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Monday, September 4, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Erin PearseCornell University
Fractal strings and complex dimensions

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Joe HalpernCornell University
Distributed computing meets game theory: robust mechanisms for rational secret sharing and multiparty computation

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Igor PakMIT
Generating random group elements

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Igor PakMIT
Inflating polyhedral surfaces

1:00 PM
Malott 310D
Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Martin KassabovCornell University
Cartesian products as profinite completions and representation growth of groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Michael O’ConnorCornell University
The structure of the free Heyting algebras

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Sidney ResnickCornell University
The influence of dependence on data network models of burstiness
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
John WorkmanCornell University
When entropy attacks
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Logic Seminar
Bjørn Kjos-HanssenUniversity of Connecticut and Cornell University
Complex oscillations and the law of the iterated logarithm

4:00 PM
Malott 206
TAM Seminar
Wei LuUniversity of Michigan
Self-organized nanostructures and guided self-assembly
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Edoardo Carta, Mia Minnes, and Jessica ZunigaCornell University
Organizational meeting and kick-off for the mentoring program

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Friday, September 8, 2006

Category Theory Seminar
Matthew NoonanCornell University
An introduction to n-categories

10:30 AM
Malott 420C
Financial Engineering Seminar
Kazuhiro ShimboCornell University
Asset price bubbles in complete markets

12:15 PM
Hollister 162
CAM Colloquium
Eric FriedmanCornell University
Scaling, renormalization, and universality in combinatorial games: the geometry of Chomp
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Reyer SjamaarCornell University
Torsion and abelianization in equivariant cohomology

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, September 11, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Camil MuscaluCornell University
Classical multi-linear harmonic analysis revisited

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Elchanan MosselUniversity of California at Berkeley
Computational hardness via Gaussian isoperimetric inequalities
Joint with CS Theory Seminar

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Educational Mathematics Seminar
Harel BarzilaiSalisbury University and Cornell University
Numeracy across the curriculum

4:40 PM
Malott 203
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Collin BleakBinghamton University and Cornell University
Some questions about the dimension of an action

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Denis HirschfeldtUniversity of Chicago
Interactions between initial segment Kolmogorov complexity of sets and computability theory I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Gwyneth WhieldonCornell University
Khinchin’s constant and the ergodic theorem
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Benjamin Van RoyStanford University
Message-passing algorithms for nonserial dynamic programming
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Logic Seminar
Denis HirschfeldtUniversity of Chicago
Interactions between initial segment Kolmogorov complexity of sets and computability theory II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
William M. BriggsWeill Cornell Medical School
Skill, ROC curves, and optimal forecast combination
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Brant JonesUniversity of Washington
Embedded factor patterns and Deodhar's algorithm for Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
K. Jimmy HsiaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New opportunities in nano and bio mechanics and materials and in emerging frontiers in research and innovation
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, September 14, 2006

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Gunnar FloystadUniversity of Bergen and Cornell University
The Nakayama functor on monomial ideals

12:30 PM
Malott 420C
Oliver Club
John SmillieCornell University
Rational polygonal billiards: Veech polygons and tricky billiard shots
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Joseph HalpernCornell University
Knowledge and common knowledge in multi-agent systems

5:30 PM
Malott 251
Friday, September 15, 2006

Category Theory Seminar
Michael O’ConnorCornell University
Intuitionistic logic and toposes

10:30 AM
Malott 420C
Lie Groups Seminar
Tara HolmCornell University
Loop groups in symplectic geometry I

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
David EarnMcMaster University
Modeling and manipulating recurrent epidemics
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253