Charles V. Schaefer, Jr.
    School of Engineering and Science
 
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January-February  
Jan 23
Mon
3:00pm
Lieb 104
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Reiner Sailer, IBM T.J. Watson
sHype Hypervisor Security Architecture - A Layered Approach for the Xen Open-Source Hypervisor
Feb 3
Fri
2:00pm
CUNY Graduate
  Center, Rm 8405
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Vladimir Shpilrain, City College
How to Choose a Random Element From a Given Infinite Group?
Feb 8
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Mott Room
Humanities Forum
Leonidas Bouritsas, Department of Philosophy
Why Was the Holocaust Unique?
Feb 8
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Themis Lazaridis, City University of New York
Modeling Peptide-Membrane Interactions
Feb 8
Wed
5:00--6:30pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
Center for Science Writings
Sharon Begley, John Rennie, Steven Petranek, John Horgan
A Panel Discussion:  Science's Greatest Challenges
Feb 10
Fri
2:00pm
CUNY Graduate
  Center, Rm 8405
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Ayan Mahalanobis, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Protocol in Non-Abelian p-groups.
Feb 13
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Postponed
Computer Science - Security Seminar   
Matthew Franklin, University of California at Davis
A Survey of Unconditional Security Games
Feb 14
Tue
3:00--4:30pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
Center for Science Writings
Glenn Zorpette, executive editor, IEEE Spectrum Magazine
Re-Engineering Iraq
Feb 15
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Deborah Santamore, Harvard University
It's a Small World - Exploring Quantum Phenomena with Nanostructures
Feb 15
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Mott Room
Humanities Forum
Ed Foster, Department of History
Sex, Sickness & the American God: Old-Time Religion & the Middle East
Feb 15
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Catherine J. Murphy, University of South Carolina
Synthesis, Assembly and Reactivity of Metallic Nanorods
Feb 15
Wed
4:00--5:30pm
Kidde 228
Art, Music & Technology - Media Industry Forum
Andy Brick, Dept of Art, Music & Technology
Synthestration and Conducting Symphony Orchestras for Disney Films and Video Games
Feb 21
Tue
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Simson Garfinkel, Harvard University
Clean Delete
Feb 21
Tue
4:15pm
Peirce 220
Reception follows
Joint Colloquium - Depts of Mathematical Sciences, History, and Philosophy
Andrea Bréard, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France
Aleatory Poetry or How to Play Dominos in 17th Century China
Feb 22
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Stefan Strauf, University of California, Santa Barbara
TBA
Feb 22
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Garry Dobbins, Department of Philosophy
Can We Mean What We Say?
Feb 22
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
John Salerno, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Studies on Nitric Oxide Synthase
Feb 22
Wed
8:00pm
DeBaun
  Auditorium
Humanities - Dept of Literature & Communications
The DeBaun Center for The Performing Arts, Society of Women Engineers, Indian Undergraduate Association
Stevens 6th Annual V-Day
Feb 24
Fri
2:00pm
CUNY Graduate
  Center, Rm 8405
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Alexander Ushakov, Department of Mathematical Sciences
TBA
Feb 27
Mon
3:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Multimedia Vision & Visualization
Rene Vidal, John Hopkins University
Generalized Principal Component Analysis (GPCA): an Algebraic Geometric Approach to Subspace Clustering
Feb 28
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 218
Mathematics Colloquium
Michael Capalbo, DIMACS, Rutgers University
Universal Graphs
March  
Mar 1
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Kishore T. Kapali, California Institute of Technology
TBA
Mar 1
Wed
1:00pm
515 McLean
Humanities Forum
Harold Dorn, Department of History
Should We Snitch?
Mar 1
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Jerry Hu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nanomechanical and Micromechanical Sensors System Development
Mar 3
Fri
10:45am
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Jonathan Katz, University of Maryland
New Techniques for Authenticating Humans (and Other Resource-Constrained Devices)
Mar 6
Mon
4:15pm
Peirce 220
Mathematics Colloquium
Murray Elder, University of Wollongong, Australia
An Introduction to Pattern-Avoiding Permutations
Mar 7
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 218
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Jinfeng Xu, Columbia University
Parameter Estimation, Model Selection and Inferences in L1-based Linear Regression
Mar 8
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Jiangbin Gong, University of Toronto
Molecule-Nanowire Binding States
Mar 8
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Larry Levine, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Unusual American Jews of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Mar 8
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Mary K. Cowman, Polytechnic University
Reconciling Solution and Surface Properties of the Polysaccharide Hyaluronan
Mar 8
Wed
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
David Woodruff, MIT
Polylogarithmic Private Approximations and Efficient Matching
Mar 8
Wed
4:00--5:30pm
Peirce 218
Art, Music & Technology - Media Industry Forum
Margaret Bodde, documentary film producer
The Making of "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan"
Mar 8
Wed
4:00--6:00pm
Burchard 118
Center for Science Writings
Lee M. Silver, Princeton University
Challenging God and Mother Nature at the Frontiers of Life
Mar 10
Fri
11:00am
Peirce 220
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Rainer Steinwandt, Florida Atlantic University
Non-Abelian Groups as Candidate Platform for Cryptographic Schemes: Strengths and Weaknesses
Mar 20
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Yiqun Lisa Yin, Independent Security Consultant
Collision Attacks on Hash Functions, Implications, and Countermeasures
Mar 21
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Linghai Zhang, Lehigh University
Comparison of Wave-Speeds
Mar 22
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Vladimir Malinovsky, MagiQ Technologies, Inc.
Coherent Control of Population Transfer and Entanglement Dynamics
Mar 22
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Martin Finkelstein, Seton Hall University
The Dawning of a New Era? The Revolution in Academic Work & Careers
Mar 22
Wed
2:30pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Dr. Teg Pipes, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Transcriptional Control of Muscle Development and Disease
Mar 22
Wed
4:00--5:30pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Skyline Room
Art, Music & Technology - Media Industry Forum
Carlos Alomar, guitarist
Pop Music Success with Major Stars, the Grammies, and Castle Point Records
Mar 22
Wed
4:00--6:00pm
Burchard 118
Center for Science Writings
William J. Broad, The New York Times
The Oracle: The Lost Secrets and Hidden Message of Ancient Delphi
Mar 23
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Robert Gilman, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
Mar 27
Mon
3:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Multimedia Vision & Visualization
Ji Hui, University of Maryland
Towards Autonomous Navigation
Mar 28
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Frank Xu, Dept of Civil, Environmental & Ocean Engineering
Stochastic Processes/Random Fields Theory and Stochastic Mechanics Research
Mar 29
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Wei Jiang, Department of Electrical & Computer Engr
Data Mining and Quality Control
Mar 29
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Yan-Hui Liu, Schering-Plough Research Institute
Characterization of Proteins as Drugs and Proteins as Drug Discovery Targets Using Mass Spectroscopy
Mar 29
Wed
3:30pm
Hayden Lounge
Philosophical Debate Club
To discuss topics for upcoming public debates.
Contact Professor Garry Dobbins for more information.
Mar 30
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Robert Gilman, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
Mar 31
Fri
11:00am
Peirce 220
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Stefan Maubach, University of Texas at Brownsville
Polynomial Maps over Finite Fields
April  
Apr 3
Mon
4:00--5:30pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Skyline Room
Art, Music & Technology - Media Industry Forum
David Aronson, visual artist
The Alchemical Wedding: Working From the Subconscious Carlos Alomar, guitarist
Apr 4
Tue
10:30am
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Skyline Room
ISSA / GLESEC Kick-off Meeting
Sergio Heker, CEO, GLESEC
Information Security and Risk Management Approach - A GLESEC Perspective
Apr 4
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Becca Thomases, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
Local Energy Decay for Solutions of Isotropic Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems and Applications to Nonlinear Elasticity
Apr 5
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Skyline Room
Humanities Forum
Susan Schept, Dept of Social Sciences; Leonidas Bouritsas and Garry Dobbins, Dept of Philosophy
Happy Birthday Freud: Contrary Perspectives
Apr 6
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Sergiy Gorovyy, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
Apr 7
Fri
11:00am
Peirce 220
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Yacov Yacobi, Microsoft Research
A New Related Message Attack on RSA
Apr 10
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science Seminar
Phil Bohannon, Lucent Bell Labs
A Cost-Based Model and Effective Heuristic for Repairing Constraints by Value Modification
Apr 10
Mon
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Oana Mocioalca, Kent State University
Space Regularity for Solutions of the Stochastic Evolution Equation with Irregular Gaussian Processes
Apr 12
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona
Nonlinear Optics of Atoms and Molecules
Apr 12
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Catherine Nicholson, Department of History
Emma Goldman, J. Edgar Hoover, and a Case of Perjury
Apr 12
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 515
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
David H. Gorski, UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Regulation of Proliferation and Angiogenesis by Homeobox Genes
Apr 13
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Anton Molyboha, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
Apr 17
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Seny Kamara, Johns Hopkins University
Searchable Symmetric Encryption, Revisited
Apr 18
Tue
8:30a-5:00p
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Bissinger Room
5th Annual ISSA Graduate Student Conference
Followed by the Graduate Student Forum, starting at 4:00pm.
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Societies of ISSA.
Apr 18
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Hristo Sendov, University of Guelph, Canada
The Clarke Generalized Jacobian of the Projection onto the Cone of Positive Semi-definite and its Applications
Apr 18
Tue
7:30pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Skyline Room
Art, Music & Technology - Media Industry Forum
Wayne Sharpe, composer and music technologist
TV & Film Scoring: From Pokemon to Commercials, Hollywood to the Olympics
Apr 19
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Svetlana Malinovskaia, University of Michigan
Ultrafast Control of Molecular Vibrations: A Root to Noninvasive Biological Imaging
Apr 19
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Humanities Forum
Kurt Becker, Department of Physics & Engineering Physics
Leibniz, Fraunhofer, Planck, and Technogenesis in Germany
Apr 19
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Frank Hollinger, Locus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Discovery of Novel P38 Allosteric Inhibitors: A Case Study in Fragment Based Drug Design
Apr 19
Wed
2:15pm
Peirce 216
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Yuri Gurevich, Microsoft Research
What is an Algorithm?
Apr 19
Wed
4:30pm
Babbio Bldg
Barbecue following
2nd Annual Mathematics Awareness Celebration
Speakers:  Gregory Chudnovsky and David Chudnovsky, Polytechnic University, and Rebecca Wright, Dept of Computer Science
Registration required:  RSVP to djaramil@stevens.edu
Apr 20
Thu
9:00am
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Workshop in Mathematical Physics, April 20-21
Organizers:  P. Dubovski and M. Zabarankin, Dept of Mathematical Sciences
Topics:  conservation laws, non-linear PDEs, integral equations, inverse problems
Apr 21
Fri
9:00am
Howe Ctr, 3rd Flr
Fielding Room
Workshop in Mathematical Physics, April 20-21
Organizers:  P. Dubovski and M. Zabarankin, Dept of Mathematical Sciences
Topics:  conservation laws, non-linear PDEs, integral equations, inverse problems
Apr 21
Fri
2:00pm
Lieb 3rd Flr
Conf Room
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Aleksey Kliger
A Monadic Analysis of Information-Flow Security with Mutable State
Apr 24
Mon
2:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Paul Syverson, Naval Research Laboratory
Playing Server Hide and Seek on the Tor Anonymity Network
Apr 25
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Paul Krokhmal, University of Iowa
Random Multidimensional Assignment Problem
Apr 26
Wed
Postponed
New Date TBA
Physics Colloquium
Branislav Nikolic, University of Delaware
Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect
Apr 26
Wed
1:00pm
Howe Ctr, 4th Flr
Skyline Room
Humanities Forum
Manu Malek, Department of Computer Science
Persian Music
Apr 26
Wed
2:00pm
McLean 119
Chemistry & Chemical Biology Seminar
Rasti Levicky, Columbia University
Properties and Applications of DNA Monolayers
Apr 26
Wed
4:00--6:00pm
Babbio 122
Center for Science Writings
Steven Berlin Johnson, science and technology writer
Everything Bad is Good for You
Apr 27
Thu
2:00pm
Lieb 3rd Flr
Conf Room
Computer Science - Security Seminar
David Molnar, UC Berkeley
Techniques for Privacy and Security in Radio Frequency Identification
Apr 28
Fri
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Jürgen Röpcke, INP Greifswald, Germany
Recent Progress Applying Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy for Plasma Diagnostics and Plasma Process Monitoring
Apr 28
Fri
2:00pm
CUNY Graduate
  Center, Rm 8405
Algebra and Cryptography Seminar
Rainer Steinwandt, Florida Atlantic University
Towards Provably Secure Asymmetric Encryption Building on Finite Non-Abelian Groups
May  
May 1
Mon
3:00pm
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Multimedia Vision & Visualization
Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University
Nonlinear Decomposable Generative Models for Dynamic Shape and Dynamic Appearance
May 2
Tue
2:00pm
Babbio 210
Philosophy Seminar
John Ongley, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
The Scopes Trial Revisited
May 3
Wed
11:00am
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Marco Lenci, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Quantum chaos in a non-compact cusp
May 3
Wed
4:00pm
Kidde 104
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Kevin Ryan, Telecommunications Management Department
Coordinated Dynamic Spectrum Allocation for Next Generation Wireless Networks
May 4
Thu
2:00pm
Peirce 216
Generic Complexity Seminar
Parisa Babaali, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Average Case Complexity
May 8
Mon
4:00pm
Peirce 218
Mathematical Sciences - Stochastic Systems
Pando Georgiev, University of Cincinnati
Parametric Variational Principles and Applications
May 9
Tue
4:00pm
Peirce 220
Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Systems
Luca Bussolari, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Designing Chaotic Planar Billiards
May 17
Wed
4:00pm
Burchard 715
Physics Colloquium
Branislav Nikolic, University of Delaware
Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect in Pictures
May 19
Fri
11:00am
Burchard 124
Computer Science - Security Seminar
Marco Pistoia, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Role-Based Access Control Consistency Validation
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