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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
Monday, November 22, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Chris MyersCornell University
Software design for modeling the dynamics of reaction networks
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Charles SmartNew York University
Optimal Lipschitz extensions

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Rebecca SwansonNebraska Wesleyan University
Relationship between shellability and vertex decomposability

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Andrew V. GoldbergMicrosoft Research
Highway dimension: from practice to theory and back

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Andreas Basse-O’ConnorUniversity of Tennessee
The semimartingale property of a class of infinitely divisible processes with stationary increments

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Logic Seminar
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
The characters of points in Rosenthal compacta, part I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Yash LodhaCornell University
Thompson’s group F
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406