Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, September 17, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Anders ObergUppsala University and Amherst
Square summable variations in ergodic theory

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Timo SeppalainenUniversity of Wisconsin
Fluctuation results for some models of random environments and interaction

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Dexter KozenCornell University
Indefinite summation and the Kronecker delta

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Number Theory Seminar
Adrian VasiuBinghamton University
Surjectivity of p-adic Galois representations, part I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Kasra RafiUniversity of Connecticut
The curve complex is rigid

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
Reverse mathematics: an introduction

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
David KaufmanUniversity of Pittsburgh
Liver transplantation timing with ambiguous health transition probabilities
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Victor KostyukCornell University
The angel problem
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
Complexity in countable combinatorics
Joint with the Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar.

12:01 PM
Statistics Seminar
Jim HobertUniversity of Florida
A theoretical comparison of the data augmentation, marginal augmentation, and PX-DA algorithms
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
Complexity in countable combinatorics I

4:30 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Tadashi TokiedaUniversity of Cambridge
Toy models
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Oliver Club
Rebecca GoldinGeorge Mason University and Cornell University
The geometry of polygons
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:40 PM
Malott 228
Friday, September 21, 2007

Financial Engineering Seminar
Chris HeydeColumbia University and the Australian National University
Scaling issues for climate change and risky asset modelling

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Chris LipaCornell University
Monodromy and Hénon maps

2:15 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
John GuckenheimerCornell University
Canards
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Sangjib KimCornell University
Finite dimensional representations of classical groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, September 24, 2007

Analysis Seminar
Camil MuscaluCornell University
Rooted trees, AKNS systems, and Fourier analysis

1:30 PM
Malott 406
What Is... Seminar
Laurent Saloff-CosteCornell University
What is a Dirichlet form?

2:45 PM
406 Malott Hall
Probability Seminar
Mark KelbertUniversity of Swansea
Large-time behavior of a branching diffusion on a hyperbolic space

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Atri RudraUniversity of Buffalo
Recovering data in presence of malicious errors

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Number Theory Seminar
Adrian VasiuBinghamton University
Surjectivity of p-adic Galois representations, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
Complexity of countable combinatorics II

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Brad ForrestCornell University
Degree subcomplexes of Auter space

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Jiamou LiuUniversity of Auckland and Cornell University
RCA_0

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Greg MullerCornell University
Computational aspects of the theory of D-modules

3:00 PM
Malott 253
Statistics Seminar
Keisuke HiranoUniversity of Arizona
Adaptive design of multiple stage experiments using the propensity score
Joint Economics/Statistics Seminar.

4:00 PM
Uris 498
Messenger Lecture Series
Michel BalinskiÉcole Polytechnique, Paris
How to apportion fairly: Aristotle, the Talmud, the U.S. Congress, and kidney transplants
The first in a series of three lectures about Representing, Electing, and Ranking

4:45 PM
Rockefeller Schwartz Aud.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Linear orders and the club filter I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Yingxing LiCornell University
On the asymptotics of penalized splines
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Paul SteenCornell University
Dynamics of volume-scavenging droplet systems: toward wet reversible super-adhesion
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Messenger Lecture Series
Michel BalinskiÉcole Polytechnique, Paris
How to elect and to rank: Overcoming the paradoxes of social choice, electing a President of France, and ranking wines
The second in a series of three lectures about Representing, Electing, and Ranking

7:30 PM
Rockefeller Schwartz Aud.
Thursday, September 27, 2007

Messenger Lecture Series
Michel BalinskiÉcole Polytechnique, Paris
How to eliminate gerrymandering: A new approach to representation, its realization in Zürich, and its application to the U.S. Congress
The third in a series of three lectures about Representing, Electing, and Ranking

4:45 PM
Rockefeller Schwartz Aud.
Friday, September 28, 2007

Financial Engineering Seminar
Torsten SchönebornQP Lab and the Technical University of Berlin
Dynamic optimal execution strategies and predatory trading in illiquid markets

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Kieval Lecture
Richard HamiltonColumbia University
The past and future of geometric flows
Join us at 2:30 PM in 532 Malott Hall for refreshments before the talk.

3:00 PM
Malott 228