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Monday, September 8, 2008

Analysis Seminar
Huojun RuanCornell University
The resolvent kernel for pcf self-similar fractals

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Katrina LigettCarnegie Mellon University
A learning theory approach to non-interactive database privacy

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Jin FengUniversity of Kansas
Stochastic scalar conservation law

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Elissa RossYork University
Swapping blocks and holes in spherical frameworks

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Lucas SabalkaUniversity of California at Davis
Navigating blindly

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
A crash course in descriptive set theory

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Bobby KleinbergCornell University
Continuum-armed bandit problems and their applications
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Jonathan NeedlemanCornell University
Title TBA
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Statistics Seminar
John LangfordYahoo Research
Learning with partial observations
Refreshments after the talk in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
The atomic model theorem and type omitting, part I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
An introduction to A-infinity algebras

4:30 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Spandan MaitiMichigan Technological University
Materials design principles for toughness and strength: lessons from biological threads
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Number Theory Seminar
Krzysztof KlosinCornell University
The Bloch-Kato conjecture for modular forms - an introduction

4:30 PM
Malott 224
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Financial Engineering Seminar
Johannes WisselCornell University
Arbitrage-free market models for liquid options

11:40 AM
Rhodes 253
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Achilleas SinefakopoulosCornell University
Cellular resolutions

1:20 PM
Malott 251
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Fraisse theory and structural Ramsey theory

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Laurent Saloff-CosteCornell University
The heat kernel: why one studies it and examples of recent estimates
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, September 12, 2008

Lie Groups Seminar
Andrei MinchenkoMoscow State University
Projective root system, enhanced Dynkin diagrams and Weyl orbits

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Fan Chung GrahamUniversity of California at San Diego
The mathematics of PageRank
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, September 15, 2008

Analysis Seminar
Xianjin XuBinghamton University
Gradient estimates for the degenerate parabolic equation u_t=Delta F(u) on manifolds and some applications

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Laurent Saloff-CosteCornell University
Examples of merging of time inhomogeneous Markov chains

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Chaitanya SwamyUniversity of Waterloo
Risk-averse stochastic optimization: models and algorithms

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Joseph ZaksUniversity of Haifa, Israel
On subsets of E^n which can be rationally realizable in some E^m

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Biao WangCornell University
Foliations for quasi-Fuchsian 3-manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Some basics from ergodic theory

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Susan MartonosiHarvey Mudd College and Cornell University
OR models for counterterrorism
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Sarah KochCornell University
Title TBA
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
The atomic model theorem and type omitting, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
An introduction to A-infinity algebras II

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Number Theory Seminar
Krzysztof KlosinCornell University
Congruences among automorphic forms and the Bloch-Kato conjecture

4:30 PM
Malott 224
TAM Seminar
James JenkinsCornell University
Wind-blown sand
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, September 18, 2008

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Frank MooreCornell University
Infinite free resolutions, part I

1:20 PM
Malott 251
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Characterizing extreme amenability of automorphism groups

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Financial Engineering Seminar
Lee MaclinPragma Financial Systems
Optimal execution and the dynamic portfolio management problem - a simulation based approach

6:00 PM
Ives 115
Friday, September 19, 2008

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Yulij IlyashenkoCornell University
Polynomial differential equations in real and complex domains

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Veit ElserCornell University
Solving constraint problems by ‘divide and concur’
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Tomoo MatsumuraCornell University
Stringy/orbifold cohomology ring and symmetric product orbifolds

3:30 PM
Malott 406