Modern Mathematics LectureSpeaker:Ilia Binder (University of Toronto)Time:Thur., 16:00-17:00, May 28, 2026Venue:C548, Shuangqing Complex Building AOnline:Zoom Meeting ID: 271 534 5558Passcode: YMSCTitle:Critical interfaces and SLE curves: power law rate of convergenceAbstract:Many two‑dimensional lattice models from statistical physics are believed to exhibit universal scaling limits at c...
Speaker: Peter Richtárik (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Time: 14:00 - 15:00, Nov. 22, 2024Venue: Shuangqing-C548ZOOM: 388 528 9728PW: BIMSAOrganizer: Yi-Shuai NiuAbstractI will outline the history of the theoretical development of the local training “trick” employed in virtually all successful federated learning algorithms. In particular, I will identify five distinct g...