Applied Mathematics Colloquium
The Applied Mathematics Colloquium meets on Tuesday afternoons, when classes are in session, from 2:45-3:45 p.m. in Room 214 Mudd (unless otherwise noted).
9/8/09
Jonathan Chang, Princeton University
"Uncovering, understanding, and predicting links"
Host: Chris Wiggins
9/15/09
Jeremy Marzuola, Columbia University
"Eigenfunction concentration for polygonal billiards"
Host: Guillaume Bal
9/22/09
Julien Dubedat, Columbia University
"Paths and fields in conformally invariant systems"
Host: Guillaume Bal
9/29/09
Pierre Gentine, Columbia University
"Understanding the spectral behavior of a simple coupled land-atmosphere model"
10/6/09
Shari Moskow, Drexel University
"The Inverse Born Series for Diffuse Waves"
Host: Guillaume Bal
10/13/09
Maria Cameron, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
"Analysis of methods for the study of rare events and transition paths"
Host: Michael Weinstein
10/20/09
Olivier Pinaud, University Lyon
"On the moment problem for Quantum Hydrodynamics"
Host: Guillaume Bal
10/27/09
Sharad Goel, Yahoo! Research
"Contract Auctions for Web Advertising"
Host: Chris Wiggins
11/3/09
Simon Arridge, University College London
"Some Aspects of Modelling Error and Bayesian Methods in
Ill-Posed Inverse Problems"
Host: Guillaume Bal
(Please note: the school will be closed for the Election Day holiday. Please contact Prof. Bal ahead of time if you need access to enter the Mudd building.)
11/10/09
Vadim Zharnitsky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Untitled Near-linear dynamics in KdV with periodic boundary conditions"
Host: Michael Weinstein
11/17/09
Willy Wriggers, D.E. Shaw Research/Weill Cornell Medical College
"Coarse Grained Models for Molecular Structure Refinement and Dynamics"
Host: Chris Wiggins
11/24/09
Caroline Müller, M.I.T.
"The response of the hydrological cycle to a change in climate"
Host: Pierre Gentine
12/1/09
Sinan Gunturk, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
Title TBA
Host: Guillaume Bal
12/8/09
TBA
12/15/09
Andreas Hielscher, Columbia University
Title TBA
Host: Guillaume Bal