Spring 2010 PFUGS

CAAM 499 (Sec 1): Neuronal Nets of the Hippocampus
Contact: Steve Cox, cox@rice.edu, x5192

CAAM 499 (Sec 5): Physics of Strings
Contact: Steve Cox, cox@rice.edu, x5192

CAAM 499/699 (Sec 4): Optimization Algorithms and their Applications in Compressive Sensing and Learning
Contact: Wotao Yin, wotao.yin@rice.edu, x5368
              Yin Zhang, yzhang@rice.edu, x5744

CAAM 499/699 (Sec 7): Combinatorial Optimization
Contact: Susan Margulies, susan.margulies@rice.edu, x6113
              Illya Hicks, Illya.Hicks@rice.edu, x5667

CAAM 699 (Sec 2): Model Reduction
Contact: Matthias Heinkenschloss, heinken@rice.edu, x5176
              Danny Sorensen, sorensen@rice.edu, x5193

CAAM 699 (Sec 5): Eigenvalue Clinic
Contact: Mark Embree, embree@rice.edu, x6160
              Derek Hansen, Derek.J.Hansen@rice.edu, X2290
Seminar Page: www.caam.rice.edu/~embree/eigclinic/

CAAM 699 (Sec 6): Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis
Contact: Beatrice Riviere, riviere@caam.rice.edu, x4094
Seminar Page: www.caam.rice.edu/~riviere/seminar.html

MATH 499 (Sec 1): Singularities of Plane Curves and Groebner Bases
Contact: Evan Bullock, evanmb@rice.edu, x2372.
Course Page: http://math.rice.edu/~evanmb/math499spring10/

MATH 499 (Sec 4): Knots and 3 Manifolds
Contact: Prudence Heck, Prudence.Heck@rice.edu, x3283

MATH 499 (Sec 2): A Minimization Model of Time Step Cell Network Evolution
Contact: Leobardo Rosales, lrosales@rice.edu, x4896
Course Page: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~lr7/VIGRE/

MATH 699 (Sec 6): This seminar, led by Benjamin Waters, will cover Kleiman's paper, "Toward a numerical theory of ampleness" and transition into Debarre's book, "Higher-Dimensional Algebraic Geometry". Participants in this seminar will give talks to each other and share solutions to exercises in Debarre's book. It will meet twice a week on Monday and Friday from 4:00-5:00pm.

MATH 699 (Sec 5): This seminar, led by Anthony V'arilly-Alvarado, will serve as a continuation of the algebraic stacks seminar running this semester, with an emphasis on the technicalities of category theory, descent, Grothendieck topologies, etc. This will meet twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday from 10:50-Noon.

STAT 499: Estimation of Sparse Signals with Applications to Wavelets
Contact: Alena Oetting, oetting@rice.edu

STAT 499: Visualising large data.
Contact: Hadley Wickham, hadley@rice.edu

STAT 499: Computational Finance
Contact: kh1@rice.edu
Time: Mondays 11:00 AM

STAT 499: Stochastic models in biology
Contact: Debbie Goldwasser, dlg2004@rice.edu, x3264
              Marek Kimmel, kimmel@rice.edu, x5255

Fall 2009 PFUGS

CAAM 499: Neuronal Nets of the Hippocampus (has been rolled into CAAM 498)
Contact: Steve Cox, cox@rice.edu, x5192
Class Time and Location: Fridays, 3- 4pm in KH 101

CAAM 499 (Sec 5): Physics of Strings
Contact: Steve Cox, cox@rice.edu, x5192
Class Time and Location: Wednesdays, 4-5pm in HZ120

CAAM 499/699 (Sec 4): Optimization Algorithms and their Applications in Compressive Sensing and Learning
Contact: Wotao Yin, wotao.yin@rice.edu, x5368
              Yin Zhang, yzhang@rice.edu, x5744
Class Time and Location: Wednesdays 2-3:30pm in MART 101

CAAM 499/699 (Sec 5): Eigenvalue Clinic
Contact: Mark Embree, embree@rice.edu, x6160
              Derek Hansen, Derek.J.Hansen@rice.edu, X2290
Seminar Page: www.caam.rice.edu/~embree/eigclinic/
Class Time and Location: Monday, 4-5pm; Thursday 3-5pm in DH1044

CAAM 499/699 (Sec 7): Combinatorial Optimization
Contact: Susan Margulies, susan.margulies@rice.edu, x6113
              Illya Hicks, Illya.Hicks@rice.edu, x5667
Class Time and Location: Tuesdays 2:30-3:30pm in TBA

CAAM 699 (Sec 2): Model Reduction
Contact: Matthias Heinkenschloss, heinken@rice.edu, x5176
              Danny Sorensen, sorensen@rice.edu, x5193
Class Time and Location: Wednesdays, 4-6:00pm in DH 1075

CAAM 699 (Sec 6): Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis
Contact: Beatrice Riviere, riviere@caam.rice.edu, x4094
Seminar Page: www.caam.rice.edu/~riviere/seminar.html
Class Time and Location: Wednesdays 2-2:50pm in DH 2014

MATH 499 (Sec 1): Computational Algebraic Geometry
Contact: Evan Bullock, evanmb@rice.edu, x2372
Seminar Page: math.rice.edu/~evanmb/math499fall09/
Class Time and Location: Thursdays 12:10pm in HB423

MATH 499 (Sec 2): Geometric Calculus of Variations
Contact: Leobardo Rosales, lrosales@rice.edu, x4896
Seminar Page: www.owlnet.rice.edu/~lr7/vigre/
Class Time and Location: Thursdays 9:00-10:50am in HB438

MATH 499 (Sec 4): Legendrian Knots and Links
Contact: Prudence Heck, Prudence.Heck@rice.edu, x3283
Seminar Page: math.rice.edu/~ph6/VIGRE/
Class Time and Location: 12:00-12:50pm in HB427

Math 699 (Sec 1): Current Topics in Topology
Contact: Tim Cochran, cochran@rice.edu, x5265
              Shelly Harvey, shelly@rice.edu, x3659
Seminar Page: math.rice.edu/~shelly/top_working
Class Time and Location: Tuesdays 1:00-2:00pm in HB453

Math 699 (Sec 3): Brown Bag Seminar
Contact: David Damanik, damanik@rice.edu, x3273
Seminar Page: www.ruf.rice.edu/~dtd3/Brown-Bag-Seminar.htm
Class Time and Location: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00pm in HB423

Math 699 (Sec 5): Algebraic Stacks
Contact: Evan Bullock, evanmb@rice.edu, x2372
             Anthony Várilly-Alvarado, av15@rice.edu, x4597
Seminar Page: math.rice.edu/~av15/AlgStacks.html
Class Time and Location: Mondays and/or Fridays 1:00-2:50pm in AL B209

STAT 499 (Sec 1) & 699 (Sec 1): Computational Finance and Quantitative Risk Management
Contacts: Kam Hamidieh, kh1@rice.edu, ext 2695
               Dr. Kathy Ensor, ensor@rice.edu, ext 4687
Class Time & Location: Both sections on Tuesdays 4-5 PM, 1042DH

Summer 2009 PFUGS

STAT: Computational Finance: Ordinal Time Series
Faculty: Kathy Ensor
Graduate Student: Joseph Egbulefu, joe1@rice.edu

Spring 2009 PFUGS

CAAM 499 (Sec 1): Computational Neuroscience

Contact: Steve Cox, cox@rice.edu, x5192
Seminar Page: www.caam.rice.edu/~cox/hippo.html
Class Time and Location: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:25-10:40 in BROW 146

CAAM 499 (Sec 5): Physics of Strings
Contact: Mark Embree, embree@rice.edu, x6160
Seminar Page: www.caam.rice.edu/~strings
Class Time and Location: Tuesdays 2:30-3:50pm in HZ 212

CAAM 499 (Sec 7): Applications of Grobner Bases: Cryptography to Integer Programming
Contact: Susan Margulies, susan.margulies@rice.edu, x6113
Meeting Time and Location: Wednesday, 2:00-3:30 in HZ 120

CAAM 699 Section 6: Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis
Contact: Beatrice Riviere, riviere@rice.edu
              Tim Warburton, tim.warburton@gmail.com
Seminar page: http://www.caam.rice.edu/~riviere/seminar.html
Meeting time and location: Wednesdays 1:00-1:50 in DH 1044

MATH 499 (Sec 2): Edge Length Minimizing Polyhedra
Contact: Leobardo Rosales, lrosales@rice.edu, x4896
Seminar Page: www.owlnet.rice.edu/~lr7/vigre/
Class Time and Location: Mondays and Wednesdays 12:10-12:50pm in Mart101
                                      Fridays 4:00-5:00pm in HB453

MATH 499 (Sec 6): Michell Trusses
Contact: Rolf Ryham, ryham@rice.edu, x2385
Seminar Page: www.owlnet.rice.edu/~rjr1/michell.html
Class Time and Location: Tuesdays 3:00-5:00pm in AL B209
                                      Fridays 4:00-5:00pm in AL B209

Math 699 (Sec 1): Current Topics in Topology
Contact: Tim Cochran, cochran@rice.edu, x5265
              Shelly Harvey, shelly@rice.edu, x3659
Seminar Page: math.rice.edu/~shelly/top_working
Class Time and Location: Tuesdays 1:05-2:20pm in HB453

Math 699 (Sec 3): Brown Bag Seminar
Contact: David Damanik, damanik@rice.edu, x3273
Class Time and Location: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00pm in HB423

Math 699 (Sec 4): Geometric Measure Theory
Contact Leobardo Rosales, lrosales@rice.edu, x4896
Class Time and Location: Thursdays 10:50am-12:05pm in HB438

Math 699 (Sec 5): Representation Theory
Contact Brendan Hassett, hassett@rice.edu, x5261
            Elizabeth Dan-Cohen, edc@rice.edu, x5319
Class Time and Location: Mondays and Fridays 2:00-2:50pm in HB423

Math 699 (Sec 6): Seminar on Dynamical Systems
Contact Jonathan Fickenscher, jonfick@rice.edu, x2786
Class Time and Location: Tuesdays 12:05-1:00pm in HB453

STAT 499/699 (Sec 1): Topics in Computational Finance, 1 credit hour
Contact: Kathy Ensor, ensor@rice.edu, x4687
              Kam Hamidieh, Kamal.Hamidieh@rice.edu
              Jim Thompson, thomp@rice.edu
Class Time and Location: Mondays 11:00am for Graduate Students
                                      Wednesdays at 2:15pm for Undergraduate Students

STAT 499 (Sec 2): Statistical Geonomics
Contact: Rudy Guerra, rguerra@rice.edu

STAT 499/699: Geometry of Large Data Sets
Contact: Hadley Wickham, h.wickham@gmail.com
              David Scott, scottdw@rice.edu
Class Time and Location: NOTE - This PFUG begins the Fall 2009.

Fall 2008 PFUGS