Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Monday, September 7, 2009

Analysis Seminar
Camil MuscaluCornell University
Boundedness of pseudo-differential operators: a natural approach

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Robert ConnellyCornell University
Global rigidity

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Number Theory Seminar
Ravi RamakrishnaCornell University
An approach to level lowering for residually reducible Galois representations

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Jason ManningUniversity at Buffalo
Residual finiteness and separability of quasiconvex subgroups

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
Fundamentals of Pi-0-1 classes (Ch. III)

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Amin SaberiStanford University
In search of a thin tree: new approximation algorithms for the asymmetric traveling salesman problem
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Anna BertigerCornell University
How to (almost) get rich using algebraic geometry
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Frobenius splittings

1:30 PM
Malott 310D
Statistics Seminar
Yuefeng WuCornell University
Asymptotic behavior of some Bayesian nonparametric and semi-parametric procedures
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Bakhadyr KhoussainovUniversity of Auckland and Cornell University
Automatic structures: proving non-automaticity

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
Timothy RileyCornell University
What is a Dehn function?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Kieval Lecture
Keith DevlinStanford University
Using mathematics to solve life’s mysteries
Refreshments will be served at 4:00 PM in 532 Malott Hall.

4:30 PM
Malott 228
Friday, September 11, 2009

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Richard Rand, Hiba Sheheitli, and Rocio RuelasCornell University
Modeling relaxation oscillators

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Lawren SmithlineCenter for Communications Research
A cryptic letter to Thomas Jefferson
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Degenerations of Schubert varieties

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, September 14, 2009

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
David BindelCornell University
Numerical analysis for nonlinear eigenvalue problems
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 5126
Analysis Seminar
Sudeb MitraQueens College of CUNY and Cornell University
Holomorphic motions and holomorphic families of Mobius groups

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Nikolai DolbilinSteklov Mathematical Institute
Parallelohedra: classical and new results, the Voronoi problem

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Gennady SamorodnitskyCornell University
Excursion sets over high levels of non-Gaussian infinitely divisible random fields: extreme values, algebra, and geometry

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Thanh NguyenCornell University
Simple mechanisms for competitive resource allocation problems

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Anna BlasiakCornell University
The serializability of network codes

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Gregory MullerCornell University
Poisson traces and prime ideals

5:00 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Logic Seminar
Mingzhong CaiCornell University
Basis theorems and special classes

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Number Theory Seminar
Benjamin LundellCornell University
L-functions and density theorems

3:00 PM
Malott 310D
ORIE Colloquium
Jie ChenCornell University
An emergency resupply network model under stuttering Poisson demand
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Mihai BailesteanuCornell University
The Sharovsky theorem - or how 3 is the largest natural number
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Andrew HoefelDalhousie University
Gotzmann edge ideals

1:30 PM
Malott 420C
Logic Seminar
John Sheridan and Ben ZaxCornell University and Caltech
Automatic structures in the presence of oracles

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Dawn WoodardCornell University
Model-based clustering for online crisis identification in distributed computing
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Teaching Seminar
Anna BertigerCornell University
A close reading of the Cornell academic integrity policy

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Oliver Club
Caroline KlivansUniversity of Chicago and Cornell University
Generalized matrix-tree theorems
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, September 18, 2009

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Steven StrogatzCornell University
The puzzling integrability of Josephson arrays

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Ajay RamadossCornell University
A differential form computing the Lefschetz number of a differential operator

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Hod LipsonCornell University
The robotic scientist: mining experimental data for dynamical invariants, from cognitive robotics to computational biology
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655