Calendar
Posted August 28, 2026
2:00 pm Lockett 232Seminar Introduction and Organizational Meeting
Event contact: Ben Fehrman
Posted August 27, 2026
Discussion and Training in Combinatorics
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
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Christopher Bunting, LSU
TBD (Navier-Stokes SDEs)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Fabian Espinoza de Osambela, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
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 August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Elijah Okemwa
TBD (Control Theory)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Matthew Lemoine, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 22, 2026
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Aniketh Sivakumar, Tulane University
TBA
Event contact: Gene Kopp
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Long Teng, LSU
TBD (Harmonic Analysis)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 21, 2026
Geometry and Topology Seminar Seminar website
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
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Hailey Garcia, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 26, 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
TBA
Posted August 22, 2026
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Paresh Singh Arora, LSU
TBA
Event contact: Gene Kopp
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Zhiwei Wang, Louisiana State University
TBD (Harmonic Analysis)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Adithyan Pandikkadan, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis 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
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Evan Short, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Sayani Mukherjee, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Shrinkal Wagle, Louisiana State University
TBD (PDEs)
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Fabian Espinoza de Osambela, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Sayandeep Sarkar, Louisiana State University
TBD (PDEs)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Huong Vo, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Viv Heurtevant, Louisiana State University
TBD (Dynamical Systems)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Krishnendu Kar, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Jackson Knox, Louisiana State University
TBD (Dynamical Systems)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233
Michael Young, Louisiana State University
TBD
TBD
Posted August 22, 2026
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Isabella Negrini, University of Toronto
TBA
Event contact: Gene Kopp
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Ruben Acevedo Acevedo, Louisiana State University
TBD (Spectral Theory)
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233TBD
TBD (SPEAKER TBD AS WELL)
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Moisés Gómez-Solís, Louisiana State University
TBD (Spectral Theory)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233TBD
TBD (SPEAKER TBD AS WELL)
Posted August 26, 2026
Informal Analysis Seminar Questions or comments?
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lockett 233
Justin Champagne, Louisiana State University
TBD (Functional Analysis)
Event contact: Laura Kurtz
Posted August 27, 2026
Informal Geometry and Topology Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Lockett Hall 233TBD
TBD (SPEAKER TBD AS WELL)