BINGHAMTON GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR<br><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 mathemetician, 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 3, 2011<br><i>Time:</i> 2:50-3:50pm<br><i>Place:</i> Library North 2205 followed by coffee/tea in the Anderson Reading Room.<br>
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<i>Speaker:</i> Robert Ghrist (U Penn)<br>Title: Euler Calculus for Data<br><br>
<em>Abstract:</em>
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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