Upcoming Events

Monday, August 30, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Maria CameronUniversity of Maryland
Computing transition paths for rare events
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Benjamin SteinhurstCornell University
Quantum mechanics on Laakso spaces

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Peter McNamaraBucknell University
The Schur-positivity poset

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Robert KleinbergCornell University
Reducing (Bayesian) mechanism design to algorithm design

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Jonathon PetersonCornell University
Weak quenched limiting distributions of a one-dimensional random walk in a random environment

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Emily DrydenBucknell University
Upper bounds for eigenvalues of submanifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Friday, September 3, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Tomas JohnsonCornell University
Dynamics of the universal area-preserving map associated with period doubling

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Jeffrey VarnerCornell University
Modeling and analysis of signal transduction cascades using ensembles of uncertain models
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Lucas SabalkaBinghamton University
On the geometry of Out(F_n)

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Compact sets of Baire class 1 functions

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
James RenegarCornell University
Central swaths (a generalization of the central path)
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Daniel WongCornell University
How do we play on characters?
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 253
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Statistics Seminar
Ping LiCornell University
b-Bit miniwise hashing for estimating two-way and three-way similarities

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Crash course in forcing, part I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
What are the Laver tables?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Oliver Club
Louis BilleraCornell University
Counting flags in polytopes, Eulerian posets, and Coxeter groups
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, September 10, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Denis VolkIndependent University of Moscow
Skew products with interval fiber

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Frobenius splitting of flag manifolds and projected Richardson varieties

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Andrea BarreiroUniversity of Washington
Modeling cooperative activity in neural systems
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, September 13, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Lexing YingUniversity of Texas at Austin
Sweeping preconditioners for the Helmholtz equation
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Alex IosevichUniversity of Rochester
On simplexes determined by fractal subsets of the Euclidean space

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Edward SwartzCornell University
Thirty years and counting

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Gennady SamorodnitskyCornell University
Large deviations for point processes based on stationary sequences with heavy tails

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Silvio MicaliMIT
The second-knowledge mechanism

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Math Club
William ThurstonCornell University
Modular construction of surfaces

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
Knot theory and noncommutative algebra

5:00 PM
Malott 203