Seminars
The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics of the Whiting School of Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University hosts a weekly colloquium on Thursdays at 4:00 PM on the third floor of Whitehead Hall, Room 304. (Refreshments begin at 3:30 PM in Room 301.)
Some additional seminars are scheduled on Fridays and occasionally on other days. Student seminars are usually scheduled on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM in Whitehead Hall, Room 304.
Roughly half the seminars feature talks by faculty in the department; the other half are given by distinguished visitors.
Seminars are held in 304 Whitehead Hall unless otherwise noted. Here are directions to Whitehead Hall. You can subscribe to email announcements of our seminars.
The seminars Web page is maintained by Professor Jim Fill: jimfill@jhu.edu. (last update: April 9, 2007)
Seminar Schedule for Spring 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Joint seminar with Department of Biostatistics,
Bloomberg School of Public Health Building, Room W3008
(615 N. Wolfe Street, third floor, west wing), with refreshments at 3:30PM,
Victor Panaretos, University of California, Berkeley
RANDOM TOMOGRAPHY IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )
Thursday, February 1, 2007
S. Stanley Young, National Institute of Statistical Sciences
NONNEGATIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )
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Monday, February 5, 2007
11:00 AM in 304 Shaffer Hall
Suneal Chaudhary, University of Utah
AN AMERICAN OPTION PRICING METHOD ON MARKOV PROCESSES
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf ) -
Thursday, February 8, 2007
1:00 PM in 301 Shaffer Hall
Bruno Jedynak, The Johns Hopkins University
DIFFUSION KERNELS ON GRAPHS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
(4:00 PM in 304 Whitehead Hall)
Antoine Toussaint, Princeton University
HEDGING UNDER L^2 CONVEX RISK MEASURES
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf ) -
Monday, February 12, 2007
11:00 AM in 304 Shaffer Hall
Jinchun Ye, Base-2 Capital, LLC
OPTIMAL LIFE INSURANCE PURCHASE, CONSUMPTION, AND PORTFOLIO UNDER AN UNCERTAIN LIFE
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf ) -
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
4:00 PM in 314 Clark Hall
with refreshments at 3:45 PM, joint seminar with Center for Imaging Science,
Luminita Vese, University of California, Los Angeles
INVERSE PROBLEMS IN IMAGING AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Mia Hinnerich, Stockholm School of Economics
PRICING EQUITY SWAPS IN AN ECONOMY WITH JUMPS
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Gregory Eyink, The Johns Hopkins University
TURBULENT DIFFUSION OF LINES AND CIRCULATIONS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Edward Scheinerman, The Johns Hopkins University
DOT-PRODUCT REPRESENTATIONS OF GRAPHS:EXACT, ASYMPTOTIC, PROJECTIVE, ALGORITHMIC, APPROXIMATE, AND APPLIED
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf ) Thursday, March 8, 2007
Donniell Fishkind, The Johns Hopkins University
THE GENUS OF A DIGITAL IMAGE IS DETERMINED BY ITS FOREGROUND, BACKGROUND, AND REEB GRAPHS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )-
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Laurent Younes, The Johns Hopkins University
AN (ALMOST) EXPLICIT METRIC IN THE SPACE OF PLANE CURVES
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
Carey E. Priebe, The Johns Hopkins University
INFERENCE ON INTERPOINT COMPARISONS: AN APPLICATION IN COMPUTATIONAL ANATOMY
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Thursday, April 5, 2007
Fred Jelinek, The Johns Hopkins University
LANGUAGE MODELING BY RANDOM FORESTS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf ) -
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Jim Fill, The Johns Hopkins University
A (MINOR) MIRACLE: DIAGONALIZATION OF A BOSE-EINSTEIN MARKOV CHAIN
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Raimond L. Winslow, The Johns Hopkins University
CALCIUM SIGNALING IN THE CARDIAC DYAD
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf ) Thursday, April 26, 2007
205 Krieger Hall
The 2007 Acheson J. Duncan Lecture
Preceded by light refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in 301 Whitehead Hall
Robert Azencott, University of Houston
AUTOMATIC LEARNING AND MULTI-SENSORS DIAGNOSIS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )Friday, April 27, 2007
11:00 a.m. in 101 Shaffer Hall
Followed by a luncheon reception in 301 Whitehead Hall
Robert Azencott, University of Houston
ULTRASOUND IMAGE ANALYSIS: SPECKLE TRACKING FOR RECOVERY OF CARDIAC MOTION
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )