Seminar Calendar
November 2015
Monday, November 2nd, 2015
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Fast Solvers for the High-Frequency Helmholtz Equation
Assistant Professor Leonardo Andrés Zepeda Núñez,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
P=W for nodal curves
Michael McBreen,
C L E Moore Instructor,
Mathematics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Coding Techniques for Emerging DNA-Based Storage Systems
Professor Olgica Milenkovic,
ECE Department,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
The Chemical Distance in Critical Percolation
Phillippe Sosoe,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Subdiffusive concentration in First-Passage Percolation
Phillippe Sosoe,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Gapped Fermionic Phases of Matter and Spin Structures
Anton Kapustin,
Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics,
PMA,
Caltech,
Friday, November 6th, 2015
10:00am
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11:00am
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Scheduling in Hadoop clusters: Novel algorithms, state space collapse and delay minimization in heavy traffic
Yi Lu,
Electrical & Computer Engineering,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
TBA
Peter Feller,
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mathematics,
Boston College,
3:00pm
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3:30pm
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Learning Seminar
Abelian Varieties and polarized Hodge structures (II)
Pablo Solis,
Olga Taussky and John Todd Instructor in Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Learning Seminar
CM Abelian Varieties over C and their Hodge Structures
Brian Hwang,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Monday, November 9th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Frequency Regulation, Energy Trading, and Load Scheduling in Smart Grid
Vincent Wong,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of British Columbia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Perverse sheaves on arc spaces and local L-factors
Alexis Bouthier,
Morrey Visiting Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Faster Convex Optimization: Simulated Annealing with an Efficient Universal Barrier
Professor Elad Hazan,
Department of Computer Science,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Recent developments in graph Ramsey theory
David Conlon,
Royal Society University Research Fellow,
Mathematical Institute,
University of OXford,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
9:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Instability and exponential dichotomy of Hamiltonian PDE
Chongchun Zeng,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Georgia Tech,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Good Quotients of Spectral Triples
Branimir Cacic,
Visiting Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Texas A & M University,
Thursday, November 12th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Taylor coefficients of L-functions for function fields
Zhiwei Yun,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics,
Stanford,
Friday, November 13th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Two-Source Dispersers for Polylogarithmic Entropy and Improved Ramsey Graphs - part 1 of 2
Gil Cohen,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
CMS,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Cable space surgeries via jointly primitive presentations of knots
Olga Plameneuskaya,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics,
Stony Brook,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Learning Seminar
Cohomology of algebraic varieties
Xinwen Zhu,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Monday, November 16th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Logarithmic geometry and some applications
Mattia Talpo,
Post Doc,
Mathematics,
UBC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Definite surfaces and alternating links
Josh Greene,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Boston College,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
A higher-height lift of Rohlin's Theorem: on \eta^3
Mike Hill,
Professor,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Logic Seminar
Weak containment of measure preserving group actions
Peter Burton,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Knot homologies and their deformations
Paul Wedrich,
Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics,
University of Cambridge,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Compact manifolds with integral bounds on the negative part of Ricci curvature and the Kato class
Christian Rose,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Technische Universitat Chemnitz & UCLA,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Analysis Seminar
Numerically detectable spectrum: why there exists no constructive proof of Wiener's 1/f theorem
Nikolai Nikkolski,
Professeur Emérite,
Mathematics,
Bordeaux/ Steklov Institute,
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Complex Polynomial Optimization and its Application to Power Systems
Cédric Josz,
Applied Mathematics,
Paris VI University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
the Geometry Near Infinity of shrinking Ricci Solitons
Bennett Chow,
Mathematics,
UCSD,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Some degenerate Whittaker functions for Sp_n(R)
Stephen Kudia,
Mathematics,
University of Toronto,
Friday, November 20th, 2015
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
TBA
Laura Starkson,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Mathematics,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Learning Seminar
Absolute Hodge Cycles
Matthias Flach,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Monday, November 23rd, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
A New Perspective to Synchronization in Networks of Coupled Oscillators: Reverse Engineering and Convex Relaxation
Lijun Chen,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
The syzygies of some thickenings of determinantal varieties
Claudiu Raicu,
Instructor,
Mathematics,
Norte Dame,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Membrane Geometry and Multi-Scale Dynamics
Hamid Noori,
University of Heidelberg,
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Weak containment of measure preserving group actions
Peter Burton,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Two-Source Dispersers for Polylogarithmic Entropy and Improved Ramsey Graphs - part 2 of 2
Gil Cohen,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
CMS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Taussky-Todd Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
In a shadow of the Riemann Hypothesis: Approximation Problems on the Hilbert Multidisc
Nikolai Nikolski,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
University of Bordeaux,
Wednesday, November 25th, 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
Carlson-Landau inequalities and magnetic Schrödinger operators
Ari Laptev,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Imperial College London and Mittag-Leffler Institute,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Combinatorics Semnar
Polynomials vanishing on Cartesian products
Orit Raz,
PhD Student,
School of Computer Science,
Tel Aviv University,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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