Tidligere arrangementer - Side 98

Centre for the study of equality, social organization, and performance (ESOP) at the University of Oslo is organizing the 2016 Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE16) to be held 13-14 June 2016.

By Stephanie M. Carlson

Amelie Neuville, Postodoctoral fellow with IRIS (International Research Institute of Stavanger), in collaboration with the University of Oslo, PGP group (Physics of geological processes)

Ritwik Mukherjee (TIFR) gives the Seminar in Algebra and Algebraic Geometry:

Title: Enumerative Geometry of singular curves in a Linear System

Abstract: Enumerative geometry is a branch of mathematics that deals with the following question: "How many geometric objects satisfy certain constraints". A well known class of enumerative question is to count curves in a linear system H^0(X,L) that have some prescribed singularities. In this talk we will describe a topological method to approach this problem. We will express the enumerative numbers as the Euler class of an appropriate bundle. We will then go on to explain how we compute the degenerate contribution of the Euler class using a topological method.

Guest lecture by professor Victor Zammit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

ESOP seminar. Robert Schmidt is a Post-doctoral fellow at Humboldt- Universit?t zu Berlin. He will present a paper entitled "Full vs. limited commitment in electoral competition"

Guest lecture by Professor Bruno Sarmento, Porto, Portugal.

By David Houle from Florida State University

 Tom Ayres (Center for Astrophysics & Space Astronomy, University of Colorado at Boulder)

The Skolem Lecturer of 2016 will be Stewart Shapiro from Ohio State University

Dr. Nacira Agram (University of Biskra, Algeria) gives a lecture with the title: Stochastic optimal control of McKean-Vlasov equations with anticipating law.

Guest lecture by Dr. Christian Pfeifer, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.

Sverre Holm, professor, Institutt for informatikk / Dept. of Informatics

John Christian Ottem, UiO, gives the Seminar in Algebra and Algebraic Geometry:

Title: Moduli of K3s via Global Torelli

Abstract: I'll give a brief account of the Torelli theorems and the construction of the moduli space of K3 surfaces 

Abhik Ghosh (Dept. of Biostatistics, UiO) will give a seminar in the lunch area, 8th floor Niels Henrik Abels hus at 14:15. 

ESOP seminar. Jonas Poulsen is a lecturer/advisor at Harvard University. He will present a paper entitled "The arrival of fast Internet and skilled job creation in Africa", written jointly with Jonas Hjort. 

We will have a new ¡°mingle¡± meeting on Friday at 11.15 (as usual). The main attraction will be Ingunn Wehus and Signe Riemer-Sorensen.   

 Otherwise there will be updates from Kristine and Viggo on the running of the institute. But fear not, there will also be plenty of time for informal chat and eating of cake.

All are welcome to the lobby on the first floor.

Alessandro Oneto? (Stockholm)? gives the Seminar in Algebra and Algebraic Geometry:

Ideals of points and Waring problems for polynomials?

Abstract: This talk addresses some of the fundamental barriers in the theory of computations. Many computational problems can be solved as follows: a sequence of approximations is created by an algorithm, and the solution to the problem is the limit of this sequence (think about computing eigenvalues of a matrix for example). However, as we demonstrate, for several basic problems in computations such as computing spectra of operators, solutions to inverse problems, roots of polynomials using rational maps, solutions to convex optimization problems, imaging problems etc. such a procedure based on one limit is impossible. Yet, one can compute solutions to these problems, but only by using several limits. This may come as a surprise, however, this touches onto the boundaries of computational mathematics. To analyze this phenomenon we use the Solvability Complexity Index (SCI). The SCI is the smallest number of limits needed in order to compute a desired quantity. The SCI phenomenon is independent of the axiomatic setup and hence any theory aiming at establishing the foundations of computational mathematics will have to include the so called SCI Hierarchy. We will specifically discuss the vast amount of classification problems in this non-collapsing complexity/computability hierarchy that occur in inverse problems, compressed sensing problems, l1 and TV optimization problems, spectral problems, PDEs and computational mathematics in general.

Centre for the Study of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance (ESOP) at the University of Oslo is organizing the Nordic International Trade Seminars (NOITS) 17th Annual Workshop to be held 19-20 May 2016.

Martin BUCHER, Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, Paris

What makes us us? Why do we react and process things differently, and how do things we experience shape us? And have you heard about the epigenetic clock that can predict your age? How does it work, and how can the epigenetic clock be used to study neuropsychiatric disorders?  Find out more about what happens to epigenetic marks in the initial stages of mouse development.

ESOP seminar. Eliana La Ferrara is Professor at Bocconi University and a Professor II at the University of Oslo. She will present a paper entitled "News vs. novelas: Can entertainment media undermine dictatorships?" written jointly with A. Chong, C. Ferraz, F. Finan and L. Meloni.