In math, one often studies random aspects of deterministic
systems and structures. In CS, one often tries to efficiently
create structures and systems with specific random-like properties.
Recent work has shown many connections between these two...
Albert Einstein is credited with the warning: "Beware of rotten
compromises." In this talk, Avishai Margalit, George F. Kennan
Professor in the School of Historical Studies, attempts to explain
and support this principle. Professor Margalit...
In these lectures we will describe the relationship between
optimal transportation and nonlinear elliptic PDE of Monge-Ampere
type, focusing on recent advances in characterizing costs and
domains for which the Monge...
