Please note that the list below only shows forthcoming events, which may not include regular events that have not yet been entered for the forthcoming term. Please see the past events page for a list of all seminar series that the department has on offer.

 

Mon, 08 Dec 2025

16:30 - 17:30
L5

TBA

Shengwen Wang
(Queen Mary University of London)
Abstract

TBA

Mon, 19 Jan 2026

15:30 - 16:30
L3

TBA

Prof. Andreas Kyprianou
(Dept of Mathematics University of Warwick)
Abstract

TBA

Tue, 27 Jan 2026
12:30

TBA

Jasper Knox
Abstract

WCMB, University of Oxford and University of Bristol

Tue, 27 Jan 2026
14:00
L6

TBC

Adam Thomas
(University of Warwick)
Abstract

to follow

Mon, 02 Feb 2026
15:30
L3

Mean field games without rational expectations

Benjamin MOLL
(LSE)
Abstract
Mean Field Game (MFG) models implicitly assume “rational expectations”, meaning that the heterogeneous agents being modeled correctly know all relevant transition probabilities for the complex system they inhabit. When there is common noise, it becomes necessary to solve the “Master equation” (a.k.a. “Monster equation”), a Hamilton-JacobiBellman equation in which the infinite-dimensional density of agents is a state variable. The rational expectations assumption and the implication that agents solve Master equations is unrealistic in many applications. We show how to instead formulate MFGs with non-rational expectations. Departing from rational expectations is particularly relevant in “MFGs with a low-dimensional coupling”, i.e. MFGs in which agents’ running reward function depends on the density only through low-dimensional functionals of this density. This happens, for example, in most macroeconomics MFGs in which these lowdimensional functionals have the interpretation of “equilibrium prices.” In MFGs with a low-dimensional coupling, departing from rational expectations allows for completely sidestepping the Master equation and for instead solving much simpler finite-dimensional HJB equations. We introduce an adaptive learning model as a particular example of nonrational expectations and discuss its properties.
Mon, 02 Feb 2026

16:30 - 17:30
L4

Mean-field limits of non-exchangeable interacting diffusions on co-evolutionary networks

Prof. David Poyato
(University of Granada)
Abstract
Multi-agent systems are ubiquitous in Science, and they can be regarded as large systems of interacting particles with the ability to generate large-scale self-organized structures from simple local interactions rules between each agent and its neighbors. Since the size of the system is typically huge, an important question is to connect the microscopic and macroscopic scales in terms of mean-field limits, which is a fundamental problem in Physics and Mathematics closely related to Hilbert Sixth Problem. In most real-life applications, the communication between agents is not based on uniform all-to-all couplings, but on highly heterogeneous connections, and this makes agents distinguishable. However, the classical strategies based on mean-field limits are strongly based on the crucial assumption that agents are indistinguishable, and it therefore does not apply to our distinguishable setting, so that we need substantially new ideas.
 
In this talk I will present a recent work about the rigorous derivation of the mean-field limit for systems of non-exchangeable interacting diffusions on co-evolutionary networks. While previous research has primarily addressed continuum limits or systems with linear weight dynamics, our work overcomes these restrictions. The main challenge arises from the coupling between the network weight dynamics and the agents' states, which results in a non-Markovian dynamics where the system’s future depends on its entire history. Consequently, the mean-field limit is not described by a partial differential equation, but by a system of non-Markovian stochastic integrodifferential equations. A second difficulty stems from the non-linear weight dynamics, which requires a careful choice for the limiting network structure. Due to the limitations of the classical theory of graphons (Lovász and Szegedy, 2006) in handling non-linearities, we employ K-graphons (Lovász and Szegedy, 2010), also termed probability-graphons (Abraham, Delmas, and Weibel, 2025). This framework pro seems to provide a natural topology that is compatible with such non-linearities.
 
This is a joint work with Julián Cabrera-Nyst (University of Granada).
Mon, 09 Feb 2026

14:00 - 15:00
Lecture Room 3

TBA

Lucas Theis
Abstract

TBA

Mon, 09 Feb 2026

16:30 - 17:30
L4

Scattering and Asymptotics for Critically Weakly Hyperbolic and Singular Systems

Arick Shao
(Queen Mary University of London)
Abstract

We study a very general class of first-order linear hyperbolic
systems that both become weakly hyperbolic and contain singular
lower-order coefficients at a single time t = 0. In "critical" weakly
hyperbolic settings, it is well-known that solutions lose a finite
amount of regularity at t = 0. Here, we both improve upon the analysis
in the weakly hyperbolic setting, and we extend this analysis to systems
containing critically singular coefficients, which may also exhibit
modified asymptotics and regularity loss at t = 0.

In particular, we give precise quantifications for (1) the asymptotics
of solutions as t approaches 0, (2) the scattering problem of solving
the system with asymptotic data at t = 0, and (3) the loss of regularity
due to the degeneracies at t = 0. Finally, we discuss a wide range of
applications for these results, including weakly hyperbolic wave
equations (and equations of higher order), as well as equations arising
from relativity and cosmology (e.g. at big bang singularities).

This is joint work with Bolys Sabitbek (Ghent).

Tue, 10 Feb 2026
14:45
L6

TBC

Corina-Gabriela Ciobotaru
(Aarhus University)
Abstract

to follow

Mon, 16 Feb 2026

16:30 - 17:30
L4

TBA

David Gomez-Castro
(UAM)
Abstract

TBA

Thu, 19 Feb 2026

14:00 - 15:00
Lecture Room 3

TBA

Jongho Park
(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST))
Abstract

TBA

Mon, 23 Feb 2026

16:30 - 17:30
L4

TBA

Fabio Ancona & Elio Marconi (*)
(University of Padova)
Abstract

TBA

Tue, 24 Feb 2026
12:30

TBA

Emma Bouckley
Abstract

University of Cambridge

Thu, 26 Feb 2026

14:00 - 15:00
Lecture Room 3

TBA

Carolina Urzua Torres
(TU Delft)
Abstract

TBA

Mon, 02 Mar 2026

16:30 - 17:30
L4

TBA

Bruno Volzone
(Politecnico di Milano)
Abstract

TBA

Mon, 09 Mar 2026

16:30 - 17:30
L4

TBA

Andre Guerra
(Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge)
Abstract

TBA

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

14:00 - 15:00
Lecture Room 3

TBA

Anna Lisa Varri
(University of Edinburgh)
Abstract

TBA

Mon, 04 May 2026

16:30 - 17:30
L4

TBA

Claudia Garcia
(Universidad de Granada)
Abstract

TBA

Thu, 14 May 2026

14:00 - 15:00
Lecture Room 3

TBA

Maria Lukacova
(Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Abstract

TBA

Mon, 18 May 2026

16:30 - 17:30
TBC

TBA

Agnieszka Świerczewska-Gwiazda
(University of Warsaw)
Abstract

TBA

Thu, 28 May 2026
14:00
TBA

TBA

Luis Vicente
(Lehigh University)
Abstract

TBA

Thu, 18 Jun 2026

14:00 - 15:00
Lecture Room 3

TBA

Daniele Boffi
(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST))
Abstract

TBA