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Monday, April 2, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Florin BocaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Angular distribution of lattice points

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Guan-Yu ChenNational Tsing Hua University
The L^2-cutoff for finite Markov chains

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Muthu Venkitasubramaniam
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Logic Seminar
Harold HodesCornell University
Universal proof theory I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Saul Blanco RodriguezCornell University
Title TBA
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Logic Seminar
Vivienne MorleyCornell University
Fragments of bounded arithmetic

4:00 PM
Malott 206
TAM Seminar
Xi ChenColumbia University
Mechanisms of gating of mechanosensitive channels of large conductance (MscL)
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, April 5, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
James BelkTexas A&M University
Conjugacy and dynamics in Thompson’s groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Friday, April 6, 2007

Financial Engineering Seminar
Dilip MadanUniversity of Maryland
On measuring the acceptability of trading opportunities with applications to hedge funds and the efficiency of financial markets

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
TAM Seminar
Oleg ShklyaevWashington University in St. Louis
Analysis of two free-boundary problems

2:00 PM
Thurston 203
Lie Groups Seminar
Yi LinUniversity of Toronto
Log-concavity conjecture of Duistermaat-Heckman measure revisited

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Alexandre d’AspremontPrinceton University
Semidefinite optimization with applications in sparse multivariate statistics
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, April 9, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Steffen WinterUniversität Karlsruhe
Geometric measures for some classes of fractals

1:30 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Margo LevineNorthwestern University
Self-assembly of quantum dots in thin solid films

2:00 PM
Thurston 203
What Is... Seminar
Camil MuscaluCornell University
What is a paraproduct?

2:45 PM
406 Malott Hall
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Gwyneth WhieldonCornell University
Bounds on the projective dimension of three cubics

3:30 PM
Malott 203
Probability Seminar
Antal JaraiCarleton University
Random walk on the incipient infinite cluster for oriented percolation in high dimensions

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Rafael PassCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Logic Seminar
Harold HodesCornell University
Universal proof theory II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Eva LeeGeorgia Tech
Large-scale optimization strategies for optimal cancer treatment design
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Benjamin LundellCornell University
The prime number theorem
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
Incompleteness theorems

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Joe MitchellStony Brook University
Improved approximation algorithms for TSP with neighborhoods and related geometric network optimization problems

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Perry LeoUniversity of Minnesota
Elastic inclusion problems in multi-phase materials
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, April 12, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Genevieve WalshTufts University
Commensurability classes of 2-bridge knots

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Oliver Club
Stephen LichtenbaumBrown University
The conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer is misleading
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, April 13, 2007

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Hal SchenckTexas A&M University
Algebra, geometry, and combinatorics of hyperplane arrangements

12:01 PM
Financial Engineering Seminar
Rama ContColumbia University
Robustness and sensitivity analysis of risk measurement procedures

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
CAM Colloquium
John J. TysonVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Network dynamics and cell physiology
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655