Mathematical Colloquia and Seminars

November 19 – December 2, 2009

Thursday, November 19
4:25 PM OLIVER CLUB
Marcelo Aguiar, Texas A&M University
Hopf algebras in topology, combinatorics, and representation theory
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.
Malott 406
Friday, November 20
3:30 PM CAM COLLOQUIUM
Bobby Kleinberg, Cornell University
Pricing lotteries
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.
Rhodes 655
3:30 PM LIE GROUPS SEMINAR
John Arlo Caine, University of Notre Dame
A quadratic Poisson structure on toric varieties
Malott 406
Monday, November 23
1:25 PM SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING AND NUMERICS (SCAN) SEMINAR
Doug James, Cornell University
Enabling reduced-order dynamics for graphics, haptics, and sound
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Upson 5126
2:30 PM ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Robert Strichartz, Cornell University
Laplacians on quadratic Julia sets
Malott 406
2:30 PM DISCRETE GEOMETRY AND COMBINATORICS SEMINAR
Andy Frohmader, Cornell University
Flag f-vectors of colored complexes
Malott 206
4:00 PM COMPUTER SCIENCE THEORY SEMINAR
Hu Fu, Cornell University
Inapproximability for VCG-based combinatorial auctions
Upson 5130
4:00 PM PROBABILITY SEMINAR
Russ Thompson, Cornell University
Critical constants for recurrence on groups of polynomial growth
Malott 406
5:00 PM NONCOMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA SEMINAR
Ajay Ramadoss, Cornell University
Fedosov quantization in the algebraic context
Malott 205
Tuesday, November 24
1:30 PM TOPOLOGY & GEOMETRIC GROUP THEORY SEMINAR
Organizational meeting for the Topology Festival
Malott 203
4:15 PM ORIE COLLOQUIUM
Leanna House, Virginia Tech University
Bayesian assessment of system condition uncertainty in computer models
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.
Rhodes 253
4:25 PM OLIVETTI CLUB
George Khachatryan, Cornell University
Intersections in projective space
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.
Malott 406
Thursday, November 26 – Friday, November 27
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Monday, November 30
1:25 PM SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING AND NUMERICS (SCAN) SEMINAR
Attila Bergou, Cornell University
Fruit flies modulate passive wing pitching to generate in-flight turns
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Upson 5126
2:30 PM ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Jian Song, Rutgers University
The Kahler-Ricci flow through singularities
Malott 406
2:30 PM DISCRETE GEOMETRY AND COMBINATORICS SEMINAR
Sam Hsiao, Bard College and Cornell University
Peaks, shuffles, and multigraded Hopf algebras
Malott 206
4:00 PM COMPUTER SCIENCE THEORY SEMINAR
Eyal Lubetzky, Microsoft Research
Distances in random metrics: from weighted expanders to the geometry of
Upson 5130
4:00 PM PROBABILITY SEMINAR
Sergio Pulido, Cornell University
Bubbles and futures contracts in markets with short-selling constraints
Malott 406
Tuesday, December 1
1:30 PM TOPOLOGY & GEOMETRIC GROUP THEORY SEMINAR
Matt Brin, Binghamton University
Shavgulidze’s paper on the amenability of Thompson’s group F
Malott 203
2:55 PM LOGIC SEMINAR
Mingzhong Cai, Cornell University
Pi-0-1 classes, randomness, and Muchnick degrees I
Malott 206
4:15 PM ORIE COLLOQUIUM
Alp Muharremoglu, Columbia University
A characterization of the value of uncensored demand in the news vendor problem
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.
Rhodes 253
4:25 PM OLIVETTI CLUB
Saul Blanco, Cornell University
Title TBA
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.
Malott 406
Wednesday, December 2
1:30 PM COMPUTATIONAL AND COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA SEMINAR
Michael Stillman, Cornell University
Computing integral closure
Malott 420C
4:00 PM LOGIC SEMINAR
Mingzhong Cai, Cornell University
Pi-0-1 classes, randomness, and Muchnick degrees II
Malott 206
5:30 PM TEACHING SEMINAR
Corinne Sheridan, Cornell University
Dealing with awkward situations in the classroom
Malott 207

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