Simon Fraser University

In this lecture, I will focus on formulating a dynamical geometric surface partial differential equation for modelling static images during the process of single or collective cell migration. In the absence of detailed experimental molecular and...

Bilevel optimization has been widely used in a variety of areas such as adversarial training, hyperparameter tuning, image reconstruction meta-learning, neural architecture search, and reinforcement learning. In this talk, I will present first-order...

From a directed graph $Q$, called a quiver, one can construct what is known as a quiver variety $Y_Q$, an algebraic variety defined as a quotient of a vector space by a group defined in terms of $Q$. A mutation of a quiver is an operation that...

Sheaf cohomology is a ubiquituous tool in algebraic geometry for understanding the structure of varieties---but how does one actually get one's hands on cohomology? In this talk, I will discuss computing sheaf cohomology (and higher direct images) of...

For the first time this year, we will be offering a Math Camp for Teachers, June 27 - 30, 2011, at the SFU Burnaby Campus. The Camp is designed for teachers who teach mathematics in middle and high school. This year's theme is "Teaching Through...

We are happy to continue our series “A Taste of Pi”. The fifteenth part of this successful series of talks and activities for high school students will be offered this spring by the SFU Department of Mathematics,and IRMACS – Interdisciplinary...

On December 7, 2011, Professor Veselin Jungic from SFU will meet a group of teachers from the Bella Bella Comunity School for a Math workshop. He will talk to them about the Math Catcher Project and about promoting and teaching mathematics in general...