Seminar Calendar
May 2014
Thursday, May 1st, 2014
4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Open compact subgroups of SO_{2n+1}(F)
Pei-Yu Tsai,
OLGA TAUSSKY-JOHN TODD INSTRUCTOR,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
The Design, Laboratory Testing, and Implementation of Large Constrained Auctions: The Victoria, Australia, Gaming Machine Auction
Charles R. Plott,
William D. Hacker Professor of Economics and Political Science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Geometry and topology of finite volume, bounded negatively curved manifolds
Yunhui Wu,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Rice University,
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Introduction to categorification
Mikhail Khovanov,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
On the functional analysis of quantum variables
Edward Effros,
Professor,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Logic Seminar
Every action of a non-amenable group is the factor of a small action
Brandon Seward,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
University of Michigan,
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Heegner cycles and p-adic L-functions
Francesc Castella,
Dr.,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
Friday, May 9th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
The Art of Optimizing via Simulations: Empirical Dynamic Programming
Rahul Jain,
Associate Professor, Kenneth C. Dahlberg Early Career Chair,
Viterbi School of Engineering,
University of Southern California,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Categorification at a prime root of unity
Mikhail Khovanov,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Heegaard Floer theory and L-space knots
Faramarz Vafaee,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Michigan State University,
Monday, May 12th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Validity of spin wave theory for the quantum Heisenberg model
Robert Seiringer,
Mathematics,
IST Austria,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Logic Seminar
The Generic Point Problem and Closed Subgroups of $S_\infty$, I
Andy Zucker,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Logic Seminar
The Generic Point Problem and Closed Subgroups of $S_\infty$, II
Andy ,
Zucker,
Mathematics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture
32nd Annual Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture
Avi Wigderson,
Professor,
School of Mathematics,
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton,
Friday, May 16th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Stability and Robustness of Dynamical Network Flows
Ketan Savla,
Assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering ,
University of Southern California,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Knotting and Unknotting Surfaces
Nathan Sunukjian,
Instructor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Stony Brook University,
Monday, May 19th, 2014
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Banach Space Projections and Petrov-Galerkin Estimates
Ari Stern,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics,
Washington University in St. Louis,
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Logic Seminar
The Pinned Cardinal of Analytic Equivalence Relations
William Chan,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
A Morse-Bott approach to Pin(2)-monopole Floer homology
Francesco Lin,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Patching and the p-adic local Langlands Correspondence
David Geraghty,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Boston College,
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Underbidding and Experience and USFS Timber Auctions
Benjamin Gillen,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Plane Floer Homology and the Knot Concordance Group
Aliakbar Daemi,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
A positive proportion of plane cubics fail the Hasse principle
Manjul Bhargava,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Princeton University visiting Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium **SPECIAL DAY/TIME**
Resiliency of the Power Grid
Ali Pinar,
Sandia National Laboratories,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Logic Seminar
A model-theoretic portrait of a family of countably universal graphs
Rehana Patel,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Olin College of Engineering,
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
On the image of complex conjugation in certain Galois representations
Anna Caraiani,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Friday, May 30th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Design of 3D printed mathematical art
Henry Segerman,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Oklahoma State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Structure on the set of triangulations
Henry Segerman,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Oklahoma State University,