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Monday, February 22, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Noah SnavelyCornell University
Building Rome in a day: large-scale optimization problems in computer vision
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Emanuele DelucchiBinghamton University
Complex matroids

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Igors GorbovickisCornell University
Kneser-Paulsen conjecture for large radii

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Philip ProtterCornell University
Absolutely continuous compensators

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
Yang-Mills for the quantum torus, part II

5:00 PM
Malott 203
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Kelly DelpBuffalo State College
The marked length spectrum of a real projective manifold or orbifold

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Club guessing on cardinals above omega_1

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
David GamarnikMIT
Statistical physics methods in combinatorial optimization, inference, and graphical games
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Statistics Seminar
Matthias KormakssonCornell University
Identifying subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia: a model based approach
Refreshments will be served in 301 Malott Hall after the seminar.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Kristine JonesCornell University
Local coordinates for Hilbert schemes

4:00 PM
Malott 207
Teaching Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
How mathematics is taught in grades 5-6 of Russian schools

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
The set mapping reflection principle

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Friday, February 26, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Henrik van LengerichCornell University
Stability and dynamics of a network of drops

2:15 PM
Malott 253
CAM Colloquium
Larry BlumeCornell University
Natural selection in markets: the implications of wealth redistribution through trade
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Yiannis SakellaridesUniversity of Toronto
On the Plancherel formula for spherical varieties over p-adic fields

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, March 1, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Sergey FomelUniversity of Texas at Austin
Mathematical and computational problems in seismic imaging
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
David SpeyerMIT
Alternating strand diagrams and weakly separated sets

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Maria GordinaUniversity of Connecticut and Cornell University
Integrated Harnack inequalities

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Jonathon PetersonCornell University
Current fluctuations for a system of one-dimensional random walks in a random environment

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Mohammad MahmoodyPrinceton University
On NP-hard cryptography

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
Model categories, part I

5:00 PM
Malott 203
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Allen HatcherCornell University
The Madsen-Weiss theorem

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Diana OjedaCornell University
The construction of scales at singular cardinals, part I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Flavio ChierichettiSapienza University
Computation over behavioral data

3:00 PM
Upson 5130
ORIE Colloquium
Luis N. VicenteUniversity of Coimbra (Portugal)
Are we pushing direct search to its limit?
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Thomas KernCornell University
Schrödinger’s computer: an introduction to quantum computation
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Christopher CunninghamCornell University
Embedding Hilbert schemes in projective space

4:00 PM
Malott 207
What Is... Seminar
Richard ValeCornell University
What is a tight frame?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Logic Seminar
Diana OjedaCornell University
The construction of scales at singular cardinals, part II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Dmitriy DrusvyatskiyCornell University
Generic properties of semi-algebraic functions and their minimizers

3:00 PM
Rhodes 261
Statistics Seminar
Florentina BuneaFlorida State University
Optimal dimension reduction in high dimensional matrix models via the rank selection criterion
Refreshments will be served in 1181 Comstock Hall after the seminar.

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Oliver Club
Karen VogtmannCornell University
Outer spaces
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, March 5, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
John SmillieCornell University
Parabolic flows, renormalization and octagonal billiards

2:15 PM
Malott 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Reyer SjamaarCornell University
Induction of representations and twisted K-theory

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Irene FonsecaCarnegie Mellon University
Variational methods in image processing
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Statistics Seminar
Marten WegkampFlorida State University
Classification with a reject option
Refreshments will be served in 1181 Comstock Hall after the seminar.

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Olivetti Club
Matthew NoonanCornell University
Who’s afraid of the big bad totally nonlinear partial differential equation?

4:25 PM
Malott 253