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OUTLOOK @MSRI: NOVEMBER 3, 2006

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===================== BIOLOGY + MATH EVENT ======================

You are invited to attend BaMBA II (Biology and Mathematics in the Bay 
Area) on Saturday, Nov. 4, 9am-6pm in the Simons Auditorium, Chern Hall, 
at MSRI.

Join in the informal setting of BaMBA, a one-day meeting that explores 
the role of mathematics, statistics, and computer science in modern 
biology. Dialogue between people from different disciplines is 
encouraged and students are especially welcome to attend. To RSVP, 
please contact bamba_AT_math.sfsu.edu

Organizers: Javier Arsuaga, Richard Karp, Sami Khuri, Patrice Koehl, 
Bernd Sturmfels, UCB.
Speakers: Herbert Edelsbrunner (Computer Science, Duke), Jonathan Eisen 
(Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Genome Center, UC Davis), 
Michael Levitt (Structural Biology, Stanford) Franziska Michor 
(Harvard), and Lior Pachter (Mathematics and Computer Science, UCB)
For more info go to:
http://www.msri.org/calendar/specialevents/SpecialEventInfo/251/show_specialevent

================ APPLY FOR 07-08 MEMBERSHIP ===================
MSRI invites membership applications for the 2007-2008 academic year. 
Deadline for Members & Postdoctoral Fellows: Dec. 15, 2006.

2007 Fall Programs are: Geometric Group Theory; Teichmuller Theory and 
Kleinian Groups. 2008 Spring programs are: Combinatorial Representation 
Theory; Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Related Topics; and 
Complementary Program (for applicants in other areas of mathematics). 
Apply at:
http://www.msri.org/propapps/applications/application_material

===================== CURRENT WORKSHOP ========================

HOT TOPICS: Modularity for GL(2) and Beyond
October 30, 2006 to November 3, 2006
Organized By: Michael Harris, Mark Kisin, Kenneth Ribet, Richard Taylor,
David Ellwood

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

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Dynamical Systems
January 18, 2007 to January 19, 2007 (Thursday-Friday)
Organized By: Debra Lewis, Mary Pugh, Mary Lou Zeeman

==================== UPCOMING 2007-8 WORKSHOPS ==================

Introductory Workshop on Dynamical Systems with Emphasis on Extended Systems
January 22, 2007 to January 26, 2007
Organized by: Chris Jones, Edgar Knobloch, Nancy Kopell, Lai-Sang
Young (Chair)

Interactive Parallel Computation in Support of Research in Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory
January 29, 2007 to February 2, 2007
Organized By: Ifti Burhanuddin, James Demmel, Edray Goins, Erich 
Kaltofen, Fernando
Perez, William Stein (Chair), Helena Verrill, Joe Weening

Geometric Evolution Equations
March 12, 2007 to March 16, 2007
Organized by: Bennett Chow, Gerhard Huisken, Chuu-Lian Terng, and
Gang Tian

Stochastic Dynamical Systems and Control
March 19, 2007 to March 23, 2007
Organized by: Jonathan Mattingly, Igor Mezic (Chair), Andrew Stuart

World Congress on Computational Finance: The First Decade
March 26, 2007 (Monday) in London, UK
Conference Chairs: Jesper Andreasen (Bank of America), Myron Scholes 
(Platinum Grove Asset Management/Stanford University), Domingo Tavella 
(HypoVereinsbank); Organizing Committee: please see URL below. The 
objective of this London-based event is to mark the first decade of 
Computational Finance as a discipline in its own right.

Advances in Algebra and Geometry
April 28, 2007 (Saturday) to May 5, 2007 (Saturday)
Organized by: David Ellwood, Joe Harris, Craig Huneke, Hugo Rossi,
Frank-Olaf Schreyer, Bernd Sturmfels

Mathematical Issues in Stochastic Approaches for Multiscale Modeling
May 21, 2007 to May 25, 2007
Organized by: Roberto Camassa, Jinqiao Duan, Peter E. Kloeden, Jonathan
Mattingly, Richard McLaughlin

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Geometric Group Theory
August 23, 2007 to August 24, 2007 (Thursday & Friday)
Organized By: Ruth Charney and Karen Vogtmann

Topics in Geometric Group Theory
November 5, 2007 to November 9, 2007
Organized By: Noel Brady, Mike Davis, Mark Feighn

Introduction to Geometric Group Theory
August 27, 2007 to August 31, 2007
Organized By: Mladen Bestvina, Jon McCammond, Michah Sageev, Karen Vogtmann

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Introduction to the Spring, 2008 Programs
January 16, 2008 to January 18, 2008 (Friday & Saturday)
Organized By: Bhama Srinivasan, Monica Vazirani

Introductory Workshop on Combinatorial Representation Theory
January 21, 2008 to January 25, 2008
Organized By: Persi Diaconis, Arun Ram, Anne Schilling (Chair)

Introductory Workshop on the Representation Theory of Finite Groups
January 28, 2008 to February 1, 2008
Organized By: Jonathan Alperin (Chair), Robert Boltje, Markus Linckelmann

Homological Methods in Representation Theory
March 3, 2008 to March 7, 2008
Organized By: David Benson, Daniel Nakano (Chair), Raphael Rouquier

Lie Theory
March 10, 2008 to March 14, 2008
Organized By: Alexander Kleshchev, Arun Ram, Richard Stanley (Chair), 
Bhama Srinivasan

Topics in Combinatorial Representation Theory
March 17, 2008 to March 21, 2008
Organized By: Sergey Fomin, Bernard Leclerc, Vic Reiner (Chair)

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

MSRI is a partner in operating the Banff International Research Station
(BIRS), which is now accepting Workshop proposals for 2008. More 
information can be accessed at http://www.pims.math.ca/birs/ During the 
48-week scientific program BIRS runs either a full workshop (40 people 
for 5 days) or two half-workshops (20 people for 5 days). BIRS provides 
meals, accommodation, and research facilities at no cost to the 
organizers and to the invited participants. The deadline for proposals 
is OCTOBER 2, 2006.

===================== 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 Noether donor level of 
$1,730 to $1,921 references the year 1921, when Emmy Noether's 
"Idealtheorie in Ringbereichen" was published - a landmark paper 
ushering in the beginning of the field of Abstract Algebra, which became 
a dominant theme of 20th Century mathematics and flourishes into the 
21st. Archimedes Society donors are invited at no or reduced cost to
special events, and are offered reserved seating and special post-event 
receptions.
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.

==================== K-12 MATH EDUCATION =======================

MSRI assists with several math circle programs for middle and high 
school students in the Bay Area. The Berkeley Math Circle meets weekly 
at UC Berkeley (see http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/), and the San 
Francisco Math Circle and Circle for Teachers has weekly meetings at SF 
State University (see http://www.sfmathcircle.org/index.html).

If you are interested in starting or supporting a Math Circle MSRI 
offers mini grants to support mathematicians and other university 
faculty who would like to start a Math Circle program in their local 
community. For information on how to apply, please see
http://www.msri.org/calendar/attachments/announcements/105/MinigrantMathcircleRFP.pdf

=================== 2006-9 PROGRAMS @MSRI ======================

Geometric Evolution Equations and Related Topics
August 14, 2006 to May 25, 2007

Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology
August 14, 2006 to December 15, 2006

Dynamical Systems
January 8, 2007 to May 25, 2007

Geometric Group Theory
August 20, 2007 to December 14, 2007

Teichmuller Theory and Kleinian Groups
August 20, 2007 to December 14, 2007

Combinatorial Representation Theory
January 15, 2008 to May 23, 2008

Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Related Topics
January 15, 2008 to May 23, 2008

Analysis of Singular Spaces
August 18, 2008 to December 19, 2008

Ergodic Theory and Additive Combinatorics
August 18, 2008 to December 19, 2008

Algebraic Geometry
January 12, 2009 to May 22, 2009

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

Many lectures and special events 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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