This is a correction to the previous announcement. The date was listed incorrectly in the body of the email. The talk is next Thursday, March 10. The room has also been changed to accommodate more people, to Science II, room 140. The correct information is below.<br>
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<br> BINGHAMTON GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Our next seminar talk is by Dr. Robert Ghrist, the Andrea Mitchell Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor of Mathematics and Electrical Systems and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ghrist is a world-renowned applied mathematician, known for integrating topology with its applications. He is visiting us as part of our Dean's Speaker series of lecturers.<br>
<br><br><i>Date:</i> Thursday, March 10, 2011<br><i>Time:</i> 2:50-3:50pm<br><i>Place:</i> Science II room 140<br> (followed by coffee/tea in the Anderson Reading Room, LN-2207).<br>
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<i>Speaker:</i> Robert Ghrist (U Penn)<br>Title: Euler Calculus for Data<br><br>
<i>Abstract:</i>
This talk explains an ingenious integral calculus based on Euler
characteristic, stemming from work on sheaves due to MacPherson and
Kashiwara in the 1970s, and connecting back further to classical
integral geometry. I will emphasize (1) its novel utility in data
management, particularly in aggregation of redundant data and inverse
problems over sensor networks; and (2) how issues of numerical
computation, inspired by applications, leads to fascinating new
connections with Morse theory.
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