Colloquium: Mahmoud Hussein

April 3, 2015

Exact Dispersion Relations For Finite-Strain Elastic Waves In Solids Mahmoud Hussein Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Friday, April 3, 2015 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: The introduction of nonlinearities to the dynamics of a homogeneous elastic medium alters the underlying wave...

Colloquium: Anca Radulescu

March 20, 2015

Dynamic networks and templates: from hardwiring to temporal behavior Anca Radulescu Department of Mathematics , State University of New York (SUNY) - New Paltz Date and time: Friday, March 20, 2015 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: Behavior under iterations of quadratic maps has been one of the earliest and...

Colloquium: Edgar Knobloch

March 13, 2015

Spatially Localized Structures: Experiments, Theory and Numerics Applied Mathematics 25th Anniversary Edgar Knobloch Department of Physics ; University of California, Berkeley Date and time: Friday, March 13, 2015 - 4:00pm Location: Old Main Chapel Abstract: Spatially localized structures arise frequently in nature. In this lecture I will describe a number...

Colloquium: Edgar Knobloch

March 12, 2015

Crystallization fronts in supercooled liquids: how rapid fronts can lead to disordered glassy solids Edgar Knobloch Departmant of Physics ; University of California, Berkeley Date and time: Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 11:00am Location: DLC 1B70 Abstract: We determine the speed of a crystallization front as it advances into the...

Colloquium: Manuel Lladser

March 6, 2015

Non-asymptotic approximations in computational biology via maximal couplings Manuel Lladser Applied Mathematics , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Friday, March 6, 2015 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: In a report published in 1937, Doeblin - who is regarded the father of the "coupling method" - introduced an...

Colloquium: Emanuel Knill

Feb. 27, 2015

Analyzing Quantum Nonlocality Emanuel Knill National Institute of Standards and Technology Date and time: Friday, February 27, 2015 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: There exist correlations of quantum systems for which no "local realistic" model can describe the statistics of measurement outcomes. These correlations have been confirmed in many...

Colloquium: Andrea Bertozzi

Feb. 13, 2015

Particle laden thin films: theory and experiment Joint colloquium with Department of Mathematics Andrea Bertozzi Department of Mathematics , University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Date and time: Friday, February 13, 2015 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: Modeling of particle laden flow, especially in the case of higher particle...

Colloquium: John Evans

Jan. 30, 2015

Conservation of Geometry in Numerical Simulation: A Primer on Isogeometric Analysis John Evans Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Friday, January 30, 2015 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: In this talk, we present an introduction to isogeometric analysis, a new methodology for...

Colloquium: Eric Gilleland

Jan. 23, 2015

Conditional Extreme Value Analysis for Severe Storm Environments Eric Gilleland Research Applications Laboratory , National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Date and time: Friday, January 23, 2015 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: A severe storm environment indicator is a climate model-scale variable that informs about atmospheric states that are...

Colloquium: Michael Scheuerer

Dec. 5, 2014

Evaluating the performance of probabilistic forecasts of univariate and multivariate quantities Michael Scheuerer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Date and time: Friday, December 5, 2014 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 245 Abstract: Many statistical methods in disciplines such as economics, atmospheric...

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