Probability Seminar (MATH 771-772)
Probability Seminar (MATH 771-772)
List of Talks given in 1997-98
| Mon., September 8 | Persi Diaconis, Cornell University Random iterations: a simple idea in Markov chain theory |
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| Mon., September 15 | Rinaldo Schinazi, University of Colorado A spatial stochastic model for sickle cell disease |
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| Mon., September 22 | Persi Diaconis, Cornell University Random iterations: examples of a simple idea in Markov chain theory |
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| Mon., September 29 | Ken Brown, Cornell University Random walk and hyperplane arrangement |
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| Mon., October 6 | Ken Brown, Cornell University Random walk and hyperplane arrangement, part II |
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| Mon., October 13 | David Steinsaltz, University of Berlin Zenos walk and iterated function systems |
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| Mon., October 20 | Thomas Yan, Demonic algorithms for efficient simulation of complex Markov chains |
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| Mon., October 27 | Ed Weymeier, Oregon State University Multiplicative cascades |
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| Mon., November 3 | Divakar Viswanath, Cornell University Random Fibonacci sequences and the number 1.3198824... |
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| Mon., November 10 | Zhen-Qing Chen, Cornell University Weak convergence of reversible diffusions |
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| Mon., November 17 | Zhen-Qing Chen, Cornell University Weak convergence of reversible diffusions II |
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| Mon., November 24 | Kris Burdzey, Seattle Hot bodies |
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| Mon., December 1 | Gennady Samorodnitsky, Large deviations explain how system performance is affected by the interplay of averages in a fluid queue with long range dependence induced by heavy tails |
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| Mon., January 26 | Zhen-Qing Chen, Cornell University First passage distributions and reflected Dirichlet spaces |
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| Mon., February 2 | H. Matzinger, Cornell University Reconstruction of a 3 color random scenery on Z, seen along the path of a symmetric random walk |
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| Mon., February 9 | T. Povel, ETH Zurich and MIT Large deviation principle for random walk in a quenched random environment in the low speed regime |
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| Mon., February 16 | Min Kang, Cornell University Weak convergence of solution for a parabolic stochastic PDE with boundary condition |
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| Mon., February 23 | Leonid Mytnik, University of British Columbia A duality approach to proving uniqueness |
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| Mon., March 2 | Richard Durrett, Cornell University Scaling limits of particle systems |
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| Mon., March 9 | Christian Meise, University of Bielefeld Parallel simulated annealing and genetic algorithms |
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| Mon., March 30 | E.B. Dynkin, Cornell University Positive solutions of nonlinear PDE's: history and recent developments |
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| Mon., April 6 | S. Kuznetsov, Cornell University Fine trace on the boundary for solutions of nonlinear PDE's |
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| Mon., April 13 | Eknath Belbase, Cornell University Existence of stationary distributions in reaction-diffusion processes via a hydrodynamic limit |
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| Mon., April 20 | Ronitt Rubinfeld, Cornell University Testing 'properties' using probability |
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| Mon., April 27 | Harry Kesten, Cornell University How far apart are the trees in a uniform spanning forest? |