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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Amenability and Ramsey theory

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Iterated forcing and the continuum hypothesis, part II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Elliot AnshelevichRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Contribution games in social networks

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
ORIE Colloquium
Huseyin TopalogluCornell University
Robust assortment optimization under multinomial logit model
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Thomas KernCornell University
How to make pretty pictures of knots
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Hindman’s theorem, Ellis’s lemma, and Thompson’s group F, part I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
David RuppertCornell University
Multilevel models of the arrival of the ultra high energy cosmic rays

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Reyer SjamaarCornell University
What is a distribution (in the sense of L. Schwartz)?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Oliver Club
Ben ChowUniversity of California at San Diego
Introduction to gradient Ricci solitons
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, September 9, 2011

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Igors GorbovickisCornell University
Kupka-Smale property for volume preserving diffeomorphisms of C^2

2:25 PM
Malott 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Susan TolmanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fixed points of symplectic periodic flows

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Working Group on Kleinian Groups
Yulij IlyashenkoCornell University and Independent University of Moscow
Geometric theory of Kleinian groups

3:30 PM
Malott 203
Monday, September 12, 2011

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Mike ToddCornell University
Robust optimization and the probability that a random triangle is acute
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Marcelo AguiarTexas A&M University
Algebra based on real hyperplane arrangements

2:30 PM
Malott 205
Probability Seminar
Takashi KumagaiRIMS, Kyoto
Convergence of mixing times for sequences of random walks on finite graphs
Joint with the 4th Cornell conference on analysis, probability, and mathematical physics on fractals

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Nicole ImmorlicaNorthwestern University
On the impossibility of black-box transformations in mechanism design

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Amenability and Ramsey theory, part I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Jason HartlineNorthwestern University
Approximation in auction theory
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Scott MessickCornell University
Rather big numbers
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Hindman’s theorem, Ellis’s lemma, and Thompson’s group F, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Jason HartlineNorthwestern University
Theory of crowdsourcing contests

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Anna BertigerCornell University
Unions of matrix Schubert varieties

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Statistics Seminar
Daniel HeitjanUniversity of Pennsylvania
Truth and memory: analysis of self-reported cigarette count data in smoking cessation trials

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Math Club
Tim Healey, Reyer Sjamaar, Malanie Stam, and Kathryn LindseyCornell University
Panel discussion on applying to graduate school

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Oliver Club
Robert StrichartzCornell University
Amazing secrets of fractal Laplacians
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, September 16, 2011

Working Group on Kleinian Groups
Hyungryul BaikCornell University
Geometry of Kleinian manifolds corresponding to once punctured torus groups, part 2

3:30 PM
Malott 203