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Monday, March 28, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Gregory LawlerCornell University
Loewner evolution in multiply connected domains

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Philip MummertCornell University
Anti-integrable limits, Biham-Wenzel's algorithm, and symbolic dynamics of Henon maps

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Probability Seminar
Julien BerestyckiUniversity of Paris VI
Small time behavior for beta-coalescents

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Martin KassabovCornell University
Symmetric groups and expanders

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
Spectra of computable models I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Jorge NocedalNorthwestern University
Interior and penalty methods for nonlinear optimization
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Joshua BowmanCornell University
Royden's theorem on isometries of Teichmüller space
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Logic Seminar
Anil NerodeCornell University
Hybrid systems and the differential geometry of optimal control

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Michael WoodruffUniversity of Michigan
Shape restricted estimation in the search for dark matter
Refreshments are served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Stefan SchaalUniversity of Southern California
Learnable nonlinear dynamic systems for control
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Maria TerrellCornell University
A calculus concepts inventory

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 31, 2005

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Franco SaliolaCornell University
Noncommutative Koszul algebras

3:00 PM
Malott 205
Computer Science Colloquium
Robert KleinbergMIT
Adaptive algorithms for price-setting and overlay routing

4:15 PM
Upson B17
Friday, April 1, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
Michael SteeleUniversity of Pennsylvania
Dynamics of equity returns — the known, unknown, and unknowable

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Etienne RassartInstitute for Advanced Study
Polynomiality properties of type A weight and tensor product multiplicities

3:00 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Walter StraussBrown University
Periodic traveling rotational water waves
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, April 4, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Irina NenciuCalifornia Institute of Technology
Lax pairs for the Ablowitz-Ladik system via orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Stas VolkovUniversity of Bristol
A polling system with 3 queues and 1 server is a.s. periodic when transient: dynamical and stochastic systems, and chaos

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Educational Mathematics Seminar
Will HarrisGeorgetown University and Cornell University
Computer software and constructivism in the teaching of abstract algebra

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Stanislaus Maier-PaapeRWTH Aachen
Structure of the attractor of the Cahn-Hilliard equation

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Math Club
Edward SwartzCornell University
How many are there?
There will be refreshments in the lounge before the talk.

5:00 PM
Malott 207
Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Joseph MastersSUNY at Buffalo
Quasi-Fuchsian surfaces in hyperbolic knot manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
Spectra of computable models II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Dimitrios KonstantinidesAegean University
Large deviations and ruin probabilities for solutions to stochastic recurrence equations
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
The recreational mathematics of hats and lightbulbs
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Logic Seminar
Anil NerodeCornell University
Finsler geometry of optimal control

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Jeffrey Pang
Set intersection theorems and existence of optimal solutions by D. Bertsekas and P. Tseng

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Drew ArmstrongCornell University
Catalan combinatorics of finite Coxeter groups

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Nicolas TriantafyllidisUniversity of Michigan
On magnetorheological elastomers: general theory and application to the stability of a rectangular block under a transverse magnetic field
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, April 7, 2005

Biological Statistics & Computational Biology
Sheng ZhongHarvard University
Computational developments in identifying mammalian DNA regulatory elements facilitate research in developmental biology and cancer

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Oliver Club
Gerhard MichlerCornell University
Structure of abstract finite simple groups
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, April 8, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
Amnon LevyMoody's KMV
Modeling recovery with systematic risk: implications for valuation and portfolio risk

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
CAM Colloquium
Daniel BienstockColumbia University
New algorithms for the maximum throughput problem
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253