Seminar Calendar
for Women in Mathematics Seminar events the year of Wednesday, November 4, 2009.

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Friday, January 23, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
12:00 pm   in TBD,  Friday, January 23, 2009
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Organizational meeting

Friday, February 13, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
12:00 pm   in 347 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, February 13, 2009
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Mee Seong Im (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
On Algebraic Surfaces
Abstract: I will quickly discuss the most important invariants on compact complex surfaces. There is a fairly complete description of all classes of surfaces classified by Federigo Enriques and Kunihiko Kodaira, except the ones of general type. I will state the classification of algebraic surfaces and then discuss moduli of surfaces of general type.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
12:00 pm   in 347 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, February 27, 2009
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Szu-Yin Yeh (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
Quasi-conformal mappings and quasi-symmetric mappings.
Abstract: I will start with an introduction of quasiconformal mappings and quasisymmetric mappings. Then I will talk about their extension problems. For example, when does a quasiconformal mapping on a domain D in the Euclidean space R^n have a quasiconformal extension to R^n?

Friday, March 20, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
12:00 pm   in 347 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, March 20, 2009
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Chia-Yen Tsai (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
From your closet to Teichmuller space.
Abstract: This will be an introduction to Teichmuller space and the mapping class group. Instead of giving definitions, I will explain how to "see" the space. Continuing the same idea, we will see how the mapping class group acts on Teichmuller space. In particular, we will talk about the action of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes, which are non-periodic and irreducible. To obtain more intuition, I will construct some pseudo-Anosov mapping classes. On the other hand, we will use couple methods to check if a given mapping class is pseudo-Anosov.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
12:00 pm   in 347 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, April 3, 2009
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Aleksandra Kwiatkowska (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
Actions and Boolean actions of Polish groups.
Abstract: I will first give some examples of Polish groups. We consider actions of Polish groups on a measure space and measure preserving Boolean actions (we act on measurable sets modulo null sets instead of on points). The natural question is whether a Boolean action arises from an action. I will give an overview of some known results.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
12:00 pm   in 347 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, April 17, 2009
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Younjin Kim (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
The number of graphs of given diameter
Abstract: Let G (n, diam = d) be the class of graphs of diameter d on n labeled vertices. Tomescu proved that |G (n, diam = d)| = 2( n 2 ) (6 · 2− d + o(1))n for any fixed d ≥ 3 as n → ∞. We give an exact asymptotic and extend his result for (almost) all d and n. This is joint work with Z. Furedi.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
12:00 pm   in 347 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, May 1, 2009
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Ida Svejdarova (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
Graph coloring and the probabilistic method in combinatorics.
Abstract: As the title suggests, the focus of this talk will be two-fold. Graph coloring is one of the most classical areas of combinatorial research, initiated with the Four Color conjecture in 1850's. Various variations of the classical problem arose since then, most motivated by real world applications. Meanwhile, the probabilistic method, pioneered by Erdos in the 60's, is among the most important tools used in modern combinatorics. I will introduce the method and show examples of simple proofs that this method yields for some graph coloring results. One of the results presented is my recent joint work with Z. Furedi. The talk will be accessible to everybody.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
3:00 pm   in 347 Altgeld Hall,  Thursday, May 7, 2009
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Sylvia Carlisle, Merc Chasman, Elizabeth Csima and Valerie Peterson (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
Applying for academic jobs: a panel discussion
Abstract: We'll give a brief overview of what to expect during the application process (including an approximate timeline, where to find listings, how to prepare materials, what to expect during interviews, etc) and then invite your questions. Several finishing grad students and a postdoc will be on hand to answer your inquiries and offer advice about how to be a savvy candidate. Students who think they might be finishing in the next academic year are particularly encouraged to attend.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
12:00 pm   in Altgeld Hall,  Friday, August 28, 2009
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Organization meeting

Friday, September 11, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
1:00 pm   in 141 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, September 11, 2009
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Chia-yen Tsai   [email] (UIUC Math)
Asymptotic translation lengths in the complex of curves
Abstract: In 1981, Harvey introduced the complex of curves C(S) which captures the combinatorial structure of a surface S. There is a natural action of the mapping class group Mod(S) on C(S), hence we can define asymptotic translation lengths of Mod(S) in C(S) equipped with a metric. We will show that the infinimum length goes to zero like 1/g^2. This talk will be accessible to a general audience. (This is joint work with Vaibhav Gadre).

Friday, September 25, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
1:00 pm   in 141 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, September 25, 2009
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Uma Ravat (UIUC Math)
Interaction on VaR(Value-At-Risk) and CVaR (Conditional-Value-At-Risk) risk measures
Abstract: The banking industry relies heavily on the VaR to measure risk which tough easy to understand has several shortcomings -- it is not subadditive, non-convex in general, difficult to optimize and does not take into account losses beyond VaR which may be arbitrarily large.On the other hand, CVaR as a risk measure is preferred in the academic circles due to its interesting properties of coherence and the fact that it does take into account losses larger than VaR. Assuming that a trader thinks in CVaR terms, we study how a constraint on VaR imposed by the trading firm gets translated to an interesting and challenging inverse problem and lay down a framework for solving this inverse problem.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
1:00 pm   in 141 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, October 9, 2009
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Alexandra Seceleanu (UIUC Math)
Weak Lefschetz Property - a computational approach
Abstract: I will begin by introducing the algebraic counterpart of the famous Lefschetz Property in differential geometry. Then we shall explore some of the tools that are available for algebraists to study the Weak Lefschetz property. I will show how to completely solve the problem in a particular case. Time permitting, I will illustrate my talk with computations using computer algebra software. This talk will be easily accessible to non-specialists.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
1:00 pm   in 141 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, October 23, 2009
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Inmi Kim (UIUC Math)
Constructions of Gabor dual windows
Abstract: I'll give you a brief explanation about the Short Time Fourier Transform and some related theorems. Then we'll see the window conditions for being dual windows in Gabor system. If we have some restrictions on our windows, we can get very simplified window condition which is used for my Gabor dual windows constructions in 1-dimension. Also, if time is okay, I'll give you further topics such as higher dimensional constructions and directionally sensitive Gabor elements.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
1:00 pm   in 141 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, November 6, 2009
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Kelly Funk (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois)
Introduction to Ergodic Theory and Results on Nonrecurrence
Abstract: In this talk we will introduce the subject of ergodic theory by going over some basic definitions and examples. Also we will talk about recurrence and nonrecurrence of sequences. This talk should be accessible to most graduate students.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
1:00 pm   in 141 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, November 20, 2009
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Isidora Milin (UIUC Math)
Flexibility and Rigidity in Symplectic and Contact Worlds
Abstract: I will begin by introducing some basic notions of symplectic and contact geometry and explain how they arise from considerations in classical mechanics. Nonexistence of local invariants - all symplectic (contact) manifolds are locally "the same" - will be contrasted with a rich theory of global invariants. I'll finish by discussing an amusing theorem of Gromov (and its contact-geometric analogues) - that there is no way for a symplectic camel to go through the eye of a needle.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Women in Mathematics Seminar
1:00 pm   in 141 Altgeld Hall,  Friday, December 4, 2009
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Melissa Dennison (UIUC Math)
To Be Announced