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CHEM Seminar: “Enhancement in Efficiency of Thermoelectric Materials by ‘Phase Boundary Mapping’ and ‘Melt‐Centrifugation’,” Dr. Umut Aydemir (Koç University), Seminar Room Z-14, 12:40PM November 27 (EN)

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: Enhancement in Efficiency of Thermoelectric Materials by “Phase Boundary Mapping” and “Melt‐Centrifugation” Asst. Prof. Dr. Umut Aydemir Department of Chemistry Koç University Abstract: Since the discovery of the thermoelectric effects by Seebeck, Peltier and Thomson in the XIXth century, thermoelectricity has attracted attention for both fundamental and […]

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MATH Seminar: “Dynamic Mean-Variance Problem and its Time-Inconsistency,” Çağın Ararat, SA-141, 4PM November 27 (EN)

Dear Colleagues and Students, You are cordially invited to the Analysis Seminar organized by the Department of Mathematics. Speaker: Çağın Ararat (Bilkent University) “Dynamic mean-variance problem and its time-inconsistency” Abstract: Markowitz (1952) studied the trade-off between maximizing the expected value and minimizing the variance of return in the context of […]

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Conference: “Biological Debt, Illness and the Limits of Nation State in Women’s Writing in Turkish,” Dr. Şima İmşir (Istanbul Şehir University), A-130, 5PM November 29 (EN)

Dear Colleagues and Students, As part of the Center for Turkish Literature Speaker Series, Dr. Şima İmşir will give a talk entitled “Biological Debt, Illness and the Limits of Nation State in Women’s Writing in Turkish” Thursday, November 29, at 17:00 (5pm). The talk will take place in A-130. Refreshments […]

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PHIL Talk: “Acknowledgment, not Recognition: A Wish-to-say,” Ertürk Demirel (Boğaziçi University), H-232, 11AM November 30 (EN)

“Acknowledgment, not Recognition: A Wish-to-say” By Erturk Demirel (Boğaziçi, Philosophy) Date: Friday 30 November, 2018 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Abstract: I examine acknowledgment in Rancière’s philosophy, drawing on his notion of disagreement. I reflect on the speech of Percennius the slave in Ancient Rome. Acknowledgment for Rancière is an act […]

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IE Seminar: “On the Effects of System Parameters for a Class of Queueing and Inventory Control Problems,” Prof. Dr. Fikri Karaesmen (Koç University), EA-409, 1:40PM November 30 (EN)

On the Effects of System Parameters for a Class of Queueing and Inventory Control Problems Prof. Dr. Fikri Karaesmen, Koç University November 30, Friday, 13:40 Place: EA 409 Abstract: We explore the effects of changing system input parameters for a class of problems that arise in queueing and inventory control. […]

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MATH Seminar: “Free (Z/p)^n-complexes,” Marc Stephan (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn), SA-141, 1:40PM December 3 (EN)

Dear Colleagues and Students, You are cordially invited to the Topology Seminar organized by the Department of Mathematics. Speaker: Marc Stephan (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn) “Free (Z/p)^n-complexes” Abstract: Carlsson conjectured that the sum of mod-p Betti numbers of a finite, free (Z/p)^n-CW complex is at least 2^n. For p=2, he […]

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