Department Colloquium - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium Series

2012-2013 Series
Unless indicated otherwise (*), the talks will be held in 372 SEB on Tuesdays from 3:00-4:00 p.m.,
with refreshments and conversation from 2:30-3:00 p.m.

Date

Speaker
Affiliation
Title

September11

L. Lipták
Oakland On the Edge-Connectivity of Graphs with Two Orbits of the Same Size

September18

M. Sofonea
Perpignan
Mathematical Models in Contact Mechanics

October 2

A. Elezi
American
Quantum Codes from Superelliptic Curves

October 17^*

H. Li
Wayne State
Finite Elememt Methods for Equations with Low-regularity Data

October 23

S. E. Ahmed
Brock Assessing the Relative Performance of Absolute Penalty and Shrinkage Estimation in Weibull Censored Regression Models

October 30

E. Cheng
Oakland
On the 4-ordered Hamiltonicity Problem

November 6

W. Ning
Bowling Green
Empirical likelihood ratio test for the mean change-points with linear trend followed by abrupt change

November13

D. Lamb
TARDEC

The Application of Mathematics and Statistics in the modeling of Military Ground Vehicles

November20

E. Tsimis
Siemens Industrial Geometry: Global deformation methods

November27

L. Rong
Oakland
Modeling within-host dynamics of influenza virus infection

December4^*

D. Steffy
Oakland
Iterative refinement for linear programming problems

January 15

S. Wang
U. Wisconsin, Madison
Group and within group variable selection via convex penalty

January 22

M. Yang
U. Illinois, Chicago
On optimal design of experiment

February 26
S. Esedoglu
UM Threshold dynamics for the mean curvature motion of networks with unequal surface tensions

March 12

K. Lee
WSU
Positivity for cluster algebras

April 2
S. Rhebergen
Oxford Space-time (H)DG methods for incompressible flows

April 9
D. Black
Comerica Bank
A Discussion of the “Big Three” -- Operational Risk, Market Risk and Credit Risk

May 28
Ambros Gleixner Zuse Institute Berlin Bound tightening techniques in mixed-integer nonlinear programming

* Alternative time for both talk and refreshments.

2011-2012 Series
The talks will be held in 372 SEB (unless indicated otherwise) on Tuesdays from 3:00-4:00 p.m., with refreshments and conversation from 2:30-3:00 p.m.

September 13	A. Spagnuolo	Oakland	A mathematical Model for Vibrio Cholera Colonization of the Human Intestine
September 27	T. Shaska	Oakland	Vanishing theta-nulls and algebric curves
October 4	E. Cheng	Oakland	Sufficient conditions for matching preclusions and conditional matching preclusions
October 20	H. Derksen*	U of Michigan	Constructive Invariant Theory
October 25	S. Perla	Oakland	Meta Analysis of Binary Outcomes Data in Clinical Trials
November 1	L. Li	Oakland	Combinatorial Aspects of Singularities in Algebraic Geometry
November 8	D. Drignei	Oakland	Statistical Analysis of Climate Models
November 15	X. Gao	Oakland	Estimation and Selection Properties of the LAD Fused Lasso Signal Approximator
November 22	D. Erman	U of Michigan	The Structure of Free Resolutions
November 29	C. Wampler	GM	A Kinematics and Numerical Algebraic Geometry

January 17	Y. Mustopa	U of Michigan	Pfaffian Quartic Surfaces and Generalized Clifford Algebras
January 24	G. McDonald	Oakland	Reflections on Ridge Regression
February 1*	K. Zhao	U of Iowa	Non Pattern Formation in Chemorepulsion
February 3*	G.M Gie	UC Riverside	Motion of fluids in the presence of a boundary
February 7	S. Wright	Oakland	Variations on a Theme of Davenport: Quadratic Residues and Non-residues in Arithmetic Progression
February 10*	A. Cesmelioglu	IMA, U of Minnesota	A New Numerical Method for the Navier-Stokes Equations
March 13	I. Soprunov	Cleveland State	Toric Euler-Jacobi theorem and its application to algebraic codes
March 20	J. Li	U. of Alabama- Huntsville	Modeling of Mosquitoes with Transgenes or Genetically-modified Bacteria - Fighting Malaria
March 27	A. Zelevinsky	Northeastern U.	Quivers with potentials: representations and their mutations
April 3	C. Vinzant	U. of Michigan	Really real systems of polynomials
April 13	V. Tonchev	Michigan Tech.	Combinatorial Constructions of Quantum Codes

* Alternative time for both talk and refreshments.

2010-2011 Series

The talks will be held in 372 SEB (unless indicated otherwise) on Thursdays from 2:30-3:30 p.m., with refreshments and conversation from 2:00-2:30 p.m.

September 30 B. McCartin
Kettering U. Mysteries of the Equilateral Triangle

October 7 A.N.K. Yip
Purdue U. A Model of Crystal Growth with Comer Regularization

October 14 L. Rong
Oakland U. Model Hepatitis C Virus Drug Resistance

October 28 E. Cheng
Oakland U. Structural Properties of Some Interconnection Networks

November 4 J. Albert
BGSU Looking at Spacings to Assess Streakiness

November 11 D. Kononen General Motors Applied Statistics and Traffic Safety

November 18 P. S. Kim U. of Utah Modeling Cancer Stem Cell Differentiation: Reducing the Complexity of Agent-based Models

December 2 G. Huynh Oakland U. Alternating host cell tropism shapes the persistence, evolution and
coexistence of Epstein-Barr virus infection in humans

January 6
M. Fortier
General Motors
Statistics & Computer Aided Engineering for Automotive Applications

January 13 J. Zhu U. of Michigan Extracting Communities from Networks

January 27* D. Black Comerica Bank Applied Statistics at the Quantitative Solutions (QS)

February 7
Suil O
U. of Illinois Longest Cycles in $k$-connected Graphs with Given Independence Number

February 9
S. Dziobiak
LSU
Kuratowski-type characterizations of certain classes of graphs

February 11
D. Steffy
Zuse Institute Berlin
Advances in Exact Precision Mathematical Programming

March 3
P. De Leenheer
U. of Florida
Mathematical models of Marine protected areas

March 11*
D. Gonsalvez
Zaragoza Logistics Center
CANCELED

March 24
S. Wright
Oakland U.
CANCELED

March 31
L. Li
Oakland U.

Singularities of Schubert Varieties

April 7
F. Celiker WSU Hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods for elliptic problems

April 14 P. Dowling Miami U. Weak Grothendieck Compactness Principles

* Alternative time for both talk and refreshments.

2009-2010 Series
The talks will be held in 372 SEB (unless indicated otherwise) on Thursdays from 3:00-4:00 p.m., with refreshments and conversation from 2:30-3:00 p.m.

October 22
H. Qu
Oakland Optimal Plate Designs in High Throughput Screening

October 29 B.K. Sinha Maryland Statistical Meta-Analysis: An overview and some applications

November 5
D. Drignei Oakland Multidimensional Kriging Methods in Statistical Analysis of Computer Experiments

November 12
R. Smith NSF Infinite Horizon Optimization

November 19
X. Gao
Oakland The LAD Adaptive Lasso in a High-Dimensional Sparse Model

January 14
L. Burns

The Essential Role of Mathematics and Statistics in Business Decision-Making

January 21
K. Kuttler BYU A Few Topics on Stochastic Processes

January 28 P.Shi Oakland Introduction to a Market Timing Software

February 4 T. Shaska Oakland Modular polynomials of genus 2

February 18 X. Wang DME Proton Exchange PEM Fuel-Cells Modeling and Applications

March 4 G. Yin Wayne Hybrid Switching Diffusions with Applications to Stochastic Controls

March 18 S. Peddada NIH/NIEH Constrained Inference in Gene Expression Analysis

March 25 L. Allen Texas Tech Stochastic Models in Epidemiology and Immunology

March 30 L.Li Illinois Hilbert Schemes of Points

April 1 L. Rong Oakland Modeling HIV Persistence, the Latent Reservoir, and Viral Blips

April 2 R. Du Illinois Numerical Invariants of Singularities and Complex Plateau Problem

April 6 N.H. Nguyen MSU Permutation Modules of the Finite Classical Groups

April 8 J. Shin Minnesota Well-posedness for the FENE model with Dirichlet type boundary condition

April 15 E. Braverman Calgary

September 30	B. McCartin	Kettering U.	Mysteries of the Equilateral Triangle
October 7	A.N.K. Yip	Purdue U.	A Model of Crystal Growth with Comer Regularization
October 14	L. Rong	Oakland U.	Model Hepatitis C Virus Drug Resistance
October 28	E. Cheng	Oakland U.	Structural Properties of Some Interconnection Networks
November 4	J. Albert	BGSU	Looking at Spacings to Assess Streakiness
November 11	D. Kononen	General Motors	Applied Statistics and Traffic Safety
November 18	P. S. Kim	U. of Utah	Modeling Cancer Stem Cell Differentiation: Reducing the Complexity of Agent-based Models
December 2	G. Huynh	Oakland U.	Alternating host cell tropism shapes the persistence, evolution and coexistence of Epstein-Barr virus infection in humans
January 6	M. Fortier	General Motors	Statistics & Computer Aided Engineering for Automotive Applications
January 13	J. Zhu	U. of Michigan	Extracting Communities from Networks
January 27*	D. Black	Comerica Bank	Applied Statistics at the Quantitative Solutions (QS)
February 7	Suil O	U. of Illinois	Longest Cycles in $k$-connected Graphs with Given Independence Number
February 9	S. Dziobiak	LSU	Kuratowski-type characterizations of certain classes of graphs
February 11	D. Steffy	Zuse Institute Berlin	Advances in Exact Precision Mathematical Programming
March 3	P. De Leenheer	U. of Florida	Mathematical models of Marine protected areas
March 11*	D. Gonsalvez	Zaragoza Logistics Center	CANCELED
March 24	S. Wright	Oakland U.	CANCELED
March 31	L. Li	Oakland U.	Singularities of Schubert Varieties
April 7	F. Celiker	WSU	Hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods for elliptic problems
April 14	P. Dowling	Miami U.	Weak Grothendieck Compactness Principles

October 22	H. Qu	Oakland	Optimal Plate Designs in High Throughput Screening
October 29	B.K. Sinha	Maryland	Statistical Meta-Analysis: An overview and some applications
November 5	D. Drignei	Oakland	Multidimensional Kriging Methods in Statistical Analysis of Computer Experiments
November 12	R. Smith	NSF	Infinite Horizon Optimization
November 19	X. Gao	Oakland	The LAD Adaptive Lasso in a High-Dimensional Sparse Model
January 14	L. Burns		The Essential Role of Mathematics and Statistics in Business Decision-Making
January 21	K. Kuttler	BYU	A Few Topics on Stochastic Processes
January 28	P.Shi	Oakland	Introduction to a Market Timing Software
February 4	T. Shaska	Oakland	Modular polynomials of genus 2
February 18	X. Wang	DME	Proton Exchange PEM Fuel-Cells Modeling and Applications
March 4	G. Yin	Wayne	Hybrid Switching Diffusions with Applications to Stochastic Controls
March 18	S. Peddada	NIH/NIEH	Constrained Inference in Gene Expression Analysis
March 25	L. Allen	Texas Tech	Stochastic Models in Epidemiology and Immunology
March 30	L.Li	Illinois	Hilbert Schemes of Points
April 1	L. Rong	Oakland	Modeling HIV Persistence, the Latent Reservoir, and Viral Blips
April 2	R. Du	Illinois	Numerical Invariants of Singularities and Complex Plateau Problem
April 6	N.H. Nguyen	MSU	Permutation Modules of the Finite Classical Groups
April 8	J. Shin	Minnesota	Well-posedness for the FENE model with Dirichlet type boundary condition
April 15	E. Braverman	Calgary