Events

Colloquium – Xiaofeng Ren, George Washington University

Topic:  Non-hexagonal lattices from a two species interacting system Abstract: A two species interacting system motivated by the density functional theory for triblock copolymers contains long range interaction that affects

Applied Math Seminar – Steven Wise, University of Tennessee

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title: Convergence Analyses of some Nonlinear Multi-Level Algorithms for Non-Quadratic Convex Optimization Problems via Space Decomposition and Subspace Correction Abstract: Nonlinear multi-level methods, such as the full approximation storage (FAS)

Analysis Seminar – Ryan Berndt, Otterbein University

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title: Two-weight problem for the Fourier transform. Abstract: We examine the problem of the Fourier transform mapping one weighted Lebesgue space into another, by studying necessary conditions and sufficient conditions

Colloquium – Mark Behrens, University of Notre Dame

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title: "Current themes in the study of the  homotopy groups of spheres" Abstract: I will summarize the current state of affairs of the study of the stable homotopy groups of

Applied Math Seminar – Rongjie Lai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title: Understanding Manifold-structured Data via Geometric Modeling and Learning Abstract: Analyzing and inferring the underlying global intrinsic structures of data from its local information are critical in many fields. In

Applied Math Seminar – Trang Dinh, University of Alabama

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title: Understanding Tensor and Tensor Decompositions Abstract: Tensors are multidimensional arrays that can play a key role in the representation of big data. Decompositions of higher-order tensors have applications in

Colloquium – Xiaofan Li, Illinois Institute of Technology

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title: Numerical simulations of macroscopic quantities for stochastic differential equations with alpha-stable processes Abstract: The mean first exit time, escape probability and transitional probability density are utilized to quantify dynamical

Applied Math Seminar – Dengfeng Sun, Purdue University

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title: Improving the Convergence Rate of the Distributed Gradient Descent Method Abstract: This talk presents our recent work on the accelerated Distributed Gradient Descent (DGD) method for distributed optimization problems.

Analysis Seminar – Khalid Said, University of Alabama

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Abstract In this presentation we examine some useful properties of the numerical range. We explore two dierent positions , generic and generalized generic positions. We show that two pairs of