Weekly Bulletin

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1314
Title: A statistical optimization princile for coarse-graining determinstic dynamics
Bruce Turkington, University of Massachusetts Amherst
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~jianfeng/seminar.htm

COB COLLOQUIUM:
12:25 P.M., WWH 102
Title: The Genome Question: Moore vs. Jevons
Bud Mishra, CIMS, NYU School of Medicine
http://cob.as.nyu.edu/object/cob.ne.colloquium

ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY SEMINAR:
4:00 P.M., WWH 201
Title: Gluing Algebraic Varieties: A birational geometric perspective
Ilya Kazhemanov, CIMS
http://math.nyu.edu/~koehler/algsem2.html

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM:
3:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Linear Predictability of the North Atlantic Ocean
Laure Zanna, Oxford
http://caos.cims.nyu.edu/page/events_colloquium

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

ANALYSIS SEMINAR:
11:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: Degenerate Obstacle Problems
Paul Feehan, Rutgers
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/analysis_seminar.html

THEORY SEMINAR:
2:00 P.M., WWH 321
Title: Convex Geometry and Lattice Probelms: New Conncetions and Algorithims
Daniel Dadush, Georgia Tech
http://cs.nyu.edu/web/Calendar/colloquium/cs_theory_seminar/

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:
5:30 P.M., NYU, Meyer Hall, Room 121
Title: The Average Size of the 2-Torsion in Class Groups of Cubic Fields
Arul Shankar, Princeton University
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~goldfeld/ScheduleJointNTS18.html
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012

PROBABILITY and MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR:
9:50 A.M., WWH 512
Title: Limit theorems for geometrical characteristics of Gaussian excursion sets
Alexey Shashkin, Moscow State University
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/probability_seminar.html

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: Spiny Disks, Flexible Fibers and Waving Rings: Explorations in Phytoplankton Fluid Dynamics
Lisa Fauci, Tulane University
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/nasc_seminars

APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR:
2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: Towards the Ultimate Solver for Wave Equations in the Time Domain
Tom Hagstrom, Southern Methodist University
http://cims.nyu.edu/ams/

MUSIC at CIMS:
5:00 P.M., WWH 13th Flr Lounge
Piano trios by Beethoven (Op. 97, "Archiduke") and Dvorak (Op. 90, "Dumky")
Ed Schonberg, piano, Urs Rutishauser, violin, Steve Flanders, cello


TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012

COB COLLOQUIUM:
12:25 P.M., WWH 102
Title: TBA
Adam Stinchcombe
http://cob.as.nyu.edu/object/cob.ne.colloquium

ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY SEMINAR:
4:00 P.M., WWH 201
Title: TBA
Charles Epstein, University of Penssylvania
http://math.nyu.edu/~koehler/algsem2.html

GEOMETRY SEMINAR:
6:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Title: How to construct a flag complex with a specified face vector
Andy Frohmader, Cornell University
http://math.nyu.edu/faculty/pollack/seminar/index.html#Spring2012

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

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

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR:
10:00 A.M., WWH 1302
Title: New numerical methods for solving the advection equation anf 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: TBA
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: TBA
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

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

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

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

APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR:
2:30 P.M., WWH 1302
Title: TBA
Eleni Katifori, Rockefeller University
http://cims.nyu.edu/ams/

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/

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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