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Monday, April 18, 2011

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Michael FerrisUniversity of Wisconsin
New stochastic programming approaches for radiation therapy planning
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 215
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Samuel KolinsCornell University
f-vectors of subdivisions of balls

2:30 PM
Malott 205
Analysis Seminar
Milena PabiniakCornell University
New proof of the Newlander Nirenberg theorem

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Christian GromollUniversity of Virginia
Least-attained-service and adventures with the M_1 topology

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Lars WahlbinCornell University
Mimetic questions in numerical analysis

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Pallavi DaniLouisiana State University
Filling invariants at infinity

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
A crash course in modal logic

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Ben RechtUniversity of Wisconsin
The convex geometry of inverse problems
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Alex FokCornell University
The cohomology of compact Lie groups
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
Cost functions and Low(MLR)

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Ri-Xiang ChenCornell University
The Eisenbud-Green-Harris conjecture

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Statistics Seminar
Vadim ZipunnikovJohns Hopkins University
Multilevel functional principal component analysis for high-dimensional data

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Tomoo MatsumuraCornell University
What is a toric variety?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Oliver Club
Peter LaxCourant Institute
Hyperbolic equations and degenerate matrices
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, April 22, 2011

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Remus RaduCornell University
Fingers for cubic polynomials

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Robert ConnellyCornell University
Global rigidity and its generic conundrum
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Pramod AcharLouisiana State University
Green functions via hyperbolic localization

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, April 25, 2011

Analysis Seminar
Zhongmin ShenIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Geometric meanings of curvatures in Finsler geometry

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Biological Statistics & Computational Biology Seminar
Rebecca DoergePurdue University
A two-stage Poisson model for testing RNA-seq data
Reception to follow.

4:00 PM
Corson-Mudd A106
Probability Seminar
Shirshendu ChatterjeeDuke University
Latent voter model on random regular graphs

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Victor KostyukCornell University
Contractibility of fixed point sets in an outer space for 2-dimensional right-angled Artin groups

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Reasoning about justified belief

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Shane JensenUniversity of Pennsylvania
Spatial modeling of fielding in Major League Baseball
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Igors GorbovickisCornell University
Permutations of periodic points of polynomial maps
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Statistics Seminar
Martin LindquistColumbia University
Functional data analysis, causal inference, and brain connectivity

4:00 PM
Biotech G01
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Jason McCulloughUniversity of California at Riverside
Ideals with large projective dimension and regularity

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Paul ShaferCornell University
Low(MLR)

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Friday, April 29, 2011

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Sarah KochHarvard University
Algebraic stability and matings of polynomials

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Richard JamesUniversity of Minnesota
An invariant manifold in molecular dynamics and its macroscopic implications
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Lie Groups Seminar
Peter SamuelsonCornell University
Deformations of representation varieties of knot groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Oliver Club
Bjorn PoonenMIT
x^2 + y^3 + z^7
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in the lounge.

4:30 PM
Malott 253
Saturday, April 30, 2011

Mathematics Awareness Month Public Lecture
John HubbardCornell University
The price of anarchy
Join us outside the auditorium at 2:15 PM for refreshments after the talk.

1:00 PM
Malott 228 (Bache Aud.)