Department of Mathematical Sciences
Colloquium Schedule
Academic Year 2017-2018

Colloquium Committee: Sarah Olson and Min Wu


Colloquia are Friday's 11:00-11:50 am in Stratton 203 (unless noted otherwise)

Fall Semester

8/25	Yury Shestopalov, University of Gavle, Sweden New Forms of Canonical Forward and Inverse Waveguide Scattering Problems Host: Vadim Yakovlev
9/1	Kelum Gajamannage, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Smoothness Preserving Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction Using Splines Post-Doctoral Scholar in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
9/8	Paris Perdikaris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Learning and Optimization Under Uncertainty via Multi-Fidelity Modeling Host: Handy Zhang
9/15	CONANT Lecture David H. Bailey Computation and analysis of arbitrary digits of Pi and other mathematical constants Special Location & Time: Higgins Labs 218 at 4:00 pm
9/22	Martin Milanic, University of Primorska Host: Brigitte Servatius Reconstructing perfect phylogenies via binary matrices, branchings in DAGS, and a generalization of Dilworth's theorem
9/29	Becca Thomases, University of California, Davis Host: Sarah Olson Flagellar swimming in viscoelastic fluids: Role of fluid elastic stress revealed by simulations based on experimental data
10/6	Dapeng "Max" Bi, Northeastern University Host: Min Wu Mechanics of Epithelial Tissues: structure, rigidity, and fluidity
10/13	---- FALL Break ----
10/20	---- FALL Break ----
10/27	Doug Stinson, University of Waterloo Host: Bill Martin
11/3	Alexander Chudnovsky, University of Illinois Chicago Host: Konstantin Lurie Fracture Mechanics: the state of the art, limitations of existing paradigm and new challenges
11/10	Xiaozhe Hu, Tufts University Host: Marcus Sarkis
11/17
11/24	---- THANKSGIVING Break ----
12/1	Misha Kilmer, Tufts University Host: Homer Walker
12/8	Gigliola Staffilani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Host: Luca Capogna
12/15	---- LAST DAY OF FALL SEMESTER ----

Spring Semester

1/12
1/19
1/26	Nora Youngs, Colby College Host: Padraig Ó Catháin
2/2	Wei-Hsuan Yu, ICERM Host: Bill Martin
2/9	Mario Bencomo, ICERM
2/16
2/23
3/2	Shigui Ruan Oscillations in an evolutionary epidemiological model ofinfluenza A drift Host: Roger Lui
3/9	---- SPRING BREAK ----
3/16	Margaret Beck, Boston University Host: Darko Volkov Enhanced dissipation in fluids models
3/23	Jie He, Princeton University Host: Stephan Sturm
3/30	Erik Bollt, Clarkson University Host: Kellum Gajamannage and Randy Paffenroth
4/6	Gordan Žitković, UT Austin Host: Gu Wang
4/13
4/20	---------------- PROJECT PRESENTATION DAY -----------------
4/27	Francisco Javier Says, University of Delaware Host: Marcus Sarkis
5/4	Grigor Nika, LMS and CNRS at Ecole Polytechnique Host: Bogdan Vernescu
5/18	Gianni Dal Maso, SISSA Host: Chris Larsen

Information for:

• Attendees: All talks to be held in Room 203, Stratton Hall (unless otherwise noted); refreshments in Stratton Hall 108 at 10:30am; all are welcome!
• Faculty: Please contact us (sdolson@wpi.edu, mwu2@wpi.edu) to suggest speakers and arrange dates. (See above for availability)
• Speakers: 
• Please contact us (sdolson@wpi.edu, mwu2@wpi.edu) if you need anything or see errors in the information above.
• The console in Stratton 203 offers a desktop with internet access, DVD player, document camera, and VGA and/or HDMI cables to hook up to laptops
• A map of the campus can be found here. We are building 32. Visitor parking is generally available in the West Street Lot or Boynton Street Lot. Note that you will need a Visitor Parking Pass; please email sdolson@wpi.edu with car make/model, license plate, and date of visit to get a parking pass emailed that can be printed out and displayed in the dashboard of your car when you park.