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Spring 2013 Events
Tue, Jan 8
1:30 pm
Wean 7218
CNA Seminar
Thierry De Pauw
Universite' Paris Diderot
Existence and regularity for the Plateau problem : Classical resutls and recent developments
Thu, Jan 10
1:30 pm

CNA Seminar
Michel Chipot
University of Zurich
Elliptic Variational inequalities in unbounded domains
Fri, Jan 11
4:00 pm
Wean 8220
Math Colloquium
Tom Alberts
California Inst. of Technology, Refreshments at 3:30, WeH 6220. Please note time.
Diffusions of Multiplicative Cascades
Mon, Jan 14
4:30 pm
Wean 7218
Math Colloquium
Vladislav Kargin
University of Cambridge
Statistical properties of zeta zeros and random matrix eigenvalues
Wed, Jan 16
4:30 pm
Wean 7500
Math Colloquium
Wesley Pegden
Courant Institute, New York University
Apollonian structure in the Abelian sandpile
Thu, Jan 17
3:30 pm
Wean 8220
ACO Seminar
Jason Miller
MIT
Uniformity of the Uncovered Set of Random Walk and Cutoff for Lamplighter Chains
Thu, Jan 17
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Sebastien Vasey
Carnegie Mellon University
Using the axiom of choice to predict the future
Thu, Jan 24
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Misha Lavrov
Carnegie Mellon University
Three proofs using the discharging method
Mon, Jan 28
5:00 pm
Wean 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Richard Sowers
University of Illinois
A multiscale model of high frequency trading
Tue, Jan 29
4:30 pm
Wean 8220
Math Colloquium
Boris Bukh
Carnegie Mellon University, refreshments at 4:00, WeH 6220.
Convex and stairconvex geometries
Wed, Jan 30
4:30 pm
Wean 7500
Math Colloquium
Charles Smart
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Refreshments at 4:00, WeH 6220
Stochastic homogenization without uniform ellipticity
Thu, Jan 31
1:30 pm
Wean 7218
CNA Seminar
Charles Smart
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Optimal regularity of Lipschitz extensions
Thu, Jan 31
3:30 pm
Wean 8220
ACO Seminar
Michael Krivelevich
Tel Aviv University
Counting and packing Hamilton cycles in dense graphs and oriented graphs
Thu, Jan 31
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Patrick Bennett
Carnegie Mellon University
Lajos Posa and the Hamiltonicity of Graphs
Mon, Feb 4
4:30 pm
Wean 7218
Math Colloquium
Miodrag Sokic
California Institute of Technology, Refreshments at 4:00, WeH 6220
Structures and partitions
Mon, Feb 4
5:30 pm
WeH 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Christopher Almost
Carnegie Mellon University. Please note time.
Diffusion scaling of a limit order book model
Tue, Feb 5
1:30 pm
Wean Hall 7218
CNA Seminar
Frank Merle
Universite' de Cergy-Pontoise
Blowup for the Generalized Korteweg-de-Vries Equation
Thu, Feb 7
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Deepak Bal
Carnegie Mellon University
Random and Pseudo-Random Graphs
Fri, Feb 8
4:30 pm
Wean 7500
Math Colloquium
Gabor Lippner
Harvard, Refreshments at 4:00, WeH 6220
Measurable graphs and random perfect matchings
Mon, Feb 11
4:30 pm
Wean 7218
Math Colloquium
Clinton Conley
Cornell University, Refreshments at 4:00, WeH 6220.
Descriptive set-theoretic graph theory
Mon, Feb 11
5:30 pm
WeH 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Jing Wang
Carnegie Mellon University. Please note time.
Escrow and Clawback
Tue, Feb 12
1:30 pm
Wean 7218
CNA Seminar
Robert Jerrard
University of Toronto
On the stability of filament flows and Schroedinger maps
Thu, Feb 14
1:30 pm
Wean 7218
CNA Seminar
Massimiliano Morini
Universita' di Parma
Variational nonlocal curvature flows
Thu, Feb 14
3:30 pm
Wean 8220
ACO Seminar
Jacob Fox
MIT
Thu, Feb 14
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Brian Kell
Carnegie Mellon University
Magic Squares and Magic Hexagons
Mon, Feb 18
5:00 pm
Wean 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Alexandra Klimova
Carnegie Mellon University
Numerical algorithm for pricing option of Asian type with continuous sampling
Mon, Feb 18
5:00 pm
Wean 8220
Model Theory Seminar
Jose Iovino
Carnegie Mellon University & UTSA
The Omitting Types Theorem and abstract model theory, part 1
Wed, Feb 20
4:30 pm
Wean 7500
Math Colloquium
Alice Medvedev
University of California, Berkeley. Refreshments 4:00, WeH 6220.
Algebraic Dynamics, Model Theory, and Number Theory
Thu, Feb 21
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Brendan Sullivan
Carnegie Mellon University
How Many Ways Can We Tile a Rectangular Chessboard With Dominos? : Counting Tilings With Permanents and Determinants
Mon, Feb 25
5:00 pm
Wean Hall 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Jin Choi
CMU
Continuous time and state equilibrium models
Mon, Feb 25
5:00 pm
Wean 8220
Model Theory Seminar
Jose Iovino
Carnegie Mellon University & UTSA
The Omitting Types Theorem and abstract model theory, part 2
Thu, Feb 28
3:30 pm
Wean 8220
ACO Seminar
Patrick Bennett
Carnegie Mellon University
A greedy algorithm for finding a large 2-matching on a random cubic graph
Thu, Feb 28
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Chris Potter
Carnegie Mellon University
The random-cluster model of Fortuin & Kasteleyn
Mon, Mar 4
5:00 pm
Wean 8220
Model Theory Seminar
Jose Iovino
Carnegie Mellon University
The Omitting Types Theorem and abstract model theory, part 3
Thu, Mar 7
1:30 pm
Wean Hall 7218
CNA Seminar
Robert Jensen
Loyola University Chicago
Convexity of solutions to nonlinear PDEs
Mon, Mar 18
5:00 pm
Wean Hall 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Kim Weston
Carnegie Mellon University
An Equilibrium Model with Limited Market Participation
Mon, Mar 18
5:00 pm
Wean 8220
Model Theory Seminar
Jose Iovino
Carnegie Mellon Univeristy
The Omitting Types Theorem and abstract model theory, part 4
Tue, Mar 19
12:00 pm
Wean 7201
Math Logic Seminar
Paul McKenney
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Forcing axioms and the rigidity of corona algebras III
Thu, Mar 21
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Sam Cohn
Carnegie Mellon University
The Pointwise Ergodic Theorem with some applications
Mon, Mar 25
5:00 pm
Wean Hall 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Birgit Rudloff
Princeton
Time consistency of dynamic risk measures in markets with transaction costs
Tue, Mar 26
12:00 pm
Wean 7201
Math Logic Seminar
James Cummings
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Radin forcing
Tue, Mar 26
1:30 pm
Wean Hall 7218
CNA Seminar
Jean-Luc Thiffeault
UW Madison
The topology of fluid mixing
Thu, Mar 28
1:30 pm
Wean Hall 7218
CNA Seminar
Stephen Watson
University of Glasgow
G-Covariant Theory of Phase-Ordering Kinetics via the Emergent Symmetry Group G
Thu, Mar 28
3:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
ACO Seminar
Wojiech Samotij
Tel Aviv University
Thu, Mar 28
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Lisa Espig
Carnegie Mellon University
Threshold for Zebraic Hamilton Cycles in Random Graphs
Mon, Apr 1
5:00 pm
Wean Hall 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Mete Soner
ETH, Zurich
Martingale Optimal Transport and Robust Hedging
Mon, Apr 1
5:00 pm
Wean 8220
Model Theory Seminar
Will Boney
Carnegie Mellon University
Forking in Abstract Elementary Classes, Part 1.
Tue, Apr 2
1:30 pm
Wean Hall 7218
CNA Seminar
Benoit Pausader
Universite' de Paris XIII
Global existence for the Euler-Maxwell 2 fluid system
Thu, Apr 4
1:30 pm
WEH 7218
CNA Seminar
Ralph Showalter
Oregon State
General Porous Medium Equation as a multi-phase methane-hydrate Model
Thu, Apr 4
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Paul McKenney
Carnegie Mellon University
Pathology and rigidity in set theory
Mon, Apr 8
5:00 pm

Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Sergio Pulido
Carnegie Mellon University
Quadratic BSDEs arising from a price impact model with exponential utility
Mon, Apr 8
5:00 pm
Wean 8220
Model Theory Seminar
Will Boney
Carnegie Mellon University
Forking in Abstract Elementary Classes, Part 2
Tue, Apr 9
1:30 pm
Wean 7218
CNA Seminar
Jose Carrillo
Imperial College, London
Stable stationary states for repulsive-attractive potentials.
Thu, Apr 11
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Brendan Sullivan
Carnegie Mellon University
The Basel Problem
Fri, Apr 12
4:30 pm
Wean 7500
Math Colloquium
Joel Spencer
New York University
Finding Needles in Exponential Haystacks
Mon, Apr 15
5:00 pm
Wean Hall 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Nicolas Garcia
Carnegie Mellon University
On the rate of convergence of the uniform Monte Carlo integration error via optimal transportation.
Tue, Apr 16
12:00 pm
Wean Hall 8220
FINAL PUBLIC ORAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Christopher Potter
Carnegie Mellon University
Kernel Selection for Convergence and Efficiency of Markov Chain Monte Carlo
Tue, Apr 16
1:30 pm
Wean Hall 7218
CNA Seminar
Juan Manfredi
University of Pittsburgh
Mean value properties: old and new
Thu, Apr 18
1:30 pm
Wean 7218
CNA Seminar
James Nolen
Duke University
Normal fluctuations of a random conductor
Thu, Apr 18
3:30 pm
Wean 8220
ACO Seminar
Daniel Kane
Stanford
TBA
Mon, Apr 22
3:00 pm
Wean Hall 8201
FINAL PUBLIC ORAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Alexandra Klimova
Carnegie Mellon University
Numerical Algorithm for Options of Asian Type with Continuous Sampling
Mon, Apr 22
5:00 pm
Wean 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Daniel Schwarz
Carnegie Mellon University
FBSDEs --- A Short Review and Applications in Financial Mathematics
Mon, Apr 22
5:00 pm
Wean 8220
Model Theory Seminar
Christopher Eagle
University of Toronto
Omitting types in infinitary [0, 1]-valued logic
Thu, Apr 25
3:30 pm
Wean 8220
ACO Seminar
Michael Picollelli
Carnegie Mellon University
TBA
Thu, Apr 25
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Will Gunther
Carnegie Mellon University
Lemmas are Unnecessary
Mon, Apr 29
11:30 am
Wean Hall 7218
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Francois Delarue
Universite Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Fully coupled Forward-Backward SDEs. A Short Review.
Mon, Apr 29
3:30 pm
Wean Hall 8201
FINAL PUBLIC ORAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Spencer Unger
Carnegie Mellon University
Some Results on the Tree Property
Mon, Apr 29
5:00 pm
Wean 6423
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Francois Delarue
Universite Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Large population stochastic control and backward SDEs
Mon, Apr 29
5:00 pm
Wean 8220
Model Theory Seminar
Will Boney
Carnegie Mellon University
Forking in Abstract Elementary Classes, Part 4.
Tue, Apr 30
10:00 am
Wean 8220
Probability/Math Finance Seminar
Francois Delarue
Universite Nice Sophia-Antipolis
ome numerical methods for BSDEs
Tue, Apr 30
1:30 pm
Wean 7128
CNA Seminar
Yoshikazu Giga
University of Tokyo
On some macroscopic PDE models for evolving phase boundaries
Wed, May 1
2:00 pm
Wean Hall 5316
FINAL PUBLIC ORAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
Lidong Zhou
Carnegie Mellon University
Extremal Problems on Longest Common Subsequences in Words and Permutations
Thu, May 2
11:30 am
Wean Hall 8220
FINAL PUBLIC ORAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Deepak Bal
Carnegie Mellon University
Colorings, Matchings, and Packings in Random and Pseudo-Random Graphs
Thu, May 2
3:30 pm
Wean 8220
ACO Seminar
Andrzej Dudek
Western Michigan University
TB
Thu, May 2
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Brendan Sullivan
Carnegie Mellon University
Analytic Combinatorial Iso-homogeneity Theory of B-Types
Wed, May 8
12:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
FINAL PUBLIC ORAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF ARTS
Brendan Sullivan
Carnegie Mellon University
Textbook and Course Materials for Concepts of Mathematics
Thu, May 9
5:30 pm
Wean Hall 8220
Graduate Seminar
Michael Spece
Carnegie Mellon University
Uniformity over the Integers