Upcoming Events

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Ruth CharneyBrandeis
Outer space for right-angled Artin groups

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Oliver Club
Damiano TestaCornell University
Rationally connected varieties
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, January 27, 2006

Financial Engineering Seminar
Dmitry KramkovCarnegie Mellon University
Sensitivity analysis of utility-based prices and risk-tolerance wealth processes

12:15 PM
Hollister 162
CAM Colloquium
Shane HendersonCornell University
Robust intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment planning
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, January 30, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Todd KempCornell University
A new Haagerup inequality for the free group

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Anja SturmUniversity of Delaware
Spatial coalescents with multiple mergers

2:30 PM
Malott 251
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Jean-Philippe LessardGeorgia Institute of Technology
Parallel continuation for equilibria of PDEs

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Henri JohnstonCornell University
Galois module structure and change of base field

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Serge CohenToulouse
Gaussian approximation of multivariate Lévy processes

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Jon KleinbergCornell University
Strategic models for information flow in social networks and peer-to-peer systems
Joint with the Microeconomic Theory workshop.

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
John HubbardCornell University
Rings of integers in number fields and the etale topology

4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Pedro OntanedaSUNY Binghamton
Ricci flow and negative curvature in higher dimensions

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Wojtek MoczydlowskiCornell University
Normalization of IZF I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Timothy GoldbergCornell University
A little Lie algebra cohomology, if you please
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Alexander McNeilETH Zurich
Statistical inference for dependent defaults and credit migrations
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Logic Seminar
Wojtek MoczydlowskiCornell University
Normalization of IZF II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Russell LukeUniversity of Delaware
Variational analysis of the distance to nonconvex sets in a Hilbert space, with an application to optical imaging

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
TAM Seminar
Alfred CrosbyUniversity of Massachusetts
Patterns, polymers, and adhesion
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Todd Kemp and Treven WallCornell University
Term projects for math courses

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, February 2, 2006

Financial Engineering Seminar
Alex McNeilETH Zurich
Self-exciting processes for extremes in financial time series

3:00 PM
Rhodes 253
BSCB Seminar
James TaylorPenn State University
Encoding genome alignments for classification problems

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Oliver Club
Martin KassabovCornell University
Small presentations of finite simple groups
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, February 3, 2006

CAM Colloquium
Charles Van LoanCornell University
The new graduate minor in computational science and engineering (CSE)
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Monday, February 6, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Artem PulemyotovCornell University
Maximum principles for parabolic systems

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Alvaro Lozano-RobledoCornell University
A conjectural geometric description of principal congruence subgroups

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
Compression

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ludek KuceraCharles University, Prague
Low degree connectivity in ad-hoc networks

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
John HubbardCornell University
Rings of integers in number fields and the etale topology II

4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, February 7, 2006

Logic Seminar
Marat ArslanovKazan State University and Cornell University
N-c.e. degrees structures

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
Compression II

3:00 PM
Malott 251
ORIE Colloquium
Stefan WeberCornell University
Distribution-invariant risk measures
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Jonathan NeedlemanCornell University
I challenge you to a unitary dual!
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, February 8, 2006

Continuous Optimization Seminar
Michael OvertonCourant Institute
HANSO and HIFOO: two new MATLAB codes for nonsmooth optimization and robust control

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Logic Seminar
Wojtek MoczydlowskiCornell University
Ordinal notations and effective transfinite recursion

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Megan OwenCornell University
Combinatorics in information theory

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Roald HoffmanCornell University
Chemistry's essential tension: the same and not the same
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, February 9, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Josep BurilloUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya
The braided Thompson's group

1:30 PM
Malott 406