IEOR-DRO Seminar: Information Relaxation and Duality in Stochastic Dynamic Programs
November 24, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Uris 333
IEOR-DRO Seminar: Information Relaxation and Duality in Stochastic Dynamic Programs by Peng Sun

Applied Mathematics Colloquium
November 24, 2009 from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus S.W. Mudd, Room 214
Caroline Muller, M.I.T. - "The response of the hydrological cycle to a change in climate"

The National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges: An Overview and Focus on Water
November 24, 2009 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm EST
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Speakers: Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering, President Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Farouk El-Baz, Director, Center for Remote Sensing; Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Peter Schlosser, Director, Columbia Climate Center; Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute; Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Fu Foundation School for Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University

Discrete Math Seminar: MAP Estimation with Perfect Graphs
November 24, 2009 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
303 Mudd
Tony Jebara, Columbia University

Chemical Engineering Colloquia Seminar: Prof. Paul Kohl, Georgia Institute of Technology
November 24, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus 825 Mudd
Prof. Paul Kohl, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Coffee and donuts will be served at 3:30 pm in 824 Mudd

IEOR-DRO Seminar: Analysis and design of splitting schemes for the estimation of rare events
December 01, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
TBA
Featuring Paul Dupuis from Brown University

Applied Mathematics Colloquium
December 01, 2009 from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus S.W. Mudd, Room 214
C. Sinan Gunturk, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU - Title TBA

Center for Life Cycle Analysis Seminar: Non-conventional Metrics of Environmental Impact
December 01, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus S.W. Mudd, Room 924
"Non-conventional metrics of environment impact: why are they needed and which are recommendable?" by Dr. Marco Raugei, GiGa-ESCi / Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain.

SWE and Alumnae Networking Reception
December 02, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST
The Columbia Club 15 West 43rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Prospect Room
Please join the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for an Alumnae Networking Reception on December 2, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Columbia Club (15 West 43rd Street) in the Prospect Room.

SEAS Colloquium in Climate Science (SCiCS)
December 03, 2009 from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus S.W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Paul Dirmeyer, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies - Title TBA

Conference on Math Finance and Partial Differential Equations
December 04, 2009 from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm EST
Neilson Room, Heldrich Hotel, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Conference on Math Finance and Partial Differential Equations at Rutgers University

DBME Distinguished Lecture Series
December 04, 2009 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST
614 Schermerhorn
DBME Distinguished Lecture Series

MS&E Colloquium - Dr. Mike Manley
December 04, 2009 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST
214 S. W. Mudd
MS&E Colloquium: Dr. Mike Manley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Intrinsic localized modes of atomic motion and their impact on materials properties

Earth & Environmental Engineering Seminar: Coupled Characteristics of Hydrodynamics and Catalytic Reaction in Riser Reactors
December 04, 2009 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus S.W. Mudd, Room 833
"Coupled Characteristics of Hydrodynamics and Catalytic Reaction in Riser Reactors" by Chao Zhu, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. Reception to follow in S.W. Mudd, Room 924

Computer Science Lecture: The Power of Abstraction
December 07, 2009 from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus Schapiro Center, Davis Auditorium
Distinguished Lecture Series in Computer Science: The Power of Abstraction - Prof. Barbara Liskov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chemical Engineering Colloquia Seminar: Prof. Paul Janmey, University of Pennsylvania
December 08, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus 825 Mudd
Prof. Paul Janmey of University of Pennsylvania, Physiology Coffee and donuts will be served at 3:30 pm in 824 Mudd

SEAS Colloquium in Climate Science (SCiCS)
December 10, 2009 from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Heights S.W. Mudd Building, Room Number 214
Dan Jacob, Harvard: "Arctic pollution: early results from the ARCTAS aircraft mission"

IEOR-DRO Seminar: Approximating the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem
December 15, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
TBA
IEOR-DRO Seminar: Approximating the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem by Michel Goemans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Applied Mathematics Colloquium
December 15, 2009 from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus S.W. Mudd, Room 214
Andreas Hielscher, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University

SEAS Colloquium in Climate Science (SCiCS)
December 17, 2009 from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus S.W. Mudd, Room 214
Robert Field, University of Toronto - Large-scale and microphysical controls on water isotopologues in the atmosphere"

Columbia in California: San Francisco
January 09, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm PST
The Four Seasons Hotel 757 Market Street, San Francisco, California
Join SEAS for Columbia in California on January 9th, 2010!

Columbia in California: Los Angeles
January 10, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm PST
Intercontinental Los Angeles Century City Hotel 2152 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, California
Join SEAS for Columbia in California on January 10, 2010!

CS Distinguished Lecture Series: Three Rivers in Machine Learning
February 01, 2010 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm EST
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center
Three Rivers in Machine Learning: Data, Computation and Risk John Lafferty, Carnegie Mellon University

Applied Mathematics Colloquium
March 09, 2010 from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm EST
Columbia University Morningside Campus S.W. Mudd, Room 214
Jean-Luc Thiffeault, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Title TBA