9-11
See also here.

Title: Mathematics of conformal field theory
Lecturer: Borot, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 2.006 (RUD25)
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: MON 13-15

Title: Topics in Geometric Analysis - Introduction to the Ricci Flow
Lecturer: Dwivedi, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 1.012 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 9-11 and TUE 11-13
Tutorial: MON 11-13
See also here.

Title: Mathematical Physics II
Lecturer: Suris, TU
Location: MA 142 and MA 376
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 10-12 and WED 14-16
Tutorial: THU 10-12
See also here.

Title: Riemannian Surfaces. Differential Geometry III
Lecturer: Bobenko, TU
Location: MA 376
Type: Lecture (4h)
Lecture: MON 10-12 and TUE 10-12

Title: Spin Geometry
Lecturer: Bär, U Potsdam
Location: House 9, Room 0.14 and Room 1.10. (Tutorial)
Type: Lecture (4h)
Lecture: MON 16-18 and FRI 14-16
Tutorial: MON 10-12

Title: Groupoids and applications in mathematical physics
Lecturer: Paycha, U Potsdam
Location: online
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 12-14
Tutorial: WED 12-14
See also here.


2. Algebraic and arithmetic geometry, number theory

Title: Combinatorics & Commutative Algebra
Lecturer: Haase, FU
Location: A3/019 Seminarraum
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 14-16
Tutorial: TUE 16-18
See also here.

Title: Non-abelian hodge theory, tame and wild
Lecturer: Klingler, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 3.006 and 4.007 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 9-11 and WED 11-13
Tutorial: MON 13-15

Title: Arithmetic Geometry
Lecturer: Große-Klönne, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 1.114 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 13-15 and WED 9-11
Tutorial: WED 13-15
See also here.

Title: Seminar: Algebra
Lecturer: Große-Klönne, HU
Location: Erwin Schrödinger-Zentrum/Modul 1 - 1304 (RUD26)
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: TUE 15-17

Title: Abelian varieties
Lecturer: Ortega, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 2.006 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: THU 11-13 and FR 9-11
Tutorial: THU 13-15

Title: Random Real Algebraic Geometry
Lecturer: Bürgisser, TU
Location: MA 144
Type: Lecture (2h)
Lecture: MON 12.00 - 13.30


3. Stochastics and mathematical finance

Title: High-dimensional probability
Lecturer: Koltai, FU
Location: A7/SR 140 Seminarraum
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: WED 16-17:30

Title: SPDEs: Classical and new
Lecturer: van Zuijlen, FU
Location: A6/SR 032 Seminarraum
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 14-16
Tutorial: WED 10-12
See also here.

Title: Mathematical Statistics
Lecturer: Reiß, HU
Location: Erwin Schrödinger-Zentrum/Modul 1 - 0110 and 1304 (RUD26)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 11-13 and THU 11-13
Tutorial: MON 15-17

Title: Continuous Time Finance
Lecturer: Hager, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 2.006 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (1h)
Lecture: MON 9-11
Tutorial: MON 11-13 (every two weeks)

Title: The Gaussian free field: probabilistic and algebraic aspects
Lecturer: Baverez, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 1.011 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: WED 9-11 and THU 9-11
Tutorial: THU 11-13

Title: Interest rate modelling and derivative pricing
Lecturer: Schlenkrich, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 3.006 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (2h)
Lecture: FRI 11-13

Title: Branching processes
Lecturer: Xu, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 3.008 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 13-15
Tutorial: WED 13-15 (every two weeks)

Title: Financial Mathematics II
Lecturer: Bank, TU
Location: MA 043
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 10-12 and TUE 10-12
Tutorial: THU 14-16

Title: Probabilistic Methods in Telecommunication
Lecturer: König, TU
Location: MA 650
Type: Lecture (2h) + seminar (2h)
Lecture: MON 10-12
Seminar: TUE 16-18

Title: Malliavin Calculus
Lecturer: Stannat, TU
Location: MA 751
Type: Lecture (2h)
Lecture: THU 16-18


4. Discrete mathematics and optimization

Title: The Container Method
Lecturer: Mattos, FU
Location: A3/SR 120
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: WED 10-12
Tutorial: FR 10-12 

Title: Advances in extremal combinatorics
Lecturer: Szabó, FU
Location: A6/SR 032
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: WED 12-14

Title: Discrete optimization 
Lecturer: McCormick, TU
Location: MA 041
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 10-12 and THU 12-14
Tutorial: THU 10-12

Title: Discrete structures III
Lecturer: Felsner, TU
Location: MA 544
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 10-12 and THU 10-12
Tutorial: THU 14-16
See also here.

Title: Flips and flip-graphs
Lecturer: Felsner, TU
Location: MA 415 First meeting 22 Apr at 2.00 pm
Type: Seminar
Time: block seminar, tbd
See also here.

Title: Discrete geometry III
Lecturer: Henk, TU
Location: MA 550 and MA 548
Type: Lecture (2h)
Lecture: TUE 10-12

Title: Discrete and convex geometry
Lecturer: Henk, TU
Location: MA 744 First meeting 20 Apr at 2.15 pm
Type: Seminar
Seminar: tbd 


5. Geometry, topology, and visualization

Title: Research seminar: Discrete Geometry
Lecturer: Frick, Rehberg, FU
Location: A6/SR 009 Seminarraum
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: WED 16-18
See also here.

Title: Topological Combinatorics
Lecturer: Blagojevic, FU
Location: A3/024 Seminarraum
Type: Seminar (2h)
Lecture: MON 12-14

Title: Geometry and Topology in a Discrete Setting
Lecturer: Blagojevic, Frick, FU
Location: tba
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: tba
Tutorial: tba

Title: Discrete Geometry II
Lecturer: Frick, FU 
Location: T9/055 Seminarraum
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 14-16 and WED 14-16
Tutorial: TUE 16-18
See also here.

Title: Topology III
Lecturer: Blagojevic, FU 
Location: A6/SR 032 Seminarraum
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 8-10 or WED 8-10
Tutorial: FR 8-10

Title: Geometric filling problems a la Gromov
Lecturer: Müller, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 2.006 (RUD25)
Type: Seminar
Lecture: WED 13-15

Title: Geometry II
Lecturer: Springborn, TU
Location: MA 650 (MON), MA 851 (THU), MA 744 (Tutorial)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 14-16 and THU 14-16
Tutorial: WED 12-14
See also here.

Title: Mathematical Visualization II
Lecturer: Sullivan, TU
Location: MA 541 (TUE), MA 851 (THU), MA 645 (Tutorial)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 12-14 and THU 12-14
Tutorial: WED 14-16

Title: Discrete and Computational Topology
Lecturer: Lutz, TU
Location: tba
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: tba
Tutorial: tba


6. Numerical analysis and scientific computing

Title: Numerics of nonlinear partial differential equations
Lecturer: Carstensen, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 3.006 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: THU 9-11
Tutorial: THU 11-13 (every 2 weeks)

Title: Mathematical Modeling of complex social systems
Lecturer: Wolf, Winkelmann, Conrad, FU
Location: KöLu24-26/SR 006 Neuro/Mathe
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: FR 10-11:30

Title: Numerics IV
Lecturer: Djurdjevac, FU 
Location: T9/055 Seminarraum (Lecture), A3/SR119 (Tutorial)
Type: Lecture (2h) + Tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 14-16 (starts 25 April)
Tutorial: WED 10-12 (starts 27 April)

Title: Harmonic Analysis I
Lecturer: Quellmalz, TU
Location: Mathematics Building (Straße des 17. Juni 136)
Lectures: Tue 14-16 (room MA 141), Thu 10-12 (room MA 549)
Exercise: Tue 12-14 (room MA 650)
See also here.

Title: Master seminar on Numerical Mathematics
Lecturer: John, FU
Location: A3/SR 119 (Arnimallee 3-5)
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: WED 14-16

7. Applied analysis and differential equations

Title: Partial Differential Equations III
Lecturer: Al-Afuni, FU
Location: virtual room 22
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: THU 12-14
Tutorial: MON 12-14

Title: SPDEs: Classical and new
Lecturer: van Zuijlen, FU
Location: A6/SR 032 Seminarraum
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 14-16
Tutorial: WED 10-12
See also here.

Title: Operator semigroups
Lecturer: Koltai, FU
Location: A6/SR 115
Type: Lecture (2h) + Tutorial (2h)
Lecture: THU 8-9:30
Tutorial: WED 8-9:30

Title: Functional Analysis Applied to Modeling of Molecular Systems
Lecturer: Delle Site, FU
Location: A6/SR 025/026
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 12-14
Tutorial: TUE 12-14
See also here.

Title: Advanced Differential Equations
Lecturer: Fiedler, Lopez Nieto, FU
Location: A7/SR 140 Seminarraum
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: THU 14-16

Title: Nonlinear Dynamics
Lecturer: Fiedler, FU
Location: online - Virtueller Raum 26
Type: Seminar
Seminar: TUE 14-18

Title: Optimization for partial differential equations
Lecturer: Hante, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 3.011 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 9-11 and FR 11-13
Tutorial: MON 11-13

Title: Dynamical Systems and Applications
Lecturer: Yanchuk, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 3.007 (RUD25)
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: WED 13-15
Tutorial: WED 15-17

Title: Variational calculation and optimal control
Lecturer: Karow, TU
Location: MA005 and MA042
Type: Lecture (4h)
Lecture: TUE 16-18 and THU 16-18

Title: Stochastic partial differential equations
Lecturer: Stannat, TU
Location: MA 751 
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: TUE 16-18

8. Mathematics of data science

Title: Mathematics for machine and reinforcing learning and Markov decision processes
Lecturer: Becherer, HU
Location: Johann von Neumann-Haus - 1.114
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: TUE 9-11
Tutorial: TUE 11-13 (every two weeks)

Title: Models of biological neural networks
Lecturer: Schwalger, TU
Location: MAR 0.008
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: THU 16-18

Title: Discrete Optimization and Machine Learning
Lecturer: Pokutta, TU
Location: tba
Type: Seminar
Seminar: tba

*Additional courses:

Title: Multi Scale Methods in Molecular Systems
Lecturer: Delle Site, FU
Location: A3/SR 115
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: WED 10-12
See also here.

Title: Methods of Molecular Simulations
Lecturer: Höfling, FU
Location: A3/SR 115 Seminarraum 
Type: Lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)
Lecture: MON 10-12 
Tutorial: THU 10-12

Title: Stochastic models in neuroscience
Lecturer: Schwalger, TU
Location: MAR 0.013
Type: Seminar (2h)
Seminar: TUE 16-18