Calendar

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232

Topology Qualifying Exam

Event contact: Pallavi Dani

Monday, August 17, 2026

Posted June 18, 2026

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232

Analysis Qualifying Exam

Event contact: Pallavi Dani

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Posted June 18, 2026

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232

Algebra Qualifying Exam

Event contact: Pallavi Dani

Friday, August 21, 2026

Posted June 18, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232

Applied Mathematics Qualifying Exam

Event contact: Pallavi Dani

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Posted August 17, 2026
Last modified August 21, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Krishnendu Kar, Louisiana State University
Matthew Lemoine, Louisiana State University
Organizational Meeting

Please join us on August 26, to discuss the upcoming semester in the Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar. We will be deciding which topic, paper, textbook, or subject, we want to learn more about. For more information, please email Matthew Lemoine or Krishnendu Kar.

Friday, August 28, 2026

Posted August 28, 2026

Deep Learning Seminar

2:00 pm Lockett 232

Seminar Introduction and Organizational Meeting

Event contact: Ben Fehrman

Monday, August 31, 2026

Posted August 27, 2026

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 233

Joy Harris
Intro to Graphs and Matroids

We will give a brief introduction to both Matroid Theory and Graph Theory. From the basic ideas of linear independence, we will define, in many equivalent ways, matroids derived from matrices. We will then discuss core definitions of Graph Theory, important properties and classes, and the way that all graphs give rise to matroids.

Event contact: Sean Boros

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026
Last modified August 31, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233

Christopher Bunting, LSU
Ergodicity for Stochastic Navier-Stokes Equations with Nonlinear Viscosity

In this talk, we consider the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations with nonlinear viscosity and investigate its long-term statistical behavior. After recalling the concepts of invariant and ergodic measures, we focus mainly on the uniqueness of an ergodic invariant measure using a coupling method. An important step in the proof of uniqueness involves a change of drift which allows us to control the trajectory of the solution. These results show that the combined action of stochastic forcing and nonlinear dissipation yields a unique statistical steady state.

Event contact: Laura Kurtz

Posted August 27, 2026
Last modified September 1, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Fabian Espinoza de Osambela, Louisiana State University
What Is a Spectral Sequence? Filtrations, Convergence, and First Examples

This talk kicks off our tour through A User's Guide to Spectral Sequences with Chapter 2. We'll start from a filtration on a chain complex and see how it forces a sequence of successive approximations to the complex's homology, motivating the formal definition of a spectral sequence as a sequence of differential bigraded objects. Along the way, I'll talk a bit about convergence, i.e. what it means for a spectral sequence to converge to a graded object. I'll also weave in motivating examples and framing from Chapter 1 to help set the stage. I likely won't get to everything in the chapter, but the goal is to leave the room comfortable with what a spectral sequence is and why filtrations are the natural place they come from.

Friday, September 4, 2026

Posted August 23, 2026
Last modified August 24, 2026

Control and Optimization Seminar Questions or comments?

10:30 am – 11:20 am Zoom: https://lsu.zoom.us/j/98176468969

Heinz Bauschke, University of British Columbia, Canada SIAM Fellow
On the Strong Convergence of Some Optimization Algorithms in the Linear Case

Many algorithms in optimization generate a sequence that converges weakly to a solution. Under linearity assumptions, sometimes one obtains more: strong convergence and a formula for the limit. In this talk, I will report on recent work (joint with Sedi Bartz, Yuan Gao, and Walaa Moursi) on the classical KM method and some accelerated algorithms.

Posted September 4, 2026

Deep Learning Seminar

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 236 Coates Hall

Stochastic gradient descent

In this talk, we will introduce some fundamental optimization techniques in deep learning.

Event contact: Benjamin Fehrman

Posted September 1, 2026

Faculty Meeting Questions or comments?

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm 232 Lockett Hall

Faculty Meeting

Posted September 2, 2026

Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 233 (Simulcast via Zoom)

Hailey Garcia, Louisiana State University
On some structural properties of graphs with non-negative resistance curvature

Resistance curvature is a discrete analogue of curvature on graphs, defined in terms of effective resistance. A graph is called resistance nonnegative (RN), respectively resistance positive (RP), if it admits positive edge weights such that all vertex resistance curvatures are nonnegative, respectively positive. We study the structure of RN and RP graphs in relation to toughness, traceability, and Cartesian products. We disprove a conjecture of Fiedler and answer a question of Devriendt in the negative by constructing, for every n≥11, an n-vertex 1-tough graph that is not RN. We show that RP graphs need not be traceable by proving that Thomassen's 34-vertex graph is RP but not traceable. We characterize RP graphs in terms of the dimension of a polytope associated to the graph. Finally, we introduce the notion of a sprawling graph and resolve a conjecture of Devriendt on grid graphs by proving that all Cartesian products of paths are sprawling and thus RN.

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Posted September 4, 2026

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom

Alexander Betz, LSU
Actions of Fusion Category on Algebras

Fusion categories are rich mathematical objects that generalize finite groups and their representation categories. What does it mean for a fusion category to act on an algebra? Do these actions generalize group actions on algebras? In this talk, we will define an action of a fusion category on an algebra and show how it relates to group actions on algebras. Then, as an application of this theory, we will apply our results to study actions of fusion categories on path algebras.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026
Last modified September 8, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233

Long Teng, LSU
Quantitative uniqueness for bi-Laplace equations with potentials

We study quantitative unique continuation for the bi-Laplace equation $\Delta^2u+V(x)u=0$, where the potential (V) may be complex-valued. By introducing new weighted frequency functions adapted to the fourth-order scaling, we establish quantitative three-ball inequalities and upper bounds on the vanishing order of solutions. For bounded potentials, the estimates depend on $|V|{L^\infty}^{1/3}$, while for Hölder continuous potentials this dependence improves to $|V|{C^{0,\beta}}^{1/4}$. A key feature of the argument is that the rescaling-invariant three-ball inequalities and the vanishing-order estimates require related but different choices of frequency functions. This is joint work with Zhiwei Wang and Jiuyi Zhu.

Event contact: Laura Kurtz

Posted August 27, 2026
Last modified September 8, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Matthew Lemoine, Louisiana State University
Kunneth Theorem and Spectral Sequences

In this talk, we will have a recap of our discussion last week on Spectral Sequences. Then we will dive into the Kunneth Theorem and how spectral sequences apply to this theorem. This corresponds to Chapter 2.3 and some of 2.4 in the textbook we are following.

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Posted September 9, 2026

Mathematical Physics and Representation Theory Seminar

3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Nicholson Hall 109

Scott Baldridge, Louisiana State University
Quantum invariants of multitudes on manifolds

Aristotle distinguished quantities as either magnitudes or multitudes. Modern geometry has an elegant language for magnitudes: on a manifold 𝑀, one chooses a metric 𝑔, and from that choice one extracts invariants such as curvature 𝑅_𝑔. But there is no comparably natural geometry on manifolds designed to encode discrete invariants. In this talk I introduce a new structure on a smooth manifold 𝑀 called an arithmic 𝜅. Like a metric, an arithmic is additional geometry on the smooth structure, but it is tuned to multitudes rather than magnitudes. Fixing an arithmic canonically produces quantum-information-type data for the pair (𝑀, 𝜅). These invariants play an analogous role as curvature 𝑅(𝑀, 𝑔) does for the pair (𝑀, 𝑔). I will illustrate the theory on smooth 2-manifolds via an explicit arithmic invariant built from a normalized Penrose polynomial 𝑃(𝑀, 𝜅). This suggests that arithmics capture a genuinely new layer of structure on smooth manifolds—one that has not previously been visible through the usual geometry of magnitudes. This lecture is colloquium style with lots of history, pictures, and some crafts.

Friday, September 11, 2026

Posted September 8, 2026

LSU AWM Student Chapter LSU AWM Student Chapter Website

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Keiser Lounge, Lockett Hall 3rd floor

Welcome/Informational Meeting

The Association for Women in Mathematics at LSU is having our first meeting for anyone who supports women in Mathematics. Drop by if you want to learn about who we are, what we do, and how you can join us to build the community together. Food and drinks are provided.

Event contact: lkurtz2@lsu.edu

Posted September 8, 2026

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Zoom

Minor-closed classes of transversal matroids

Transversal matroids are a natural class of matroids, yet their behaviour under contraction remains poorly understood. Several minor-closed subclasses of transversal matroids are now well-studied, including the classes of bicircular and lattice path matroids. In this talk, I will explain some key features of both of these classes, describe some recent progress characterising their intersection, and summarise some subsequent work of Bastida and Toft on contractions of transversal matroids that has culminated in the new minor-closed class of path-circular matroids, which generalises both lattice-path and bicircular matroids. I will conclude with a number of problems that remain open in this area. This talk is based in part on joint work with Charles Semple.

Monday, September 14, 2026

Posted September 10, 2026

Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 233

Teegan Bailey, LSU
Legends, Tales, and Minor Figures: The Mythology of Graph Theory

The Greeks had Zeus, Hercules, Jason, the Sirens, and more. The Vikings had Odin, Loki, the Valkries, and Ragnarok. We have Ramsey, Dilsworth, Menger, Szemer\'edi, and Erd\'os. Our talk will focus on a lesser known mythos, the lore of Graph Theory. Our story will begin with the tale of creation in K\"onigsberg. We will then proceed to present a broad overview of the cornerstone tales that every practicing graph theorist is familiar with. Time permitting, audience members can expect to walk away from this talk knowing not only the basic terminology essential to this diverse field, but also some of the fundamental questions and results central to studying and conducting research in Graph Theory. This talk will primarily be expository and no background in graph theory will be assumed. The main purpose of this talk will be to equip audience members with the essential definitions needed to attend other talks or presentations on Graph Theory. Minor elementary results may be proved to give a flavor of what a ``typical'' Graph Theory result entails.

Event contact: jgarc86@lsu.edu

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Posted August 22, 2026
Last modified September 15, 2026

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom

Aniketh Sivakumar, Tulane University
Interpolation Problems and the Asymptotic Growth of Minimum Degrees

Interpolation problems study the hypersurfaces in projective space that pass through a given number of points under certain constraints. Among the main questions are determining the minimum degree of such a hypersurface and understanding the number of independent conditions imposed by the points on hypersurfaces of a fixed degree. In this talk, I will begin with the classical formulation of these interpolation problems and introduce some of the tools used to study them. We will then explore the setting where these points are assigned multiplicities and how this is encoded algebraically. This naturally leads us to the Demailly and Chudnovsky conjectures, which describe how the minimum degree grows asymptotically as the multiplicities grow. Finally, we will discuss recent proofs of these conjectures and their connection to containment problems in commutative algebra.

Event contact: Gene Kopp

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026
Last modified September 9, 2026

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233

Zhiwei Wang, Louisiana State University
Quantitative Volume Estimates for Boundary Singular Sets of Dini--$L^p$ elliptic equations

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded, connected $C^{1,\mathrm{Dini}}$ domain, and let $u \in W_0^{1,2}(\Omega)$ be a nontrivial solution of \[ \Delta u + V(x)u = 0 \quad \text{in } \Omega, \qquad V \in L^p(\Omega),\ p > n . \] We prove that the singular set $\mathcal{S}_\Omega(u) = \{x \in \Omega : u(x) = 0,\ \nabla u(x) = 0\}$ satisfies the codimension-two volume bound \[ \bigl| \mathcal{T}_r(\mathcal{S}_\Omega(u)) \bigr| \lesssim r^2 \] uniformly up to $\partial\Omega$, with a constant depending only on $n$, $p$, the quantitative $C^{1,\mathrm{Dini}}$ character of $\Omega$, and $\|V\|_{L^p}$ --- but not on $u$. Consequently $\mathcal{S}_\Omega(u)$ has finite $(n-2)$-dimensional Minkowski content and $\dim_{\mathrm{Mink}} \mathcal{S}_\Omega(u) \le n-2$. This extends the harmonic theory of Kenig--Zhao to Schr\"odinger operators with $L^p$ potentials. The new ingredient is an interior singular-set estimate for equations with Dini-continuous leading coefficients, proved via harmonic approximation, cone splitting, and a degree-reducing stopping-time packing argument. Flattening and odd reflection then transfer the estimate to the boundary. This is a joint work with Jiuyi Zhu.

Event contact: Laura Kurtz

Posted August 21, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Virtual

Claudia He Yun, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Computing stable homology representations of graph configuration spaces

Configuration spaces parametrize distinct labelled points in a topological space. They have rich geometry and have been studied extensively. In 2011, Church and Farb introduce the idea of representation stability for a sequence of representations $V_n$ of groups $G_n$. Configuration spaces lend themselves naturally to this framework. In this talk, we will focus on configuration spaces of families of graphs with a fixed number of points and discuss their stability behavior, where $V_n$ is taken to be the rational homology and $G_n$ the automorphism group of the underlying graph. We carry out extensive computational work to determine the stable homology representations for several families with 2 points, such as the star graphs, the complete graphs, and the complete bipartite graphs. We also give combinatorial interpretations to some stable subrepresentations. This is joint work with Eric Ramos. Our paper can be found on the arXiv with handle 2606.13813.

Event contact: Christin Bibby

Posted August 27, 2026
Last modified September 14, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Hailey Garcia, Louisiana State University
Convergence, weak and strong; or, how to recover your modules

We continue our discussion of spectral sequences by considering DGAs with filtrations that are weakly or strongly convergent. Alongside a surprising detour into point-set topology (and a sensible condition on filtrations), we show that spectral sequences of filtered DGAs are unique up to completion.

Friday, September 18, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026
Last modified September 3, 2026

Control and Optimization Seminar Questions or comments?

10:30 am – 11:20 am Zoom: https://lsu.zoom.us/j/98176468969

Pelin Guven Geredeli, Clemson University
Qualitative Properties of Multilayered Structure-Fluid Interaction Coupled PDE Dynamics

We consider a composite structure (multilayered) and fluid interaction PDE system which arises in multi-physics problems, and particularly in biofluidic applications related to the mammalian blood transportation process. The PDE system under consideration consists of the interactive coupling of 3D Stokes flow and 3D elastic dynamics which gives rise to an additional 2D elastic equation on the boundary interface between these 3D PDE systems. We first show the existence-uniqueness properties of the coupled system by means of a nonstandard mixed variational formulation and linear semigroup theory. In the second part, we analyze the long-time behavior of the solutions to such FSI coupled system and address the issue of asymptotic decay of this solution to the zero state via a frequency domain approach.

Posted September 14, 2026

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 233

Peter Ramsey, Louisiana State University
The Orlik-Solomon Algebra of a Matroid Prescheme

The Orlik–Solomon algebra is a well-known algebraic invariant of a matroid that, for a matroid arising from a hyperplane arrangement, recovers the cohomology ring of the arrangement complement. Matroid preschemes are locally matroidal combinatorial objects that describe the combinatorics of a more general type of arrangement known as an abelian arrangement. However, the usual definition of the Orlik–Solomon algebra fails to capture all of the relevant data in this setting. We introduce a generalization of the Orlik–Solomon algebra for matroid preschemes and explain how it captures the combinatorial structure of the cohomology ring of abelian arrangements.

Monday, September 21, 2026

Posted September 17, 2026

Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 233

Cayleigh Ritter, LSU
Explanation and Proof of the Five-Color Theorem with Application on the Louisiana Parish Map

Given a geographical map, it is possible to properly color each region a distinct color. Mathematicians have been investigating the minimum number of distinct colors that can be used to properly color a geographical map for centuries. We discuss Heawood’s Five-Color theorem with proof, then apply our results to create an algorithm for coloring a geographical map. Specifically, coloring a parish map of the state of Louisiana.

Event contact: jgarc86@lsu.edu

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Posted August 22, 2026
Last modified September 9, 2026

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom

Paresh Singh Arora, LSU
Reductions of Certain Well-Poised Hypergeometric Character Sums

Whipple’s classical reduction formulas express well-poised hypergeometric series either as products and quotients of gamma values or as gamma factors multiplied by hypergeometric functions, typically of smaller length. Building on work by Greene, McCarthy, and Li–Long–Tu, we establish finite field analogues of three very well-poised identities corresponding to $_4F_3(-1)$, $_5F_4(1)$, and $_6F_5(-1)$. We show that the associated $\ell$-adic Galois representations constructed by Katz and Beukers–Cohen–Mellit are reducible, explicitly identifying one of their constituents in a way that reflects the corresponding Whipple decompositions. As an application, we obtain new correspondences between well-poised hypergeometric data and modular forms.

Event contact: Gene Kopp

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026
Last modified September 22, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Lockett 233

Elijah Okemwa
The Brachistochrone Problem

In 1696,John Bernoulli posed this problem to folks in the mathematical community at the time. Thus, he asked; If a bead is strung on a wire and acted upon by gravity, and sliding down between two points, what shape should the wire be given so as to minimize the resulting time of descent? Using Euler Lagrange equation and other relevant conditions, we seek to answer this question.

Event contact: Laura Kurtz

Posted August 27, 2026
Last modified September 21, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Adithyan Pandikkadan, Louisiana State University
Exact Couples, Convergence, and Topological Filtrations

We continue our discussion of spectral sequences by looking at exact couples, their convergence, and maps between spectral sequences. After a concrete example, we will see how these ideas arise naturally from filtrations of topological spaces, setting up for the topological constructions ahead.

Today, Friday, September 25, 2026

Posted September 21, 2026

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Zoom

Sophie Spirkl, University of Waterloo
Cliques and colouring in tournaments

Tournaments are orientations of complete graphs, and many graph theory questions — in particular, from the world of induced subgraphs — have analogues in tournaments. In particular, notions of colouring (due to Neumann-Lara) and clique number (Aboulker, Aubian, Charbit, Lopes) exist. I will tell you what these are, as well as some of what we know about them, and questions that remain.

Monday, September 28, 2026

Posted September 24, 2026

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 233

Hailey Garcia, Louisiana State University
Wild and Domestic Combinatorial Species

Many everyday combinatorial objects, from graphs to permutations, can be realised as a structure known as a combinatorial species. Intuition for these species is varied, with some species simple to define axiomatically, others algorithmically, and still others through functional equations. We discuss the basic operations and definitions of combinatorial species, especially exploring their close relationship with generating functions. We demonstrate instructive examples, and, time permitting, a particular species encountered in the wild.

Event contact: jgarc86@lsu.edu

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233

Hayden Bromley, Louisiana State University
TBD (Fracture Mechanics)

Event contact: Laura Kurtz

Posted August 27, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Evan Short, Louisiana State University
TBD

TBD

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Posted August 27, 2026
Last modified September 21, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

TBD

TBD (SPEAKER TBD AS WELL)

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233

Shrinkal Wagle, Louisiana State University
TBD (PDEs)

Posted September 15, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Virtual

Ian Cavey, University of Massachusetts Amherst
TBA

Event contact: Kyle Binder

Posted August 27, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Fabian Espinoza de Osambela, Louisiana State University
TBD

TBD

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Posted September 20, 2026

Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom

Murtadha Aljanabi, LSU
TBA

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233

Sayandeep Sarkar, Louisiana State University
TBD (PDEs)

Event contact: Laura Kurtz

Posted September 15, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Lockett 233

Emily Stark, Wesleyan University
TBA

Event contact: Kevin Schreve

Posted August 27, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Huong Vo, Louisiana State University
TBD

TBD

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233

Viv Heurtevant, Louisiana State University
TBD (Dynamical Systems)

Event contact: Laura Kurtz

Posted September 15, 2026

Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Lockett 233

Colby Kelln, University of Minnesota
TBA

Event contact: Jagerynn Ting Verano

Posted August 27, 2026

3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233

Krishnendu Kar, Louisiana State University
TBD

TBD

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Posted September 21, 2026

LSU SIAM Student Chapter

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Helen Moore, University of Florida
Counterintuitive Optimization for Airplanes and Medicines: How to Improve Patient Outcomes Using Mathematics

: Finding a treatment regimen that increases median patient survival time by 5% means extra time with loved ones for patients. It can also mean the difference between clinical trial success and failure for a new therapy. In the past, trial and error was used to find treatment regimens that yield better patient outcomes. Now we have mechanistic mathematical models of disease-therapy dynamics that can help. Optimization methods can predict regimens expected to achieve the best outcomes; these regimens can then be tested experimentally and clinically. This can be especially helpful when there are many possible different combinations to consider, or when optimal regimens are counterintuitive. I will make the case that counterintuitive solutions can be best in the real world, for both airplanes and treatment regimens, and that we may be missing out on substantial patient benefit when we don’t calculate optimal regimens for our disease models.

Friday, October 30, 2026

Posted September 21, 2026

Control and Optimization Seminar Questions or comments?

10:30 am – 11:20 am Zoom: https://lsu.zoom.us/j/98176468969

Tim Hoheisel, McGill University, Canada
A Computational Framework for Linear Inverse Problems via the Maximum Entropy on the Mean Method

We present a framework for solving linear inverse problems that is computationally tractable and has mathematical certificates. To this end, we interpret the ground truth of a linear inverse problem as a random vector with unknown distribution. We solve for a distribution which is close to a prior P (guessed or data-driven) measured in the KL-divergence while also having an expectation that yields high fidelity with the given data that defines the problem. After reformulation this yields a strictly convex, finite dimensional optimization problem whose regularizer, the MEM functional, is paired in duality with the log-moment generating function of the prior P. We exploit this computationally via Fenchel-Rockafellar duality. When no obvious guess for P is available, we use data to generate an empirical prior. Using techniques from variational analysis and stochastic optimization, we show that, and at what rate, the solution of the empirical problems converges (as the sample size grows) to the solution of the problem with known prior. Moreover, we show how stochastic subgradient methods can be brought to bear on the MEM dual. This is joint work with Rustum Choksi (McGill), Matthew King-Roskamp (McGill), and Gabriel Rioux (Imperial College).

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Posted August 26, 2026

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233

Jackson Knox, Louisiana State University
TBD (Dynamical Systems)

Event contact: Laura Kurtz

Posted September 25, 2026