BIMSA Member Seminar

Geometry of octonions

Speaker: Kotaro Kawai (BIMSA)

Time: 14:15 - 15:00, 2025-05-12

Venue: A6-1

Zoom: 388 528 9728

Password: BIMSA

Speaker Intro

Kotaro Kawai got a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the university of Tokyo, and received his Ph.D from Tohoku university in 2013. He was an assistant professor at Gakushuin university in Japan, then he moved to BIMSA in 2022. His research interests are in differential geometry, focusing on manifolds with exceptional holonomy.

Member Seminar Intro

The BIMSA member seminar is a weekly event during which researchers engage in discussions about their extensive research interests, addressing a diverse audience that includes fellow researchers and all postdoctoral scholars within the institute. This forum provides a unique privilege and an invaluable opportunity for each research faculty member, serving as a speaker, to introduce their research field, promote the subject within the institute, and ignite the potential for future collaborations with other research groups within the institute.

The lecture format consists of a 30-minute colloquium-style presentation, thoughtfully tailored to be accessible to postdoctoral scholars and researchers from diverse disciplines within the institute. Following the presentation, a 15-minute discussion session is anticipated, involving active participation from postdocs representing various fields.

It is mandatory for all postdocs at the institute to actively participate in this event. The enthusiastic involvement of faculty members is greatly valued and will prove mutually beneficial for both the speaker and the junior audience.

Organizers

Yuval Peres

Professor

Probability Theory

Artan Sheshmani

Professor

Algebraic Geometry

Hossein Yavartanoo

Professor

Mathematical Physics

Bart Vlaar

Associate Professor

Algebra, representation theory, integrable systems