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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.)
Monday, May 2, 2011

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Jianlin XiaPurdue University
Fast structured direct solutions of sparse linear systems
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 215
Analysis Seminar
Peng LuUniversity of Oregon
A local curvature bound in Ricci flow

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Felipe RinconUniversity of California at Berkeley
Computing tropical linear spaces and A-discriminants

2:30 PM
Malott 205
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Anna BlasiakCornell University
Lexicographic products in network information theory

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Analysis Seminar
Bernard SapovalEcole Polytechnique
Localization of eigenfunctions and increased energy absorption in irregular resonators: application to wave absorption

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Mingzhong CaiCornell University
Traceability

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Gabor SzekelyNational Science Foundation
Testing independence for high dimensional data and time series
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Saúl BlancoCornell University
Parking functions
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Logic Seminar
Diana OjedaCornell University
A Ramsey theorem for finite sequences of blocks

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Yuan LiaoPrinceton University
High dimensional covariance matrix estimation in approximate factor model
Refreshments will be served after the seminar in 1181 Comstock Hall.

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Robert ConnellyCornell University
What is the special semester on discrete geometry at the Fields Institute about?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Friday, May 6, 2011

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Matt ForemanUniversity of California at Irvine
Classifying measure preserving diffeomorphisms of the torus: symbolic systems and the Anosov-Katok method

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Oliver Club
Rostislav GrigorchukTexas A&M University
Manifestations of the Lamplighter
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in the lounge.

4:30 PM
Malott 251