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*'''When:''' Most Friday at 11:30am
*'''When:''' Fridays at 1:30 PM unless noted otherwise
*'''Where:''' 901 Van Vleck Hall
*'''Where:''' 9th floor lounge (we will also broadcast the virtual talks on the 9th floor lounge with refreshments)
*'''Organizers:''' [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~xshen/ Xiao Shen]
*'''Organizers:''' Yahui Qu, Peiyi Chen and Zaidan Wu
*'''Faculty advisers:''' [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jeanluc/ Jean-Luc Thiffeault], [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~swright/ Steve Wright]  
*'''Faculty advisers:''' [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jeanluc/ Jean-Luc Thiffeault], [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~swright/ Steve Wright]  
*'''To join the SIAM Chapter mailing list:''' email [join-siam-chapter@lists.wisc.edu].
*'''To join the SIAM Chapter mailing list:''' email [mailto:siam-chapter+join@g-groups.wisc.edu siam-chapter+join@g-groups.wisc.edu].
*'''Zoom link:''' https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97976615799?pwd=U2xFSERIcnR6M1Y1czRmTjQ1bTFJQT09
*'''Passcode:  281031'''


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== Spring 2025 ==


== Fall 2019  ==
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|Sept. 27, Oct. 4
|04/04
|[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~xshen/ Xiao Shen] (Math)
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|''[[#Sep 27, Oct 4: Xiao Shen (Math)|The corner growth model]]''
|Borong Zhang
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|04/11
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|Ian McPherson
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|Oct. 18
|[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7cVl9IkAAAAJ&hl=en Bhumesh Kumar] (EE)
|''[[#Oct 18: Bhumesh Kumar (EE)|Non-stationary Stochastic Approximation]]''
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|Oct. 25
|Max (Math)
|''[[#Oct 25: Max (Math)|Coalescent with Recombination]]''
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|Nov. 8
|Hongfei Chen (Math)
|''[[#Nov 15: Hongfei Chen (Math)| Brownian swimmers in a channel]]''
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|Dec. 10
|[http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~higham/ Nicholas J. Higham] (University of Manchester)
|''[[#Dec 10: Nicholas J. Higham  (University of Manchester)|Scientific Writing]]''
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== Abstracts ==


=== Sep 27, Oct 4: Xiao Shen (Math) ===
==Abstracts==
'''The corner growth model'''


Imagine there is an arbitrary amount of donuts attached to the integer points of Z^2. The goal is to pick an optimal up-right path which allows you to eat as much donuts as possible along the way. We will look at some basic combinatorial observations, and how specific probability distribution would help us to study this model.


=== Oct 18: Bhumesh Kumar (EE) ===
==Past Semesters==
'''Non-stationary Stochastic Approximation'''
*[[SIAM Seminar Fall 2024|Fall 2024]]
 
*[https://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php/SIAM_Spring_2024 Spring 2024]
Abstract: Robbins–Monro pioneered a general framework for stochastic approximation to find roots of a function with just noisy evaluations.With applications in optimization, signal processing and control theory there is resurged interest in time-varying aka non-stationary functions. This works addresses that premise by providing explicit, all time, non-asymptotic tracking error bounds via Alekseev's nonlinear variations of constant formula.
*[[SIAM Fall 2023|Fall 2023]]
 
*[[SIAM Spring 2023|Spring 2023]]
Reference: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07759 (To appear in Mathematics of Control, Signals and Systems)
*[[SIAM Seminar Fall 2022|Fall 2022]]
 
*[[Spring 2022 SIAM|Spring 2022]]
=== Oct 25: Max (Math) ===
*[[SIAM Student Chapter Seminar/Fall2021|Fall 2021]]
'''Coalescent with Recombination'''
*[[SIAM_Student_Chapter_Seminar/Fall2020|Fall 2020]]
 
*[[SIAM_Student_Chapter_Seminar/Spring2020|Spring 2020]]
I will talk about the continuous time coalescent with mutation and recombination, with a focus on introducing key concepts related to genetic distance and evolutionary relatedness. The talk will be informal and accessible.
*[[SIAM_Student_Chapter_Seminar/Fall2019|Fall 2019]]
 
=== Nov 15: Hongfei Chen (Math) ===
'''Brownian swimmers in a channel'''
 
Abstract: Shape matters! I will talk about how their shapes affect their mean reversal time.
 
=== Dec 10: Nicholas J. Higham (University of Manchester) ===
'''Scientific Writing'''
 
I will discuss various aspects of scientific writing, including
 
• the craft of writing in general,
 
• aspects specific to mathematical writing,
 
• English Usage,
 
• workflow, and
 
• revising drafts and proofreading.
 
Plenty of examples and links to further information will be given. I will also discuss
my experiences in preparing ''Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences'' (third
edition, SIAM, 2020).
 
 
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== Past Semesters ==
*[[SIAM_Student_Chapter_Seminar/Fall2018|Fall 2018]]
*[[SIAM_Student_Chapter_Seminar/Fall2018|Fall 2018]]
*[[SIAM_Student_Chapter_Seminar/Spring2017|Spring 2017]]
*[[SIAM_Student_Chapter_Seminar/Spring2017|Spring 2017]]
*[[SIAM_Student_Chapter_Seminar/Fall2019|Fall 2019]]

Latest revision as of 20:24, 19 February 2025


Spring 2025

Date Location Speaker Title
04/04 Borong Zhang
04/11 Ian McPherson


Abstracts

Past Semesters

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