Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

Math Events Have Moved

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

Monday, April 10, 2017

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Ben GrimmerCornell University
A first-order algorithm for general convex optimization

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Lauren WilliamsUniversity of California at Berkeley
Tableaux combinatorics of hopping particles and Koornwinder polynomials

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Sam HopkinsCornell University
Sample-optimal inference, the method of moments, and community detection

4:00 PM
Gates 122
Probability Seminar
Michael DamronGeorgia Institute of Technology
The travel time to infinity in percolation

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Undergraduate Math Club
Anna BrosowskyCornell University
Graphs and probability

4:45 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Thomas KoberdaUniversity of Virginia
Square roots of Thompson's group F

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Shihao XiongCornell University
Title TBA

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Chang-Han RheeCentrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Perfect estimation with imperfect samplers

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Sasha PatotskiCornell University
What Have the QFT's Ever Done for Us?
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Logic Seminar
Shihao XiongCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Andrew BarronYale University
Upper and lower risk bounds for high-dimensional ridge function combinations including neural networks

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Math Awareness Month Public Lecture
Alberto A. Martínez University of Texas at Austin
Pythagoras and other fictions: Do we need them in math?
Join the speaker after the talk in Malott 532 for pizza and conversation, sponsored by the Math Club.

4:30 PM
Malott 251
Friday, April 14, 2017

Number Theory Seminar
Liubomir ChiriacUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Dominance and extremality questions about Hecke eigenvalues

2:25 PM
Malott 206
Lie Groups Seminar
Victor Mouquin University of Toronto
Double Bruhat cells and Poisson groupoids

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Center for Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Henk DijkstraUtrecht University
Vegetation pattern formation in a semi-arid climate

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, April 17, 2017

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Alex VladimirskyCornell University
Dynamic "factoring" techniques

1:25 PM
Gates 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Yoav LenUniversity of Waterloo
Curves, graphs, and tangent lines

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Analysis Seminar
Sarah RaynorWake Forest University
Long-term stability for KdV solitons in weighted $H^s$ spaces

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Yang YuanCornell University
Convergence analysis of two-layer neural networks with ReLU activation

4:00 PM
Gates 122
Probability Seminar
Takashi OwadaPurdue University
Limit theorems for hyperbolic random geometric graph model

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Undergraduate Math Club
Brian HwangCornell University
Why we'll never be able to solve general polynomial equations and what we can do about it

4:45 PM
Malott 532
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Logic Seminar
Jun Le GohCornell University
Title TBA

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
David MehrleCornell University
Topological quantum field theories and the cobordism hypothesis
Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.

4:30 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Logic Seminar
Jun Le GohCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Malott 206
What Is... Seminar
Marcelo AguiarCornell University
What is a Hopf ring?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Topology and Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Daniel WiseMcGill University
A graph coloring problem and its algebraic and topological consequences

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Chelluri Lecture
Dani WiseMcGill University
The cubical route to understanding groups
Refreshments will be served at a reception following the talk at the A. D. White House.

4:30 PM
Malott 251
Friday, April 21, 2017

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Richard RandCornell University
Delay terms in the slow flow

1:30 PM
Malott 205
Geometric Analysis Seminar
John LoftinRutgers University
Families of projective domains and neck-separating degenerations of convex $RP^2$ surfaces

2:20 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Hourong QinNanjing University
Congruent numbers and ternary quadratic forms

2:25 PM
Malott 206
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Special Event
Mathematics Department
Spring Concert
Refreshments will be served.

1:30 PM
A.D. White House