PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

May 24, 2012

Fields scientific programs are devoted to research in the mathematical sciences, and enhanced graduate and post-doctoral training opportunities. Part of the mandate of the Institute is to broaden and enlarge the community, and to encourage the participation of women and members of visible minority groups in our scientific programs.

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2012

May

2012

May 2012

Date	Time	Event
Sun Apr 29 - Wed May 2		Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting White Oaks Conference Centre, Niagara-on-the-Lake Supported by the Fields Institute
Tue May 1	10:00 a.m.	Short Course on Geodesic Methods in Image Analysis Laurent Cohen (Université Paris-Dauphine) Fields Institute, Room 230
Tue May 1	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210
Tue May 1	2:10 p.m.	Short course on Network flow optimization for image processing Jerome Darbon (ENS Cachan and UCLA) Fields Institute, Room 230
Tue May 1	5:00 p.m.	Industrial Optimization Seminar Frédéric Meunier (CERMICS, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France) A routing problem raised by self-service bicycle sharing systems Paul Raff and Prasad Kalyanaraman (Supply Chain Optimization division of Amazon.com) Opportunity Cost Techniques and Fulfillment Tie-Breaking at Amazon.com Fields Institute, Room 230
Wed May 2	10:00 a.m.	Short Course on Geodesic Methods in Image Analysis Laurent Cohen (Université Paris-Dauphine) Fields Institute, Room 230
Wed May 2	12:00 noon	Fields Institute Colloquium/Seminar in Applied Mathematics Ingrid Carbone (Università della Calabria, Consenza, Italy) A new class of low discrepancy sequences of partitions and points Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Wed May 2	2:30 p.m.	Fields Institute Colloquium/Seminar in Applied Mathematics Aljoša Volcic (Università della Calabria, Consenza, Italy) Geometric Tomography Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Thu May 3	10:00 a.m.	Short Course on Geodesic Methods in Image Analysis Laurent Cohen (Université Paris-Dauphine) Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 3	2:00 p.m.	Quantum Information Seminar John Rarity (University of Bristol) Can we make solid state quantum networks Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Thu May 3	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210
Thu May 3	2:10 p.m.	Short course on Network flow optimization for image processing Jerome Darbon (ENS Cachan and UCLA) Discrete Convex and Non-Convex Optimization Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 3	6:00 p.m.	Keyfitz Lecture in Mathematics and the Social Sciences Stephen Fienberg (Carnegie Mellon University) Counting the People Bahen Building, Room 1160
Fri May 4	11:00 a.m.	Quantum Information Seminar Seth Lloyd (MIT) Optimizing quantum transport Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Fri May 4	11:10 a.m.	Short course on Network flow optimization for image processing Jerome Darbon (ENS Cachan and UCLA) Total Variation optimization and applications Fields Institute, Room 230
Fri May 4	2:10 p.m.	Short course on Network flow optimization for image processing Jerome Darbon (ENS Cachan and UCLA) Non-linear evolutions and Hamilton-Jacobi equations Fields Institute, Room 230
Fri May 4	4:10 p.m.	Toronto Probability Seminar Lukasz Grabowski (Imperial College, London) Decidability aspects of computing spectral measures Fields Institute, Room 230
Sat May 5 - Tue May 8		GAP 2012 (Geometry And Physics) Conference University of Waterloo University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Supported by the Fields Institute
Mon May 7 - Fri May 11		From Dynamics to Complexity: A Conference Celebrating the Work of Mike Shub Bahen Centre, Room 1170 and 1180
Mon May 7 - Wed May 9		Young Researchers Workshop on Higher Algebraic and Geometric Structures: Modern Methods in Representation Theory Bahen Centre, Room 6183
Mon May 7	10:00 a.m.	Short Course on Geodesic Methods in Image Analysis Laurent Cohen (Université Paris-Dauphine) Fields Institute, Room 230
Mon May 7	3:30 p.m.	Distinguished Lecture Series Emmanuel Candes (Stanford University) From compressive sensing to super-resolution Fields Institute, Room 230 *note revised location
Mon May 7	4:10 p.m.	Toronto Probability Seminar Alejandro Ramirez (Pontificia Universidad catolica de Chile) Criteria for ballistic behavior of random walks in random environment Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Tue May 8 - Fri May 11		Geometric Structures Laboratory, mini-courses on topics in modern geometry University of Toronto Supported by the Fields Institute
Tue May 8	10:00 a.m.	Short Course on Geodesic Methods in Image Analysis Laurent Cohen (Université Paris-Dauphine) Fields Institute, Room 230
Tue May 8	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210
Tue May 8	3:30 p.m.	Distinguished Lecture Series Emmanuel Candes (Stanford University) Robust principal component analysis? Some theory and some applications Fields Institute, Room 230
Wed May 9	2:00 p.m.	Distinguished Lecture Series Emmanuel Candes (Stanford University) PhaseLift: Exact Phase Retrieval via Convex Programming Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 10	2:00 p.m.	Seminar on Image Analysis Elena Resmerita (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt) Finite Dimensional Approximation of Total Variation Regularization on Hexagonal Pixels Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Thu May 10	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210
Thu May 10	3:30 p.m.	Seminar on Image Analysis Christiane Poeschl (AlpenAdria University Klagenfurt) TV Denoising and Evolution of Sets Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Fri May 11	1:30 p.m.	Set Theory Seminar Jim McGarva (University of Toronto) Constructing a Taller Thin-Thick Space Fields Institute, Room 210
Fri May 11	2:00 p.m.	Seminar on Image Analysis Patrick Guidotti (University of California, Irvine) The Perona-Malik Equation (PME) and Some Recent Regularizations Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Fri May 11	3:30 p.m.	Seminar on Image Analysis Prashant Athavale (Fields Institute and University of Toronto) Multiscale Image Representations through Integro-Differential Equations Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Mon May 14 - Sat May 19		Workshop on Recent Advances in General Topology, Dimension Theory, Continuum Theory and Dynamical Systems Nipissing University Supported by the Fields Institute
Mon May 14	9:10 a.m.	Short Course on Numerical Methods for Sparse Recovery Massimo Fornasier (Technical University of Munich) Fields Institute, Room 230
Mon May 14	2:10 p.m.	Seminar on Image Analysis Analytical, Geometrical and Numerical Aspects of Curvature Driven Flows Adina Ciomaga (University of Chicago) Fields Institute, Room 230
Mon May 14	3:30 p.m.	Seminar on Image Analysis Analytical, Geometrical and Numerical Aspects of Curvature Driven Flows Adina Ciomaga (University of Chicago) Fields Institute, Room 230
Tue May 15 - Thu May 17		Mathematical Neuroscience and Neurobiology Introductory Courses Wallberg Building, Room 116
Tue May 15	9:10 a.m.	Short Course on Numerical Methods for Sparse Recovery Massimo Fornasier (Technical University of Munich) Fields Institute, Room 230
Tue May 15	2:00 p.m.	Short Course on Algorithms for models involving interfaces in image processing and vision Selim Esedoglu (University of Michigan) Fields Institute, Room 230
Tue May 15	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210
Wed May 16	9:10 a.m.	Short Course on Numerical Methods for Sparse Recovery Massimo Fornasier (Technical University of Munich) Fields Institute, Room 230
Wed May 16	2:00 p.m.	Short Course on Numerical Geometry of Images Ron Kimmel (Technion) Fields Institute, Room 230
Wed May 16	3:30 p.m.	Short Course on Algorithms for models involving interfaces in image processing and vision Selim Esedoglu (University of Michigan) Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 17	9:30 a.m.	Short Course on Numerical Geometry of Images Ron Kimmel (Technion) Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 17	11:10 a.m.	Short Course on Algorithms for models involving interfaces in image processing and vision Selim Esedoglu (University of Michigan) Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 17	2:00 p.m.	Short Course on Numerical Geometry of Images Ron Kimmel (Technion) Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 17	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210
Fri May 18 - Sat May 19		Ontario Combinatorics Workshop Fields Institute
Fri May 18	9:30 a.m.	Short Course on Numerical Geometry of Images Ron Kimmel (Technion) Fields Institute, Room 230
Fri May 18	11:00 a.m.	Quantum Information Seminar Dominic Berry (Macquarie University, Australia) Universality of the Heisenberg limit / Simulation using quantum walks Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Fri May 18	11:10 a.m.	Short Course on Algorithms for models involving interfaces in image processing and vision Selim Esedoglu (University of Michigan) Fields Institute, Room 230
Fri May 18	1:30 p.m.	Set Theory Seminar Assaf Rinot (Fields and UTM) On incompactness for chromatic number of graphs Fields Institute, Room 210
Fri May 18	2:00 p.m.	Short Course on Numerical Geometry of Images Ron Kimmel (Technion) Fields Institute, Room 230
Mon May 21		Canadian Operator Symposium, 2012 Queen's University Supported by the Fields Institute
Mon May 21 - Fri May 25		Canadian Operator Symposium, 2012 Queen's University
Tue May 22 - Wed May 23		Parkinson's Disease Workshop Fields Institute, Room 230
Tue May 22	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210
Thu May 24 - Fri May 25		Schizophrenia Workshop Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 24	2:00 p.m.	Seminar on Variational Methods in Imaging Antonio Marquina (Universitat de Valencia) Edge-enhanced image reconstruction using total variation and high-order edge-preserving up-sampling operators Fields Institute, Room 210
Thu May 24	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Thu May 24	4:00 p.m.	Seminar on Imaging Dominique Brunet (University of Waterloo) On the Structural Similarity (SSIM) Index Fields Institute, Room 210
Fri May 25	11:00 a.m.	Avner Magen Memorial Lecture Avi Wigderson (Institute for Advanced Study) Randomness Fields Institute, Room 230 Co-sponsored by the Fields Institute and Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Fri May 25	1:30 p.m.	Set Theory Seminar Mike Pawliuk (University of Toronto) Set Theoretic attacks on Itzkowitz' problem Fields Institute, Room 210
Sat May 26		Math Concert University of Western Ontario to be held at the Regent Theatre, Oshawa. For tickets contact ggadanid<at>uwo.ca
Tue May 29 - Wed May 30		Epilepsy Workshop Fields Institute, Room 230
Tue May 29 - Thu May 31		Workshop on Rational homotopy theory and its applications University of Ottawa
Tue May 29	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210
Wed May 30 - Fri Jun 1		Symposium on the Analysis of Survey Data and Small Area Estimation Carleton University Registration Required
Thu May 31 - Fri Jun 1		Alzheimer's Disease/Pharmaceuticals Workshop Fields Institute, Room 230
Thu May 31	2:10 p.m.	Operator Algebras Seminar Fields Institute, Room 210