Seminars and Colloquiums
for the week of November 19, 2012
Speakers:
Ms. Yang Shen, Monday
Prof. Jan Rosinski, Monday
Mr. Keith Penrod, Tuesday
Dr. Shi Chen, Postdoc, Veterinary School, Wednesday
**Tea Time is hosted this week by Samantha T., Monday through Wednesday, 3:00 pm. Everyone welcome!**
Monday, November 19
MASTER'S DEFENSE
TIME: 10:00
ROOM: Ayres 404
SPEAKER: Ms. Yang Shen
Her committee is composed of Professors: Maroulas, Younger, and Malikopoulos.
PROBABILITY SEMINAR
TIME: 3:35 - 4:25 p.m.
ROOM: Ayres Hall 112
SPEAKER: Prof. Jan Rosinski
TITLE: Wiener chaos, Malliavin calculus, and the Central Limit Theorem, Part 2.
ABSTRACT: Wiener-Ito chaos expansion has some analogy with the Taylor expansion of the classical analysis. Building on this analogy we will describe the fundamental notions of the Malliavin calculus: the Malliavin derivative (the gradient operator) and the divergence operator (Skorohod integral). Using these tools, a short proof of a surprising criterion for the asymptotic independence of Wiener chaos can be obtained. This criterion, in turn, yields a simple proof of a multidimensional version of the celebrated Central Limit Theorem for Wiener chaos, the so called fourth moment theorem of Nualart and Peccati, and gives a framework for new results on limits of Wiener chaos.
Tuesday, November 20
TOPOLOGY SEMINAR
TIME: 12:40 p.m.
ROOM: Ayres 406
SPEAKER: Mr. Keith Penrod
TITLE: Big homotopy groups
ABSTRACT: We push the boundaries of possibility for algebraic topology by extending the notion of homotopy theory to any compact, connected linear set, rather than simply using the real interval. The notion of "big fundamental group" was introduced by Jim Cannon and Greg Conner. We explain this definition and explore some possibilities for expanding from there, including defining the analog for higher homotopy groups.
Wednesday, November 21
MATH BIOLOGY SEMINAR
TIME: 10:10 - 11:00
ROOM: Dabney 488
SPEAKER: Dr. Shi Chen, Postdoc, Veterinary School
TITLE: Introduction to R and data ( chapter 7 of Bolker's book)
If you are interested in giving or arranging a talk for one of our seminars or colloquiums,
please review our calendar.
If you have questions, or a date you would like to confirm, please contact colloquium@math.utk.edu.
Past notices:
Seminars from 2011-2012 academic year
Seminars from 2010-2011 academic year
Seminars from 2009-2010 academic year
Seminars from 2008-2009 academic year
Seminars from 2007-2008 academic year
Seminars from 2006-2007 academic year