Seminar Calendar
May 2016
Monday, May 2nd, 2016
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CMS & CNS Seminar
The brain architecture of embodied action: The Distributed Adaptive Control Theory of decisions at a choice point
Paul F.M.J. Verschure,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Koszul Rings and DG Algebras
Adam Bocher,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Utah,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Bayesian inference and the low-dimensional structure of measure transport
Professor Youssef Marzouk,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Reading seminar on: Computational and descriptive complexity
Random graphs and 0-1 laws
Martino Lupini,
Harry Bateman Instructor in Mathematics,
Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematics Graduate Student Seminar
An Overview of Generalized Hat Problems
Connor Meehan,
Graduate Student,
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,
PhD Candidate,
Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Computing Isomorphisms between Finite Fields using Elliptic Curves (pt 2 of 2)
Anand Kumar Narayanan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
CMS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Lecture 1: Sets of Measure Zero and the Converse to Rademacher's Theorem: Part 1
Peter Jones,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Yale University,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
9:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar - CANCELLED
The spectral theory of multiboundary wormholes
Shaun Maguire,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Non-Commutative Geometry Seminar
Actions of Amenable Groups on the Cantor Set and the Classification of their Crossed Products
David Kerr,
Mathematics Department,
Texas A&M University,
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Wild symbols in local class field theory
Michiel Kosters,
Mathematics,
University of California, Irvine,
Friday, May 6th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Fast distance product of bounded difference matrices with applications to language edit distance and RNA folding
Virginia Vassilevska Williams,
Stanford,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Unsmoothable group actions on one-manifolds
Thomas Koberda,
Mathematics,
Univeristy of Virginia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Sets of Measure Zero and the Converse to Rademacher's Theorem: Part 2
Peter Jones,
Professor,
Mathematics & Applied Math,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Lecture 2: Sets of Measure Zero and the Converse to Rademacher's Theorem: Part 2
Peter Jones,
Professor,
Mathematics & Applied Math,
Yale University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, May 9th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Segre classes of monomial schemes and Segre zeta functions
Paolo Aluffi,
Mathematics,
Florida State University,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematics Graduate Student Seminar
Algebraic Theories and Duality
Ronnie Chen,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
An invariant set-theoretic approach to "no analytic mad families
Asger Törnquist,
Mathematics,
University of Copenhagen,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thomas Wolff Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Lecture 3: New Results on Bounded, Complete Minimal Surfaces
Peter Jones,
Professor,
Mathematics & Applied Math,
Yale University,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Operator scaling and applications to non-commutative rational identity testing
Ankit Garg,
Princeton University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Non-Commutative Geometry Seminar
Geometric picture for scattering amplitudes
Jaroslav Trnka,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics,
UC Davis,
Friday, May 13th, 2016
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
How not to prove the smooth 4-dimensional Poincare conjecture
David Gay,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Georgia,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, Not Engaged Argument
Molly Roberts, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Indirect Coulomb Energy with Gradient Correction
Elliott Lieb,
Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Princeton University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Non-Commutative Geometry Seminar
Vector Bundles for "Matrix Algebras Converge to the Sphere"
Marc Rieffel,
Department of Mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Limiting Spectrum of Random Kernel Matrices
Xiuyuan Cheng,
Gibbs Assistant Professor,
Applied Mathematics,
Yale University,
Thursday, May 19th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Scenery Reconstruction
Omer Tamuz,
Assistant Professor of Economics and Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Cycles in the de Rham cohomology of abelian varieties over number fields
Yunqing Tang,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: The Prosthetic Imaginary
Sara Hendren,
Artist, Design Researcher, and Assistant Professor of Design,
Olin College of Engineering,
Ken Pickar,
Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, May 20th, 2016
9:00am
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Spectrahedral lifts of polytopes, sums of squares, and quantum information
James Lee,
University of Washington,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Undergraduate Math Club Seminar
The Distribution of Discriminants of Polynomials with Coefficients in a Finite Field
Michael Seaman,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
On Thurston's Euler class one conjecture
Mehdi Yazdi,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Relatively Few Rational Points
Barry Charles Mazur,
Gerhard Gade University Professor,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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Combinatorics Seminar
Distinct perpendicular bisectors
Ben Lund,
Graduate Student,
Mathematics,
Rutgers,
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
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4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Diophantine Stability
Barry Mazur,
Professor,
Mathematics,
Harvard University,
Friday, May 27th, 2016
3:00pm
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