Events

CAMS-PIMS Symposium on Optimal Transport and Applications

The Center for Advanced Mathematics and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences are organizing a Symposium on Optimal Transport and Applications at the American University of Beirut from November 6-11, 2023. Registration is now open. The event will include minicourses on the following topics

  • Introductory course on Optimal Transport (Brendan Pass, University of Alberta)
  • Numerical Methods in Optimal Transport (Quentin Mérigot, Paris-Saclay University)
  • Stochastic Optimal Transport and Finance (Walter Schachermayer, University of Vienna)
  • Optimal Transport in Physics and Cosmology (Yann Brenier, CNRS)
2023, Nov 6 9:00 AM +0300 — 2023, Nov 10 5:00 PM +0300 American University of Beirut
PIMS online graduate course on Optimal Transport + Gradient Flows

In the fall term of 2023, Soumik Pal (UW) and Young-Heon Kim (UBC), will offer a graduate course on Optimal Transport

  • Gradient Flows. This course is part of the PIMS Network Wide Graduate Courses program and will be accessible remotely. Students in the PIMS network of Universities will be able to register for credit through the Western Deans Agreement.
2023, Aug 29 — 2023, Dec 7 University of Washington, Seattle & Online
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A Nonsmooth Approach to Einstein's Theory of Gravity
Robert McCann (The University of Toronto)

While Einstein’s theory of gravity is formulated in a smooth setting, the celebrated singularity theorems of Hawking and Penrose …

2023, Aug 1 3:00 PM PDT UBC Earth Science Building - Room 2012, and [Zoom](https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50pdO2srjotGd19nLG3pZCQxlUdzpf6_azV)
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A Nonsmooth Approach to Einstein's Theory of Gravity
Econometrics and Optimal Transport Workshop - June 2023
Please see the event website for more details or to register. Confirmed Speakers Adrien Blanchet (Toulouse School of Economics, Mathematics) Jose Blanchet (Stanford University, Management Science and Engineering) Xiaohong Chen (Yale University, Economics) Victor Chernozhukov (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economics) Tim Christensen (University College London, Economics) Nabarun Deb (University of British Columbia/University of Chicago-Booth, Statistics) Xavier d’Haultfoeuille (ENSAE, Economics) Rui Gao (University of Texas-Austin, Mathematics) Florian Gunsilius (University of Michigan, Economics) Tetsuya Kaji (University of Chicago-Booth, Econometrics/Statistics) Francis Kramarz (ENSAE, Economics) Lixiong Li (Johns Hopkins University, Economics) Jean-Michel Loubes (Universite de Toulouse, Mathematics) Marcel Nutz (Columbia University, Statistics) Guillaume Pouliot (University of Chicago, Economics) Bernard Salanie (Columbia University, Economics) Matt Shum (California Institute of Technology, Economics) Xiaoting Sun (Simon Fraser University, Economics) Ruodu Wang (University of Waterloo, Statistics) Organizing Committee Yanqin Fan (University of Washington, Department of Economics) Alfred Galichon (New York University, Department of Economics) Marc Henry (Pennsylvania State University, Department of Economics) Brendan Pass (University of Alberta, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences) Soumik Pal (University of Washington, Department of Mathematics)
2023, Jun 12 — 2023, Jun 14 University of Washingon
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Econometrics and Optimal Transport Workshop - June 2023
Locally Lipschitz selection in the principal-agent problem
Robert McCann (The University of Toronto)
We prove the agent’s choice will be a locally Lipschitz function of their type in the subclass of principal-agent problems considered …
2023, May 30 3:00 PM PDT Room 239 Central Academic Building, University of Alberta & zoom. _Please register for the KI [mailing list](https://math.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=c9cc3beec9fa57d7299ac161c&id=845fe9abdc) to receive the connection details for zoom_
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Locally Lipschitz selection in the principal-agent problem
KI+Scale MoDL retreat May 25th 2023
KI retreats are local one day conferences where KI members and their research groups get together to socialize and discuss potential collaborations.
2023, May 25 9:30 AM -0800 — 6:00 PM -0800 Husky Union Building (HUB) 145, University of Washington
KI+Scale MoDL retreat May 25th 2023
IFML+KI retreat 2023

The second Kantorovich Initiative Retreat will take place on Thursday February 2nd, 2023 in Zillow Commons, 4th floor, Gates Center. This is in collaboration with UW Institute for Foundations in Machine Learning (IFML).

KI retreats are local one day conferences where KI members and their research groups get together to socialize and discuss potential collaborations.

2023, Feb 2 9:30 AM PST — 6:10 PM PST Zillow Commons, 4th floor, [Gates Center](https://goo.gl/maps/qYR5pYtDso7KgYJN9)
IFML+KI retreat 2023
PIMS- IFDS- NSF Summer School on Optimal Transport

The common theme of this summer school is the mathematics of Monge-Kantorovich optimal transport (OT). The stunning mathematical development of OT has recently permeated into several fields of applications. Our speakers, chosen from the fields of analysis, biology, data science, economics, and probability, are leaders in their respective fields whose work intimately involves OT. Our goal is to expose talented students and junior researchers to the exciting and manifold research opportunities arising from OT and its applications, through attending lectures and interacting with the speakers as well as their peer participants. We strongly encourage participation by a diverse audience and welcome attendees from traditionally underrepresented socio-economic and cultural groups.

As the school is planned at the beginning of the summer season in Seattle, the participants can also enjoy the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and feel the energy of one of leading tech metropolises in the United States and around the world.

2022, Jun 19 — 2022, Jul 1 University of Washington, Seattle
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PIMS- IFDS- NSF Summer School on Optimal Transport
PIMS- IFDS- NSF Summer School on Optimal Transport

The common theme of this summer school is the mathematics of Monge-Kantorovich optimal transport (OT). The stunning mathematical development of OT has recently permeated into several fields of applications. Our speakers, chosen from the fields of analysis, biology, data science, economics, and probability, are leaders in their respective fields whose work intimately involves OT. Our goal is to expose talented students and junior researchers to the exciting and manifold research opportunities arising from OT and its applications, through attending lectures and interacting with the speakers as well as their peer participants. We strongly encourage participation by a diverse audience and welcome attendees from traditionally underrepresented socio-economic and cultural groups.

As the school is planned at the beginning of the summer season in Seattle, the participants can also enjoy the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and feel the energy of one of leading tech metropolises in the United States and around the world.

2022, Jun 19 — 2022, Jul 1 University of Washington, Seattle
Project
KI retreat 2022
The Kantorovich Initiative Retreat will take place on Friday March 18th, in Paccar Hall, room 291.
2022, Mar 18 10:00 AM PDT — 5:00 PM PDT Paccar Hall, University of Washington, Seattle
KI retreat 2022