June 2026, CIRM, Marseille (New Directions in Thermodynamic Formalism)
"Keeping things bounded without compactness and continuity" (3 lectures)
May 13-17, 2019, CIRM, Marseille (Beyond Uniform Hyperbolicity)
"Beyond Bowen's specification property" (3 lectures). (Videos) (Notes)
October 2, 2026, Indiana University
January 18, 2024, Rice University
"Growth in geometry and dynamics" (notes)
November 5, 2021, George Washington University (online)
"Counting geodesics" (Slides)
September 7, 2016, Sam Houston State University
"Stochastic behavior in deterministic dynamics". (Slides)
October 8, 2013, Texas Christian University
"Thermodynamic formalism for dynamical systems". (Slides)
November 2025, Penn State (Workshop in Dynamical Systems and Related Topics)
"Measures of maximal entropy for Sinai billiards"
June 11, 2024, Brigham Young University (Rocky Mountain Conference on Dynamical Systems)
"Getting by without product structure"
February 9, 2024, One World Dynamics Seminar (online)
"Entropy as a dimension" (slides)
May 14, 2023, Bedlewo, Poland (Thermodynamic Formalism: Non-additive Aspects and Related Topics)
"Specification for non-compact systems"
February 3, 2023, AIM (Big ideas in dynamics, online)
"Specification and measures of maximal entropy" (Slides on Prezi) (PDF slides)
November 4, 2022, Penn State (Workshop in dynamical systems and related topics)
"Hausdorff measure and the MME for general shift spaces"
September 19, 2022, University of Houston (dynamics seminar)
"Counting closed geodesics"
August 24, 2022, Rice University (seminar)
"Counting closed geodesics"
March 1, 2022, Pennsylvania State University (dynamics working seminar)
"Local product structure, the Margulis argument, and large-scale geometry"
February 28, 2022, Pennsylvania State University (dynamics seminar)
"Caratheodory dimension constructions and the product structure of equilibrium measures"
February 14, 2022, University of Victoria (online seminar)
"Counting closed geodesics" (Slides)
September 20, 2021, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Hyperbolic and Symplectic Dynamics, remote talk)
"Counting closed geodesics on surfaces without conjugate points" (Slides)
April 30, 2021, University of Porto (online seminar)
"Counting closed geodesics on surfaces without conjugate points" (Slides)
June 23, 2020, University of Utah online working seminar in ergodic theory
"Specification and the measure of maximal entropy"
(Board notes) (Notes on my blog, or in pdf)
March 9, 2020, Ohio State
"Non-adapted measures for billiards and other systems with singularities"
December 10, 2019, CIRM, Marseille (Thermodynamic Formalism: Dynamical Systems, Statistical Properties and their Applications)
"Closed geodesics and the measure of maximal entropy on surfaces without conjugate points"
September 29, 2019, Penn State (Workshop in Dynamical Systems and Related Topics)
"Counting closed geodesics on surfaces without conjugate points"
July 26, 2019, University of Warwick (Thermodynamic Formalism: Ergodic Theory and Geometry)
"Bowen-Margulis measure for geodesic flows" (Slides)
July 15, 2019, AIM, San Jose (Equilibrium states for dynamical systems arising from geometry)
"Equilibrium states and non-uniform specification" (Video)
April 13, 2019, University of Maryland (Workshop on dynamical systems and related topics)
"The measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flows without conjugate points".
July 17, 2018, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
"Unique equilibrium states for geodesic flows in nonpositive curvature".
June 22, 2018, ICMS, Edinburgh (Thermodynamic formalism in dynamical systems)
"Leaf measures, dynamical dimensions, and equilibrium states".
April 17, 2018, University of Massachussetts, Amherst.
"Unique equilibrium states for geodesic flows in nonpositive curvature".
October 6, 2017, Penn State (Workshop in dynamical systems and related topics)
"Leaf measures via dynamical dimensions".
August 4, 2017, University of British Columbia (Current trends in dynamical systems and the mathematical legacy of Rufus Bowen)
"Unique equilibrium states for geodesic flows in nonpositive curvature". (Slides)
March 28, 2017, Trinity University, San Antonio.
"Stochastic behavior in deterministic dynamics". (Slides)
March 20, 2017, Penn State.
"Young towers for surface diffeomorphisms".
February 20-24, 2017, CIRM, Marseille (Non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems: coupling and renewal theory)
"Young towers for surface diffeomorphisms".
February 3, 2017, UH Grad Student Seminar.
"Stochastic behavior in deterministic dynamics". (Slides)
January 6, 2017, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta (AMS special session on Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems)
"Specification and Markov properties in shift spaces".
December 1, 2016, Australian National University (Advances in Ergodic Theory, Hyperbolic Dynamics & Statistical Laws)
"Specification and Markov properties in shift spaces". (Slides)
October 29, 2016, Penn State (Workshop in dynamical systems and related topics)
"A direct proof of the entropy gap for rank 1 manifolds".
October 9, 2016, University of Denver (AMS Western Sectional Meeting: Special session on zero dimensional dynamics)
"Specification and Markov properties in shift spaces". (Slides)
July 8, 2016, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
"Equilibrium states for geodesic flow in non-positive curvature".
(School on algebraic, geometric and probabilistic aspect of dynamical systems and control theory)
April 25-29, 2016, ESI, Vienna.
"Equilibrium states for geodesic flow in non-positive curvature".
(Thermodynamic formalism and mixing)
March 7-11, 2016, ICERM, Brown University.
"Non-uniform specification properties, thermodynamic formalism, and towers".
(Fractal geometry, hyperbolic dynamics, and thermodynamical formalism)
January 12, 2016, Northwestern University.
"SRB measures and Young towers for surface diffeomorphisms".
January 11, 2016, University of Chicago.
"SRB measures and Young towers for surface diffeomorphisms".
October 23, 2015, Penn State.
(Workshop in Dynamical Systems and Related Topics)
"Unique equilibrium states for geodesic flow in non-positive curvature".
June 10-13, 2015, Porto, Portugal. (AMS-EMS-SPM International Meeting: Special session on recurrence, mixing, and fluctuations: statistics of dynamical systems)
"Specification, statistical properties, and towers".
June 2, 2015, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
"Effective hyperbolicity and SRB measures".
May 18, 2015, University of Alabama at Birmingham. (Conference in memory of Nikolai Chernov)
"Specification, statistical properties, and towers".
May 7, 2015, University of Maryland.
"Unique equilibrium states for geodesic flow in non-positive curvature".
April 30, 2015. University of Mississippi.
"Thermodynamic formalism and uniform mixing properties".
March 14, 2015, Michigan State University. (AMS Central Sectional Meeting: Special session on smooth dynamical systems and ergodic theory)
"Effective hyperbolicity and SRB measures". (Slides)
January 11, 2015, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio. (AMS special session on ergodic theory and dynamical systems)
"Unique equilibrium states for some robustly transitive systems". (Slides)
September 15, 2014, University of Toronto.
"Equilibrium states, non-uniform mixing, and towers"
August 21, 2014, Ohio State University.
"Tower constructions from specification properties"
August 11, 2014, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
(Recent Progress in Dynamical Systems and Related Topics)
"Unique equilibrium states for some robustly transitive systems". (Video)
July 8, 2014, Madrid.
(AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications: Special session on entropy and statistical properties for smooth dynamics)
"Tower constructions and specification properties". (Slides)
June 2, 2014, University of North Texas.
(Logic and Dynamics)
"Specification, hyperbolicity, and towers".
May 30, 2014, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.
(Probability in Dynamics)
"Specification, hyperbolicity, and towers". (Notes)
May 14-22, 2014, University of Houston.
Multiple talks as part of UH Summer School in Dynamical Systems.
April 12, 2014, University of Maryland.
(Workshop on Dynamical Systems and Related Topics)
"Tower constructions and specification properties". (Notes)
December 2, 2013, CIRM, Marseilles.
(Hyperbolicity and dimension)
"Non-uniform specification, thermodynamic formalism, and towers". (Slides)
October 31, 2013, Indiana University, Bloomington.
"SRB measures, unstable manifolds, and effective hyperbolicity".
October 28, 2013, University of Houston (Dynamics seminar).
"SRB measures, unstable manifolds, and effective hyperbolicity".
September 12, 2013, Ohio State University.
"SRB measures, unstable manifolds, and effective hyperbolicity". (Notes)
August 8, 2013, Guanajuato, Mexico.
(Mathematical Congress of the Americas: Special Session on Symbolic Dynamics).
"Large deviations using non-uniform specification properties". (Slides)
July 11, 2013, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
(Thermodynamic formalism and applications).
"Thermodynamics for discontinuous maps and potentials". (Slides)
May 13-21, 2013, University of Houston.
Multiple talks as part of UH Summer School in Dynamical Systems.
April 14, 2013, University of Colorado, Boulder.
(AMS Western Sectional Meeting: Special Session on Dynamical Systems: Thermodynamic formalism and connections with geometry).
"Large deviations and non-uniform specification properties". (Slides)
April 10, 2013, University of Houston (Undergraduate Colloquium).
"The bigness of things". (Slides)
April 8, 2013, University of Houston (Dynamics seminar).
"Large deviations in dynamical systems".
March 20, 2013, EPFL-CIB, Lausanne.
(Workshop on Large deviations and thermodynamical formalism).
"Non-uniform specification properties and large deviations". (Slides)
March 3, 2013, University of Mississippi.
(AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting: Special Session on Dynamical Systems).
"Effective hyperbolicity and applications of new Hadamard-Perron theorems". (Slides)
February 25, 2013, University of Houston.
"The structure of the space of invariant measures". (Notes)
November 2, 2012, Rice University.
"Sarig's construction of countable Markov partitions using Pesin theory". (Notes)
October 16, 2012, University of Houston (Pi Mu Epsilon).
"Motivating examples in dynamical systems". (Slides)
October 5, 2012, University of Houston (Graduate student seminar).
"Randomness and determinism in dynamical systems". (Slides)