Departmental Colloquium - Spring 2006
Usually meets Friday at 3:00 pm in SEO 636.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
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January 9
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
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Ramin Takloo-Bighash
Princeton University |
Distribution of rational points on compactifications of algebraic groups |
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January 11
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Peter Storm
Stanford University |
Topological lower volume bounds for hyperbolic 3-manifolds |
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January 13
|
Dr. Chiu-Yen Kao
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
A Geometric Method for Automatic Extraction of Sulcal Fundi. |
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January 18
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Malabika Pramanik
Caltech |
Optimal Sobolev regularity of a class of Fourier integral operators |
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January 20
|
Lenny Ng
Stanford University |
Contact geometry, holomorphic curves, and topology |
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January 23
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Roman Shvydkoy
UIC |
Shortwave instabilities of ideal fluid and the cocycle theory |
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January 25
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
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Dr. Alina Carmen Cojocaru
Princeton University |
Analytic questions in the theory of elliptic curves |
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January 26
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Yehua Li
Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University |
Nonparametric Estimation of Correlation Functions In Longitudinal And Spatial Data, With Application To Colon Carcinogenesis Experiments |
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January 27
|
Christian Haesemeyer
UIUC |
K-theory of singularities |
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January 30
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Kartik Prasanna
UCLA |
Elliptic curves, quadratic twists and L-values |
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January 31
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Elizabeth S. Meckes
Stanford University |
Random matrices and infinitesimal rotations |
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February 3
|
Paul Balmer
ETH |
Triangular geometry and applications |
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February 7
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University |
Spline-Backfitted Kernel Smoothing of Additive Regression Model |
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February 10
|
Peter Olver
University of Minnesota |
Applications of moving frames |
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February 14
|
Eva Thanheiser
San Diego State University, Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education |
Preservice Elementary School Teachers' Conceptions of Multidigit Whole Numbers |
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February 17
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February 20
(4:00 pm; SEO 636)
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Huixia (Judy) Wang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Inference for Quantile Regression Models with Applications to GeneChip Data |
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February 21
|
Andrew Brantlinger
Northwestern University |
Problems with Context: The Curricular Effects of Infusing Sociopolitical Themes into Secondary Mathematics |
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February 22
|
Der-Chen Chang
Georgetown University |
Hardy spaces and Elliptic Boundary Value Problems |
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February 24
|
Jie Yang
University of Chicago, Department of Statistics |
Exchangeable Cluster Processes for Classification Problems |
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February 28
(11:00 am; SEO 636)
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Jennifer A. Kaminski
Center for Cognitive Science, Ohio State University |
Acquisition of Mathematical Concepts: What instantiations promote transfer of conceptual knowledge across isomorphs? |
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March 3
|
Robert Ghrist
UIUC |
Algebraic Topological Tools for Sensor Networks |
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March 10
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March 17
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March 24
|
No seminar
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Spring Break |
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March 27
(2:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Alexei Bondal
Steklov Mathemaical Institute, Moscow |
Derived categroies in algebraic geometry |
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March 27
|
Alison Castro
University of Michigan, School of Education |
Understanding the teacher-text relationship: Using mathematics curriculum materials to support teacher learning. |
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March 31
|
Naomi Fisher
UIC |
Mathematicians and Education Reform: A Cautionary Tale |
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April 7
(2:00 pm; SEO 636)
|
Bernd Sturmfels
UC Berkeley |
How to subdivide the 4-cube |
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April 7
(3:15 pm; SEO 636)
|
Bela Bollobas
University of Cambridge and University of Memphis |
Critical Probabilities |
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April 14
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April 21
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April 28
(2:00 pm; SEO 636)
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Irena Peeva
Cornell University |
Hilbert schemes |