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Monday, April 20, 2009

Analysis Seminar
John HubbardCornell University
The structure of quadratic Julia sets II

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Fulkerson Lecture Series
James O. BergerDuke University
I don’t know where I’m gonna go when the volcano blows

4:30 PM
Phillips 101
Math Club
Steve HeilmanCornell University
Spectral dynamics, fractals, and the quantum-classical correspondence

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Adam PiggottBucknell College
Normal forms for automorphisms of groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Olivetti Club
Remus RaduCornell University
Invariant laminations and Julia sets
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Fulkerson Lecture Series
James O. BergerDuke University
Working with inexact models: The world of computer modeling I
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:30 PM
Phillips 203
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Statistics Seminar
Brad CarlinUniversity of Minnesota
Analysis of marked point patterns with spatial and nonspatial covariate information
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Financial Engineering Seminar
Jim GatheralMerrill Lynch
No arbitrage and the decay of market impact

5:15 PM
Rhodes 267
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Kristine JonesCornell University
Cohen-Macaulay rings

12:00 PM
Malott 420C
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Roland RoederSUNY Stony Brook
Complex dynamics for the Lee-Yang zeros - study of a model magnetic material

1:15 PM
Malott 230
Fulkerson Lecture Series
James O. BergerDuke University
Working with inexact models: The world of computer modeling II

3:00 PM
Phillips 219
Oliver Club
Yael KarshonUniversity of Toronto
Hamiltonian group actions
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Friday, April 24, 2009

Financial Engineering Seminar
Steven KouColumbia University
Default clustering and valuation of collateralized debt obligations

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Hinke OsingaUniversity of Bristol and Cornell University
Numerical computation of isochrons

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Richard ValeCornell University
A theorem of Domokos on quiver moduli

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Greg FasshauerIllinois Institute of Technology
On the use of radial basis functions for the solution of differential equations
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, April 27, 2009

Sophus Lie Days
Pavel EtingofMIT
Calogero-Moser systems and representation theory I

1:30 PM
Malott 205
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Samuel KolinsCornell University
f-vectors of triangulated balls

2:30 PM
Malott 230
Sophus Lie Days
Pavel EtingofMIT
Calogero-Moser systems and representation theory II

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Firas Rassoul-AghaUniversity of Utah
Large deviations for random walk in random environment

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Evdokia NikolovaMIT
Strategies and algorithms in prediction markets

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Sophus Lie Days
David VoganMIT
Inflatable mathematics: Schubert varieties and combinatorics

4:30 PM
Malott 253
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Claire WladisCUNY
Subgroups and distortion in the generalized Thompson groups

1:30 PM
Malott 207
Logic Seminar
Alexander LandraitisCornell University
Embedding and coding below a 1-generic degree I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Sophus Lie Days
David VoganMIT
Calculating signatures of invariant Hermitian forms

3:00 PM
Malott 230
ORIE Colloquium
Bikramjit DasCornell University
Conditional extreme value limit models: characterization and detection techniques
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Marisa BelkCornell University
The Tutte polynomial
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Statistics Seminar
Tong ZhangRutgers University
Algorithmic strategies for non-convex optimization in sparse learning
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Sasha GutfraindCornell University
A Markovian approach to network interdiction

4:30 PM
Rhodes 253
TAM Seminar
Dmitri VezenovLehigh University
Mechanical experiments on single molecules: peeling and stretching of DNA by force spectroscopy
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 206 Thurston Hall

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
W. Frank MooreCornell University
Regular rings

12:00 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
Alexander LandraitisCornell University
Embedding and coding below a 1-generic degree II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Panagiota DaskalopoulosColumbia University
Nonlinear degenerate parabolic problems
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 251
Friday, May 1, 2009

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Raluca TanaseCornell University
An analytic description of the escaping set U+ for complex Hénon maps

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Oliver Club
Robert MacPhersonInstitute for Advanced Study
The geometry of crystal decompositions in materials
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in the lounge. This is the opening lecture for the Topology Festival.

4:30 PM
Malott 251