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22 September 2015
17:15-18:15

Prof. Dr. Martin Wainwright
Berkeley

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Title	High-dimensional phenomena in convex analysis and mathematical statistics
Speaker, Affiliation	Prof. Dr. Martin Wainwright, Berkeley
Date, Time	22 September 2015, 17:15-18:15
Location	KO2 F 150
Abstract	Statistical models in which the ambient dimension is of the same order or larger than the sample size arise frequently in different areas of science and engineering. Although high-dimensional models of this type date back to seminal work of Kolmogorov and others, they have been the subject of especially intensive study over the past decade, and have interesting connections to many branches of mathematics, including concentration of measure, convex analysis/geometry, and information theory. In this talk, we discuss various issues in high-dimensional statistics, including vignettes on phase transitions in high-dimensional graph recovery, and nonparametric density estimation with privacy constraints.

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13 October 2015
17:15-18:15

Prof. Dr. Nalini Anatharaman
Université de Strasbourg

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Title	Quantum ergodicity
Speaker, Affiliation	Prof. Dr. Nalini Anatharaman, Université de Strasbourg
Date, Time	13 October 2015, 17:15-18:15
Location	KO2 F 150
Abstract	"Quantum ergodicity'' usually deals with delocalization properties of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on compact manifolds. After a review of the subject, I will discuss some recent work with Etienne Le Masson where we prove a "quantum ergodicity" result for eigenfunctions of the discrete Laplacian on large regular graphs. This means that, for most eigenfunctions $\psi_j$, the probability measure $\|\psi_j(x)\|^2$ on the vertices of the graph is close to uniform. I will also discuss possible extensions to other models.

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10 November 2015
17:15-18:15

Prof. Dr. Joseph Ayoub
Universität Zürich

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Title	Symmetries in algebraic geometry and motives
Speaker, Affiliation	Prof. Dr. Joseph Ayoub , Universität Zürich
Date, Time	10 November 2015, 17:15-18:15
Location	KO2 F 150

Symmetries in algebraic geometry and motives

8 December 2015
17:15-18:15

Prof. Dr. Winfried Scharlau
Universität Münster

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Title	Alexander Grothendieck -- the life of an outsider
Speaker, Affiliation	Prof. Dr. Winfried Scharlau, Universität Münster
Date, Time	8 December 2015, 17:15-18:15
Location	KO2 F 150

Alexander Grothendieck -- the life of an outsider

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