Friday, January 29, 2016 (3:00 p.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Non-Asymptotic Approach in Random Matrix Theory
Speaker: Mark Rudelson (Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Hosted by Elisabeth Werner
Abstract: Random matrices arise naturally in various contexts ranging from theoretical physics to computer science. In a large part of these problems, it is important to...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016 (3:00 p.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Maximizing diversity in biology and beyond (Part 1)
Speaker: Mark Meckes (Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University)
Abstract: Entropy-like quantities have long been used as a measure of diversity in various fields. There is a spectrum of viewpoints on diversity, indexed by a real parameter...