Seminars & Colloquia 2023

Wednesday
October 25
2:00 p.m. 
CL 305

Topology and Geometry Seminar

A DG Lie algebra controlling the deformation of algebras

Martin Frankland, University of Regina

Wednesday
October 18
2:00 p.m. 
CL 305

Topology and Geometry Seminar

Classifying involutions of Azumaya algebras (99 kB) PDF file

Ben Williams, University of British Columbia

Thursday
October 5
2:30 p.m. 
RI 209

Departmental Colloquium

Pebbling Problems and Paradigms (83 kB) PDF file

Glenn Hurlbert, Virginia Commonwealth University

Wednesday
October 4
2:00 p.m.
Live Stream

Topology and Geometry Seminar

Inverse Galois Theory as Thor’s Hammer (84 kB) PDF file

Catherine Ray, Universität Münster

Tuesday
October 3
11:30 a.m. 
ED 438

Graduate Seminar

Generalization of Hoeffding Inequality for a class of Extended Acceptable Random Variables (74 kB) PDF file

Elham Soufiani, University of Regina

Wednesday
September 27
2:00 p.m. 
CL 305

Topology and Geometry Seminar

Hochschild cohomology

Martin Frankland, University of Regina

Tuesday
September 26
11:30 a.m. 
ED 438

Graduate Seminar

Introduction to Survival Analysis and Longitudinal Data Analysis: Applications to NBA Career Lengths and Player Trajectories (68 kB) PDF file

Qian Zhao, University of Regina

Friday
September 22
2:00 p.m. 
CW307.14.3

Operator Algebra Seminar

Probability of Entanglement: the noncommutative sphere V r(H,K)

Shane Crerar, University of Regina

Wednesday
September 20
2:00 p.m. 
CL 305

Topology and Geometry Seminar

Classical Deformation Theory of Algebras

Allen Herman, University of Regina

Tuesday
September 19
11:30 a.m. 
ED 438

Graduate Seminar

The Hurewicz model structure on simplicial R-modules (74 kB) PDF file

Arnaud Ngopnang Ngompé, University of Regina

Wednesday
September 13
2:00 p.m. 
CL 305

Topology and Geometry Seminar

How does a Lie algebra encode a space?

Francis Bischoff, University of Regina

Friday
August 25
10:00 a.m. 
CW307.20

Honours Seminar

Crouzeix’s Conjecture (188 kB) PDF file

Said Hooshyar, University of Regina

Tuesday
August 22
3:30 p.m. 
RIC 208 and
Live Stream

Topology Seminar

Quillen-Barr-Beck cohomology of divided power algebras over an operad (88 kB) PDF file

Sacha Ikonicoff, University of Ottawa

Friday
August 11
3:45 p.m. 
CW307.20 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Optimisation of Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Using Mean-Value-At-Risk Approach (159 kB) PDF file

Raymond Benjamin Afful, University of Regina

Friday
August 11
2:30 p.m. 
CW307.20 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Two Examples of Strongly Regular Graphs (79 kB) PDF file

Rachel Evans, University of Regina

Friday
August 11
1:00 p.m. 
CW307.20 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Persistence modules and distances between them (479 kB) PDF file

Carlos Gabriel Valenzuela Ruiz, University of Regina

Friday
August 11
11:00 a.m. 
CW307.20 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Analyizing Distributions, Using a Systematic Programmable Approach (206 kB) PDF file

Baruch Sokaribo, University of Regina

Friday
August 4
3:45 p.m. 
CW307.20 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Quantum Measure and Integration (508 kB) PDF file

Mahbuba Rahman, University of Regina

Friday
August 4
2:30 p.m. 
CW307.20 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

The Macdonald Group (505 kB) PDF file

Alexander Montoya Ocampo, University of Regina

Friday
August 4
1:00 p.m. 
CW307.20 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

On the Partially-Geometric Distribution (505 kB) PDF file

Tannen Acoose, University of Regina

Friday
July 14
3:30 p.m. 
RI 208

Departmental Colloquium

Blowup-polynomials of graphs (102 kB) PDF file

Projesh Nath Choudhury, IIT Gandhinagar

Tuesday
April 11
1:00 p.m. 
Live Stream

Topology Seminar

Cubical models of higher categories without connections (102 kB) PDF file

Brandon Doherty, Stockholm University

Monday
April 10
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

A Bivariate Type II Generalized Crack Distribution with Applications (176 kB) PDF file

Hanson Quarshie, University of Regina

Wednesday
April 5
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

On graphs with equal Zero Forcing and Path Covering Numbers (79 kB) PDF file

Brendan Andrusiak, University of Regina

Tuesday
April 4
1:00 p.m. 
CL 215

Topology Seminar

The Cobordism Hypothesis

Manak Singh, University of Regina

Monday
April 3
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Analyzing the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines among different age groups using Multinomial logistic regression Model (291 kB) PDF file

Arfa Khalid, University of Regina

Wednesday
March 29
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

C−Subproduct Systems, Kolmogorov Systems, and Limits (683 kB) PDF file

Patrick Melanson, University of Regina

Tuesday
March 28
1:00 p.m. 
CL 215

Topology Seminar

Extended TQFTs and higher categories

Martin Frankland, University of Regina

Monday
March 27
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

On Stacking-based Ensemble Learning Modelling with Applications to Breast Cancer Diagnosis (500 kB) PDF file

W. Madusha DeSilva, University of Regina

Friday
March 24
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

On the Double Homology of Moment-Angle Complexes (78 kB) PDF file

Carlos Gabriel Valenzuela Ruiz, University of Regina

Thursday
March 23
10:00 a.m. 
CW307.20

Honours Seminar

Crouzeix’s Conjecture (196 kB) PDF file

Saeid Hooshyar, University of Regina

Tuesday
March 21
1:00 p.m. 
CL 215

Topology Seminar

K-theory as a generalized cohomology theory

Manak Singh, University of Regina

Monday
March 20
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Analysis of Survival from Malignant Melanoma (69 kB) PDF file

Chengyu Gao, University of Regina

Friday
March 17
3:30 p.m. 
Live Stream

Departmental Colloquium

Groupoids (Stacks) associated with non-commutative surfaces (93 kB) PDF file

Colin Ingalls, Carleton University

Wednesday
March 15
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

The Diamond Norm (510 kB) PDF file

Avner Sadikov, University of Regina

Thursday
March 9
2:30 p.m. 
Live Stream

Prairie Mathematics Colloquium

A Quantum Martingale Convergence Theorem (116 kB) PDF file

Michael Kozdron, University of Regina

Tuesday
March 7
1:00 p.m. 
CL 215

Topology Seminar

TQFTs from physical systems

Matthew Alexander, University of Regina

Friday
March 3
3:30 p.m. 
RI 208

Departmental Colloquium

Identities and inequalities for totally nonnegative matrices: Gantmacher-Krein, Karlin, and Laplace (85 kB) PDF file

Prateek Vishwakarma, University of Regina

Tuesday
February 28
1:00 p.m. 
CL 215

Topology Seminar

Frobenius algebras

Allen Herman, University of Regina

Tuesday
February 14
1:00 p.m. 
CL 215

Topology Seminar

Classification of 2-dimensional TQFTs

Arnaud Ngopnang Ngompé, University of Regina

Monday
February 13
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Maximal intersecting families in block graphs of 2-(n, k, 1) designs are typically trivial (99 kB) PDF file

Rachel Evans, University of Regina

Tuesday
February 7
1:00 p.m. 
CL 215

Topology Seminar

On the classification of 1-dimensional TQFTs

Carlos Gabriel Valenzuela, University of Regina

Friday
February 3
3:30 p.m. 
RI 208

Departmental Colloquium

Cameron-Liebler Sets in Permutation Groups (518 kB) PDF file

Venkata Raghu Tej Pantangi, University of Regina

Tuesday
January 31
1:00 p.m. 
Live Stream

Topology Seminar

RO(C2)-graded coefficients of C2-Eilenberg-MacLane spectra (113 kB) PDF file

Igor Sikora, Bilkent University

Thursday
January 26
2:30 p.m. 
Live Stream

Prairie Mathematics Colloquium

Periods in number theory and algebraic geometry (537 kB) PDF file

Payman Eskandari, University of Winnepeg

Tuesday
January 24
1:00 p.m. 
CL 215

Topology Seminar

Introduction to the cobordism hypothesis

Martin Frankland, University of Regina

Monday
January 23
3:30 p.m. 
CK 185 and
Live Stream

Graduate Seminar

Simplified methods for modelling correlated or dependent parameters in health economic evaluations (548 kB) PDF file

Sichen Liu, University of Regina

Friday
January 13
3:30 p.m. 
Live Stream

Departmental Colloquium

Determinantal inequalities for totally positive matrices (497 kB) PDF file

Daniel Soskin, University of Notre Dame