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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Lucas SabalkaBinghamton University
On the geometry of Out(F_n)

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Compact sets of Baire class 1 functions

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
James RenegarCornell University
Central swaths (a generalization of the central path)
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Daniel WongCornell University
How do we play on characters?
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 253
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Statistics Seminar
Ping LiCornell University
b-Bit miniwise hashing for estimating two-way and three-way similarities

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Crash course in forcing, part I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
What are the Laver tables?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Oliver Club
Louis BilleraCornell University
Counting flags in polytopes, Eulerian posets, and Coxeter groups
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, September 10, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Denis VolkIndependent University of Moscow
Skew products with interval fiber

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Frobenius splitting of flag manifolds and projected Richardson varieties

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Andrea BarreiroUniversity of Washington
Modeling cooperative activity in neural systems
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, September 13, 2010

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Lexing YingUniversity of Texas at Austin
Sweeping preconditioners for the Helmholtz equation
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Alex IosevichUniversity of Rochester
On simplexes determined by fractal subsets of the Euclidean space

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Edward SwartzCornell University
Thirty years and counting

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Gennady SamorodnitskyCornell University
Large deviations for point processes based on stationary sequences with heavy tails

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Silvio MicaliMIT
The second-knowledge mechanism

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Math Club
William ThurstonCornell University
Modular construction of surfaces

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Noncommutative Algebra Seminar
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
Knot theory and noncommutative algebra

5:00 PM
Malott 203
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Laver tables and Thompson’s group F

1:30 PM
Malott 253
Logic Seminar
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Multigaps

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Steven SchechterUniversity of British Columbia
Optimal search in minimally invasive surgery
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Thomas KernCornell University
Gems from Budapest!
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 253
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Crash course in forcing, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Sid ResnickCornell University
Modeling data network systems

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Bjarke RouneCornell University
The complexity of computing Euler characteristic

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Teaching Seminar
Kristen Pueschel and Laura EscobarCornell University
Classroom case studies

5:10 PM
Malott 207
Friday, September 17, 2010

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Yulij IlyashenkoCornell University and Independent University of Moscow
News about complex polynomial foliations

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Elizabeth BradleyUniversity of Colorado
Chaos in computer performance
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
George KhachatryanCornell University
Derived representation varieities

3:30 PM
Malott 406