Upcoming Events

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
Monday, November 26, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Brett KotschwarMIT
Local gradient estimates of p-harmonic functions, 1/H-flow, and an entropy formula

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Maria-Florina BalcanCarnegie Mellon University
A theory of similarity functions for learning and clustering

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Jessica ZunigaCornell University
Convergence of some inhomogeneous Markov chains via spectral techniques

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Uli WagnerETH Zurich
h-matrices levels in arrangements

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Martin KassabovCornell University
Generating polycyclic groups
Joint with Nikolay Nikolov.

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

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
Per MyklandUniversity of Chicago
Inference for continuous semimartingales observed at high frequency: a general approach
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
Dunkl operators
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Continuous Optimization Seminar
Huseyin TopalogluCornell University
Engineering applications of Martingale convergence theorems

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Statistics Seminar
Brian MarxLouisiana State University
Surface varying coefficient models
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Guram BezhanishviliNew Mexico State University
Topological completeness of modal and superintuitionistic logics

4:00 PM
Malott 206
TAM Seminar
Karl NiklasCornell University
The biomechanical architecture of the largest organisms on Earth (trees)
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205