{"id":19,"date":"2023-12-25T22:06:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-11-23T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T06:34:14","slug":"seminar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recordings of the talks are available upon request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025\/2026<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2026\/02\/10\/tba-by-a-alexeev\/\">TBA, by A. Alexeev<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">20 Apr 2026, 14:00 CET. Talk by Anton Alexeev. Abstract: TBA.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2026\/02\/10\/tba-by-j-fine\/\">Symplectic Calabi-Yau manifolds, examples, questions and applications, by J. Fine<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">19 Mar 2026, 14:00 CET. Talk by Joel Fine. Abstract: In the first half of the talk I will\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2026\/02\/10\/tba-by-j-fine\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Symplectic Calabi-Yau manifolds, examples, questions and applications, by J. Fine<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2026\/02\/05\/tba-by-a-witte\/\">Self-crossing stable generalized complex structures, by A. Witte<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">19 Feb 2026, 14:00 CET. Talk by Aldo Witte. Abstract: The first example of a manifold which admits a\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2026\/02\/05\/tba-by-a-witte\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Self-crossing stable generalized complex structures, by A. Witte<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2026\/01\/26\/moduli-spaces-of-spacefilling-branes-in-symplectic-4-manifolds-by-m-zambon\/\">Moduli spaces of spacefilling branes in symplectic 4-manifolds, by M. Zambon<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">29 Jan 2026, 14:00 CET. Talk by Marco Zambon. Abstract: On a symplectic manifold (M, \u03c9), a spacefilling brane\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2026\/01\/26\/moduli-spaces-of-spacefilling-branes-in-symplectic-4-manifolds-by-m-zambon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Moduli spaces of spacefilling branes in symplectic 4-manifolds, by M. Zambon<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/11\/30\/tba-by-c-arias-abad\/\">Gugenheim\u2019s A-infinity de Rham theorem and higher holonomies, by C. Arias-Abad<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">17 Dec 2025, 14:00 CET. Talk by Camilo Arias-Abad. Abstract: The de-Rham map, that takes a differential form to\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/11\/30\/tba-by-c-arias-abad\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Gugenheim\u2019s A-infinity de Rham theorem and higher holonomies, by C. Arias-Abad<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/11\/29\/tba-by-h-bursztyn\/\">A brief introduction to deformation quantization, by H. Bursztyn<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">11 Dec 2025, 15:00 CET. Talk by Henrique Bursztyn. Abstract:\u00a0This (informal) talk will introduce and discuss some aspects of\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/11\/29\/tba-by-h-bursztyn\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A brief introduction to deformation quantization, by H. Bursztyn<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024\/2025<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/05\/09\/dirac-products-and-concurring-dirac-structures-by-d-martinez-torres\/\">Dirac products and concurring Dirac structures, by D. Mart\u00ednez Torres<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">20 May 2025, 14:00 CET. Talk by David Mart\u00ednez Torres. Abstract: We discuss two dual canonical operations on Dirac\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/05\/09\/dirac-products-and-concurring-dirac-structures-by-d-martinez-torres\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Dirac products and concurring Dirac structures, by D. Mart\u00ednez Torres<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/03\/20\/tba-by-c-kirchhoff-lukat\/\">The Fukaya category of a log symplectic surface, by C. Kirchhoff-Lukat<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">25 Mar 2025, 14:00 CET. Talk by Charlotte Kirchhoff-Lukat. Abstract: Floer theory and Fukaya categories constitute powerful invariants of\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/03\/20\/tba-by-c-kirchhoff-lukat\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The Fukaya category of a log symplectic surface, by C. Kirchhoff-Lukat<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/01\/18\/tba-by-m-dunajski\/\">Projective to Einstein Correspondence, by M. Dunajski<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">11 Mar 2025, 15:00 CET (note the unusual time). Talk by Maciej Dunajski. Abstract: I shall review various ways\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2025\/01\/18\/tba-by-m-dunajski\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Projective to Einstein Correspondence, by M. Dunajski<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/11\/21\/tba-by-a-del-pino\/\">What is the h-principle and how may it be relevant to generalized geometry?, by \u00c1. del Pino<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">17 Dec 2024. 14:00 CET. Talk by \u00c1lvaro del Pino. Abstract: The h-principle is the subfield of Differential Topology\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/11\/21\/tba-by-a-del-pino\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: What is the h-principle and how may it be relevant to generalized geometry?, by \u00c1. del Pino<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/10\/29\/graded-geometry-by-r-mehta\/\">Graded geometry and generalized geometry, by R. Mehta<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">19 Nov 2024, 14:30 CET (note the time change). Talk by Rajan Mehta. Abstract: I&#8217;ll give an overview of\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/10\/29\/graded-geometry-by-r-mehta\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Graded geometry and generalized geometry, by R. Mehta<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/10\/10\/25-years-since-the-letters-to-weinstein-by-p-severa\/\">25 years since the letters to Weinstein, by P. \u0160evera<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">22 Oct 2024, 14:00 CET. Talk by Pavol \u0160evera. Abstract: I will talk about the original motivations and dreams\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/10\/10\/25-years-since-the-letters-to-weinstein-by-p-severa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: 25 years since the letters to Weinstein, by P. \u0160evera<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023\/2024<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/07\/04\/tba-about-l_infinity-algebras-by-k-singh\/\">Some aspects of L-infinity algebras in geometry, by K. Singh<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">18 Jul 2024, 11:00 CET. Talk by Karandeep Singh. Abstract: L-infinity algebras were introduced by Lada and Stasheff in\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/07\/04\/tba-about-l_infinity-algebras-by-k-singh\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Some aspects of L-infinity algebras in geometry, by K. Singh<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/05\/22\/tba-by-a-lewis\/\">Geodesic invariance and the symmetric product: mechanics, control theory, and geometry, by A. Lewis<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">18 Jun 2024 (Tuesday). 14:00 CET. Talk by A. Lewis. Note the unusual day and time. Abstract: The property\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/05\/22\/tba-by-a-lewis\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Geodesic invariance and the symmetric product: mechanics, control theory, and geometry, by A. Lewis<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/03\/16\/generalized-connections-spinors-and-integrability-of-generalized-structures-on-courant-algebroids-by-v-cortes\/\">Generalized connections, spinors, and integrability of generalized structures on Courant algebroids, by V. Cort\u00e9s<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">8 May 2024 (Wednesday), 12:30 CET. Talk by V. Cort\u00e9s. Note the unusual day and time. Abstract: I will\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/03\/16\/generalized-connections-spinors-and-integrability-of-generalized-structures-on-courant-algebroids-by-v-cortes\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Generalized connections, spinors, and integrability of generalized structures on Courant algebroids, by V. Cort\u00e9s<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/03\/14\/talk-on-torsion-and-skew-symmetric-torsion-by-i-agricola\/\">What is\u2026 the torsion of a connection? And why we should care, by I. Agricola<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">11 Apr 2024, 11h CET. Talk by I. Agricola. Abstract: Following the seminal work of Elie Cartan, I will\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/03\/14\/talk-on-torsion-and-skew-symmetric-torsion-by-i-agricola\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: What is\u2026 the torsion of a connection? And why we should care, by I. Agricola<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/02\/26\/holomorphic-divergences-by-m-garcia-fernandez\/\">Holomorphic divergences, by M. Garc\u00eda-Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">21 Mar 2024, 11h CET. Talk by M. Garc\u00eda-Fern\u00e1ndez. Abstract: A smooth divergence on a Courant algebroid E is\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/02\/26\/holomorphic-divergences-by-m-garcia-fernandez\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Holomorphic divergences, by M. Garc\u00eda-Fern\u00e1ndez<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/02\/26\/courant-cohomology-cartan-calculus-connections-curvature-characteristic-classes-by-m-cueca\/\">Courant cohomology, Cartan calculus, connections, curvature, characteristic classes, by M. Cueca<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">7 Mar 2024, 11h CET. Talk by M. Cueca. Abstract: It is known that Courant algebroids are in correspondence\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/02\/26\/courant-cohomology-cartan-calculus-connections-curvature-characteristic-classes-by-m-cueca\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Courant cohomology, Cartan calculus, connections, curvature, characteristic classes, by M. Cueca<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/02\/22\/riemannian-geometry-on-courant-algebroids-by-f-moucka\/\">Riemannian geometry on Courant algebroids, by F. Mou\u010dka<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">29 Feb 2024, 11h CET. Talk by Filip Mou\u010dka. Abstract: We introduce analogues of well known concepts from Riemannian\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/02\/22\/riemannian-geometry-on-courant-algebroids-by-f-moucka\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Riemannian geometry on Courant algebroids, by F. Mou\u010dka<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/01\/24\/an-introduction-to-generalized-geometry\/\">An introduction to generalized geometry, by R. Rubio<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">1 Feb 2024, 11h CET. Talk by Roberto Rubio. Abstract: We give an introduction to generalized geometry having in\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2024\/01\/24\/an-introduction-to-generalized-geometry\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llegiu-ne m\u00e9s<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: An introduction to generalized geometry, by R. Rubio<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022\/2023 (pre-GENTLE student seminar)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2023\/03\/21\/skew-symmetry-in-generalized-geometry-ii-by-f-moucka\/\">Skew-symmetry in generalized geometry II, by F. Mou\u010dka<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2023\/03\/07\/skew-symmetry-in-generalized-geometry-i-by-f-moucka\/\">Skew-symmetry in generalized geometry I, by F. Mou\u010dka<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2023\/02\/14\/the-space-of-dirac-structures-and-the-complement-problem-by-t-ariel\/\">The space of Dirac structures and the complement problem, by T. Ariel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2022\/12\/19\/connections-and-holonomy-ii-by-j-pedregal\/\">Connections and holonomy II, by J. Pedregal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mat.uab.cat\/web\/gentle\/2022\/11\/15\/connection-and-holonomy-i-by-j-pedregal\/\">Connections and holonomy, by J. Pedregal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-39412042 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:16px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\">Would you like to join our seminar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">(The form to sign up has been malfunctioning, if you have not received any announcements, please follow the new instructions.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Simply send an email to:<br> r o b e r t o D O T r u b i o A T u a b D O T c a t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-956398cd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-5cee9cb3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recordings of the talks are available upon request. 2025\/2026 2024\/2025 2023\/2024 2022\/2023 (pre-GENTLE student seminar) Would you like to join our seminar? 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