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Monday, November 28, 2011

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Josef SifuentesNew York University
The stability of GMRES convergence, with application to preconditioning by approximate deflations
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Yulij IlyashenkoCornell University and Independent University of Moscow
Rotation numbers and moduli of elliptic curves

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Marten WegkampCornell University
Joint variable and rank selection for parsimonious estimation of high dimensional matrices

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Robert KleinbergCornell University
Which networks are least susceptible to cascading failures?

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Igor MineyevUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Submultiplicativity and the Hanna Neumann conjecture

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
The limits of determinacy in second order arithmetic

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
John BirgeUniversity of Chicago
Monte Carlo and Bayesian methods for stochastic dynamic programs
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Special Lecture
Benjamin BrubakerMIT
Whittaker coefficients of Eisenstein series

4:20 PM
Malott 207
Olivetti Club
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Nash equilibrium and other solution concepts
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Kuntal BanerjeeBoston University
Arnol’d tongues for the standard family

3:30 PM
Malott 310D
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Mathias LedererUniversität Bielefeld and Cornell University
A Bialynicki-Birula decomposition of Hilbert schemes of points in A^3

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Grigor SargsyanRutgers University
The Solovay hierarchy

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Yiyuan SheFlorida State University
Joint variable and rank selection for parsimonious estimation of high dimensional matrices

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Ryzhov MityaSt. Petersburg State University
Phase-lock effect for equations on the torus modeling Josephson junctions

4:30 PM
Malott 310D
What Is... Seminar
Kenneth BrownCornell University
What is Thompson’s group?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Nick SheridanMIT
Homological mirror symmetry for a Calabi-Yau hypersurface in projective space

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Oliver Club
Jean-Claude HausmannUniversity of Geneva
Triangles on Jordan C^1-curves
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, December 2, 2011

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Thomas KoberdaHarvard University
Teichmüller polynomials, Alexander polynomials and finite covers of surfaces

2:25 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Raissa D’SouzaUniversity of California at Davis
Percolation and cascades in interdependent networks
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Working Group on Kleinian Groups
Yasemin KaraCornell University
Selberg trace formula and Huber’s theorem, part II

3:30 PM
Malott 203
Monday, December 5, 2011

Analysis Seminar
Michael RobinsonUniversity of Pennsylvania
Euler integral transforms and applications

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Hamed AminiÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Epidemics and percolation in weighted random graphs

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Anke van ZuylenMax Planck Institute
The subtour LP for the traveling salesman problem: on the integrality gap of the 1,2-TSP

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Camille HorbezENS and Cornell University
Sphere paths in outer space

1:30 PM
Malott 203