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Department of Mathematics

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Olivier DesjardinsCornell University
Large-scale numerical modeling of three-dimensional turbulent gas-particle flows
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Marian GideaNortheastern Illinois University and IAS
Perturbations of geodesic flows producing unbounded growth of energy

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Marisa HughesCornell University
Quotients of spheres and the Tutte polynomial

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Anita BehmeTU Braunschweig and Michigan State University
Exponential functionals of Lévy processes

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Per AustrinUniversity of Toronto
Inapproximability of treewidth and related problems

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Robert BieriUniversity of Frankfurt and Binghamton University
Isolated and condensation points in the space of marked groups

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
David BelangerCornell University
Abstract approach to finite Ramsey theory, part III

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Michel GoemansMIT
Approximating the Steiner tree problem using linear programming and matroids
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Probability Seminar
Qi-Man ShaoHong Kong University of Science and Technology
Normal and non-normal approximation by Stein’s method

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Logic Seminar
Diana OjedaCornell University
The distortion problem, part III

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Robert EngleNew York University
Volatility, correlation, and tails for systemic risk management

4:15 PM
Biotech G10
What Is... Seminar
Edward SwartzCornell University
What is a matroid?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Oliver Club
Qi-Man ShaoHong Kong University of Science and Technology
Self-normalized large and moderate deviations theory
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, November 4, 2011

Dynamical Systems Seminar
John SmillieCornell University
Parabolic behavior in two complex dimensions

2:25 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Vivek GoyalMIT
Space-from-time imaging: acquiring reflectance and structure without lenses
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Working Group on Kleinian Groups
Hyungryul Baik and Lucien ClavierCornell University
The space of 1-generator closed subgroups of PSL(2,C) and its boundary

3:30 PM
Malott 203
Monday, November 7, 2011

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Brandon HenceyCornell University
Divide and conquer: overcoming complexity in control system design
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Kai Fong Ernest ChongCornell University
Symmetric functions IV

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Nathaniel EldredgeCornell University
Widder’s theorem for Dirichlet spaces

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Partha DeyNew York University
Multiple phase transitions for long-range first-passage percolation on lattices

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Justin MooreCornell University
The Laver tables

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Michael SchwartzYahoo Research
Title TBA
Joint meeting with the Microeconomic Theory Seminar.

4:30 PM
Uris 498
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Kim RuaneTufts University
Automorphism groups of right-angled Coxeter groups

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Jay WilliamsRutgers University
Group embeddability and countable Borel quasi-orders

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Young-Hoon ParkCornell University
Modeling online visitation and conversion dynamics
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Iian SmytheCornell University
A crash course in topological groups
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Logic Seminar
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Multigaps and S4-completeness

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Richard CookUniversity of Waterloo
Selection effects and causal inference: statistical challenges in transfusion trials

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Teaching Seminar
Cristina BeneaCornell University
Undergraduate study on how students read graphic data

5:25 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Sergio FenleyFlorida State University
Pseudo-Anosov flows in Seifert fibered and solvable 3-manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Oliver Club
Victor GuilleminMIT
Moser averaging
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, November 11, 2011

CAM Colloquium
Nico VandaeleKatholieke Universiteit Leuven
Advanced resources planning: flow theory as a basis for sales and operations planning
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Working Group on Kleinian Groups
Hyungryul Baik and Lucien ClavierCornell University
The space of 1-generator closed subgroups of PSL(2,C) and its boundary, part 2

3:30 PM
Malott 203
Lie Groups Seminar
Claus SorensenPrinceton University
Towards the Breuil-Schneider conjecture

3:30 PM
Malott 406