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Monday, March 27, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Laurent Saloff-CosteCornell University
Ultracontractivity and embedding property from Markov semigroups

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Achilleas SinefakopoulosCornell University
Borel ideals, part 2

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Itsik Pe'erWeizmann Institute of Science
TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Jason SchweinsbergUniversity of California, San Diego
The loop-erased random walk and the uniform spanning tree on the four-dimensional discrete torus

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Yuri BerestCornell University
An invitation to noncommutative projective geometry

4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Vladimir ShpilrainCity College of New York
Densities in free and free abelian groups

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Andre NiesUniversity of Auckland
Automata presentable groups

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Michael J. ToddCornell University
On minimum-volume elliposids: From John and Kiefer-Wolfowitz to Khachiyan and Nesterov-Nemirovski
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
Ordinals, proofs, and programs
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Logic Seminar
James WorthingtonCornell University
Incomparable hyperdegrees via measure theoretic arguments

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Nikhil R DevanurGeorgia Tech
Market equilibrium: models and algorithms

4:00 PM
Upson 315
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Jeffrey PangCornell University
Pseudospectra and variational analysis

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Francesco BrentiUniversity of Rome
Diamonds, Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials, and Hecke algebra representations

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Dinesh PaiRutgers University
Fast simulation of musculoskeletal biomechanics
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, March 30, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Nikolay NikolovOxford University
Counting primes, groups, and manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Financial Engineering Seminar
Harvey SteinBloomberg
Mortgage OAS analysis

2:00 PM
Phillips 101
Oliver Club
Francesco BrentiUniversity of Rome
On the combinatorial invariance conjecture for Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, March 31, 2006

CAM Colloquium
Naomi Ehrich LeonardPrinceton University
Collective motion in engineered and natural multi-agent systems
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Alessandra PantanoCornell University
On the complementary series of the double cover of F4

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, April 3, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Piotr HajlaszUniversity of Pittsburgh
Sobolev extensions and restrictions

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Adam EpsteinWarwick Mathematics Institute
Teichmuller theory of Riemann surfaces and solenoids

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Mauricio VelascoCornell University
CW-resolutions

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Michael W. MahoneyYahoo Research
A relative-error CUR decomposition for matrices and its data applications

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Benedek ValkoUniversity of Toronto
Limits of random trees from real-world networks

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Roland RoederFields Institute, Toronto
Linking with currents to study the topology of basins of attraction

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Mauricio VelascoCornell University
Cox rings for del Pezzo surfaces

4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Craig JohnsonMarywood & Cornell University
An obstruction to embedding a simplicial n-complex into a 2n-manifold

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Andre NiesUniversity of Auckland
Computability and randomness I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Pascal van HentenrykBrown University
Online stochastic combinatorial optimization
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Joshua BowmanCornell University
Pseudo-Anosov maps of a surface-ally docious (If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious)
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Colloquium
Colin DeweyUniversity of California at Berkeley
Whole-genome alignments and polytopes for comparative genomics
Refreshments at 4:00pm in the Upson 4th floor atrium.

4:30 PM
Upson B17
Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Logic Seminar
Andre NiesUniversity of Auckland
Computability and randomness II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Peter RichtarikCornell University
Improved algorithms for convex minimization in relative scale

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Isabella NovikUniversity of Washington
How neighborly can a centrally symmetric polytope be?

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Marc TimmeMax Planck Institute, Goettingen, Germany
Unstable attractors, synchronization and computation: exact dynamics of spiking neural networks
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
The Good Questions archive and database: how to use this TA tool

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 6, 2006

Chelluri Lecture
Dan GoldstonSan Jose State University
Are there infinitely many twin primes?
A reception will be held at 3:30 PM in 532 Malott Hall.

4:30 PM
Malott 228 (Bache Aud.)
Friday, April 7, 2006

Financial Engineering Seminar
Jose ScheinkmanPrinceton University
TBA

12:15 PM
Hollister 162
CAM Colloquium
Noga AlonTel Aviv University and Institute for Advanced Study
Approximation algorithms and Grothendieck type inequalities
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Dan GoldstonSan Jose State University
Primes in tuples

3:30 PM
Malott 406