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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
Monday, April 11, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Todd KempCornell University
Strong ultracontractivity

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Bill KaliesFlorida Atlantic University
Computational Conley index theory

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Educational Mathematics Seminar
Sunethra WeerakoonUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura and Cornell University
How my teaching evolved over the years and what I want to do next

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Probability Seminar
Dan StroockMIT
Much ado about a simple PDE

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Anupam GuptaCMU
TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Gregory BellPennsylvania State University
Asymptotic dimension of groups

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Robert MilnikelKenyon College
The logic of proofs

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
George NemhauserGeorgia Institute of Technology
Polyhedral sochastic integer programming
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Treven WallCornell University
Using one fish to feed 5,000
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Lie Groups Seminar
Henrique BursztynUniversity of Toronto
Fusion of quasi-Hamiltonian spaces
Note unusual day and time.

2:30 PM
MT 406
Logic Seminar
Robert MilnikelKenyon College
Computational complexity of the logic of proofs

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Kristin CamengaCornell University
Angle sums on polytopal complexes

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Harry DankowiczVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Discontinuity-driven design and control of impact microactuators
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
James BelkCornell University
Technology for prelims

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 14, 2005

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Franco SaliolaCornell University
(Co)homology construction on posets

3:00 PM
Malott 205
Oliver Club
Alessandra PantanoCornell University
A combinatorial description of the nilpotent curve
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Biological Statistics & Computational Biology
Jason MezeyUniversity of California at Davis
Quantitative genetic analysis of wings, gene expression, and the transcriptome of Drosophila
Refreshments will be available.

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Friday, April 15, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
John BirgeUniversity of Chicago
Optimizing taxable portfolios of many assets

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Xuhua HeMIT
The G-stable pieces and parabolic character sheaves of the wonderful group compactification

3:00 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Robin ThomasGeorgia Institute of Technology
Pfaffian orientation of graphs
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655