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announcements
Ahlfors Lecture Series: Mohammed Abouzaid
September 16, 2026 - September 17, 2026 4:00 pmSpeaker: Mohammed Abouzaid - Stanford
Register to Attend In-Person Register to Attend Virtually Join us for a reception following the September 16th lecture from 5:15 p.m. to 7 p.m....
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Current Developments in Mathematics 2026
November 19, 2026 - November 20, 2026Speaker: Roger Casals - UC Davis | Jennifer Morse - University of Virginia | Naomi Sweeting - MIT
Register to Attend Organizers: Denis Auroux (Harvard), David Jerison (MIT), Mark Kisin (Harvard), Nike Sun (MIT), Lauren Williams (Harvard). Sponsored by the National Science Foundation...
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Number Theory and Representation Theory: The Legacy of Benedict Gross, and Beyond
March 15, 2027 - March 19, 2027Speaker: Click more info for full list of speakers
Dick Gross (June 22, 1950 – December 19, 2025) made groundbreaking contributions in domains such as number theory and representation theory, and spent nearly five...
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CMSA EVENTS
When: September 8, 2026 - September 11, 20269:00 am - 5:00 pmWhere: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
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THURSDAY SEMINAR
When: September 10, 20263:30 pm - 5:30 pmWhere: Science Center 507Speaker: Michael Hopkins (Harvard)
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ALGEBRAIC DYNAMICS
When: September 10, 20264:00 pm - 6:00 pmWhere: Science Center 232Speaker: Michal Szachniewicz (Harvard)
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CMSA GEOMETRY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
When: September 10, 20264:30 pm - 5:30 pmWhere: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10Speaker: Brian Williams (Boston University)
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SPECIAL LECTURE, CMSA EVENTS
When: September 11, 20262:30 pm - 4:00 pmWhere: Science Center Hall ASpeaker: Javier Gomez-Serrano (Brown University)
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ALGEBRAIC DYNAMICS
When: September 15, 202610:30 am - 11:30 amWhere: Science Center 530Speaker: Snir Ben Ovadia (Hebrew University)
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CMSA Q&A Seminar
When: September 16, 202612:00 pm - 1:00 pmWhere: CMSA, 20 Garden St, Common RoomSpeaker: Hugh Woodin (Harvard)
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NUMBER THEORY
When: September 16, 20263:00 pm - 4:00 pmWhere: Science Center 507Speaker: Bjorn Poonen (MIT)
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HARVARD-MIT COMBINATORICS
When: September 16, 20263:00 pm - 4:00 pmWhere: Science Center 232Speaker: Ethan Partida (Brown University)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS, AHLFORS LECTURE SERIES
When: September 16, 2026 - September 17, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmWhere: Science Center Hall ASpeaker: Mohammed Abouzaid - Stanford
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MATH TABLE
When: September 16, 20265:00 pm - 6:00 pmWhere: Science Center 507Speaker: Vincent Costa - Harvard
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GAUGE THEORY AND TOPOLOGY
When: September 18, 20263:30 pm - 4:30 pmWhere: Science Center 507Speaker: Robert Gompf (University of Texas at Austin)
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INFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES
When: September 23, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmWhere: Science Center 530Speaker: Curtis McMullen (Harvard)
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CMSA EVENTS
When: September 28, 2026 - October 2, 20268:00 am - 5:00 pmWhere: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
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CMSA COLLOQUIUM
When: September 28, 20264:30 pm - 5:30 pmWhere: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10Speaker: Mehran Kardar (MIT)
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INFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES
When: September 30, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmWhere: Science Center 530Speaker: Curtis McMullen (Harvard)
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INFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES
When: October 7, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmWhere: Science Center 530Speaker: Rafael Saavedra (Harvard)
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INFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES
When: October 14, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmWhere: Science Center 530Speaker: Elena Kim (Harvard)
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CMSA EVENTS
When: October 19, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmWhere: Science Center Hall DSpeaker: Daniel Litt (Benedict H. Gross Distinguished Visitor, Harvard Mathematics Department)
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CMSA EVENTS
When: October 21, 20264:00 pm - 5:00 pmWhere: Science Center Hall D
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CMSA EVENTS
When: November 6, 2026 - November 7, 20269:00 am - 5:00 pmWhere: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
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CMSA EVENTS
When: November 16, 20269:00 am - 10:30 amWhere: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10Speaker: Robert E. Gompf (University of Texas, Austin)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS, CONFERENCES
When: November 19, 2026 - November 20, 2026Where: Science Center Hall ASpeaker: Roger Casals - UC Davis | Jennifer Morse - University of Virginia | Naomi Sweeting - MIT
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CONFERENCES
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1 event,MATH TABLE, OPEN NEIGHBORHOODMATH TABLE, OPEN NEIGHBORHOOD
The Stable Homotopy Groups of SpheresWhen: September 2, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Science Center Hall E
Speaker: Tomer Schlank - Harvard University
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Big Data Conference 2026When: September 3, 2026 - September 4, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, Common Room
THURSDAY SEMINARTHURSDAY SEMINAR
Introduction to Gestalten and overviewWhen: September 3, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Tomer Schlank (Harvard)
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CMSA The Geometry of Machine Learning 2026When: September 8, 2026 - September 11, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
GEOMETRY AND QUANTUM THEORYGEOMETRY AND QUANTUM THEORY
Quasi-local algebras and invertible phases of matterWhen: September 8, 2026
4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Nikita Sopenko (Harvard CMSA)
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2 events,MATH TABLEMATH TABLE
Real-Rootedness via Pendant Extensions and Clique GraphsWhen: September 9, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Lale Baylar - Harvard University
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4 events,THURSDAY SEMINARTHURSDAY SEMINAR
Presentability and algebra with categoriesWhen: September 10, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Michael Hopkins (Harvard)
ALGEBRAIC DYNAMICSALGEBRAIC DYNAMICS
What are globally valued fields?When: September 10, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Science Center 232
Speaker: Michal Szachniewicz (Harvard)
CMSA GEOMETRY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINARCMSA GEOMETRY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Higher Virasoro algebrasWhen: September 10, 2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
Speaker: Brian Williams (Boston University)
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2 events,SPECIAL LECTURE, CMSA EVENTSSPECIAL LECTURE, CMSA EVENTS
CMSA Special Lecture: New Math + AI Developments in Fluid MechanicsWhen: September 11, 2026
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Science Center Hall A
Speaker: Javier Gomez-Serrano (Brown University)
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1 event,ALGEBRAIC DYNAMICSALGEBRAIC DYNAMICS
Generalized u-Gibbs Measures for $C^\infty$ DiffeomorphismsWhen: September 15, 2026
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Where: Science Center 530
Speaker: Snir Ben Ovadia (Hebrew University)
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5 events,ANNOUNCEMENTS, AHLFORS LECTURE SERIES
Ahlfors Lecture Series: Mohammed AbouzaidWhen: September 16, 2026 - September 17, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center Hall A
Speaker: Mohammed Abouzaid - Stanford
CMSA Q&A SeminarCMSA Q&A Seminar
Truth, proof, and AIWhen: September 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, Common Room
Speaker: Hugh Woodin (Harvard)
NUMBER THEORYNUMBER THEORY
Number Theory Seminar: The Mathieu group M_23 is a Galois group over QWhen: September 16, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Bjorn Poonen (MIT)
HARVARD-MIT COMBINATORICSHARVARD-MIT COMBINATORICS
Richard P. Stanley Seminar in Combinatorics: Line shellings of geometric latticesWhen: September 16, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Science Center 232
Speaker: Ethan Partida (Brown University)
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1 event,GAUGE THEORY AND TOPOLOGYGAUGE THEORY AND TOPOLOGY
On the difficulty of classifying open manifoldsWhen: September 18, 2026
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Robert Gompf (University of Texas at Austin)
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1 event,INFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACESINFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES
Earthquakes and hyperbolic geometryWhen: September 23, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center 530
Speaker: Curtis McMullen (Harvard)
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2 events,CMSA EVENTS
CMSA Workshop on Lagrangian Floer theory and applicationsWhen: September 28, 2026 - October 2, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
CMSA COLLOQUIUMCMSA COLLOQUIUM
CMSA Colloquium: Life on a Noisy Seascape: Extinction, Growth, and DiversityWhen: September 28, 2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
Speaker: Mehran Kardar (MIT)
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2 events,INFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACESINFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES
Algebraic geometry of earthquakesWhen: September 30, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center 530
Speaker: Curtis McMullen (Harvard)
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MATH TABLE, OPEN NEIGHBORHOOD
The Stable Homotopy Groups of Spheres
When: September 2, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Science Center Hall E
Speaker: Tomer Schlank - Harvard University
CMSA EVENTS
Big Data Conference 2026
When: September 3, 2026 - September 4, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, Common Room
THURSDAY SEMINAR
Introduction to Gestalten and overview
When: September 3, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Tomer Schlank (Harvard)
CMSA EVENTS
Big Data Conference 2026
When: September 3, 2026 - September 4, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, Common Room
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA The Geometry of Machine Learning 2026
When: September 8, 2026 - September 11, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
GEOMETRY AND QUANTUM THEORY
Quasi-local algebras and invertible phases of matter
When: September 8, 2026
4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Nikita Sopenko (Harvard CMSA)
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA The Geometry of Machine Learning 2026
When: September 8, 2026 - September 11, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
MATH TABLE
Real-Rootedness via Pendant Extensions and Clique Graphs
When: September 9, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Lale Baylar - Harvard University
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA The Geometry of Machine Learning 2026
When: September 8, 2026 - September 11, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
THURSDAY SEMINAR
Presentability and algebra with categories
When: September 10, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Michael Hopkins (Harvard)
ALGEBRAIC DYNAMICS
What are globally valued fields?
When: September 10, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Science Center 232
Speaker: Michal Szachniewicz (Harvard)
CMSA GEOMETRY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
Higher Virasoro algebras
When: September 10, 2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
Speaker: Brian Williams (Boston University)
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA The Geometry of Machine Learning 2026
When: September 8, 2026 - September 11, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
SPECIAL LECTURE, CMSA EVENTS
CMSA Special Lecture: New Math + AI Developments in Fluid Mechanics
When: September 11, 2026
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Science Center Hall A
Speaker: Javier Gomez-Serrano (Brown University)
ALGEBRAIC DYNAMICS
Generalized u-Gibbs Measures for $C^\infty$ Diffeomorphisms
When: September 15, 2026
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Where: Science Center 530
Speaker: Snir Ben Ovadia (Hebrew University)
ANNOUNCEMENTS, AHLFORS LECTURE SERIES
Ahlfors Lecture Series: Mohammed Abouzaid
When: September 16, 2026 - September 17, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center Hall A
Speaker: Mohammed Abouzaid - Stanford
CMSA Q&A Seminar
Truth, proof, and AI
When: September 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, Common Room
Speaker: Hugh Woodin (Harvard)
NUMBER THEORY
Number Theory Seminar: The Mathieu group M_23 is a Galois group over Q
When: September 16, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Bjorn Poonen (MIT)
HARVARD-MIT COMBINATORICS
Richard P. Stanley Seminar in Combinatorics: Line shellings of geometric lattices
When: September 16, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Science Center 232
Speaker: Ethan Partida (Brown University)
ANNOUNCEMENTS, AHLFORS LECTURE SERIES
Ahlfors Lecture Series: Mohammed Abouzaid
When: September 16, 2026 - September 17, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center Hall A
Speaker: Mohammed Abouzaid - Stanford
GAUGE THEORY AND TOPOLOGY
On the difficulty of classifying open manifolds
When: September 18, 2026
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Speaker: Robert Gompf (University of Texas at Austin)
INFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES
Earthquakes and hyperbolic geometry
When: September 23, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center 530
Speaker: Curtis McMullen (Harvard)
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA Workshop on Lagrangian Floer theory and applications
When: September 28, 2026 - October 2, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
CMSA COLLOQUIUM
CMSA Colloquium: Life on a Noisy Seascape: Extinction, Growth, and Diversity
When: September 28, 2026
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
Speaker: Mehran Kardar (MIT)
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA Workshop on Lagrangian Floer theory and applications
When: September 28, 2026 - October 2, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA Workshop on Lagrangian Floer theory and applications
When: September 28, 2026 - October 2, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
INFORMAL SEMINAR ON DYNAMICS, GEOMETRY AND MODULI SPACES
Algebraic geometry of earthquakes
When: September 30, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Science Center 530
Speaker: Curtis McMullen (Harvard)
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA Workshop on Lagrangian Floer theory and applications
When: September 28, 2026 - October 2, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10
CMSA EVENTS
CMSA Workshop on Lagrangian Floer theory and applications
When: September 28, 2026 - October 2, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: CMSA, 20 Garden St, G10