Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

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Please visit the Math Department Events Calendar for current event information.

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
Monday, March 8, 2010

Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Matthew DyerNotre Dame University
Bruhat intervals and polyhedral cones

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Meijun ZhuUniversity of Oklahoma
Local and global sharp geometric inequalities

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Tai MelcherUniversity of Virginia and Cornell University
Some results for heat kernel measures on a class of infinite dimensional Lie groups

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
Model categories, part II

5:00 PM
Malott 203
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
James ConantUniversity of Tennessee
The cohomology of Out(F_n) and the Eichler-Shimura isomorphism

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Paul Shafer, Mingzhong Cai, James WorthingtonCornell University
Practice talks for ASL meeting

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Richard DavisColumbia University
Allpass processes with applications to finance
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Gregory MullerCornell University
My totally non-linear differential equations are better than Matt’s
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Jennifer BiermannCornell University
Cellular resolutions and edge ideals

4:00 PM
Malott 207
Statistics Seminar
Whitney NeweyMIT
Quantile and average effects in nonseparable panel models
Refreshments will be served in 301 Malott Hall after the seminar.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Teaching Seminar
Samuel KolinsCornell University
Transference of knowledge in educational settings

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Oliver Club
Stevo TodorcevicUniversity of Toronto and CNRS Paris
Gaps and multi-gaps in quotient structures
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, March 12, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Bard ErmentroutUniversity of Pittsburgh
When the noise is the signal: stochastic synchronization in neurons

2:15 PM
Malott 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Yuri BerestCornell University
Quasi-invariants and Dunkl operators for complex reflection groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Bard ErmentroutUniversity of Pittsburgh
Reading the thoughts of a mollusk: the neural origins of seashell structure and pattern
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655