Mathematical Sciences Research Institute - Tropical Geometry in Combinatorics and Algebra

Lectures will be held by

Daniele Alessandrini
Matt Baker
Arkady Berenstein
Lucia Caporaso
Filip Cools
Alexander Esterov
Alex Fink
Sergy Fomin
Walter Gubler
Michael Joswig
Eric Katz
Gleb Koshevoy
Diane Maclagan
Hannah Markwig
Sam Payne
Thorsten Theobald
Annette Werner
Josephine Yu

This workshop will concentrate on tropical methods in Combinatorics
and Algebra. Some of the topics we expect to explore are:

Tropical ideas in combinatorial linear algebra, such as tropical convexity, tropical linear spaces and oriented matroids, tropical matrix algebra and its applications.
Tropical methods in combinatorial representation theory, including both discovery of new formulas and improved understanding of old ones.
Computational issues, including both how to compute tropical objects and how to use tropical tools in other computational settings.
Applications of tropical methods in algebraic statistics.

Accomodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on Corporate at the bottom of the screen and when prompted enter code MATH (this code is not case sensitive). By using this code a new calendar will appear and will show MSRI rate on all room types available.
The cut-off date for reservations is September 25, 2009.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Please mention the workshop name and reference the following code when making reservations via phone, fax or e-mail: 0910MSRITR. The cut-off date for reservations is September 11, 2009.

Follow this link to read about the new U.S. visa requirements

Registration: Please register on-line .

If you are applying for funding, the funding deadline is August 01, 2009 (The funding section of the form follows the registration section of the form).

Funding: Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available. Please see Travel funding rules

Important: Airline travel reimbursement restrictions

Lodging

Transportation from Oakland or San Francisco airports
Directions to MSRI

Visa information for foreign visitors

For more information:
Questions about this workshop should be sent either by email to

482@msri.org

or by regular mail to:

Tropical Geometry in Combinatorics and Algebra Mathematical Sciences Research Institute 17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-5070. USA

The Institute is committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action.

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