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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
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Jane GilmanRutgers University (Newark)
Continued fractions, palindromes, and PSL(2,C) discreteness criteria

3:00 PM
Malott 207
Friday, May 8, 2009

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Barak WeissBen Gurion University
An introduction to Ratner’s theorems and conjectured analogs for translation surfaces

2:15 PM
Malott 205