Past Events
Scientific, Seminar
2009 SCAIM Seminar - 12
September 15, 2009
University of British Columbia
Linear operators are at the core of many of the most basic algorithms for signal and image processing. Matlab's high-level, matrix-based language allows us to express naturally many of the underlying matrixoperations---e.g. computation of matrix...
Scientific, Seminar
2009 Probability Seminar - 13
September 4, 2009
University of British Columbia
A basic question in probabilistic potential theory is the following: Consider a random proper subset K of R^d, for what nonrandom sets A is P{K intersect A not equal 0}? In this lecture we will give some abstract results when K is the range of a...
Scientific, Seminar
2009 Probability Seminar - 14
September 4, 2009
University of British Columbia
I will first describe a result on the uniqueness of invariant distributions for a certain process of coagulation and fragmentation. This result was firstproved by Diaconis, Mayer-Wolf, Zeitouni and Zerner (2004) using representation theory, but...
Scientific, Seminar
Seminars on Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
September 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010
University of Calgary
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS West End Number Theory Seminars
September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010
University of Calgary
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS Seminar on Mathematical Modeling in Public Health
September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010
University of Alberta
Scientific, Seminar
2009 Math Biology Seminar - 12
August 31, 2009
University of British Columbia
Nonlinear dynamical systems are prevalent in systems biology, where they are often used to represent a biological system. Its dynamical behaviour is often impossible to understand by intuition alone without such mathematical models. Ideas and methods...
Scientific, Seminar
2009 Topology Seminar - 16
August 19, 2009
University of British Columbia
Conjecture: For any map from a closed 4-manifold E to a circle whose homotopy fiber has the homotopy type of a 3-manifold, there exists a fiber bundle over the circle with total space a 4-manifold homotopy equivalent to E. Theorem (joint with Shmuel...
Scientific, Seminar
2009 Topology Seminar - 15
August 7, 2009
University of British Columbia
Suppose that H is an algebraic group which is defined over a field k, and let L be the algebraic closure of k. The canonical stalk for the etale topology on k induces a simplicial set map from the classifying space B(H-tors) of the groupoid of H...
Scientific, Seminar
2009 Topology Seminar - 14
August 5, 2009
University of British Columbia
Cocycle categories give a simple, flexible way to describe morphisms in a homotopy category, provided that the underlying model structure is sufficiently well behaved. "Well behaved" model structures include simplicial sets, spectra, simplicial...