Mathematics of Signals Conference

August 29, 2016

Friday, 9/23, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Campus Center Ballroom

The Mathematics Department will hold a one-day conference, “Mathematics of Signals,” on September 23, 2016. The four invited speakers will present overviews of their research and its application in neuroscience, music, and other fields. The talks will be appropriate for upper-division students.

Agenda
8:30 – 9:15 a.m. Registration & Refreshments
9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Welcoming remarks by Prof. Charles Adair, Acting Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
9:30 – 10:45 a.m. The Sound of Topology: Bach canons as 2-dimensional surfaces, Prof. Anthony Phillips, SUNY at Stony Brook
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Nonlinear Filtering using Sparse Signal Models, Prof. Ivan Selesnick, NYU, Tandon School of Engineering
12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Graphical methods for visualizing the temporal dynamics of birdsong learning, Prof. Ofer Tchernichovski, Hunter College, CUNY
2:45 – 4:00 p.m. Detection of Sleep Spindles in EEG, Prof. Ankit Parker, NYU, Tandon School of Engineering
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Discussion
4:30 p.m. Adjourn

Please print out and post this flyer: Mathematics of Signals. Note that there are no registration fees, but RSVP is requested.