Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Math Events Have Moved

Please visit the Math Department Events Calendar for current event information.

Friday, March 8, 2019

Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Jie Shen Purdue University
A new and robust approach to construct energy stable schemes for gradient flows

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Shilin YuTexas A&M University
Deformation quantization of coadjoint orbits

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Olivetti Club
Dylan Peifer
$Q$-Learning
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM. Please note the unusual time and place.

4:30 PM
Malott 251
Monday, March 11, 2019

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Mike StillmanCornell University
Computational algebraic geometry and Macaulay2

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Analysis Seminar
Mihai Stoiciu Williams College
Random Unitary Matrices and Matrix Models for the Circular Beta Ensemble

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Michael McBreenUniversity of Toronto
Categorical Hikita Duality

3:45 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Matt WeinbergPrinceton University
Complement-Free Couples Must Communicate: A Hardness Result for Two-Player Combinatorial Auctions

4:00 PM
Gates 122 or Bloomberg 497 at NY Tech
Probability Seminar
John PikeBridgewater State University
Double jump phase transition in a soliton cellular automaton

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Undergraduate Math Club
Amogh Anakru
Julia Sets and Complex Dynamics

5:15 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Lvzhou ChenUniversity of Chicago
Stable commutator length in Baumslag--Solitar groups

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
F. Martin Schneider Technische Universitat Dresden
Concentration and dissipation in topological groups

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Dawn WoodardUber
Dynamic Pricing and Matching for Ride-Hailing

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Fiona Young
Crescent Configurations
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Logic Seminar
Ellie LauriCornell University
Logic for metric structures

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Lie Groups Seminar
Alex LeontievTokyo
Symmetry Breaking Operators of Indefinite Orthogonal Groups O(p, q)

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Lie Groups Seminar
Alex LeontievTokyo University
Title TBA, special meeting

4:15 PM
Malott 406
What Is... Seminar
Slawomir SoleckiCornell University
What is Ramsey theory?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 14, 2019

Pi Day Celebration
Pi(e) Eating Contest
And pi day celebration

1:59 PM
Malott Hall Lounge
Oliver Club
Mihai StoiciuWilliams College
The Mathematics of Rubik's Cube and Other Twisty Puzzles
Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Undergraduate Math Club
Puzzle Session
Undergraduate Math Club Puzzle Session
Free pizza will be provided!

6:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, March 15, 2019

Number Theory Seminar
Eugenia RosuMax Planck Institute for Mathematics & University of Arizona
Special cycles on orthogonal Shimura varieties

2:25 PM
Malott 205
Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Javier Peña Carnegie Mellon University
First-order algorithms for convex minimization via the convex conjugate

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Nigel HigsonPenn State, University Park
The hydrogen atom and families of representations

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Women and Math Ambassador Program event
Women and Math Ambassador Program Speakers
Title TBA

12:00 PM
251 Malott Hall
Monday, March 18, 2019

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Mike StillmanCornell University
Computational algebraic geometry and Macaulay2

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Analysis Seminar
Sasha TeplyaevUniversity of Connecticut
Spectral analysis and diffusions on singular spaces

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Alexander LazarUniversity of Miami
The Intersection Lattice of the Homogenized Linial Arrangement

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Yuwen WangCornell University
Long jump random walks on finite nilpotent groups

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Andrew Morgan
Concrete Security Bounds in Cryptography: Advancing the Meta-Reduction Paradigm

4:00 PM
Gates 122
Undergraduate Math Club
Todd Lensman
Optimal Control and Nonlinear Taxation

5:15 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Electronic Seminar on Mathematics Education
Mike WeimerskirchUniversity of Minnesota
Topic TBA

12:00 PM
Malott 310D (Conference Room)
Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Steve FerryRutgers University
A Brief Tour of High-Dimensional Topology

1:30 PM
Malott 203
ORIE Colloquium
Lei YingArizona State
Stein’s Method for Big-Data Systems: From Learning Queues to Q-Learning

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Daoji Huang
Bruhat atlas on stratified manifold
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Logic Seminar
Zach NorwoodCornell University
A proof of completeness for continuous first-order logic after Ben Yaacov and Pedersen

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Teaching Seminar
Jim Ovenhiser
Math and Donuts : Using Analogies as an Instructional Strategy in Math
Pizza will be served!

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Cornell-Citi Financial Data Science Seminars:
Gordon RitterNYU Tandon
Reinforcement Learning and the Discovery of Arbitrage Opportunities

6:00 PM
Tata Innovation Center 5th Floor Conference Room
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Oliver WangUniversity of Chicago
Cohomology of boundaries under Dehn fillings

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Oliver Club
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Schubert calculus, puzzles, and quiver varieties
Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, March 22, 2019

Lie Groups Seminar
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Quiver varieties, quantized loop algebra representations, and Schubert calculus

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Alan EdelmanMIT
The GSVD, BackProp, & Julia

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655