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SUMMARY:Shahriar Shahriari
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-25/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T171500
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CREATED:20190830T195308Z
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SUMMARY:Kiran S. Kedlaya
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-24/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T161500
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CREATED:20190830T195201Z
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SUMMARY:Eva Kanso: How sea stars move
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/eva-kanso/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T171500
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CREATED:20190830T195045Z
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SUMMARY:Mike Izbicki
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-23/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200408T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200408T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T194745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T015659Z
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SUMMARY:Satyan Devadoss: Unfolding Mathematics at Burning Man
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-21/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200401T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200401T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20200108T205641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T030820Z
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SUMMARY:Dagan Karp: Tropical Geometry and Moduli Spaces
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I’ll attempt to give an introduction to the beautiful world of tropical geometry. As an application\, I’ll describe work with Siddarth Kannan (Pomona 2018) and Shiyue Li (Mudd 2017) using tropical geometry to compute the cohomology of certain moduli spaces\, called heavy/light Hassett spaces\, which are of interest in a wide range of areas\, including the minimal model program and enumerative geometry.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/dagan-karp/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T194534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T181313Z
UID:1447-1585152900-1585156500@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:A competent translation/a pitiful bungle: The Foundations of Geometry (Jemma Lorenat)
DESCRIPTION:David Hilbert’s Grundlagen der Geometrie is a rare example of a historical mathematics text that is still profitably read today and continues to inspire research in mathematics\, computer science\, and philosophy. \nThe effort of publishing an English translation of Hilbert in 1902 involved a diverse swath of the American mathematical community.  Edgar Jerome Townsend completed a first draft of his authorized translation in a few weeks\, but the process of creating a successful publication involved negotiations\, corrections\, and attention to detail that continued well after the first edition appeared in print. Meanwhile\, published and private texts that circulated around the English edition contained conflicting conclusions with respect to the quality of the translation\, the book’s audience\, and the parameters of a scholarly critique. This talk sheds light on American mathematics at a pivotal time in its history and raises questions about the language and form of mathematical texts that continue to be relevant today.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-19/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T194437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T185328Z
UID:1445-1583943300-1583946900@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Edray Goins: Indiana Pols Forced to Eat Humble Pi\, The Curious History of an Irrational Number
DESCRIPTION:In 1897\, Indiana physician Edwin J. Goodwin believed he had discovered a way to square the circle\, and proposed a bill to Indiana Representative Taylor I. Record which would secure Indiana’s the claim to fame for his discovery. About the time the debate about the bill concluded\, Purdue University professor Clarence A. Waldo serendipitously came across the claimed discovery\, and pointed out its mathematical impossibility to the lawmakers. It had only be shown just 15 years before\, by the German mathematician Ferdinand von Lindemann\, that it was impossible to square the circle because π is an irrational number. This fodder became ignominiously known as the “Indiana Pi Bill” as Goodwin’s result would force $\pi = 3.2$. \nIn this talk\, we review this humorous history of the irrationality of $\pi$. We introduce a method to compute its digits\, present Lindemann’s proof of its irrationality (following a simplification by Miklo ́s Laczkovich)\, discuss the relationship with the Hermite-Lindemann-Weierstrass theorem\, and explain how Edwin J. Goodwin came to his erroneous conclusion in the first place.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-18/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200304T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200304T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T194342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200227T181351Z
UID:1443-1583338500-1583342100@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Christopher Strickland: Modeling the prescription opioid epidemic
DESCRIPTION:Opioid addiction has become a national health crisis in recent years\, with involvement in 66% of all drug overdose deaths in 2016 and high economic costs. In contrast to the dynamics of a classic disease or illicit drug epidemic\, opioid addiction has its roots in legal\, prescription medication – a fact which greatly increases the exposed population and mathematically suggests non-contact based routes of infection. \nIn this talk\, I will present a first epidemic model for opioid addiction and treatment. Through analysis of our model\, we show that existence of an addiction-free equilibrium requires transforming the opioid dynamics into that of a purely illicit drug epidemic and that lacking prescription-induced addiction\, the prescription drug epidemic may not be self-sustaining. Numerical analysis suggests specific targets for control. Following this\, I will present preliminary results from a new model that examines the role of heroin and fentanyl on the epidemic in the context of data from the state of Tennessee. These results include a strong fit between model and data\, and among other conclusions\, suggest that an epidemic involving powerful\, illicit opioids is now both self-sustaining and strongly on the rise despite a decline in prescription-based addictions. \n \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-17/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200226T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200226T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T174358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T200806Z
UID:1440-1582733700-1582737300@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Energy optimization on the sphere
DESCRIPTION:Many problems\, arising in discrete and metric geometry\, signal processing\, physics\, etc\, can be reformulated as questions of optimizing discrete or continuous measures. We shall review some of such conjectures\, as well as approaches to determining optimal (or at least good) point distributions and measures\, and connections to other problems\, such as discrepancy\, sphere packings etc. We shall also discuss several manifestations of the phenomenon of clustering of minimizing measures\, which is often observed theoretically\, numerically\, or experimentally: in many situations\, in particular for some attractive-repulsive potentials\, the minimizers of the energy integral happen to be discrete or supported on very thin sets.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/dmitriy-bilyk/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T174311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T235639Z
UID:1438-1582128900-1582132500@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Nano Knot theory\, methods to study tiny knot in nature
DESCRIPTION:Knotting in living organisms is a feature that is visible to the careful observer of biological life.  Since the 1970’s\, with the increasing power of electron microscopes\, scientists have been able to capture images of such structures in living organisms at near atomic levels.  We will explore the mathematics of knotting that has provided tools study these phenomena and\, time permitting\, describe new methods being developed to analyze these spatial structure.  
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ken-millett/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T174207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200210T182301Z
UID:1436-1581524100-1581527700@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Applications of Markov Chains to Swarm Robotics and Political Redistricting
DESCRIPTION:What do swarm robotics and political redistricting have in common? One answer is Markov chains\, which have recently been used in very different ways to address problems in both these areas. To get a large swarm to exhibit a desired behavior\, one solution is to make each individual in the swarm fairly intelligent; another is to make the individuals simple\, but to let the desired behavior emerge as a result of their interactions. My collaborators and I recently used Markov chains and ideas from statistical physics to develop distributed algorithms that follow this second paradigm.  We also worked with physicists to create a physical robot system where each individual cannot compute anything\, but the system as a whole can still accomplish complex tasks. For political redistricting\, the main mathematical technique developed in the last few years for detecting gerrymandering is to compare a proposed plan to the space of all possible alternative plans; if the proposed plan is an outlier\, that’s an indicator it might be gerrymandered. However\, the space of all possible districting plans is far too large to ever be studied in its entirety.  Instead\, Markov chains are used to generate random samples of alternative plans\, where the hope is that the sampled plans are reasonably representative of all possible plans. This approach has already been used successfully in court cases around the country\, though questions still remain about what mathematical guarantees we can give about the randomly sampled districting plans.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-16/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200205T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200205T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T174047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T185415Z
UID:1434-1580919300-1580922900@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Kernel approaches in global statistical distances\, local measure detection\, and active learning
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we’ll discuss the problem of constructing meaningful distances between probability distributions given only finite samples from each distribution.  We approach this through the use of data-adaptive and localized kernels\, and in a variety of contexts.  First\, we construct locally adaptive kernels to define fast pairwise distances between distributions\, with applications to unsupervised clustering.  Then\, we construct localized kernels to determine a statistical framework for determining where two distributions differ\, with applications to measure detection for generative models.  Finally\, we’ll begin to address the question of measure detection without a priori known labels of which distribution a point came from.  This is addressed through active learning\, in which one can choose a small number of points at which to query a label.  This is ongoing work with Xiuyuan Cheng (Duke) and Hrushikesh Mhaskar (CGU)\, among others.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/alex-cloninger/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190830T173951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200124T210246Z
UID:1432-1580314500-1580318100@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:A Tauberian theorem and some of its applications
DESCRIPTION:In general terms\, a Tauberian theorem deals with the relationship between the properties of one transform of a measure with those of another transform. We will introduce the notion of a Tauberian theorm\, and present our own recent theorem in this direction. Our theorem provides a uniform theory for the construction of certain localized kernels in a very general context. These in turn play a fundamental role in many different applications in numerical analysis\, signal processing\, and machine learning. We will discuss a few applications\, for example\, the construction of a theory inspired neural network for the solution of Burgers equation\, inversion of Laplace transform of point masses\, and an alternative theory for function approximation in the setting of diffusion geometry in machine learning without the need for any eigen-decomposition of a large matrix.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/hrushikesh-mhaskar/
LOCATION:Freeberg Forum\, LC 62\, Kravis Center\, CMC
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190925T203113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T222643Z
UID:1581-1576080900-1576084500@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Epidemiological models for Ebola exploring different dynamics
DESCRIPTION:In today’s environment of universal connection and media updates\, we are constantly informed about infectious diseases and the ramifications. We can combat infectious diseases using mathematics to gain insight into diseases dynamics and outbreaks. I will focus primarily on Ebola Virus Disease\, exploring different models focused on capturing various dynamics.\nFirst\, I will present a model whose goal is to illustrate role of education in limiting a potential future Ebola outbreaks in Sudan using data and modeling. Then\, I will introduce a model which captures superspreader dynamics and compare the model for Ebola and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). In addition to these models I will explain about how I became interested in Mathematical Epidemiology and some of the great programs which have led to my research collaborations.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/christina-edholm/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190827T000513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200116T232414Z
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SUMMARY:A geospatial modeling analysis of travel-time\, bicycles\, and HIV elimination in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Malawi
DESCRIPTION:UNAIDS has proposed an ambitious strategy for ending the HIV pandemic. Their strategy depends upon achieving a treatment coverage goal of 90% by 2030. However\, distance to healthcare and lack of transportation are major barriers to accessing HIV treatment in SSA. I will use data-based geospatial modeling to determine their potential impact as barriers to elimination in Malawi. I will address two specific questions: How much time would people living with HIV (PLHIV) need to spend travelling to access treatment in order for Malawi to achieve UNAIDS’ goal of 90% coverage? Could providing bicycles to rural communities help eliminate HIV?\nOur results show that it will only be possible to achieve UNAIDS’ 90% coverage goal in Malawi if many of the PLHIV (who have yet to initiate treatment) are willing\, and able\, to spend a great deal of time travelling to access treatment. Additionally\, they show that making bicycles available to PLHIV in rural areas has the potential to make the 90% target goal more attainable\, and hence to help eliminate HIV in Malawi.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-14/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190827T000355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T071537Z
UID:1406-1574266500-1574270100@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Silica-based glasses: Realizing process-structure-property connections through computational modeling
DESCRIPTION:Silica-based glasses are increasingly becoming vital components in our current technology\, from optical data transmission lines\, to electronics\, to optical lenses\, to smartphone screens. These materials are inherently brittle and subject to failure under shock\, non-equilibrium stress states\, or corrosive environments.  Identifying new compositions and processing conditions that result in improved fracture resistance (i.e. a higher fracture toughness) is achievable through materials design approaches. However\, discovery primarily remains an empirically determined procedure.  Atomistic molecular dynamics can be a powerful tool in this application\, providing a capability to probe how glass breaks and what compositions or microstructural features result in better material performance.  In this talk\, a novel numerical method to determine the fracture toughness from atomistic material representations will be demonstrated on vitreous silica-based glass compositions. Process-structure-property connections will then be explored using this measure to highlight the relationships between processing conditions\, chemical composition\, microstructural content\, and material performance.  Finally\, an overview of the collaboration between the 2019-20 CGU Math Clinic team and Sandia National Laboratories will be discussed\, where project goals are focused on using machine learning to predict fracture nucleation in silica glass.  \nSandia National Laboratories is a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia\, LLC.\, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International\, Inc.\, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-13/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T235610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T181131Z
UID:1402-1573661700-1573665300@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Let's count points!
DESCRIPTION:A fascinating fact on mathematics is that there are many interesting connections between seemingly different mathematical disciplines. In this talk\, I will present a surprising formula counting integral points on polygons and sketch its proof. We will see a delightful interaction between algebra\, combinatorics\, and geometry. This talk aims primarily for undergraduate students. No prerequisite is assumed beyond calculus. 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-12/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191106T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T235443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T173056Z
UID:1400-1573027200-1573059600@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Science for the Greater Good: How a Math Professor Saved the Italian Coastline from Big Oil
DESCRIPTION:In 2007\, Dr. Maria D’Orsogna learned of proposed oil activities in her home region of Abruzzo\, Italy. Century-old wineries were to be uprooted to build clusters of oil wells\, refineries and pipelines\, turning scenic Abruzzo into an oil district. Although based in California\, 6\,000 miles away\, Dr. D’Orsogna took it upon herself to raise awareness and educate the public at large. She blended her scientific training\, her experience as a professor\, and her strong desire for social justice into an environmental movement that rapidly spread from Abruzzo across the country. Over the years\, she traveled from town to town in Italy\, educating citizens about environmental and health effects tied to hydrocarbon extraction\, debating Big Oil\, exposing political corruption\, engaging the Catholic Church\, putting pressure on decision makers to act for the common good. While in California she used social networks and blogging to expose wrongdoings of the oil and gas industry\, coordinate letter writings\, keep raising awareness and spur action. Thanks to public uproar\, spearheaded by Marias unwavering efforts\, Abruzzo banned oil drilling and for the first time ever\, the Italian parliament imposed a no-drill zone of 12 miles encompassing all of Italy’s 5\,000 mile coastline. Overall she helped stop at least 50 oil leases\, earning the nickname Erin Brockovich of Italy. Maria’s story is a testament of how\, by engaging with the community\, scientists and educators can truly make a difference.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-11/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T235343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T235302Z
UID:1398-1572452100-1572455700@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Calculus\, Real Fewnomials\, and P vs NP
DESCRIPTION:We review a beautiful 17th century result by the philosopher Rene Descartes: a univariate real polynomial with t monomial terms has no more than t-1 positive roots. We then see how one can prove a generalization that counts roots of two bivariate polynomials (with few monomial terms)\, using nothing more than basic calculus. In other words\, we’ll see the basics of real fewnomial theory. We’ll then see how this relates to circuit complexity and the famous P vs. NP Problem. In particular\, we’ll see how new bounds in real fewnomial theory lead to new separations of complexity classes that answer deep questions in theoretical computer science. Along the way\, we’ll see some of the ideas behind tropical geometry.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-10/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191023T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191023T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T235239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T182721Z
UID:1396-1571847300-1571850900@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Magnitude meets persistence. What happens after?
DESCRIPTION:The magnitude is an isometric invariant of metric spaces that\nwas introduced by Tom Leinster in 2010\, and is currently the object of\nintense research\, as it has been shown to encode many invariants of a\nmetric space such as volume\, dimension\, and capacity. When studying a\nmetric space in topological data analysis using persistent homology\, one\napproximates the space through a nested sequence of simplicial complexes\nso as to recover topological information about the space by studying the\nhomology of this sequence. In this talk I will give an introduction to\nmagnitude as well as persistent homology\, and explain how magnitude\nhomology is related to persistent homology.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-9/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T234917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T175651Z
UID:1394-1571242500-1571246100@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Habitat-driven extinctions: insights from spatially implicit ODE models 
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Kate Meyer\, Cornell University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning but continues to decline on a global scale. Among human activities driving this trend\, habitat destruction is a leading culprit in local and global extinctions. Simple mathematical models can address important questions surrounding habitat-driven extinctions—for example\, which species are at highest risk\, how delayed might extinction be\, and what can be done about it? Exploring these questions in a spatially implicit ODE model leads us to new mathematical territory involving temporary parameter changes and nonequilibrium dynamics.\n\n\n\nHost: Jasper Weinburd (jweinburd@hmc.edu)
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-8/
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T234829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191004T182414Z
UID:1392-1570637700-1570641300@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Formal geometry and characteristic classes
DESCRIPTION: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 be tweaked to give most characteristic classes in differential and complex geometry).
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-7/
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191002T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191002T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T234640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190928T054259Z
UID:1390-1570032900-1570036500@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Freeways and Circle Packing
DESCRIPTION: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 apparently unrelated mathematical objects. One is purely combinatorial: the number of ways one can drive from USC to the Claremont Colleges. The other one is geometric: the Ford circle packing\, a pretty configuration of circles in the plane with interesting number theoretic properties.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-6/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190925T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190925T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T234507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190924T204637Z
UID:1388-1569428100-1569431700@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Why biologists cant stop saying single-cell and how this is a distinctly mathematical refrain
DESCRIPTION: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 engineering\, the interpretation of the data they generate requires concepts and tools from statistics\, computer science and mathematics. I will explain some of the connections with a view towards highlighting interesting solved and unsolved problems in the field.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba-5/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T234337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190913T173113Z
UID:1386-1568823300-1568826900@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Data-driven multiscale modeling of cell fate dynamics
DESCRIPTION: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 communications\, play a critical role in cell decision making. Dissecting cellular dynamics emerging from molecular and genomic scale in single-cell demands novel computational tools and multiscale models. In this talk\, I will present our recent works on analyzing single cell molecular data\, and their connections with cellular and spatial tissue dynamics. Our mathematical approaches bring together optimization\, statistical physics\, ODEs/PDEs\, and stochastic simulations along with machine learning techniques. By utilizing our newly developed computational tools along with their close integrations with new datasets collected from our experimental collaborators\, we are able to investigate several complex systems during development and regeneration to uncover new mechanisms in cell fate determination.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/tba/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Argue Auditorium Pomona College 610 N. College Ave. Claremont CA 91711 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=610 N. College Ave.:geo:-117.7142668,34.0999157
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190911T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190911T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190826T222708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T210346Z
UID:1383-1568218500-1568222100@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Poster Session Fall 2019
DESCRIPTION:CLAREMONT CENTER for MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES\nFall 2019 Poster Session \nClick here for poster abstracts.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/poster-session-fall-2019/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,Special Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Blerta Shtylla":MAILTO:shtyllab@pomona.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190501T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190501T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190301T183333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T160605Z
UID:1258-1556727300-1556730900@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Is My Subgroup Normal? How Math Communities Differand Why it Matters (Sinclair\, Google)
DESCRIPTION:Mathematics isnt done in a void: its done by groups of people. Those groups have\ndifferent norms and values\, which affect both who wants to engage in math and the mathematics itself\nbeing done. When thinking about diversity and inclusion\, explicitly examining norms within our\ncommunities can get us a long way. Through a Thomas J Watson Fellowship\, I had the opportunity\nto experience mathematics competitions communities in Brazil\, Argentina\, Senegal\, Singapore and\nEngland. Come hear about the differences I found within those communities\, and how Ive continued\nto connect those learnings to technical communities back in the United States.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-sinclair-google/
LOCATION:Shanahan B460\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Ali Nadim":MAILTO:ali.nadim@cgu.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190424T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190424T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190301T183238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T184215Z
UID:1256-1556122500-1556126100@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:A Conformal Mapping Approach to Shape Optimization Problems. (Kao\, CMC)
DESCRIPTION: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 eigenvalues and their related shape optimization problems in two dimensions. To apply spectral methods\, we first reformulate the Steklov eigenvalue problem in the complex domain via conformal mappings. The eigenfunctions are expanded in Fourier series so the discretization leads to an eigenvalue problem for coefficients of Fourier series. For shape optimization problems\, we use gradient ascent approaches to find optimal domains that maximize objective functions involving Steklov eigenvalues.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-kao-cmc/
LOCATION:Shanahan B460\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Ali Nadim":MAILTO:ali.nadim@cgu.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T171500
DTSTAMP:20260410T110410
CREATED:20190301T183149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190412T170625Z
UID:1254-1555517700-1555521300@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Unravelling Biochemistry Mysteries: Knot Theory Applied to Biochemistry (Price\, University of San Diego)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Mathematical modeling is an effective resource for biologists since it provides ways to simplify\, study and understand the complex systems common in biology and biochemistry. Many mathematical tools can be applied to biological problems\, some traditional and some more novel\, all innovative. This presentation will review the mathematical tools that are used to model and study biological issues of DNA-protein interactions.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-price-university-of-san-diego/
LOCATION:Shanahan B460\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Ali Nadim":MAILTO:ali.nadim@cgu.edu
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