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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
Monday, September 18, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Xiaodong CaoCornell University
Some properties of Ricci solitons

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Yulij IlyashenkoCornell University
Nonremovable zero Lyapunov exponents

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Soumik PalCornell University
A Monte-Carlo approach for computing strategies with convex constraints

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Lars BackstromUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
Group formation in large social networks: membership, growth, and evolution

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Alex GamburdUniversity of California at Santa Cruz
Uniform spectral gap bounds in SL_2 and SU(2)

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
The ramified analytic hierarchy

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Benjamin LundellCornell University
An introduction to the p-adic numbers
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Retsef LeviMIT Sloan School of Management
Flow-cover-driven approximation algorithms for capacitated inventory models
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Jayadev AthreyaYale University
Deviation results for billiards

1:30 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Sunny JungNew York University
Nematode swimming strategies in various environments
Refreshments at 2:45 PM in Thurston 206.

3:00 PM
Thurston 205
Statistics Seminar
Whitney NeweyMIT
GMM estimation with many weak moment conditions
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Denis HirschfeldtUniversity of Chicago
Interactions between initial segment Kolmogorov complexity of sets and computability theory III

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Teaching Seminar
Patty Alessi, Mark Jauquet, Doug Alfors, Mia MinnesCornell University
Knowing your class and your students; Helping them find the resources to help them (Learning Strategies Center, Math Support Center, HWSG); Finding resources to help you (ITO, Question Database, Good Questions)
Panel discussion

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 21, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Indira ChatterjiOhio State University
A characterization of hyperbolicity

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Oliver Club
Julien DubédatNew York University
Schramm-Loewner evolutions on Riemann surfaces
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, September 22, 2006

Category Theory Seminar
Greg MullerCornell University
The extension problem for 2-groups

10:30 AM
Malott 420C
Financial Engineering Seminar
Michael TehranchiUniversity of Cambridge
No-arbitrage bounds on implied volatility

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Statistics Seminar
Goeran KauermannUniversity of Bielefeld
Numerically efficient penalized spline smoothing in complex models - taking up the cudgels for the good old Laplace approximation
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

3:30 PM
Malott 253
CAM Colloquium
J. Nathan KutzUniversity of Washington
Soliton lasers
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655