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On the two-dimensional KPZ and Stochastic Heat Equation

We consider the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation (KPZ) and the multiplicative Stochastic Heat Equation (SHE) in two space dimensions, driven by with space-time white noise. These singular PDEs are "critic...

Is Basketball Scoring Just a Random Walk?

Abstract: Watching basketball is nearly the same as watching repeating coin tossings! By analyzing recently available data from recent National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball seasons, basketb...

Ergodicity for Langevin dynamics with singular potentials

Abstract: We discuss Langevin dynamics of N particles on R^d interacting through a singular repulsive potential, such as the Lennard-Jones potential, and show that the system converges to the unique i...

Multilingual Natural Language Understanding: how can a machine understand (not just transform) text in any language?

Abstract: Natural Language Processing (NLP) has seen an explosion of interest in recent years, with many industrial applications relying on key technological developments in the field. However, Natura...

Collective cell migration in biology and medicine

Abstract: Collective cell migration is a commonly recurring theme in biology and medicine, with examples in developmental biology, wound healing, and disease. For example, in solid tumours, new blood ...

Random walks with local memory

The theme of this talk is walks in a random environment of "signposts" altered by the walker. I'll focus on three related examples: 1. Rotor walk on Z^2. Your initial signposts are independent with th...