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Department of Mathematics

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Richard VuducGeorgia Tech
Should I port my code to a GPU?
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Special Lecture
Melanie WoodStanford University
Geometric parametrizations of ideal classes

1:30 PM
Malott 205
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Cristian LenartUniversity of Albany
Combinatorial formulas for Macdonald polynomials and applications

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Dan KnopfUniversity of Texas at Austin
Ricci flow through singularities

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Firas Rassoul-AghaUniversity of Utah
Almost sure invariance principles for random walk in mixing random environment

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Matt ZaremskyUniversity of Virginia
Weyl transitive but not strongly transitive group actions on buildings

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Forcing axioms and the continuum hypothesis

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Joe Po-Chou ChenCornell University
Counting photons in a fractal box
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

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

Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Patricia HershNorth Carolina State University and Cornell University
Small resolutions via discrete Morse theory

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Mingzhong CaiCornell University
Tracing notions and their equivalent properties: two theorems on n-REA degrees

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Teaching Seminar
Russ ThompsonCornell University
Reflecting on your teaching philosophy

5:10 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Oliver Club
Peter WinklerDartmouth College
Coordinate percolation
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

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

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Kathryn LindseyCornell University
Counting minimal components of translation surfaces

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Probability Seminar
Philip Matchett WoodStanford University
Singularity of discrete random matrices

2:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
John SmillieCornell University
Billiards in polygons and renormalization
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Vivek ShendePrinceton University
Quantum invariants of plane curve singularities and their links

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Kieval Lecture
Peter WinklerDartmouth College
How puzzles reshape our intuition
Join us at 4:00 PM in 532 Malott Hall for refreshments before the talk.

4:30 PM
Malott 228
Monday, November 15, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Derek WarnerCornell University
Atomistic modeling of deformation and fracture: overcoming the challenge of timescale
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Ben WeinkoveUniversity of California at San Diego
Contracting exceptional divisors by the Kahler-Ricci flow

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Alexy GlazyrinUniversity of Texas at Brownsville
Lower bounds for the cube simplexity

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Sigal OrenCornell University
Mechanisms for (mis)allocating scientific credit

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Robert NeelLehigh University
Minimal surfaces and coupled Brownian motion

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Logic Seminar
Thomas KernCornell University
A dichotomy theorem concerning the split interval, part 1

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Seong-Hee KimGeorgia Institute of Technology
Fully sequential procedures for constrained ranking and selection
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Hyungryul BaikCornell University
Then Fenchel Nielsen coordinates of Teichmüller space
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Statistics Seminar
David HunterPennsylvania State University
Estimation for nonparametric mixture models

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Logic Seminar
Slawek SoleckiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Finite Ramsey theorems and structures

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
Laurent Saloff-CosteCornell University
What are Harnack inequalities?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Special Lecture
Luis SilvestreUniversity of Chicago
On evolution equations with fractional diffusion

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Oliver Club
Domingo ToledoUniversity of Utah
Cubic forms and complex hyperbolic geometry
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, November 19, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Amir MohammadiUniversity of Chicago
Homogeneous dynamics and number theory

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Domingo ToledoUniversity of Utah
A Milnor-Wood inequality for complex hyperbolic lattices in quaternionic space

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Noah SnavelyCornell University
Building Rome in a day from internet photo collections
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655