5th Annual Cantrell Lecture Series

Professor Gilles I. Pisier, University of Paris VI

and Texas A & M University

Wednesday, December 2, 1998, 4:30 p.m.
 Physics Building, Room 202




"The Halmos problem"

Thursday, December 3, 1998, 4:00 p.m.
 Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, Room 328

"Similarity problems and lengths of operator algebras"

Friday, December 4, 1998, 4:30 p.m. 
Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, Room 328 

6th Annual Cantrell Lectures

Sir Michael Atiyah  University of Edinburgh

Wednesday, April 5, 2000, 4:00 p.m.
 Physics Building, Room 202

"Physics, Geometry and Space"

In the past 25 years there have been remarkable and quite unexpected developments in geometry originating in quantum theory. Professor Atiyah will outline the fascinating story which still continues, and involves the latest ideas in fundamental physics. This lecture is aimed at a general audience interested in science.

10th Annual Cantrell Lectures

Monday, April 12, 2004

4:00p.m., Physics Bldg., Room 202

Knots and polynomials

Abstract: We will describe certain invariants of knots in three dimensional space and give an impressionistic view of how they relate to physics, algebra and analysis. The notion of subfactor will be introduced.

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

4:00p.m., Boyd Graduate Studies, Room 328

The analytic and algebraic flavours of subfactors

12th Annual Cantrell Lectures

3 lectures on human & machine learning

March 22, 2006 - 3:30pm

Student Learning Center 101

Title of talk: Learning & intelligence

(Lecture for general audience)

March 23, 2006 - 3:30pm

Student Learning Center 150

Title of talk: Fast algorithms for learning

March 24, 2006 - 3:30pm

Student Learning Center 150