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Spring 2009

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Scattered Data Approximation on the Sphere and Application to Texture Analysis Link: View Poster
Speaker: Frank Filbir
Time: Friday, January 23, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Place: MSB 403 (UConn - Storrs)
Additional Comments: Extra seminar - note not usual time or place!

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Generalized lower Ricci bounds for hypoelliptic operators Link: View Poster
Speaker: Fabrice Baudoin (Purdue)
Time: Friday, January 23, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Algebra Seminar
The Projective Limit of Measures Link: View Poster
Speaker: Philip Lombardo (University of Connecticut)
Time: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Two Things Every Actuary Should Know and Doesn’t Link: View Poster
Speaker: James Bridgeman (University of Connecticut)
Time: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Extracting local information in images. Link: View Poster
Speaker: Triet Le (Yale University)
Time: Friday, January 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

UConn Math Club
The 15 Puzzle and Rubik's Cube Link: View Poster
Speaker: Keith Conrad (University of Connecticut)
Time: Monday, February 2, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Refreshments
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

UConn Math Club
Graphs and Fractals Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ben Steinhurst (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Refreshments
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Colloquium
Matrix problems arising from symbolic dynamics Link: View Poster
Speaker: Mike Boyle (University of Maryland, College Park)
Faculty Sponsor: Michael Neumann
Time: Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium
Geometry and Randomness in Fluid Mechanics Link: View Poster
Speaker: Rajeev S. G. (University of Rochester)
Faculty Sponsor: Maria Gordina
Time: Friday, February 6, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: This is joint with Analysis and Probability seminar

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Geometry and Randomness in Fluid Mechanics Link: View Poster
Speaker: S. G. Rajeev (University of Rochester)
Time: Friday, February 6, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: This is a Colloquium/AP talk. Graduate students encouraged to attend!

PDE and Image Analysis Seminar
Stabilized Finite Element Solutions to the Advection-Dominated Optimal Control Problems Link: View Poster
Speaker: Dmitriy Leykekhman (University of Connecticut)
Time: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Algebra Seminar
A Characteristic Property of Quadratic Orders Link: View Poster
Speaker: Keith Conrad (University of Connecticut)
Time: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Enterprise Risk Management - Creating New Opportunities for Actuaries Link: View Poster
Speaker: Francis Sabatini (retired, formerly with Ernst & Young)
Time: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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Mathematics Education
Part 1: Peer Tutoring at the Quantitative Learning Center Link: View Poster
Speaker: Alvaro Lozano-Robledo and Tom Roby (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 215 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: This is the first of a two-part presentation. Second part is scheduled for Wednesday, February 18.
Additional Comments: NOTICE ROOM: MSB 215

UConn Math Club
Almost All Numbers are Normal Link: View Poster
Speaker: John Haga (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Refreshments
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Colloquium
The Importance of Rank Link: View Poster
Speaker: Gilbert Strang (MIT)
Faculty Sponsor: Michael Neumann
Time: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: This is a colloquium in memory of Izzi Koltracht

Mathematics Education
Part 2: UConn's Quantitative Learning Center: Research and Future Directions Link: View Poster
Speaker: Alvaro Lozano-Robledo and Tom Roby (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 215 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: This is the second of a two-part presentation. First part is scheduled for Wednesday, February 11.
Additional Comments: NOTICE ROOM: MSB 215

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar
Panel: How to get started on Research Link: View Poster
Speaker: Many Speakers (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club
Euler and the Basel Problem Link: View Poster
Speaker: Paul Ellis (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Refreshments
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Gaussian type measures on infinite-dimensional Heisenberg groups Link: View Poster
Speaker: Maria Gordina (University of Connecticut)
Time: Friday, February 20, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Logic Seminar
Do you know how much you know? Link: View Poster
Speaker: Rebecca Weber (Dartmouth)
Time: Monday, February 23, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Place: Exley Science Center 618 (Wesleyan University)

Algebra Seminar
Computing the canonical lift of an elliptic curve Link: View Poster
Speaker: Reinier Broker (Microsoft Research)
Time: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Waking Up to Retirement Risks – Seeking Guaranteed Income for Life Link: View Poster
Speaker: Gregory Smith (UConn/Conning Research & Consulting)
Time: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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Mathematics Education
Blogging for Education Link: View Poster
Speaker: Stephen Miller (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 215 (UConn - Storrs)

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar
Infinite Galois Theory Link: View Poster
Speaker: Keith Conrad (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club
Recurrence and Transience in Random Walks Link: View Poster
Speaker: Iddo Ben-Ari (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Refreshments
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Colloquium
Hyperbolic Billiards and Large Deviations Link: View Poster
Speaker: Luc Rey-Bellet (University of Massachusets, Amherst)
Faculty Sponsor: Maria Gordina
Time: Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: The talk is intended for a general audience, graduate students welcome.

Actuarial Science Seminar
The Effect of PBA (Principle Based Approach to reserves and capital) on Actuarial Software Link: View Poster
Speaker: Charlie Linn (Milliman, Inc.)
Time: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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S.I.G.M.A. Seminar
Slaying the Hydra Link: View Poster
Speaker: Paul Ellis (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club
The Vigenere Cipher Link: View Poster
Speaker: Jeremy Teitelbaum (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Refreshments
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Colloquium
Poincare inequality on infinite dimensional spaces Link: View Poster
Speaker: Xue-Mei Li (University of Warwick/ Courant Institute)
Faculty Sponsor: Maria Gordina
Time: Friday, March 6, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Link: View Poster
Speaker: Xue-Mei Li (University of Warwick/ Courant Institute)
Time: Friday, March 6, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: This is a colloquium and AP seminar. See Colloquium page for details

Colloquium
A "weak convergence" alternative to Harris chains Link: View Poster
Speaker: Martin Hairer (Courant Institute)
Time: Friday, March 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

UConn Math Club
Symposium for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences Link: View Poster
Speaker: Many Speakers
Time: Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (Brown University)
Comments: 
Banquet Dinner  	Partially Funded by USG

Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

PDE and Image Analysis Seminar
Non-rigid matching models based on Hellinger distance Link: View Poster
Speaker: Pengwen Chen (University of Connecticut)
Time: Monday, March 16, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 403 (UConn - Storrs)

Algebra Seminar
Eisenstien series on loop groups Link: View Poster
Speaker: Kyu-Hwan Lee (University of Connecticut)
Time: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Integrated Financial Planning Link: View Poster
Speaker: Jay Vadiveloo (UConn/Watson Wyatt)
Time: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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S.I.G.M.A. Seminar
The Bridge between Elliptic Curves and Modular Forms Link: View Poster
Speaker: Alvaro Lozano-Robledo (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club
Benford's Law Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ander Steele (BU)
Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: 
Free Refreshments    Partially Funded by USG

Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Colloquium
Locally analytic representation theory of p-adic groups Link: View Poster
Speaker: Jeremy Teitelbaum (University of Connecticut)
Faculty Sponsor: Maria Gordina
Time: Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Relationships between Combinatorial Measurements and Orlicz Norms. Link: View Poster
Speaker: Lin Ge (University of Connecticut)
Time: Friday, March 20, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Algebra Seminar
Class numbers of ray class fields of imaginary quadratic fields Link: View Poster
Speaker: Omer Kucuksakalli (University of Massachusetts--Amherst)
Time: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Payout Annuity Reserving and Financial Reporting Link: View Poster
Speaker: Matthew Wininger (Hartford Life)
Time: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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UConn Math Club
Connecting the Dots: the Art of Interpolation Link: View Poster
Speaker: Glenn Stevens (BU)
Time: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: 
Free Refreshments    Partially Funded by USG

Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Multiparameter martingale approximation in limit theorems for random fields Link: View Poster
Speaker: Mikhail Gordin
Time: Friday, March 27, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Mathematics Education
A Perspective of Experts in Mathematics on Understanding the First-Year Calculus Link: View Poster
Speaker: Kimberly Santucci Sofronas (Emmanuel College)
Time: Monday, March 30, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: Gentry 142 (UConn - Storrs)

Algebra Seminar
Mixed motives of curves Link: View Poster
Speaker: Donghoon Park (Brown University)
Time: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Monitoring Changes in Capital and Hedge Effectiveness Under Fair Value Accounting Principles Link: View Poster
Speaker: Louis Lombardi (University of Connecticut)
Time: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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S.I.G.M.A. Seminar
What is a quantum group? Link: View Poster
Speaker: Kyu-Hwan Lee (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club
Bachet's Equation: Its Arithmetic and Geometry Link: View Poster
Speaker: Russell Prime (UConn)
Time: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Refreshments
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Analysis and Probability Seminar
The construction of a Brownian motion on the group Diff(S^1) Link: View Poster
Speaker: Mang Wu (University of Connecticut)
Time: Friday, April 3, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

UConn Math Club
Disease Detection and the Distance Formula Link: View Poster
Speaker: Rachel Schwell (Central Conn. State Univ.)
Time: Monday, April 6, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: 
Free Refreshments   Partially Funded by USG     Note the talk is on Monday!

Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Algebra Seminar
Clusters in terms of reduced expressions in Weyl groups Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ralf Schiffler (University of Connecticut)
Time: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
What My Company Knows That Yours Doesn't Link: View Poster
Speaker: Michael Braunstein
Time: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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S.I.G.M.A. Seminar
TEA & TOAST, Knots & Molecules in Animation, Simulation & Visualization Link: View Poster
Speaker: Thomas Peters (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

Colloquium
New connections between the function space BMO (bounded mean oscillation) and absolute continuity of elliptic measure. Link: View Poster
Speaker: Jill Pipher (Brown University )
Faculty Sponsor: Erin Terwilleger
Time: Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Critical exponents for Brownian motion and random walk Link: View Poster
Speaker: Brigitta Vermesi (University of Rochester)
Time: Friday, April 10, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 403 (UConn - Storrs)

PDE and Image Analysis Seminar
Transonic problems in 2-dimensional conservation laws Link: View Poster
Speaker: EunHeui Kim (California State University at Long Beach)
Time: Monday, April 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 403 (UConn - Storrs)

Algebra Seminar
Two-dimensional integration via model theory (without any model theory) Link: View Poster
Speaker: Matthew Morrow (University of Nottingham/Harvard University)
Time: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Actuaries: Risk is Opportunity Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ken Guthrie and Jim Miles (Society of Actuaries)
Time: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Place: PB 38 (UConn - Storrs)
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S.I.G.M.A. Seminar
An Introduction to the Feynman Integral Link: View Poster
Speaker: Matthew Cecil (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS) and Coffee at 4:15

UConn Math Club
Experiences Teaching Math Link: View Poster
Speaker: UConn Alumni
Time: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Refreshments
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Colloquium
Great Moments of the Riemann zeta function Link: View Poster
Speaker: Jennifer Beineke (Western New England College)
Faculty Sponsor: Keith Conrad
Time: Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: IMS 20 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: This is a part of the Awards Day Ceremony. Everyone is welcome!

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Amenability Properties of Hypergroup Algebras Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ahmadreza Azimifard (Stony Brook University)
Time: Friday, April 17, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Logic Seminar
A finite automaton perspective on linear orders Link: View Poster
Speaker: Mia Minnes (MIT)
Time: Monday, April 20, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Place: Exley Science Center 618 (Wesleyan University)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Credit Risk: An Insurer’s Perspective Link: View Poster
Speaker: Clayton Cutler and Paul Joss (HIMCO)
Time: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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S.I.G.M.A. Seminar
Geometric VOA Link: View Poster
Speaker: Jonathan Axtell (University of Connecticut)
Time: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS) and Coffee at 4:15

UConn Math Club
A Mathematician's Dream: From Idea to Company - The Adventure of Following Your Dream Link: View Poster
Speaker: Thomas J. McCabe (McCabe Software)
Time: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Place: CLAS 105 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: Pizza will be served after talk in CLAS 420. Graduate students and students in computer science, business, and statistics are welcome.
Additional Comments: Email: uconnmathclub@gmail.com      Facebook group: UConn Math Club

Analysis and Probability Seminar
Evolutions systems of measures for non-autonomous Ornstein-Uhlenbeck SDEs. Link: View Poster
Speaker: Robert Wooster (University of Connecticut)
Time: Friday, April 24, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium
On the Probability that two Combinatorial Objects are Similar Link: View Poster
Speaker: Miklos Bona (University of Florida)
Faculty Sponsor: Tom Roby
Time: Friday, April 24, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
Overview of the Annuity Marketplace Link: View Poster
Speaker: Hubert Mueller (Towers Perrin)
Time: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)
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Analysis and Probability Seminar
Another look at the Grothendieck inequality Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ron Blei (University of Connecticut)
Time: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)
Comments: This will be a gentle introduction to some ongoing work - graduate students are encouraged to attend!

PDE and Image Analysis Seminar
Recent results for Special Lagrangian equations Link: View Poster
Speaker: Yu Yuan (Institute for Advanced Study)
Time: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar
An Analysis of the Embedded Options in a Variable Annuity Contract with Investment Guarantees - postponed for some other time Link: View Poster
Speaker: Tom Murawski (joint with Louis Lombardi) (University of Connecticut)
Time: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Place: MSB 411 (UConn - Storrs)