************************************************************** DIMACS/CCICADA Interdisciplinary Series, Fall 2013 ******************************************************************** Series Description and calendar listed below Dates: Held approximately every other Tuesday, with occasional talks scheduled Mondays. Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: DIMACS, CoRE Bldg. Room 431, Rutgers Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ Host: James Abello, abello at dimacs.rutgers.edu and Fred Roberts, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu Website: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Seminars/interseminars13-14.html ********************************************************************************* Series Description: A forum for presentation and discussion of mathematical, computational, and statistical questions of interest to the DIMACS/CCICADA community and arising from research challenges in a variety of disciplines. We expect the series to be of interest to applied mathematicians, computer scientists, and statisticians, as well as researchers and practitioners in engineering, bioinformatics, epidemiology, political science, sociology, and the behavioral sciences. Current Schedule: Sept. 10, 2013 (Tuesday): Brian Nakamura (DIMACS-CCICADA), Enumerating Permutations with Exactly r Copies of a Pattern Sept. 16, 2013 (Monday): Georges Grinstein (University of Massachussets), Measuring Truth in Data Visualizations Sept. 30, 2013 (Monday): Philip J. Holmes (Princeton), TBA Oct. 22, 2013 (Tuesday): Spiros Papadimitriou (Rutgers), TBA Other Confirmed Speakers: Hernan Makse (Cuny ) Edinah K. Gnang (IAS - Princeton) Recommendations for speakers (and offers to speak) should be directed to James Abello (abello at dimacs.rutgers.edu) or Fred Roberts froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu. *********************************************************************************