Spring 2013 Mathematics Colloquia
Colloquia
Colloquium and MSS 2012-13 Playlist
January 14, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: David Gepner (Universitat Regensburg)
Title: Algebraic K-theory and noncommutative motives
Abstract
Host: C. Rezk
January 15, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Tobias Dyckerhoff (Yale University)
Title: Higher Hall algebras
Abstract
Host: R. McCarthy
January 16, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: David Anderson (Institut de Mathmatiques de Jussieu - FSMP)
Title: Equivariant Schubert calculus: positivity, formulas, applications
Abstract
Hosts: H. Schenck and A. Yong
January 16, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker:
Mei Yin (University of Texas at Austin)
Title: Phase transitions in exponential random graphs
Abstract
Host: K. Kirkpatrick
January 17, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Daniel Erman (University of Michigan)
Title: Equations, syzygies, and vector bundles
Abstract
Host: S. Katz
January 18, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Claus Sorensen (Princeton)
Title: Integral structures in Steinberg representations and p-adic Langlands
Abstract
Host: S. Ahlgren
January 23, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Liz Vivas (Purdue University)
Title: Dynamics of holomorphic self-maps near a fixed point
Abstract
Host: J. D'Angelo
January 23, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: David Zywina (Institute for Advanced Study)
Title: Images of Galois representations associated to elliptic curves
Abstract
Host: K. Ford
January 24, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Partha Dey (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU)
Title: Energy Landscape for large average submatrix detection problems in Gaussian random matrices
Abstract
Host: R. Song
January 25, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Lillian Pierce (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
Title: Quadratic forms, primes, and the circle method
Abstract
Host: K. Ford
January 28, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Christine Berkesch (Duke University)
Title: Torus quotients in algebraic analysis
Abstract
Host: S. Katz
January 28, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Anil Hirani (Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Title: Efficient Localization of Topological Features
Abstract
Host: Y. Baryshnikov
January 29, 2013 (Special Lecture)
347 Altgeld Hall, 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Ji Oon Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Title: Edge universality of Wigner matrices
Abstract
Host: K. Kirkpatrick
January 29, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Kate Juschenko (Vanderbilt University)
Title: On simple amenable groups
Abstract
Hosts: Z. Ruan and I. Mineyev
January 30, 2013 (Special Lecture)
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Wesley Pegden (Courant Institute, NYU)
Title: Apollonian structure in the Abelian sandpile
Abstract
Host: A. Kostochka
February 7, 2013
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Walter Craig (McMaster University)
Title: Vortex filament interactions and Hamiltonian PDEs
Abstract
Host: V. Zharnitsky
February 14, 2013
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jeremy Avigad (Carnegie Mellon University)
Title: Understanding, formal verification, and the philosophy of mathematics
Abstract
Hosts: A. Arana, L. van den Dries
February 21, 2013
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: James Fill (Johns Hopkins University)
Title: Distributional Convergence for the Number of Symbol Comparisons Used by QuickSort
Abstract
Host: R. Song
March 5-7, 2013, TONDEUR LECTURES IN MATHEMATICS
Speaker: Jeff Cheeger (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)
Title: Quantitative Behavior of Singular Sets for Certain Geometric PDE's
Abstract
Host: J. Tyson
March 8, 2013 (Special Lecture)
131 English Building, 11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Jan Manschot (Universität Bonn)
Title: BPS spectra, modular forms and quivers
Abstract
Host: S. Katz
March 14, 2013
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Benny Sudakov (UCLA)
Title: Induced Matchings, Arithmetic Progressions and Communication
Abstract
Hosts: J. Balogh, A. Kostochka
March 28, 2013
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Robert Jerrard (University of Toronto)
Title: Weak solutions of an equation describing vortex filaments
Abstract
Host: R. Laugesen
April 2, 2013 (Special Lecture)
170 Everitt Labl, 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Maria Sabitova (Queens College, CUNY)
Title: Ranks and root numbers of abelian varieties
Abstract
April 4, 2013
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Eckhard Meinrenken (University of Toronto)
Title: On the linearization of Poisson Lie group structures
Abstract
Host: R. Fernandes
April 18, 2013
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Rafe Mazzeo (Stanford)
Title: Spectral geometry of the Riemann moduli space
Abstract
Host: P. Albin
May 2, 2013
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Kavita Ramanan (Brown University)
Title: On reflecting Brownian motions
Abstract
Host: K. Kirkpatrick
Items for inclusion in the calendar can be submitted via the web on the calendar webpage or by sending an e-mail seminar@math.uiuc.edu.