Weekly Calendar

November 1 - November 7, 1999

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, November 1, 1999

4:00 p.m. - 1320 Digital Computer Laboratory
DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES: DONALD B. GILLIES MEMORIAL LECTURE.
Hector Garcia-Molina, Professor, Stanford University;
Barriers to Digital Libraries.
Abstract.
4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATH 400 - INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE MATHEMATICS.
Randy McCarthy, Professor of Mathematics , UIUC;
Algebraic Topology.

Tuesday, November 2, 1999

11:00 a.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY.
Matthew Ando, Professor, UIUC;
The K(n) homology and cohomology of K(Z,n).
11:00 a.m. - 2 Illini Hall
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SEMINAR.
George Gertner, Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University Of Illinois;
Error Budgets for Natural Resource Monitoring and Projections Systems.
Abstract.
12:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
GRAPH THEORY AND COMBINATORICS.
Hirotsugu Asari, University of Illinois;
Stable marriage and its relation to other combinatorial problems.
Abstract.
1:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
Paul T. Bateman, Professor, Department of Mathematics, UIUC;
A two-part talk (a) On a question of M. V. Subbarao (b) On a question of Andrew Bremner.
1:00 p.m. - 343 Altgeld Hall
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.
Wei-Min Chen, Professor , University of Wisconsin;
Orbifold Gromov-Witten Theory .
Abstract.
1:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
LOGIC SEMINAR.
Wai Yan Pong
Ordinal Dimensions of Differentially Closed Fields.
2:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.
John E. Wetzel, Professor , UIUC;
Rectangles in Triangles.
Abstract.
2:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
GROUP THEORY SEMINAR.
Dr. Dae Hyun Paek, UIUC;
Fibonacci Groups.
Abstract.
2:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
STOCHASTIC AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS.
Ms. Katarina Jegdic, UIUC;
Nonlinear chemical kinetics by differential equations: a project for the Illinois State Water Survey.
2:00 p.m. - 343 Altgeld Hall
STUDENT ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY.
No meeting this week.
2:00 p.m. - 106 Lincoln Hall
UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE LECTURE.
Avner Friedman, Professor, University of Minnesota;
What is Industrial Mathematics.
Abstract.
4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE & SOCIETY.
Avner Friedman, Professor, University of Minneapolis, MN;
Mathematics: the Unifying Factor in Science and Technology.
Abstract.

Wednesday, November 3, 1999

4:00 p.m. - 114 CSRL
INFORMATION PROTECTION SEMINAR.
No meeting this week because of the MAGC meeting.
4:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld
MODULI SPACES, REPRESENTATION THEORY AND PHYSICS.
W. Haboush, Professor of Mathematics, UIUC
Obstruction to Fineness, V.

Thursday, November 4, 1999

12:00 p.m. - 6-110 ESB
MATH - PHYSICS (BCDE) LUNCH SEMINAR.
Robbert G. Leigh, Professor, Department of Physics;
Outstanding topics in String Theory.
1:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
Harold Diamond, Professor of Mathematics, UIUC;
Uniform lower estimates for the Ankeny-Onishi-Selberg function $\sigma_\kappa(u)$. (A not-too-technical talk).
1:00 p.m. - 343 Altgeld Hall
NONSTANDARD ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
No meeting this week.
2:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY.
Mr. Madhav Chandrasekher, UIUC;
Title of be announced.
2:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
Professor Erik Guentner, IUPUI;
The Novikov and Exactness Conjectures for Discrete Groups
3:00 p.m. - 343 Altgeld Hall
COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA SEMINAR.
Mr. Andrew Richardson, UIUC;
Torsion Theories and Localization.
4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM.
René Schoof, Universitá di Roma "Tor Vergata";
The Analogy between Algebraic Number Theory and the Theory of Curves over Finite Fields .
Abstract.

Friday, November 5, 1999

9:00 a.m. - B02 Coordinated Science Laboratory
MIDWEST ARITHMETICAL GEOMETRY IN CRYPTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.
Nigel Smart, Hewlett-Packard, UK;
Cryptography in the Real World I: Basic Cryptography and Case Studies of Applications .
2:00 p.m. - 161 Everitt
SPECIAL SEMINAR/MINI-COURSE.
Amon Neeman, Australian National University--Canberra;
Algebraic K-theory of triangulated categories--an introduction and examples.
Abstract.
3:30 p.m. - 147 Altgeld Hall
SPECIAL SEMINAR/MINI-COURSE.
Amnon Neeman , Australian National University--Canberra;
The basics and the constructions.
Abstract.

Saturday, November 6, 1999

9:00 a.m. - B02 Coordinated Science Laboratory
MIDWEST ARITHMETICAL GEOMETRY IN CRYPTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.
Neal Koblitz, University of Washington;
Efficiency and Practical Implementations of Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems .
9:00 a.m. - 147 Altgeld Hall
SPECIAL SEMINAR/MINI-COURSE.
Amnon Neeman , Australian National University--Canberra;
Sketches of the main results.
Abstract.

Sunday, November 7, 1999

9:00 a.m. - B02 Coordinated Science Laboratory
MIDWEST ARITHMETICAL GEOMETRY IN CRYPTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.
Joe Silverman, Brown University;
Cryptographic Algorithms Based On Lattice Reduction Problems.