October 12, 2009

Tuesday

• Algebraic D-Modules
  "Differential Operators"
  2:30 p.m., Math 528
• Applied Mathematics
  Maria Cameron (Courant Institute/NYU)
  "Analysis of Methods for the Study of Rare Events and Transition Paths"
  2:45 p.m., Mudd 214
• Discrete Math
  Hamed Hatami (IAS)
  "Graph Norms and Sidorenko's Conjecture"
  3 p.m., Math 622
• Samuel Eilenberg Lectures
  Richard Schoen (Stanford)
  "Scalar Curvature in Differential Geometry"
  5:30 p.m., Math 312

Thursday

• Geometry and Analysis
  Lei Ni (UCSD)
  "Ancient Solutions to Ricci Flow"
  4:30 p.m., Math 507
• Joint Number Theory
  Yannan Qiu (Columbia)
  "SO(2,2) Periods of Non-Tempered SO(3,2) Representations"
  RTG Seminar: 4-4:45 p.m., Math 622.
  Number Theory Seminar: 5:30-7 p.m.,
  Columbia University, Math 622. Tea will be served at 5 p.m. in Math 508.
• Informal Complex Geometry and PDE
  "Convergence of Riemannian Manifolds"
  2:40 p.m., Math 203

Friday

• Informal Symplectic Geometry
  Sabin Cautis (Columbia)
  "On the Symplectic Knot Homologies of Seidel, Smith and Manolescu (continued)"
  9:30 a.m., 417 Math
  
• Symplectic Geometry and Analysis
  Weiyi Zhang (U of Minnesota)
  "A New Cohomology Decomposition of Almost Complex 4-Manifolds and Comparing Symplectic Cones"
  10:45 a.m., Math 417
• Probability
  Gennady Samorodnitsky (Cornell ORIE)
  "Excursion Sets Over High Levels of Non-Gaussian Infinitely Divisible Random Fields: Extreme Values, Algebra, and Geometry"
  12 p.m., Math 520
• Geometric Topology
  Joel Zablow (Long Island University)
  Title:TBA
  1:15 p.m., Math 520
• Algebraic Geometry
  Seán Keel (University of Texas)
  "The Mirror to a Log Calabi-Yau Surface"
  2:30 p.m., Math 417