Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, April 15, 2019

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Eston SchweickartCS, Cornell
Animating elastic rods with sound

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Analysis Seminar
Hong Wang MIT
Incidences between points and tubes

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Daniel PomerleanoU Mass, Boston
Intrinsic mirror symmetry via symplectic topology

3:45 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Sam HopkinsUC Berkeley
How to Estimate the Mean of a Random Vector in Polynomial Time

4:00 PM
Gates 122
Probability Seminar
Reda ChhaibiInstitut de Mathématiques de Toulouse
On the circle, Kahane's Gaussian Multiplicative Chaos and Circular Random Matrices match

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Steve TrettelUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Projective Geometry, Complex Hyperbolic Space, and Geometric Transitions

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Jan GrebikCzech Academy of Sciences
Vizing's theorem for graphings

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Qiaomin Xie Cornell University - ORIE
AlphaGo Zero, Monte Carlo Tree Search and Self-Play: Towards Theoretical Foundations

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Benjamin Hoffman
Kicking triangles
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Logic Seminar
Philip SinkCornell University
Logic for metric structures

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Ruoqing ZhuUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dimension reduction for Personalized Dose Finding

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Undergraduate Math Club
Steve Trettle
1000 Ways to Die in Hyperbolic Space

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Teaching Seminar
Chaitanya TappuCornell University
Developing Math Writing
Pizza will be served!

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 18, 2019

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Alan CzuronUniversity of Houston
On fixed point property of affine actions on Lp spaces

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Chelluri Lecture
Karen SmithUniversity of Michigan
Resolution of singularities
Refreshments are provided following the talk at the A.D. White House.

4:30 PM
Malott 251
Undergraduate Math Club
Biweekly puzzle session (Easter x hunt?)
Undergraduate Math Club

6:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, April 19, 2019

Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Lin LinUC Berkeley
Grassmann manifold, gauge, and quantum chemistry

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Andrei NegutMIT
Orthogonal shuffle algebras

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, April 22, 2019

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Heather WilberCornell University, CAM
Compression properties in rank-structured Toeplitz solvers

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Tianyi ShiCornell University, CAM
Numerical tensor-train ranks and tensor displacement structure

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Analysis Seminar
Marius Beceanu SUNY - Albany
Nonlinear Schroedinger's equation with random time-dependent potential

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
David Perkinson
Reed College

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Xiaoqin GuoUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Quantitative homogenization in a balanced random environment

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Jayadev AcharyaCornell University
Statistical Inference Under Local Information Constraints

4:00 PM
Gates 122 or Bloomberg 497 at NY Tech
Statistics Seminar
Jeremias KnoblauchOxford-Warwick Statistics Programme
Generalized Variational Inference

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Undergraduate Math Club
Rebecca Jiang
The Falling Cat Problem

5:15 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Xiudi TangCornell University
Symplectic ray removal and its applications

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Romin AbdolahzadiCornell University
Elimination of imaginaries

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Huseyin TopalogluCornell Tech / Cornell University - ORIE
Approximation algorithms for network revenue management

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
David Mehrle
Homotopy theory is hard so why bother?
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Logic Seminar
Shihao XiongCornell University
Logic for metric structures

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
Marcelo AguiarCornell University
What are double categories?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Number Theory Seminar
Kiran KedlayaUniversity of California, San Diego
Sato–Tate groups of abelian threefolds: a sneak preview

1:30 PM
Rockefeller 105
Joint Oliver Club / Physics Colloquium
Nima Arkani-HamedInstitute for Advanced Study
Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics, Total Positivity and Motives
Reception at 3:00 in Baker Portico, PSB

4:00 PM
Baker 200
Board Game Night!
Board Game Night CAM-Math Grads
Board Game Night CAM-Math Grads
there will be Pizza! Feel free to bring your own games!

7:00 PM
Malott Hall Lounge
Friday, April 26, 2019

Joint CAM/ORIE Colloquium
Yaron SingerHarvard University
Algorithms in the Era of Machine Learning: An Inconvenient Truth

3:30 PM
253 Rhodes Hall
Oliver Club
Kiran KedlayaUniversity of California, San Diego
Etale and crystalline companions
Refreshments will be served at 4:00 PM in Malott 532.

4:30 PM
Malott 251
Monday, April 29, 2019

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Cameron MuscoMicrosoft Research New England
A universal sampling method for reconstructing signals with simple Fourier transforms

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Analysis Seminar
Xiumin Du University of Maryland
Schrodinger maximal estimates and refined Strichartz type estimates

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Xin SunColumbia University
Conformal embedding and percolation on the uniform triangulation

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Cameron MuscoMicrosoft Research
The Sample Complexity of Toeplitz Covariance Estimation

4:00 PM
Gates 122 or Bloomberg 497 at NY Tech
Undergraduate Math Club
Arthur Tanjaya
Arthur Tanjaya Presentation

4:45 PM
Malott 532