• Clouds and Climate (Prof. Tapio Schneider)

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    Title: Clouds and Climate Prof. Tapio Schneider Theodore Y. Wu Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering California Institute of Technology Abstract: Clouds are an essential regulator of climate. They cool […]

  • Topological descriptions of protein folding (Prof. Helen Wong)

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    Title: Topological descriptions of protein folding Speaker:  Prof. Helen Wong, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Claremont-McKenna College. Abstract: Knotting in proteins was once considered exceedingly rare. However, systematic analyses of solved […]

  • A tribute to Professor Ellis Cumberbatch (1934-2021)

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    Title: A tribute to Professor Ellis Cumberbatch (1934-2021) Abstract: The math colloquium on December 1st will be devoted to remembrances of our beloved CGU colleague Professor Ellis Cumberbatch, a pillar […]

  • Where do Putnam problems come from? (Prof. Andrew Bernoff)

    Title: Where do Putnam problems come from? Speaker: Andrew Bernoff, Department of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College Abstract: The William Lowell Putnam Exam is the preeminent mathematics competition for undergraduate college students […]

  • Using Stitching for faster sampling (Prof. Mark Huber)

    Title: Using Stitching for faster sampling Speaker: Mark Huber, Department of Mathematics, Claremont McKenna College Abstract: Point processes are used to model location data, such as the locations of trees in a forest, […]

  • Exploiting metric structure for more accurate classification (Prof. Mike Izbicki)

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    Title: Exploiting metric structure for more accurate classification Speaker: Mike Izbicki, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Claremont McKenna College Abstract: Classification problems often have many semantically similar classes.  For example, the famous ImageNet dataset […]

  • Solving the Race in Backgammon (Prof. Arthur Benjamin)

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    Title: Solving the Race in Backgammon   Speaker: Prof. Arthur Benjamin Smallwood Family Professor of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College   Abstract: Backgammon is perhaps the oldest game that is still […]

  • On sparse geometry of numbers (Prof. Lenny Fukshansky)

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    Title: On sparse geometry of numbers Speaker: Prof. Lenny Fukshansky, Department of Mathematics, Claremont McKenna College Abstract: Geometry of Numbers is an area of mathematics pioneered by Hermann Minkowski at the end […]