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The Graduate Logic Seminar is an informal space where graduate student and professors present topics related to logic which are not necessarly original or completed work. This is an space focus principally in  practicing presentation skills or learning materials that are not usually presented on a class.
The Graduate Logic Seminar is an informal space where graduate students and professors present topics related to logic which are not necessarily original or completed work. This is a space focused principally on practicing presentation skills or learning materials that are not usually presented in a class.


* '''When:''' Mondays, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (unless otherwise announced).
* '''When:''' Tuesdays 4-5 PM
* '''Where:''' Van Vleck B235 (unless otherwise announced).
* '''Where:''' Van Vleck 901
* '''Organizers:''' [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~msoskova/ Mariya Soskava]
* '''Organizers:''' [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~jgoh/ Jun Le Goh]


Talks schedule are arrange and decide at the beginning of each semester. If you would like to participate, please contact one of the organizers.
The talk schedule is arranged at the beginning of each semester. If you would like to participate, please contact one of the organizers.


%The schedule of talks from past semesters can be found [[AMS Student Chapter Seminar, previous semesters|here]].
Sign up for the graduate logic seminar mailing list:  join-grad-logic-sem@lists.wisc.edu


== Spring 2018 ==
== Fall 2021 tentative schedule ==


=== January 29, Organizational meeting ===
To see what's happening in the Logic qual preparation sessions click [[Logic Qual Prep|here]].


This day we decided the schedule for the semester.
=== September 14 - organizational meeting ===


=== February 5, (person) ===
We met to discuss the schedule.


Title:
=== September 28 - Ouyang Xiating ===


Abstract:  
Title: First-order logic, database and consistent query answering


=== February 12, (Person) ===
Abstract: Databases are a crucial component of many (if not all) modern
applications. In reality, the data stored are often dirty and contain
duplicated/missing entries, and it is a natural practice to clean the data
first before executing the query. However, the same query might return
different answers on different cleaned versions of the dataset. It is then
helpful to compute the consistent answers: the query answers that will always
be returned, regardless of how the dirty data is cleaned. In this talk, we
first introduce the connection between first-order logic and query languages
on databases, and then discuss the problem of Consistent Query Answering
(CQA): How to compute consistent answers on dirty data? Finally, we show
when the CQA problem can be solved using first-order logic for path queries.


Title:
=== October 12 - Karthik Ravishankar ===


Abstract:  
Title: Notions of randomness for subsets of the Natural Numbers


=== February 19, (Person) ===
Abstract: There are a number of notions of randomness of sets of natural numbers. These notions have been defined based on what a 'random object' should behave like such as being 'incompressible' or being 'hard to predict' etc. There is often a interplay between computability and randomness aspects of subsets of natural numbers. In this talk we motivate and present a few different notions of randomness and compare their relative strength.


Title:
=== October 26 - no seminar ===


Abstract:
=== November 9 - Antonio Nákid Cordero ===


=== February 26, (Person) ===
Title: Martin's Conjecture: On the uniqueness of the Turing jump


Title:  
Abstract: The partial order of the Turing degrees is well-known to be extremely complicated. However, all the Turing degrees that appear "naturally" in mathematics turn out to be well-ordered. In the '70s, Martin made a sharp conjecture explaining this phenomenon, the prime suspect: the Turing jump. This talk will explore the precise statement of Martin's conjecture and the interesting mathematics that surround it.


Abstract:
=== November 23 - Antonio Nákid Cordero ===


=== March 5, (Person) ===
Title: Two Perspectives on Martin's Conjecture.


Title:  
Abstract: This time we will dive deeper into the recent developments around Martin's Conjecture. We will focus on two main themes: the uniformity assumption, and the interaction of Martin's conjecture with the theory of countable Borel equivalence relations.


Abstract:
=== December 7 - John Spoerl ===


=== March 12, (Person) ===
Title: Cardinals Beyond Choice and Inner Model Theory


Title:  
Abstract: This talk will be a general introduction and overview of large cardinal axioms which violate the axiom of choice and their impact on the project of inner model theory.


Abstract:
== Previous Years ==


=== March 19, (Person) ===
The schedule of talks from past semesters can be found [[Graduate Logic Seminar, previous semesters|here]].
 
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=== April 2, (Person) ===
 
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=== April 9, (Person) ===
 
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=== April 16, Iván Ongay-Valverde ===
 
Title: What can we say about sets made by the union of Turing equivalence classes?
 
Abstract: It is well known that given a real number x (in the real line) the set of all reals that have the same Turing degree (we will call this a Turing equivalence class) have order type 'the rationals' and that, unless x is computable, the set is not a subfield of the reals. Nevertheless, what can we say about the order type or the algebraic structure of a set made by the uncountable union of Turing equivalence classes?
 
This topic hasn't been deeply studied. In this talk I will focus principally on famous order types and answer whether they can be achieved or not. Furthermore, I will explain some possible connections with the automorphism problem of the Turing degrees.
 
This is a work in progress, so this talk will have multiple open questions and opportunities for feedback and public participation (hopefully).
 
=== April 23, Ethan (Defense) ===
 
Title: TBA
 
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=== April 30, Linda ===
 
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=== May 7, TBA ===
 
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== Fall 2017 ==
 
=== September 11, Organizational meeting ===
 
This day we decided the schedule for the semester.
 
=== September 18, (person) ===
 
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=== September 25, (Person) ===
 
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=== October 2, (Person) ===
 
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=== October 9, (Person) ===
 
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=== October 16, (Person) ===
 
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=== October 23, (Person) ===
 
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=== October 30, Iván Ongay-Valverde ===
 
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=== November 6, (Person) ===
 
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=== November 13, (Person) ===
 
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=== November 20, (Person) ===
 
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=== November 27, (Person) ===
 
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=== December 4, (Person) ===
 
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=== December 11, (Person) ===
 
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Revision as of 20:25, 3 December 2021

The Graduate Logic Seminar is an informal space where graduate students and professors present topics related to logic which are not necessarily original or completed work. This is a space focused principally on practicing presentation skills or learning materials that are not usually presented in a class.

  • When: Tuesdays 4-5 PM
  • Where: Van Vleck 901
  • Organizers: Jun Le Goh

The talk schedule is arranged at the beginning of each semester. If you would like to participate, please contact one of the organizers.

Sign up for the graduate logic seminar mailing list: join-grad-logic-sem@lists.wisc.edu

Fall 2021 tentative schedule

To see what's happening in the Logic qual preparation sessions click here.

September 14 - organizational meeting

We met to discuss the schedule.

September 28 - Ouyang Xiating

Title: First-order logic, database and consistent query answering

Abstract: Databases are a crucial component of many (if not all) modern applications. In reality, the data stored are often dirty and contain duplicated/missing entries, and it is a natural practice to clean the data first before executing the query. However, the same query might return different answers on different cleaned versions of the dataset. It is then helpful to compute the consistent answers: the query answers that will always be returned, regardless of how the dirty data is cleaned. In this talk, we first introduce the connection between first-order logic and query languages on databases, and then discuss the problem of Consistent Query Answering (CQA): How to compute consistent answers on dirty data? Finally, we show when the CQA problem can be solved using first-order logic for path queries.

October 12 - Karthik Ravishankar

Title: Notions of randomness for subsets of the Natural Numbers

Abstract: There are a number of notions of randomness of sets of natural numbers. These notions have been defined based on what a 'random object' should behave like such as being 'incompressible' or being 'hard to predict' etc. There is often a interplay between computability and randomness aspects of subsets of natural numbers. In this talk we motivate and present a few different notions of randomness and compare their relative strength.

October 26 - no seminar

November 9 - Antonio Nákid Cordero

Title: Martin's Conjecture: On the uniqueness of the Turing jump

Abstract: The partial order of the Turing degrees is well-known to be extremely complicated. However, all the Turing degrees that appear "naturally" in mathematics turn out to be well-ordered. In the '70s, Martin made a sharp conjecture explaining this phenomenon, the prime suspect: the Turing jump. This talk will explore the precise statement of Martin's conjecture and the interesting mathematics that surround it.

November 23 - Antonio Nákid Cordero

Title: Two Perspectives on Martin's Conjecture.

Abstract: This time we will dive deeper into the recent developments around Martin's Conjecture. We will focus on two main themes: the uniformity assumption, and the interaction of Martin's conjecture with the theory of countable Borel equivalence relations.

December 7 - John Spoerl

Title: Cardinals Beyond Choice and Inner Model Theory

Abstract: This talk will be a general introduction and overview of large cardinal axioms which violate the axiom of choice and their impact on the project of inner model theory.

Previous Years

The schedule of talks from past semesters can be found here.