Home Past program


Bern-Fribourg Graduate Seminar

This is a seminar aimed at Masters and PhD students from the universities of Fribourg and Bern. We meet weekly on Thursdays from 17:15 to 18:00, alternating between the two cities.

Talks should be understandable for Master and PhD students from any field of Mathematics, better if introductory than at research level. We encourage everyone to give a talk about any mathematical topic that interests them and not necessarily their own research.

The goal of this seminar is to have fun together, learn new maths in different fields and tighten links between the two universities, by providing a space for students to freely talk about their favourite topics in an informal environment. It is also a good occasion for masters students to get a better idea of what's going on in contemporary mathematics and, why not, to practice giving talks to a friendly audience. If you have any questions or want to be added to our mailing list, feel free to contact the organizers.

Program Fall 2024

Date Name Title Location
26.09.2024 Gonzalo Ruiz Stolowicz (EPFL) Kernels, Heisenberg groups and Hyperbolic Representations Bern: ExWi, B5
03.10.2024 Zarif Ibragimov (UniBe) Contractive iterative linearization Galerkin methods Fribourg: PER 08, 2.52
10.10.2024 Denis Marti (UniFr) Lipschitz-volume rigidity Bern: ExWi, B5
17.10.2024 no talk Fribourg: PER 08, 2.52
24.10.2024 Nicola Paddeu (UniFr) A gentle introduction to Hamiltonian mechanics Bern: ExWi, B5
31.10.2024 Max Liechti (UniBe) Ghostbusting and Property A Fribourg: PER 08, 2.52
07.11.2024 CUSO Graduate Colloquium Bern
14.11.2024 Toni Ikonen (UniFr) Introduction to calibrations Bern: ExWi, B5
21.11.2024 Pietro Aldrigo (UniBe) An invitation to the Theory of Varifolds and its applications to the Plateau Problem Fribourg: PER 08, 2.52
28.11.2024 Maran Mohanarangan (UniFr) Rotational invariance of critical planar percolation Bern: ExWi, B5
05.12.2024 Philippe Knecht (UniFr) Simulating Glauber dynamics for the Ising model Fribourg: PER 08, 2.52
12.12.2024 Niels Vooijs (UniBe) Computability Theory and the Fundamental Difference between Arithmetic and Math Bern: ExWi, B5

Reimbursement

You can get reimbursed for travel expenses. Just keep your train tickets and bring them to the secretary office. Unless you're a masters student in Fribourg, in which case you keep your train tickets and contact Damaris.

Mailinglist

If you want to join our mailing list, contact the organizers.

Organizers

Bern

Elia Bubani (elia.bubani[at]unibe.ch)

Fribourg

Damaris Meier (damaris.meier[at]unifr.ch)