Sep
29
Mathematics in Sudoku
Description This presentation starts off with a short introduction of the puzzle itself, giving a few words about human-like solutions, and giving a few words about how easy it is to implement those...
Events Archive
Find an Event
Sep
28
A Linear Stochastic Volatility Model
Speaker Jacek Jakubowski Warsaw University and Warsaw Institute of Technology, Poland http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/?cookie=1 Description I introduce a special class of volatility models, namely linear...
Sep
26
Allocation of Resources under Dependencies
SpeakerHemanshu KaulIIThttp://www.math.iit.edu/~kaul/ Description We consider the problem of how to decide which projects to invest in and implement in a transportation network, so as to maximize the...
Sep
26
Recent Advances on the Numerical Solutions of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations
Event Topic: Computational Mathematics & Statistics
Sep
19
Perfect Fluid Flow from Granular Jet Impact
SpeakerWendy ZhangUniversity of µç³µÎÞÂëhttp://jfi.uchicago.edu/~wzhang/ Description Children are taught that liquids are an intermediate state of matter: they flow easily, much as gases do, yet, like...
Sep
19
Modern techniques for Nonlinear Solvers
Event Topic: Computational Mathematics & Statistics
Sep
12
Understanding Protein Electrostatics using Boundary-Integral Equations
SpeakerJaydeep BardhanRush Universityhttp://www.bu.edu/pasi/people/jaydeep-bardhan/ Description The electrostatic interactions between biological molecules play important roles determining their...
Aug
29
When does the screening effect hold?
SpeakerMichael L. SteinUniversity of µç³µÎÞÂëhttp://galton.uchicago.edu/faculty/stein.shtml Description When using optimal linear prediction to interpolate point observations of a mean square...
Aug
24
Fast Gaussian Wavepacket Transforms and Gaussian Beams for the Schrodinger Equation
SpeakerJianliang QianMichigan State Universityhttp://www.math.msu.edu/~qian/ Description We introduce a wavepacket-transform-based Gaussian beam method for solving the Schrödinger equation. We focus...
Apr
25
Optimal Delaunay Triangulations
SpeakerLong ChenUniversity of California - Irvinehttp://www.math.uci.edu/~chenlong/ Description Optimal Delaunay triangulations (ODTs) are optimal meshes minimizing the inter- polation error to a...