UCSD Probability Seminar, 2008-2009

The Probability Seminar is held on Thursdays from 10:00-10:50 AM in AP&M (Applied Physics and Mathematics) 6402. If you have questions, please contact the seminar organizer Jason Schweinsberg at jschwein@math.ucsd.edu.

Fall 2008

October 16: Yves Lacroix (Université du Sud Toulon-Var)
Title: On the law of series in ergodic theory. Abstract

October 23: David Levin (University of Oregon)
Title: Mixing of mean-field Glauber Dynamics Abstract

November 6: Nayantara Bhatnagar (University of California, Berkeley)
Title: Non-reconstruction for colorings on trees Abstract

November 13: Shankar Bhamidi (University of British Columbia)
Title: The (unreasonable) effectiveness of local weak convergence methodology in probability Abstract

December 4: Brian Rider (University of Colorado)
Title: Beta Ensembles, Random Schroedinger, and Diffusion Abstract

Winter 2009

February 26: Firas Rassoul-Agha (University of Utah)
Title: On the almost-sure invariance principle for random walk in random environment Abstract

March 12: Nicolas Lanchier (Arizona State University)
Title: Coexistence in spatially explicit metapopulations Abstract

Spring 2009

April 9: Allan Sly (University of California, Berkeley)
Title: Mixing in time and space Abstract

April 16: Natalia Komarova (University of California, Irvine)
Title: Stochastic modeling of cancer Abstract

May 14: Masha Gordina (University of Connecticut)
Title: Gaussian type measures on infinite-dimensional Heisenberg groups Abstract