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.

 

Past events in this series


Mon, 12 Oct 2026

15:30 - 16:30
L3

Fluctuations for mean field limits of singular interacting particle systems driven by fBm

Lucio Galeati
(University of L'Aquila)
Abstract
We consider a system of $N$ particles, subject to a mean-field type pairwise interaction kernel $K$, each driven by an independent fractional Brownian motion (idiosyncratic noises). Previous works established that, for a large class of non-Lipschitz, possibly singular kernels, the associated McKean-Vlasov equation is well-posed, and the empirical measure converges to its law as $N\to\infty$, with rate of order $N^{-1/2}$ in suitable negative Sobolev norms. In this talk I will present results concerning the Gaussian fluctuations underlying this mean field convergence, validating the optimality of this rate; they are valid for both first order interactions and for kinetic systems. In the Brownian case, the Gaussian limit field can be identified as the solution to a linear SPDE. The proofs are based on the use of Girsanov transform and the method of U-statistics first introduced by Sznitman.
Based on ongoing joint work with Avi Mayorcas (Bath) and Johanna Weinberger (MPI Leipzig).
Mon, 19 Oct 2026

15:30 - 16:30
L3

TBA

Verena Schwarz
((Mathematical Institute University of Oxford))
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TBA

Mon, 26 Oct 2026

15:30 - 16:30
L3

TBA

Mehdi Talbi
(University of Paris Cité)
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026

15:30 - 16:30
L3

One-Step Generative Modeling via Wasserstein Gradient Flows

RenYuan XU
(Stanford University)
Abstract

Diffusion models and flow-based methods have achieved strong results in image generation, but often rely on costly iterative sampling. We introduce W-Flow, a framework that compresses a Wasserstein gradient flow into a one-step neural generator. By minimizing the Sinkhorn divergence, W-Flow transports a reference distribution toward the data distribution through efficient optimal-transport updates that capture global distributional discrepancies. We prove that, under suitable assumptions, the finite-sample training dynamics converge to the continuous-time distributional dynamics. Empirically, W-Flow sets a new state of the art in one-step ImageNet generation, with improved mode coverage and domain transfer. We will also discuss extensions using alternative energy functionals and applications to post-training.


 

Mon, 23 Nov 2026

15:30 - 16:30
L3

TBA

Fredrik Viklund
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
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TBA

Mon, 30 Nov 2026

15:30 - 16:30
L3

TBA

Kay Giesecke
(University of Potsdam)
Abstract

TBA