Seminar Calendar
February 2016
Monday, February 1st, 2016
4:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Resilience of Infrastructures
Professor Munther A. Dahleh,
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Director ,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Reading Seminar
Computational and descriptive complexity
Martino Lupini,
Harry Bateman Instructor,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Learning Seminar
The motivic Galois group of Abelian varieties of potential CM type II
Majid Hadian-Jazi,
Scott Russell Johnson Research Assistant Professor in Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
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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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
GIT characterizations of Harder-Narasimhan filtrations
Alfonso Zamora Saiz,
Lecturer AY-Math,
Mathematics,
CSU Channel Islands,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Efficient Spectral Methods for Learning Mixture Models
Qingqing Huang,
Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Rational approximation of functions with logarithmic singularities
Alexander Pushnitski,
King's College London,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Ground State Patterns and Phase Transitions for Spin-1 Bose-Einstein Condensates, Numerics and Analysis
Professor I-Liang Chern,
Department of Mathematics,
National Taiwan University,
Thursday, February 4th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Using Decision Diagrams for Better Optimization
David Morrison,
Researcher,
Inverse Limit LLC,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Counting genus-2 curves with split Jacobians
Everett Howe,
Center for Communications Research,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Does looking inside the circuit help?
Antonina Kolokolova,
Memorial University of Newfoundland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Slopes of overconvergent modular forms over boundary of the weight space
Ruochuan Liu,
Professor,
Mathematics,
BICMR,
Friday, February 5th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Algorithms from natural lower bounds
Valentine Kabanets,
Simon Fraser University,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Informational bottlenecks in control systems
Gireeja Ranade,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Microsoft Research, Redmond,
Monday, February 8th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification for Solutions to Differential Equation Models
Dave Campbell,
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, and Director, Management and System Science,
Simon Fraser University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Maximal representations and projective structures on iterated sphere bundles
Anna Wienhard,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics & Physics,
University of Heidelberg,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
II_1 Factors with Non-isomorphic Ultrapowers
Adrian Ioana,
Professor,
Mathematics,
UCSD,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Reading Seminar
Computational and descriptive complexity
Martino Lupini,
Bateman Research Instructor,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Chern--Simons theory, surface separability, representation volumes, and dominations of 3-manifolds
Shicheng Wang,
Peking University,
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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Learning Seminar
An introduction to Weil groups
Andrei Frimu,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Revisiting the first-order theories of McDuff's II_1 factors
Isaac Goldbring,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Illinois at Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Polynomials representing primes
James Maynard,
Mathematical Institute,
Magdalen College,
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Level-Set Methods for Convex Optimization
Michael Friedlander,
Professor,
Mathematics,
UC Davis,
Friday, February 12th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
Exponential Integrators of EPIRK-type: Construction, Analysis and Implementation
Assistant Professor Mayya Tokman,
University of California, Merced ,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Foliations and flow box decompositions
Rachel Roberts,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Washington University in St. Louis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Primes with restricted digits
James Maynard,
Professor,
Mathematical Institute,
Magdalen College University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Primes with restricted digits
James Maynard,
Professor,
Mathematical Institute,
Magdalen College University of Oxford,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Cancellation for the multilinear Hilbert and simplex transforms
Terence Tao,
Professor,
Mathematics,
UCLA,
Monday, February 15th, 2016
9:00am
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
9:00am
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6:00pm
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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,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Effective Dynamics in Quantum Theory
Juerg Froehlich,
Professor,
Physics,
ETH Zurich and IAS Princeton,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Noncommutative Rational Surfaces and Special Functions
Eric Rains,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Analysis on Fractal Manifolds and Noncommutative Geometry: A Tale of Metrics, Hausdorff Measures and Geodesics
Michel Lapidus,
Professor of Mathematics,
Physics and Astronomy, and of Computer Science and Engineering,
UCR,
Thursday, February 18th, 2016
11:00am
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12:00pm
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CDS Seminar
Adaptive Horizon Model Predictive Control
Arthur Krener,
Distingushed Visiting Professor,
Department of Applied Mathematics,
Navel Postgraduate School,
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
2:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, February 22nd, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment
Professor Randall J. LeVeque,
Applied Mathematics Department,
University of Washington,
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Learning Seminar
The 1-dimensional case: algebraic Hecke characters
nathan Lawless,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
A drunk walk in a drunk world
Ivan Corwin,
Clay Research Fellow,
Mathematics,
Columbia University, Clay Mathematics Institute,
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
A family of monotone quantum relative entropies
Julien Sabin,
Mathematics,
University Paris Orsay,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Kauffman Brackets on Surfaces
Francis Bonahon,
Professor,
Mathematics,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Stochastic quantum integrable systems
Ivan Corwin,
Associate Professor, IHP Poincare Chair Packard Fellow ,
Mathematics,
Columbia,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
Reconstruction of depth-3 circuits
Gaurav Sinha,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Hurewicz isomorphisms for algebraic varieties
Johannes Anschuetz,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Heidelberg,
Friday, February 26th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Bi-Lipschitz Bijection between the Boolean Cube and the Hamming Ball
Gil Cohen,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Heegaard Floer homology for tangles and cobordisms between them
Akram Alishahi,
Ritt Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Columbia University,