Colloquium

Program Synthesis for Network Updates Joint Talk with Department of Mathematics - Talk is at 4:00 PM in BESC 185. Refreshments will be at 3:30 PM in MATH 350. Pavol Cerny Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering ; University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Friday, February 28, 2014...

Parallel inference for massive distributed spatial data using low-rank models Matthias Katzfuß Department of Statistics , Texas A&M University Date and time: Friday, February 21, 2014 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: Due to rapid data growth, statistical analysis of massive datasets often has to be carried out in a...

Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Atmospheric Numerical Modeling Ram Nair Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences , University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Date and time: Friday, February 14, 2014 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: Recent paradigm shift in scientific computing triggered by the arrival of the petascale computing resources,...

Multilevel Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Uncertainty Quantification in Subsurface Flow Christian Ketelsen Applied Mathematics , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: In this talk we address the problem of the intractably large computational cost of standard Markov chain...

Introduction to Modeling of Porous Media via Hybrid Mixture Theory and Results On Flow Potentials Lynn Schreyer-Bennethum Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver Date and time: Friday, January 24, 2014 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 265 Abstract: Here we introduce a methodical method for deriving governing equations...

Tales of Tail Dependence Dan Cooley , Associate Professor Department of Statistics , Colorado State University Date and time: Friday, December 6, 2013 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 245 Abstract: Dependence in the tail of the distribution can differ from that in the bulk of the distribution. A basic tenet of...

Pollockian Mechanics: Painting with Viscous Jets Andrzej Herczynski , Research Associate Professor Department of Physics , Boston College Date and time: Friday, November 15, 2013 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 245 Abstract: Beginning around 1945, American Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock invented and perfected a new artistic technique based on pouring...

Dynamics of bubbles and particles under the action of acoustic radiation force Lev Ostrovsky, Senior Scientist Zel Technologies /NOAA Environmental Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Date and time: Friday, November 1, 2013 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 245 Abstract: Studies of the dynamics of small particles in hydrodynamic flows...

Stochastic Nucleation and Clustering in Biology Maria D'Orsogna , Associate Professor Department of Mathematics , California State University at Northridge Date and time: Friday, October 25, 2013 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 245 Abstract: The binding of individual components to form composite structures is a ubiquitous phenomenon within the sciences. Within...

N masses on a string Paul Martin , Professor Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Colorado School of Mines Date and time: Friday, October 18, 2013 - 3:00pm Location: ECCR 245 Abstract: Solving the one-dimensional wave equation is an undergraduate problem. We consider problems of time-harmonic waves interacting with N...