Northwestern University Mathematical Calendar
Probability Seminar
Year 2016-2017


Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Todd Kemp,   UC San Diego
Title: Bulk Fluctuations and the Hard Edge of Unitary Brownian Motion
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Han Liang Gan,   Northwestern University
Title: Dirichlet approximation of genetic drift models
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Qiang Zeng,   Northwestern University
Title: Rigorous solution of strongly coupled SO(N) lattice gauge theory in the large N limit
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Qiang Zeng,   Northwestern University
Title: Rigorous solution of strongly coupled SO(N) lattice gauge theory in the large N limit
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Mike Cranston,   University of California, Irvine
Title: A Solvable Homopolymer Model
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 4:10PM
Xavier Garcia,  
Title: Critical points of polynomials as the number of variables tends to infinity
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Xinyi Li,   University of Chicago
Title: Percolative properties of Brownian interlacements and its vacant set
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Mihai Nica,   NYU
Title: Intermediate disorder limits for multi-layer random polymers
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Yumeng Zhang,   Berkeley
Title: Counting solutions of random regular NAESAT beyond condensation threshold
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Karl Lietchy,   DePaul University
Title: Propagation of critical behavior for unitary invariant plus GUE random matrices
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Yu-Ting Chen,   University of Tennessee
Title: Universality in mean-field spin glasses
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 4:10pm
Tianyi Zheng,   University of California, San Diego
Title: Speed of random walks on groups and minimal growth of harmonic functions
Special Note: This seminar is joint with Algebra Seminar
Abstract and details available


Monday, May 1, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 103, 2:00pm
Dima Shlyakhtenko,  
Title: Free entropy dimension and the first L^2-Betti number
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Julian Gold,   UCLA
Title: Scaling limit for Glauber dynamics on the discrete Gaussian free field at low temperatures
Abstract and details available


Monday, May 22, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 107, 3:00PM
Eric D. Kolaczyk,   Boston University
Title: Statistical Analysis of Network Data in the Context of 'Big Data': Large Networks and Many Networks
Special Note: Note the unusual time for the probability seminar
Abstract and details available


Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Probability Seminar       Lunt 105, 3:00PM
Wei Wu,   Courant Institute
Title: TBA
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