Seminar Calendar
October 2014
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Probabilistically Checkable Proofs of Proximity with Zero-Knowledge
Mor Weiss,
Technion,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
On the complexity of full groups
François Le Maître,
Post Doc,
Mathematics,
Université de Louvain-la-Neuve,
Friday, October 3rd, 2014
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Combinatorial constructions of Heegaard Floer homology using bordered invariants.
Bohua Zhan,
Instructor,
Mathematics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Reflectionless measures for singular integral operators. Abstract: A reflectionless measure for an $s$-dimensional singular integral operator $T$ acting in $\mathbb{R}^d$ (with $s\in (0,d)$) is, roughly speaking, a measure $\mu$ for which $T(\mu)$ is cons
Benjamin Jaye,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematical Sciences,
Kent State,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
The kitchen sink: asymptotic analysis of random matrix models, partition function expansions, singular limits of integrable PDEs, and maybe some rudimentary approximation theory
Ken MacLaughlin,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Arizona,
Monday, October 6th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
The Structure of Instability in Moduli Theory
Dan Halpern-Leistner,
Ph.D student,
Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Monotonicity of relative entropies and convexity of some trace functions
Rupert Frank,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Chain conditions and elementary amenable groups
Jay Williams,
Postdoc,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Weil Sums of Binomials and Helleseth's Conjecture
Daniel Katz,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
California State University, Northridge,
Friday, October 10th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Control and Dynamical Systems Seminar
Coherent Lagrangian Vortices in Unsteady Continua
George Haller,
Prof. Dr.,
Nonlinear Dynamics,
ETH Zürich,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Natural Selection, Game Theory and Genetic Diversity
Georgios Piliouras,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
New results on Hitchin representations
Tengren Zhang,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
University of Michigan,
Monday, October 13th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Synthesis of Contact-Rich Behaviors with Optimal Control
Professor Emo Todorov,
Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering,
University of Washington,
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Seminar
Algebraic Groups for Everybody!
Pablo Solis,
Olga Taussky and John Todd Instructor,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Entanglement in one-dimensional quantum systems
Yi-Chen Huang,
IQIM,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Eigenvalues of the Laplacian and the Hadamard parametrix construction.
Isak Mottelson,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Average-case tightness of semidefinite relaxations of maximum likelihood estimation problems
Afonso Bandeira,
Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Tits buildings, class groups, and the high-dimensional cohomology of SLnOK
Tom Church,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Stanford,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
Topology and convexity in the space of actions modulo weak equivalence
Peter Burton,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Distinguished Lecture in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Computational Insights and the Theory of Evolution
Christos H. Papadimitriou,
C. Lester Hogan Professor of Computer Science,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Advances on base change, symmetric powers and tensor product functoriality
Luis Dieulefait,
Professor Agregat,
Departament d'Àlgebra i Geometria,
University of Barcelona,
Friday, October 17th, 2014
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
The moduli space of S1-type zero loci for Z2-harmonic spinors in dimension 3
Ryosuke Takahashi,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
Monday, October 20th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Linear Genetics: (the Linear Algebra of) Genotype-Phenotype Association Studies
Professor Lior Pachter,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California at Berkeley,
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
The Ginzburg-Landau equations with self-generated magnetic field
Christian Hainzl,
Dr.,
Mathematics,
University of Tuebingen,
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
Variations on the finite Gowers' Theorem and the Lelek fan
Dana Bartosova,
Mathematics,
University of San Paolo,
Monday, October 27th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Topology of the tropical moduli spaces M_{1,n} and M_{2,n}
Melody Chan,
NSF Postdoc Fellow ,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Can I Take a Peek? Continuous Monitoring of Online A/B Tests
Professor Ramesh Johari,
Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering,
Stanford,
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Seminar
Entropy of Dynamical Systems
Peter Burton,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Nash Codes for Noisy Channels
Bernhard von Stengel,
Department of Mathematics,
London School of Economics,
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Control and Dynamical Systems Seminar
Analysis and Design of Optimization Algorithms via Integral Quadratic Constraints
Laurent Lessard,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Berkeley Center for Control and Identification,
University of California, Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Global Existence and Dispersion for the Klein-Gordon equation with long range nonhomogeneous nonlinearites
Avy Soffer,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Rutgers University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Introduction to the Ricci and Kahler-Ricci Flows
Zhou Zhang,
School of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Sydney,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Marcenko-Pastur Law for Tyler's and Maronna's M-estimators
Teng Zhang,
Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Topology and convexity in the space of actions modulo weak equivalence, II
Peter Burton,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Ext analogues of branching laws
Dipendra Prasad,
Senior Professor,
Mathematics,
Tata Institute,
Friday, October 31st, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
A constructive approach to homological mirror symmetry
Siu-Cheong Lau,
Benjamin Peirce Fellow,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Incentivizing Exploration [joint work with Peter Frazier, Jon Kleinberg, Robert Kleinberg]
David Kempe,
Associate Professor,
University of Southern California,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
The complex geometry of Teichmüller spaces and symmetric domains
Stergios Antonakoudis,
Dr.,
Pure Mathematics & Mthematical Statistics ,
Univ of Cambridge,