An introduction to the KPZ universality class

19/01/2026 — 23/01/2026

@ P3.10, Mathematics Building, Alameda campus, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal

This minicourse explores the heart of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class. It will focus on deriving explicit formulas for the KPZ fixed point — the universal scaling limit governing fluctuations in models of random growth, directed polymers, and particle systems. The course will use a mix of probabilistic and integrable methods to uncover the fixed point’s structure and its deep connections to random matrix theory and some classical integrable equations. The lectures will begin with a broad overview, require minimal prerequisites, and welcome researchers from physics and mathematics.

LMAC Alumnus Presents Pioneering Work at Top AI Conference

20/01/2026 — 27/01/2026

We are delighted to announce that Francisco Cunha, an alumnus of the Bachelor’s in Applied Mathematics and Computation (LMAC), will present a paper at the AAAI 2026 conference, one of the world''''s leading artificial intelligence events. The presentation, titled "Generalizing Analogical Inference from Boolean to Continuous Domains", will be part of the Knowledge Representation & Reasoning (KRR) track. This notable research was conducted in collaboration with, among others, Professor Miguel Couceiro from our Mathematics Department. Francisco, currently pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Oxford, and his co-authors propose a unified framework that generalizes analogical inference to continuous domains, overcoming limitations of previous models and opening new avenues for applications in regression and machine learning tasks. It is an honor to see the brilliance of our former students recognized on the most prominent stages of international research.

Manifolds and moduli

14/04/2026 — 16/04/2026

@ Instituto Superior Técnico

A meeting to discuss recent developments at the interface of geometric topology and homotopy theory.

XII International Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry

29/06/2026 — 03/07/2026

Anfiteatro Abreu Faro, Complexo Interdisciplinar

Lorentzian Geometry provides the mathematical foundation for Einstein’s theory of Relativity. The Meeting is aimed to convey researches on all aspects of Lorentzian Geometry. Topics include Differential Geometry, Geometric Analysis, Partial Differential Equations and Mathematical Relativity. The Meeting comprises research talks, a mini-course and a poster session, as well as a social dinner. Students and young researchers are encouraged to participate