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Monday, March 5, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Ilias BilionisCornell University
Bayesian techniques for uncertainty quantification of computer codes
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

11:15 AM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
William WylieSyracuse University
Einstein metrics and Ricci solitons

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Benjamin MatschkeInstitute for Advanced Study
On the diameter of polytopes

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Benjamin MatschkeInstitute for Advanced Study
A parametrized version of Gromov’s waist of the sphere theorem

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Adam BjorndahlCornell University
Situated games

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Lucien ClavierCornell University
Continued fractions and Chabauty topology of R^2
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Logic Seminar
Thomas KernCornell University
Principles weaker than Ramsey’s theorem for pairs I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Giles HookerCornell University
Detecting evolution in experimental ecology: diagnostics for missing state variables

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Teaching Seminar
Sricharan MurugesanCornell University
What do I want my students to learn?

5:25 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Oliver Club
Anna MazzucatoPenn State University and Cornell University
On the analysis of incompressible fluids at high Reynolds numbers
Refreshments at 3:15 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, March 9, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Matthieu ArfeuxUniversité de Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier)
Trees and irreducibility of Per_n(0)

2:15 PM
Malott 230
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Dzmitry DudkoUniversity of Göttingen
Matings with laminations

3:15 PM
Malott 230
Lie Groups Seminar
Oded YacobiUniversity of Toronto
A tale of two categorifications

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Alison MarsdenUniversity of Calfornia at San Diego
Optimization and multiscale modeling for surgical planning in cardiovascular disease
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Monday, March 12, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Kevin LinUniversity of Arizona
Faster dynamic Monte Carlo via Markov couplings
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

11:15 AM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Elena BerettaUniversity La Sapienza
Some issues on electrical impedance tomography with complex coefficient

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Anna BertigerCornell University
The combinatorics of the action of the symplectic group on the flag manifold

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Avner PelegUniversity at Buffalo
Interplay between bit-pattern randomness and pulse collisions in broadband fiber optics transmission lines

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Silvio MicaliMIT
Knightian auctions

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Math Club
James WestCornell University
Wild things in Euclidean space

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Logic Seminar
Antonio MontalbanUniversity of Chicago
The jump of a structure

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Hayriye AyhanGeorgia Tech
Queues with flexible servers: improving performance through effective collaboration
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Caitlin CunninghamCornell University
Markov chain methods for analyzing ChIP-Seq
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Logic Seminar
Thomas KernCornell University
Principles weaker than Ramsey’s theorem for pairs II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Daniel FinkCornell University
eBird: Statistical modeling of citizen science bird data

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Mahdi AsgariOklahoma State University and Cornell University
What is an automorphic representation?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Oliver Club
David HendersonCornell University
Mathematical issues of meaning in education
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, March 16, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Kathryn LindseyCornell University
An introduction to McMullen’s work on Teichmüller curves on Hilbert modular surface

2:15 PM
Malott 230
Lie Groups Seminar
Derek KrepskiMcMaster University
On symplectic toric orbifolds as quotients by a finite group action

3:30 PM
Malott 406