Past Events at the University of Victoria
Past Events
- 12-Feb-08
Information Theory, Statistical Mechanics, and Predicting Jupiter's Red Spot
Information Theory, Statistical Mechanics, and Predicting Jupiter's Red Spot. Feb 12, 2008 3:00pm-4:00pm, CORNETT B111 Galileo Journey to Jupiter This lecture blends ideas from probability theory, PDE’s, numeri more››
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- 31-Jan-08
When optimization becomes irrelevant: time-inconsistency and its consequences
In optimal control, one traditionally discounts the future at a constant rate: a gain u occurring at time t>0 is valued today at u exp(-rt), where r is the discount rate. If non-constant discount rates are used, as they should more››
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- 13-Dec-07
We consider the well-known edge-disjoint path problem (EDP) where we are given a graph G and pairs of nodes (“demands”) s1t1, s2t2, . . . sktk. A subset F of {1, 2, . . . , k} is routable if there exists |F| edge-disjoint paths in G that conne more››
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- 23-Nov-07
Efficent smooth GMM through dimension reduction
We propose a new GMM criterion for models defined by conditional moment restrictions that takes into account a number of moment conditions which increases with the sample size. Our criterion allows us to reduce the dimensionality of the conditioni more››
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- 30-Jul-07
- 3-Aug-07
Summer School Tropical multiscale convective systems: Theory, modeling, and observations
This event is a 3-day summer school (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) followed by a 2-day workshop (Thursday, Friday). The aim is to bring university researchers in applied math, physics, or meteorology departments working in the area of tropical meteorol more››
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- 27-Apr-07
Symposium on Kinetic Equations and Methods
A conference in honour of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences. World leaders from diverse branches of kinetic theory will gather for an intense two-day worksh more››
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- 24-Feb-07
- 25-Feb-07
Eighth Coast Combinatorics Conference
The meeting consists of a sequence of contributed talks of 30-45 minutes in length. Some speaking slots may still be available. more››
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- 23-Jun-06
- 25-Jun-06
Western Canada Linear Algebra Meeting (WCLAM)
The 2006 Western Canada Linear Algebra Meeting (WCLAM) will be held at the University of Victoria in room C112 of the David Strong Building on June 23-24, 2006. This is the seventh in a series of meetings that have been held since 1993; the p more››
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