Seminar Calendar
February 2015
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
4:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Derived equivalent CY 3-folds from cubic fourfolds
John Calabrese,
RTG Lovett Instructor,
Mathematics,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Post-Selection Inference for Forward Stepwise and Least Angle Regression
Professor Robert Tibshirani,
Depts. of Health Research and Policy, and Statistics,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Renormalized volume and pseudo Anosovs
Greg McShane,
Mathematics,
Institut Fourier, France,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELED - Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Dave Penneys,
Assistant Adjunct Professor,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, February 5th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Distribution of orders in number fields
Ramin Takloo-Bighash,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
University of Illinois at Chicago,
Friday, February 6th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Thermalization time bounds for Pauli stabilizer Hamiltonians
Paul Kristan Temme,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Seminar Title TBA
Alex Iosevich,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Flat strips in rank one CAT(0) spaces
Russell Ricks,
University of Michigan,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
The Stability Problem for Extremal Black Holes
Stefanos Aretakis,
Veblen Research Instructor,
Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Monday, February 9th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Universal unipotent local systems and Maurer-Cartan systems of algebraic cycles
Majid Hadian-Jazi,
Scott Russell Johnson Research Assistant Professor in Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Efficient Optimal Strategies for Online Prediction
Professor Peter Bartlett,
Division of Computer Science and Department of Statistics,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
The countable admissible ordinal equivalence relation
William Chan,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Tools from Optimization Theory and Applications to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, part 1
Dvijotham ("Dj") Krishnamurthy,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Are children's drawings good for anything?
Mehrdad Shahshahani,
Professor,
School of Mathematics,
IPM,
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Spectral properties of the Fourier restriction operator and applications
Julien Sabin,
Mathematics,
U. Paris Sud Orsay,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Point-curve incidences in the complex plane
Joshua Zahl,
Pure Math Instructor,
Mathematics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
The Geometry of Entanglement in Multiboundary Wormhole Spacetimes
Shaun Maguire,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Invariance of some spectral sequence from symplectic Khovanov homology and Heegaard Floer homology
Robert Lipshitz,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, February 13th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Breaking the Minsky-Papert Barrier for Constant-Depth Circuits
Alexander Sherstov,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Thin groups in arithmetic and beyond
Elena Fuchs,
Asistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Univerity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Toda Systems, Cluster Characters, and Spectral Networks
Harold Williams,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Texas at Austin,
Monday, February 16th, 2015
9:00am
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
9:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
What are nice combinatorial sequences?
Igor Pak,
Professor,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
The countable admissible ordinal equivalence relation,II
William Chan,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Tools from Optimization Theory and Applications to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, part 2
Dvijotham ("Dj") Krishnamurthy,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015
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
Blowup Dynamics in the Keller-Segel Model of Chemotaxis
Israel Michael Sigal,
Norman Stuart Robertson Chair in Applied Mathematics,
Mathematics,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Standard Model with Compactified Spatial Dimensions
Bartosz Fornal,
Physics & Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
A General Framework for High Accuracy Solutions to Energy Gradient Flows from Material Science Models
Professor Brian Wetton,
Mathematics Department,
University of British Colombia,
Friday, February 20th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Learning Arbitrary Statistical Mixtures of Discrete Distributions
Yuval Rabani,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Fibered face theory and entropy for free-by-cyclic groups
Eriko Hironaka,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Florida State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Off Campus
Inverse Problems for Quantum Integrable Systems
Alvaro Pelayo,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics,
UC San Diego,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, February 23rd, 2015
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Twisted commutative algebras and related structures
Steven Sam,
Miller Research Fellow,
Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Seminar
The Polynomial Method
Adam Sheffer,
Harry Bateman Instructor,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Naïve entropy of dynamical systems
Peter Burton,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Generalized Low Rank Models
Madeleine Udell,
Computational & Mathematical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
The Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics
Pun Wai Tong,
PhD. Student,
Mathematics,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, February 26th, 2015
4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Divisibility in K-groups and classical conjectures in Number Theory
Grzegorz Banaszak,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Adam Mickiewicz University,
Friday, February 27th, 2015
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
The Hitchin connection and the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev TQFT
Jorgen Andersen,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
QGM, Aarhus University,