Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, November 6, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Christina SormaniCUNY Graduate Center and Lehman College
Ricci curvature and the topology of open manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Sebastien RochUniversity of California at Berkeley
Broadcasting on trees: On the tightness of a bound of Kesten and Stigum

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Michael StillmanCornell University
Considering graduate school in math?
Refreshments before the talk in the lounge.

5:00 PM
Malott 523
Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Christophe PittetUniversité de Marseille and Cornell University
Bounded 2-cocycles in Lie groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Vadims MoldavskisCornell University
Title TBA

2:50 PM
Ives 219
Logic Seminar
Bryant AdamsCornell University
Cohen forcing in the hyperarithmetic setting

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Tilmann GneitingUniversity of Washington
Strictly proper scoring rules, prediction and estimation
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Victor KostyukCornell University
Large cardinals
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Statistics Seminar
Kannan NatarajanNovartis Biostatistics
Bayesian survival analysis with nonproportional hazards: Meta-analysis of combination of Pravachol and aspirin
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Michael O’ConnorCornell University
Measure theoretic uniformity and basis theorems II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
TAM Seminar
Howard C. BergHarvard University
E. coli in motion
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

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

Computer Science Theory Seminar
Michael KearnsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Two economic models of network formation

4:15 PM
Upson B17
Oliver Club
Igor RodnianskiPrinceton University
The wave map problem
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, November 10, 2006

Category Theory Seminar
David BiddleCornell University
Quillen’s Q construction and K theory II

10:30 AM
Malott 420C
CAM Colloquium
Steve OlsonFreelance Writer
In search of our common ancestors
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Statistics Seminar
Henry Horng-Shing LuNational Chiao Tung University and the University of Chicago
Is less more? Statistical investigation for large biological networks
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

3:30 PM
Malott 253
Monday, November 13, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Xiu-Xiong ChenUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison
On the moduli space of extremal metrics and the Calabi flow

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Parthanil RoyCornell University
Ergodic theory, abelian groups and extremes of stable random fields

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Jin-Yi CaiUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison
Honeynets and honeygames: a game theoretic approach to defending network monitors

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Math Club
Diane O’ConnorLiberty Mutual
Actuarial information session

5:30 PM
Malott 253
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Karen VogtmannCornell University
Outer space for right-angled Artin groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Alex VladimirskyCornell University
Multi-valued solutions to non-linear PDEs: the invariant manifold approach

2:50 PM
Ives 219
Logic Seminar
Matthias AschenbrennerUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Asymptotic differential algebra

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Dimitris BertsimasMIT
Prediction of health care costs via data-mining and algorithmic discovery of medical knowledge
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Computer Science Colloquium
Judea PearlUCLA
The mathematics of causal inference

4:20 PM
Phillips 101
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Greg KuperbergUniversity of California at Davis
From the Mahler conjecture to Gauss linking forms
Note special day and time.

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Financial Engineering Seminar
Peter CarrBloomberg/NYU
Local intensity
Broadcast from NYC (55 Broad Street, Manhattan)

5:45 PM
Ives 109
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Biological Statistics & Computational Biology Seminar
Barbara EngelhardtUniversity of California at Berkeley
Scaling a general model of population structure to genome-wide data sets

1:30 PM
Biotech G01
Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
Automatic sequences: characterizations via logic, combinatorics, and algebra

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Howard WainerNational Board of Medical Examiners
The most dangerous equation
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Tara HolmCornell University
The combinatorial structure of moment polytopes

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Hugh HerrMIT
The importance of neuromechanical limb models in the design of leg prostheses and orthoses
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Lou Billera, Camil Muscalu, Mike Stillman, and Bob TerrellCornell University
Challenges and strategies for teaching large lecture courses

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Noam HorwitzCornell University
Edge ideals

12:01 PM
Oliver Club
Vladimir RetakhRutgers University
Factorizations of polynomials over noncommutative rings and a class of algebras associated with directed graphs
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Philip RantCIGNA
Actuary — The best career you have never heard of
Refreshments will be served.

5:30 PM
Malott 253
Friday, November 17, 2006

Financial Engineering Seminar
Peter CarrBloomberg/NYU
Robust replication of volatility derivatives

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Vladimir RetakhRutgers University
Noncommutative loops over Lie algebras and Lie groups
Note unusual time.

2:30 PM
Malott 406