Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, September 5, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Todd KempCornell University
Log-subharmonic functions and hypercontractivity

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Ravi RamakrishnaCornell University
Recent progress on Serre's conjecture, part II

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Dexter KozenCornell University
Circuit lower bounds and relativized PH = PSPACE II

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Gregory LawlerCornell University
Conformal invariance and two-dimensional polymers

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, September 6, 2005

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Francesco MatucciFirenze and Cornell University
The simultaneous conjugacy problem for Thompson's group F is solvable

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Bakhadyr KhoussainovUniversity of Auckland and Cornell University
Some topics in computable model theory and algebra

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Steven SinnottCornell University
Ideals and varieties

3:00 PM
Warren 232
ORIE Colloquium
Adrian LewisCornell University
Nonsmooth optimization and eigenvalues
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Michael RobinsonCornell University
Studying the bifurcation behavior of a nonlinear PDE
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 7, 2005

Logic Seminar
Pavel SemukhinUniversity of Auckland and Cornell University
On Pi_1 presentations of algebras

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Cilanne BouletCornell University
A combinatorial proof of the Rogers-Ramanujan and Schur identities

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Leigh PhoenixCornell University
Reliability issues with the kevlar pressure vessels on the shuttle Discovery: can they be overcome?
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Kristin Camenga, Mia Minnes, Melanie PivarskiCornell University
Groupwork: advantages, disadvantages, and tips

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 8, 2005

Oliver Club
Alexander VladimirskyCornell University
Going with the (information) flow: on efficient computations and boundary-value problems
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, September 9, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
Robert JarrowCornell University
Modeling recovery rate in a reduced form model

12:15 PM
Hollister 162
CAM Colloquium
Sarah DayCornell University
Continuation and computer-assisted proofs: a study of the Swift-Hohenberg equation
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, September 12, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Camil MuscaluCornell University
A simple proof of Coifman-Meyer theorem

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Alvaro Lozano-RobledoCornell University
Elliptic units and Galois representations

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ashish GoelStanford University
Sampling, aggregation, and phase transitions in sensor networks

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Joan LindCornell University
The geometry of Loewner evolution

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Damiano TestaCornell University
Rationally connected varieties - examples, really!

4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
Effective completeness theorem

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
The Zariski topology

3:00 PM
Warren 232
ORIE Colloquium
Mark LewisCornell University
Optimality equations and inequalities for Markov decision processes with applications to inventory control
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Melanie PivarskiCornell University
Poincaré inequalities: pleasant, yet informative
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Logic Seminar
Pavel SemukhinCornell University
On Pi_1 presentations of algebras (part 2)

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Shayle R. SearleCornell University
Recollections from a 50-year random walk midst matrices, statistics, and computing
Refreshments are served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Steven StrogatzCornell University
Crowd synchrony on the Millennium Bridge
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Kieval Lecture
Persi DiaconisStanford University
Mathematics and magic tricks

4:30 PM
Malott Bache Aud.
Thursday, September 15, 2005

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Mauricio VelascoCornell University
New monomial ideals associated to finite simplicial complexes

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Persi DiaconisStanford University
From characterization to algorithm
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Colloquium
Daphne KollerStanford University
Probabilistic models for complex domains: cells, bodies, and webpages

4:15 PM
Upson B17
Distinguished Career Lecture Series
Daphne KollerStanford University
From distributed systems to systems biology (and other things)
Reception at 6:30 PM in Biotech Atrium.

7:00 PM
Biotech G01
Friday, September 16, 2005

Lie Groups Seminar
Wook KimCornell University
Standard module conjecture for GSpin groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Bart SelmanCornell University
The next generation of automated reasoning methods
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, September 19, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Brett WickVanderbilt University
Bounded analytic projections and the Corona problem

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Sarah KochCornell University
Moving in herds: critical points of the Hénon map

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Ralph GreenbergUniversity of Washington
The structure of some modules occurring in number theory

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Paat RusmevichientongCornell University
A linear programming-based approximation algorithm for multi-product pricing under a discrete choice model of product differentiation

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
David WhiteCornell University
Processes with inert drift

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Damiano TestaCornell University
Irreducibility of some mapping spaces

4:10 PM
Malott 206