SES CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR.
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES SEMINARS
Spring 2006
Feb 3
Fri
2:00pm
CUNY Graduate
  Center, Rm 8405
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Vladimir Shpilrain,
City College
How to Choose a Random Element From a Given Infinite Group?
Feb 10
Fri
2:00pm
CUNY Graduate
  Center, Rm 8405
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Ayan Mahalanobis,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Protocol in Non-Abelian p-groups.
Feb 21
Tue
4:15pm
Peirce 220
Reception follows
Andrea Bréard, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France
Aleatory Poetry or How to Play Dominos in 17th Century China
Sponsored by the Departments of Mathematics, History, and Philosophy
Feb 24
Fri
2:00pm
CUNY Graduate
  Center, Rm 8405
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Alexander Ushakov,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
A practical attack on the Anshel-Anshel-Goldfeld key exchange protocol
Feb 28
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 218
Mathematics Colloquium
Michael Capalbo,
DIMACS, Rutgers University
Universal Graphs
Mar 6
Mon
4:15pm
Peirce 220
Mathematics Colloquium
Murray Elder,
University of Wollongong, Australia
An Introduction to Pattern-Avoiding Permutations
Mar 7
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 218
Stochastic Systems Seminar
Jinfeng Xu,
Columbia University
Parameter Estimation, Model Selection and Inferences in L1-based Linear Regression
Mar 10
Fri
11:00am
Peirce 220
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Rainer Steinwandt,
Florida Atlantic University
Non-Abelian Groups as Candidate Platform for Cryptographic Schemes: Strengths and Weaknesses
Mar 21
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Nonlinear Systems Seminar
Linghai Zhang
Lehigh University
Comparison of Wave-Speeds
Mar 22
Wed
3:00pm
Kidde 104
Stevens Society of Mathematicians - Seminar
Bogdan Grechuk,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Quantile-based Deviation Measures
Mar 23
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Robert Gilman,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
Mar 28
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Stochastic Systems Seminar
Frank Xu,
Dept of Civil, Environmental & Ocean Engineering
Stochastic Processes/Random Fields Theory and Stochastic Mechanics Research
Mar 30
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Robert Gilman,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
Mar 31
Fri
11:00am
Peirce 220
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Stefan Maubach,
University of Texas at Brownsville
Polynomial Maps over Finite Fields
Apr 4
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Nonlinear Systems Seminar
Becca Thomases,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
Local Energy Decay for Solutions of Isotropic Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems and Applications to Nonlinear Elasticity
Apr 5
Wed
3:30pm
Kidde 104
Stevens Society of Mathematicians - Seminar
Hong-Ray Cho,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
An introduction to Counter Groups
Apr 6
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Sergiy Gorovyy,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
Apr 7
Fri
11:00am
Peirce 220
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Yacov Yacobi,
Microsoft Research
A New Related Message Attack on RSA
Apr 10
Mon
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Stochastic Systems Seminar
Oana Mocioalca,
Kent State University
Space Regularity for Solutions of the Stochastic Evolution Equation with Irregular Gaussian Processes
Apr 13
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Anton Molyboha,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
Apr 18
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Stochastic Systems Seminar
Hristo Sendov,
University of Guelph, Canada
The Clarke Generalized Jacobian of the Projection onto the Cone of Positive Semi-definite Matrices and its Applications
Apr 19
Tue
2:15pm
Peirce 216
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Yuri Gurevich,
Microsoft Research
What is an Algorithm?
Apr 19
Wed
4:30pm
Babbio Bldg
2nd Annual Mathematics Awareness Celebration
Speakers:  Gregory Chudnovsky and David Chudnovsky, Polytechnic University, and Rebecca Wright, Dept of Computer Science
Registration required:  RSVP to djaramil@stevens.edu
Apr 20
Thu
9:00am
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Workshop in Mathematical Physics, April 20-21
Organizers:  Pavel Dubovski and Michael Zabarankin
Topics:  conservation laws, non-linear PDEs, integral equations, inverse problems
Apr 21
Fri
9:00am
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Workshop in Mathematical Physics, April 20-21
Organizers:  Pavel Dubovski and Michael Zabarankin
Topics:  conservation laws, non-linear PDEs, integral equations, inverse problems
Apr 25
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Stochastic Systems Seminar
Paul Krokhmal,
University of Iowa
Random Multidimensional Assignment Problem
Apr 28
Fri
2:00pm
CUNY Graduate
  Center, Rm 8405
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Rainer Steinwandt,
Florida Atlantic University
Towards Provably Secure Asymmetric Encryption Building on Finite Non-Abelian Groups
May 3
Wed
4:00pm
Kidde 104
Stochastic Systems Seminar
Kevin Ryan,
Telecommunications Management Department
Coordinated Dynamic Spectrum Allocation for Next Generation Wireless Networks
May 4
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Parisa Babaali,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
May 8
Mon
4:00pm
Peirce 218
Stochastic Systems Seminar
Pando Georgiev,
University of Cincinnati
Parametric Variational Principles and Applications
May 9
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Nonlinear Systems Seminar
Luca Bussolari,
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Designing Chaotic Planar Billiards
For more information contact one of the following:
    Stochastics Systems:  Darinka DentchevaMichael ZabarankinIonut Florescu
    Nonlinear Systems:  Marco Lenci Pavel Dubovski
    Generic Complexity, Algebra & Cryptography:  Robert Gilman
    Dept of Mathematical Sciences:  201-216-5449
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