var sms = '<div id="sms_bulletin">  <div id="sms_header">  <div class="do_not_print" id="arrow_left"><a href="?next=6"><img src="//www2.math.ethz.ch/smsjs/images/arrow_left.png"/></a></div><div class="do_not_print" id="arrow_right"><a href="?next=8"><img src="//www2.math.ethz.ch/smsjs/images/arrow_right.png"/></a></div>    <div class="sms_title">      <span style="float: left;">SMS</span>      <span>SWISS MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY</span>      <span style="float: right;">SMG</span>    </div>    <div class="sms_info">      <span style="float: left; width: 250px;">Bulletin no. 10</span>      <span style="float: right; text-align:right; width: 250px;">17.11 - 21.11.2025</span>      <span style="text-align: center; display: block; width: 250px; margin: auto; position: relative;">Autumn Semester 2025</span>    </div>  </div>  <div></div>  <div id="sms_content">    <div class="day">      <div class="day_title">        Monday, November 17      </div>      <div class="day_content">        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/fim/activities/nachdiplom-lectures">Nachdiplomvorlesung</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Eugenia Malinnikova (Stanford University)</div><div class="event_title">Carleman estimates, unique continuation, and Landis conjecture</div><div class="event_time">13:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/s/symplectic-geometry-seminar">Symplectic Geometry Seminar</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Adrian Dawid (Cambridge University)</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">15:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_be"><a class="external" href="https://www.unibe.ch">Universität Bern</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://www.math.unibe.ch/research/talks/colloquium/index_eng.html">Mathematisches Kolloquium </a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker">Dr. Chia-Yu Chang (University of Toulouse)</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">17:15 &bull; Universität Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Room B6</div>        </div>      </div>    </div>    <div class="day">      <div class="day_title">        Tuesday, November 18      </div>      <div class="day_content">        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_ba"><a class="external" href="https://unibas.ch">Universität Basel</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://dmi.unibas.ch/de/forschung/mathematik/algebraische-geometrie/">Seminar Algebra and Geometry</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Elvira Pérez Callejo (Universidad de Valladolid)</div><div class="event_title"><a class="external" href="https://dmi.unibas.ch/de/news-events/detail/seminar-algebra-and-geometry-elvira-perez-callejo-universidad-de-valladolid/">Calculation of polynomial first integrals of genus $g\\neq 1$ in plane foliations.</a> <span class="abstract-button do_not_print">abstract</span></div><div class="abstract-text" style="display: none"><strong>Abstract:</strong><br />In this talk, we present an algorithmic criterion for determining when, if the foliation is given by polynomials, it admits a polynomial first integral whose associated algebraic curve has genus $g\\neq 1$. We explore the restrictions that arise when considering a rational first integral that is not necessarily polynomial, how the algorithm works in practice, and some illustrative examples. This talk is based on joint work with Carlos Galindo and Francisco Monserrat.</div><div class="event_time">10:30 &bull; Universität Basel, Seminarraum 00.003, Spiegelgasse 1</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/fim/activities/nachdiplom-lectures">Nachdiplomvorlesung</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Eva Miranda (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)</div><div class="event_title">Singular Symplectic Manifolds</div><div class="event_time">13:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_la"><a class="external" href="https://www.epfl.ch">EPF Lausanne</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?mode=AGENDA&height=600&wkst=2&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=t36it03v52cus2detrvinlgk18%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%235F6B02&ctz=Europe%2FZurich">Groups, Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry Seminar </a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Xinchen Miao (Bonn)</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">14:00 &bull; EPF Lausanne</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/s/analysis-seminar">Analysis Seminar</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Cristina Trombetti (University of Naple (Italy))</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">15:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://uzh.ch">Universit&auml;t Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://www.math.uzh.ch/mat075.1">Zurich Graduate Colloquium</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker">Nis-Erik Bohne (Institut für Mathematik, Universität Zürich)</div><div class="event_title">What is ... a-posteriori error estimation?</div><div class="event_time">16:30 &bull; UZH Zentrum, Building KO2, Room F 150</div>        </div>      </div>    </div>    <div class="day">      <div class="day_title">        Wednesday, November 19      </div>      <div class="day_content">        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://uzh.ch">Universit&auml;t Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://www.math.uzh.ch/mat760">Ergodic theory and dynamical systems seminar</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker">Prof. Dr. Federico Rodriguez-Hertz (Penn State University)</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">13:30 &bull; UZH Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Z&uuml;rich, Building Y27, Room H 28</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/s/geometry-seminar">Geometry Seminar</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Jean Raimbault (Marseille)</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">15:30 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/s/seminar-on-stochastic-processes">Seminar on Stochastic Processes</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker">Dr. Max Xu ( Courant Institute NYU)</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">17:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>      </div>    </div>    <div class="day">      <div class="day_title">        Thursday, November 20      </div>      <div class="day_content">        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/fim/activities/nachdiplom-lectures">Nachdiplomvorlesung</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Bo\'az Klartag (The Weizmann Institute of Science)</div><div class="event_title">Isoperimetric inequalities in high-dimensional convex sets</div><div class="event_time">10:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/s/daco-seminar">DACO Seminar</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker">Prof. Dr. Marco Mondelli (ISTA)</div><div class="event_title">Precise Asymptotics for Spectral Estimators: A Story of Phase Transitions, Random Matrices and Approximate Message Passing <span class="abstract-button do_not_print">abstract</span></div><div class="abstract-text" style="display: none"><strong>Abstract:</strong><br />Spectral methods are a simple yet effective approach to extract information from data which is high-dimensional, i.e., where sample size and signal dimension grow proportionally. As a prelude, we will consider the prototypical problem of inference from a generalized linear model with an i.i.d. Gaussian design. Here, the spectral estimator is the principal eigenvector of a data-dependent matrix. We will discuss the emergence of a (BBP-like) phase transition in the spectrum of this random matrix and how such phase transition is related to signal recovery. The core of the talk will then deal with two models that capture the heterogeneous and structured nature of practical data. First, we will consider a multi-index model where the output depends on the inner product between the feature vector and a fixed number $p$ of signals, and the focus is on recovering the subspace spanned by the signals via spectral estimators. By using tools from random matrix theory, we will locate the top-$p$ eigenvalues of the spectral matrix and establish the overlaps between the corresponding eigenvectors (which give the spectral estimators) and a basis of the signal subspace. Second, we will consider a generalized linear model with a correlated design matrix. Here, the analysis of the spectral estimator relies on tools based on approximate message passing, and we will present a methodology which is broadly applicable to the study of spiked matrices. In all these settings, the precise asymptotic characterization we put forward enables the optimization of the data preprocessing, thus allowing to identify the spectral estimator that requires the minimal sample size for signal recovery.</div><div class="event_time">14:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 19.1</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_la"><a class="external" href="https://www.epfl.ch">EPF Lausanne</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?mode=AGENDA&height=600&wkst=2&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=t36it03v52cus2detrvinlgk18%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%235F6B02&ctz=Europe%2FZurich">Groups, Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry Seminar </a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Sasha  Merkurjev</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">14:15 &bull; EPF Lausanne</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://stat.ethz.ch/events/zukost">ZueKoSt: Seminar on Applied Statistics</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Léo Belzile </div><div class="event_title">tba </div><div class="event_time">15:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://k-os.math.ethz.ch">[K-OS] Knot Online Seminar</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Susan Hermiller (University of Nebraska)</div><div class="event_title">Unknotting number is not additive under connected sum</div><div class="event_time">16:15 &bull; <a class="external" href="https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/87853056962">online</a></div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://www.math.ethz.ch/mathematik-und-ausbildung/weiterbildung/kolloquium.html">Kolloquium über Mathematik, Informatik und Unterricht</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Fabian Ziltener (ETH Zürich)</div><div class="event_title">Variationsrechnung, Symmetrien und Erhaltungssätze</div><div class="event_time">17:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 19.1</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/s/talks-in-financial-and-insurance-mathematics">Talks in Financial and Insurance Mathematics</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker">Prof. Dr. Jonathan Ziveyi (University of New South Wales)</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">17:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_ba"><a class="external" href="https://unibas.ch">Universität Basel</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://dmi.unibas.ch/de/forschung/mathematik/kolloquium">Perlen-Kolloquium</a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Mani Esna Ashari</div><div class="event_title"><a class="external" href="https://dmi.unibas.ch/de/news-events/detail/doktoratskolloquium-mathematik-mani-esna-ashari/">Title T.B.A.</a></div><div class="event_time">17:30 &bull; Universität Basel, Departement Mathematik und Informatik, Spiegelgasse 5, Basel, Seminarraum 05.002</div>        </div>      </div>    </div>    <div class="day">      <div class="day_title">        Friday, November 21      </div>      <div class="day_content">        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_la"><a class="external" href="https://www.epfl.ch">EPF Lausanne</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://www.unil.ch/dsa/en/home/menuinst/seminaires--evenements/research-seminars.html">Talks in Actuarial Mathematics </a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Jonathan Ziveyi (UNSW Sidney)</div><div class="event_title">Optimal decumulation strategy with long-term care insurance and guaranteed minimum death benefit <span class="abstract-button do_not_print">abstract</span></div><div class="abstract-text" style="display: none"><strong>Abstract:</strong><br />With the global shift from defined benefit to defined contribution pension systems, retirement planning is now fully borne on individuals elevating their exposure to longevity, health, and market risks. This transition has prompted more precautionary saving behavior, as retirees become more conservative in fully consuming their wealth. This research proposes a decumulation strategy which combines long-term care insurance (LTCI) and guaranteed minimum death benefit (GMDB) purchased at retirement with a withdrawal-then-rebalance investment approach. Within this framework, the retirement fund is modelled using a regime-switching structure, while a target volatility strategy detects asset allocation to smooth wealth dynamics and reduces likelihood of extreme losses. The LTCI covers late-life healthcare costs, whereas the GMDB secures a minimum bequest, thereby supporting both consumption confidence and legacy objectives. Numerical experiments compare consumption patterns under this strategy with default account-based pension drawdown strategies. Results reveal that the proposed strategy provides smoother long-term consumption and better resilience to adverse financial shocks.Sensitivity analyses exploring variations in insurance allocation ratios, health state transitions, and target volatility levels are performed. Preliminary results suggest that moderate volatility targets strike an effective balance between risk and sustainability, and that the strategy remains robust across different health scenarios. This is joint work with Jennifer Alonso-Garcia, Mengdie Hu and Yuxin Zhou.Seminar organized by Prof. Hansjoerg Albrecher</div><div class="event_time">14:00 &bull; EPF Lausanne, Extranef 126</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_zh"><a class="external" href="https://ethz.ch">ETH Z&uuml;rich</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://math.ethz.ch/s/number-theory-seminar">Number Theory Seminar</a></div><br /><div class="event_title">Title tba: Pierre Charollois</div><div class="event_time">14:15 &bull; ETH Zentrum, R&auml;mistrasse 101, Z&uuml;rich, Building HG, Room G 43</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_la"><a class="external" href="https://www.epfl.ch">EPF Lausanne</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://www.epfl.ch/labs/anmath/seminars/">Seminar of Analysis </a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Karl Johan  Douglas Svensson Seth (NTNU Trondheim (Norway))</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">14:15 &bull; EPF Lausanne</div>        </div>        <div class="day_content_item normal"><div class="event_location uni_la"><a class="external" href="https://www.epfl.ch">EPF Lausanne</a></div><div class="event_type"><a class="external" href="https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sb/research/math/statistics-seminars/">Statistics Seminar </a></div><br /><div class="event_speaker"> Genevera Allen (Columbia University)</div><div class="event_title">Title T.B.A.</div><div class="event_time">15:15 &bull; EPF Lausanne, CM 1 517</div>        </div>      </div>    </div>  </div>  <div id="sms_footer">    address: Alessandra Naldi Windler, Departement Mathematik, HG G 51.4, ETH Zurich, Raemistrasse 101, CH-8092 Zurich<br />    email: <a href="mailto:bulletin@math.ch">bulletin@math.ch</a> | phone: +41 44 632 3684 | url: <a href="https://math.ch">https://math.ch</a>    <br /><br /><img src="//www2.math.ethz.ch/smsjs/sms_logo.gif" width="150" alt="SMS/SMG Logo" title="SMS/SMG Logo" />  </div></div>';