2026 CMS Winter Meeting
Montreal, Dec 11 - 14, 2026
Scientific Sessions
Education Sessions are listed at bottom of page.
Please note that all times are displayed in Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Algebraic combinatorics: longstanding questions in symmetric functions  | |
| Org: Houcine Ben Dali (Harvard University), Angele Foley (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Alejandro Morales (Université de Québec à Montréal) | |
| The enumerative side of algebraic combinatorics has long focused on various symmetric functions and the interplay between them. For example, a key research question has been to characterize properties of the coefficients that result when transforming from one basis to another. In this session we focus on some fundamental symmetric function questions, with a particular focus on recent advances on longstanding open problems such as conjectures on Jack polynomials (b-conjecture, matching Jack conjecture, and Stanley’s conjecture on Littlewood-Richardson coefficients), positivity conjectures of chromatic symmetric functions, and Delta conjectures from diagonal harmonics. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Mohammad Bardestani (John Abott College) | |
| Houcine Ben Dali (Harvard) | |
| François Bergeron (UQAM) | |
| Hong Chen (UCLA) | |
| Patty Commins (UQAM) | |
| Lucas Gagnon (USC) | |
| Megumi Harada (McMaster), Dimensions of type $A$ Hessenberg varieties over a fixed sheet | |
| John Lentfer (UCSD) | |
| Jinting Liang (UBC) | |
| Olya Mandelshtam (Waterloo) | |
| Rosa Orellana (Dartmouth) | |
| Stephan Pfannerer (Waterloo) | |
| Sophie Rehberg (UQAM) | |
| Marino Romero (Mankato) | |
| Kartik Singh (Waterloo) | |
| Vasu Tewari (University of Toronto Mississauga) | |
| Michelle Wachs (Miami) | |
| Dora Woodruff (MIT) | |
| Algebraic, birational, arithmetic and Kahler geometry: Recent developments | |
| Org: Nathan Grieve (National Taiwan University / Carleton U. / UQAM) and Steven Lu (UQAM) | |
| The proposed session has intent to bring together researchers from across Canada who are working in the broad areas of algebraic, birational, arithmetic and Kahler geometry. Emphasis will be placed on providing opportunities for junior participants and especially the graduate students of established researchers. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Jason Bell (University of Waterloo), Grand Opera A | |
| Nils Bruin (Simon Fraser University), (2,2,2) - Isogeny Descent on Jacobians of Plane Quartics, Grand Opera A | |
| Michael Chitayat (University of Padova), Grand Opera A | |
| Michael Groechenig (University of Toronto), Grand Opera A | |
| Katrina Honigs (Simon Fraser University), Grand Opera A | |
| Joel Kamnitzer (McGill University), Grand Opera A | |
| Peter McDonald (Simon Fraser University), Grand Opera A | |
| Negarin Mohammadi (Simon Fraser University), Grand Opera A | |
| Danny Ofek (University of British Columbia), Recent progress toward computing the essential dimension of semisimple groups, Grand Opera A | |
| Zinovy Reichstein (University of British Columbia), On the Cremona dimension of a finite p-group, Grand Opera A | |
| Matthew Satriano (University of Waterloo), Crepant resolutions of log-terminal singularities and non-negativity of stringy Hodge numbers, Grand Opera A | |
| Amal Vayalinkal (University of Toronto), Grand Opera A | |
| Xia Xiao (University of Quebec at Montreal), Grand Opera A | |
| Yulun Xu (University of Toronto), Regularization and H\"older continuity for complex Hessian equations on Hermitian manifolds, Grand Opera A | |
| Yukai Zhang (University of Toronto), Grand Opera A | |
| Boris Zupancic (McGill University), Reduction of Singularities in Poisson Geometry via Weighted Blowups, Grand Opera A | |
| Analytic and Combinatorial Aspects in Convex and Discrete Geometry | |
| Org: Károly Bezdek (University of Calgary, Canada), Fodor Ferenc (University of Szeged, Hungary and University of Calgary, Canada) and Alina Stacu (Concordia University, Canada) | |
| This session will bring together researchers working in convex and discrete geometry from analytic and combinatorial perspectives, with emphasis on recent breakthroughs, geometric inequalities, packings and coverings, and applications to analysis and quantum information theory. It will be preceded by a CRM workshop featuring mini-courses and introductory lectures to prepare graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and other early-career participants for the 2026 CMS Winter Meeting. Session speakers are encouraged to participate in the workshop, fostering interaction, mentoring, and collaboration across career stages. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Maria Alfonseca (North Dakota State Univesity) | |
| Gergely Ambrus (University of Szeged, Hungary) | |
| Karoly Bezdek (University of Calgary) | |
| Károly J. Böröczky (Alfréd Rényi Mathematical Research Institute, Hungary) | |
| Dmitry Faifman (University of Montreal) | |
| Ferenc Fodor (University of Szeged, Hungary) | |
| Kyle Fridberg (Cornell University) | |
| Balázs Grünfelder (University of Szeged, Hungary) | |
| Julián Haddad (University of Seville, Spain) | |
| Pavlos Kalantzopoulos (University of Waterloo) | |
| Bernardo González Merino (University of Murcia, Spain) | |
| Stephanie Mui (GeorgiaTech) | |
| Serhii Myroshnychenko (University of the Fraser Valley) | |
| Brandon Oliva (Case Western Reserve University, USA) | |
| Lei Qin (CRM Montreal) | |
| Adam Sagmeister (University of Szeged, Hungary) | |
| Ethan Saunders (University of Calgary) | |
| Egon Schulte (Northeastern University) | |
| Viktor Vígh (University of Szeged, Hungary) | |
| Shira Zerbib (Iowa State University) | |
| Applied and Computational Algebraic Geometry | |
| Org: Taylor Brysiewicz (University of Western Ontario), Greg Smith (Queen's University) and Maksym Zubkov (University of British Columbia) | |
| Polynomial systems are ubiquitous in mathematics, science, and engineering, making algebraic geometry a natural framework for studying their solution sets. This session will showcase recent developments in applied and computational algebraic geometry, ranging from the development of polynomial models for applications to symbolic and numerical methods for solving such systems. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Hirotachi Abo (University of Idaho) | |
| Kevin Dao (University of Wisconsin–Madison) | |
| David Johnson (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Elana Kalashnikov (University of Waterloo) | |
| Ilias Kotsireas (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Jake, Levinson (Université de Montréal) | |
| Qixia Luo (University of British Columbia) | |
| Brent Pym (McGill University) | |
| Álvaro Ribot (Harvard University) | |
| Matt Satriano (University of Waterloo) | |
| Emma Schmidt (University of Notre Dame) | |
| Matija Tomic (University of British Columbia) | |
| Around harmonic analysis: applications to number theory, geometric measure theory, PDE, and more | |
| Org: Suresh Eswarathasan (Dalhousie University) and Chamsol Park (University of Rochester) | |
| This session will be focused on the recent interplay of harmonic analysis with a variety of fields. Lectures will address, but are certainly not necessarily limited to, problems related to the Kakeya conjecture, local smoothing, eigenfunctions on compact manifolds, and prime counting. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Dmitry Jakobson (McGill University) | |
| Kaining Jia (UBC) | |
| Dimitris Kokoulopoulos (University of Montréal) | |
| Juyoung Lee (UBC) | |
| Caleb Marshall (University of Toronto) | |
| Emily Quesada-Herrera (University of Lethbridge) | |
| John Toth (McGill University) | |
| Amir Vig (University of Toronto) | |
| Alexia Yavicoli (UBC) | |
| Zhichun Zhai (MacEwan University) | |
| Association schemes and applications | |
| Org: Roghayeh Maleki (University of Regina) and Sarobidy Razafimahatratra (University of Lethbridge) | |
| The study of association schemes and their applications has been a highly active area of research for the past 30 years. This session aims to bring together experts as well as early-career researchers working on these topics. The focus will include recent advances in association schemes, Terwilliger algebras, distance-regular graphs, bivariate $P$- and $Q$-polynomial association schemes, coding theory, and design theory. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Robert Bailey (Memorial University of Newfoundland) | |
| Pierre-Antoine Bernard (University of Toronto) | |
| Douglas Farenick (University of Regina) | |
| Christopher French (Grinnell College) | |
| Allen Herman (University of Regina), On the second largest eigenvalue of certain graphs in the perfect matching association scheme | |
| Shuxing Li (University of Delaware) | |
| Roghayeh Maleki (University of Regina) | |
| Adebola Omotoye (University of Regina), On the Inclusion of the Terwilliger Algebra in the Centralizer Algebra of an Association Scheme | |
| Sarobidy Razafimahatratra (University of Lethbridge), The group association scheme of the Möbius group | |
| Alyssa Sankey (University of New Brunswick) | |
| Blake Shirman (York University) | |
| Paul Terwilliger (University of Wisconsin-Madison) | |
| Luc Vinet (Université de Montréal) | |
| Combinatorial Design Theory | |
| Org: Andrea Burgess (University of New Brunswick Saint John) and Shuxing Li (University of Delaware) | |
| Combinatorial design theory explores how simple local balance conditions can give rise to remarkably rich global structure—turning elementary arrangements of finite sets into objects of deep mathematical interest. Over the past decades, the field has grown into a vibrant cornerstone of discrete mathematics, with far-reaching connections to graph theory, finite geometry, coding theory, and cryptography. The talks in this session showcase some of the most exciting recent developments in the area, offering a glimpse into the breadth, depth, and continuing vitality of modern design theory. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Josephine Brooks (University of Ottawa) | |
| Amanda Chafee (Carleton University) | |
| Peter Danziger (Toronto Metropolitan University) | |
| Sean Hazen (University of Delaware) | |
| Alice Man Wa Hui (Clemson University) | |
| Mary Rose Jerade (University of Ottawa) | |
| Laura Johnson (University of Bristol) | |
| William Kellough (Memorial University of Newfoundland) | |
| Tara Kemp (University of Queensland) | |
| Donald Kreher (Michigan Technological University) | |
| Esther Lamken (Retired, no affiliation) | |
| Shuxing Li (University of Delaware) | |
| Bushra Raja (Toronto Metropolitan University) | |
| Mateja Šajna (University of Ottawa) | |
| Kianoosh Shokri (University of Ottawa) | |
| Brett Stevens (Carleton University) | |
| Douglas Stinson (University of Waterloo / Carleton University) | |
| Commutative Algebra | |
| Org: Giulia Gaggero, Lisa Seccia and Adam Van Tuyl (McMaster University) | |
| This special session is devoted to commutative algebra. Not only does commutative algebra contribute to the algebraic side of algebraic geometry, commutative algebra has connections to areas such as combinatorics, approximation theory, algebraic statistics, coding theory, and physics, among others. There is much collaboration going on between Canadian mathematicians and colleagues around the world on this topic, making such a session a great opportunity for the exchange of ideas. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Kieran Bhaskara (McMaster University) | |
| Michael Burr (Clemson University) | |
| Enrico Carlini (Politecnico di Torino) | |
| Susan Cooper (University of Manitoba) | |
| Selvi Kara (Bryn Mawr College) | |
| Graham Keiper (University of Catania) | |
| Brett Nasserden (McMaster University) | |
| Naveen Ragunathan (McMaster University) | |
| Rebecca RG (George Mason University) | |
| Sara Stephens (Cornell University) | |
| Olivia Strahan (University of New Mexico) | |
| Kesavan Mohana Sundaram (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) | |
| Vasu Tewari (University of Toronto) | |
| Computational Number Theory and Number Theory from Computations | |
| Org: Adela Gherga (The Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing), Renate Scheidler (The University of Calgary) and Colin Weir (The Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing) | |
| This session highlights number theoretic computational work, as well as the theory borne from such computations. Examples of such work include developing and improving algorithms, creating or contributing to tables and databases, computing examples or counter-examples, and discovering new insights from these contributions, which in turn motivate new computational tools, experiments, and innovations. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Sarah Arpin (Virginia Tech), Quaternion orders and supersingular elliptic curve isogeny graphs | |
| Amir Abbas Asgari (University of Waterloo), Computer Generation of Explicit Formulas for Hyperelliptic Curve Divisor Arithmetic | |
| Omer Avci (University of Ottawa) | |
| Nils Bruin (Simon Fraser University), Explicit Brauer-Manin obstructions on plane quartics | |
| Shiva Chidambaram (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Abelian varieties with imaginary multiplication | |
| Juan Pablo Llerena Cordova (University of Ottawa) | |
| Alex Cowan (University of Waterloo) | |
| Taylor Dupuy (University of Vermont), Isogeny Graphs of Ordinary Abelian Varieties | |
| Andrew Fiori (Lethbridge University) | |
| Aiden Hennessey (Dartmouth College) | |
| Colin Jackson (University of Colorado), Parameterized families of ideal classes arising from rational points on elliptic curves | |
| Matilde Lalín (Université de Montréal), Beyond the unique pair: computations with rational triangles of equal perimeter and area | |
| Antoine Leudière (University of Calgary), The dark side of the characteristic: Drinfeld modules | |
| James Rickards (Saint Mary's University), Snakes on a plane: a general framework for circle packings | |
| Berend Ringeling (Université de Montréal), Learning the arithmetic of Boyd’s Mahler measure conjectures | |
| David Roe (MIT) | |
| Michael Rubinstein (University of Waterloo) | |
| Christelle Vincent (University of Vermont), The Gross lattice of a supersingular elliptic curve | |
| Descriptive Set Theory | |
| Org: Marcin Sabok (McGill University) and Assaf Shani (Concordia University) | |
| Descriptive set theory is concerned with the study of definable sets in Polish spaces. The techniques and results of the field found numerous applications and current research in descriptive set theory is intimately connected with many fields of mathematics, including mathematical logic, combinatorics, dynamical systems, topology, and geometric group theory. | |
| Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics | |
| Org: Eric Bahuaud (Seattle University) and Frédéric Rochon (UQÀM) | |
| Our understanding of the physical world has always drawn deeply on geometric methods, as highlighted for example in Einstein's theories of gravitation. The study of Ricci flat manifolds, which are special solutions of Einstein's equations, and other related curvature equations are still the subject of intense research. This scientific session will provide a forum for experts working on the overlap of differential geometry and mathematical physics to present their work and exchange ideas. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Aram Alyousef (University of Alberta), Symphonie 4B | |
| Abdou Oussama Benabida (UBC), Symphonie 4B | |
| Facundo Camano (Waterloo), Symphonie 4B | |
| Benjamin Friedman (UQÀM), Symphonie 4B | |
| Christine Guenther (Pacific University), Symphonie 4B | |
| Robert Harris (UQÀM), Symphonie 4B | |
| Chris Kottke (Reed College), Symphonie 4B | |
| Hari Kunduri (McMaster University), Symphonie 4B | |
| Kuan-Hui Lee (McGill), Symphonie 4B | |
| Maxence Mayrand (University of Sherbrooke), Symphonie 4B | |
| Ruxandra Moraru (University of Waterloo), Symphonie 4B | |
| Tristan Ozuch (MIT), Symphonie 4B | |
| Eric Woolgar (University of Alberta), Spacetime conformal boundary causal rigidity, Symphonie 4B | |
| Xuwen Zhu (Northeastern University), Symphonie 4B | |
| Discrete-Time Processes on Graphs | |
| Org: Nancy E. Clarke (Acadia University), Alexander Clow (Simon Fraser University) and Erin Meger (Queens University) | |
| Discrete-time graph processes study how information, agents, and states evolve on graphs through discrete steps. This session features recent results in graph searching and pursuit-evasion, information diffusion, zero forcing, graph burning, and related applications. By bringing together researchers from structural, algebraic, and applied graph theory, the session highlights connections across applications. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Caelan Atamanchuk (McGill University) | |
| Caelan Atamanchuk (McGill University) | |
| Andrea Burgess (University of New Brunswick) | |
| Mackenzie Carr (Toronto Metropolitan University) | |
| Nancy Clarke (Acadia University) | |
| Alexander Clow (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Julien Codsi (Princeton University) | |
| William Kellough (Memorial University) | |
| Erin Meger (Queen's University) | |
| Pawel Pralat (Toronto Metropolitan University) | |
| Ben Seamone (Universite de Montreal) | |
| Dynamics and Symmetry | |
| Org: Archishman Saha (University of Michigan) and Cristina Stoica (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| The aim of this session is to bring together researchers working in systems where symmetry is present. The scope includes both finite- and infinite-dimensional systems, such as ODEs, PDEs and non-local models. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to, bifurcations and stability, control, geometric and symmetry-preserving numerical methods and pattern formation. We welcome contributions involving applications to engineering systems, astrodynamics, coupled media (for example, fluid-elastic systems), fluid dynamics, plasma models, and other dynamical systems models displaying symmetry in the equations or analysis. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Stephen Anco (Brock University) | |
| Lennard Bakker (Brigham Young University) | |
| Carlos R. Barrera-Anzaldo (ITAM (Mexico)) | |
| Connor Jackman (ITAM (Mexico)) | |
| Giusy Mazzone (Queen's University) | |
| Philip Morrison (Univ of Texas at Austin) | |
| Dan Offin (Queen's University) | |
| Archishman Saha (University of Michigan) | |
| Nicola Sansonetto (University of Verona, Italy) | |
| Manuele Santoprete (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Tanya Schmah (University of Ottawa) | |
| Early-Career Researchers in Graph Theory | |
| Org: Kathie Cameron (Wilfrid Laurier University), Cicely Henderson (University of Waterloo) and Taite LaGrange (University of Waterloo) | |
| Featuring talks from early-career graph theorists, including Master’s students, PhD students, recent graduates, and post-docs, this session will highlight developments from new talent in the field of graph theory. The talks will cover recent advancements in structural, algorithmic, and extremal graph theory from these up-and-coming researchers. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Alexander Clow (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Julien Codsi (Princeton) | |
| Xinyue Fan (University of Waterloo) | |
| Cicely Henderson (University of Waterloo) | |
| Lora Hreish (University of Toronto) | |
| Sean Kim (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Seokbeom Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)) | |
| Taite LaGrange (University of Waterloo) | |
| Kyne Santos (Toronto Metropolitan University) | |
| Agnes Totschnig (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | |
| Eigenvalues and graphs | |
| Org: Karen Meagher and Hermie Monterde (University of Regina) | |
| Many modern results in graph theory arise from considering the eigenvalues of a matrix associated to a graph. The goal of this session is to gather researchers working on different aspects of graphs and their eigenvalues to discuss their recent progress and open problems. This session will focus on graph eigenvalues in relation to graph structure, quantum walks, association schemes, Cayley graphs, and the Inverse Eigenvalue Problem for Graphs. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Ludovick Bouthat (University of Delaware and University of Regina) | |
| Steve Butler (Iowa State University) | |
| Homer De Vera (University of Manitoba) | |
| Jaime Garza (University of Ottawa) | |
| Chris Godsil (University of Waterloo) | |
| Krystal Guo (University of Amsterdam) | |
| Max Levit (York University) | |
| Karen Meagher (University of Regina) | |
| Hermie Monterde (University of Regina) | |
| Calvin Morier (York University) | |
| Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Raghu Pantangi | |
| Johnna Parenteau (University of Regina) | |
| Sarobidy Razafimahatratra (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Alireza Talebpour (University of Regina) | |
| Harmony Zhan (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) | |
| Functional and Geometric Inequalities | |
| Org: Ryan Gibara and Mohammadreza Mohajer (Cape Breton University) | |
| This session will bring together researchers, both junior and senior, who study inequalities that are of a functional nature, relating to operators acting on function spaces, and/or a geometric in nature, relating to classes of sets with underlying structure. Of particular interest will be inequalities that arise in connection to harmonic analysis, PDE, and convexity; various settings will be considered, from Euclidean domains to the $p$-adic numbers, from manifolds to metric measure spaces. The hope is that a mix of specialities of mathematicians, all of whom study inequalities, will foster the fruitful exchange of ideas and possible cross-field collaborations. | |
| Geometric group theory | |
| Org: Katherine Goldman, Jean Pierre Mutanguha and Piotr Przytycki (McGill University) | |
| Geometric group theory marries low-dimensional topology with the theory of groups, geometry, and dynamics. The session will have a mix of 20- and 50-min talks providing a snapshot of recent achievements in the field. | |
| Geometric Problems in PDEs | |
| Org: Lia Bronsard and Kenneth DeMason (McMaster University) | |
| This session brings together leading researchers and emerging scholars to present recent advances in partial differential equations arising from geometric problems. Topics include, but are not limited to, minimal surfaces, geometric measure theory, isoperimetric problems, liquid drop models, and harmonic maps on manifolds. Emphasis will be placed on new analytical techniques, qualitative properties of solutions, and connections between geometric structure and PDE behavior. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Almut Burchard (University of Toronto) | |
| Rustum Choksi (McGill University) | |
| Kenneth DeMason (McMaster University) | |
| Nick Edelen (University of Notre Dame) | |
| Ailana Fraser (University of British Columbia) | |
| Tiziana Giorgi (The Univesity of Alabama) | |
| Colin Grant (McMaster, MSc student) | |
| Pengfei Guan (McGill University), An inverse-curvature-type hypersurface flow in space forms | |
| Fang Hong (McGill University) | |
| Luana Jost (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse) | |
| Siyuan Lu (McMaster University), Recent progress on Hessian quotient equations | |
| Guanying Peng (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) | |
| Rémy Rodiac (Université Côte d'Azur) | |
| Regina Rotman (University of Toronto) | |
| Alina Stancu (Concordia University) | |
| Dominik Stantejsky (Institut Élie Cartan de Lorraine IECL) | |
| Hunter Stufflebeam (Johns Hopkins University) | |
| Ihsan Topaloglu (Virginia Commonwealth University) | |
| Chong Wang (Washington and Lee University) | |
| Harmonic Analysis and Geometric Measure Theory | |
| Org: Juyoung Lee, Nikou Lei and Blanca Radillo--Murguia (University of British Columbia) | |
| This session will highlight recent developments at the interface of harmonic analysis and geometric measure theory, with an emphasis on the fruitful interactions between analytic and geometric methods. Topics will include Fourier restriction and decoupling, Kakeya and maximal functions, oscillatory integral operators, geometric incidence problems, and the Fourier-analytic properties of sets and measures. The session aims to bring together researchers working from diverse perspectives and to foster new interactions between these closely connected areas. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Mengmeng Dou (University of British Columbia), Regularity of multi-parameter Fourier integral operators | |
| Marco Fraccaroli (University of Massachusetts Lowell) | |
| Robert Fraser (Wichita State University) | |
| Kaiwen Jin (University of Wisconsin-Madison) | |
| Joris Roos (University of Massachusetts Lowell) | |
| Hrit Roy (University of Jyväskylä) | |
| Ignacio Uriarte-Tuero (University of Toronto) | |
| Yufei Zhan (University of Pennsylvania) | |
| Higher Category Theory Across Mathematics | |
| Org: Kristine Bauer (University of Calgary) and Martina Rovelli (University of Ottawa) | |
| Higher category theory has become a central framework in modern mathematics, providing powerful tools for studying structures and symmetries that arise in areas such as homotopy theory, algebraic geometry, representation theory, and mathematical physics. This session aims to bring together researchers developing and applying higher-categorical methods, fostering connections across disciplines and highlighting the unifying role of higher category theory in modern mathematical research. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Julie Bergner (University of Virginia) | |
| Rick Blute (University of Ottawa) | |
| Eleftherios Chatzitheodoridis (Virginia Commonwealth University) | |
| Robin Cockett (University of Calgary) | |
| Geoff Cruttwell (Mount Allison University) | |
| Pedro Brunialti Lima de Andrade (University of Virginia) | |
| Arghan Dutta (University of Ottawa) | |
| Martin Frankland (University of Regina) | |
| André Joyal (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Cameron Krulewski (Dalhousie University) | |
| Stefano Luneia (University of Ottawa) | |
| Carlo Maria Scandolo (University of Calgary) | |
| Kai Shaikh (University of Toronto) | |
| Priyaa Srinavasan (Tallinn University of Technology) | |
| Kimball Strong (Cornell University) | |
| Daniel Texeira (Dalhousie University) | |
| David White (Queen’s University) | |
| Inna Zakharevich (Cornell University) | |
| Hypercomplex Analysis: Function Theory, Operator Theory, and Applications | |
| Org: Maria Elena Luna-Elizarrarás (Holon Institute of Technology) and Pierre-Olivier Parisé (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) | |
| Hypercomplex analysis extends classical complex analysis to quaternionic, Clifford, bicomplex, and multicomplex settings, creating new function theories and operator calculi with links to partial differential equations, harmonic analysis, spectral theory, geometry, and mathematical physics. This session will bring together established and early-career researchers to present recent advances in monogenic and slice-hyperholomorphic functions, hypercomplex operator theory and function spaces, and applications of Dirac-type operators. Selected talks will include accessible introductory context so that graduate students and researchers new to the area can participate fully. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Daniel Alpay (Chapman University) | |
| Fabrizio Colombo (Politecnico di Milano) | |
| Marco Antonio Pérez de la Rosa (Universidad de las Américas Puebla) | |
| José Oscar González-Cervantes (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, ESFM) | |
| Pierre-Olivier Parisé (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) | |
| Pierre-Olivier Parisé (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) | |
| Mathematical Frontiers in Quantum Information Theory | |
| Org: Frédéric Dupuis (Université de Montréal), Benjamin Lovitz (Concordia University) and Arthur Mehta (University of Ottawa) | |
| This session will bring together researchers working on the mathematical foundations of quantum information, including entanglement and nonlocality, quantum communication and complexity, operator-algebraic, and geometric methods. The goal is to highlight recent advances, foster interaction across these areas, and make current problems accessible to researchers and graduate students interested in the mathematics of quantum information. | |
| Mathematics of Avian Influenza: Theory, Computation, and Data | |
| Org: Andrew Omame (York University), Assefa Woldegebriel (York University Toronto Canada) and Jianhong Wu (York University) | |
| Avian influenza presents challenging mathematical questions arising from multi-host transmission, environmental persistence, bird migration, spatial spread, and zoonotic spillover. This session will bring together researchers advancing mathematical theory, computational methods, and data-informed approaches - including deterministic and stochastic models, delay and partial differential equations, spatial and network models - to understand avian influenza dynamics across animal, human, and environmental interfaces. We welcome theoretical, computational, and interdisciplinary contributions that advance disease understanding, surveillance, forecasting, and control within a One Health and public health context. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Sayeda Irin Akter (York University), Modelling the effect of social distancing on spreading and controlling infectious disease with Point Pattern Process | |
| Nicola Luigi Bragazzi (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany) | |
| David Dick (Public Health Agency of Canada) | |
| Valerie Hongoh (Public Health Agency of Canada) | |
| Lahcen Laayouni (Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco) | |
| Michael Y. Li (University of Alberta) | |
| Junling Ma (University of Victoria) | |
| Andrew Omame (York University), Delay-driven oscillatory dynamics in an avian influenza model with dose-dependent environmental transmission | |
| Nathaniel Osgood (University of Saskatchewan) | |
| Congjie Shi (York University) | |
| Manting Wang (University of Montreal), From Wild-Bird Mortality to Poultry Farm Introductions: HPAI Spillover in Ontario, Canada | |
| Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima (York University) | |
| Mathematics of Machine Learning | |
| Org: Simone Brugiapaglia (Concordia) and Tim Hoheisel (McGill) | |
| Machine learning is transforming research, industry, and policymaking, but many of its mathematical foundations remain poorly understood. Despite the success of methods such as deep learning, challenges related to interpretability, stability, and the theoretical understanding of optimization algorithms highlight important gaps between theory and practice. This session aims to bring together experts in the mathematics of machine learning to discuss these challenges, foster collaboration, and explore emerging ideas in this rapidly evolving field. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Nicholas Barnfield (Harvard) | |
| Mehdi Dagdoug (McGill), Agnostic Model-Assisted Estimation in Finite Population Sampling | |
| Ariel Goodwin (Cornell), Minimum enclosing ball algorithms in geodesic spaces | |
| Marouane Il Idrissi (UQAM) | |
| Sophie Morin (Polytechnique Montréal) | |
| Rachel Morris (Concordia) | |
| Janosch Ortmann (UQAM) | |
| Stefania Petra (Heidelberg) | |
| Gabriel Rioux (Imperial) | |
| Min Wang (Houston) | |
| Xuemeng Wang (Simon Fraser) | |
| Laura Weidensager (Simon Fraser) | |
| Andre Wibisono (Yale) | |
| Nonlinear and Geometric PDEs | |
| Org: Joshua Flynn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Jérôme Vétois (McGill University) | |
| The session will focus on current developments in the study of nonlinear partial differential equations, and more particularly on equations arising from geometric problems. The session will cover topics such as, but not limited to, conformal and complex geometry, Yamabe and conformally invariant equations, optimal geometric functional inequalities, and applications to mathematical physics and relativity. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Lorenzo Carletti (University of Oxford) | |
| Donatella Danielli (Arizona State University) | |
| Nguyen Lam (Memorial University of Newfoundland) | |
| Galen Novello (University of New Mexico) | |
| Raquel Perales (Centro de Investigación en Mátematicas, Guanaujato) | |
| Jie Qing (University of California Santa Cruz) | |
| Jacob Reznikov (Massachussets Institute of Technology) | |
| Dimiter Vassilev (University of New Mexico) | |
| Samuel Zeitler (Carnegie Mellon University) | |
| Nonlinear Waves and Dispersive PDEs: Recent Advances in Theory and Computations | |
| Org: Yvonne Alama Bronsard (MIT) and Maria Ntekoume (Concordia University) | |
| This scientific session highlights recent theoretical and computational advances in the study of nonlinear wave and dispersive partial differential equations (PDEs). The session will emphasize methods that exploit PDE integrability techniques, wave kinetic theory, and computer assisted proofs. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Marco Bertola (Concordia University) | |
| Yvonne Alama Bronsard (Nantes University) | |
| Matthieu Cadiot (École Polytechnique Paris) | |
| Joel Danhe (University of Minnesota) | |
| Stephen Gustafson (UBC) | |
| Slim Ibrahim (University of Victoria) | |
| Jean-Philippe Lessard (McGill University) | |
| Joe Miller (MIT) | |
| Jean-Christophe Nave (McGill University) | |
| Dmitry Pelinovsky (McMaster University), Nonlinear stability of periodic waves in the Benjamin-Ono equation | |
| Alan Riquier (University of Toronto) | |
| James Rowan (UT Austin) | |
| Catherine Sulem (University of Toronto) | |
| ThierryLaurens (University of Michigan) | |
| Katja Vassilev (University of Chicago) | |
| Peng Yan (Concordia University) | |
| Number theory: past, present and future | |
| Org: Henri Darmon (McGill University), Yu-Ru Liu (University of Waterloo) and Carlo Pagano (Concordia University) | |
| This special session will focus on recent developments in number theory broadly construed, and is envisaged as an addendum to the celebrated QVNTS (Quebec Vermont Number Theory Seminar) as it celebrates its quadracentennial as one of the longest continually running number theory seminars in North America. | |
| Representation Theory | |
| Org: Alistair Savage (University of Ottawa) and Alex Weekes (Université de Sherbrooke) | |
| This session will showcase recent developments across algebraic, geometric, categorical, and combinatorial representation theory. Particular emphasis will be placed on connections among Lie theory and quantum groups, algebraic and Poisson geometry, categorification and diagrammatic methods, and classical and infinite-dimensional representation theory. By bringing together researchers from complementary perspectives, the session aims to foster exchange and highlight emerging directions across the field. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Jon Boretsky (McGill) | |
| Emily Cliff (Université de Sherbrooke) | |
| Patty Commins (UQAM) | |
| Ivan Dimitrov (Queen's University) | |
| Monica Garcia (UQAM) | |
| Nicolle González (University of British Columbia) | |
| Nikita Grygoryev (Perimeter Institute) | |
| Joel Kamnitzer (McGill University) | |
| Niccolo Mattarei (University of Ottawa) | |
| Thomas Moran (University of Ottawa) | |
| Monica Nevins (University of Ottawa) | |
| Theo Pinet (McGill) | |
| Andrew Riesen (M.I.T.) | |
| Homa Roudini (University of Ottawa) | |
| Leonid Rybnikov (Université de Montréal) | |
| Hadi Salmasian (University of Ottawa) | |
| Jake S. Zimmermann Simmons (University of Toronto) | |
| Joshua Sussan (CUNY Medgar Evans College) | |
| Aleksandr (Sasha) Trufanov (University of Montreal) | |
| Ben Webster (University of Waterloo) | |
| Meri Zaimi (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) | |
| Kirill Zaynullin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Spectral Geometry | |
| Org: Maxime Fortier Bourque (Université de Montréal), Alexandre Girouard (Université Laval) and Lawford Hatcher (Université de Montréal) | |
| We will focus on recent developments in spectral geometry, interpreted in a broad sense: high energies, geometric inequalities, “hot spots,” discretization, multiplicity of eigenvalues, etc. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Samuel Audet Beaumont (Université Laval) | |
| Thomas Beck (Fordham University) | |
| Jared Bronski (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) | |
| Dmitry Faifman (Université de Montréal) | |
| Josef Greilhuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | |
| Thomas Hélière (Université Laval) | |
| Dmitry Jakobson (McGill University) | |
| Hanna Kim (University of North Carolina) | |
| Richard Laugesen (University of Illinois) | |
| Nilima Nigam (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Kshitij Patil (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Frédéric Rochon (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Egor Shelukhin (Université de Montréal) | |
| David Sher (DePaul University) | |
| Romain Speciel (Stanford University) | |
| Alina Stancu (Concordia University) | |
| John Toth (McGill University) | |
| Denis Vinokurov (Université de Montréal) | |
| Guofang Wei (University of California, Santa Barbara) | |
| Symplectic Geometry with constraints from Algebraic Topology | |
| Org: Tatyana Barron (Western University), Adrian Chitan (Western University) and Lisa Jeffrey (University of Toronto) | |
| Research problems in symplectic geometry often depend critically on topological invariants. An example is the topology of a $G$ character variety, which depends on the choice of an element in $Z(G)$. The topology of symplectic quotients changes if the value of the moment map crosses a wall of singular values of the moment map. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Tom Baird (Memorial) | |
| Anunoy Chakraborty (George Mason) | |
| Adrian Chitan (Western University) | |
| Charles Daly (Max Planck) | |
| Megumi Harada (McMaster), A construction of polyptych lattices via a pair of Gorenstein PL cones | |
| Lisa Jeffrey (University of Toronto Scarborough) | |
| Shuo Liu (University of Maryland) | |
| Cansu Ozdemir (University of Toronto) | |
| Martin Pinsonnault (Western) | |
| Paul Selick (University of Toronto Scarborough) | |
| Jonathan Weitsman (Northeastern), What is Symplectic Geometry? The Weinstein "category" and the dual dg category | |
| Yukai Zhang (University of Toronto) | |
| Theory and Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology | |
| Org: Afroditi Talidou (University of Calgary) | |
| This session will explore recent applications of dynamical systems theory across several areas of biology, including neuroscience, cell biology and biochemical reaction networks. It will highlight how mathematical modelling and simulation can be used to capture the dynamics underlying biological systems, providing new insights into complex biological processes. By bringing together early-career and senior researchers from mathematics and physiology, the session aims to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and inspire novel approaches to understanding biological phenomena from a dynamical systems perspective. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Muhammad Ahmad (McGill University) | |
| Christina Athanasouli (Williams College) | |
| Maurice Chacron (McGill University) | |
| Wen Chung (Toronto Metropolitan University) | |
| Nicolas Doyon (Université Laval) | |
| André Rickes (University of Calgary) | |
| Turner Silverthorne (University of Toronto) | |
| Maria Siskaki (UCLA), Dynamical Systems from Day One: Reimagining the First University Math Course for Life Science Majors | |
| Afroditi Talidou (University of Calgary) | |
| Variational Geometry, Critical Hyperbolas, and Elliptic Hamiltonian Systems | |
| Org: Alessio Pomponio (Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy), Vicenţiu Rădulescu (Faculty of Applied Mathematics AGH University of Kraków, Poland and Simion Stoilow Institute of Math) and Leonard Shilgba (Admiralty University of Nigeria) | |
| This session focuses on recent developments in elliptic Hamiltonian systems, variational methods, and nonlinear PDEs, with particular emphasis on critical hyperbolas, concentration phenomena, strong indefiniteness, and variational phase transitions. The session aims to bring together researchers working on elliptic systems, geometric analysis, critical point theory, and nonlocal operators in order to explore emerging directions connecting nonlinear analysis, PDEs, and dynamical systems | |
Education Sessions
| Post-secondary Mathematics and Statistics Education in the genAI Era: Adaptations and Impacts on Teaching and Learning, and Departmental Policies | |
| Org: Chantal Buteau (Brock University), Ami Mamolo (Ontario Tech University), Alejandro Martín-Gonzalez (Université de Montréal) and Kitty Yan (University of Toronto) | |
| For better or worse, the genAI genie is irrevocably out of its bottle, prompting a cascade of questions and challenges across post-secondary education. There have been recent calls for actions from the mathematics, statistics, and education communities, for everyone to engage in conversation for ‘shaping’ the future rather than being shaped by it (e.g., Bozkurt et al., 2024; Leiden Declaration, 2026). This session proposes a platform to engage in such a discussion through reflective, critical reports on initiatives that share experiences, practices, and resources, as well as raise questions and discuss challenges and concerns around the ‘very purpose of mathematical education’. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Jason Bramburger (Concordia University), From Solving Problems to Seeing the Mathematics: AI, Access, and Assessment in Applied Mathematics Teaching | |
| Carmen Bruni (University of Waterloo) | |
| Chantal Buteau and Alejandro Martín-Gonzalez (Brock University and Université de Montréal) | |
| Schinella D’Souza (University of Toronto) | |
| Cody Hyndmann (Concordia University) | |
| Jean-François Maheux (UQAM) | |
| Jérôme Proulx (UQAM & Université de l’Ontario français), Some (naïve) reflections about mathematics in a GenAI era | |
| Cameron Redsell-Montgomerie (Mohawk College) | |
| Alistair Savage (University of Ottawa), From solution generator to learning partner | |
| Teaching the math – practice from the classroom | |
| Org: Mihai Albiou (Lakehead University), Ana Duff (Ontario Tech University) and Kseniya Garaschuk | |
| When covering any topic, including a math one, it is impossible to do everything, to address every aspect of it, and to emphasize everything. We make and balance our choices with each other, our teaching and learning environment, and our students’ and our own needs and capacities. This session is about 1st and 2nd year university math and statistics course instructors sharing approaches they take to teach students intricate and narrowly focused mathematics concepts and procedures in a way that maintains the mathematical rigour of thought but considers pedagogical principles in the choices made. We expect the presenters to bring forth considerations that are challenging in pedagogical sense and the sense of the environment in which mathematical thinking is being taught, including university programs with different emphases on mathematics curriculum. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Sa’diyya Hendrickson (Toronto) | |
| Allysa Lumley (York) | |
| Arthur Qiu (Toronto) | |
| Maria Siskaki (UCLA) | |
| Women teaching unique mathematics | |
| Org: Andie Burazin (University of Toronto Mississauga), Rebecca Carter (Mount Royal University) and Marie MacDonald (Cornell) | |
| We want to celebrate individuals who identify themselves as women that have taught or are teaching unique mathematics. We want these extraordinary women to share their challenges, successes, and what they have learnt so that we can gain a new perspective to incorporate in our own teaching and learning of mathematics. The unique mathematics might be a course that caters to a specific group of students, a non-standard course, or an interesting way to think and learn about mathematics. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Aria Beaupré (Cornell University) | |
| Gizem Karaali (Pomona College) | |
| Sarah Mayes-Tang (University of Toronto) | |
| Nancy Neudauer (Pacific University) | |
| Dorette Pronk (Dalhousie University) | |
| Annie Savard (McGill University) | |
Posters
| AARMS-CMS Student Poster Session | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| William Daniel Stephenson (University of Ottawa), Solutions to the parabolic Anderson model on an open domain | |
| Jinxin Wang (University of Ottawa), A Functional Central Limit Theorem for the KPZ Equation with Narrow Wedge Initial Data | |
Special Session
| Advocacy for Inclusion in Mathematics across Canada | |
| Org: Angela Morrison (University of Calgary), Kyne Santos (Toronto Metropolitan University) and Amy Wiebe (University of British Columbia) | |
| Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are integral to the framework of Canadian higher education. In this session, we gather leading advocates and organizers in the mathematical sciences to discuss the state-of-the-art strategies for supporting and improving inclusion across Canada.
This session is expected to discuss successful EDI initiatives, concrete strategies, and effective approaches towards building diverse and inclusive environments across the Canadian mathematics education landscape. | |
| Schedule to be determined | |
| Rosalie Bélanger-Rioux (McGill) | |
| Mackenzie Carr (Toronto Metropolitan University) | |
| Megan Dewar & Kseniya Garaschuk (Tutte Institute & Canadian Center for Cyber Security) | |
| Clotilde Djuikem (University of Manitoba) | |
| Deirdre Haskel (McMaster University) | |
| Karen Meagher (University of Regina) | |
| Holden Milne (Toronto Metropolitan University) | |
| Deanna Needell (UCLA, PIMS) | |
| Emily Quesada-Herrara (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Olha Silina (University of British Columbia) | |
| Sophie Spirkl (University of Waterloo) | |