Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Oliver Club
Justin MooreCornell University
A five element basis for the uncountable linear orders
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, October 19, 2007

Financial Engineering Seminar
Ronnie SircarPrinceton University
Optimal static-dynamic hedges for exotic options under convex risk measures

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Matthew NoonanCornell University
What is a Bäcklund transform?

2:15 PM
Malott 310D
Lie Groups Seminar
Victor ProtsakCornell University
Elementary divisors for the general linear algebra

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
David LeavittUniversity of Florida
The Indian clerk: Creating fiction from the lives of great mathematicians
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Thurston 102

3:30 PM
Kimball B11
Monday, October 22, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Adam SikoraNew Mexico State University
Gaussian estimates via Phragmen-Lindelof theorem

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Aftab PandeCornell University
Hida families and the Gouvea-Mazur conjectures II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Edward SwartzCornell University
Buchsbaum modules II
Different time and place than usual.

1:30 PM
Malott 251
Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Reyer SjamaarCornell University
Divided difference operators in equivariant cohomology

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Pavel SemukhinCornell University
ACA_0

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Huseyin TopalogluCornell University
Approximate dynamic programming and stochastic approximation methods for network revenue management problems
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Gwyn WhieldonCornell University
Fibonacci numbers and combinatorics
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Logic Seminar
Iman PoernomoKing’s College London
Improving model driven architecture through formal methods

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Ed IonidesUniversity of Michigan
Time series analysis via mechanistic models
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Jeffrey PangCornell University
Variational analysis of robust regularization

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
TAM Seminar
Alexander VladimirskyCornell University
On tracking fronts & behaving optimally: Hamilton-Jacobi equations and efficient numerical methods
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Oliver Club
Allen KnutsonUniversity of California, San Diego
The space of commuting matrices and statistical mechanics
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, October 26, 2007

Financial Engineering Seminar
Paolo GuasoniBoston University
Investing and pricing for the long run

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Yulij IlyashenkoCornell University
Non-attracting attractors

2:15 PM
Malott 406
Lie Groups Seminar
Rebecca GoldinGeorge Mason University and Cornell University
Schubert calculus and equivariant cohomology
Please note the change in time and location.

3:00 PM
Malott 224
Statistics Seminar
William F. RosenbergerGeorge Mason University
Sequential monitoring of randomization tests
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

3:00 PM
Malott 253
CAM Colloquium
Divakar ViswanathUniversity of Michigan
Dynamics of transition and turbulence in fluid flows
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Per AustrinKTH
Beating semidefinite programming means beating the unique games conjecture

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Kieval Lecture
Allen KnutsonUniversity of California, San Diego
The mathematics of juggling

4:30 PM
Malott 228 (Bache Aud.)
Monday, October 29, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Matthew BlairUniversity of Rochester
Strichartz estimates on manifolds with boundary

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Vladas SidoraviciusIMPA
A problem in one-dimensional DLA and positive recurrence of Markov chains

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Yishay MansourTel Aviv University
On a network creation game
This is a joint talk with the Seminar in Economics.

4:15 PM
Upson 5130
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Franco SaliolaUniversité du Québec à Montréal
A geometric approach to Christoffel words

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Yvonne LaiUniversity of California at Davis
Using simplicial trees to generate an effective compactness theorem for Coxeter groups

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Paul LarsonMiami University
Coherence principles for clubs and elementary submodels

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Allen KnutsonUniversity of California, San Diego
Limits of subvarieties: subschemes vs. branch varieties

3:00 PM
Malott 253
ORIE Colloquium
Hans FöllmerHumboldt University of Berlin
Dynamics of convex risk measures: time consistency, prudence, and asymptotic safety
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Logic Seminar
Pavel SemukhinCornell University
Applications of Kolmogorov complexity to computable model theory

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Heejung BangWeill Medical College of Cornell University
De-mystifying medical cost estimators: What we found after 10 years
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Samuel EhrlichmanCornell University
Univariate stochastic root-finding for monotone, convex functions

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
TAM Seminar
Derek WarnerCornell University
To twin or not to twin: Connecting atomic simulations to experiment
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Matthew NoonanCornell University
Using differentials in freshman calculus

5:15 PM
Malott 207