Weekly Calendar

April 24 - April 28, 2000

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Seminars Announcements Conferences Calendar Archive

Items for inclusion in the Weekly Calendar can now be submitted using the new submission form. Other questions or comments related to the Weekly Calendar should be sent to Hilda Britt. Deadline for inclusion in the Weekly Calendar is noon every Wednesday. Speakers are encouraged to provide abstracts.

Orange & Blue Bar

Monday, April 24, 2000

3:00 p.m. - 3269 Beckman
THEORETICAL BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR.
Professor Irwin Tobias, Department of Chemistry , Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ;
DNA as a Thermally Fluctuating Elastic Rod.
Abstract.
4:00 p.m. - 2240 Digital Computer Lab
COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM.
Somesh Jha, Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Survivability Analysis of Software Specifications.
Abstract.
4:00 p.m. - 141 Altgeld Hall
DIFFERENTIAL GALOIS THEORY AND INTEGRABLE SYSTEMS.
Professors Matthew Ando and Wai Yan Pong
Title is to be announced.
4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATH 400 - INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE MATHEMATICS.
Professor Maarten Bergvelt
Algebra from Physics, I.
4:00 p.m. - 1320 Digital Computer Lab
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING SEMINAR.
Fan Chung Graham, University of California at San Diego;
Random graphs and Internet graphs.
Abstract.

Tuesday, April 25, 2000

11:00 a.m. - 2 Illini Hall
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SEMINAR.
Professor Zhijie Xiao, Department of Economics, UIUC;
A Nonparametric Prewhitened Covariance Estimator.
Abstract.
12:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
GALOIS MODULES.
To be announced.
1:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
Professor Bruce Reznick
A rational approach to the Diophantine equation a3 + b3 = c3 + d3 in C[x,y], II.
1:00 p.m. - 347 Altgeld Hall
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.
Professor John Sullivan, UIUC;
The existence of triunduloids.
Abstract.
1:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
LOGIC SEMINAR.
Stephen Watson, Professor of Mathematics, York University;
Higher-Level Methods of Constructing Topological Spaces.
2:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
GRAPH THEORY AND COMBINATORICS.
Zoltan Furedi
t-identifying codes and Turan numbers.
Abstract.
2:00 p.m. - 443 Altgeld Hall
GROUP THEORY SEMINAR.
Ms. Donghi Lee
Endomorphisms of free groups with non-cyclic images (IV).
Abstract.
2:00 p.m. - 243 AH
STOCHASTIC AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS.
Zhiming Ma, Professor , Academia Sinica, Beijing;
Some Recent Results in Infinite Dimensional Spaces .
2:30 p.m. - B02 C&SRL
ONLINE LEARNING AT TECHONLINE SEMINAR.
Steve Lang and Doug Mook
Online Learning at TechOnLine.
Abstract.
11:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY.
Professor Matt Ando
An application of higher real K-theory.
Abstract.

Wednesday, April 26, 2000

12:00 p.m. - 280 MRL
PHYSICS AND BEYOND.
Mark Nelson, Professor of Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, UIUC;
Fish Tales: Perceiving the World through an Electric Sense.
Abstract.
3:00 p.m. - B02 C&SRL
DECISION, CONTROL, AND OPTIMIZATION SEMINAR.
Professor Francesco Bullo, Coordinated Science Laboratory, General Engineering, UIUC;
Trajectory Optimization via Series Expansions & Perturbation Methods for Mechanical Control Systems.
Abstract.
3:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
MATH 468 - TOPICS IN ANALYSIS/UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION AND RELATED TOPICS.
Professor Harold Diamond, Department of Mathematics, UIUC;
Metric theorems for sums of partial quotients of continued fractions.
4:00 p.m. - 114 CSRL
INFORMATION PROTECTION SEMINAR.
Speaker: Prof. Klara Nahrstedt, Department of Computer Science, UIUC;
A Secure Multicast Protocol with Copyright Protection.
Abstract.
4:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
MODULI SPACES, REPRESENTATION THEORY AND PHYSICS.
W. Haboush, Professor of Mathematics, UIUC
Greenberg functors and topological algebraic geometry, III.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

11:00 a.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.
Ornaldo Montalvo, DaDa Art Productions;
Alternate Realism: Exploring the 3-D Realm of Geometric Construction and Manipulation.
Abstract.
11:00 a.m. - 347 Altgeld Hall
SEVERAL COMPLEX VARIABLES SEMINAR.
Professor John D'Angelo
Old results on finite type and open problems.
12:00 p.m. - 1-110 Engin Sci Bldg
MATH - PHYSICS (BCDE) LUNCH SEMINAR.
Dr. Eric Sharpe, Center for Geometry and Theoretical Physics, Duke University;
Discrete torsion.
1:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
Professor Heini Halberstam
Sieves of low dimension.
1:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
NONSTANDARD ANALYSIS.
Professor Yevgeniy Gordon
Finite Approximations of Locally Compact Fields.
2:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY.
Speaker to be announced
Title to be announced.
2:00 p.m. - 347 Altgeld Hall
ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
Professor Donald Burkholder
The best constants in the Burgess Davis inequality and some other inequalities for the martingale square function.
3:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
COMMUTATIVE RING THEORY.
No meeting this week.
3:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
WORKING SEMINAR ON GROUP C*-ALGEBRAS.
Mr Andrew Rizzo
Uniform embeddings of discrete groups in Hilbert spaces.
4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM.
Benson Farb, University of Chicago;
The pushout dimension of a group.
Abstract.

Friday, April 28, 2000

3:00 p.m. - 144 Loomis Lab
BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS 001.
Professor Joseph Malpeli, Department of Psychology:
How the brain sees.
3:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
MATH 468 - TOPICS IN ANALYSIS/UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION AND RELATED TOPICS.
Professor I. David Berg, Department of Mathematics, UIUC;
Topics in uniform distribution on locally compact abelian groups.
4:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
MODEL THEORY SEMINAR.
Speaker to be announced
Fields of transseries, continued.
4:00 p.m. - 119 English Bldg
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SEMINAR.
Professor Elvezio Ronchetti, Department of Econometrics, University of Geneva, Switzerland;
Robustness aspects of model election.
Abstract.