The Seminar is a class-length (i.e. 50-minute) lecture aimed at graduate students. It is semi-formal, usually with pizza beforehand. Ideally, it describes current research being done by professors in the department at a 'softball' level suitable for graduate students taking or having recently passed the qualifying exams, and possibly seeking an interesting research niche. More broadly, it is commensurate with the Seminar's objectives to provide graduate students an overview of a niche in which they have not specialized, often by providing a sketch of one of the professors occasionally attend as well.)
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep 2007 MB106 5:00pm - 6:00pm | John Roe | What is an L^2 Betti number? |
| 2 Oct 2007 MB106 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Sergei Tabachnikov | What is the outer billiard |
| 16 Oct 2007 MB106 5:15pm - 6:15pm | Kris Jenssen | What is a shock wave? |
| 30 Oct 2007 MB106 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Tim Reluga | What is MathBio |
| 4 Dec 2007 MB106 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Mark Levi | Lagrangians, Hamiltonians, optics and Gromov squeezing |