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Monday, November 12, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Xiaoyi ZhangInstitute for Advanced Study
Global well posedness and scattering for mass critical NLS

1:30 PM
Malott 406
What Is... Seminar
Alvaro Lozano-RobledoCornell University
What is an elliptic curve?

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Sebastien RochUniversity of California at Berkeley
Cascade processes in networks: on a conjecture of Kempe, Kleinberg, and Tardos
Jessica Zuniga’s talk has been moved to November 26.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Ravi RamakrishnaCornell University
Counting congruences of modular forms II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Tal RabinIBM Research
Information-theoretically secure protocols and security under composition

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Bogdan PetrenkoSUNY Brockport
Some formulas for the smallest number of generators for finite direct sums of matrix algebras

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
James WorthingtonCornell University
WKL_0, part II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Richard ValeCornell University
Cherednik algebras and the construction of Gordon-Stafford

3:00 PM
Malott 253
ORIE Colloquium
Andrzej RuszczynskiRutgers University
Introduction to risk-averse optimization
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Chris LipaCornell University
What monodromy means to me
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Statistics Seminar
Nicholas KieferCornell University
Default estimation and expert information
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Slawomir SoleckiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana
G_delta ideals of compact sets

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Dennis LeventhalCornell University
Randomization methods in smooth optimization: “derivative-light” methods

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
TAM Seminar
Michiel van de PanneUniversity of British Columbia
A simple controller for mechanically consistent animation of human walking and running
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Tony BahriRider University
Piecewise polynomials and the equivariant cohomology of weighted projective spaces

1:30 PM
Malott 251
Oliver Club
Slawomir SoleckiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana
Concentration of measure, Ramsey theory, geometric tomography, and dynamics of L_0
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, November 16, 2007

Lie Groups Seminar
Pavle PandzicUniversity of Zagreb and Cornell University
Dirac operators and unitary representations

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Jonathan BorweinDalhousie University
High performance mathematics and its management
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, November 19, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Alexander TeplyaevUniversity of Connecticut
Vibration modes of fractals and related questions

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Keith ConradUniversity of Connecticut
Nagao’s heuristic

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Itai AshlagiTechnion
Position auctions and mediators

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Daniel RemenikCornell University
The contact process in a dynamic random environment

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Vesselin DrenskyBulgarian Academy of Sciences
Automorphisms and derivations of polynomial and free associative algebras

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
ATR_0

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Retsef LeviMIT
Non-parametric data-driven policies for stochastic inventory control models
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Matthew NoonanCornell University
Divergent series for degenerate mathematicians!
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Keith ConradUniversity of Connecticut
Fractals and fixed points

4:30 PM
Malott 207