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Department of Mathematics

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Roseanna ZiaCornell University
Dispersed and kinetically arrested phases in colloids: a micro-mechanical perspective
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Mihai BailesteanuUniversity of Rochester
A reduction theorem for Spin(7) manifolds

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Karim AdiprasitoFree University, Berlin
Minimal CW models for complements of 2-arrangements

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Karim AdiprasitoFree University, Berlin
Minimal CW models for complements of 2-arrangements

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Number Theory Seminar
Ravi RamakrishnaCornell University
A gentle introduction to p-adic Local Langlands, part IV

4:00 PM
Malott 230
Probability Seminar
Linan ChenMcGill University
Gaussian free field, random measure, and KPZ on R^4

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
John UganderCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Pallavi DaniLouisiana State University
Filling invariants: homological vs. homotopical

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Mark SapirVanderbilt University
Complicated residually finite groups

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Ciamac MoellemiColumbia University
Title TBA
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Andrew MarshallCornell University
Configurations of $K_5$ sitting in $\mathbb R^3$
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in the lounge.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Logic Seminar
David BelangerCornell University
Cost and treeable equivalence relations, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Saharon RossetTel Aviv University
Isotonic modeling: methodology and applications

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Irena PeevaCornell University
What is matrix factorization?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Lie Groups Seminar
Peter SarnakPrinceton University and Institute for Advanced Study
Quantum variance for the modular quotient

1:45 PM
Malott 224
Chelluri Lecture
Peter SarnakPrinceton University and Institute for Advanced Study
The matrix groups and diophantine analysis

4:30 PM
Malott 251
Chelluri Lecture
Peter SarnakPrinceton University
The Matrix Groups and Diophantine Analysis

4:30 PM
251 Malott Hall
Friday, April 19, 2013

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Tanya FirsovaStony Brook University
lambda-Lemma in C^2 and an application to dynamics

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Geometric Analysis Seminar
Peng WuCornell University
Four-manifolds with positive sectional curvature, part I

2:30 PM
Malott 206
CAM Colloquium
Toby CubittUniversity of Cambridge
Is physics (NP-)hard?
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, April 22, 2013

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Tony HarkinRochester Institute of Technology
Spectral element computations of rotating flows in complex geometries
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Jeffrey CasePrinceton University
A generalization of the Yamabe problem to smooth metric measure spaces

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Michelle WachsUniversity of Miami
Eulerian numbers, chromatic quasisymmetric functions and Hessenberg varieties

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Michelle WachsUniversity of Miami
Eulerian numbers, chromatic quasisymmetric functions and Hessenberg varieties

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Thomas MikoschUniversity of Copenhagen
Precise large deviation probabilities for random walks with stationary heavy tailed steps

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Vasilis SyrgkanisCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Number Theory Seminar
Daniel MillerCornell University
Towards perfectoid spaces

4:00 PM
Malott 230
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Logic Seminar
Su GaoUniversity of North Texas
Borel complete sections on Bernoulli shifts

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Marie ChazalUniversité libre de Bruxelles
Option pricing in a one-dimensional affine term structure model via spectral representations
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Daniel MillerCornell University
A bestiary of Frobenii
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in the lounge.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Logic Seminar
David BelangerCornell University
Cost and I2 Betti numbers

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Haipeng ShenUniversity of North Carolina
Principal component analysis: regularization and asymptotics

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Mathematics Awareness Month Public Lecture
David ShmoysCornell University
Computational sustainability: An algorithmic lens for better decision-making

5:00 PM
Malott 251
Math Awareness Month Public Lecture
David ShmoysCornell University
Computational Sustainability: An algorithmic lens for better decision-making

5:00 PM
Malott 251
Teaching Seminar
Anna Bertiger, Kristine Jones, Daniel Wong, Shisen Luo, and Remus RaduCornell University
Graduating students job panel

5:25 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Milena PabiniakIST Lisbon
The Arnold conjectures and an introduction to the generating functions technique

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Statistics Seminar
Robert TibshiraniStanford University
A significance test for the lasso

1:45 PM
Biotech G10
Oliver Club
Leonard GrossCornell University
The Yang-Mills Heat Equation

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Oliver Club
Leonard GrossCornell University
The Yang-Mills heat equation
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, April 26, 2013

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Lucien ClavierCornell University
Exponential drift: a Ratner-type argument for discrete groups

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Geometric Analysis Seminar
Hung TranCornell University
Four-manifolds with positive sectional curvature, part II

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Lie Groups Seminar
Andrew SaleOxford University and Cornell University
A geometric version of the conjugacy problem in semisimple Lie groups

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Amit SingerPrinceton University
Determining 3D structure from network of 2D images
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655