Seminar Calendar
October 2017
Monday, October 2nd, 2017
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Topology of moduli spaces of tropical curves
Sam Payne,
Mathematics Department,
Yale University,
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
CANCELLED - Stability in the homology of configuration spaces
Jenny Wilson,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Hyperfiniteness of boundary actions of cubulated hyperbolic groups
Forte Shinko,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Tropical motivic integration
Sam Payne,
Mathematics Department,
Yale University,
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Machine Learning Art & Creativity Talk
The Shape of Art History in the Eyes of the Machine
Ahmed Elgammal,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
CANCELLED - Dynamics, geometry, and the moduli space of Riemann surfaces
Alex Wright,
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University ,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Arithmetic and Geometric Structures in Physics Seminar
Moonshine, Automorphy, and String Theory
Natalie Paquette,
Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSRG/DOLCIT Seminar
Tensors, time series, and computational sustainability
Qi (Rose) Yu,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
p-adic L-functions for nearly finite slope Hilbert modular forms and the Exceptional Zero Conjecture
Mladen Dimitrov,
Mathematics Department,
Université Lille 1,
Friday, October 6th, 2017
3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Complex curves through a contact lens
Kyle Hayden,
Department of Mathemaatics,
Boston College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
A Polynomial Roth theorem on the Real Line
Polona Durcik,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, October 9th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Keller Colloquium in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
On Randomness and Determinism in High Dimension
Professor Ramon van Handel,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Enabling space exploration with astrodynamics
Stefano Campagnola,
Engineer and researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group,
JPL,
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
10:00am
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11:00am
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Analysis Seminar
Dimension-free estimates for discrete spherical maximal functions
Ben Krause,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Nested Periodic Matrices and Dictionaries: New Signal Representations for Periodicity Analysis
Srikanth Tenneti,
PhD Student,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, October 12th, 2017
10:00am
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11:00am
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CMS Special Seminar
RenderMap: Exploiting the Link Between Perception and Rendering for Dense Mapping
Claudio Pinello,
United Technologies Research Center,
Andrzej Banaszuk,
United Technologies Research Center,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Towards Universal Representations for Image Recognition
Fisher Yu,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Etale and crystalline companions: some applications of the Langlands correspondence
Kiran Kedlaya,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California, San Diego,
Friday, October 13th, 2017
12:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Projective Anosov representations and convex cocompact actions
Andrew Zimmer,
Department of Mathematics,
College of William and Mary,
Monday, October 16th, 2017
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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CMS Techfest
Maja Mataric,
Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Parallel transport and the p-adic Simpson correspondence
Daxin Xu,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
3:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Higher walks and stronger homology theories
Jeffrey Bergfalk,
Department of Mathematics,
Cornell University,
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch
Equilibria in energy landscapes with nonlinear diffusion and nonlocal interation
Franca Hoffman,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Thursday, October 19th, 2017
12:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
multiple zeta-half values, double shuffle equation, and connection with cusp forms
Ming Da,
Department of Mathematics,
Duke University,
Friday, October 20th, 2017
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Concordance invariants from truncated Heegaard Floer homology
Linh Truong,
Department of Mathematics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Eigenvalue Asymptotics for Dirichlet-to-Neumann Operator
Victor Ivrii,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Toronto,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
TBA
Konstantin Tikhomirov,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Monday, October 23rd, 2017
4:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Categorification at prime roots of unity
You Qi,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 24th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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When is Biological Science Information Science?
Lior Pachter,
Bren Professor of Computational Biology and Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Biology and Biological Engineering,
CALTECH,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Entanglement transformation and the structure of matrix space
Yinan Li,
University of Technology Sydney,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Logic Seminar
A recursion theoretic property of analytic equivalence relations
Howard Becker,
Visiting Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Combinatorics Seminar
Simple 3-designs constructed from finite classic groups and Preparata codes
Hao Shen,
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar
Derandomization: Polynomial Identity Testing and Isolation Lemma (1st of 2 parts)
Rohit Gurjar,
CMI Postdoctoral Fellow,
CMS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Diophantine equations, L-functions, and Shimura varieties
Yifeng Liu,
Department of Mathematics,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
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11:00am
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Arithmetic and Geometric Structures in Physics Seminar
p-adic Mellin amplitudes
Sarthak Parikh,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,