Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

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Please visit the Math Department Events Calendar for current event information.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Colin PonceCornell University
Identifying power line failures with fingerprint subspaces
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
R. LiuUniversity of Michigan
Subalgebras of the Fomin-Kirillov algebra

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Paul LoyaBinghamton University
Witten's holonomy theorem for manifolds with corners

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Jian DingUniversity of Chicago
Asymptotics of cover times via Gaussian free fields: bounded-degree graphs and general trees

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Ravi RamakrishnaCornell University
Introduction to Hida theory I

4:00 PM
Malott 230
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ankur MoitraInstitute for Advanced Study
Provable algorithms for nonnegative matrix factorization and learning topic models

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Barak WeissBen Gurion University of the Negev
Surfaces with no convex presentations

5:00 PM
Malott 205
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Logic Seminar
Scott MessickCornell University
Parameterized complexity and logic programming I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Oliver Club
Timothy RileyCornell University
Cannon-Thurston maps and hyperbolic hydra
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

AWM Tea Time Tiny Talk
Voula CollinsCornell University
English bell ringing from a mathematical perspective

3:00 PM
Malott 532
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Daniel MillerCornell University
Computing sheaf cohomology

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
David BelangerCornell University
Vaught’s theorem (sec. 10)

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Alon KeinanCornell University
Evolutionary history of modern humans: a genomic perspective

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Teaching Seminar
Thomas KernCornell University
Internet video: a tool for mathematics education?

5:25 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Oliver Club
Marcelo AguiarTexas A&M University
Hopf-Lie theory on hyperplane arrangements
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, October 19, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Marcel GuardiaUniversity of Maryland
An instability mechanism along the mean motion resonances in the restricted three body problem

2:15 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Johan UganderCornell University
Graph structure large and small: graphs at Facebook
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Victor ProtsakSUNY Oswego
Hidden symmetries in GL_n to GL_{n-2} branching

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Monday, October 22, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Jing XieCornell University
Optimization of computationally expensive simulations with Gaussian processes and parameter uncertainty: application to cardiovascular surgery
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Shisen LuoCornell University
The hard Lefschetz property for graph cohomology

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Yuan YuanJohns Hopkins University
The Kaehler-Ricci flow and geometric surgeries

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Antonio AuffingerUniversity of Chicago
Scaling exponents in directed polymers in random environment

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Boris GoldfarbSUNY Albany
Coarse geometry of groups and the zero divisors in their group algebras

1:30 PM
Malott 206
Logic Seminar
Scott MessickCornell University
Parameterized complexity and logic programming II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Haipeng ShenUniversity of North Carolina
Coping with uncertain arrival streams in call center workforce management
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Lucien ClavierCornell University
Random walks on homogeneous spaces
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

AWM Tea Time Tiny Talk
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Placing pretty puzzle pieces

3:00 PM
Malott 532
Logic Seminar
David BelangerCornell University
Theories with countably many models

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Jason MezeyCornell University
Regularized regression and probabilistic graphical modeling algorithms for mining the next generation of genomic data

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Ling LongIowa State and Cornell University
What is a dessin d’enfant?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, October 25, 2012

ORIE Colloquium
Retsef LeviMIT
Operations research and operations management applied to academic medical centers
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

3:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Oliver Club
Charles SmartMassachusetts Institute of Technology
The Apollonian structure of the sandpile PDE
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, October 26, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Remus RaduCornell University
Semi-parabolic Hénon maps

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Geometric Analysis Seminar
Peng WuCornell University
On four-dimensional anti-self-dual gradient Ricci solitons (by Chen-Wang)

2:30 PM
Malott 206
CAM Colloquium
Osman GulerUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
Interior-point methods and their broad impact on sciences
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Ka Yue WongCornell University
The Kraft-Procesi model and K-type multiplicities of nilpotent orbit closures

3:30 PM
Malott 406