Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

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Please visit the Math Department Events Calendar for current event information.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Analysis Seminar
Sean PaulUniversity of Wisconsin
Discriminants, resultants, and the Moser Trudinger inequality

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Edward SwartzCornell University
Face enumeration on manifolds with boundary

2:30 PM
Malott 230
Probability Seminar
Sid ResnickCornell University
Data networks sessions and conditional extreme value model

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Tim RileyUniversity of Bristol
How wild can a group with a quadratic Dehn function be?

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Sasha RubinCornell University
(Q, +) is not an automatic structure

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Karla HoffmanGeorge Mason University
Combinatorial auctions: Why are they proliferating and the role OR plays in such auctions
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Eyvindur PalssonCornell University
Singular integral operators
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Statistics Seminar
Debashis GoshPennsylvania State University
Model-based meta-analysis of CHIP data
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Paul S. SteifCarnegie Mellon University
Cracking during cryopreservation of biological tissues: modeling and experiments
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Alimjon EshmatovCornell University
The cohomology of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras

4:30 PM
Malott 205
What Is... Seminar
Sean PaulUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
What is K-stability?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 2, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Jennifer BiermannCornell University
The Rees ring II

12:00 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
Sasha RubinCornell University
Effectively composing types + Ramsey --> decidability

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Sean PaulUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Hyperdiscriminant polytopes, Chow polytopes, and Mabuchi energy asymptotics
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Friday, April 3, 2009

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Arthur ShermanNational Institute of Health
Bifurcation analysis of the dual oscillator model for pancreatic beta-cells

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
John RinzelNew York University
Dynamics of visual bistable perception: e.g., the Necker cube
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Alimjon EshmatovCornell University
Equivariant cohomology of conjugation spaces

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, April 6, 2009

Analysis Seminar
Arthur DanielyanUniversity of South Florida
Bounded approximation on subsets of the complex plane and applications

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Huijia (Rachel) LinCornell University
Non-malleability amplification

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Tom KurtzUniversity of Wisconsin
Prophetic constructions of branching and related processes

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Martin KassabovCornell University
Subspace arrangements and property T

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Fast growth in Folner sets for Thompson’s group (part II)

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Stephen GravesMIT
Strategic safety stocks in supply chains: update on recent research
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Victor KostyukCornell University
Automatic groups
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

TAM Seminar
Binquan LuanIBM Research
A peek into nano-world using numerical force microscope
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Selin Damla AhipasaogluCornell University
Identification and elimination of interior points for the minimum enclosing ball problem

4:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Alimjon EshmatovCornell University
The cohomology of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, part 2

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Mathematics Awareness Month Public Lecture
Christopher Danforth, Thomas Pfaff, Zellman Warhaft, Mary Lou ZeemanU Vermont, Ithaca C, Cornell U, and Bowdoin C
Mathematics and climate
Co-sponsored by the Cornell Mathematics Department and the Cornell Institute for Computational Sustainability. Refreshments will be served at 4:30 PM outside the auditorium.

5:00 PM
Malott 228
Financial Engineering Seminar
Marco AvelienedaNew York University
Statistical arbitrage in the U.S. equities market

5:15 PM
Rhodes 267
Teaching Seminar
Arthur DanielyanUniversity of South Florida
Remarks concerning the instruction of the concept of limit

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 9, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Ri-Xiang ChenCornell University
Regular sequences

12:00 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
James WorthingtonCornell University
Bialgebras arising naturally

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Chelluri Lecture
Saul TeukolskyCornell University
Einstein’s equations, black holes, and gravitational waves
Following the lecture, a reception and musical performance will be held at the A.D. White House.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Friday, April 10, 2009

Analysis Seminar
Yu YuanUniversity of Washington
On special Lagrangian equations

2:00 PM
Malott 230
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Remus RaduCornell University
Understanding topological models for complex Hénon maps

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Janet BestOhio State University
Dynamics of sleep-wake cycles: insights from development
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Ajay RamadossCornell University
Integration of Hochschild cocycles and Lefschetz number formulae for differential operators

3:30 PM
Malott 406