Upcoming Events

Monday, September 28, 2009

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Benjamin SeiboldTemple University
Exact particle methods and gradient-augmented level set approaches
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 5126
Number Theory Seminar
Rebecca TorreyCornell University
How to compute modular forms

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Probability Seminar
Steve LalleyUniversity of Chicago
Return probabilities of random walks on some tree-like graphs and groups

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
Weak Konig’s lemma, reverse mathematics, and Pi-0-1 classes

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Alex d’AspremontPrinceton University
Subsampling, spectral methods, and semidefinite programming
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Fatima MahmoodCornell University
The math behind Sudoku
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Gwyneth WhieldonCornell University
Regularity of edge ideals

1:30 PM
Malott 420C
Statistics Seminar
Ciprian CrainiceanuJohns Hopkins University
Analysis of populations of images
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Chris ConidisFields Institute and University of Waterloo
The strength of the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Teaching Seminar
Samuel KolinsCornell University
The role of reading in undergraduate mathematics

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Oliver Club
Richard ValeCornell University
The geometry of noncommutative rings
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Special Lecture
Steven StrogatzCornell University
The calculus of friendship: what a teacher and a student learned about life while corresponding about math

5:00 PM
Goldwin Smith Kaufman Auditorium
Friday, October 2, 2009

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Fast growth in the Følner function for Thompson’s group

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Z. Jane WangCornell University
How insects fly and turn
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Jayce GetzPrinceton University
Twisted relative trace formulae

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, October 5, 2009

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
John GuckenheimerCornell University
Boundary value problems and solvers for ODEs
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 5126
Probability Seminar
Ping LiCornell University
Compressed counting and random projections in data stream computations and entropy estimation

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Wei-Lung (Dustin) TsengCornell University
On the composition of public-coin zero knowledge

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Number Theory Seminar
Rebecca TorreyCornell University
Serre’s conjecture: statement, current status, and examples

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Yuri BerestCornell University
An introduction to the Bass-Serre theory of groups acting on graphs III

5:00 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
Weak Konig’s lemma, reverse mathematics, and Pi-0-1 classes II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
David MattesonCornell University
Constrained factor models: parsimonious estimation for conditional covariance matrices and the yield curve
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Benjamin LundellCornell University
Congruent numbers and special values of L-functions
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
W. Frank MooreCornell University
Hochster’s theta function

1:30 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
Thomas KernCornell University
Equivalents of failures of the axiom of choice

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
John AbowdCornell University
Formal privacy guarantees and analytical validity of OnTheMap public-use data
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
What Is... Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
What is determinacy?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ravi KannanMicrosoft Research, India
Concentration under heavy tails

11:00 AM
Upson 5126
Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Will DisonUniversity of Bristol
Dehn functions of Bestvina-Brady groups

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Friday, October 9, 2009

Oliver Club
Herbert EdelsbrunnerInstitute of Science and Technology Austria and Duke University
Measuring with algebra
Refreshments at 3:00 PM in the lounge.

3:30 PM
Malott 406