Weekly Bulletin

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

ANALYSIS SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: Existence and concentration for nonlinear Schroedinger equations with fast decaying potentials
Vitaly Moroz, Swansea, UK
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

ANALYSIS SEMINAR:
11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Erwan Faou
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

APPLIED MATHEMATICS LAB SEMINAR:
12:30 P.M., WWH 1314
Title: Dynamics of Single Semi-Flexible Ploymers and Giant Vesicles in External Flows
Vasily Kantsler, DAMTP, Cambridge
http://cims.nyu.edu/~moore/AMLindex.html

NYU PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM:
4:00 P.M., Meyer Hall 122
Title: Recent Experiments on Quantum Communication and Quantum Computation with entangled Photons
Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012

PROBABILITY and MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR:
9:50 A.M., WWH 512
Title: Random Matrix, Beta ensembles, and Dyson Brownian Motion
H.T. Yau, Harvard University
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: New numerical methods for solving the advection equation and wave propagation problems
Haruhiko Kohno, Lehigh University
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR:
2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Recent developments of fast algorithims for Kohn-Sham density function
Lin Lin, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
http://cims.nyu.edu/ams/

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

COB COLLOQUIUM:
12:25 P.M., WWH 102
Title: Reverse Engineering Biological Systems to Construct Disease Networks
Eric Schadt, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
http://cob.as.nyu.edu/object/cob.ne.colloquium

ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY SEMINAR:
4:00 P.M., WWH 201
Title: Rationality of Renormalized Chern Classes
Daniel Burns, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
http://math.nyu.edu/~koehler/algsem2.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR:
6:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Title: Refined bounds on the number of connected components of sign conditions on a variety
Saugata Basu, Purdue University
http://math.nyu.edu/faculty/pollack/seminar/index.html#Spring2012

FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: Lyapunov Inverse Iteration for Identifying Hopf Bifurcations in Models of Incompressible Flow
Howard Elman, University of Maryland
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY SEMINAR:
2:00 P.M., WWH 201
Title: TBA
Santiago Lopez de Medrano, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
http://math.nyu.edu/~koehler/algsem2.html

APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR:
2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Yann LeCun, CIMS
http://cims.nyu.edu/ams/




MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012

MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM:
3:45 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Philip Gressman, UPenn
http://math.nyu.edu/research/colloq.html
**Colloquium Tea Preceding Talks at 3:15-3:45 in 13th floor lounge

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

COMPUTAIONAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Title: A Statistical Optimization Principle for Coarse-Graining Deterministic Dynamics
Bruce Turkington, University of Massachusetts Amherst
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~jianfeng/seminar.htm

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Christian Pfrang, Brown University
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR:
2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Decoding the architecture of vascular networks
Eleni Katifori, Rockefeller University
http://cims.nyu.edu/ams/

TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012

COMPUTAIONAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Title: A Statistical Optimization Principle for Coarse-Graining Deterministic Dynamics
Bruce Turkington, University of Massachusetts Amherst
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~jianfeng/seminar.htm

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Michael O'Neil, CIMS
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars



MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012

MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM:
3:45 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Weinan E, PACM, Princeton University
http://math.nyu.edu/research/colloq.html
**Colloquium Tea Preceding Talks at 3:15-3:45 in 13th floor lounge

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM:
3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Mesoscale and submesoscale turbulence in the ocean: Impacts of ageostophic motions with large Rossby number
Patrice Klein, Ifremer
http://caos.cims.nyu.edu/page/events_colloquium

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Danny Kaufman, Columbia University
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR:
2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Consensus and flocking: Self-Organized Dynamics from Particle to Hydronamic Descriptions
Elitan Tadmor, University of Maryland
http://cims.nyu.edu/ams/

COURANT LECTURE:
3:45 P.M., WWH 109
Title: Algorithims, Graph, Theory, and Laplacian Linear Equations (General Audience Lecture)
Followed by a reception in the 13t Floor Lounge

MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012

COURANT LECTURE:
11:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Sparsification of Graphs and Approximation of Matrices

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM:
3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Laplace's Tidal Equations over a sphere: New solutions derived from an approximate Schrodinger equation
Nathan Paldor, Hebrew U
http://caos.cims.nyu.edu/page/events_colloquium

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: Domain decomposition algortihims for some problems posed in H(curl)
Olof Widlund, CIMS
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars


MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012

MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM:
3:45 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Neelesh Patankar, Northwestern
http://math.nyu.edu/research/colloq.html
**Colloquium Tea Preceding Talks at 3:15-3:45 in 13th floor lounge

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: ***Please note special time, day***
11:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Title: What physis triggers phytoplankton blooms?
Raffaele Ferrari, MIT
http://caos.cims.nyu.edu/page/events_colloquium

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH, Room 1302
Title: TBA
Jennifer Ryan, Delft University of Technology
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM:
3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: The dynamics of ascent-forced convection and orographic precipitation in the tropics: Results from the Dominica Experiment
Justin Minder, NCAR
http://caos.cims.nyu.edu/page/events_colloquium

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012

ANALYSIS SEMINAR:
11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Dehua Wang, University of Pittsburgh
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

SENSE TO SYNAPSE: BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISM OF PERCEPTION
A single-day conference dedicated to bringing together those interested in the biophysics of the senses
Columbia University, Davis Auditorium (Schapiro CESPR Bldg.)
further information can be found here: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/s2s/


TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH, Room 1302
Title: TBA
Christiane Helzel
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM:
3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Influence of meridional constraints and eddy feedbacks on low-frequency variability and its response to climate change
Elizabeth Barnes, Columbia
http://caos.cims.nyu.edu/page/events_colloquium

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012

ANALYSIS SEMINAR:
11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Alberto Bressan, Penn State
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html


FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Tim Warburton, Rice University
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM:
11:30 A.M., WWH, Room 1302
Title: TBA
Joel Spencer, CIMS
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

ANALYSIS SEMINAR:
11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: On statistical description of the flow of dispersive PDEs
Ann-Sophie de Suzzoni, CERGY
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012

ANALYSIS SEMINAR:
11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Ben Schweitzer
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012

GEOMETRY SEMINAR:
6:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Title: Roots of Steiner polynomials
Martin Henk, Universitat Magdeburg, Germany
http://math.nyu.edu/faculty/pollack/seminar/index.html#Spring2012

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