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Monday, February 25, 2008

Analysis Seminar
Marius IonescuCornell University
Markov operators in C*-algebras

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Adrian VasiuBinghamton University
Good reductions of abelian varieties over number fields

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Jim KuelbsUniversity of Wisconsin
Some remarks on the CLT and the compact LIL

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Seonhee LimCornell University
Volume entropy rigidity for hyperbolic buildings

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Satoshi MuraiCornell University
Hilbert functions and d-regularity

2:00 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
James WorthingtonCornell University
The bialgebra approach to automata/quantum automata

2:55 PM
Malott 224
ORIE Colloquium
Ming HuColumbia University
Dynamic pricing of perishable assets under competition
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Statistics Seminar
Giles HookerCornell University
Likelihood and fairness in multidimensional item response theory
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Selin Damla AhipasaogluCornell University
The minimum area enclosing ellipsoidal cylinder problem

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
TAM Seminar
Ralph D. LorenzJohns Hopkins University
Spinning flight: dynamics of frisbees, boomerangs, samaras, and skipping stones
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, February 28, 2008

ORIE Colloquium
Guy LebanonPurdue University
Non-parametric modeling of partially ranked data

2:45 PM
Rhodes 253
Logic Seminar
François DoraisCornell University
Third-order arithmetic and the Baumgartner-Hajnal theorem

2:55 PM
Malott 224
Friday, February 29, 2008

Financial Engineering Seminar
Soumik PalCornell University
Unusual properties of asset prices modeled by strict local martingales

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
CAM Colloquium
James SethnaCornell University
Sloppy models
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Gregory MullerCornell University
The noncommutative Weil algebra

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Olivetti Club
Benjamin LundellCornell University
Differential Galois theory
Special time and place due to graduate student prospective weekend

4:30 PM
Malott 251
Monday, March 3, 2008

Analysis Seminar
Todd KempMIT
Random matrices, resolvent inequalities, and free probability

1:30 PM
Malott 406
What Is... Seminar
Birgit SpehCornell University
What is an infinite dimensional representation?

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Peter CramtonUniversity of Maryland
Spectrum auction design
Notice the time and location change.

3:00 PM
Upson 315
Probability Seminar
Shankar BhamidiUniversity of California at Berkeley
Flows through random networks: some probabilistic and statistical problems

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Robert ConnellyCornell University
Optimizing disk configurations

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Corinna UlcigraiUniversity of Bristol
On the ergodic properties of multi-valued Hamiltonian flows

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Corinna UlcigraiUniversity of Bristol
On the ergodic properties of multi-valued Hamiltonian flows

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Gwyneth WhieldonCornell University
Determinantal ideals

2:00 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
James WorthingtonCornell University
Quantum automata, continued

2:55 PM
Malott 224
ORIE Colloquium
William MasseyPrinceton University
A time-varying call center design via Lagrangian mechanics
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Statistics Seminar
Ping LiCornell University
Compressed counting
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Continuous Optimization Seminar
A. Kevin TangCornell University
Internet congestion control: from optimization to game theory

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
TAM Seminar
Harish Palanthandalam-MadapusiSyracuse University
Space weather forecasting using system identification techniques
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, March 6, 2008

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Peter AbramenkoUniversity of Virginia
Finiteness properties of some discrete groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
Menger’s theorem for countable graphs in Pi_1^1-CA_0

2:55 PM
Malott 224
Oliver Club
Doron LevyUniversity of Maryland
Group dynamics in phototaxis
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, March 7, 2008

Financial Engineering Seminar
Mircea MarinescuBarclays Capital
Load following deals

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Ajay RamadossUniversity of Oklahoma
Hochschild homology of sheaves of differential operators and integration over complex manifolds

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Andrew R. ConnIBM
Some recent work in derivative free application
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655