2012 Scientific Events

  • 13-Dec-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Anais Khuong

TBD   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Dec-12
  • 13-Dec-12

Graph Spectra and Quantum Walks

Graph Spectra and Quantum Walks   more››

University of Calgary

  • 12-Dec-12

IQIS Seminar: Nicolas Brunner

The structure of quantum states   more››

University of Calgary

  • 11-Dec-12

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Brendan Pass

Multi-marginal optimal transport and multi-agent matching problems: uniqueness and structure of solutions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Dec-12
  • 13-Dec-12

Device-independent quantum information processing

Device-independent quantum information processing   more››

University of Calgary

  • 7-Dec-12

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Rouslan Krechetnikov

Weak ellipticity: why lubrication approximation works better than expected and how disturbances can propagate upstream in supersonic flows?   more››

University of Alberta

  • 5-Dec-12

PIMS CRG Distinguished Speaker: Faith Ellen

Faster than Optimal Snapshots (for a While)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Dec-12
  • 13-Dec-12
  • 5-Dec-12

IQIS Seminar: Petr Lisonek

Algebraic and Combinatorial Quantum Codes   more››

University of Calgary

  • 5-Dec-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: David Roe

More on Log structures in algebraic geometry   more››

University of Calgary

  • 5-Dec-12
  • 6-Dec-12

Open Problems in Mathematical Epidemiology

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Dec-12

Probability Seminar: Linan Chen

Gaussian Free Fields and KPZ Relation in R^4   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Dec-12

Calgary Turing Centenary Lecture Series: Nicole Wyatt

Turing and Intelligent Machines   more››

University of Calgary

  • 1-Dec-12
  • 2-Dec-12

Cascade Topology Seminar

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

  • 30-Nov-12

PIMS Distinguished Speakers Series: Heinz Bauschke

An Invitation to Projection Models   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 30-Nov-12

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Yinnian He

Implicit/Explicit Schemes for the Navier-Stokes Equations   more››

University of Alberta

  • 28-Nov-12

Probability Seminar: Joe Neeman

Robust Gaussian noise stability   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Nov-12

ABC Seminar: Soroosh Yazdan

Log structures in algebraic geometry, continued   more››

University of Calgary

  • 27-Nov-12

Coast to Coast Seminar Series

Contaminants, climate and the Arctic Ocean: What can we do in this sea of change?   more››

University of Victoria

  • 26-Nov-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: John Calabrese

Donaldson-Thomas invariants and birational transformations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Nov-12

Pims Visiting Scholar Speaker Series: Chris Godwil

Continuous Quantum Walks on Graphs   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 23-Nov-12

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Xiaosheng Zhuang

Sparse Approximation, Directional Representation Systems, and Mathematical Imaging   more››

University of Alberta

  • 22-Nov-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Joshua Zukewich

Learning Grammar with Neural Nets   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Nov-12

Topology Seminar: Alejandro Adem

Cohomology and K-theory of Crystallographic Groups II   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Nov-12

Probability Seminar: Geoffrey Grimmett

Counting self-avoiding walks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Nov-12
  • 22-Nov-12

ABC Seminar: Soroosh Yazdan

Log structures in algebraic geometry   more››

University of Calgary

  • 20-Nov-12

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Jérôme Bertrand

On analytical properties of Alexandrov spaces.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Nov-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Masoud Kamgarpour

Ramified Satake Isomorphisms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Nov-12

Combinatorial Potlatch 2012

Ron Graham, University of California, San DiegoTitle: The Combinatorics of Solving Linear EquationsAbstract: One of the fundamental topics in combinatorics inv   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 16-Nov-12

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Qun Mo

On Measurement Matrix in Compressed Sensing   more››

University of Alberta

  • 15-Nov-12

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Jan Vondrak

Submodular Functions and Their Applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Nov-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: William Carlquist

A computationally Efficient Method for Solving Reaction Diffusion Equations in Rod-Cell Geometry   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Nov-12

Topology Seminar: Alejandro Adem

Cohomology and K-theory of Crystallographic Groups I   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Nov-12

Probability Seminar: Yan-Xia Ren

Strong law of large numbers for superprocesses   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Nov-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Olivier Benoist

Codimension 2 complete intersections in P^N have a natural parameter space that is a projective bundle over a projective space given by the data of the two equations. In this talk, we will be interested in the birational geometry of this paramete   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Nov-12

SCAIM Seminar: Tim Rees

The numerical solution of the Taylor-Goldstein equation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Nov-12

Coast to Coast Seminar Series

Two of the strongest environmental laws in the country, the Fisheries Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, were significantly altered with the recent passing of the federal omnibus budget bill. Join us for a discussion about the ramific   more››

University of Calgary

  • 13-Nov-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Yunfeng Jiang

On the Crepant Transformation Conjecture   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Nov-12
  • 8-Nov-12

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Judeah Pearl

The Mathematics of Cause and Effect   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Nov-12
  • 8-Nov-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Omer Dushek

Non-catalytic tyrosine-phosphorylated receptors   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Nov-12

Probability Seminar: Eviatar Procaccia

Asymptotic behavior of the Cheeger constant of super-critical percolation in the square lattice   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Nov-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Amnon Yekutieli

Residues and Duality for Schemes and Stacks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Nov-12
  • 3-Nov-12
  • 1-Nov-12

2012 Hugh C. Morris Lecture: Henri Darmon (McGill)

Title: Numbers and Shapes Abstract: Number theory is concerned with Diophantine equations and their solutions, encoded in discrete structures involving integers, rational numbers  or algebraic quantities. Topology studie   more››

University of Calgary

  • 1-Nov-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Jun Allard

Actin traveling waves in motile cells   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Oct-12

Topology Seminar: Benedict Williams

The Brauer Group and Obstruction Theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Oct-12

SCAIM Seminar: Hassan Mansour

Reweighted algorithms for sparse signal recovery.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Oct-12

PIMS / AMI / Mechanical Engineering Seminar

On the mechanics and mathematics of bodies described by implicit constitutive equations   more››

University of Alberta

  • 29-Oct-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Jesse Wolfson

Strictifying Higher Principal Bundles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Oct-12
  • 26-Oct-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Marianna Csörnyei (U.Chicago)

Differentiability of Lipschitz functions and tangents of sets.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Oct-12

PIMS / AMI Seminar

A stochastic conjugate gradient method for the approximation of functions   more››

University of Alberta

  • 26-Oct-12

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Natalia L. Komarova

How cooperation and defection accelerate evolution   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Oct-12

PIMS Distinguished Speaker: Bryan L. Shader

Construction of matrices with a given graph and prescribed interlaced spectral data   more››

University of Victoria

  • 25-Oct-12
  • 29-Oct-12
  • 25-Oct-12
  • 24-Oct-12

Probability Seminar: Mark McDonnell

Why does clustered network connectivity give rise to bistable neuronal dynamics in simulations of large networks of cortical neurons, driven by Poisson spike trains?   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Oct-12

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Quentin Mérigot

Non-differentiability locus of distance functions and Federer's curvature measures   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Oct-12

PIMS Speaker Series (Part II) : Peter Schneider

Iwahori-Hecke algebras are Gorenstein   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Oct-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Edward Richmond

Eigenvalues of hermitian matrices and equivariant cohomology of Grassmannians   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Oct-12

PIMS/UBC Math Dept: 2012 Grad Student/Postdoc Job Forum

Forum for postdocs or graduate students applying for jobs this year or next.  Gain valuable and useful information about the application process   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Oct-12

PIMS Distinguished Speaker:Branko Grünbaum

Simplicial Arrangements   more››

University of Victoria

  • 18-Oct-12

MITACS/PIMS Mathematical Biology Seminar: Dan Coombs

HIV, antibodies and neutralization   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Oct-12

Probability Seminar: Gourab Ray

Half planar triangulations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Oct-12

Topology Seminar: Cihan Okay

Homotopy colimits of classifying spaces of finite groups and K-theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Oct-12

PIMS Speaker Series (Part I): Peter Schneider

Iwahori-Hecke algebras are Gorenstein   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Oct-12

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Christian Sadel

Absolutely continuous spectrum for random Schrödinger operators on tree-strips of finite cone-type.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Oct-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Colleen Robles

Singular loci of cominuscule Schubert varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Oct-12

Northwest Probability Seminar 2012

This is the 14th Northwest Probability Seminar, a one-day mini-conference organized by the University of Washington, the Oregon State University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Oregon, and the Theory Group at Microsoft Re   more››

Microsoft Research

  • 12-Oct-12
  • 14-Oct-12

IGTC in Mathematical Biology Annual Summit

This year's annual summit celebrates graduate students and their research in mathematical biology at PIMS universities through three main scientific events: - research talk and graduate-level workshop in interacting particle sys   more››

Naramata Centre, Naramata, BC

  • 11-Oct-12

MITACS/PIMS Mathematical Biology Seminar: Stilianos Louca

Nursery pollination mutualisms as evolutionary traps - A population-genetical mean-field model.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Oct-12

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Tom Ball

Advances in Automated Theorem Proving: Symbolic Automata, Nonlinear Arithmetic over the Reals, and Fixedpoint Calculation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Oct-12

Number Theory Seminar: Jason Bell

On a problem about Mahler functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Oct-12

Alan Turing Celebration Lecture: Leslie Valiant

Alan Turing Celebration Lecture: Leslie Valiant - Biological Evolution as a Form of Learning   more››

University of Victoria

  • 10-Oct-12

Topology Seminar: Yuri Burda

Topology meets essential dimension   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Oct-12

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Tai-Peng Tsai

Forward Discrete Self-Similar Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Oct-12

PIMS / AMI Seminar: K. Boehmer

Convergence for General Full Discretizations of Center Manifolds for Parabolic Differential Equations   more››

University of Alberta

  • 6-Oct-12

West Coast Optimization Meeting

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Oct-12

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Matthew Kahle

Topology of Random Flag Complexes   more››

University of Washington

  • 4-Oct-12

MITACS/PIMS Mathematical Biology Seminar: Hildur Knutsdottir

A 3D computational individual cell based model to study the motility of breast cancer cells   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Oct-12

Number Theory Seminar: Alon Levy

Attracting cycles and critical orbits on Berkovich spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Oct-12

PIMS-CSC Seminar: Peter Minev

Massively parallel discretizations for incompressible flow   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 3-Oct-12

Topology Seminar: Tali Pinsky

Knotted geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Oct-12

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Jun Kitagawa

On the degeneracy of optimal transportation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Oct-12

SCAIM Seminar: David Sidilkover

Factorizable methods for fluid flow: overview and current state of development   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Oct-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Mathieu Huruguen

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Sep-12

Joint UBC/SFU Graduate Student Seminar in Statistics

Joslin GohTitle: Prediction and Calibration Using Outputs From Multiple SimulatorsAbstract: Deterministic simulators are widely used to describe physical processes in lieu of physical observations. In some cases, mor   more››

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 28-Sep-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Eva Bayer (EPFL Lausanne)

Quadratic forms and finite groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Sep-12

Number Theory Seminar: Eva Bayer Fluckiger

Upper bounds for Euclidean minima   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Sep-12

MITACS/PIMS Mathematical Biology Seminar:Florence Debarre

Evolution of social behaviour in spatially structured populations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Sep-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Ben Green (Cambridge)

On the Sylvester-Gallai Theorem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Sep-12

Topology and related seminars: Man Chuen Cheng

A Duality Theorem for Quotient Stacks with respect to Morava K-theory, Part II   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Sep-12

Math Bio Seminar: Wes Maciejewski

Fixation Probability and Inclusive Fitness   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Sep-12

7th Annual Richard & Louise Guy Lecture: Ravi Vakil

The Mathematics of Doodling   more››

University of Calgary

  • 20-Sep-12
  • 19-Sep-12
  • 21-Sep-12
  • 19-Sep-12

Topology Seminar: Keiko Kawamuro

Open book foliation and fractional Dehn twist coefficient   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Sep-12

SCAIM Seminar: Nathan Krislock

Semidefinite Optimization, Euclidean Distance Matrices, andCombinatorial Optimization   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Sep-12

CSC-PIMS Seminar: Richard Lockhart

David Blackwell:  Probability, Statistics, Games and Measure.   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 13-Sep-12

Modeling Cell Boundary Dynamics: Mark Zajac

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Sep-12

PIMS-VanBUG Seminar: Dr. Katherine Pollard

Quantifying taxonomic and functional diversity of metagenomes from next-generation sequencing data   more››

Vancouver, BC

  • 10-Sep-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Atsushi Kanazawa

Trilinear forms and Chern classes of Calabi-Yau threefolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Sep-12

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Gabriel Koch

Blow-up of critical Besov norms at a Navier-Stokes singularity   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Sep-12

Probability Seminar: Roland Bauerschmidt

Finite range decomposition of Gaussian fields   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Aug-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Lecture Series: Robert McCann

Multisector matching with cognitive and social skills: a stylized model for education, work and marriage   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Aug-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Lecture: Robert McCann

Optimal transportation with capacity constraints (the work with Jonathan Korman)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Aug-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Lecture: Robert McCann

A glimpse into the differential geometry and topology of optimal transportation.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Aug-12

Miniconference on Combinatorial Models

 Combinatorial structures arising as discrete mathematical models of physical phenomena are increasingly found lurking at the interface of mathematics and other sci   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 8-Aug-12

SFU Computational Math Day

Simon Fraser University

  • 8-Aug-12
  • 10-Aug-12

24th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG)

Computational Geometry   more››

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

  • 7-Aug-12
  • 10-Aug-12

Alberta-British Columbia Seminar in Harmonic Analysis

Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Aug-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Anja Richter

“Explicit solutions to BSDEs and utility maximization in multivariate affine stochastic volatility models”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 30-Jul-12

Special Topology Seminar - Jon Carlson, University of Georgia

Classifying thick subcategories of the stable category   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jul-12
  • 10-Aug-12

Gene Golub SIAM Summer School

Monterey, California

  • 27-Jul-12
  • 5-Aug-12

Summer School and Conference in Cohomology and Support in Representation Theory and Related Topics

Cohomology and support in representations theory,  Commutative algebra,  Triangulated categories and related topics.   more››

University of Washington

  • 25-Jul-12

PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture: An Octahedral Gem Hidden in Newton's Three Body Problem

 An Octahedral Gem Hidden in Newton’s Three Body Problem  The three-body problem of Newton has singularities and symmetries. Singularities arise from collisions. McGehee [1974] showed how to eliminate the tr   more››

Fields Institute

  • 24-Jul-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Professor Yu Mishura, Kiev National University

“On drift parameter estimation in the models with long-range dependence”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 23-Jul-12
  • 27-Jul-12

Fluid Dynamics Summer School

Fluid dynamics refers to the motion of liquids and gases as well as more exotic deformable states of matter including plasmas, magma, slurries, etc. Modern fluid dynamics research is a paradigm of multi-disciplinary science, combining flow experim   more››

University of Alberta

  • 16-Jul-12
  • 21-Jul-12

West Coast Algebraic Topology Summer School

The scientific goal is to provide a modern introduction to algebraic K-theory, with the aim of bringing participants to the research frontier. In particular,the workshop will focus on   the current understanding and interpr   more››

Stanford University

  • 12-Jul-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Philippe Laurençot

“Phase-field approximation to Willmore flows with constraints”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 11-Jul-12
  • 15-Jul-12

Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference 2012

University of British Columbia, Okanagan

  • 6-Jul-12

Special Geometry Seminar: Laurent Meersseman

"Polarized CR-structures"     more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Jul-12
  • 27-Jul-12
  • 2-Jul-12
  • 13-Jul-12

2012 AMSI/ANU/UQ Australian Winter School

University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

  • 2-Jul-12
  • 20-Jul-12

UW RTG IPDE Summer School 2012

 Research Training Group Inverse Problems and Partial Differential Equations  A three-week summer school giving advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students the opportunity to study with the   more››

University of Washington

  • 26-Jun-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Tony Huynh

Intertwining Connectivities in Matroids   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Jun-12
  • 28-Jun-12

9th PIMS Young Researchers Conference

The PIMS YRC is a unique and important opportunity for young graduate students in mathematics and statistics from PIMS universities to meet their peers and discover the wide range of research currently undertaken in Western Canada and the Pacific   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-Jun-12
  • 26-Jun-12
  • 25-Jun-12
  • 6-Jul-12

Séminaire de Mathématiques Supérieures: Probabilistic Combinatorics

Chance has no place in well-planned methodologies. Every i should be dotted, every t should be crossed. In combinatorics, at least, nothing could be further from the truth. Probabilistic methods have played an ever increasing r   more››

Université de Montréal

  • 25-Jun-12

Math of Planet Earth Public Lectures: Ron Dembo

Using Mathematics to Combat Climate Change   more››

University of Toronto

  • 24-Jun-12

Math of Planet Earth Public Lectures: David Earn

Puzzles in the Patterns of Plagues   more››

University of Toronto

  • 24-Jun-12

Math of Planet Earth Public Lectures: L. Mahadevan

Motility: molecules, mechanics, mathematics and machines   more››

University of Toronto

  • 22-Jun-12
  • 20-Jun-12

PIMS/CSC Weekly Seminar: Usman Alim

Data Processing on the Body-Centered Cubic Lattice   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Jun-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Ryuhei Uehara

The Graph Isomorphism Problem on Geometric graphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Jun-12
  • 22-Jun-12
  • 12-Jun-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Petr Skoda and Sophie Burrill

Petr Škoda -- Title: Obstructions of connectivity 2 for embedding graphs into the torus  Sophie Burrill -- Title: Generating trees for partitions and permutations with no k-nestings     more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 11-Jun-12
  • 12-Jun-12

Stability Workshop

The stability of coherent structure and patterns.  Stability plays an essential role in many branches of science and engineering, including several aspects of fluid mechanics, high-speed transmission of information, and feasibil   more››

University of Washington

  • 7-Jun-12
  • 9-Jun-12

Theory Canada 7

University of Lethbridge

  • 5-Jun-12

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium: Karl Dilcher

Stern poynomials, Fibonacci numbers, and continued fractions   more››

University of Calgary

  • 5-Jun-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Bruce Shepherd

Maximum Throughput versus Minimum Congestion in DisjointPath Problems in Planar Graphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 5-Jun-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Fernando Pestana da Costa

“A nonautonomous predator-prey system arising from coagulation theory: is it of any use in biomathematics?”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 5-Jun-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Amr Helmy

Monolithic Semiconductor Circuits for Frequency Conversion & Quantum Photonics   more››

University of Calgary

  • 4-Jun-12
  • 29-Jun-12

PIMS-Mprime Summer School in Probability 2012

There will be two main courses, given by Omer Angel and Gregory Miermont. There will be a number of invited talks. Participants will have an option of giving a presentation as well. Omer Angel - Interacting particle syste   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Jun-12
  • 6-Jun-12
  • 31-May-12
  • 1-Jun-12

The Workshop on Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras

This is a satellite event to the 2012 Summer Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society that will take place from June 2 to 4, and it will continue into that meeting as a Special Session on the same topic.   more››

University of Regina

  • 29-May-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Tamon Stephen

The width of 4-prismatoids   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 29-May-12
  • 1-Jun-12

Connections between Algebra and Geometry

This workshop will introduce participants to current research topics in the intersection of Algebra and Geometry   more››

University of Regina

  • 28-May-12

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium: Henry Wolkowicz

Sensor Network Localization   more››

University of Calgary

  • 28-May-12

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium: Dimitris Bertsimas

A computationally tractable theory of performance analysis in stochastic systems   more››

University of Calgary

  • 28-May-12
  • 30-May-12
  • 25-May-12
  • 24-May-12

2012 Niven Lecture: On growth and form: geometry, physics and biology

The diversity of form in living beings led Darwin to state that it is "enough to drive the sanest man mad". How can we describe this variety? How can we predict it?  Motivated by biological observations on different scales from molecules t   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-May-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Hubert de Guise

SU(3) Squeezing: quantum and semiclassical perspectives   more››

University of Calgary

  • 22-May-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Steve Chaplick

Bend-Bounded Path Intersection Graphs: Sausages, Noodles, and Waffles on a Grill   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 18-May-12

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Bruce Reznick

The Secret Lives of Polynomial Identities   more››

University of Washington

  • 17-May-12
  • 27-May-12

PIMS-Mprime-CDM Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases

The scientific program of the summer school consists of a variety of formats including short courses, case studies, public lectures and group projects.  For details, please refer to the official website below.   more››

University of Alberta

  • 15-May-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Bruce Sagan

TBA   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 14-May-12
  • 16-May-12

International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic

The symposium encompasses all aspects of multiple-valued logic, including but not limited to:&   more››

University of Victoria

  • 12-May-12
  • 13-May-12
  • 11-May-12

PIMS/CSC Weekly Seminar: Chiara Piccolo and Mike Cullen

Adaptive mesh method in the Met Office variational data assimilation system   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-May-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Vkhtang Putkaradze

CANCELED.   Geometric mechanics at the nanoscale   more››

University of Alberta

  • 5-May-12
  • 6-May-12

Pacific Northwest Geometry Seminar

Abstracts for the talks: 1. Toti Daskalapoulos------------------------Title:  Ancient solutions of the Yamabe flow Abstract: We construct new ancient compact solutions of the Yamabe flow. Our ap   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-May-12
  • 5-May-12

2012 Prairie Discrete Math Workshop

University of Calgary

  • 3-May-12
  • 4-May-12

Alberta Colleges Mathematics Conference and North South Dialogue in Mathematics

The Alberta Colleges Mathematics Conference presents talks about the teaching issues specific to the colleges and their math course offerings. This is an opportunity to meet with colleagues from Alberta’s post-secondary institutions primarily,   more››

University of Alberta

  • 2-May-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Harry Buhrman

Position-based cryptography   more››

University of Calgary

  • 1-May-12
  • 31-May-12

Mathematical Cell Biology Graduate (Web-Based) Summer Course

Tentative list of topics    Pattern formation and cellular polarization   Intracellular signaling   Microscopy methods and biological data analysis    Biopolymers and assembly kinetics      more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Apr-12
  • 29-Apr-12

Cascade Topology Seminar

This event will celebrate Dale Rolfsen's 70th birthday. There will be a special conference dinner.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Apr-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Alain Aspect

Hanbury Brown and Twiss and other Quantum Correlations: from Photons to Atoms   more››

University of Calgary

  • 26-Apr-12

Number Theory Seminar: Asif Zaman

Escape of mass on Hilbert modular surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Apr-12
  • 29-Apr-12

26th Automorphic Forms Workshop

During the last few years, the workshop has facilitated discussions on a variety of topics of interest to college and university faculty. Topics in the past have included connections between automorphic forms and other areas or mathematics, how t   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Apr-12

Number Theory Seminar: Lola Thompson

Products of distinct cyclotomic polynomials   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Apr-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Alain Aspect

From Einstein's LichtQuanten to Wheeler's delayed choice: wave particle duality for a single photon   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-Apr-12

Probability Seminar: Xun Yu Zhou

Optimal stopping under probability distortion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Apr-12

IQIS Quantum Institute Seminar: Dominic Berry

Universality of the Heisenberg limit for estimates of random phase shifts   more››

University of Calgary

  • 24-Apr-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Cesar Hernandez-Cruz

(k,l)-kernels of digraphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 20-Apr-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Takuji Arai

“Convex Risk Measures for Cadlag Processes on Orlicz Hearts”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 19-Apr-12

Modelling aspects of solid tumour growth

Modelling aspects of solid tumour growth   more››

University of Victoria

  • 18-Apr-12

Probability Seminar: Codina Cotar

Density functional theory and optimal transport with Coulomb cost   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Apr-12

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium: Charles Doran

Elliptic Curves, Reality and String Duality   more››

University of Calgary

  • 17-Apr-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Dennis Epple

The bichromatic number of graphs.   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 16-Apr-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Dong Li

“Bifurcation of solutions for the Navier-Stokes system”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 13-Apr-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Clifton Cunningham

Toward a geometric construction of local reciprocity, concluded   more››

University of Calgary

  • 13-Apr-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Karl Sigmund (University of Vienna)

Sanctions on the Commons: Social Learning and the Social Contract   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Apr-12

Topology Seminar: Pascal Lambrechts

From the eversion of the sphere to spaces of knots   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Apr-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Yu. M. Kabanov

“Arbitrage Theory for Markets with Transaction Costs”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 12-Apr-12

Special One Time Event: Karl Sigmund

Goedel in Vienna   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Apr-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Cedric Chauve

Certificates and spectral approach for the Consecutive-Ones Property   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Apr-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Vlastimil Krivan

Consumer-resource dynamics beyond the Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model   more››

University of Alberta

  • 6-Apr-12

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Christopher Hacon

Geometry of Varieties of General Type    more››

University of Washington

  • 5-Apr-12

PIMS / AMI Seminar / Colloquium: Professor Amos Ron (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

“Extremely local wavelet bases in several dimensions”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 5-Apr-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Rebecca Tyson

A diffusion-based model to predict transgenic seed contamination in bee-pollinated crops   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Apr-12

A Nonparametric Bayesian Spatial Point Process Approach to Neuroimaging Meta Analysis

A Nonparametric Bayesian Spatial Point Process Approach to Neuroimaging Meta Analysis   more››

University of Victoria

  • 4-Apr-12

Topology Seminar: Tetsuya Ito

Self-linking number of transverse knots in general open books   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Apr-12

CRM Fields PIMS Prize Lecture: Prof. Stevo Todorcevic (University of Toronto)

STRUCTURE THEORY OF RAMSEY SPACES AND SOME OF ITS APPLICATIONS   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Apr-12

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Stefan Le Coz

Excited Multi-Solitons for a Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Apr-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Jane Wodlinger

Wavelength Isolation Sequence Pairs: New Progress on an Abandoned Problem   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 3-Apr-12

SCAIM Seminar: Christoph Schwarzbach, UBC

Finite element based inversion for geo-electromagnetics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Apr-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Xihui (Eric) Lin

Multiple stable periodic solutions and global behavior of Hopf bifurcation in delayed models   more››

University of Alberta

  • 2-Apr-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Sandor Kovacs

Vanishing theorems and their failure in positive characteristic   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Apr-12

Topology Seminar: Jenny Wilson

The cohomology groups of the pure string motion group are uniformly representation stable   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Mar-12

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium: Ian Putnam

Aperiodic order and topology   more››

University of Calgary

  • 30-Mar-12

PIMS Public Lecture: Kenneth M. Golden "Mathematics and the melting polar ice caps"

Mathematics and the melting polar ice caps   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Mar-12

PIMS Applied Mathematics Seminar Series: James Colliander

Hamiltonian Partial Differential Equations   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 29-Mar-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Clifton Cunningham

Toward a geometric construction of local reciprocity, continued   more››

University of Calgary

  • 29-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: Vijaykumar Singh

Classification of isogeny classes of supersingular abelian varieties over finite fields   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: Alia Hamieh

Special values of anticyclotomic L-functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Mar-12

Topology Seminar: Lars Louder

Strong accessibility of torsion free (relatively) hyperbolic groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Mar-12

Probability Seminar: Antal A. Jarai

Zero dissipation limit in Abelian sandpiles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Mar-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Vlad Gheorgiu

Generalized Semi-Quantum Secret Sharing Schemes   more››

University of Calgary

  • 27-Mar-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Chris Mitchell

Applying combinatorial group testing to trust evaluation in a distributed computing model   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 27-Mar-12

Alan Turing Centenary 2012: Alan Turing and Enigma

Abstract: Central to Alan Turing's posthumous reputation is his work with British codebreaking during the Second World War. This relationship is not well understood, largely because it stands on the intersection of two technical fiel   more››

University of Calgary

  • 27-Mar-12

SCAIM Seminar: Malte A. Peter

A multi-scale approach to reaction-diffusion processes in domains with microstructure   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Mar-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Aditya Raghavan

An Integro-difference model for tropical plant populations   more››

University of Alberta

  • 26-Mar-12

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Richard Montgomery

From brake to Syzygy in the Three-Body Problem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Mar-12

PIMS Applied Mathematics Seminar Series: George Bluman

Nonclassical analysis of the nonlinear kompaneets equation    more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 22-Mar-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Angelo Vistoli

The Nori correspondence   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Mar-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Clifton Cunningham

Toward a geometric construction of local reciprocity   more››

University of Calgary

  • 21-Mar-12

Probability Seminar: Juan Souto

Distributional limits of Riemannian manifolds and graphs with sublinear genus growth   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Mar-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Ararat Harutyunyan

Vertex-arboricity of planar graphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Mar-12
  • 19-Mar-12

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: John Guckenheimer

Complex Oscillations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Mar-12

Joint UBC/SFU Graduate Student Workshop in Statistics

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 16-Mar-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Benqi Guo

Inverse approximation of algebraic polynomials and finite element solutions of the P-version   more››

University of Alberta

  • 16-Mar-12

PIMS/CSC Weekly Seminar: George C. Hsiao

Applications of Integral Equation Methods to a Class of Fundamental Problems in Mechanics and Mathematical Physics   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Mar-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Jan de Gier

The critical surface adsorption for self-avoiding walks on the honeycomb lattice is $1+\sqrt{2}$   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Mar-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Chad Topaz

Locust dynamics: Behavioral phase change and swarming   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Mar-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Paul Buckingham

On the existence of local Weil groups, following Serre, concluded   more››

University of Calgary

  • 14-Mar-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Jesse Berezovsky

New tools for exploring spins and photons in solid state nanosystems   more››

University of Calgary

  • 14-Mar-12

Probability Seminar: Elchanan Mossel

Stochastic models of social and economic networks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Mar-12

Topology Seminar: Jaume Aguadé

Cohomology of Kac-Moody groups over finite fields   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Mar-12

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Hongjie Dong

Elliptic equations in convex wedges with irregular coefficients   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Mar-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Aaron Robertson

Thoughts on the 2-Large Conjecture   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 13-Mar-12

SCAIM Seminar: Margaret Cheney

Multistatic radar imaging of moving targets   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Mar-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Yu Jin

A new river metric - Ro   more››

University of Alberta

  • 12-Mar-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Ana-Maria Castravet (Ohio State)

Rigid curves on moduli spaces of stable rational curves and arithmetic breaks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Mar-12

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Andrew Bernoff

Langmuir Layers: Exploring A (Nearly) Two-Dimensional Fluid Experiment   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Mar-12

PIMS Applied Mathematics Seminar Series: Ken McLaughlin

Oscillatory phenomenon in a scaling limit for the periodic linear Schrödinger equation   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 9-Mar-12

PIMS/WMAX Postdoctoral Colloquium: Hung Phan Minh

Restricted Normal Cones: Basic Properties and Applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Mar-12

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Jonathan Brundan

Representations of General Linear Lie Superalgebras   more››

University of Washington

  • 9-Mar-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Terry Rudolph

Quantum states: are they the real thing?   more››

University of Calgary

  • 9-Mar-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Gregory Margulis (Yale University)

Department Colloquium, Homogeneous dynamics and number theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Mar-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Paul Buckingham

On the existence of local Weil groups, following Serre, part 3   more››

University of Calgary

  • 8-Mar-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Gregory Margulis

Distribution of values of irrational quadratic forms at integral points   more››

University of Calgary

  • 8-Mar-12

Mathematical Signal Processing Seminar: Vivek Goyal

Compressive depth acquisition cameras: principles, algorithms and demonstrations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: Gregory Margulis

Distribution of values of irrational quadratic forms at integral points   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-12

Probability Seminar: Yu-Ting Chen

Sharp Benefit-to-Cost Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation on Regular Graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-12

Topology Seminar: Galo Higuera Rojo

Spaces of homomorphisms and commuting matrices   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-12

Department Colloquium: Vivek Goyal

Bayesian analysis of compressed sensing and improved estimation algortihms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Mar-12

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Ian Zwiers

Local dynamics near unstable branches of NLS solitons   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Mar-12

SCAIM Seminar: Christoph Ortner

Construction and (in-) consistency of atomistic-to-continuum coupling methods   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Mar-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Graeme Smith

Gaussian Bosonic Synergy   more››

University of Calgary

  • 5-Mar-12

PIMS Distinguished Lecture Series: Vern Paulsen

The Kadison-Singer Problem   more››

University of Regina

  • 5-Mar-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: william Davis

Two Models for Indirectly Transmitted Diseases   more››

University of Alberta

  • 5-Mar-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Simon Rose

Counting Hyperelliptic Curves on Abelian Surfaces with Quasimodular Forms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Mar-12

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Andy Woods

Modelling Carbon Sequestration Processes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Mar-12

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Krishnaswamy Nandakumar

Advanced Computer Models of Multiphase Processes at Appropriate Scales   more››

University of Alberta

  • 1-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: Jonathan Bober

Some computations of the Riemann zeta function   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Mar-12

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Juncheng Wei

Mathematical Analysis of Localized Patterns in Reaction-Diffusion Systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Mar-12

West End Number Theory: David Roe

Precision in p-adic computations   more››

University of Calgary

  • 1-Mar-12

West End Number Theory: Jean-François Biasse

Roe Reception/Technical Session   more››

University of Calgary

  • 1-Mar-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Paul Buckingham

On the existence of local Weil groups, following Serre, continued   more››

University of Calgary

  • 1-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: David Roe

Precision in p-adic computations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Feb-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Juhani Karhumaki

Independent systems and chains of solution sets of word equations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 28-Feb-12

SCAIM Seminar: Aleksandr (Sasha) Aravkin

Robust Statistical Modeling for Geophysical Imaging and Kalman Smoothing   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Andrew Morrison

Motivic invariants of quivers via dimensional reduction   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Owen Gwilliam

Factorization algebras and the beta-gamma system   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Feb-12

Dispersive PDE

University of Victoria

  • 24-Feb-12

Quantum Lunches: Patrick Leung

Coherent control of microwave pulse storage in superconducting circuits   more››

University of Calgary

  • 24-Feb-12

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Michael Brenner

Towards the principles of self assembly   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 22-Feb-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series

Viv Kendon: Robust cluster state generation using ancilla-based systems  Robert Scholten: Quantum measurement in living cells, and hihg-coherence electron bunches from cold atoms   more››

University of Calgary

  • 21-Feb-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Daniel Katz

 The Proof of Helleseth's Conjecture   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 20-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Aravind Asok

Classifying vector bundles on smooth affine varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Feb-12

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study

Gauge Theory and Khovanov Homology   more››

University of Washington

  • 17-Feb-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Zdenek Dvorak

A sharper structure theorem for excluded topological minors   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Feb-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Lecture: Emmanuel Candes, Stanford University

Exact Phase Retrieval via Convex Programming   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Feb-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Paul Buckingham

On the existence of local Weil groups, following Serre   more››

University of Calgary

  • 16-Feb-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Michael Rempe

A mathematical model of human sleep and insomnia   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Feb-12

Special Geometry and Physics Seminar: Vincent Bouchard, University of Alberta

Topological recursion on elliptic curves   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Feb-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Charles Adams

Non-linear optics using Rydberg atoms   more››

University of Alberta

  • 15-Feb-12

Probability Seminar: Robert Adler

DRAT: Doing random algebraic topology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Feb-12

Special Math Department Colloquium: Vincent Bouchard, University of Alberta

A great deal more is known than has been proved.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Feb-12

PDE-Math Biology Joint Seminar: Chih-Wen Shih

Asymptotic limit in a cell differentiation model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Feb-12

SCAIM Seminar: Tristan van Leeuwen, EOS, UBC

 Recent advances in seismic waveform inversion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Alexander Woo

Local complete intersection Schubert varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Feb-12

Frontiers in Biophysics

Cellular reconstitution: Rebuilding biological systems from the bottom-up Abstract:Understanding the molecular basis of cellular behaviour is a central goal in biology and a critical guide for medical research. Incr   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Feb-12

PIMS Applied Mathematics Seminar Series: Catherine Sulem

Water waves over a rough bottom in the shallow water regime   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 10-Feb-12

Special Topology and Related Seminars Event: Liam Watson, UCLA

A conjecture relating Heegaard Floer homology and the fundamental group   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Feb-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Clifton Cunningham

Seminar on Class Field Theory   more››

University of Alberta

  • 9-Feb-12

Special Seminar: Scott MacLachlan, Tufts University

Fast Solvers for Tuned Discretizations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Feb-12

Probability Seminar: Yuri Mejía Miranda

The critical points of lattice trees and lattice animals in high dimensions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Feb-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Ksenia Dolgaleva

Manipulating Optical Properties by Local-Field Effects and Nanostructuring   more››

University of Calgary

  • 8-Feb-12

Topology and Related Seminars: Thomas Koberda, Harvard University

Mapping class groups and finite covers   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Feb-12

Special One Time Event: Alison Malcolm

High order methods for high fidelity models of wave propagation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Feb-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Vlad Gheorghiu

Optimal semi-quantum secret sharing schemes   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 6-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Zheng Hua

Chern-Simons functional and Donaldson-Thomas theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Feb-12
  • 4-Feb-12

Eleventh Colloquiumfest

The Eleventh Colloquiumfest will present talks on valuation theory, number theory and algebraic geometry.  For abstracts, please visit http://math.usask.ca/fvk/CF11.htm.   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 2-Feb-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Clifton Cunningham

Introduction to class field theory, continued   more››

University of Calgary

  • 1-Feb-12

Topology Seminar: Jeff Smith

The Adem HW problem and the moduli space of commuting endomorphisms.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Feb-12

Probability Seminar: Nayantara Bhatnagar

Reconstruction for Colorings on Trees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Jan-12

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Luis Silvestre

Partial regularity for fully nonlinear elliptic PDE.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Jan-12

Algebraic Groups and Related Structures: Izzet Coskun

The Birational Geometry of the Hilbert Scheme of Points in the Plane   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Jan-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Arun Sharma

Coloring with Crayons   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 31-Jan-12

SCAIM Seminar: Christoph Schwarzbach

Finite element based inversion for geo-electromagnetics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Jan-12

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Nigel Goldenfeld, University of Illinois

How networks drove the rapid evolution of early life: clues from the canonical genetic code   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 26-Jan-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Clifton Cunningham

Introduction to class field theory   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-Jan-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Mohammad Amin

Robustness of adiabatic quantum computation against decoherence   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-Jan-12

Probability Seminar: Jian Ding, Stanford University

Asymptotics of cover times via Gaussian free fields: bounded-degree graphs and general trees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Jan-12

Alan Turing Centenary 2012: Lecture by Dr. Richard Zach, University of Calgary

Alan Turing and the Decision Problem   more››

University of Calgary

  • 24-Jan-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Ladislav Stacho

Min-max relations for odd cycles in planar graphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Jan-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Roman Nedela

Decomposition of snarks along 6-edge-cuts   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Jan-12

DG, MP, and PDE Seminar: Hyunseok Kim, Sogang University and UBC

Mathematical analysis of the stationary motion of an incompressible viscous fluid   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-12

Probability Seminar: Sebastien Roch, UCLA

Relating Combinatorial and Variational Distances Between Trees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-12

SCAIM Seminar: Ricardo Oyarzua, UBC

Mixed finite element methods for the coupling of fluid flow with porous media flow   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Jan-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar:Juliana Berbert, UofA

Individual spatial memory as a parameter to distinguish population distribution patterns   more››

University of Alberta

  • 16-Jan-12

Quantum Information Seminar: Sophie Schrimer, Swansea University

Quantum System Identification: Hamiltonian tomography and decoherence estimation from noisy time series data   more››

University of Calgary

  • 13-Jan-12

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Kristin Lauter

Elliptic Curve Cryptography and Applications   more››

University of Washington

  • 12-Jan-12

Number Theory Seminar: Tom Scanlon

p-independent bounds in the positive characteristic Mordell-Lang problem (part 1) p-independent bounds in the positive characteristic Mordell-Lang problem (part 2)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jan-12

Probability Seminar: Fabio Toninelli, ENS Lyon

The random pinning model: Harris criterion and disorder relevance   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jan-12

Topology and Related Seminars: Dale Rolfsen, UBC

Ordering knot groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jan-12

Discrete Math Seminar: James King

Generating k-Facets by Induction on the Dimension   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 6-Jan-12

UBC Colloquium and PIMS Distinguished Guest Lecturer: Thomas Scanlon

A logician's view of diophantine geometry   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Jan-12

Probability Seminar: Sunil Chhita, KTH

Edge statistics of domino tilings on the Aztec Diamond.   more››

University of British Columbia