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Seminars

The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics of the Whiting School of Engineering on the Homewood Campus of 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; others are given by distinguished visitors.

Seminars are held in 304 Whitehead Hall unless otherwise noted. Here are directions to the Homewood Campus and 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: November 17, 2009)


Seminars Schedule for Fall 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009
Jim Fill, The Johns Hopkins University
ABSORPTION TIMES FOR MARKOV CHAINS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )
( view a superset of the slides )
( read a first paper and a second )

Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tim Leung and Dan Naiman, The Johns Hopkins University
In an informal seminar, these department professors will each discuss research of recent interest.
( view slides related to Dan Naiman's presentation)

Thursday, September 24, 2009
in Mergenthaler 111
followed by a reception in 304 Whitehead Hall
The Eleventh Annual Alan J. Goldman Lecture
Richard L. Francis, University of Florida
AGGREGATION ERROR FOR LOCATION MODELS: SURVEY AND ANALYSIS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )
( view a superset of the slides )
( read the paper )

Thursday, October 1, 2009
in Mergenthaler 111
Joint seminar with Department of Biostatistics,
Michael Rosenblum, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
OPTIMIZING GROUP SEQUENTIAL DESIGNS THAT ALLOW CHANGES TO THE POPULATION SAMPLED BASED ON INTERIM DATA
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, student seminar
in Whitehead 303
Ming Ye, The Johns Hopkins University
ON FORECASTING VOLATILITY IN FINANCIAL MARKETS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Thursday, October 8, 2009
James F. Lawrence, George Mason University
CONVEX POLYTOPES WITH ABELIAN, VERTEX-TRANSITIVE SYMMETRY
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Thursday, October 15, 2009
James C. Spall, The Johns Hopkins University
FEEDBACK AND WEIGHTING MECHANISMS FOR IMPROVING JACOBIAN ESTIMATES IN AN ADAPTIVE STOCHASTIC ALGORITHM
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )
( read the paper )

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Klas Markström, Umeå University
GUESSING GAMES, CORRELATIONS, AND PERFECT GRAPHS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Thursday, October 29, 2009
Michael Kazhdan, The Johns Hopkins University
EFFICIENT SPATIALLY ADAPTIVE CONVOLUTION AND CORRELATION
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Thursday, November 5, 2009
John C. Wierman, The Johns Hopkins University
SELF-DUAL PLANAR HYPERGRAPHS AND EXACT BOND PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Donniell Fishkind and Youngmi Hur, The Johns Hopkins University
In an informal seminar, these department professors will each discuss research of recent interest.

Thursday, November 19, 2009
in Mergenthaler 111
followed by a reception in 304 Whitehead Hall
The Fifth John C. and Susan S. G. Wierman Lecture
Katherine Bennett Ensor, Rice University
HOUSTON AIR QUALITY: A SIMULTANEOUS EXAMINATION OF MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Tuesday, December 1, 2009, student seminar
at 11:00 AM in Whitehead 303
Matthew Sedlock, The Johns Hopkins University
A METHOD FOR FINDING EXACT SITE-PERCOLATION CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR A CLASS OF LATTICES
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Tuesday, December 1, 2009, student seminar
in Whitehead 303
Xumeng Cao, The Johns Hopkins University
PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON RELATIVE PERFORMANCE OF EXPECTED AND OBSERVED FISHER INFORMATION
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Christine Cheng, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
THE GENERALIZED MEDIAN STABLE MATCHINGS
( read the abstract: postscript / pdf )