Upcoming Events

Monday, April 24, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Diego MaldonadoUniversity of Maryland
A geometric approach to the Monge-Ampere equation and applications

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Mitsuhiro ShishikuraKyoto University
The renormalization for parabolic fixed points and their perturbations

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
A cellular structure on the Eliahou-Kervaire resolution

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Probability Seminar
Michael RoecknerPurdue University
Stochastic porous media and fast diffusion equations

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ehud KalaiNorthwestern University
TBA

4:10 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Logic Seminar
Joseph MiletiUniversity of Chicago
Effective ring theory

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Susan CooperSyracuse University
The lex-plus-powers conjecture for points

3:00 PM
Malott 251
Olivetti Club
Greg MullerCornell University
Greg Muller strikes back
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Pablo ParriloMIT
SOS/SDP methods: from optimization to games
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Statistics Seminar
Plamen KoevMIT
Computing eigenvalues of random matrices — from genomics to 3D target recognition
Refreshments are served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Chek Beng ChuaUniversity of Waterloo
TBA

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Logic Seminar
Joseph MiletiUniversity of Chicago
The strength of the Rainbow Ramsey Theorem

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Thomas ZaslavskySUNY Binghamton
The algebraic foundation of weak Tutte functions

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Kathleen HoffmanUniversity of Maryland
Stability of twisted elastic rods with repulsive potentials
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, April 27, 2006

Oliver Club
Eckhard MeinrenkenUniversity of Toronto
Pure spinors on Lie groups
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, April 28, 2006

CAM Colloquium
Prabhakar RaghavanYahoo Research
The changing face of web search
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Eckhard MeinrenkenUniversity of Toronto
Twisted K-homology and Lie groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, May 1, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Jani OnninenSyracuse University
Deformations of finite energy

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Victor MatveevNew Jersey Institute of Technology
Multistability in a two-cell inhibitory network with T-like currents and synaptic facilitation

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Steven SinnottCornell University
Bayesian networks and computational algebra

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Paat RusmevichientongCornell University
An adaptive algorithm for selecting profitable keywords for search-based advertising services

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Stefan WengerNew York University
Isoperimetric inequalities of Euclidean and sub-Euclidean type in metric spaces

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
Applications of strong normalization of Heyting arithmetic

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Leonid GurvitsLos Alamos National Laboratory
Hyperbolic polynomials and van der Waerden / Schrijver-valiant like conjectures
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Sarah KochCornell University
Some secrets of the Mandelbrot set and a glimpse of dynamics in C^2
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
Automata and automatic structures

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Michael J. ToddCornell University
Computing minimum volume ellipsoids and minumum cross-sectional area ellipsoidal cylinders
Note time change

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Louis BilleraCornell University
Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials and the cd-index

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Tamas Kalmar-NagyTexas A&M University
Of networked control systems, rabbits, and the visible points of the integer lettuce
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

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

Oliver Club
Gregory LawlerCornell University
The Schramm-Loewner evolution: an introduction
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, May 5, 2006

CAM Colloquium
Simon MyersBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Exploring recombination and recombination hotspots using genetic variation data
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655