LMS Research Schools with support from the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research (HIMR) and UKRI

2. Machine Learning in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Oxford, 17-21 July 2023

Topics will include:

• A quick review of ML basics
• Knot Theory with Reinforcement Learning
• String Theory Compactifications
• Calabi-Yau Manifolds and Ricci-flat Metrics
• Genetic Algorithms, Quantum Annealing and Discrete Optimisation Problems
• Classification of Fano Varieties

Program Lecturers:

Steve Abel (Durham), Lara Anderson (Virginia), Miranda Cheng (Amsterdam), James Gray (Virginia), Alexander Kasprzyk (Nottingham), Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala), Fabian Ruehle (Northeastern)

3. Algebraic Groups and their Representations, Birmingham, 24 - 28 July 2023

The three main lecture course topics are: 

Categorical approaches to representation theory (Jonathan Brundan, University of Oregon)  

Geometry arising from algebraic groups (Martina Lanini, Universit'a degli Studi Roma)  

Representations of reductive algebraic groups (Simon Riche, Universit'e Clermont Auvergne) 

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