Colloquia and seminars
Colloquia talks are scheduled from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Thursday most weeks. Talks will be held either in-person (in PE 104) or occasionally virtually (via Zoom). Speakers give 50-minute presentations on various mathematical and statistical topics.
| Date | Title | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/24/2026 | A report from the obsolete frontier: Formalization, LLMs, and the future of mathematics at UNR and beyond | Chris Rogers, 91ԭƬ | PE 104 |
| 10/1/2026 | Random Stability of Random Variables | Andrey Sarantsev, 91ԭƬ | PE 104 |
| 10/15/2026 | Using LaTeX to (easily!) author accessible PDFs | Paul Hurtado, 91ԭƬ | PE 104 |
| 10/22/2026 | Convexity of bi-invariant distances along unitary geodesics | Gabriel Larotonda, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and Instituto Argentino de Matemática, CONICET, Argentina |
PE 104 |
| 10/29/2026 | TBA | TBA | |
| 11/5/2026 | Reflected waves in excitable media and their implications for the onset of cardiac arrhythmias | Tim Lewis, UC Davis | PE 104 |
| 11/12/2026 | TBA | So Nakamura, 91ԭƬ | PE 104 |
| 11/19/2026 | TBA | Sarafina Ford, 91ԭƬ | PE 104 |
| 11/26/2026 | No Colloquium (Thanksgiving) | ||
| 12/3/2026 | Inverse problems associated with symplectic eigenvalues | Bryan Shader, University of Wyoming | PE 104 |
Seminars
The Department also holds regular seminars in various research areas. Speakers include researchers from outside the department, as well as current faculty and graduate students.
Homological Algebra Seminar
The Homological Algebra Seminar will be held on Fridays from 2:00-3:00pm in DMSC 315.
| Date | Title | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/9/2026 | Shape Theory, PL Topology, and Classification of C*-Algebras | Bruce Blackadar, 91ԭƬ | DMSC 315 |
| 10/23/2026 | TBA | Logan Beier, 91ԭƬ | DMSC 315 |
| 10/30/2026 | No Seminar (Nevada Day) | DMSC 315 | |
| 11/6/2026 | TBA | Wyland Gilmore, 91ԭƬ | DMSC 315 |
| 11/13/2026 | TBA | So Nakamura, 91ԭƬ | DMSC 315 |
| 11/20/2026 | TBA | So Nakamura, 91ԭƬ | DMSC 315 |
| 11/27/2026 | No Seminar (Thanksgiving) | DMSC 315 | |
| 12/4/2026 | Toward a Combinatorial Description of the Monoidal Envelope of 𝔼₂ | Landon Fox, 91ԭƬ | DMSC 315 |
Matrix Theory Seminar
The Number Theory Seminar will be held biweekly on Fridays from 4:15-5:15pm PT via Zoom.
| Date | Title | Presenter | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/4/2026 | Some block Krylov subspace solvers with partial convergence management for sequences of linear systems | Yanfei Xiang, Institute for Advanced Mathematical Research (IRMA), University of Strasbourg, France | Zoom |
| 9/18/2026 |
Gershgorin Discs of the Second type: An Application to Constant Row-Sum Matrices |
Rachid Marsli, Georgia State University |
Zoom |
| 10/2/2026 | A generalization of the Böttcher-Wenzel inequality for three matrices and its relationship to another inequality | Motoyuki Nobori, Ehime University, Japan | Zoom |
| 10/16/2026 | Lie groups with bi-invariant distances | Gabriel Larotonda, Universidad de Buenos Aires and Instituto Argentino de Matemática, Argentina | Zoom |
| 10/30/2026 | No Seminar (Nevada Day) | ||
| 11/6/2026 | TBA | Ning Zheng, Tongji University, China | Zoom |
| 11/20/2026 | TBA | Eloise Misa, University of Philippines, Diliman, Philippines | Zoom |
| 12/4/2026 | TBA | Jie Tian, 91ԭƬ | Zoom |