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Monday, October 25, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Shane HendersonCornell University
Ambulance redeployment: approximate dynamic programming and bounding achievable performance
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Eyvindur PalssonCornell University
L^p estimates for a singular integral operator motivated by Calderon’s second commutator

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Louis-Pierre ArguinNew York University
Statistics of branching Brownian motion at the edge

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Matthew Guay and Tarun ChitraCornell University
TeX talk: an introduction to LaTeX

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Hee Jung KimBinghamton University
Double point surgery and exotic group actions in 4-manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
James WestCornell University
Rosenthal compacta contain dense metrizable subspaces, part II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Mark SquillanteIBM
Resource allocation in stochastic systems
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Caitlin CunninghamCornell University
How I spent my summer vacation: finding bipartite structure in graphs
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Statistics Seminar
Jeff LeekJohns Hopkins University
A general framework for multiple testing dependence

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Irena PeevaCornell University
Resolutions over complete intersections

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Baris UgurcanCornell University
Rosenthal’s l_1 theorem, part I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Teaching Seminar
Anna Bertiger and Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Group work and promoting discussion

5:10 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Oliver Club
Yuri BerestCornell University
Algebraic geometry of differential operators
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, October 29, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Erik BolltClarkson University
How can I say that a “toy” model reminds me of observations? A dynamical systems perspective of comparing non-conjugate systems

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Yuri BerestCornell University
Calogero-Moser spaces and applications

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Geoffrey RecktenwaldCornell University
Optimizing the nuclear fuel cycle
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, November 1, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Tuhin SahaiUTRC
Hearing the clusters in a graph and decentralized algorithms for estimation and computation
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Saul BlancoCornell University
The shortest path poset of Bruhat intervals

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Yen DoGeorgia Tech and IAS
Variational estimates for paraproducts

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Xiaofei LiuCornell University
The contribution of trader interaction to market noise

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Logic Seminar
Yash LodhaCornell University
Premetric Rosenthal compacta of degree 2, part I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Baldur MagnussonCornell University
Targeted therapies: adaptive sequential designs for subgroup selection in clinical trials
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Oliver Club
Xinyi YuanColumbia University
On the Gross-Zagier formula
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Olivetti Club
Shisen LuoCornell University
Quasitoric manifolds
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 253
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Ben WebsterUniversity of Oregon
Counting points and combinatorics

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Logic Seminar
Baris UgurcanCornell University
Rosenthal’s l_1 theorem, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
William ThurstonCornell University
What is mathematics?

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

Oliver Club
Patricia HershNorth Carolina State University and Cornell University
Regular CW complexes, total positivity, and Bruhat order
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

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

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Chris ScheperCornell University
A slow-fast analysis of the Gyorgyi and Field models of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Ben WebsterUniversity of Oregon
Categorification, Lie algebras, and topology

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Robert KohnNew York University
Surface relaxation below the roughening temperature: steps, PDR, and self-similarity
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655