Monday

Special Lecture: at 9:15 in EE/CS 3-180

Professor Robert Miller from Oregon State University will speak on "Overview of Data assimilation in the oceanic and atmospheric sciences"

Special Lecture: at 11:15 in EE/CS 3-180

Professor Allan R. Robinson from Harvard University will speak on "Data assimilation in the oceanic and atmospheric sciences"

Commutative Algebra/Algebraic Geometry: at 3:35 in VinH 207

... Will not meet this week

Real Analysis [Gene Fabes 1937--1997]: at 4:30 in VinH 206

Professor Mark Rudelson from University of Missouri - Columbia will speak on "Phase transitions for sections of convex bodies"

Tuesday

Combinatorics Problem Session: at 11:15 in VinH 203a

... Bring your own problems, or listen to ours. Entire math community (undergrad, grad, faculty) welcome

Topology: at 1:25 in FordH 130

Professor M. Kapranov from Univeristy of Toronto will speak on "Algebro-geometric models for loop spaces and vertex algebras"

Student Topology: at 2:30 in SmithH 111

Mr. Kuerak Chung will speak on "Characteristic classes - a continuation"

Number Theory: at 2:30 in FordH 127

Professor Dihua Jiang will speak on "On proof of converse theorem"

Dynamical Systems: at 3:30 in VinH 570

... Will not meet this week

Junior Colloquium: at 3:35 in VinH 16

... Will not meet this week

ATaC: at 3:35 in VinH 364

Dr. Naichung Conan Leung will speak on "Morse theory"

Wednesday

Special Lecture: at 9:00 in EE/CS 3-180

Professor Christopher Jones from Brown University will speak on "Lagrangian data assimilation in ocean models"

P.D.E.: at 3:30 in VinH 207

Professor Linghai Zhang will speak on "Dissipation and decay estimates"

Algebra, Topology, and Physics: at 3:30 in VinH 364

Professor Ernesto Lupercio from University of Wisconsin, Madison will speak on "Orbifolds, gerbes, and motivic integration"

Special Lecture: at 5:00 in Walter Library 402

Dr. Alvy Ray Smith from Microsoft will speak on "The reality of simulated actors"

Thursday

Combinatorial Kazhdan-Lusztig: at 11:15 in VinH 364

Professor Radu Popescu will speak on "Cell representations and induction from parabolic subgroups"

Applied Math and Numerical Analysis: at 11:30 in VinH 570

Professor Dmitry Golovaty from University of Ohio, Akron will speak on "On radial minimizers of the Ginzburg-Landau functional"

Geometric Analysis: at 2:00 in VinH 570

... Will not meet this week

Lie Theory: at 2:30 in VinH 203B

Professor Erez Lapid from Ohio State University will speak on "Regularization and inner product for Eisenstein series"

Friday

IMA/MCIM Industrial Problems: at 10:10 in VinH 570

Mr. Grant Erdmann will speak on "Minimax optimizaiton and omnidirecitonal dielectric mirrors"

Special Combinatorics Seminar: at 3:35 in VinH 207

Professor Mikhail Kapranov from University of Toronto will speak on "Algebro-geometric models for loop spaces and vertex algebras"

Probability: at 3:35 in VinH 206

... Will not meet this week

Automorphic Forms and L-Functions: at 3:35 in VinH 364

Professor Erez Lapid from Ohio State University will speak on "L-functions and root numbers at the center of symmetry"

Professor Mikhail Kapranov from the University of Toronto will be visiting the Mathematics Department for one month beginning April 15, 2002. Professor Kapranov's visit is sponsored by the Ordway Endowment. During his visit, Professor Kapranov's office will be Vincent Hall 260; you can reach him by phone at 625-2036.\hfill\break\indent The Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications will be holding a workshop on {\bf Data Assimilation in the Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences} from April 29-May 3. Please contact the IMA at 624-6066 or see their website at newsletr@ima.umn.edu for further information