• Reasoning about Liability of Intelligent Agents ( Naumov, CMC)

    Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    Abstract: As intelligent agents assume larger role in our daily lives, reasoning by humans about liability of such agents as well as reasoning by the intelligent agents themselves about liability […]

  • On the interplay of functional analysis and operator theory (Puig de Dios, UCR)

    Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    Abstract: We overview some basic and striking facts concerning the theory of hypercyclic operators (considered to be born in 1982): 1. Hypercyclicity is a purely infinite-dimensional phenomenon: no finite dimensional […]

  • A General Bayesian Discrete Time Survival Model (King, CPP)

    Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    Abstract: "We present a general Bayesian statistical model for discrete time, discrete state space stochastic processes. Applications include the modeling of recurrent and episodic disease processes, such as episodes of […]

  • A Conformal Mapping Approach to Shape Optimization Problems. (Kao, CMC)

    Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    Abstract: In this talk, a conformal mapping approach to shape optimization problems on planar domains will be discussed. In particular, spectral methods based on conformal mappings are proposed to solve Steklov […]

  • Is My Subgroup Normal? How Math Communities Differand Why it Matters (Sinclair, Google)

    Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    Mathematics isnt done in a void: its done by groups of people. Those groups have different norms and values, which affect both who wants to engage in math and the mathematics itself being done. When thinking about diversity and inclusion, explicitly examining norms within our communities can get us a long way. Through a Thomas […]

  • Poster Session Fall 2019

    Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

    CLAREMONT CENTER for MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Fall 2019 Poster Session Click here for poster abstracts.

  • Data-driven multiscale modeling of cell fate dynamics

    Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

    Cells make fate decisions in response to dynamic environmental and pathological stimuli as well as cell-to-cell communications. Recent technological breakthroughs have enabled to gather data in previously unthinkable quantities at single cell level, starting to suggest that cell fate decision is much more complex, dynamic, and stochastic than previously recognized. Multiscale interactions, sometimes through cell-cell […]

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  • Why biologists cant stop saying single-cell and how this is a distinctly mathematical refrain

    Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

    Single-cell genomics is a catch phrase for numerous new technologies and methods that allow for probing cells at genome scale. I will explain what this means and describe some examples that illustrate the excitement in this new domain. While single-cell genomics technologies draw on methods from a variety of disciplines such asf biology, chemistry and […]

  • Freeways and Circle Packing

    Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

    The beauty of mathematics is often encountered when one discovers that two apparently very different phenomena actually share a common origin. I will discuss such a surprising connection between two […]

  • Formal geometry and characteristic classes

    I plan to explain how a purely algebraic technique involving Lie Algebra Cohomology can be used to construct standard characteristic classes of vector bundles and foliations (in fact, it could […]