The Math/Stats department is delighted to welcome back Bernd Sturmfels (UC Berkeley) to take us “Beyond Linear Algebra”.  Linear algebra is the foundation of scientific computing and its numerous applications — but the world is non-linear.  This lecture will argue that it pays off to work with models that are described by (non-linear) polynomials, while still taking advantage of the power of numerical linear algebra.  We’ll see a glimpse of applied algebraic geometry by discussing recent advances in tensor decomposition, polynomial optimization, and algebraic statistics.

Background: One course in linear algebra.

• Date: Wed Feb 04
• Time: 3-3:50pm
• Room: MH320
• Snacks: 2:30pm in MH331B

For more information, click here to see the full flyer, suitable for printing and posting.

Hope to see you there!

Upcoming events:

• Starting the week of Feb 09-13: Talks by candidates for faculty positions in Math/Stats