Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Martijn MesUniversity of Twente
Tactical planning in health care processes using approximate dynamic programming with Bayesian exploration
This is a special lecture, joint with ORIE.

1:25 PM
Upson 111
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Introduction to iterated totally proper forcing

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Han LiuPrinceton University
Nonparametric graph estimation

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Richard RandCornell University
What are differential equations with fractal derivatives?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Oliver Club
Alvaro PelayoWashington University in St. Louis
Classical and semiclassical dynamics
Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, November 1, 2013

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Stergios AntonakoudisHarvard University
Totally geodesics subests of Teichmueller space

2:25 PM
Malott 205
Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Jon KleinbergCornell University
Network neighborhoods and the dispersion of social ties
Please note the room change.

3:30 PM
Upson B17
Lie Groups Seminar
Raúl GómezCornell University
Theta lifting of generalized Whittaker models associated with nilpotent orbits I

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, November 4, 2013

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Molei TaoNew York University
Geometric multiscale integration of deterministic and stochastic systems

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
John PikeCornell University
Eigenfunctions for random walks on hyperplane arrangements

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Shirshendu GangulyUniversity of Washington
Cutoff for the East Model

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Physics Colloquium
Robert LangLang Origami
From flapping birds to space telescopes: the mathematics of origami
Refreshments at 3:30 PM.

4:00 PM
Rockefeller Hall, Schwartz Auditorium
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Johanna MangahasBrown University
Convex cocompactness in mapping class groups via quasiconvexity in right-angled Artin groups

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Iian SmytheCornell University
The open coloring axiom

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Mark BravermanPrinceton University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
ORIE Colloquium
Eugene FeinbergStony Brook University
Long Island smart energy corridor project and other industrial applications of operations research

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Tair AkhmejanovCornell University
Barriers in Complexity Theory
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Logic Seminar
Jeffrey BergfalkCornell University
$\omega_1$ and $-\omega_1$ may be the only minimal uncountable linear orders

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Sean KeelUniversity of Texas at Austin
Mirror symmetry made easy

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Statistics Seminar
Dawn WoodardCornell University
Statistics for ambulance fleet management

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Oliver Club
Claude LeBrunStony Brook University
Four-manifolds, Einstein metrics, and differential topology
Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, November 8, 2013

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Dmitry TodorovSaint-Petersburg State University
Floating-point shadowing for 2D saddle-connection

2:25 PM
Malott 205
Geometric Analysis Seminar
Lihai QianCornell University
Four-manifolds with positive isotropic curvature, III

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Danny AbramsNorthwestern University
Sinister stability of assymetry: a mathematical model for the origin of left-handedness

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Raúl GómezCornell University
Theta lifting of generalized Whittaker models associated with nilpotent orbits II

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, November 11, 2013

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Tuhin SahaiUnited Technologies Research Center
The traveling salesman problem and related applications

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Bruno BenedettiFreie Universität Berlin
Metric geometry and the diameter of polytopes

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Taryn FlockUniversity of California at Berkeley
On extremizers of certain inequalities for the k-plane transform

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Baris UgurcanCornell University
Divisible sandpile at the critical density

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Chung Pang MokMcMaster University
Endoscopic classification of automorphic representations for classical groups

4:00 PM
Malott 230
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Joel LouwsmaUniversity of Oklahoma
Stable commutator length in Baumslag-Solitar groups

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Iain SmytheCornell University
PFA and automorphsisms of $\mathcal{P}(\mathbb{N})/\mathrm{fin}$, part I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Assaf ZeeviColumbia University
From online convex optimization to non-stationary stochastic approximation

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Taryn FlockUniversity of California at Berkeley
Competing symmetries
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

ORIE Colloquium
Cynthia BarnhartMIT
Congestion and delays in the national air transportation system

10:45 AM
Hollister 166
Logic Seminar
Jeffrey BergfalkCornell University
$\omega_1$ and $-\omega_1$ may be the only minimal uncountable linear orders, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Ryan TibshiraniCarnegie Mellon University
Adaptive piecewise polynomial estimation via trend filtering

4:15 PM
Biotech G01