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Monday, October 16, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Yilong NiUniversity of Oklahoma
Curvature flows on S^1

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Benjamin LundellCornell University
Tate’s thesis

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Marek BiskupUCLA
Harmonic embedding and random walk on infinite percolation cluster

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Chris BischofRWTH Aachen University
Opportunities for computer science in computational science

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Jason ManningSUNY at Buffalo
A coarse geometric Dehn filling theorem

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Dynamical Systems Seminar
John GuckenheimerCornell University
Mixed mode oscillations and folded nodes

2:50 PM
Ives 219
Logic Seminar
James WorthingtonCornell University
Inductive definitions

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Ilya MolchanovUniversity of Bern and Cornell University
Convex geometry, stability, and extreme values
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Jessica ZunigaCornell University
Analysis of shuffles
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Financial Engineering Seminar
Jim GatheralMerrill Lynch
Real-time volatility estimation under zero intelligence
Broadcast from New York City.

5:30 PM
Hollister 162
Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Statistics Seminar
Victor ChernozhukovMIT
Quantile curves without crossing
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Tom ZaslavskyBinghamton University
Topological hyperplanes

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Daniel BideauUniversity of Rennes
Granular compaction
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Jonathan NeedlemanCornell University
Case studies in teaching

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Justin MooreBoise State University
A solution to the L space problem

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreBoise State University
A solution to the L space problem
Note unusual day, time, and place.

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Oliver Club
Takashi KimuraBoston University
Stringy invariants of manifolds with group actions
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, October 20, 2006

Lie Groups Seminar
Takashi KimuraBoston University
Equivariant topological quantum field theory, stringy K-theory, and the Chern character

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, October 23, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Jun KigamiKyoto University
Harmonic Sierpinski gasket — open problems

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Sreekar ShastryTata Institute of Fundamental Research
The Drinfeld modular Jacobian J_1(n) has connected fibers

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Rene CarmonaPrinceton University
HJM: A unified approach to dynamic models for fixed income, credit, and equity markets

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Gabriela SchmithüsenUniversität Karlsruhe (TH) and Cornell University
Veech groups and Teichmüller curves of origamis

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Michael O’ConnorCornell University
Pi-1-1 singletons

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Diego KlabjanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Approximate dynamic programming with ridge functions and its application in serial multi-echelon inventory systems with economies of scale
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Mia MinnesCornell University
Title TBA
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Statistics Seminar
Matt BriggsWeill Medical College of Cornell University
Broccoli reduces the risk of splenetic fever!
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Vivian MorleyIthaca, New York
DNC degrees and an injury free solution of Post's problem

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Brigitte ServatiusWorcester Polytechnic Institute
What's new in dimension two?

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Roger FrenchDupont Company
New perspectives on van der Waals-London dispersion interactions of materials: wetting, graded interfaces and carbon nanotubes
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Oliver Club
Serge CantatUniversité de Rennes I and Cornell University
The Tits alternative
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, October 27, 2006

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

10:30 AM
Malott 420C
Financial Engineering Seminar
David NualartKansas University
Hedging and portfolio optimization in a Levy market model

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Jean-Pierre LabesseUniversité d’Aix-Marseille II
A simple form of the trace formula and applications

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Scott WilliamsonCornell University
Numerical analysis as a tool for statistical inference in population genetics
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655