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, 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
Monday, April 13, 2009

Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Garry BowlinBinghamton University
The Gale-Berlekamp switching game

2:30 PM
Malott 230
Analysis Seminar
Mike MunnCUNY
Volume growth and the topology of manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Yogi SharmaCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Shirshendu ChatterjeeCornell University
Two particle systems on random graphs

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Biao WangCornell University
Minimal surfaces in quasi-Fuchsian 3-manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Stevo TodorcevicCNRS, University of Toronto
Borel chromatic numbers

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Warren PowellPrinceton University
The knowledge gradient for optimal learning
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Alex FokCornell University
From the Octonians to Bott periodicity
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Statistics Seminar
Dankmar BöhningUniversity of Reading
Capture-recapture estimation of population size by means of likelihood methods and empirical Bayesian smoothing
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Kevin LynchNorthwestern University
Robot assembly: from vibratory manipulation to self-organization
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
What Is... Seminar
Dan BarbaschCornell University
What is the unitary dual of the rational points of a real or p-adic linear reductive group?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Ri-Xiang ChenCornell University
The Koszul complex

12:00 PM
Malott 420C
Oliver Club
Andrei MinchenkoMoscow State University and Cornell University
Root systems, Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams and their applications
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Friday, April 17, 2009

Financial Engineering Seminar
Steve ShreveCarnegie Mellon University
A mixture model for exotic options

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Christopher ScheperCornell University
Geometry of mixed-mode oscillations in a chemical model

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Iain D. CouzinPrinceton University
Collective motion and decision-making in animal groups
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655