Winter semester 2023/2024
11-12 October 2023 "BMS Practice Area RTA 8: AI and Mathematics" (online and at ZIB)
30-31 October 2023 "Hodge theory, tropical geometry and o-minimality" organized by MATH+ Visiting Scholar Omid Amini and MATH+ Distinguished Fellow Bruno Klingler (at BBAW)
1-3 November 2023 "Small Data Analysis" (part of the MATH+ Thematic Einstein Semester) (at ZIB)
22 January - 2 February 2024 Mini-course by MATH+ Distinguished Visiting Scholar
"Combinatorial aspects of percolation on finite graphs"
Michael Krivelevich, Tel Aviv University
We will discuss edge random subgraphs of finite graphs, focusing on their typical behavior (component sizes, properties of the giant component, and such) below and above the critical edge probability. Results for some concrete classical models, such as the binomial random graph G(n,p) and the random subgraph of the high-dimensional hypercube Q^d, as well as general theorems for d-regular base graphs will be presented.
FU Berlin starting on Tuesday, 23 January 2024:
Lectures: Tuesdays 14 - 16, Wednesdays 12 - 14 (A6, Seminarraum 025/026)
Exercise: Tuesdays 16 - 18 (A6, Seminarraum 007/008)
We ask those potentially interested in attending to send a brief (non-committal) email to Tibor Szabó (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), stating your affiliation, academic level (PhD/Master student, postdoc, ...), and mathematics field background.
Summer Semester 2022
A probabilistic approach to the convergence of large population games to mean field games
Jul 6, 2022 @ TU (room 043) - 17:15
Mean field games are infinite population idealizations of Nash equilibrium problems in symmetric, finite population games in the microscopic regime. They present enormous advantages, and their study has given rise to an imporant literature over the past decade with striking applications.
This talk is the opening for a mini-series and will be followed by two in-depth presentations on strong and weak formulations for such games and applications.
Jul 7, 2022 @ HU (room 1'115) - 16:30
This talk will discuss the convergence problem of mean field games in the strong formulation. The specific example of a price impact model will be presented. If time allows it, an application to stochastic optimal transport will be discussed to showcase the relevance of the method beyond mean field games.
Jul 7, 2022 @ HU (room 1'115) - 17:45
This talk will discuss the convergence problem of mean field games in the weak formulation. A specific case study will be discussed. Time permitting, we will finish with an outlook on the case of players in non-symmetric interaction.
Coming from AIMS South Africa, Ludovic Tangpi started his doctorate as a BMS student at HU Berlin under direction of Michael Kupper, before following his supervisor to Konstanz. After postdoc positions in Konstanz and Vienna, he is now Assistant Professor at Princeton University. His visit to the stochastics group at HU is enabled through the Berlin-AIMS Network in Stochastic Analysis in the DAAD program for cooperations with AIMS.
Winter Semester 2020/21
Jan 5, 2021 15:00
Jan 7, 2021 15:00
Jan 12, 2021 15:00
Jan 14, 2021 15:00
In this lecture series, we will discuss the main ideas of multilevel optimization techniques and their relation to classical multigrid theory. We will discuss how multilevel optimization methods for convex and non-convex minimization problems can be constructed and analyzed. We will study the significant gain in convergence speed, which can be achieved by multilevel minimization techniques.
Multilevel optimization techniques are also intimately linked to non-linear preconditioning. As it turns out, the minimization-based view on non-linear problems can not only help to design efficient preconditioners, but is also useful for the construction of globalization strategies.
In the last part of the lecture series, we will employ multilevel optimization techniques in the context of machine learning and will discuss their benefits for the training of neural networks. Various numerical examples from phase field models for fracture, from non-linear elasticity, cardiac simulation, and from deep learning will illustrate our findings.“
Rolf Krause is the Chair for Advanced Scientific Computing and Director of the Institute of Computational Science of the Faculty of Informatics at the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), in Lugano, Switzerland. His scientific research focuses on numerical simulation and mathematical modeling in scientific computing and computational sciences. In his scientific work, Rolf Krause focuses on multiscale and multilevel solution and optimization methods for the numerical solution of coupled partial differential equation (PDE) systems with applications in uncertainty quantification, (contact) mechanics, medicine, and geology.
MATH+ Thematic Einstein Semester on Energy-based mathematical methods for reactive multiphase flows
Kick-off Conference: 26-30 October 2020
Student Compact Course: 12-23 October 2020
TES Final Conference: 22-26 February 2021
Summer Semester 2020
Mathematical Analysis of Geophysical Models and Data Assimilation
Compact Course, in Cooperation with CRC1114: 26 June – 10 July 2020
MATH+ Thematic Einstein Semester on Geometric and Topological Structure of Materials
Part II, Summer 2020
Meeting of women in Computational Topology (WinCompTop): 19-21 August 2020
TES conference "Geometric and Topological Structures": 24-28 August 2020
TES block course "Computational Topology and Machine Learning": 31 August- 4 September 2020
We have to cancel the Thematic Einstein Semester due to the spread of Covid-19 in the Summer Semester 2020.
Junior female researchers in Probability
17-19 June 2020
We had to cancel the workshop due to the spread of Covid-19 in the Summer Semester 2020.
Winter Semester 2019/20
MATH+ Thematic Einstein Semester on Algebraic Geometry: Varieties, Polyhedra, Computation
Fall School 30 September - 4 October 2019
Opening Conference 7-11 October 2019
Mathematics for the human past
9-10 December, ZIB Seminar Room, Takustr. 7, 14195 Berlin
Registration information
MATH+ Thematic Einstein Semester on Geometric and Topological Structure of Materials
Part I, Spring 2020
TES Block Course "Stochastic Topology": 16-20 March 2020
TES conference "Structure of Materials": 23-27 March 2020
We had to cancel the Thematic Einstein Semester due to the spread of Covid-19.
Summer Semester 2019
BMS – BGSMath Junior Meeting 2019
The Second BMS – BGSMath Junior Meeting will take place from Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 June 2019 at Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB).
Additional Information
MATH+ Thematic Einstein Semester on Network Games, Tropical Geometry, and Quantum Communication
Winter Semester 2018/19
Rationality of algebraic varieties with an emphasis on cubics
Each Tuesday from 09:30 (s.t.) in the BMS Seminar Room 1.023 in the HU Math Department in Adlershof.
First meeting: Tuesday, 23 October 2018.
The course aims to study rationality of algebraic varieties with am emphasis on cubic hypersurfaces from the point of view of complex projective algebraic geometry. Elementary and basic tools will be constructed to address the geometry of these varieties and some important related topics in dimension 3 and 4. Here is a list of the topics to be covered:
I. Basic algebraic geometry of cubic hypersurfaces. The polar linear system of quadrics, the Hessian, the Fano variety of lines. Special examples of cubics. Cubics with many nodes.
II. Historical perspective on rationality problems. Cubic threefolds: intermediate Jacobian. Clemens-Griffiths theory. Methods to prove irrationality. Quartic double solids: Voisin’s recent results of non stable rationality.
III. Cubic fourfolds. Examples of rational cubic fourfolds. Conjecturally rational cubic four- folds and K3 surfaces. Families of cubic fourfolds whose Fano variety of lines is the Hilbert scheme of two points of a K3. Enumerative geometry of nodal rational scrolls for special cubic fourfolds. Moduli of polarized K3 surfaces and cubic fourfolds.
Einstein Workshop Geometric and Topological Combinatorics
29-31 October 2018
Einstein Workshop on Algebraic Combinatorics
1-2 November 2018
Block seminar Geometric and Algebraic Combinatorics
29 October 2018, 2 November 2018, 16 November 2018
Summer Semester 2018
Interplay of Random Media and Stochastic Interface Models (RMSI2018)
25-27 Juni 2018, TU Berlin
Winter Semester 2017/18
Dies Mathematicus 2017
1 Dec 2017, TU Berlin
Einstein Workshop Discrete Geometry and Topology
13-16 März 2018, FU Berlin
Summer Semester 2017
3rd Berlin-Princeton-Singapore Workshop on Quantitative Finance
19-22 April, HU Berlin
CRC 1114 Spring School: Methods for particle systems with multiple scales
29 May - 2 June 2017
Jörgshop TU Berlin "Convex and Discrete Geometry"
2-3 June 2017
Highlights of Algorithms 2017
9-11 June, TU Berlin
Summer School "Motives for periods"
28 August - 2 September 2017, FU Berlin
Summer Semester 2016
Moduli and Automorphic Forms: a Meeting for Women in Mathematics
12-14 May 2016
5th Berlin Workshop on Mathematical Finance for Young Researchers
1-4 June 2016
Arakelov theory and automorphic forms
A conference at the occasion of Jürg Kramer's 60th birthday
6-9 June 2016
FU Summer School International Geometry Summit 2016
18-19 June 2016
Symposium Diskrete Mathematik
15-16 July 2016
Registration until 30 June 2016 is free for Master students!
FOMUS: Foundations of Mathematics: Univalent Foundations and Set Theory -
What are Suitable Criteria for the Foundations of Mathematics?
18-23 July 2016
Workshop on Stochastic Analysis and Related Fields
In honour of Peter Imkeller's 65th birthday
28-30 July 2016
Workshop Symplectic Field Theory VIII
6-12 August 2016 HU
Conference in Honor of the 75th Birthday of S.R.S. Varadhan
15-19 August 2016
Winter Semester 2015/16
Variational Inequality Day
19 November 2015 at HU, Humboldt-Kabinett in the Johann-von-Neumann building
Invited Speakers:
Ralf Kornhuber
Michael Hintermüller
Mira Schedensack
Andreas Schröder
Organizers:
Carsten Carstensen
Karoline Köhler
Tentative Schedule
10:00-10:45 Ralf Kornhuber
10:45-11:30 Michael Hintermüller
Coffee
12:00-12:45 Mira Schedensack
Lunchbreak
14:00-14:45 Andreas Schröder
14:45-15:30 Karoline Köhler
Coffee
16:00-16:45 Carsten Carstensen
Registration
If you would like to attend the workshop, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Combinatorial Optimization at Work 2015
28 September - 9/10 October 2015 at Zuse Institute Berlin
Lectures and exercises about LP/MIP/MINLP and real-world industrial applications
The block course is organized by the TU Berlin in cooperation with the Matheon and the Berlin Mathematical School with support of the Forschungscampus MODAL and the COST Action TD1207. It is also a summer school of the DFG Collaborative Research Center TRR 154.
Language: English
ECTS: 10 Credit Points
Application deadline: 1 August 2015 (or when slots are filled)
Participation fee: none
Intended audience: master/PhD students, Postdocs
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lectures by: M. Grötschel, B. Bixby, A. Martin, R. Borndörfer, T. Koch, the SCIP Team, developers of Gurobi, XPress, CPlex, Mosek, GAMS, ThinkCubic, and many more
Summer Semester 2015
Optimal shapes in condensed matter and biological systems
Starting 8 June 2015
Special functions, orthogonal polynomials, and the Laguerre/Polya class
Starting 9 June 2015, Straße des 17 Juni 136, MA 649
Lectures on Bridges between mathematics and its applications
Organized by BMS Postdocs
Lecture I
Sebastian Stiller (TU Berlin): On the difference of cars and smartphones. - Multiprocessor scheduling in safety critical applications
THU 28 May 2015, 16:15 at FU Berlin, Arnimallee 6, room: 108/109
Lecture II
Sebastian Materra (FU Berlin): From electrons to reactive flow
FRI 19 June 2015, 14:15 at TU Berlin, room: MA 315 (Matheon Lounge)
Lecture III
Maryna Viazovska (HU Berlin): Discrete optimization on a sphere
FRI 3 July 2015, 14:15 at HU Berlin (Adlershof), Johann von Neumann Haus, room: 1.013
Lecture IV
Mijail Guillemard (TU Berlin): Applications of Approximately Finite Algebras and Clifford Algebras
FRI 17 July, 14:15 at FU Berlin, Arnimallee 6, room: 108/109
Winter Semester 2014/15
Day of arithmetic and algebraic geometry (AAD2015)
12 March 2015 at HU Berlin (Mitte)
Benedict Gross (Harvard University): The arithmetic of hyperelliptic curves
2:30pm - 3:30pm, HU Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Karl Weierstraß Lecture Hall (3038)
János Kollár (Princeton University): Quadratic families of elliptic curves and unirationality of degree 1 conic bundles
4:00pm - 5:00 pm, HU Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Karl Weierstraß Lecture Hall (3038)
Organizers: Klaus Altmann (FU), Hélenè Esnault (FU), Gavril Farkas (HU), Jürg Kramer HU
Intensive Course: Motivic invariants related to K3 and abelian geometries
3 - 6 February 2015 at HU Berlin (Adlershof, Rudower Chaussee 25) and IRIS Adlershof (Zum Großen Windkanal 6)
Speakers:
Benjamin Bakker (HU Berlin)
Jinwon Choi (KIAS Seoul)
Gavril Farkas (HU Berlin)
Lothar Goettsche (ICTP Trieste)
Sheldon Katz (UIUC Urbana)
Michael Kemeny (HU Berlin)
Albrecht Klemm (HCM Bonn)
Georg Oberdieck (ETH Zürich)
Rahul Pandharipande (ETH Zürich)
Junliang Shen (ETH Zürich)
Qizheng Yin (ETH Zürich)
Organizers: Gavril Farkas and Rahul Pandharipande
Registration: For more information and registration please visit
http://www.math.ethz.ch/~rahul/BerK3.html
Lectures on Bridges between mathematics and its applications
Organized by BMS Postdocs
Lecture I
Nils Waterstraat (HU Berlin): The spectral flow in variational bifurcation theory"
20 November 2014, 5pm, TU Berlin, room MA 315 (Matheon Lounge)
Lecture II
Mijail Guillemard (TU Berlin): Some tools from Geometry and Topology in Data Analysis
5 December 2014, 2pm, FU Berlin, Pi Building, Arnimallee 6, room 126
Lecture III
TBA
Mathematical Writing
16 October 2014 - 12 February 2015 at FU with Günter Rote
Block Course: Towards the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa Conjecture
6 - 24 October 2014 at FU Berlin
Topics and lecturers
Week 1 (6 - 10 October 2014):
Giorgis Petridis (University of Rochester): Classical and new results in Additive Combinatorics
Week 2 ( 13 - 16 October 2014):
Julia Wolf (University of Bristol): Analytic techniques in Additive Combinatorics
Week 3 (20 - 23 October 2014):
Tomasz Schoen (Adam Mickiewicz University): The Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa Conjecture
Summer Semester 2014
Humboldt Distinguished Lecture Series in Applied Mathematics
Paul Glasserman: Topics in Financial Stability and Systemic Risk
19 May: 16:00-17:00 and 17:30-18:30, Erwin Schrödinger Zentrum, Room 0.307
20 May: 16:00-17:00 and 17:30-18:30, Erwin Schrödinger Zentrum, Room 0.307
First Berlin-Singapore Workshop on Quantitative Finance and Financial Risk
21-22 May 2014 at WIAS
23-24 May 2014 at HU Berlin
Lecture Course Wendelin Werner: Geometric properties of the Gaussian free field
Tuesdays 4:15-5:45pm (27 May, 10 June, 17 June, 1 July, 8 July, 15 July)
TU Berlin, room MA748 (RTG Lounge)
Winter Semester 2013/14
Random Media (Workshop)
Organized by Jean-Dominique Deuschel (TU) and Wendelin Werner (ETH Zurich)
16-17 September 2013 at TU Berlin
Junior female researchers in probability (Workshop)
Berlin and Potsdam, 10-11 October 2013
Deadlines
Submission of abstracts: 1 July 2013
Application for financial support: 1 July 2013
Registration without presentation: 15 September 2013
Applications submitted before the deadline will get an answer not later than 15 July 2013
Evolution equations and their applications (BMS Intensive Course)
Organized by Maciek Korzec and Matthias Liero
27-29 November 2013 at TU Berlin
5th developer conference and developer meeting at TU Berlin
28-29 March 2014 at TU Berlin, room MA 042
Summer Semester 2013
Surprises at the classical limit
Prof. Thierry Paul (Ecole Polytechnique - ParisTech)
3-21 June 2013
at HU, Institut für Mathematik, Rudower Chaussee 25, 12489 Berlin, Raum 3.006 (Ground floor, House 3)
Stability of differential dynamical systems and numerical methods
Prof. Dr. Vu Hoang Linh (Universität Hanoi, Vietnam)
at TU Berlin
Syzygies in Berlin (Workshop)
27-31 May 2013
at FU Berlin
Coarse grained dynamics (BMS Intensive Course)
Organized by Marco Sarich and Natasa Durdevac
22-23 April 2013 at FU Berlin
Winter Semester 2012/13
Controlled distributions and applications
Massimiliano Gubinelli (Université Paris Dauphine)
04-06 December 2012
Diffusions with reflection
Andriy Pylypenko (NAS, Kiev)
10-14 December 2012
Workshop of the new Collaborative Research Centre (SFB/TRR) 109
Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics
16-22 December
Summer Semester 2012
Conformal invariant randomness: Continuous models
Prof. Wendelin Werner (U Paris Sud 11 - Orsay)
6 June - 4 July 2012 (five lectures)
Topics in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
Prof. Greg Pavliotis (Imperial College London)
18 June - 13 July 2012
Eigenvalues of large unitary matrices
Prof. Thierry Levy (U Paris 6)
9 May - 27 June 2012 (eight lectures)
Extrinsic geometry of smooth and polyhedral surfaces
Prof. Tom Banchoff (Brown University)
12 April - 19 July 2012
Partial differential equations and fluid dynamics
Prof. Edriss S. Titi (UC Irvine)
10 April -14 July 2012
Random walks in random environment and dynamics of spin glasses
Jiri Cerny (University of Vienna)
10 - 12 April 2012
Winter Semester 2011/12
Block Course: Extremal Combinatorics in Random Discrete Structures
Tibor Szabo (FU Berlin), Mathias Schacht (U Hamburg), David Conlon (Oxford)
More information: http://www3.math.tu-berlin.de/MDS/blockcourse12.html
Rational curves on manifolds and mori theory
Prof. Jaroslaw Wisniewski
Scientific visualization
Prof. Eugene Zhang
Summer Semester 2011
Conformal invariance of lattice models
Prof. Wendelin Werner
Website of the course
Winter Semester 2010/11
The theta correspondence
Prof. Jens Funke
Representation theory and arithmetic of two-dimensional schemes
Alexey Parshin (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)
