Previous Conferences & Workshops

Mar
21
2011

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Pareto Optimal Solutions for Smooth Analysts
Ryan O'Donnell
11:15am|West Bldg. Lecture Hall

Consider an optimization problem with n binary variables and d+1 linear objective functions. Each valid solution x in {0,1}^n gives rise to an objective vector in R^{d+1}, and one often wants to enumerate the Pareto optima among these. In the worst...

Mar
21
2011

Workshop on Galois Representations and Automorphic Forms

12:00am

The workshop combined background talks aimed at graduate students and post-docs with research reports on the latest developments. The workshop concentrated on the following topics:

Automorphy and potential automorphy of Galois representations and...

Mar
18
2011

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Shape Fluctuations of Growing Droplets and Random Matrix Theory
Herbert Spohn
11:30am|S-101

We explain an exact solution of the one-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation with sharp wedge initial data. Physically this solution describes the shape fluctuations of a thin film droplet formed by the stable phase expanding into the unstable...

Mar
17
2011

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

Niebur Integrals and Mock Automorphic Forms
Wladimir de Azevedo Pribitkin
4:30pm|S-101

Among the bounty of brilliancies bequeathed to humanity by Srinivasa Ramanujan, the circle method and the notion of mock theta functions strike wonder and spark intrigue in number theorists fresh and seasoned alike. The former creation was honed to...