Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, April 17, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Natasa PavlovicPrinceton University
On a periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Umberto PesaventoCornell University
Unsteady aerodynamics of falling plates: experiments, simulations, and bifurcation analysis

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Alvaro Lozano-RobledoCornell University
Trivial bounds and elliptic curves of maximal rank

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Susan CooperSyracuse University
The Eisenbud-Green-Harris conjecture

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Probability Seminar
Joe YukichLehigh University
Limit theory for some problems in geometric probability - an overview

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Alan NashUniversity of California, San Diego
Data integration and data exchange

4:15 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Francesco MatucciFirenze and Cornell University
On trivalent directed graphs and conjugacy classes of Thompson's group F

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Vivian MorleyIthaca, New York
Basis theorems

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Aharon Ben-TalTechnion and MIT
Comprehensive robust optimization
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Michael RobinsonCornell University
Tug-of-war: how nonlinearity and the Laplacian interact
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Continuous Optimization Seminar
Paat RusmevichientongCornell University
Data-driven convex optimization with applications to supply chain management

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Logic Seminar
Vivian MorleyIthaca, New York
Hyperarithmetic quantifiers

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Stephanie van WilligenburgUniversity of British Columbia
Coincidences amongst skew Schur functions

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Eric Shea-BrownNew York University
Spiking dynamics in phase oscillator networks
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Robert Strichartz, Craig Johnson, Thomas Church
Facilitating research by undergraduates: a panel discussion

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 20, 2006

Oliver Club
John MillsonUniversity of Maryland
The generalized triangle inequalities in symmetric spaces and buildings with applications to representation theory
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, April 21, 2006

CAM Colloquium
M. Alex O. VasilescuMIT
A tensor algebraic framework for computer vision and graphics
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
John MillsonUniversity of Maryland
The toric geometry of polygons in Euclidean space

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, April 24, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Diego MaldonadoUniversity of Maryland
A geometric approach to the Monge-Ampere equation and applications

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Mitsuhiro ShishikuraKyoto University
The renormalization for parabolic fixed points and their perturbations

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
A cellular structure on the Eliahou-Kervaire resolution

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Probability Seminar
Michael RoecknerPurdue University
Stochastic porous media and fast diffusion equations

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ehud KalaiNorthwestern University
TBA

4:10 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Logic Seminar
Joseph MiletiUniversity of Chicago
Effective ring theory

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Susan CooperSyracuse University
The lex-plus-powers conjecture for points

3:00 PM
Malott 251
Olivetti Club
Greg MullerCornell University
Greg Muller strikes back
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Pablo ParriloMIT
SOS/SDP methods: from optimization to games
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Statistics Seminar
Plamen KoevMIT
Computing eigenvalues of random matrices — from genomics to 3D target recognition
Refreshments are served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Chek Beng ChuaUniversity of Waterloo
TBA

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Logic Seminar
Joseph MiletiUniversity of Chicago
The strength of the Rainbow Ramsey Theorem

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Thomas ZaslavskySUNY Binghamton
The algebraic foundation of weak Tutte functions

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Kathleen HoffmanUniversity of Maryland
Stability of twisted elastic rods with repulsive potentials
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, April 27, 2006

Oliver Club
Eckhard MeinrenkenUniversity of Toronto
Pure spinors on Lie groups
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, April 28, 2006

CAM Colloquium
Prabhakar RaghavanYahoo Research
The changing face of web search
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Eckhard MeinrenkenUniversity of Toronto
Twisted K-homology and Lie groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, May 1, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Jani OnninenSyracuse University
Deformations of finite energy

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Victor MatveevNew Jersey Institute of Technology
Multistability in a two-cell inhibitory network with T-like currents and synaptic facilitation

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Steven SinnottCornell University
Bayesian networks and computational algebra

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Paat RusmevichientongCornell University
An adaptive algorithm for selecting profitable keywords for search-based advertising services

4:00 PM
Upson 5130