COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Department of Mathematics
S E M I N A R S

WEEK OF MAY 7,  2007

 

MONDAY, MAY 7

Probability:  (P. Bank, I.  Karatzas, M. Sirbu)
William Sudderth (Minnesota)
Stochastic Dynamic Programming II
A mini course of 4 lectures
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon,  Room 1025, Dept. of Statistics, School of Social Work

TUESDAY, MAY 8

Applied Mathematics Colloquium: (Eitan Grinspun & Harish Bhat)
Basile Audoly (University of Paris Jussieu/CNRS)
"Elasticity and geometry of thin rods and plates"
2:45 p.m., 214 Mudd

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9

Probability:  (P. Bank, I.  Karatzas, M. Sirbu)
William Sudderth (Minnesota)
Stochastic Dynamic Programming III
A mini course of 4 lectures

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon,  Room 1025, Dept. of Statistics, School of Social Work

THURSDAY, MAY 10

ISCAP Journal Club: (S. Judes)
12:00 p.m., 908 Pupin.

FRIDAY, MAY 11

Probability:  (P. Bank, I.  Karatzas, M. Sirbu)
William Sudderth (Minnesota)
Stochastic Dynamic Programming IV
A mini course of 4 lectures

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon,  Room 1025, Dept. of Statistics, School of Social Work


Geometric Topology:  (D. Thurston)
Pierrette Cassou-Nogués (Radcliffe Institute and the University of Bordeaux)

"On the image of a pencil of lines by an endomorphism of
C2"
1:00 p.m., 507 Math.

ISCAP Seminar:
Deirdre Shoemaker (Penn State)
TITLE: TBA
2:00 p.m., 908 Pupin.