Previous Conferences & Workshops

Jan
20
2009

Geometric PDE Seminar

Non-Local Minimal surfaces
Jean-Michel Roquejoffre
3:30pm|S-101

We discuss the local properties of the boundaries of sets whose indicator function is a local minimizer of a Sobolev norm of exponent strictly less than 1/2. It turns out that one devise a regularity that parallels very much that of de Giorgi for...

Jan
20
2009

Geometric PDE Seminar

Fractional Diffusion Limit for Kinetic Equations
Antoine Mellet
2:00pm|S-101

We will discuss diffusion limits for linear Boltzmann equations. When the equilibrium distribution function is a Maxwellian distribution, it is well known that for an appropriate time scale, the small mean free path limit gives rise to a diffusion...

Jan
20
2009

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Resilient and Equilibrium-Less Mechanism Design
Silvio Micali and Paul Valiant
10:30am|S-101

Mechanism design is not robust. It traditionally guarantees a desired property "at equilibrium", but an equilibrium is by definition very fragile: it only guarantees that no INDIVIDUAL player can profitably deviate from his envisaged strategy. Two...

Jan
19
2009

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Noise-Resilient Group Testing: Limitations and Constructions
Mahdi Cheraghchi
11:15am|S-101

We study combinatorial group testing schemes for learning d-sparse boolean vectors using highly unreliable disjunctive measurements. We consider an adversarial noise model that only limits the number of false observations, and show that any noise...

Jan
15
2009

Mini-Course in Geometric PDE

Issues in Homogenization for Problems with Nondivergence Structure
3:30pm|S-101

When we look at a differential equation in a very irregular media (composite material, mixed solutions, etc.) from very close, we may see a very complicated problem. However, if we look from far away we may not see the details and the problem may...

Jan
15
2009

Mini-Course in Geometric PDE

Issues in Homogenization for Problems with Nondivergence Structure
2:00pm|S-101

When we look at a differential equation in a very irregular media (composite material, mixed solutions, etc.) from very close, we may see a very complicated problem. However, if we look from far away we may not see the details and the problem may...

Jan
13
2009

Geometric PDE Seminar

Minimally Invasive Surgery for Ricci Flow Singularities
Don Knopf
3:00pm|S-101

If a solution (M,g(t)) of Ricci flow develops a local singularity at a finite time T , then there is a proper subset S of M on which the curvature becomes infinite as time approaches T . Existing approaches to Ricci-flow-with-surgery, due to...

Jan
13
2009

Geometric PDE Seminar

Blow-Up Profile for Q-Curvature Equations
Yongzhang Xu
2:00pm|S-101

In this talk, I will describe the blow-up profile for Q-curvature equations and related work.