Seminar Calendar
April 2015
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
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11:00am
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Logic Seminar
Dynamics of the homeomorphism group of the Lelek fan
Aleksandra Kwiatkowska,
Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Multi-Resource Allocation: Fairness, Efficiency, and Applications
Carlee Joe-Wong,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Convergence polygons for p-adic differential equati
Kiran Kedlaya,
Stefan E. Warschawski Chair in Mathematics,
Mathematics,
UCSD,
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
A graph TQFT for hat Heegaard Floer homology".
Ian Zemke,
Teaching Assistant,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Incidences between points and lines and extremal configuration of lines in Euclidean spaces
Noam Solomon,
Mathematics,
University of Tel Aviv,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Progress on the Triangular Hilbert Transform
Christoph Thiele,
Professor,
Bonn,
Monday, April 6th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Interdependency and Reliability of Natural Gas & Power Grid Systems
Misha Chertkov,
Physics of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, T-4, Theoretical Division,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometric graph-based methods for high dimensional data
Computing + Mathematical Sciences Seminar
Andrea Bertozzi,
University of California Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Computational Methods for Mesoscopic Fluid-Structure Interactions Subject to Thermal Fluctuations : Applications in Soft Materials and Microfluidics.
Professor Paul J. Atzberger,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mathematics Department of Mechanical Engineering ,
University of California Santa Barbara,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
On Abrikosov lattice solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) equation
Li Chen,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Nonlinear Linear Systems Analysis Applied to Networked Dynamical Systems
Enrique Mallada,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Center for the Mathematics of Information,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Invariant random subgroups behaving like normal subgroups
Omer Tamuz,
Schramm Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mathematics,
MIT,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Blending Mathematical Models and Data: Algorithms, Analysis and Applications in the Geophysical and Medical Sciences
Computing + Mathematical Sciences Seminar
Andrew Stuart,
Warwick University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Structure and Pseudo-Randomness in Coding Theory
Shachar Lovett,
Assistant Professor,
CSE,
UCSD,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Periods in Perturbative Quantum Field Theory
Emad Nasrollahpoursamani,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Selmer ranks of twists of hyperelliptic curves and superelliptic curves
Myungjun Yu,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Overconvergent construction of anticyclotomic p-adic L-functions
Chan-Ho Kim,
Visiting Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
UC Irvine,
Friday, April 10th, 2015
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Groups presentable by products and an ordering of Thurston geometries by maps of non-zero degree
Christoforos Neofytidis,
Riley Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Binghamton University,
Monday, April 13th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Designing Dynamic Contests
Mohamed Mostagir,
Stephen M. Ross School of Business,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Bayesian Inversion for Large Scale Antarctic Ice Sheet Flow
Professor Omar Ghattas,
Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences,
The University of Texas at Austin,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Nonlinear Linear Systems Analysis Applied to Networked Dynamical Systems
Enrique Mallada,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
Center for the Mathematics of Information,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
10:00am
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Alternating knot with unknotting number one
Duncan Mccoy,
PhD. Student,
Mathematics,
University of Glasgow,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Geometry, Topology, and Modern Classifications of Quantum Matter
Wentao (Winston) Fan,
Undergraduate,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 16th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Pro-p Iwahori Hecke algebras are Gorenstein
Rachel Ollivier,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
UBC,
Friday, April 17th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Detection of Planted Solutions for Flat Satisfiability Problems
Quentin Berthet,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
L-space surgeries on links
Yajing Liu,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
Saturday, April 18th, 2015
9:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Coarsening of Particle Systems
Professor David Levermore,
Mathematics Department,
University of Maryland, College Park,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
1:30pm
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3:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Every analytic equivalence relation with all Borel classes is a Borel equivalence relation somewhere
William Chan,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
The 4th Generator of the Odd K-Theory of 3-Dimensional Noncommutative Tori
Viktor Kasatkin,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
On the non-triviality of generalised Heegner cycles modulo p
Ashay Burungale,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
Friday, April 24th, 2015
8:30am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
A characterization of virtually embedded subsurfaces in 3-manifolds
Yi Liu,
Taussky - Todd Instructor,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Monday, April 27th, 2015
1:00pm
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2:30pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
The Drinfeld-Lafforgue-Vinberg degeneration of the stack of G-bundles
Simon Schieder,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
The microlocal codimension-three conjecture
Kari Vilonen,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Scalar Curvature for the Noncommutative 4-Torus and its Functional Relations
Farzad Fathizadeh,
Instructor,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Reverse Mechanism Design
Nima Haghpanah,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
MIT,