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Monday, January 28, 2013

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Shankar SundararamanCornell University
Fast Fourier methods for systems with reduced periodicity: a case study in electronic structure methods
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Louis BilleraCornell University
Confessions of an erstwhile game theorist

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Robert StrichartzCornell University
They grind exceedingly small (average error for spectral asymptotics on surfaces)

2:30 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Ilan LobelNew York University
Intertemporal price discrimination: structure and computation of optimal policies
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

2:45 PM
Rhodes 253
Probability Seminar
Gennady SamorodnitskyCornell University
On the existence of paths between points in high level excursion sets of Gaussian random fields

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Daniel MillerCornell University
Taniyama-Shimura, the R=T theorem, and Fermat-Wiles

4:00 PM
Malott 230
Math Club
Robert Strichartz and R. Keith DennisCornell University
REU information session

4:30 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Benjamin CooperUniversitat Zurich
Some modular group actions on categories

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Isomorphism types of $\aleph_2$-dense subsets of $\Rbb$, part I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Thomas KernCornell University
Grover iteration: cheating at computing the quantum way
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in the lounge.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Logic Seminar
Clinton ConleyCornell University
Introduction to countable Borel equivalence relations, part I

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
Dan BarbaschCornell University
What is a unitary dual?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Jim ConantUniversity of Tennessee
Topological interpretations of generalized Morita classes in the homology of Aut(F_n)

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Oliver Club
David ZywinaInstitute for Advanced Study
The inverse Galois problem for PSL_2(F_p)
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, February 1, 2013

CAM Colloquium
Mason PorterUniversity of Oxford
Cascades and social influence on networks
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, February 4, 2013

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Erdal YilmazCornell University
Vibrating structure gyroscopes from eigenvalue perturbations perspective
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Marius BeceanuIAS - Princeton
Dispersive estimates for equations with time-dependent potentials

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Thomas KesselheimCornell University
Approximation algorithms for spectrum allocation and power control in wireless networks

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Probability Seminar
Takashi OwadaCornell University
Functional central limit theorem for heavy tailed stationary infinitely divisible processes generated by conservative flows

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Christine McMeekinCornell University
The average rank of elliptic curves

4:00 PM
Malott 230
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Andrew SaleOxford University and Cornell University
Finding short conjugators in wreath products and free solvable groups

1:30 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Isomorphism types of $\aleph_2$-dense subsets of $\Rbb$, part II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Guy LebanonGeorgia Institute of Technology
Stochastic m-estimators and the tradeoff between statistical accuracy and computational complexity
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Aaron PalmerCornell University
How to get weak* lower semi continuity of the surface area functional
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in the lounge.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Logic Seminar
Iian SmytheCornell University
Countable Borel equivalence relations, part II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Thursday, February 7, 2013

ORIE Colloquium
Chaitanya BandiMIT
Robust queueing theory - a theory of stochastic analysis via robust optimization
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

3:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Oliver Club
Kate JuschenkoVanderbilt University
On simple amenable groups
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, February 8, 2013

ORIE Colloquium
Amitabh BasuUniversity of California at Davis
Mixed integer optimization: a solution methodology

2:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Atlases built from Bruhat cells and the wonderful compactification of a group

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Dennis AmelunxenCornell University
Phase transitions in convex geometry and optimization
Refreshments at 4:45 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:45 PM
Rhodes 253