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Monday, February 26, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Robert StrichartzCornell University
Covering maps and periodic functions for infinite Sierpinski gaskets

1:30 PM
Malott 406
What Is... Seminar
Collin BleakBinghamton University and Cornell University
What is Thompson’s group?

2:45 PM
406 Malott Hall
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Gunnar FloystadUniversity of Bergen and Cornell University
Koszul duality and the BZG-correspondence (part 3)

3:30 PM
Malott 203
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Fernando Vega-RedondoUniversity of Alicante and University of Essex
Playing games in complex networks

4:00 PM
Uris 498
Probability Seminar
Gennady SamorodnitskyCornell University
Tails of infinite sums

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Gabriel PicioroagaBinghamton University
Some properties of exact groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
James WorthingtonCornell University
Minimal honest polynomial-time degrees and P=NP

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Rene CaldenteyNew York University
Dynamic pricing for non-perishable products with demand learning
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Logic Seminar
Michael O’ConnorCornell University
Cut elimination

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
David SpeyerUniversity of Michigan
Decompositions of matroid polytopes and a new matroid invariant

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Daniel ForgerUniversity of Michigan
Discovering the dynamics of mammalian timekeeping
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Maria TerrellCornell University
An overview of the courses offered in the Mathematics Department

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Friday, March 2, 2007

CAM Colloquium
Joyce McLaughlinRennselaer Polytechnic Institute
Creating a new medical diagnostic tool by imaging shear stiffness in tissue
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Laurent Saloff-CosteCornell University
The long time behavior of heat diffusion kernels on real connected Lie groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Olivetti Club
Matthew NoonanCornell University
What geometry means to me (sometimes)
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in the lounge.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, March 5, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Masha GordinaUniversity of Connecticut
Heat kernel measures and Riemannian geometry on infinite-dimensional curved spaces

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Gunnar FloystadUniversity of Bergen and Cornell University
Koszul duality and the BZG-correspondence (part 4)

3:30 PM
Malott 203
Probability Seminar
Sebastien BlachereEurandom
Asymptotic properties of the Green distance on discrete groups

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
James ParkinsonCornell University
The affine Grassmannian and alcove walks

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
James WorthingtonCornell University
Minimal honest polynomial-time degrees and P=NP (II)

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Youssef El Fassy FihryCornell University
Feynman diagrams
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Financial Engineering Seminar
Robert JarrowCornell University
Asset price bubbles in incomplete markets
Broadcast from NYC (55 Broad Street, Manhattan).

5:45 PM
Ives 109
Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Computer Science Theory Seminar
Maria PolukarovTechnion
Congestion games with load-dependent failures: identical resources

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Logic Seminar
Michael O’ConnorCornell University
Herbrand’s theorem

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Morten NielsenCornell University
Likelihood inference for a fractional autoregressive model
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
I. SabitovMoscow State University
Some results on infinitesimal and continuous rigidity of surfaces and polyhedra

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Peter Varkonyi and Gabor DomokosPrinceton Univ. and Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics
Equilibria of rigid bodies: from monostatic objects to optimal turtles
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, March 8, 2007

Oliver Club
Elizabeth CherryCornell University
Nonlinear dynamics in the heart: modeling, simulating, and visualizing arrhythmias
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, March 9, 2007

Financial Engineering Seminar
William AndersonCornell University
The potential approach to the term structure of interest rates and bond pricing

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
CAM Colloquium
Eitan TadmorUniversity of Maryland, College Park
Edge detection and hierarchical decompositions
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655