Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, September 12, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Camil MuscaluCornell University
A simple proof of Coifman-Meyer theorem

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Alvaro Lozano-RobledoCornell University
Elliptic units and Galois representations

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ashish GoelStanford University
Sampling, aggregation, and phase transitions in sensor networks

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Joan LindCornell University
The geometry of Loewner evolution

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Damiano TestaCornell University
Rationally connected varieties - examples, really!

4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
Effective completeness theorem

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
The Zariski topology

3:00 PM
Warren 232
ORIE Colloquium
Mark LewisCornell University
Optimality equations and inequalities for Markov decision processes with applications to inventory control
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Melanie PivarskiCornell University
Poincaré inequalities: pleasant, yet informative
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Logic Seminar
Pavel SemukhinCornell University
On Pi_1 presentations of algebras (part 2)

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Shayle R. SearleCornell University
Recollections from a 50-year random walk midst matrices, statistics, and computing
Refreshments are served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Steven StrogatzCornell University
Crowd synchrony on the Millennium Bridge
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Kieval Lecture
Persi DiaconisStanford University
Mathematics and magic tricks

4:30 PM
Malott Bache Aud.
Thursday, September 15, 2005

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Mauricio VelascoCornell University
New monomial ideals associated to finite simplicial complexes

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Persi DiaconisStanford University
From characterization to algorithm
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Colloquium
Daphne KollerStanford University
Probabilistic models for complex domains: cells, bodies, and webpages

4:15 PM
Upson B17
Distinguished Career Lecture Series
Daphne KollerStanford University
From distributed systems to systems biology (and other things)
Reception at 6:30 PM in Biotech Atrium.

7:00 PM
Biotech G01
Friday, September 16, 2005

Lie Groups Seminar
Wook KimCornell University
Standard module conjecture for GSpin groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Bart SelmanCornell University
The next generation of automated reasoning methods
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, September 19, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Brett WickVanderbilt University
Bounded analytic projections and the Corona problem

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Sarah KochCornell University
Moving in herds: critical points of the Hénon map

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Ralph GreenbergUniversity of Washington
The structure of some modules occurring in number theory

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Paat RusmevichientongCornell University
A linear programming-based approximation algorithm for multi-product pricing under a discrete choice model of product differentiation

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
David WhiteCornell University
Processes with inert drift

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Damiano TestaCornell University
Irreducibility of some mapping spaces

4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
Michael KupperETHZ/Princeton
TBA

12:15 PM
Hollister 162
Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Edward SwartzCornell University
f-vectors and manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
Effective omitting types theorems

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Jon KleinbergCornell University
Approximation algorithms for the disjoint paths problem
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Joshua BowmanCornell University
Translation with a capital T, and that rhymes with B, and that stands for billiards!
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
Weighted finite-state transducers and applications to speech recognition

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Bridget TennerMIT
Reduced decompositions and permutation patterns

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Richard RandCornell University
Three short talks on nonlinear dynamics
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Louis Billera, Kenneth Brown, Kariane Calta, Sarah Day, Stephen Hilbert, Luke RogersCornell University and Ithaca College
Applying for postdocs and teaching jobs

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 22, 2005

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Mauricio VelascoCornell University
Does every minimal monomial free resolution admit a cellular structure?

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Christiane RousseauUniversity of Montreal
The root extraction problem for a germ of holomorphic diffeomorphism f : (C,0) -> (C,0)
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, September 23, 2005

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Christiane RousseauUniversity of Montreal
The finiteness part of Hilbert's 16th problem for quadratic vector fields

1:00 PM
Malott 310D
CAM Colloquium
Z. Jane WangCornell University
Efficiency of flight: flapping wing vs. fixed wing
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
George WilsonOxford University and Cornell University
Mad subalgebras of rings of differential operators on curves

3:30 PM
Malott 406