Speaker:XIAO Yimin, professor in the Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State UniversityVenue: Room 210, No. 2 Haina Building, Zijingang Campus

Speaker: Prof.Sergey FominVenue: Room 210, No. 2 Haina Building, Zijingang Campus 

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Speaker: Prof. JI Lizhen, University of MichiganTime: 10:00, May 29Venue: Room105, School of Mathematics, Zijingang Campus

Speaker: Prof. XU Ping, PennStateTime: 14:00-16:00, May 28Venue: Room102, School of Mathematical Sciences. Zijingang CampusAbstract: In this talk, we will give an overview of (-1)-shifted derived Poisson manifolds in the $C^\infty$-context, and discuss the quantization problem. We describe the obstruction theory and prove that the linear (-1)-shifted derived Poisson manifold associated to any $L_\infty$-algebroid admits a canonical $BV_\infty$ quantization. This is a joint work with Kai Behrend and Matt Peddie.

Speaker: Hosahalli S.Ramaswamy, professor, McGill UniversityTime: 14:00-17:00, May 16Venue: D416, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science (BEFS), Zijingang Campus

Speaker: Jit Wu Yap, graduate student, Harvard UniversityTime: 15:00-16:00, May 16Venue: Room 102, School of Mathematical Sciences, Zijingang CampusAbstract: Let $f,g$ be two polynomials of degree $d > 1$ and let $\varphi = (f,g)$ be the endomorphism acting on $P^1 x P^1$. Given two curves $C$  and  $C'$,  we  expect  that  the  forward  iterates  of  $C$,  given  by $\varphi^n(C)$, to intersect $C'$ at many distinct points. We show that outside  of  some   exceptional   cases,   this  is  true  under  a  technical assumption of the Julia sets of $f$ and $g$. This is joint work with Sina Saleh.

Speaker: Josh Keller, associate professor, University of New South WalesTime: 9:30-11:00, May 15Venue: A723, School of Management, Zijingang CampusAbstract: A growing number of scholars and practitioners around the world now recognize that management is rife with paradoxes, where contradictory forces pull managers into opposing directions. The literature has become very vast, covering a range of topics from negotiations to leadership to innovation and entrepreneurship to strategic management. Unlike most areas of management research, research on managerial paradoxes borrows considerably from ancient Chinese philosophy for insights. Integrating ancient Chinese philosophy with modern Western management theory is not a simple task. Dr. Keller will discuss some of the key challenges and provide insights into how Chinese and Western scholars can work together to advance the study of managerial paradoxes in China and all around the world.

Speaker: Christian Dustmann, professor, University College LondonTime: 10:00, May 16Venue: Room120, School of Economics, Zijingang Campus