Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Friday, October 29, 2004

Lie Groups Seminar
Leticia BarchiniOklahoma State University
Stein extensions of real symmetric spaces

3:00 PM
Malott 406
Financial Engineering Seminar
Takaki HayashiColumbia University
On covariance estimation for high-frequency financial data

3:45 PM
Rhodes 655
CAM Colloquium
Takaki HayashiColumbia University
On covariance estimation for high-frequency financial data
Refreshments at 4:45 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:45 PM
Rhodes 655
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeff MerminCornell University
Toric varieties V

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Monday, November 1, 2004

Analysis Seminar
Neshan WickramasekeraMIT
Regularity and compactness of immersed stable minimal hypersurfaces

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Edward WaymireOregon State University and Cornell University
Branching random walk and incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Educational Mathematics Seminar
Susan PilieroCornell University
Discussion of Schoenfeld's paper on the "Math Wars"

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Dynamical Systems Seminar
John SmillieCornell University
Some conjectures of John Hubbard about the complex Henon family

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Nathalie WahlUniversity of Aarhus (Denmark)
Mapping class groups and automorphisms of free groups

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Christopher HardinCornell University
Proof systems for Kleene algebra II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Jonathan NeedlemanCornell University
Cantor set for president
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Michel GoemansM.I.T.
The benefit of adaptivity in stochastic combinatorial optimization problems
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 655
Wednesday, November 3, 2004

Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
omega-models

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Henri JohnstonCornell University
Some problems from research

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Balazs CsikosEötvös University
On a problem set of M. Kneser

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Luigi La RagionePolitecnico di Bari, Italy
Fluctuations in the micromechanics of granular materials
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Jonathan NeedlemanCornell University
Encouraging students to communicate mathematics

5:00 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, November 4, 2004

Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Aladar HeppesEötvös University
Helly theorems with line transversals
Time and place will be announced on the website

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Oliver Club
Toby StaffordUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Noncommutative projective geometry
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, November 5, 2004

Financial Engineering Seminar
Stijn Van NieuwerburghNew York University
Information acquisition and portfolio under-diversification

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Toby StaffordUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Cherednik algebras and Hilbert schemes of points

3:00 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Stephen PopeCornell University
Algorithms for turbulent combustion
Refreshments at 4:45 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:45 PM
Rhodes 655
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Steven SinnottCornell University
Toric varieties VI

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Monday, November 8, 2004

Analysis Seminar
Joachim KriegerHarvard University
Global regularity of solutions for the Yang-Mills equations on high dimensional Minkowski space

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Tatiana KutuzovaMoscow State University
Nonexistence of time averages and nonuniqueness of limit measures

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Adrian VettaMcGill University
Quality, stability and efficiency issues in competitive games

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, November 9, 2004

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Indira ChatterjiCornell University
On a characterization of hyperbolic spaces

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Carl Jockusch, Jr.University of Illinois, Urbana
Computable Ramsey theory and reverse mathematics

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Thaleia ZariphopoulouUniversity of Texas at Austin
Derivative valuation and investment management
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Treven WallCornell University
Have we really solved Laplace's equation?
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
omega models II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
Toric varieties VII

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Patricia HershMSRI and Indiana University at Bloomington
A GL_n(F_q) analogue of the partition lattice and discrete Morse theory for poset order complexes

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Mason PeckCornell University
Control-moment gyroscopes for joint actuation: a new paradigm in space robotics
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, November 11, 2004

Oliver Club
Rodrigo PerezCornell University
TBA
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, November 12, 2004

Financial Engineering Seminar
Francis LongstaffUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Asset pricing in illiquid markets

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Farkhod EshmatovCornell University
An example of an A-infinity functor

3:00 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Philip HolmesPrinceton University
Optimal decisions: from neural spikes, through stochastic differential equations to behavior
Refreshments at 4:45 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:45 PM
Rhodes 655
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jason MartinCornell University
Schemes for number theorists

4:00 PM
Malott 224