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Monday, April 3, 2006
Analysis Seminar
Piotr Hajlasz
University of Pittsburgh
Sobolev extensions and restrictions
1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Adam Epstein
Warwick Mathematics Institute
Teichmuller theory of Riemann surfaces and solenoids
2:45 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Mauricio Velasco
Cornell University
CW-resolutions
3:10 PM
Malott 251
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Michael W. Mahoney
Yahoo Research
A relative-error CUR decomposition for matrices and its data applications
4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Benedek Valko
University of Toronto
Limits of random trees from real-world networks
4:00 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Roland Roeder
Fields Institute, Toronto
Linking with currents to study the topology of basins of attraction
4:00 PM
Malott 203
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Mauricio Velasco
Cornell University
Cox rings for del Pezzo surfaces
4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Craig Johnson
Marywood & Cornell University
An obstruction to embedding a simplicial n-complex into a 2n-manifold
1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Andre Nies
University of Auckland
Computability and randomness I
2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Pascal van Hentenryk
Brown University
Online stochastic combinatorial optimization
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM
4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Joshua Bowman
Cornell University
Pseudo-Anosov maps of a surface-ally docious (If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious)
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.
4:15 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Colloquium
Colin Dewey
University of California at Berkeley
Whole-genome alignments and polytopes for comparative genomics
Refreshments at 4:00pm in the Upson 4th floor atrium.
4:30 PM
Upson B17
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Logic Seminar
Andre Nies
University of Auckland
Computability and randomness II
4:00 PM
Malott 206
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Peter Richtarik
Cornell University
Improved algorithms for convex minimization in relative scale
4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Isabella Novik
University of Washington
How neighborly can a centrally symmetric polytope be?
4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Marc Timme
Max Planck Institute, Goettingen, Germany
Unstable attractors, synchronization and computation: exact dynamics of spiking neural networks
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.
4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Mia Minnes
Cornell University
The Good Questions archive and database: how to use this TA tool
5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Chelluri Lecture
Dan Goldston
San Jose State University
Are there infinitely many twin primes?
A reception will be held at 3:30 PM in 532 Malott Hall.
4:30 PM
Malott 228 (Bache Aud.)
Friday, April 7, 2006
Financial Engineering Seminar
Jose Scheinkman
Princeton University
TBA
12:15 PM
Hollister 162
CAM Colloquium
Noga Alon
Tel Aviv University and Institute for Advanced Study
Approximation algorithms and Grothendieck type inequalities
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.
3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Dan Goldston
San Jose State University
Primes in tuples
3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, April 10, 2006
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Adam Kalai
Toyota Technological Institute
Repeated decision making and online optimization
12:15 PM
TBA
Analysis Seminar
Alex Powell
Vanderbilt University
The Balian-Low uncertainty principle: sharpness, non-symmetry, and other extensions
1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Dierk Schleicher
International University Bremen
Newton's method for finding roots of complex polynomials (with a view towards transcendental functions)
2:45 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Steven Sinnott
Cornell University
Algebraic statistics
3:10 PM
Malott 251
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Johannes Rueckert
International University Bremen
Newton's method for transcendental functions
4:00 PM
Malott 203
Probability Seminar
Michael Reed
Duke University
Why cell biology needs mathematicians
This is a general interest talk.
4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Dana Pe'er
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
TBA
4:30 PM
TBA
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
ORIE Colloquium
Adam Kalai
Toyota Technological Institute
Noise-tolerant algorithms for learning and boosting
Note unusual time and place.
2:45 PM
Upson B17
Logic Seminar
Michael O'Connor
Cornell University
The hyperjump
2:55 PM
Malott 206
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeffrey Mermin
Cornell University
The Eliahou-Kervaire resolution is cellular
3:00 PM
Malott 251
Olivetti Club
Benjamin Chan
Cornell University
The way Google makes its money
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.
4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Alexander Vladimirsky
Cornell University
Label-setting algorithms for stochastic shortest path problems on graphs
4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Kalle Karu
University of British Columbia
The combinatorics of the strong factorization conjecture for toric varieties
4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Yijun Liu
University of Cincinnati
Recent development in the fast multipole boundary element method and its applications in modeling carbon nanotube composites
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.
4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Oliver Club
Kalle Karu
University of British Columbia
The geometry of the cd-index
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.
4:15 PM
Malott 406
Biological Statistics & Computational Biology Seminar
Badri Padhukasahasram
University of Southern California
Estimating recombination rates from SNPs using summary statistics
4:30 PM
Biotech G01
Friday, April 14, 2006
Financial Engineering Seminar
Antje Berndt
Carnegie Mellon University
Default risk premia and asset returns
Note location change.
12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
CAM Colloquium
Sara Robinson
Freelance Writer
The future of math in the media
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.
3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, April 17, 2006
Analysis Seminar
Natasa Pavlovic
Princeton University
On a periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation
1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Umberto Pesavento
Cornell University
Unsteady aerodynamics of falling plates: experiments, simulations, and bifurcation analysis
2:45 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Alvaro Lozano-Robledo
Cornell University
Trivial bounds and elliptic curves of maximal rank
3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Susan Cooper
Syracuse University
The Eisenbud-Green-Harris conjecture
3:10 PM
Malott 251
Probability Seminar
Joe Yukich
Lehigh University
Limit theory for some problems in geometric probability - an overview
4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Alan Nash
University of California, San Diego
Data integration and data exchange
4:15 PM
Upson 5130
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