Douglas P. Wiens (12/09/14)Douglas P. Wiens (12/09/14)

Málstofa í tölfræði /

Málstofa í tölfræði Fyrirlesari: Douglas P. Wiens, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta Titill: Robustness of Design: A Survey Staðsetning: V-147, VRII Tími: Föstudagur 12. september, frá 12:00 til 13:00 Ágrip: When an experiment is conducted for purposes which include fitting a particular model to the data, then the ‘optimal’ experimental design […]

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Andrzej Borowiec: Fyrirlestrar um heimsfræðiAndrzej Borowiec: Mini course on Cosmology

Fyrirlestraröð /

Fyrirlestraröð Fyrirlesari: Andrzej Borowiec Titill: Twisted techniques in deformation quantization. Part 2: Thursday, September 11th, 16:00-17:30 in room V-156, VR-II. Part 3: Friday, September 12th, 15:00-16:30 in room V-155, VR-II. Abstract: Deformation quantization is a generalization of Weyl quantization extended to Poisson manifolds (Fedosov, Kontsevich). It is based on deformation theory of algebraic structures introduced

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Andrzej Frydryszak (08/09/14)Andrzej Frydryszak (08/09/14)

Málstofa í stærðfræði /

Málstofa í stærðfræði Fyrirlesari: Andrzej Frydryszak, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw Titill: Heisenberg supergroup in phase superspace Staðsetning: V-157, VRII Tími: Mánudagur 8. september, frá 15:00 til 16:00. Ágrip: I will discuss a generalization of the Heisenberg group and the harmonic analysis on it to superspace, and show that the super-Heisenberg group plays

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Jerzy Lukierski (04/09/14)Jerzy Lukierski (04/09/14)

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Málstofa í stærðfræði Fyrirlesari: Jerzy Lukierski, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw Titill: Quantum Gravity – a brief conceptual summary Staðsetning: V-156, VRII Tími: Fimmtudagur 4. sept, frá 15:00 til 16:00. Ágrip: After short historical overview we describe the difficulties with application of standard QFT methods in quantum gravity (QG). The incompatibility of QG

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Andrzej Borowiec (28/08/14)Andrzej Borowiec (28/08/14)

Málstofa í stærðfræði /

Málstofa í stærðfræði Fyrirlesari: Andrzej Borowiec, University of Wroclaw, Institute for Theoretical Physics Titill: Twisted techniques in deformation quantization Staðsetning: V-155, VRII Tími: Fimmtudaginn 28. ágúst, frá 16:00 til 17:30. Ágrip: Deformation quantization is a generalization of Weyl quantization extended to Poisson manifolds (Fedosov, Kontsevich). It is based on deformation theory of algebraic structures introduced

Andrzej Borowiec (28/08/14)Andrzej Borowiec (28/08/14) Read More »

Crossroads of Art and Science Crossroads of Art and Science

Ráðstefnur /

Icelandic Centre of Excellence in Theoretical Computer Science (ICE-TCS), Tölvunarfræðideild Háskólans í Reykjavík og Vísindafélag Íslendinga standa fyrir viðburði um samband lista og vísinda fimmtudaginn 21. ágúst klukkan 17:00-19:00 í stofu V1.01 í Háskólanum í Reykjavik, Menntavegi 1. Nánari upplýsingar má finna hér http://icetcs.ru.is/crossroads-art-science/. Icelandic Centre of Excellence in Theoretical Computer Science (ICE-TCS), School of

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Fields verðlaunin 2014Fields Medal 2014

Fréttir /

Fields verðlaunin voru veitt 13. ágúst síðastliðinn (http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/2014) og nú er í fyrsta skipti kona á meðal verðlaunahafa. Hún heitir Maryam Mirzakhani og er frá Íran. Fréttatilkynning um rannsóknarefni hennar er hér og Quanta tímaritið er með góða umfjöllun um hana hér. The Fields Medal was awarded on August 13th (http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/2014) and, for the first

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Björn Birnir (08/07/14)Björn Birnir (08/07/14)

Málstofa í stærðfræði /

Málstofa í stærðfræði Fyrirlesari: Björn Birnir, University of California, Santa Barbara og Háskóli Íslands Titill: Stochastic Closure in Turbulence Staðsetning: V-158, VRII Tími: Þriðjudagur 8. júlí, frá 14:00 til 15:00. Ágrip: We will discuss the closure problem in turbulence and how it can be solved using basic theorems in probability and stochastic partial differential equations.

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Ana Carpio (04/07/14)Ana Carpio (04/07/14)

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Málstofa í stærðfræði Fyrirlesari: Ana Carpio, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Titill: The shape of biofilms Staðsetning: V-158, VRII Tími: Föstudaginn 4. júlí , frá 14:00 til 15:00. Ágrip: Biofilms are bacterial aggregates attached to moist surfaces that are able to survive in extreme conditions and are uncommonly resistant to antibiotics and disinfectants. They play

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