Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, September 12, 2016

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Diego Ruiz AntolinUniversity of Cantabria
A new simple nonuniform FFT

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Heather WilberCornell University
Numerical computing with functions on the sphere and disk

1:50 PM
Gates 406
Analysis Seminar
Hung TranUniversity of California, Irvine
Index characterization for free boundary minimal surfaces

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Marcelo AguiarCornell University
Integral hyperplane arrangements

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Jayadev AcharyaCornell University
Estimating entropy of discrete distributions: Shannon and Renyi

4:00 PM
Gates 122
Probability Seminar
Laurent Saloff-CosteCornell University
Random walks: Volume growth and beyond

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Undergraduate Math Club
Steven Strogatz, Christine McMeekin, and Vivian KuperbergCornell University
Impostor syndrome panel

4:45 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Florian FrickCornell University
Metric reconstruction via optimal transport

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Damir DzhafarovUniversity of Connecticut
The uniform content of partial and linear orders

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Hao ZhangUniversity of British Columbia
A dual framework for partially observable Markov decision processes

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Ian PendletonCornell University
Toric symplectic and origami manifolds
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Logic Seminar
Damir DzhafarovUniversity of Connecticut
Ramseys theorem for singletons and strong computable reducibility

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Guang ChengPurdue University
Bayesian aggregation for extraordinarily large dataset

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Professor John HubbardCornell University
What is Teichmüller theory?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Oliver Club
Inna ZakharevichCornell University
From spaces to categories (and back!)
Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, September 16, 2016

Dynamical Systems Seminar
John HubbardCornell University
The classification of homeomorphisms of surfaces
This talk will serve as a preamble to the next talk on 09/23.

1:30 PM
Malott 206
Number Theory Seminar
Brian HwangCornell University
Constructing algebraic automorphic representations on GL(n)

2:25 PM
Malott 205
Geometric Analysis Seminar
Xiaodong CaoCornell Univeristy
Positive Einstein four-manifolds: on sectional curvatures

2:25 PM
Malott 406
Lie Groups Seminar
Nicolas TemplierCornell University
Mirror symmetry for minuscule flag varieties

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Jo BoalerStanford University
The mindset revolution: how the latest brain science can transform mathematics learning pathways

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, September 19, 2016

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Alex TownsendCornell University
The ultraspherical spectral method

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Victor AlexandrovSobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk
Continuous deformations of polyhedra that do not alter the dihedral angles

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Jens ChristensenColgate University
New atomic decompositions for Bergman spaces

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Riddhipratim BasuStanford University
Non-fixation for activated random walks with small particle density

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Undergraduate Math Club
Florian FrickCornell University
On intersections of sets

4:45 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Drew ZemkeCornell University
Trisections of 4-manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Haim HorowitzHebrew University of Jerusalem
On the non-existence and definability of mad families

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Nathan KallusCornell University
Learning to personalize from observational and behavioral data

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Tony NixonUniversity of Lancaster
Unique realisations of graphs on surfaces

4:20 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Anwesh RayCornell University
The algebra of Zeta values
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Logic Seminar
Jamie BarnesCornell University
Uniform relations between combinatorial problem II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Teaching Seminar
Kelly DelpCornell University
Professional development
free pizza!

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Teaching Seminar
Balazs ElekCornell University
Grading and rubrics
free pizza!

6:00 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Oliver Club
Dinakar RamakrishnanCalifornia Institute of Technology
Rational points on surfaces of hyperbolic type
Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, September 23, 2016

Dynamical Systems Seminar
John HubbardCornell University
The dilation factors of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms

1:30 PM
Malott 206
Geometric Analysis Seminar
Max HallgrenCornell Univeristy
Neckpinch singularities in Ricci flow

2:25 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Dinakar RamakrishnanCalifornia Institute of Technology
Picard modular surfaces

2:25 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Reyer SjamaarCornell University
Convexity properties of presymplectic Hamiltonian actions

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Madeleine UdellCornell University
Generalized low rank models: algorithms and applications

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655