Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 30, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Giorgio ManticaUniversità degli Studi dell’Insubria
Fourier-Bessel functions and their many asymptotics

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Elizabeth MeckesAmerican Institute of Mathematics and Cornell University
An infinitesimal version of Stein's method of exchangeable pairs

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Elliot AnshelevichRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Strategic network formation through peering and service agreements

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Math Club
Robert ConnellyCornell University
Sudoku and geometry
Refreshments before the talk in the lounge.

5:00 PM
Malott 253
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
On CAT(0) structures for free-by-cyclic groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Michael O’ConnorCornell University
Measure theoretic uniformity and basis theorems

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
John TsitsiklisMIT
Queueing and delay in bin-packing and other stochastic combinatorial problems
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Jonathan NeedlemanCornell University
One idea — three costumes
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Logic Seminar
Vivian MorleyIthaca, New York
Kucera's injury free construction of incomparable r.e. degrees and the Kucera-Gacs theorem

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Brian D. MarxLouisiana State University
Multidimensional penalized signal regression
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Stephan KoehlerEmory University
Swimming in a granular medium
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Doris SchattschneiderMoravian College
Escher's combinatorial patterns and their aftermath

4:40 PM
Malott 253
Teaching Seminar
David BockCornell University
Service and outreach opportunities, or How to have fun and beef up your CV
Dave will be joined by an assortment of representatives from various outreach programs (EYH, PFF, Senior Seminar, Math Explorers' Club, etc.)

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, November 2, 2006

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Steven SinnottCornell University
Algebraic statistics and commutative algebra

12:30 PM
Malott 420C
Oliver Club
Michael GekhtmanUniversity of Notre Dame
Cluster algebras, Poisson structures, and semiconductor nets
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, November 3, 2006

Financial Engineering Seminar
Michael LipkinKatama Trading, LLC
Sherlock trader, take-over sleuth

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Paul FriedmanUnion College
Langlands parameters and cohomological induction

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Jonathan D. VictorWeill Cornell Medical College
Neural coding and representation of visual information
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Monday, November 6, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Christina SormaniCUNY Graduate Center and Lehman College
Ricci curvature and the topology of open manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Sebastien RochUniversity of California at Berkeley
Broadcasting on trees: On the tightness of a bound of Kesten and Stigum

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Michael StillmanCornell University
Considering graduate school in math?
Refreshments before the talk in the lounge.

5:00 PM
Malott 523
Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Christophe PittetUniversité de Marseille and Cornell University
Bounded 2-cocycles in Lie groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Vadims MoldavskisCornell University
Title TBA

2:50 PM
Ives 219
Logic Seminar
Bryant AdamsCornell University
Cohen forcing in the hyperarithmetic setting

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Tilmann GneitingUniversity of Washington
Strictly proper scoring rules, prediction and estimation
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Victor KostyukCornell University
Large cardinals
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Statistics Seminar
Kannan NatarajanNovartis Biostatistics
Bayesian survival analysis with nonproportional hazards: Meta-analysis of combination of Pravachol and aspirin
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Michael O’ConnorCornell University
Measure theoretic uniformity and basis theorems II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
TAM Seminar
Howard C. BergHarvard University
E. coli in motion
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, November 9, 2006

Computer Science Theory Seminar
Michael KearnsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Two economic models of network formation

4:15 PM
Upson B17
Oliver Club
Igor RodnianskiPrinceton University
The wave map problem
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, November 10, 2006

Category Theory Seminar
David BiddleCornell University
Quillen’s Q construction and K theory II

10:30 AM
Malott 420C
CAM Colloquium
Steve OlsonFreelance Writer
In search of our common ancestors
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Statistics Seminar
Henry Horng-Shing LuNational Chiao Tung University and the University of Chicago
Is less more? Statistical investigation for large biological networks
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

3:30 PM
Malott 253
Monday, November 13, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Xiu-Xiong ChenUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison
On the moduli space of extremal metrics and the Calabi flow

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Parthanil RoyCornell University
Ergodic theory, abelian groups and extremes of stable random fields

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Jin-Yi CaiUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison
Honeynets and honeygames: a game theoretic approach to defending network monitors

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Math Club
Diane O’ConnorLiberty Mutual
Actuarial information session

5:30 PM
Malott 253