CAM Colloquia - Spring 2002

All CAM Colloquia take place at 3:45 p.m. in 655 Rhodes Hall with refreshments following the colloquium at 4:45 p.m. in 657 Rhodes Hall.

• January 25--Glenn Shafer, Rutgers, Game-Theoretic Probability (Host: T. Fine)
• February 1--Alex Vladimirsky, Math Dept., Cornell, Ordered Upwind Methods for Optimal Control Problems (Host: J. Guckenheimer)
• February 8-- Mark Tuckerman, Dept. of Chemistry and Courant Inst. of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, A Novel Variable Transformation Approach for Enhancing Conformational Sampling in Complex Systems (Host: R. Elber)
• February 15 --Rob Manning, A Continuum Rod Model for DNA Cyclization, Haverford College (Host: T. Healey)
• February 22 -- Mary Lou Zeeman, Modeling the LH surge in the Human Menstrual Cycle, University of Texas, San Antonio, Visiting CAM, Cornell, Joint with Nonlinear Systems
• March 1--
• March 8 -- Thorsten Joachims, Computer Science, Cornell, A Support Vector Method for Learning Ranking Functions in Information Retrieval, (Host: R. Elber)
• March 15-- Hans Follmer, Humboldt Universitat, Berlin, visiting Princeton, Robust Preferences and Monetary Measures of Risk (Host: P. Protter)
• March 29--
• April 5 --
• April 12 --Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria, Compartmental Models of Disease Transmission, Joint with Nonlinear Systems, (Host: J. Guckenheimer)
• April 19 --Gerald Guralnik, Brown University, Computing to Learn Physics While Watching Computers Grow Up, (Host: T. Fine)
• April 26 --Jean Jacod, University of Paris 6, The Euler Scheme for (Stochastic) Differential Equations, (Host: P. Protter)
• May 3--Denise Kirschner, University of Michigan, Incorporating Host Level Factors into Epidemic Models for Infectious Diseases, Joint with Nonlinear Systems (Host: M.Zeeman)