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Monday, March 7, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Raanan SchulYale University
Subsets of rectifiable curves in Hilbert space and the analyst's TSP

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Robert GhristUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Braids and parabolic PDEs

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Probability Seminar
Gennady SamorodnitskyCornell University
Ergodicity of stable processes

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Educational Mathematics Seminar
David BockCornell University
The new NYS K-8 mathematics curriculum guidelines

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Tuesday, March 8, 2005

Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jason MartinCornell University
Using MAGMA IV

11:30 AM
Malott 103
Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Alireza Salehi-GolsefidyYale University
Lattices of minimum covolume in classical Chevalley groups over F_q(1/t)

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Bjorn Kjos-HansenUniversity of Connecticut at Storrs
Almost everywhere domination

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Paat RusmevichientongCornell University
Algorithms for multi-product pricing in discrete-choice models of product differentiation
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Kristen CamengaCornell University
Faces and angles of polytopes
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Logic Seminar
Bjorn Kjos-HansenUniversity of Connecticut at Storrs
Weak recursive degrees

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Rigoberto FlorezSUNY Binghamton
A conjecture of Lindstrom on a class of algebraically non-representable matroids

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Mary Lou ZeemanUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
How does estradiol initiate the LH surge? a modeling approach
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, March 10, 2005

Oliver Club
Roland SpeicherQueen's University
Free probability theory and random matrices
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, March 11, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
Andy StergeComcast
Where have all the statistical arbitrage profits gone?

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
CAM Colloquium
Javier PenaCarnegie Mellon University
Optimization and positive polynomials
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, March 14, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Sunhi ChoiMIT
The regularity and speed of the Hele-Shaw flow

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Toufic SuidanNew York University
A GUE central limit theorem and universality of last passage percolation fluctuations in thin rectangles

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Kevin LinNew York University
Entrainment and chaos in the pulse-driven Hodgkin-Huxley oscillator

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Tim RileyYale University
Intrinsic versus extrinsic diameter in finitely presented groups

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Antonio MontalbanCornell University
A minimal pair of K-degrees

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar / Number Theory & Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
A short proof of Macaulay's theorem

3:00 PM
Malott 205
ORIE Colloquium
Benjamin van RoyStanford University
Regression methods for optimal stopping problems
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Drew ArmstrongCornell University
The mystery of the Catalan numbers
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
Non-omega models: conservativity for WKL_0 over PRA II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
David ForgeOrsay and SUNY Binghamton
Orlik-Solomon algebras and other algebras of hyperplane arrangements

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
John GuckenheimerCornell University
The birth of chaos
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Math Club
Gregory LawlerCornell University
Choosing elements at random from very large sets
There will be refreshments in the lounge before the talk.

5:00 PM
Malott 207
Teaching Seminar
Lee GibsonCornell University
Teaching upper level math courses - a panel discussion

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 17, 2005

Oliver Club
Kate OkikioluUniversity of California at San Diego
Spectral zeta functions and Riemannian geometry
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, March 18, 2005

Statistics Seminar
Scott Zeger, Francesca Dominici, Giovanni Parmigiani, Joanne Katz, and Christian ParulJohns Hopkins University
Micronutrient supplementation, birth weight and infant mortality: on estimation of percentile-specific, mediated intervention effects
Note unusual time and location. Refreshments are served after the seminar in Malott 301.

2:00 PM
Malott 253