[BIC-announce] [CRM-L'officiel] PRIX ANDRÉ-AISENSTADT 2008: J. TAYLOR & J. SOLYMOSI - (1er et 2 mai 2008)

[Keith Worsley]

This is indeed a momentous occasion - the first time a statistician has won 
the top *mathematics* prize in Canada. And I have to admit none of this 
would have come about without the BIC. A great example of neuroscience 
driving statistics (and mathematics!), and vice-versa. Although Jonathan has 
told me he will "take off his gloves" and give some of the math details, I 
can assure you that the reception afterwards will be of the highest quality.

Keith Worsley
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
805 ouest, rue Sherbrooke, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6
tel: (514) 398-3842, fax: (514) 398-3899
e-mail: keith.worsley at mcgill.ca, web: http://www.math.mcgill.ca/keith


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PRIX ANDRÉ-AISENSTADT 2008: J. TAYLOR & J. SOLYMOSI
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CONFERENCIER / SPEAKER :
Jonathan Taylor
(Stanford University)


TITRE / TITLE :
"The geometry of random fields"

LIEU / PLACE :
CRM, UdeM, Pav. André-Aisenstadt, 2920, ch. de la Tour, salle 6214

DATE :
Le jeudi 1 mai 2008 / Thursday, May 1, 2008

HEURE / TIME :
16 h / 4:00 p.m.

RESUME / ABSTRACT:
This talk will be a survey of the application of geometric techniques
to the study of smooth random fields, particularly Gaussian random
fields. The talk will focus on two aspects. The first part will use
point processes derived from the critical points and values of a
smooth random field along with Morse theory to approximate the
supremum distribution of the random field, a long studied problem in
probability. The second part of the talk will focus on a connection
between Gaussian random fields and the uniform distribution on
spheres of high dimension. This connection, known as Poincare's
limit, allows us to translate (old) integral geometric results on
spheres of high dimension to integral geometric properties of
Gaussian random fields.

These models of smooth random fields have found applications in many
signal detection problems, such as brain imaging, astrophysics and
multivariate analysis, though the focus of this survey will be on the
techniques rather than the applications.


Du café et des biscuits seront servis à 15h30 et une réception suivra
au Salon Maurice-l’Abbé (salle 6245).
Coffee and cookies will be served at 3:30 p.m. and a reception will
follow at Salon Maurice-l’Abbé (Room 6245).

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CONFERENCIER / SPEAKER :
Jozsef Solymosi
(University of British Columbia)

TITRE / TITLE :
"Problems in additive combinatorics"

LIEU / PLACE :
CRM, UdeM, Pav. André-Aisenstadt, 2920, ch. de la Tour, salle 6214

DATE :
Le vendredi 2 mai 2008 / Friday, May 2, 2008

HEURE / TIME :
16 h / 4:00 p.m.

RESUME / ABSTRACT :
In this survey-type talk I will introduce my three favourite
problems. Like many important questions in additive combinatorics,
the problems are originated with Paul Erdos. The three questions are:
the distinct distances problem, multidimensional variants of
Szemeredi's theorem, and the sum-product conjecture. A common element
of the three problems is that one can use techniques from discrete
geometry. We will review some recent developments and some possible
further research directions.

Du café et des biscuits seront servis à 15h30 et une réception suivra
au Salon Maurice-l’Abbé (salle 6245).
Coffee and cookies will be served at 3:30 p.m. and a reception will
follow at Salon Maurice-l’Abbé (Room 6245).

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