Weekly Mathematics Colloquium

The Mathematics Colloquium generally takes place on Thursdays at 4:00 PM in Math 501. Please note exceptions below. Refreshments are served half an hour beforehand, either at the colloquium location or in Math 401N. For colloquiums in other academic years, please consult our colloquium archive.

Fall 2007

  • The distribution of values of the Riemann zeta-function. Kannan Soundararajan. Thu, 20 Sep 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • Advances in Biology and Engineering using Delay Differential Equations. Patrick Nelson. Thu, 27 Sep 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • Long-time behavior of Ricci flow. Dr. John Lott. Thu, 4 Oct 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • Geometry and Probability in Gauge Theory in Dimension Two. Ambar Sengupta. Thu, 11 Oct 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • Random shapes and random maps: SLE and significant others. Ilya Gruzberg. Thu, 18 Oct 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • The Fourth Dimension Across the Curriculum. Dr. Jody Trout. Thu, 25 Oct 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • Isotropy of quadratic forms over function fields of p-adic curves. Raman Parimala. Thu, 1 Nov 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • Isotrpy of quadratic forms over function fields of p-adic curves. Raman Parimala. Thu, 1 Nov 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • Group Dynamics in Phototaxis. Doron Levy. Thu, 8 Nov 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • Exact regularization of convex programs. Michael Friedlander. Thu, 29 Nov 2007, 4:00 PM More...
  • An Exploration of the Relationship Between Classroom Interaction Patterns and Mathematics Learning. Jessica Pierson. Thu, 13 Dec 2007, 4:00 PM More...

Spring 2008

  • Height and GIT weight. Xiaowei Wang. Thu, 10 Jan 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Regularization and Variable Selection for Multiclass Support Vector Machine and Varying-Coefficient Models with Applications in Genomics. Lifeng Wang. Mon, 14 Jan 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Subgroup complexes and their Lefschetz modules. Silvia Onofrei. Thu, 17 Jan 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • An Almost Isotropic Universe. Christina Sormani. Thu, 24 Jan 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Curvature and continuity of optimal transport. Young-Heon Kim. Fri, 25 Jan 2008, 2:00 PM More...
  • Twist and Shout: Maximal enstrophy production in the 3D Navier-Stokes. Charlie Doering. Thu, 7 Feb 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Mathematicians Working With Teachers. Al Cuoco. Thu, 21 Feb 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • The Tropical Vertex. Mark Gross. Thu, 28 Feb 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Circle Packing: Organic Conformal Geometry. Ken Stephenson. Thu, 6 Mar 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • The Stochastic Navier Stokes Equations: The transfer of randomness and Hypoellipticity infinite dimensions. Jonathan Mattingly. Thu, 13 Mar 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Congruences and Interpolation: arithmetic and analysis. Barry Mazur. Wed, 26 Mar 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Functoriality of Gromov--Witten theory under K-equivalent transformations. Yuan-Pin Lee. Thu, 3 Apr 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Euler and the Modern Theory of Divergent Series. V. S. Varadarajan. Thu, 10 Apr 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • Asymptotics of Tracy-Widom distribution functions and total integrals of Painleve functions.. Jeffrey DiFranco. Thu, 17 Apr 2008, 4:00 PM More...
  • An application of non-standard methods to singularities of polynomials. Tommaso de Fernex. Thu, 1 May 2008, 4:00 PM More...