STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Pressure Fields and Fluid Acceleration (40 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Sigma Model and Cosmis Strings
Yisong Yang, Brooklyn PolyTech, visiting IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
The Structure and Composition of the Atmospheric Annular Modes
Paul Kushner, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL/NOAA)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Galois Representations on Q-curves and Solutions to A^4 + B^2 = C^p
Jordan Ellenberg, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Implied Volatility Smiles
Jerome Busca, Universite Paris Dauphine
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

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Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Counting Rational Points on Elliptic Curves and Some Unusual Applications
Enrico Bombieri, IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
On the Barden-Cooper-Schriffer Gap Equations
Yisong Yang, Brooklyn PolyTech, visiting IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR: 4:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Complicated Dynamics in an Over-Simplified Dynamo Problem
Ignacio Bosch, Madrid

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Near-Optimal Sparse Fourier Representations via Sampling
Anna Gilbert, AT&T Labs - Research, Florham Park, NJ

NO APPLIED MATH SEMINAR

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Eulerian Lagrangian Description (28 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Simulations of the SHEBA-Column Data in a Layered Model
Anastasia Romanou, CIMS
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Lattice Boltzmann Method for Fluid Flows
Shiyi Chen, Johns Hopkins
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 513
A Study of Instability Phenomena of Collapsible Tube Conveying Viscous Fluid: Computational and Analytical Approaches and Experimental Results
Xiaodong Wang, Polytechnic University (Brooklyn Poly)
Please note unusual DAY and ROOM

JOINT MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 3:30 - 3:45 P.M., WWH 109
Quantum Algorithms
Peter Shor, AT&T Laboratories
Colloquium Tea in the Lounge, 3:05 - 3:25 P.M.
Note the change in room number and time of talk and tea
http://www.math.nyu.edu/faculty/shelley/colloq/colloq.html

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Selective Decay Principle for Basic Geophysical Flows
Xiaoming Wang, Iowa State, visiting CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: 5:00 - 6:30 P.M., WWH 1314
The Dynamics of Perceptual Bi-Stability in Ambiguous Motion Displays
Nava Rubin, CNS, NYU
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
The Chern-Simons Equations
Yisong Yang, Brooklyn PolyTech, visiting IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1302
XML Data Integration: Query Processing and Declarative Generation of Query Front-Ends
Vasilis Vassalos, NYU Stern

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
Todd Squires, Harvard University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR: 4:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Thurston's Earthquake Measure and Sullivan's Classifications of Circle Diffeomorphisms
Jun Hu, CIMS

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Swaption Smiles via the WKB Method
Andrew Lesniewski, BNP Paribas
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8

MEETING FOR ALL COURANT MATH AND CS FACULTY: 12:00 Noon, WWH 109
with Dr. John Sexton

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Time Reversal for Waves in Random Media
Guillaume Bal, Columbia University

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Pressure Fields and Fluid Acceleration (40 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Density of States for Random Band Matrices
Margherita Disertori, IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Sigma Model and Cosmis Strings
Yisong Yang, Brooklyn PolyTech, visiting IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
The Structure and Composition of the Atmospheric Annular Modes
Paul Kushner, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL/NOAA)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: RESCHEDULED TO FEBRUARY 20
Galois Representations on Q-curves and Solutions to A^4 + B^2 = C^p
Jordan Ellenberg, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
Andy Lau, Penn State University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Implied Volatility Smiles
Jerome Busca, Universite Paris Dauphine
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Solving Differential Equations Without the Equations: `Coarse' Integration/Bifurcation Analysis for Microscopic/Stochastic Simulators
Ioannis Kevrekidis, Chemical Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
The Heterogeneous Multi-Scale Method: A General Methodology for Multi-Scale Modeling
Weinan E, Princeton University

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Waves in Fluids (33 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Ice-Ocean Interactions
Adrian Jenkins, British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Galois Representations on Q-curves and Solutions to A^4 + B^2 = C^p
Jordan Ellenberg, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

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Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 - 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Our Model of Crystalline Motion
Matteo Novaga, University of Pisa

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
The Chern-Simons Equations
Yisong Yang, Brooklyn PolyTech, visiting IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1302
XML Data Integration: Query Processing and Declarative Generation of Query Front-Ends
Vasilis Vassalos, NYU Stern

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Like-Charge Attraction between Colloidal Particles: Thermodynamics or Hydrodynamics?
Todd Squires, Harvard University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR: 4:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Thurston's Earthquake Measure and Sullivan's Classifications of Circle Diffeomorphisms
Jun Hu, CIMS

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Swaption Smiles via the WKB Method
Andrew Lesniewski, BNP Paribas
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8

MEETING FOR ALL COURANT MATH AND CS FACULTY: 12:00 Noon, WWH 109
with Dr. John Sexton

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Time Reversal for Waves in Random Media
Guillaume Bal, Columbia University

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Pressure Fields and Fluid Acceleration (40 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Density of States for Random Band Matrices
Margherita Disertori, IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Modeling the Brain as a Tissue, Not As a Network
Charles S. Peskin, CIMS

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Sigma Model and Cosmis Strings
Yisong Yang, Brooklyn PolyTech, visiting IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:30 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1314
An Eulerian Framework for Geometrical Optics using Level Sets
Richard Tsai, Harvard University
Note different room number for this seminar

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Issues in Motion Planning of Metamorphic Systems
Adrian Dumitrescu, University of Wisconsin
Please note new place and time!
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
The Structure and Composition of the Atmospheric Annular Modes
Paul Kushner, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL/NOAA)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: RESCHEDULED TO FEBRUARY 20
Galois Representations on Q-curves and Solutions to A^4 + B^2 = C^p
Jordan Ellenberg, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Informal Discussion on Homothetic Motion by Crystalline Curvature
There is no speaker since it is an informal discussion

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Catastrophe Preparedness
Steven Flynn, Commander, US Coast Guard, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Electrostatics of Highly-charged Surfaces: Fluctuation and Correlation Effects
Andy Lau, Penn State University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

SPECIAL APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Scaling Theory of Singularities
Jens Eggers, University of Essen

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Implied Volatility Smiles
Jerome Busca, Universite Paris Dauphine
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Solving Differential Equations Without the Equations: `Coarse' Integration/Bifurcation Analysis for Microscopic/Stochastic Simulators
Ioannis Kevrekidis, Chemical Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Heterogeneous Multiscale Methods
Weinan E, Princeton University
Note change in title of talk

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Waves in Fluids (33 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Ice-Ocean Interactions
Adrian Jenkins, British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: NO MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 18 AND 25
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Some Applications of the Immersed Boundary Method with Massive Boundary
Yongsam Kim, CIMS

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: 5:00 - 6:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Population Codes and Distance Measures in Probability
Kukjin Kang, CIMS
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Maxwell's Correspondence and Gain Graphs
Konstantin Rybnikov, Cornell University
Please note new place and time!
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Atmospheric Response to Extratropical SST Anomalies: A Review of Recent Observations, Theoretical Studies, and GCM Experiments
Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observation (LDEO - Columbia University
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Galois Representations on Q-curves and Solutions to A^4 + B^2 = C^p
Jordan Ellenberg, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Do Curves Moving by Crystalline Curvature Go to Wulff-shaped Points?
Alina Stancu, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Recent Progress in the Mathematical Analysis of Vortex Sheets
Sijue Wu, University of Maryland
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Continuum Equations for Rarefied Gas
Ed Spiegel, Columbia University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Capturing Motion Models for Animation
Chris Bregler, Stanford University

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
A Neoclassical Look at Behavioral Finance
Stephen A. Ross, MIT
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

MATHEMATICAL FINANCE SEMINAR: 7:00 - 8:30 P.M., 13th Floor Lounge
A reception to follow the Mathematical Finance Seminar in honor of Stephen A. Ross. Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of the Seminar Series. The reception is sponsored by Island ECN.
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Vorticity Part I (23 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Finite-Amplitude Models of Double-Diffusive Convection
Timour Radko, MIT
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

To see the listings for CIMS Seminars, go to: http://www.cims.nyu.edu/
Scroll down, then click on CIMS SEMINARS

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Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
The Structure and Composition of the Atmospheric Annular Modes
Paul Kushner, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL/NOAA)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Informal Discussion on Homothetic Motion by Crystalline Curvature
There is no speaker since it is an informal discussion

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Catastrophe Preparedness
Steven Flynn, Commander, US Coast Guard, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Electrostatics of Highly-charged Surfaces: Fluctuation and Correlation Effects
Andy Lau, Penn State University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

SPECIAL APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Scaling Theory of Singularities
Jens Eggers, University of Essen

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Implied Volatility Smiles
Jerome Busca, Universite Paris Dauphine
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Solving Differential Equations Without the Equations: `Coarse' Integration/Bifurcation Analysis for Microscopic/Stochastic Simulators
Ioannis Kevrekidis, Chemical Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Heterogeneous Multiscale Methods
Weinan E, Princeton University
Note change in title of talk

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Waves in Fluids (33 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Ice-Ocean Interactions
Adrian Jenkins, British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: NO MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 18 AND 25
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Some Applications of the Immersed Boundary Method with Massive Boundary
Yongsam Kim, CIMS

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: 5:00 - 6:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Population Codes and Distance Measures in Probability
Kukjin Kang, CIMS
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Maxwell's Correspondence and Gain Graphs
Konstantin Rybnikov, Cornell University
Please note new place and time!
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Atmospheric Response to Extratropical SST Anomalies: A Review of Recent Observations, Theoretical Studies, and GCM Experiments
Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observation (LDEO - Columbia University
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Galois Representations on Q-curves and Solutions to A^4 + B^2 = C^p
Jordan Ellenberg, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Do Curves Moving by Crystalline Curvature Go to Wulff-shaped Points?
Alina Stancu, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Recent Progress in the Mathematical Analysis of Vortex Sheets
Sijue Wu, University of Maryland
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Continuum Equations for Rarefied Gas
Ed Spiegel, Columbia University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Capturing Motion Models for Animation
Chris Bregler, Stanford University
Note change in time and place
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
A Neoclassical Look at Behavioral Finance
Stephen A. Ross, MIT
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

MATHEMATICAL FINANCE SEMINAR: 7:00 - 8:30 P.M., 13th Floor Lounge
A reception to follow the Mathematical Finance Seminar in honor of Stephen A. Ross. Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of the Seminar Series. The reception is sponsored by Island ECN.
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Tractability of Multivariate Problems
Henryk Wozniakowski, Computer Science Department, Columbia University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Kinetic Monte Carlo: Algorithms and Approximations
Tim Schulze, University of Tennessee

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Vorticity Part I (23 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Finite-Amplitude Models of Double-Diffusive Convection
Timour Radko, MIT
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: NO MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 25
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Lower Envelopes and Their Overlays
Micha Sharir, Tel Aviv University and NYU http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
The Jetstream Waveguide and Circumglobal Teleconnections
Grant Branstator, National Center for Atomospheric Research (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 - 11:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Polycrystalline Grain Boundary Motion: How to Handle Triple Junctions and Grain Rotation?
Jean Taylor, Rutgers University

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Scaling Laws for Degenerate Fourth Order Equations
Felix Otto, University of Bonn
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
Silas Alben, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Tba
Rama Cont, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 1

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Optimization of Acoustic Source Strength in the Problems of Active Noise Control
Semyon V. Tsynkov, North Carolina State University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
The Limit from the Schrodinger-Poisson to the Vlasov-Poisson Equations with General Data in One Dimension
Yuxi Zheng, Penn State University

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Vorticity Part II (21 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Structure Formation in Melting Snow Inspired by Penitentes, Suncups, and Dirt Cones
Meredith Betterton, CIMS
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

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Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

SPECIAL NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 1:30 P.M., WWH 1013
Wavelet Based Numerical Homogenization
Olof Runborg, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Atmospheric Response to Extratropical SST Anomalies: A Review of Recent Observations, Theoretical Studies, and GCM Experiments
Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observation (LDEO - Columbia University
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Galois Representations on Q-curves and Solutions to A^4 + B^2 = C^p
Jordan Ellenberg, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Do Curves Moving by Crystalline Curvature Go to Wulff-shaped Points?
Alina Stancu, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Recent Progress in the Mathematical Analysis of Vortex Sheets
Sijue Wu, University of Maryland
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Continuum Equations for Rarefied Gas
Ed Spiegel, Columbia University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Capturing Motion Models for Animation
Chris Bregler, Stanford University
Note change in time and place
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
A Neoclassical Look at Behavioral Finance
Stephen A. Ross, MIT
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

MATHEMATICAL FINANCE SEMINAR: 7:00 - 8:30 P.M., 13th Floor Lounge
A reception to follow the Mathematical Finance Seminar in honor of Stephen A. Ross. Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of the Seminar Series. The reception is sponsored by Island ECN.
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Tractability of Multivariate Problems
Henryk Wozniakowski, Computer Science Department, Columbia University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Kinetic Monte Carlo: Algorithms and Approximations
Tim Schulze, University of Tennessee

JOINT DYNAMICS SEMINAR: WWH 102

• 3:30 - 4:25 P.M.
  Expansive Subdynamics for Algebraic Z^d-actions
  Doug Lind, University of Washington and Yale University
• 4:45 - 6:00 P.M.
  Rigidity Phenomena for Large Group Actions on Compact Manifolds
  David Fisher, Yale University

This is a seminar on dynamical systems and related fields organized jointly by groups at Courant, IBM, Princeton, Stony Brook and Yale

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Vorticity Part I (23 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Finite-Amplitude Models of Double-Diffusive Convection
Timour Radko, MIT
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS SEMINAR: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Geometry Group Presentation
H. Hofer, T. Colding, J. Cheeger, and M. Gromov
This is the first group presentation in our seminar, this Spring Term. The speakers will talk about their research, and, more generally, the research that goes on at Courant in Geometry.
There will be a reception from 3:00 - 3:30 P.M. before the seminar in the Lounge

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: NO MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 25
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
The Geometry of Signal Processing in Bistable Neurons (Theory, Simulations and Experiments)
Daniel Forger (CIMS), John Clay (NIH) and David Paydarfar (UMass Med)

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Lower Envelopes and Their Overlays
Micha Sharir, Tel Aviv University and NYU
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Tba
Piotr Mucha, University of Warsaw in Poland

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
The Jetstream Waveguide and Circumglobal Teleconnections
Grant Branstator, National Center for Atomospheric Research (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 - 11:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Polycrystalline Grain Boundary Motion: How to Handle Triple Junctions and Grain Rotation?
Jean Taylor, Rutgers University

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Scaling Laws for Degenerate Fourth Order Equations
Felix Otto, University of Bonn
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
The Boosting Approach to Machine Learning
Robert Schapire, AT&T Labs
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Free-Streamline Flows Past Thin Elastic Bodies
Silas Alben, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Tba
Rama Cont, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 1

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Optimization of Acoustic Source Strength in the Problems of Active Noise Control
Semyon V. Tsynkov, North Carolina State University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
The Limit from the Schrodinger-Poisson to the Vlasov-Poisson Equations with General Data in One Dimension
Yuxi Zheng, Penn State University

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Vorticity Part II (21 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Structure Formation in Melting Snow Inspired by Penitentes, Suncups, and Dirt Cones
Meredith Betterton, CIMS
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

Music at CIMS: MOZART: 5:00 - 6:00 P.M., WWH Lounge

TUESDAY, MARCH 5

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Modeling a `Robofly' with the Immersed Boundary Method
Laura Miller, CIMS

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Trace Formulae and Tridiagonal Matrices
Rowan Killip, University of Pennsylvania

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: 5:00 - 6:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Dynamics and Plasticity in Early Visual Processing
Tai Sing Lee, Carnegie Mellon
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Noncrossing Configurtions in Geometric Graphs
Rados Radoicic, MIT
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Computer Modeling of Climate Change: Computational Problems and Challenges
Warren Washington, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
H. Cohn
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 7

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations in Weak $L^p$ Spaces
Thierry Cazenave, University of Paris VI
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Tba
Robert Grimm, University of Washington
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
The Physics of Nothing Brought Down to Earth: Spontaneous Emission from Molecules within Levitated Microdroplets
Steve Arnold, Polytechnic
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Spectral Covariance Matrix and Applications to Finance
Francois Oustry, Raise Partner
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
H-box Methods for the Approximation of Conservation Laws on Irregular Grids and in Complex Geometries
Christiane Helzel, CIMS

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Deformation of Continuous Media (38 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

To see the listings for CIMS Seminars, go to: http://www.cims.nyu.edu/
Scroll down, then click on CIMS SEMINARS

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Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
The Navier-Stokes Equations and the Maximum Principle
Piotr Mucha, University of Warsaw in Poland

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
The Jetstream Waveguide and Circumglobal Teleconnections
Grant Branstator, National Center for Atomospheric Research (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 - 11:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Polycrystalline Grain Boundary Motion: How to Handle Triple Junctions and Grain Rotation?
Jean Taylor, Rutgers University

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Scaling Laws for Degenerate Fourth Order Equations
Felix Otto, University of Bonn
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
The Boosting Approach to Machine Learning
Robert Schapire, AT&T Labs
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Free-Streamline Flows Past Thin Elastic Bodies
Silas Alben, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: CANCELLED
Tba
Rama Cont, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 1

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Optimization of Acoustic Source Strength in the Problems of Active Noise Control
Semyon V. Tsynkov, North Carolina State University

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR: 1:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Holomorphic Discs and Low Dimensional Topology
Peter Ozsvath, Princeton University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
The Limit from the Schrodinger-Poisson to the Vlasov-Poisson Equations with General Data in One Dimension
Yuxi Zheng, Penn State University

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Vorticity Part II (21 mins.)
4:00 TALK: Structure Formation in Melting Snow Inspired by Penitentes, Suncups, and Dirt Cones
Meredith Betterton, CIMS
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MUSIC AT CIMS: 5:00 - 6:00 P.M., WWH Lounge
Arias and Duets from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, Il Re Pastore and The Impresario as well as Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano in E flat, K. 498

MONDAY, MARCH 4

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Large Deviation Functionals for Some Simple Stationary Nonequilibrium Systems
Joel Lebowitz, Rutgers University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, MARCH 5

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Modeling a `Robofly' with the Immersed Boundary Method
Laura Miller, CIMS

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Trace Formulae and Tridiagonal Matrices
Rowan Killip, University of Pennsylvania

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: 5:00 - 6:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Dynamics and Plasticity in Early Visual Processing
Tai Sing Lee, Carnegie Mellon
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Noncrossing Configurations in Geometric Graphs
Rados Radoicic, MIT
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Computer Modeling of Climate Change: Computational Problems and Challenges
Warren Washington, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Sphere Packing and Harmonic Analysis
Henry Cohn, Microsoft
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 7

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations in Weak $L^p$ Spaces
Thierry Cazenave, University of Paris VI
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Programming for Pervasive Computing Environments
Robert Grimm, University of Washington
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
The Physics of Nothing Brought Down to Earth: Spontaneous Emission from Molecules within Levitated Microdroplets
Steve Arnold, Polytechnic
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Spectral Covariance Matrix and Applications to Finance
Francois Oustry, Raise Partner
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
H-box Methods for the Approximation of Conservation Laws on Irregular Grids and in Complex Geometries
Christiane Helzel, CIMS

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Internal Hydraulic Jumps and Mixing in Two-layer Flows
David Holland, CIMS

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Deformation of Continuous Media (38 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, MARCH 11

APPLIED MATH SPRING BREAK SEMINAR: 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Back to the Early Universe by Optimal Mass Transportation
Uriel Frisch, Observatoire de Nice
Note special day

TUESDAY, MARCH 12

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: NO SEMINAR, Spring Break
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Covering a Triangle with Homothetic Copies
Zoltan Furedi, University of Illinois, Urbana
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Density Results for Automorphic Forms on Hilbert Modular Groups
Roberto Miatello, University of Cordoba and UCSD
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Elliptic Problems in Vortex Theory
Gabriella Tarantello, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SPRING BREAK SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Topological Shocks in Burgers Turbulence
Jeremie Bec, Observatoire de Nice
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

To see the listings for CIMS Seminars, go to: http://www.cims.nyu.edu/
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Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Computer Modeling of Climate Change: Computational Problems and Challenges
Warren Washington, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Sphere Packing and Harmonic Analysis
Henry Cohn, Microsoft
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 7

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Triple Junction Motion
Jean Taylor, Rutgers University

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations in Weak $L^p$ Spaces
Thierry Cazenave, University of Paris VI
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Programming for Pervasive Computing Environments
Robert Grimm, University of Washington
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
The Physics of Nothing Brought Down to Earth: Spontaneous Emission from Molecules within Levitated Microdroplets
Steve Arnold, Polytechnic
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Spectral Covariance Matrix and Applications to Finance
Francois Oustry, Raise Partner
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
H-box Methods for the Approximation of Conservation Laws on Irregular Grids and in Complex Geometries
Christiane Helzel, CIMS

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Internal Hydraulic Jumps and Mixing in Two-layer Flows
David Holland, CIMS

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Deformation of Continuous Media (38 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, MARCH 11

APPLIED MATH SPRING BREAK SEMINAR: 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Back to the Early Universe by Optimal Mass Transportation
Uriel Frisch, Observatoire de Nice
Note special day

TUESDAY, MARCH 12

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: NO SEMINAR, Spring Break
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Covering a Triangle with Homothetic Copies
Zoltan Furedi, University of Illinois, Urbana
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Density Results for Automorphic Forms on Hilbert Modular Groups
Roberto Miatello, University of Cordoba and UCSD
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Elliptic Problems in Vortex Theory
Gabriella Tarantello, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SPRING BREAK SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Topological Shocks in Burgers Turbulence
Jeremie Bec, Observatoire de Nice
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 15

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: Spring Recess

MONDAY, MARCH 18

MATH COLLOQUIUM: 3:45 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Tba
Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University
Special Note: Colloquium Tea in the Lounge, 3:15 - 3:45 P.M.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Cytokines and the Brain
Anthony Cerami, The Kenneth S. Warren Institute

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 - 3:45 P.M., WWH 1302
Quantized Vortices: From Ginzburg-Landau to Gross-Pitaevskii
Qiang Du, Penn State University

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Extremal Problems in Graph Drawings in the Plane
Rom Pinchasi, MIT, Cambridge
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 21

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Z [sub] N-curves, Riemann-Hilbert Problems and Schlesinger Equations
Tamara Grava, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Particle Clouds
John Bush, MIT
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Stochastic Calculus of Variations in Mathematical Finance
Paul Malliavin, Universite Paris VI
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 22

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., WWH 102
Automated Decision Procedures: A General-Purpose Verification Solution
Clark Barrett, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M. in the Grumman Lounge located on the 13th floor in Warren Weaver Hall

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Coarse Graining in Micromagnetics
Geoffrey Grinstein, IBM Corporation

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Optimization with Applications in Quantum Mechanics
Bas Braams and Michael Overton (CIMS)

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Tba
John Marshall, University of Reading (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Low Reynolds Number Flow (33 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

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Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Density Results for Automorphic Forms on Hilbert Modular Groups
Roberto Miatello, University of Cordoba and UCSD
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

CRYSTALLINE MOTION SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Evolution of Triple Junctions: Isotropic Case
Matteo Novaga, University of Pisa

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Elliptic Problems in Vortex Theory
Gabriella Tarantello, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Perspective Unbound: Visionary Rendering
Daphna Weinshall, Hebrew University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SPRING BREAK SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Topological Shocks in Burgers Turbulence
Jeremie Bec, Observatoire de Nice
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 15

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: Spring Recess

MONDAY, MARCH 18

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Spectral and Dynamical Properties of Schroedinger Operators with Random Potential
Michael Aizenman, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

MATH COLLOQUIUM: 3:45 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Tba
Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University
Special Note: Colloquium Tea in the Lounge, 3:15 - 3:45 P.M.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Applications of Modeling and Simulation in Computational Biology
Russell Schwartz, NEC
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M. in the Grumman Lounge located the 13th floor in Warren Weaver Hall

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Cytokines and the Brain
Anthony Cerami, The Kenneth S. Warren Institute

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 - 3:45 P.M., WWH 1302
Quantized Vortices: From Ginzburg-Landau to Gross-Pitaevskii
Qiang Du, Penn State University

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Extremal Problems in Graph Drawings in the Plane
Rom Pinchasi, MIT, Cambridge
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 21

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Z [sub] N-curves, Riemann-Hilbert Problems and Schlesinger Equations
Tamara Grava, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Particle Clouds
John Bush, MIT
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Stochastic Calculus of Variations in Mathematical Finance
Paul Malliavin, Universite Paris VI
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 22

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., WWH 102
Automated Decision Procedures: A General-Purpose Verification Solution
Clark Barrett, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M. in the Grumman Lounge located on the 13th floor in Warren Weaver Hall

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Coarse Graining in Micromagnetics
Geoffrey Grinstein, IBM Corporation

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Tba
David Marshall, University of Reading (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Low Reynolds Number Flow (33 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, MARCH 25

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Global Information from Local Observations
Itai Benjamini, Microsoft
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, MARCH 26

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
A Stochastic Model of Immune System Germinal Center Dynamics
Andrew Bellinger, CIMS

COURANT LECTURES (PART I): 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Some PDE Methods for Weak KAM Theory: Introduction and Heuristics
Lawrence C. Evans, University of California, Berkeley
Note: Reception in the Lounge will follow the Lecture

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Geometric Permutations of Disjoint Unit Balls
Yunhong Zhou, Compaq Systems Research Center, Palo Alto
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 813
The Role of Clustering in Interpreting Non-diffusive Transport Measurements in Tokamaks
Keith Hopcraft, University of Nottingham
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

COURANT LECTURES (PART II): 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Some PDE Methods for Weak KAM Theory: Estimates and Applications
Lawrence C. Evans, University of California, Berkeley

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
The Local Structure of Micromagnetic Neel Walls
Tristan Riviere, ETH
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Automating the Design of Visualizations
Agrawala Maneesh, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Networks and Noise
Michael Elowitz, Rockefeller University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 29

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: NO SEMINAR

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Fundamentals of Boundary Layers (24 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

To see the listings for CIMS Seminars, go to: http://www.cims.nyu.edu/
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Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Tba
David Marshall, University of Reading (NCAR)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
Note change in date.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

THURSDAY, MARCH 21

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Z [sub] N-curves, Riemann-Hilbert Problems and Schlesinger Equations
Tamara Grava, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Particle Clouds
John Bush, MIT
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Stochastic Calculus of Variations in Mathematical Finance
Paul Malliavin, Universite Paris VI
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, MARCH 22

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., WWH 102
Automated Decision Procedures: A General-Purpose Verification Solution
Clark Barrett, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M. in the Grumman Lounge located on the 13th floor in Warren Weaver Hall

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Coarse Graining in Micromagnetics
Geoffrey Grinstein, IBM Corporation

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Optmization with Applications in Quantum Mechanics
Bas Braams and Michael Overton (CIMS)

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Low Reynolds Number Flow (33 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, MARCH 25

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Global Information from Local Observations
Itai Benjamini, Microsoft
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, MARCH 26

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
A Stochastic Model of Immune System Germinal Center Dynamics
Andrew Bellinger, CIMS

COURANT LECTURES (PART I): 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Some PDE Methods for Weak KAM Theory: Introduction and Heuristics
Lawrence C. Evans, University of California, Berkeley
Note: Reception in the Lounge will follow the Lecture

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Geometric Permutations of Disjoint Unit Balls
Yunhong Zhou, Compaq Systems Research Center, Palo Alto
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 813
The Role of Clustering in Interpreting Non-diffusive Transport Measurements in Tokamaks
Keith Hopcraft, University of Nottingham
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

COURANT LECTURES (PART II): 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Some PDE Methods for Weak KAM Theory: Estimates and Applications
Lawrence C. Evans, University of California, Berkeley

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
The Local Structure of Micromagnetic Neel Walls
Tristan Riviere, ETH
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Automating the Design of Visualizations
Maneesh Agrawala, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Networks and Noise
Michael Elowitz, Rockefeller University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR: 4:00 P.M., WWH 1314
SRB Measures as Zero-Noise Limits
William Cowieson (CIMS)

FRIDAY, MARCH 29

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: NO SEMINAR

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Fundamentals of Boundary Layers (24 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, APRIL 1

MATH COLLOQUIUM: 3:45 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Learning Theory and the Bias-Variance Problem
Stephen Smale, University of California, Berkeley
Note: Colloquium Tea in the Lounge, 3:15 - 3:45 P.M.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Computer Simulation of the Whirling Instability by the Immersed Boundary Method
Sook Lim, CIMS

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Mean Curvature Flow in Higher Codimension
Mu-Tao Wang, Columbia University

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Hilbert Polytopes and Universal Grobner Bases
Shmuel Onn, Technion, Haifa
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Simulation and Prediction of North American Coastal Weather using High Resolution Mesoscale Models
Brian Colle, Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) Stony Brook
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR: 11:15 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 813
Stellarator Research in Japan
Schoichi Okamura, National Institute for Fusion Research, Japan
Note change in time.
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Learning Theory and Problem of Statistics
Vladmiir Vapnik, NEC
Refreshments will be served from 12:00 - 12:30 P.M. in the Grumman Lounge located the 13th floor in Warren Weaver Hall

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Unzipping Random Zippers and the Mechanical Denaturation of DNA
David Lubensky, Bell Labs
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
A New Approach to Modeling Credit Risk
Phillip Protter, Cornell University and Carnegie-Mellon
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 10:30 A.M., WWH 109
Immersive Virtual Reality for Scientific Visualization
Andries van Dam, Brown University

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL (3 Days): 1:00 - 4:00 P.M., WWH 109

• 1:00 - 3:00 P.M.
  Check-In -- Outside WWH 109
• 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
  Singular Plane Curves and Topological Invariants of Symplectic Manifolds
  Denis Auroux, MIT

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Analysis of Bursting Electrical Activity in Pancreatic Beta-cells
Robert M. Miura, New Jersey Institute of Technology

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Boundary Layer Control (25 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., WWH 109

• 8:00 - 9:30 A.M.
  Breakfast -- Outside of WWH 109
• 9:30 - 10:30 A.M.
  On the Mass of Higher Dimensional Black Holes
  Hugh Bray, MIT
• 10:30 - 11:00 A.M.
  Coffee Break
• 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon
  The Space of Kahler Metrics
  Xiuxiong Chen, Princeton University
• 12:00 Noon - 2:30 P.M.
  Lunch
  
• 2:30 - 3:00 P.M.
  What Has Happened at DMS/NSF Over the Last Three Years
  Presentation by Philippe Tondeur, Director, Division Mathematical Sciences, NSF
  
• 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
  On the Existence of Quasiregular Mappings
  Juha Heinonen, University of Michigan
• 4:00 - 5:00 P.M.
  Conformally Invariant Operators and the Gauss-Bonnet Integrand
  Alice Chang, Princeton University
• 5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
  Reception - Grumman Lounge, 13th floor WWH

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

SUNDAY, APRIL 7

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL: 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 109

• 8:00 - 9:30 A.M.
  Breakfast -- Outside of WWH 109
• 9:30 - 10:30 A.M.
  6th Talk: Billiards and Lattices
  Alex Eskin, University of Chicago
• 10:30 - 11:00 A.M.
  Coffee Break
• 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon
  7th Talk: On the Yang-Mills Flow in Higher Dimensions
  George Daskalopoulos, Brown University

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

To see the listings for CIMS Seminars, go to: http://www.cims.nyu.edu/
Scroll down, then click on CIMS SEMINARS

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Reader Information

Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 813
The Role of Clustering in Interpreting Non-diffusive Transport Measurements in Tokamaks
Keith Hopcraft, University of Nottingham
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

COURANT LECTURES (PART II): 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Some PDE Methods for Weak KAM Theory: Estimates and Applications
Lawrence C. Evans, University of California, Berkeley

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
The Local Structure of Micromagnetic Neel Walls
Tristan Riviere, ETH
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
Automating the Design of Visualizations
Maneesh Agrawala, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Networks and Noise
Michael Elowitz, Rockefeller University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR: 4:00 P.M., WWH 1314
SRB Measures as Zero-Noise Limits
William Cowieson (CIMS)

FRIDAY, MARCH 29

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: NO SEMINAR

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: NO SEMINAR

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Fundamentals of Boundary Layers (24 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, APRIL 1

MATH COLLOQUIUM: 3:45 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Learning Theory and the Bias-Variance Problem
Stephen Smale, University of California, Berkeley
Note: Colloquium Tea in the Lounge, 3:15 - 3:45 P.M.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Computer Simulation of the Whirling Instability by the Immersed Boundary Method
Sook Lim, CIMS

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Mean Curvature Flow in Higher Codimension
Mu-Tao Wang, Columbia University

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Hilbert Polytopes and Universal Grobner Bases
Shmuel Onn, Technion, Haifa
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR: 11:15 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 813
Stellarator Research in Japan
Schoichi Okamura, National Institute for Fusion Research, Japan
Note change in time.
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Simulation and Prediction of North American Coastal Weather using High Resolution Mesoscale Models
Brian Colle, Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) Stony Brook
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Quasi-periodic Localization and Arithmetical Aspects
Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Optimal Cross-tie Wall Structures for a Micromagnetics Model
Sylvia Serfaty, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Learning Theory and Problem of Statistics
Vladmiir Vapnik, NEC
Refreshments will be served from 12:00 - 12:30 P.M. in the Grumman Lounge located the 13th floor in Warren Weaver Hall

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Unzipping Random Zippers and the Mechanical Denaturation of DNA
David Lubensky, Bell Labs
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
A New Approach to Modeling Credit Risk
Phillip Protter, Cornell University and Carnegie-Mellon
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 10:30 A.M., WWH 109
Immersive Virtual Reality for Scientific Visualization
Andries van Dam, Brown University

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL (3 Days): 1:00 - 4:00 P.M., WWH 109

• 1:00 - 3:00 P.M.
  Check-In -- Outside WWH 109
• 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
  On the Yang-Mills Flow in Higher Dimensions
  George Daskalopoulos, Brown University

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Analysis of Bursting Electrical Activity in Pancreatic Beta-cells
Robert M. Miura, New Jersey Institute of Technology

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Boundary Layer Control (25 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Computational Fluids
Charles Peskin and Michael Shelley (CIMS)

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., WWH 109

• 8:00 - 9:30 A.M.
  Breakfast -- Outside of WWH 109
• 9:30 - 10:30 A.M.
  On the Mass of Higher Dimensional Black Holes
  Hugh Bray, MIT
• 10:30 - 11:00 A.M.
  Coffee Break
• 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon
  The Space of Kahler Metrics
  Xiuxiong Chen, Princeton University
• 12:00 Noon - 2:30 P.M.
  Lunch
  
• 2:30 - 3:00 P.M.
  What Has Happened at DMS/NSF Over the Last Three Years
  Presentation by Philippe Tondeur, Director, Division Mathematical Sciences, NSF
  
• 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
  On the Existence of Quasiregular Mappings
  Juha Heinonen, University of Michigan
• 4:00 - 5:00 P.M.
  Conformally Invariant Operators and the Gauss-Bonnet Integrand
  Alice Chang, Princeton University
• 5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
  Reception - Grumman Lounge, 13th floor WWH

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

SUNDAY, APRIL 7

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL: 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 109

• 8:00 - 9:30 A.M.
  Breakfast -- Outside of WWH 109
• 9:30 - 10:30 A.M.
  6th Talk: Billiards and Lattices
  Alex Eskin, University of Chicago
• 10:30 - 11:00 A.M.
  Coffee Break
• 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
  7th Talk: Singular Plane Curves and Topological Invariants of Symplectic Manifolds
  Denis Auroux, MIT

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

TUESDAY, APRIL 9

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Computational Cardiac Electrophysiology with the Bidomain Equations
Boyce Griffith, CIMS

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Conservation Laws with Discontinuous Coefficients
Christian Klingenberg, Wurzburg University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
A Coding Problem for Pairs of Sets
Gyula O.H. Katona, Renyi Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Rotating Hydraulics and Upstream Basin Circulation
Karl Helfrich, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
A Signal-Processing Framework for Forward and Inverse Rendering
Ravi Ramamoorthi, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Tba
Wei-Ming Ni, University of Minnesota
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
James J. Allen, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Tba
Thomas F. Coleman, Cornell University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 12

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
A Fast Solver for the Ornstein-Zernike Equations
C.T. Kelley, Dept. of Mathematics, North Carolina State University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Modelling the Primary Visual Cortex
David W. McLaughlin, CIMS

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Secondary Control (30 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Plasma Physics Group
Paul Garabedian, Eli Hameiri, and Harold Weitzner (CIMS)

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

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Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR: 11:15 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 813
Stellarator Research in Japan
Schoichi Okamura, National Institute for Fusion Research, Japan
Note change in time.
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Simulation and Prediction of North American Coastal Weather using High Resolution Mesoscale Models
Brian Colle, Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) Stony Brook
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Quasi-periodic Localization and Arithmetical Aspects
Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Optimal Cross-tie Wall Structures for a Micromagnetics Model
Sylvia Serfaty, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Learning Theory and Problem of Statistics
Vladmiir Vapnik, NEC
Refreshments will be served from 12:00 - 12:30 P.M. in the Grumman Lounge located the 13th floor in Warren Weaver Hall

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Unzipping Random Zippers and the Mechanical Denaturation of DNA
David Lubensky, Bell Labs
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
A New Approach to Modeling Credit Risk
Phillip Protter, Cornell University and Carnegie-Mellon
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 10:30 A.M., WWH 109
Immersive Virtual Reality for Scientific Visualization
Andries Van Dam, Brown University

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL (3 Days): 1:00 - 4:00 P.M., WWH 109

• 1:00 - 3:00 P.M.
  Check-In -- Outside WWH 109
• 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
  On the Yang-Mills Flow in Higher Dimensions
  George Daskalopoulos, Brown University

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Analysis of Bursting Electrical Activity in Pancreatic Beta-cells
Robert M. Miura, New Jersey Institute of Technology

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Boundary Layer Control (25 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Computational Fluids
Charles Peskin and Michael Shelley (CIMS)

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., WWH 109

• 8:00 - 9:30 A.M.
  Breakfast -- Outside of WWH 109
• 9:30 - 10:30 A.M.
  On the Mass of Higher Dimensional Black Holes
  Hugh Bray, MIT
• 10:30 - 11:00 A.M.
  Coffee Break
• 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon
  The Space of Kahler Metrics
  Xiuxiong Chen, Princeton University
• 12:00 Noon - 2:30 P.M.
  Lunch
  
• 2:30 - 3:00 P.M.
  What Has Happened at DMS/NSF Over the Last Three Years
  Presentation by Philippe Tondeur, Director, Division Mathematical Sciences, NSF
  
• 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
  On the Existence of Quasiregular Mappings
  Juha Heinonen, University of Michigan
• 4:00 - 5:00 P.M.
  Conformally Invariant Operators and the Gauss-Bonnet Integrand
  Alice Chang, Princeton University
• 5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
  Reception - Grumman Lounge, 13th floor WWH

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

SUNDAY, APRIL 7

XVIIth ANNUAL GEOMETRY FESTIVAL: 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 109

• 8:00 - 9:30 A.M.
  Breakfast -- Outside of WWH 109
• 9:30 - 10:30 A.M.
  6th Talk: Billiards and Lattices
  Alex Eskin, University of Chicago
• 10:30 - 11:00 A.M.
  Coffee Break
• 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
  7th Talk: Singular Plane Curves and Topological Invariants of Symplectic Manifolds
  Denis Auroux, MIT

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/short_courses/events/program.html

MONDAY, APRIL 8

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
The Ground State of Bose Gas
Jakob Yngvason, Schrodinger Institute at Vienna
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

TUESDAY, APRIL 9

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Computational Cardiac Electrophysiology with the Bidomain Equations
Boyce Griffith, CIMS

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Conservation Laws with Discontinuous Coefficients
Christian Klingenberg, Wurzburg University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
A Coding Problem for Pairs of Sets
Gyula O.H. Katona, Renyi Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Rotating Hydraulics and Upstream Basin Circulation
Karl Helfrich, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 5:00 P.M., WWH 513
Non-Commutative Linear Algebra and Monge-Ampere Equations
Alesker Semyon, Tel Aviv University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
A Signal-Processing Framework for Forward and Inverse Rendering
Ravi Ramamoorthi, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Diffusion and Cross-Diffusion in Pattern Formation
Wei-Ming Ni, University of Minnesota
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
James J. Allen, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR: 4:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Mechanical Systems with Elastic Collisions
Nikolai Chernov, University of Alabama and IAS

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Discrete Hedging Under Piecewise Linear Risk Minimization
Thomas F. Coleman, Cornell University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 12

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
A Fast Solver for the Ornstein-Zernike Equations
C.T. Kelley, Dept. of Mathematics, North Carolina State University

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Modelling the Primary Visual Cortex
David W. McLaughlin, CIMS

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Secondary Control (30 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Plasma Physics Group
Paul Garabedian, Eli Hameiri, and Harold Weitzner (CIMS)

MONDAY, APRIL 15

MATH COLLOQUIUM: 3:45 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Risk, Return and Speculation
Emanuel Derman, Goldman Sachs
Note: Colloquium Tea in the Lounge, 3:15 - 3:45 P.M.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Comparison of an ODE and a Stochastic Model for Transcription and Translation in Prokaryotes
Samuel Isaacson, CIMS

SPECIAL SEMINAR AT COURANT: 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Long Time Existence for 3D Euler Equations with Uniformly Large Vorticity in Cylindrical Geometry
Basil Nicolaenko, Ecole Normale Superieure

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: POSTPONED TO APRIL 30
The Case for Early Feedforward Integration of Multisensory Inputs
John Foxe, Nathan Kline Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
NOTE: Roger Tootell's talk has been re-scheduled for April 23rd
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
On the Betti Numbers of Semi-algebraic Sets
Richard Pollack, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Atmospheric Gravity Wave Characteristics from Analysis of U.S. High Resolution Radiosonde Data
Marvin Geller, Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) Stony Brook
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
Wilfried Schmidt, Harvard University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 18

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Wigner Measure and Semi-Classical Limit of Schrodinger-Poisson Equations
Ping Zhang, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Optimal Asset Location and Allocation with Taxable and Tax-Deferred Investing
Chester Spatt, Carnegie-Mellon
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Numereical Simulation of Multibody Systems with Contacts and Friction
Florian A. Potra, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR: 11:15 A.M. - 12:00 Noon, WWH 813
Double-Mode States of Flowing Plasmas: A Step Toward Finding Generalized ``Relaxed'' States
Loren Steinhauer, University of Washington
NOTE SPECIAL DAY
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Algebra
Speakers TBA (CIMS)

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 1:00 P.M., WWH 1302
The Coupling of Convection and Equatorial Waves in the Atmosphere and in Simple Models
George Kiladis, NOAA (Boulder, CO)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
NOTE SPECIAL DATE AND TIME
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR: 1:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Estimates for the Length of a Shortest Closed Geodesic
Regina Rotman, University of Toronto and CIMS

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Turbulence Models, and Parametrization for Jupiter Jet
Bruce Turkington, University of Massachusetts

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Flow Instabilities (27 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

THE CIMS WEEKLY BULLETIN is avilable on the World Wide Web at http://www.cims.nyu.edu/bulletin/

To see the listings for CIMS Seminars, go to: http://www.cims.nyu.edu/
Scroll down, then click on CIMS SEMINARS

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Reader Information

Announcements Forms for Wednesday's Bulletin should be sent to Pat Struse, WWH 1006. Deadline: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M. Any errors in Wednesday's Bulletin should be directed to Pat Struse at 998-3253. Not responsible for last minute changes or corrections after 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday. No email announcements after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesdays, please, if possible.

Room Assignments: Requests must be made separately in writing to Jude Ali, WWH 909. (Room announcements for classes and oral examinations take precedence over seminars and colloquia)

Circulation: Please send address changes to Pat Struse, CIMS-NYU, 251 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012-1110, or call (212) 998-3253, or email at struse@cims.nyu.edu

Copying: Larry Cohen

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Rotating Hydraulics and Upstream Basin Circulation
Karl Helfrich, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 5:00 P.M., WWH 513
Non-Commutative Linear Algebra and Monge-Ampere Equations
Alesker Semyon, Tel Aviv University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: 11:00 A.M., Room 1221, 719 Broadway (12th floor)
A Signal-Processing Framework for Forward and Inverse Rendering
Ravi Ramamoorthi, Stanford University
Refreshments will be served from 10:30 - 11:00 A.M., Room 1221 located on the 12th floor, 719 Broadway

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Diffusion and Cross-Diffusion in Pattern Formation
Wei-Ming Ni, University of Minnesota
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
James J. Allen, Princeton University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR: 4:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Mechanical Systems with Elastic Collisions
Nikolai Chernov, University of Alabama and IAS

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Discrete Hedging Under Piecewise Linear Risk Minimization
Thomas F. Coleman, Cornell University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 12

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
A Fast Solver for the Ornstein-Zernike Equations
C.T. Kelley, Dept. of Mathematics, North Carolina State University

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR: 1:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Quasiconformal Geometry in Metric Spaces, and the Asymptotic Geometry of 3-Manifolds
Bruce Kleiner, University of Michigan

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Modelling the Primary Visual Cortex
David W. McLaughlin, CIMS

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Secondary Control (30 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Plasma Physics Group
Paul Garabedian, Eli Hameiri, and Harold Weitzner (CIMS)

MONDAY, APRIL 15

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Two Dimensional Fermi Liquids
Horst Knorrer, ETH and IAS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

MATH COLLOQUIUM: 3:45 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Risk, Return and Speculation
Emanuel Derman, Goldman Sachs
Note: Colloquium Tea in the Lounge, 3:15 - 3:45 P.M.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Comparison of an ODE and a Stochastic Model for Transcription and Translation in Prokaryotes
Samuel Isaacson, CIMS

SPECIAL SEMINAR AT COURANT: 2:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Long Time Existence for 3D Euler Equations with Uniformly Large Vorticity in Cylindrical Geometry
Basil Nicolaenko, Ecole Normale Superieure

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: POSTPONED TO APRIL 30
The Case for Early Feedforward Integration of Multisensory Inputs
John Foxe, Nathan Kline Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: POSTPONED TO APRIL 23rd
On the Betti Numbers of Semi-algebraic Sets
Richard Pollack, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Atmospheric Gravity Wave Characteristics from Analysis of U.S. High Resolution Radiosonde Data
Marvin Geller, Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) Stony Brook
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
Wilfried Schmidt, Harvard University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~tschinke/seminar.html

LEARNING SEMINAR: 6:00 - 8:00 P.M., WWH 402 (CS Conference Room)
On Cucker and Smale's Learning Paper: Part I
Gilad Lerman, ICMS
The presented paper can be found at http://www.ams.org/jourcgi/jour-getitem?pii=S0273097901009235.

THURSDAY, APRIL 18

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Wigner Measure and Semi-Classical Limit of Schrodinger-Poisson Equations
Ping Zhang, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR: 4:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Aging and Scaling Limits in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Charles Newman, CIMS

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Optimal Asset Location and Allocation with Taxable and Tax-Deferred Investing
Chester Spatt, Carnegie-Mellon
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Numereical Simulation of Multibody Systems with Contacts and Friction
Florian A. Potra, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR: 11:15 A.M. - 12:15 Noon, WWH 1013
Double-Mode States of Flowing Plasmas: A Step Toward Finding Generalized ``Relaxed'' States
Loren Steinhauer, University of Washington
NOTE SPECIAL DAY
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 1:00 P.M., WWH 1302
The Coupling of Convection and Equatorial Waves in the Atmosphere and in Simple Models
George Kiladis, NOAA (Boulder, CO)
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
NOTE SPECIAL DATE AND TIME
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR: 1:00 P.M., WWH 1013
Estimates for the Length of a Shortest Closed Geodesic
Regina Rotman, University of Toronto and CIMS

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Turbulence Models, and Parametrization for Jupiter Jet
Bruce Turkington, University of Massachusetts

SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Algebra
Speakers TBA (CIMS)

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Flow Instabilities (27 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD

MONDAY, APRIL 22

PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 613
Corrugated Refers to Random Boundary Condition
Vojkan Jaksic, McGill University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

SPECIAL MATH SEMINAR: 11:30 A.M., WWH 1302
Approximation Theorem for the Self-focusing Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation and for the Periodic Curves in R3
Piotr Grinevich, L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics

TUESDAY, APRIL 23

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Estimating Transition Rates in Models of Kinesin Motor Protein
Paul Atzberger, CIMS

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
On the Smoothness of Solutions to the Boltzmann Equations
Laurent Desvillettes, ENS Cachan
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

NEUROTUESDAY SEMINAR: 5:00 - 6:30 P.M., WWH 1314
fMRI in Awake Behaving Macaques: Cortical Maps of Stereopsis and Object Recognition Processing
Roger Tootell, Massachusetts General Hospital
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~tao/neuroday/schedule.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR: 6:00 P.M., WWH 1013
On the Betti Numbers of Semi-algebraic Sets
Richard Pollack, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/geometry_seminar.html

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

COLLOQUIUM IN ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SCIENCE: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Turbulent Mixing in the Atmosphere and Oceans: Theory and Results
Vittorio Canuto, Goddard Institute of Space Sciences (GISS/NASA)
NOTE SPECIAL ROOM
Sponsored by the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science.
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/atmos_ocean_seminars/

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 813
Topics in Spectral Theory of Jacobi Matrices
B. Simon, Caltech
NOTE TIME AND ROOM NUMBER
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 25

ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Tba
Yan Yan Li, Rutgers University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATH LAB SEMINAR: 12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Tba
Jacqueline Ashmore, Harvard University
http://www.math.nyu.edu/~mdb/aml.html

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M., WWH 813
The Lost Proof of Loewner's Theorem
B. Simon, Caltech
NOTE TIME AND ROOM NUMBER
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

MATH FINANCE SEMINAR: 5:30 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 101
Option Prices in Presence of Transaction Costs
Roberto Baviera, MPS Finance Banca Mobiliare
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/math_finance_seminar.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 26

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR: 10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Computational Electromagnetics for Layered Media with Applications
W. Cai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR: 1:00 P.M., WWH 1013
The Minimal Mass of a Stationary 1-cycle and the Length of the Shortest Closed Geodesic
Alex Nabutovsky, University of Toronto and CIMS

APPLIED MATH SEMINAR: 2:00 - 3:00 P.M., WWH 1302
Finding Transition Pathways in Complex Systems: Throwing Ropes Over Rough Mountain Passes, in the Dark
David Chandler, University of California, Berkeley

STUDENT SEMINAR IN GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: 3:30 P.M., WWH 1314
3:30 FILM: Turbulence (29 mins.)
http://fish.cims.nyu.edu/student_GFD