Upcoming Events

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
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Laver tables and Thompson’s group F

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Multigaps

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Steven SchechterUniversity of British Columbia
Optimal search in minimally invasive surgery
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Thomas KernCornell University
Gems from Budapest!
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 253
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Crash course in forcing, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Sid ResnickCornell University
Modeling data network systems

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Bjarke RouneCornell University
The complexity of computing Euler characteristic

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Teaching Seminar
Kristen Pueschel and Laura EscobarCornell University
Classroom case studies

5:10 PM
Malott 207
Friday, September 17, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Yulij IlyashenkoCornell University and Independent University of Moscow
News about complex polynomial foliations

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Elizabeth BradleyUniversity of Colorado
Chaos in computer performance
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
Derived representation varieities

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, September 20, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Ashish RajCornell University
A new nullspace graphcut move algorithm to solve large inverse systems in imaging
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Jean Carlos CortissozUniversidad de Los Andes
The Navier-Stokes equation

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Karola MészárosMIT
Triangulations of root polytopes and Kirillov’s conjectures

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Lionel LevineMIT
Discrete Laplacian growth: new challenges from integrality

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
Knot theory and noncommutative algebra II

5:00 PM
Malott 203
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Martin KassabovCornell University
On a conjecture of Borel and Tits about abstract homomorphisms between algebraic groups

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Mingzhong CaiCornell University
Todorcevic’s theorem on the preservation of Rosenthal compacta by forcing

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Vishal GaurCornell University
Inventory and capital structure decisions under bankruptcy risk
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Samuel KolinsCornell University
Simplicial complexes gone wild
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Gwyneth WhieldonCornell University
Computing graph invariants via nerve complexes

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Statistics Seminar
David MattesonCornell University
Forecasting emergency medical service call arrival rates

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Logic Seminar
Max BurkeUniversity of Prince Edward Island
Smooth sections through everywhere second category sets and approximation of functions of class C^n by ‘generic’ entire functions

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
Reyer SjamaarCornell University
What is a stable vector?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Sophus Lie Days
Henri MoscoviciOhio State University
Continuous symmetries: from Lie groups to Hopf algebras of transformations
Please join us at 3:55 PM for refreshments in the Mathematics Department lounge (532 Malott Hall).

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, September 24, 2010

CAM Colloquium
Hinke OsingaUniversity of Bristol and Cornell University
Continuation-based computation of global isochrones
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Sophus Lie Days
Henri MoscoviciOhio State University
Hopf algebras and Lie pseudogroups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, September 27, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Bernd KrauskopfUniversity of Bristol
The role of global manifolds in the transition to chaos in the Lorenz system
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Florian BlockUniversity of Michigan
Computing note polynomials for plane curves

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Jun KigamiKyoto University
Dirichlet forms and associated heat kernels on the Cantor set induced by random walks on trees

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Dawn WoodardCornell University
Convergence rate of Markov chain methods for genomic motif discovery

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Patrick BriestCornell University
The power of uncertainty: bundle-pricing for unit-demand customers

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
Knot theory and noncommutative algebra III

5:00 PM
Malott 203