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Monday, April 30, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Dave SchneiderUSDA Research
The complexity of simple epidemic models
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

11:15 AM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Ilya SpitkovskyCollege of William and Mary
The current state of the almost periodic factorization

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Faith EllenUniversity of Toronto
A little advice can be very helpful

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Clinton ConleyCornell University
Translation-invariant random colorings of Cayley graphs

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Dan ZaffranKAIST
Foliations modeling nonrational toric varieties

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Slawek SoleckiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
An abstract approach to Ramsey theory with applications to Ramsey theorems for finite trees

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Vineet GoyalColumbia University
Power of robust and affine solutions in dynamic optimization
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Math Club
Derek LougeeCornell University
Percolation on lattices

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
The atomic model theorm II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Martin WainwrightUniversity of California at Berkeley
High-dimensional statistics and convex programming: unreasonably fast convergence of first-order gradient methods

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Mathias LedererUniversität Bielefeld and Cornell University
What is a Schubert polynomial?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Computer Science Theory Seminar
Shuchi ChawlaUniversity of Wisconsin
Bayesian mechanisms for scheduling

12:00 PM
Upson 5130
CAM Colloquium
Erika CamachoArizona State University
Tracing the progression of retinitis pigmentosa via photoreceptor interactions
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 655
Friday, May 4, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
John HubbardCornell University
Wakes of cubic polynomials

2:15 PM
Malott 230
Oliver Club
John MilnorStony Brook University
Small denominators: adventures through the looking glass
Reception to follow at the Big Red Barn.

4:00 PM
Rockefeller Schwartz Aud.
Monday, May 7, 2012

Analysis Seminar
Anders ObergUppsala University
Bernoulli properties for fractal measures

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Richard EllisUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst
From large deviations to statistical mechanics: what is the most likely way for an unlikely event to happen?

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

CAM Colloquium
Gábor DomokosBudapest University of Technology and Economics
The evolution of pebble size and shape in space and time
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Friday, May 11, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Anders SödergrenInstitute for Advanced Study
Equidistribution of pieces of closed horospheres in hyperbolic manifolds

1:30 PM
Malott 230