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Applications of Algebraic Geometry

September 2006 - June 2007

 

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9/15-16/06 Tutorial: Algebraic geometric methods in engineering
9/18-22/06 Workshop: Algorithms in algebraic geometry
10/2-4/06 "Hot topics" workshop: Negative index materials
10/23-27/06 Workshop: Software for algebraic geometry
11/2/06 Public lecture: Margaret H. Wright, How hard can it be?
11/3-4/06 Special workshop: Blackwell-Tapia conference
11/3/06 Math is Cool! and Who Wants to Be a Mathematician?
12/8-9/06 "Hot topics" workshop: The evolution of mathematical communication in the age of digital libraries
1/12-13/07 Tutorial: Algebraic algorithms in optimization
1/16-20/07 Workshop: Optimization and control
1/18/07 Public Lecture: Christopher J. Budd, Making sense of a complex world
3/5-9/07 Workshop: Applications in biology, dynamics, and statistics
3/7/07 Public lecture: Martin Golubitsky, Patterns patterns everywhere
4/13-14/07 Tutorial: What is algebraic geometry?
4/16-20/07 Workshop: Complexity, coding, and communications
4/18/07 Public lecture: Jennifer Tour Chayes, Epidemics in technological and social networks: The downside of six degrees of separation
5/29-6/2/07 Workshop: Non-linear computational geometry
6/4-15/07 New directions short course: Compressive sampling and frontiers in signal processing
7/23-8/3/07 2007 Summer program: Classical and quantum approaches in molecular modeling
7/23-8/10/07 PI summer program for graduate students: Applicable algebraic geometry, Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
8/8-17/07 Mathematical modeling in industry XI - a workshop for graduate students

Organizing Committee:
Name/E-mail Address
Present Institution
Dimitris Bertsimas
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pablo A. Parrilo
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael E. Stillman
Department of Mathematics
Cornell University
Bernd Sturmfels
Department of Mathematics
University of California, Berkeley
Madhu Sudan
EECS Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rekha Thomas
Department of Mathematics
University of Washington

Introduction

Algebraic geometry has a long and distinguished presence in the history of mathematics that produced both powerful and elegant theorems. In recent years new algorithms have been developed and several old and new methods from algebraic geometry have led to significant and unexpected advances in several diverse areas of application. Motivated by these exciting developments, the year in algebraic geometry and its applications aims to bring together mathematicians, computer scientists, economists, statisticians and engineers from various disciplines in order to enhance interactions, generate new applications and motivate further progress.

In the first quarter, the two workshops cover algorithms and software with a particular eye towards applications. In the second and third quarter, the workshops cover applications in optimization, control, statistics, economics and bioinformatics, coding, complexity, communications and computational geometry.

The year is divided into three quarters, each consisting of two six-weeks periods of concentration
Fall Quarter (September-December, 2006)
Algorithms in Algebraic Geometry
(September 5- October 13, 2006)
Organizers: Alicia Dickenstein, Mark van Hoeij, Frank Schreyer, Andrew Sommese, Frank Sottile, Ravi Vakil, Daqing Wan
Software for Algebraic Geometry
(October 16-November 24, 2006)
Organizers: Gert-Martin Greuel, Pablo Parrilo, Lorenzo Robbiano, Michael E. Stillman, Nobuki Takayama, Rekha Thomas, Jan Verschelde
Winter Quarter (January-March, 2007)
Optimization and Control
(January 8-February 16, 2007)
Organizers: Dimitris Bertsimas, Jesus De Loera, J. William Helton, Jean Lasserre, Pablo Parrilo, Mihai Putinar
Emerging Applications (Statistics, Economics, Bioinformatics, etc)
(February 19-March 30, 2007)
Organizers: Martin Feinberg, Stephen Fienberg, Serkan Hosten, Reinhard Laubenbacher, Andrew McLennan, Lior Pachter, Bernd Sturmfels, Seth Sullivant.
Spring Quarter (April-June, 2007)
Complexity, Coding, and Communications
(April 2-May 11, 2007)
Organizers: Peter Bürgisser, Ketan Mulmuley, Maurice Rojas, Joachim Rosenthal, Marie-Françoise Roy, Madhu Sudan
Non-linear Computational Geometry
(May 14-June 22, 2007)
Organizers: Chandrajit Bajaj, Saugata Basu, Ioannis Emiris, Ron Goldman, Laureano Gonzalez-Vega, Frank Sottile, Thorsten Theobald

Long Term Visitors:

The following scientists are confirmed or highly likely as long-term visitors during the program. Other long-term visitors are currently being arranged.

Name Department Affiliation Period of Visit
Cheonghee Ahn Department of Mathematics Yonsei University 1/4/07 - 1/23/07
Elizabeth S. Allman Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Alaska 1/7/07 - 4/7/07
Jungha An Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/05 - 8/31/07
Douglas N. Arnold Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 7/15/01 - 6/30/08
Donald G. Aronson Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/02 - 8/31/07
Hélène Barcelo Department of Mathematics and Statistics Arizona State University 2/3/07 - 3/31/07, 5/7/07 - 6/1/07
Evgeniy Bart   University of Minnesota 9/1/05 - 9/30/06
Saugata Basu School of Mathematics Georgia Institute of Technology 4/4/07 - 6/30/07
Daniel J. Bates Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/08
Gian Mario Besana Department of Computer Science-Telecommunications DePaul University 9/2/06 - 10/28/06
Yermal Sujeet Bhat Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/08
Víctor Blanco Izquierdo Department of Statistics and Operational Research University of Sevilla 1/11/07 - 4/21/07
Cristiano Bocci Department of Mathematics Università di Milano 1/10/07 - 3/10/07
Tristram Bogart Department of Mathematics University of Washington 1/8/07 - 3/20/07
Peter Bürgisser Institute of Mathematics Universität Paderborn 4/11/07 - 5/18/07
Enrico Carlini Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Torino 1/10/07 - 2/16/07
Hi Jun Choe Department of Mathematics Yonsei University 1/5/07 - 1/20/07
Ionut Ciocan-Fontanine Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
Wolfram Decker Fachrichtung Mathematik Universität des Saarlandes 9/1/06 - 9/30/06
Alicia Dickenstein Departamento de Matematica - FCEyN University of Buenos Aires 9/1/06 - 11/30/06, 2/15/07 - 3/14/07
Sandra Di Rocco Department of Mathematics Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) 9/1/06 - 10/20/06, 4/4/07 - 6/4/07
Kenneth R. Driessel Department of Mathematics Iowa State University 9/1/06 - 7/30/07
Mathias Drton Department of Statistics University of Chicago 1/8/07 - 3/22/07
David Eklund Matematiska Institutionen Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) 9/14/06 - 10/15/06
Ioannis Z. Emiris Department of Informatics and Telecommunications National University of Athens 5/2/07 - 6/2/07
Nicholas Eriksson Department of Statistics Stanford University 2/14/07 - 3/16/07
Makan Fardad Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota 8/26/06 - 6/30/07
Stephen E. Fienberg Department of Statistics Carnegie-Mellon University 1/1/07 - 3/26/07
Ioannis Fotiou Automatic Control Laboratory Eidgenössische TH Zürich-Hönggerberg 1/10/07 - 2/16/07
Xuhong Gao Department of Mathematical Sciences Clemson University 9/3/06 - 12/20/06
Laureano Gonzalez-Vega Departamento de Matemáticas University of Cantabria 5/20/07 - 6/5/07
Jason E. Gower Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/08
Gloria Haro Ortega Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/05 - 4/9/07
Jonathan Hauenstein Department of Mathematics University of Notre Dame 10/1/06 - 10/28/06
Milena Hering Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/08
Patricia Hersh Department of Mathematics Indiana University 2/15/07 - 5/15/07
Sung-Pil Hong Department of Industrial Engineering Seoul National University 1/16/07 - 2/1/07
Serkan Hosten Department of Mathematics San Francisco State University 1/2/07 - 2/16/07
Benjamin J. Howard Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/21/07
Evelyne Hubert Project CAFE Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA) 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
Farhad Jafari Department of Mathematics University of Wyoming 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
Anders Nedergaard Jensen Institut for Matematiske Fag Aarhus University 9/6/06 - 6/30/07
Gabriela Jeronimo Departamento de Matematica - FCEyN University of Buenos Aires 9/4/06 - 10/31/06, 4/15/07 - 6/9/07
Steve Kaliszewski Department of Mathematics and Statistics Arizona State University 1/7/07 - 6/30/07
Mordechai Katzman Department of Pure Mathematics University of Sheffield 1/10/07 - 5/15/07
Michael Kerber   Universität Kaiserslautern 2/19/07 - 5/11/07
Rimvydas Krasauskas Department of Mathematics and Informatics Vilnius State University 5/20/07 - 6/20/07
Teresa Krick Departamento de Matematica - FCEyN University of Buenos Aires 9/1/06 - 10/15/06
Michael Kunte Fachrichtung Mathematik Universität des Saarlandes 9/7/06 - 9/22/06
Song-Hwa Kwon   University of Minnesota 8/30/05 - 8/28/07
Jean Bernard Lasserre LAAS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 1/7/07 - 2/3/07
Reinhard Laubenbacher Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 3/4/07 - 3/28/07
Niels Lauritzen Institut for Matematiske Fag Aarhus University 8/28/06 - 7/10/07
Anton Leykin Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 8/16/06 - 8/15/08
Hstau Y Liao Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/2/05 - 8/28/07
Laura Lurati Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/08
Gennady Lyubeznik School of Mathematics University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
Diane Maclagan Department of Mathematics Rutgers University 9/5/06 - 11/16/06
Hannah Markwig Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/07
Thomas Markwig Department of Mathematics Universität Kaiserslautern 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
Laura Felicia Matusevich Department of Mathematics Texas A & M University 9/1/06 - 9/24/06, 11/14/06 - 11/30/06
Richard B. Moeckel School of Mathematics University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
Uwe Nagel Department of Mathematics University of Kentucky 9/1/06 - 6/1/07
Jiawang Nie Institute of Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/07
Michael E. O'Sullivan Department of Mathematics and Statistics San Diego State University 9/15/06 - 10/26/06, 2/21/07 - 3/30/07, 4/12/07 - 5/11/07
Dmitrii Pasechnik School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 5/14/07 - 6/14/07
Chris Peterson Department of Mathematics Colorado State University 9/5/06 - 12/14/06
Helfried Peyrl   Automatic Control Laboratory 1/15/07 - 2/3/07
Sorin Popescu Department of Mathematics SUNY 9/1/06 - 11/20/06
Mihai Putinar Department of Mathematics University of California 1/7/07 - 3/24/07
Gregory J. Reid Department of Applied Mathematics University of Western Ontario 9/6/06 - 12/5/06
Victor Reiner School of Mathematics University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
John A. Rhodes Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Alaska 1/7/07 - 4/7/07
Joel Roberts School of Mathematics University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
Daniel Robertz Lehrstuhl B fur Mathematik RWTH Aachen 2/18/07 - 4/1/07
Marie Rognes   University of Oslo 1/10/07 - 6/30/07
J. Maurice Rojas Department of Mathematics Texas A & M University 4/11/07 - 5/30/07
Philipp Rostalski Automatic Control Laboratory Eidgenössische TH Zürich-Hönggerberg 1/2/07 - 2/19/07
Bjarke Hammersholt Roune Department of Mathematics Aarhus University 9/12/06 - 6/30/07
David Rusin Department of Mathematical Sciences Northern Illinois University 9/3/06 - 12/17/06
Arnd Scheel Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 7/15/04 - 8/31/07
Frank-Olaf Schreyer Mathematik und Informatik Universität des Saarlandes 9/5/06 - 10/15/06
Chehrzad Shakiban Institute of Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/08
Aleksandra B. Slavković Department of Statistics Pennsylvania State University 1/31/07 - 3/31/07
Milind Sohoni Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology 4/13/07 - 5/18/07
Andrew J. Sommese Department of Mathematics University of Notre Dame 9/1/06 - 12/16/06
Frank Sottile Department of Mathematics Texas A & M University 2/26/07 - 6/30/07
Steven Sperber School of Mathematics University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 6/30/07
Seth Sullivant Department of Mathematics Harvard University 2/19/07 - 3/30/07
Rebecca Swanson Department of Mathematics Indiana University 2/22/07 - 3/31/07
Nobuki Takayama Department of Mathematics Kobe University 9/13/06 - 9/29/06
Thorsten Theobald Department of Computer Science and Mathematics Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt 3/1/07 - 3/23/07
Rekha R. Thomas Department of Mathematics University of Washington 1/1/07 - 3/29/07
Enrique Augusto Tobis Department of Computer Science and Mathematics University of Buenos Aires 10/15/06 - 11/11/06
Carl Toews Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/05 - 8/31/07
Jan Verschelde Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science University of Illinois 9/6/06 - 11/30/06
John Voight Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 8/15/06 - 8/31/07
Charles W. Wampler General Motors Research Lab General Motors 9/14/06 - 10/27/06
Mingsheng Wang Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences 9/15/06 - 11/15/06
Wenyuan Wu Department of Applied Mathematics University of Western Ontario 9/6/06 - 12/5/06
Josephine Yu Department of Mathematics University of California 1/9/07 - 6/30/07
Zhonggang Zeng Department of Mathematics Northeastern Illinois University 9/18/06 - 10/27/06
Hongchao Zhang Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 9/1/06 - 8/31/08
Lihong Zhi Mathematics Mechanization Research Center Chinese Academy of Sciences 1/11/07 - 3/4/07
Yi Zhou Department of Machine Learning Carnegie-Mellon University 2/28/07 - 3/16/07
Yan Zhuang Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science University of Illinois 9/1/06 - 12/1/06