The mathematician Tai-Danae Bradley is using category theory to try to understand both human and AI-generated language. It’s a nicely set up Q&A, with questions like “What’s something category theory ...

Preference will be given to candidates working in number theory or a related area, but those working in other areas of mathematics will definitely also be considered. The closing date for applications ...

With the stock market crash and the big protests across the US, I’m finally feeling a trace of optimism that Trump’s stranglehold on the nation will weaken. Just a trace. I still need to self-medicate ...

Apr 15, 2025 Feature on Tai-Danae Bradley’s work on categorical linguistics.

Apr 17, 2011 There’s a conference on Quantum Theory and Gravitation at the ETH in Zurich, June 14–24, 2011.

Earlier this month the Mathematics Institute at Uppsala University hosted a conference called Categorification in Algebra and Topology, clearly a theme close to our collective heart. As yet there are ...

Oct 14, 2019 We’re having a workshop on diversity in math on Friday 8 November 2019 at U. C. Riverside, right before the applied category theory meeting that weekend. Connes on Spectral Geometry of ...

Apr 9, 2020 This biweekly online colloquium features geometers and physicists presenting current research on a wide range of topics in the interface of the two fields.

This is a bit of a shaggy dog story, but I think it’s fun. There’s also a moral about the nature of mathematical research. Once I was interested in the McGee graph, nicely animated here by Mamouka ...