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Monday, February 23, 2009

Analysis Seminar
Sijue WuUniversity of Michigan
Almost global wellposedness of the 2-D full water wave problem

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Saúl Blanco RodriguezCornell University
Combinatorial descriptions for Coxeter groups of type A, B, and D

2:30 PM
Malott 230
Probability Seminar
Nathan RossUSC
Stein’s method of exchangeable pairs for distributional approximation

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Georgios PiliourasCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Ross GeogheganBinghamton University
Subgroups of Thompson’s group F

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Decidability of S1D

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Shane HendersonCornell University
Ambulance location and relocation
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Timothy GoldbergCornell University
What’s purple and commutes, and ends with “oid”
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Statistics Seminar
Hironori FujisawaInstitute of Statistical Mathematics
Robust parameter estimation with a small bias against heavy contamination
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Youssef El Fassy FihryCornell University
Deformations of Kleinian singularities II

4:30 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Dan LuoCornell University
DNA as a genetic material
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Adrian LewisCornell University
Semi-algebraic convex optimization

4:30 PM
Rhodes 253
What Is... Seminar
Eran NevoCornell University
What is algebraic shifting?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
W. Frank MooreCornell University
Integral extension, part 2

12:00 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
Sasha RubinCornell University
Decidability of S2S

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Steven StrogatzCornell University
The mathematics of collective synchronization
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Friday, February 27, 2009

Financial Engineering Seminar
Vadim LinetskyNorthwestern University
Time changes of Markov processes: applications in finance

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Christian KuehnCornell University
Singular bifurcation diagrams and the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Mircea Dan GrigoriuCornell University
Formulation and solution of stochastic problems
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, March 2, 2009

Analysis Seminar
Dmitriy BilykInstitute for Advanced Study
Harmonic analysis methods in discrepancy theory

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Andy FrohmaderCornell University
The Charney-Davis conjecture for certain spheres

2:30 PM
Malott 230
Probability Seminar
Laurent Saloff-CosteCornell University
Time inhomogeneous Markov chains with wave-like behavior

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Eran NevoCornell University
Using the Van Kampen obstruction

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Mingzhong CaiCornell University
ANR, relatively re, and 1 genericity

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Selin Damla AhipasaogluCornell University
A modified Frank-Wolfe algorithm for computing minimum-area enclosing ellipsoidal cylinders: theory and algorithms
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Statistics Seminar
Michael WuHarvard University
Regularization and variable selection in classification and regression problems using omics data
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
TAM Seminar
Anand JagotaLehigh University
DNA recognizes carbon nanotubes by forming beta barrels
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
Operads

4:30 PM
Malott 205
Thursday, March 5, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Kristine JonesCornell University
Grade rings and Hilbert functions

12:00 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
Sasha RubinCornell University
Decidability of S2S, continued

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Mu-Tao WangColumbia University
Isometric embeddings of surfaces and quasilocal gravitational energy
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Friday, March 6, 2009

Financial Engineering Seminar
Ming HuangCornell University
Behavioral finance - survey and applications

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Joshua BowmanCornell University
From the golden ratio to the geometric series

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Luis LomeliUniversity of Iowa
The Langlands-Shahidi method for the split classical groups over function fields

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Olivetti Club
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Ultrafilters, infinitesimals, and calculus without limits
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251