Seminar Calendar
November 2014
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
4:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Group compactifications and moduli problems
Pablo Solis,
OLGA TAUSSKY-JOHN TODD INSTRUCTOR,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Beyond Equilibria (1st of 2 parts. Cont. on Nov. 11.)
Georgios Piliouras,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
CMS,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Mean field dynamics of mixed fermionic states
Benjamin Schlein,
Mathematics,
University of Zufich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, November 6th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
Beyond invariance: A notion of cost for quasi-invariant measures
Manuel Inselmann,
University of Münster,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Local character expansions, hyperelliptic curves, and endoscopy
Cheng-Chiang Tsai,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
Friday, November 7th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
First-Order Iterative Methods in the Design of Fast Algorithms: from Multiplicative Weight Updates to Nesterov's Method
Lorenzo Orecchia,
MIT/Boston University,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Cubic Differentials and Limits of Convex RP2 Structures under Neck Pinches
John Loftin,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics & Computer Science,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
TBA
Anna Mazzucato,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Penn State,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
TBA
Mihai Putinar,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, November 10th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Stability of line bundles on reducible varieties
Atoshi Chordhury,
RTG Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Machine Learning and Optimization for Robotics
Associate Professor Pieter Abbeel,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
University of California at Berkeley,
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Seminar
On Ratner's Closed Orbit Theorem
Lei Fu,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Beyond Equilibria (2nd of 2 parts)
Georgios Piliouras,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
CMS,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Resonances in general relativity
Semyon Dyatlov,
Clay Research Fellow,
Mathematics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Convexity and Subconvexity bounds for automorphic periods and representation theory
Joseph Bernstein,
Professor of Mathematics,
University of Tel Aviv,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Flying into the Unknown: Air Traffic Management in the Presence of Uncertainty
Hamsa Balakrishnan,
Associate Professor,
Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
The Reusable Holdout: Preserving Validity in Interactive Data Analysis
Moritz Hardt,
IBM Almaden ,
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
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, III
Peter Burton,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
The Langlands-Shahidi method over function fields for the classical groups and the Ramanujan conjecture.
Luis Lomeli,
Dr.,
MSRI,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Taussky-Todd Lecture Series II: Convexity and subconvexity bounds for automorphic periods
Joseph Bernstein,
Professor of Mathematics,
University of Tel Aviv,
Friday, November 14th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Modularity and Greed in Double Auctions
Inbal Talgam-Cohen,
Hsieh Family SIGF Fellow,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Non-uniquely ergodic laminations and limit sets of geodesics in the Thurston compactification of Teichmüller space
Babak Modami,
Visiting Scholar,
Mathematics,
UIUC,
Monday, November 17th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
A Solution to the Inverse Optimization Problem Using Convex Decomposition
Andreas Hempel,
Automatic Control Laboratory,
ETH Zürich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Moduli spaces of principal bundles and compactifications of character varieties
Christopher Manon,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematical Sciences,
George Mason University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Joint Los Angeles Topology Seminar
Combinatorial tangle Floer homology
Ina Petkova,
G. C. Evans Intructor,
Mathematics,
Rice University,
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Information Causality, Szemeredi-Trotter, and algebraic variants of CHSH
Mohammad Bavarian,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
A new approach to amenability and Ramsey theory
Andy Zucker,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Coding for Interactive Communication Made Communication Efficient and Easy (or "How to make conversations robust to noise.")
Bernard Haeulpler,
Carnegie Mellon University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Asymptotics of Chebyshev Polynomials for General Subsets of the Real Line
Barry Simon,
I.B.M. Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Approximate Separability of Green's Function for Helmholtz Equation in the High Frequency Limit
Professor Hongkai Zhao,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California, Irvine,
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
10:00am
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11/21
7:00pm
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The Sixth Annual Southern California Symposium on Network Economics and Game Theory
The Sixth Annual SoCal NEGT
Friday, November 21st, 2014
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Geometry of arc, curve and sphere graphs (and what it is good for)
Sebastian Hansel,
Dickson Instructor,
Mathematics,
University of Chicago,
Monday, November 24th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
An Approximate Version of Caratheodory's Theorem and Its Algorithmic Applications (part 1)
Siddharth Barman,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Periodic block Jacobi matrices and the XY spin chain
Milivoje Lukic,
Postdoctoral Fellow UTM,
Mathematics,
University of Toronto,