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Monday, February 20, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Changxi ZhengCornell University
Efficient methods for time-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi PDEs
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

11:15 AM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Peter LuthyCornell University
Bi-parameter maximal multilinear operators inspired by questions in ergodic theory and PDE

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Lucas SabalkaBinghamton University
f-vectors of subdivided simplicial complexes

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Hyung-Chan AnCornell University
Improving Christofides’ algorithm for the s-t path TSP

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Tianyi ZhengCornell University
Return probability for random walk on wreath product and related groups

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Logic Seminar
Ben MillerUniversitat Munster
Bases, non-hyperfiniteness, and rigidity

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Bora KeskinStanford University
Dynamic pricing with demand model uncertainty: pitfalls of myopia and promise of experimentation
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Oliver Club
Hendrik LenstraUniversiteit Leiden
Modeling finite fields
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

ORIE Colloquium
Yaron SingerGoogle Research
Incentives, algorithms, and networks: mechanism design in the era of the social web

4:00 PM
Rhodes 655
Logic Seminar
Chris CondisUniversity of Waterloo
Proving that Artinian implies Noetherian without proving that Artinian implies finite length

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Michael RosenblumJohns Hopkins University
Optimizing randomized trial designs to distinguish which subpopulations benefit from treatment

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Teaching Seminar
Zhexiu Tu and Aaron PalmerCornell University
Introducing higher level concepts in introductory courses

5:25 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Statistics Seminar
Jacob BienStanford University
Sparse hierarchical interactions

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Olivetti Club
Tim NovikoffCornell University
Education of a model student
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Friday, February 24, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Stephen ChambleeIndiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
The dynamics of twisted tent maps

2:15 PM
Malott 230
CAM Colloquium
C. Anthony HuntUniversity of California at San Francisco
A strategy to achieve explanatory, networked, mechanistic models that link phenomena within and between biological scales
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 258.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Monday, February 27, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Alexander VladimirskyCornell University
Causal discretizations of seismic imaging problems
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

11:15 AM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Ryan HyndNew York University
Option pricing in the large risk aversion, small transaction cost limit

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Mohammad Mahmoody-GhidaryCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Sophus Lie Days
Alex LubotzkyHebrew University of Jerusalem
Short presentations of finite groups

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Alex LubotzkyHebrew University of Jerusalem
Sieve methods in group theory

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Sophus Lie Days
Alex LubotzkyHebrew University of Jerusalem
Sieve methods in group theory

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Damir DzhafarovNotre Dame University
Weak irregular principles

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Krishnamurthy IyerStanford University
Mean field equilibria of dynamic auctions with learning
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Sophus Lie Days
Alex LubotzkyHebrew University of Jerusalem
Arithmetic groups, Ramanujan graphs, and error correcting codes
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Logic Seminar
David BelangerCornell University
Ramsey’s theorem for pairs III

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Sofia OlhedeUniversity College London
Modulated oscillations

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Sophus Lie Days
Boris TsyganNorthwestern University
Cyclic homology

4:30 PM
Malott 406
What Is... Seminar
Clinton ConleyCornell University
What is canonization?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 1, 2012

CAM Colloquium
Sam ArbesmanKauffman Foundation
The half-life of facts
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Sophus Lie Days
Boris TsyganNorthwestern University
Noncommutative calculus and formality theory
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, March 2, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
John GuckenheimerCornell University
Dynamical systems analysis of animal locomotion

2:15 PM
Malott 230
Olivetti Club
Scott MessickCornell University
Infinity plus one and other such numbers
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 253