Talk title: Approximation algorithms for MAXCUT
Topic area: Algorithms
Speaker: Indraneel Mukherjee <indraneel>, Alumnus
Date: Wednesday, August 2
Time: 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 5
Duration: 45 minutes
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~ramprasad/studenttalks/indraneel.pdf

Talk title: Generalization of a certain card trick
Topic area: Recreational mathematics
Speaker: Nivedita Bhaskhar <nivedita>, B.Sc. (Hons) Math 1st Year
Date: Monday, August 7
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 5
Duration: 25 minutes

Talk title: Practical data mining
Topic area: Applied computer science
Speaker: Harish T.M. <tmharish>, M.Sc. Computer Science 2nd Year
Date: Wednesday, August 9
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 5
Duration: 80 minutes
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~vipul/studenttalks/tmharish.html

Talk title: Arithmetic functions, primitive roots and cyclotomic polynomials
Topic area: Number theory
Speaker: Vipul Naik <vipul>, B.Sc. (Hons) Math 3rd Year
Date: Monday, August 14
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 80 minutes
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~vipul/studenttalks/arithmeticfunctionsslides.pdf

Talk title: Computing the permanent
Topic area: Computational complexity
Speaker: Raghav Ramesh Kulkarni <raghav>, Alumnus
Date: Friday, August 18
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 60 minutes

Talk title: Vector potentials and gauges (Part I)
Topic area: Electrodynamics and quantum physics
Speaker: Anirbit Mukherjee <anirbit>, B.Sc. (Hons) Physics 2nd Year
Date: Wednesday, August 30
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 1
Duration: 75 minutes

Talk title: An electric story of a drunkard
Topic area: Probability theory
Speaker: Ramprasad Saptharishi <ramprasad>, B.Sc. (Hons) Math 3rd Year
Date: Friday, September 1
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 2
Duration: 60 minutes
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~ramprasad/studenttalks/drunkard/drunkard.pdf

Talk title: Which game is harder?
Topic area: Computational complexity
Speaker: Ramprasad Saptharishi <ramprasad>, B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics 3rd Year
Date: Wednesday, September 6
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 2
Duration: 60 minutes
Weblink: "http://www.cmi.ac.in/~ramprasad/studenttalks/hardergame/hardergame.pdf

Talk title: Vector potentials and gauges (Part II)
Topic area: Electrodynamics and quantum physics
Speaker: Anirbit Mukherjee <anirbit>, B.Sc. (Hons) Physics 2nd Year
Date: Friday, September 8
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 2
Duration: ?

Talk title: An introduction to LaTeX
Topic area: Mathematical writing
Speaker: Vipul Naik <vipul>, B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics 3rd Year
Date: Monday, September 11
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Seminar Hall
Duration: 65 minutes
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~vipul/studenttalks/introtolatex.pdf

Talk title: Riemann-Stieltjes integral and irrationality of pi^2
Topic area: Real analysis
Speaker: Ved V. Datar <ved>, B.Sc. (Hons) Math 2nd Year
Date: September 18
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 5
Duration: 75 minutes

Talk title: Generalized coordinates
Topic area: Classical mechanics
Speaker: Ravitej U <ravitej>, B.Sc. (Hons) Physics 2nd Year
Date: Friday, October 13
Time: 3:40 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 5
Duration: 70 minutes
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~ravitej/talk1.pdf

Talk title: Cancellation of direct products
Topic area: Group theory
Speaker: Vipul Naik <vipul>, B.Sc. (Hons) Math 3rd Year
Date: Tuesday, October 17
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Seminar Hall
Duration: 1 hour
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~vipul/studenttalks/directproductsslides.pdf

Talk title: Sorting networks
Topic area: Computational complexity
Speaker: Ramprasad Saptharishi <ramprasad>, B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics 3rd Year
Date: Thursday, November 9
Time: 9:45 a.m.
Venue: Seminar Hall
Duration: 45 minutes
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~ramprasad/studenttalks/sorting/sorting.pdf

Talk title: Coaxial circles, triangle centers and the nullstellensatz
Topic area: Algebraic geometry
Speaker: Vipul Naik <vipul>, B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics 3rd Year
Date: Tuesday, November 14
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Seminar Hall
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weblink: http://www.cmi.ac.in/~vipul/studenttalks/coaxialcirclestrianglecentersandthenullstellensatz.pdf