Upcoming Events

Monday, February 15, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Gil StrangMIT
Fast transforms: banded matrices with banded inverses
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Alexander TeplyaevUniversity of Connecticut
Diffusions and spectral analysis on fractals: an overview

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Igors GorbovickisCornell University
Kneser-Poulsen conjecture for low density configurations

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ankur MoitraMIT
Approximation algorithms for multicommodity-type problems with guarantees independent of the graph size

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Mang WuUniversity of Connecticut
Brownian motion on the group of diffeomorphisms of the unit circle

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Bogdan PetrenkoSUNY Brockport
On the smallest number of generators and the probability of generating an algebra

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
The first order theory of the closed Medvedev degrees is second order arithmetic I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Xianhua PengColumbia University
Two financial engineering problems related to the recent financial crisis
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Samuel KolinsCornell University
This talk is brought to you by the letter g (or h, or f)
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Statistics Seminar
Yu XieUniversity of Michigan
Population heterogeneity and causal inference
Refreshments will be served in immediately after the seminar in the 2nd floor lobby.

4:00 PM
ILR Conference Center 423
What Is... Seminar
W. Frank MooreCornell University
What is a free resolution?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
The first order theory of the closed Medvedev degrees is second order arithmetic II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Yang FengPrinceton University
Nonparametric independence screening in sparse ultra-high dimensional additive models
Refreshments will be served in 1181 Comstock Hall after the seminar.

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Oliver Club
Chris BravUniversity of Toronto
Braid groups and Kleinian singularities
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, February 19, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Andy RuinaCornell University
Rotation with zero angular momentum: Demonstrations of the falling cat phenomenon go sour

2:15 PM
Malott 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Chris BravUniversity of Toronto
Braid groups and Kleinian singularities II

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
David RandHarvard University
The evolutionary dynamics of altruistic cooperation
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, February 22, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Noah SnavelyCornell University
Building Rome in a day: large-scale optimization problems in computer vision
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Emanuele DelucchiBinghamton University
Complex matroids

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Igors GorbovickisCornell University
Kneser-Paulsen conjecture for large radii

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Philip ProtterCornell University
Absolutely continuous compensators

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
Yang-Mills for the quantum torus, part II

5:00 PM
Malott 203
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Kelly DelpBuffalo State College
The marked length spectrum of a real projective manifold or orbifold

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Club guessing on cardinals above omega_1

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
David GamarnikMIT
Statistical physics methods in combinatorial optimization, inference, and graphical games
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Statistics Seminar
Matthias KormakssonCornell University
Identifying subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia: a model based approach
Refreshments will be served in 301 Malott Hall after the seminar.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Kristine JonesCornell University
Local coordinates for Hilbert schemes

4:00 PM
Malott 207
Teaching Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
How mathematics is taught in grades 5-6 of Russian schools

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
The set mapping reflection principle

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Friday, February 26, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Henrik van LengerichCornell University
Stability and dynamics of a network of drops

2:15 PM
Malott 253
CAM Colloquium
Larry BlumeCornell University
Natural selection in markets: the implications of wealth redistribution through trade
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Yiannis SakellaridesUniversity of Toronto
On the Plancherel formula for spherical varieties over p-adic fields

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, March 1, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Sergey FomelUniversity of Texas at Austin
Mathematical and computational problems in seismic imaging
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
David SpeyerMIT
Alternating strand diagrams and weakly separated sets

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Maria GordinaUniversity of Connecticut and Cornell University
Integrated Harnack inequalities

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Jonathon PetersonCornell University
Current fluctuations for a system of one-dimensional random walks in a random environment

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Mohammad MahmoodyPrinceton University
On NP-hard cryptography

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
Model categories, part I

5:00 PM
Malott 203