Applied Mathematics Colloquium, March 12: Jose Perea (Northeastern University)

Event date: Thursday, March 12, 2026

$Applied Mathematics Colloquium poster featuring Professor Jose Perea from Northeastern University$

“Topological Methods for the Analysis of Data”

On Thursday, March 12, 2026, the Applied Mathematics Colloquium presents Professor Jose Perea from the Department of Mathematics and Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. The talk is at 3:45 PM in Ridley Hall, Room G008, with a pre-talk coffee break from 3:00 to 3:30 PM in Kerchof Hall 314.

Abstract: Topology is the branch of mathematics concerned with shapes and their spatial properties. In this talk I’ll show how several ideas from classic algebraic topology – like cohomology, classifying spaces and vector bundles – can be used in machine learning tasks such as dimensionality reduction, time series analysis and data alignment. As examples, I’ll describe applications to computational biology, autism research, dynamical systems, speech sciences and more.

The poster (PDF) for this talk is available for download.

Last updated: Thursday, March 5, 2026