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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
Monday, April 18, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Justin HolmerUniversity of California at Berkeley
On multilinear oscillatory integrals

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Jan Bouwe van den BergVrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Fourth order differential equations and braids

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Probability Seminar
Haya KaspiTechnion
Splitting and coalescence associated with skew Brownian motion

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Mark Sandler
TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Math Club
Tara BrendleCornell University
Braids and cryptography
There will be refreshments in the lounge before the talk.

5:00 PM
Malott 207
Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
Automata techniques for deciding Presburger arithmetic I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Gwyneth WhieldonCornell University
Climbing trees and counting solutions
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Bruce ShepherdBell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Oblivious routing, crossbars and maximum throughput flow
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Logic Seminar
Bryant AdamsCornell University
Automata recognizable versions of Konig's lemma I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
TAM Seminar
Jeannette YenGeorgia Tech
Small-scale biological-chemical-physical signals in the sea
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, April 21, 2005

Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Henri JohnstonCornell University
Dirchlet characters and explicit class field theory over Q

11:30 AM
Malott 420C
Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Angela BarnhillOhio State University
Global fixed points for actions of Coxeter groups on CAT(0) spaces

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Oliver Club
Krystyna KuperbergAuburn University
Wild arcs in dynamics
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, April 22, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
Savas DayanikPrinceton University
Compound Poisson disorder problem

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Wlodek KuperbergAuburn University
Cylindrical partitions of complex bodies
Note unusual day and time.

1:30 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Reyer SjamaarCornell University
Varieties invariant under a Borel subgroup

3:00 PM
Malott 406