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OUTLOOK @MSRI: May 1, 2006

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==================== SF MATH CIRCLE DAY ========================

May 3, 2006, will be proclaimed "San Francisco Math Circle Day" by Mayor
Gavin Newsom, to honor the achievement of MSRI's program to bring excitement
and passion about mathematics to middle school students from
under-represented groups in San Francisco. The proclamation will honor the
Circle students, their teachers from 20 schools, their mathematician
instructors -- Paul Zeitz (Director), Federico Ardila, Mattias Beck, Jamylle
Carter, Tom Davis, Zvezdelina Stankova, and Sam Vandervelde -- and the
program's generous sponsors, The Moody's Foundation and the S.D. Bechtel,
Jr. Foundation. Bravo to one and all! Please see
http://www.sfmathcircle.org/

======================= NEXT WORKSHOP ==========================

Mathematical Systems Biology of Cancer
May 3, 2006 to May 5, 2006
Organized by: Dick Karp, Bahram Parvin, Terry Speed, Paul Spellman, Carolyn
Talcott, Wing Wong
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/326/show_workshop

=========== CRITICAL ISSUES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ===========

Third Annual "Critical Issues in Mathematics Education" Conference:
Raising the Floor: Progress and Setbacks in the Struggle for Quality
Mathematics Education for All
May 7, 2006 to May 10, 2006 at MSRI in Berkeley
Organized by: Deborah Ball, Herb Clemens, Carlos Cabana, Ruth Cossey, Bob
Megginson, Bob Moses
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/388/show_workshop

==================== UPCOMING 2006-7 WORKSHOPS ===================

Analytic Methods for Diophantine Equations
May 13, 2006 to May 18, 2006
Organized by: Michael Bennett, Chantal David, William Duke, Andrew Granville
(co-chair), Yuri Tschinkel (co-chair)
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/303/show_workshop

Women in Mathematics: the Legacy of Ladyzhenskaya and Oleinik
May 18, 2006 to May 20, 2006
Organized by: Susan Friedlander, Barbara Keyfitz, Irene Gamba, Krystyna
Kuperberg
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/328/show_workshop

New Developments in the Geometry and Physics of Gromov-Witten Theory
May 22, 2006 to May 26, 2006
Organized by: Mina Aganagic, A. Klemm, Jun Li, R. Pandharipande, Yongbin
Ruan
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/315/show_workshop

Mathematics of Markov Chain Monte Carlo
June 12, 2006 to June 16, 2006 - NOTE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 2
Organized by: David A. Levin, Yuval Peres, Elizabeth Wilmer
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/391/show_workshop

Teaching a Course in Combinatorial Mathematical Games
June 19, 2006 to June 21, 2006 - Registration Deadline: early MAY
Organized by: Morton Brown
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/395/show_workshop

Recent Developments in Arrangements and Configuration Spaces
August 7, 2006 to August 11, 2006 
Organized by: Michael Falk, Eva-Maria Feichtner, Hiroaki Terao
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/389/show_workshop

The Teachers Circle 
August 14, 2006 to August 18, 2006 at AIM in Palo Alto, CA
Organized by: Tom Davis, Mary Fay-Zenk, Tatiana Shubin, Sam Vandervelde,
Paul Zeitz, Joshua Zucker 
This workshop, jointly sponsored by MSRI and AIM will be held at AIM
Headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/397/show_workshop

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology
August 31, 2006 to September 1, 2006
Organized by: Susan Holmes
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/377/show_workshop

Introductory Workshop on Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology
September 5, 2006 to September 8, 2006
Organized by: G. Carlsson, P. Diaconis, G. M. Ziegler
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/378/show_workshop

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Geometric analysis, Ricci Flow, and Porous Medium
Equations
September 7, 2006 to September 8, 2006
Organized by: Christine Guenther and Panagiota Daskalopoulos
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/379/show_workshop

Introductory Workshop on Geometric Flows and Function Theory in Real and
Complex Geometry
September 11, 2006 to September 15, 2006
Organized by: Bennett Chow, Peter Li and Gang Tian
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/380/show_workshop

Workshop on Application of Topology in Science and Engineering
September 18, 2006 to September 22, 2006
Organized by: G. Carlsson, P. Diaconis, and S. Holmes
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/381/show_workshop

Workshop on Topological Methods in Combinatorics, Computational Geometry,
and the Study of Algorithms
October 2, 2006 to October 6, 2006
Organized by: G. Carlsson, P. Diaconis, R. Jardine, and G. M. Ziegler
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/382/show_workshop

Analytic and Computational Aspects of Elliptic and Parabolic Equations
October 23, 2006 to October 27, 2006
Organized by: Panagiota Daskalopoulos, Peter Li and Lei Ni
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/383/show_workshop

Modern Mathematics: An Introduction to 2007-08 Programs at MSRI
October 25, 2006 to October 26, 2006
Organized by: Ricardo Cortez, Hugo Rossi, Ivelisse Rubio
This workshop will be held at the Tampa Convention Center, directly
preceding the Annual Meeting of SACNAS.
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/394/show_workshop

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Dynamical Systems 
January 11, 2007 to January 12, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/384/show_workshop

Introductory Workshop on Dynamical Systems with Emphasis on Extended Systems
January 15, 2007 to January 19, 2007 
Organized by: Chris Jones, Edgar Knobloch, Nancy Kopell, Lai-Sang Young
(Chair)
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/385/show_workshop

Geometric Evolution Equations 
March 12, 2007 to March 16, 2007 
Organized by: Bennett Chow, Gerhard Huisken, Chuu-Lian Terng, and Gang Tian 
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/386/show_workshop

Stochastic Dynamical Systems and Control 
March 19, 2007 to March 23, 2007 
Organized by: Jonathan Mattingly, Igor Mezic (Chair), Andrew Stuart
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/387/show_workshop

World Congress on Computational Finance: The First Decade
March 26, 2007 to March 26, 2007 in London, UK
Organized by: please see URL below. The objective of this event is to mark
the first decade of Computational Finance as a discipline in its own right.
The event will take place in London. 
http://www.msri.org/specials/compfinance/index_html

Advances in Algebra and Geometry 
April 28, 2007 to May 5, 2007 
Organized by: Joe Harris, Craig Huneke, Hugo Rossi, Frank-Olaf Schreyer,
Bernd Sturmfels 
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/390/show_workshop

Mathematical Issues in Stochastic Approaches for Multiscale Modeling 
May 21, 2007 to May 25, 2007 
Organized by: Roberto Camassa, Jinqiao Duan, Peter E. Kloeden, Richard
McLaughlin
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/398/show_workshop

================== WORKSHOPS AT BANFF IN 2007 ==================

MSRI remains a partner in operating the Banff International Research Station
(BIRS). For information on workshops in 2007, see
http://www.pims.math.ca/birs. You can also submit a proposal for Research in
Teams and Focused Research Groups at any time that is at least 4 months
before the requested start date.

===================== ARCHIMEDES SOCIETY =======================

The Archimedes Society helps MSRI to implement important programs and,
diversify and plan its future funding. Archimedes Society donor levels
celebrate interesting numbers. For example, the Plato Donor level of $1,922
to $5,040 references The Laws, in which Plato asserts that a suitable number
of citizens for the ideal city would be that number that contained the most
numerous and most consecutive subdivisions. He decided on 5,040, a number
with 59 divisors (apart from itself). All Archimedes Society donors are
invited at no or reduced cost to special events, and are offered reserved
seating and special post-event receptions. Donors at the Museion level
($5,041+) are invited to two dinner/lectures in Berkeley and one in New
York. To join the Archimedes Society, please go to
http://www.msri.org/alumdev/archimedes/index_html

MSRI would also welcome mention in your Will or Living Trust. Visit
http://www.msri.org/alumdev/ways/plannedgifts for more information. Please
notify us that you done so, and you will be recognized in the MSRI Gauss
Society.

=================== 2006-8 PROGRAMS @MSRI ======================

New Topological Structures in Physics
January 9, 2006 to May 19, 2006
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/229/show_program

Rational and Integral Points on Higher-Dimensional Varieties
January 9, 2006 to May 19, 2006
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/230/show_program

Geometric Evolution Equations and Related Topics
August 14, 2006 to May 18, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/242/show_program

Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology
August 14, 2006 to December 15, 2006
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/243/show_program

Dynamical Systems
January 8, 2007 to May 18, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/244/show_program

Geometric Group Theory
August 20, 2007 to December 14, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/245/show_program

Teichmuller Theory and Kleinian Groups
August 20, 2007 to December 14, 2007
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/246/show_program

Combinatorial Representation Theory 
January 15, 2008 to May 23, 2008 
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/248/show_program

Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Related Topics 
January 15, 2008 to May 23, 2008
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/247/show_program

Analysis of Singular Spaces 
August 18, 2008 to December 19, 2008
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/250/show_program

Ergodic Theory and Additive Combinatorics 
August 18, 2008 to December 19, 2008
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/252/show_program

======================== STREAMING VIDEO =======================

Many lectures given at MSRI are videotaped and made available via streaming
video through MSRI'S VMath program. Please take a look at:
http://www.msri.org/communications/vmath/index_html

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