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OUTLOOK @MSRI: SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

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====================== MATH + MUSIC EVENT ======================

You are warmly invited to attend a special event that launches a series 
of concerts, with the solo music of Bach, in the new Simons Auditorium 
at Chern Hall. On Wednesday, Sept. 13, harpsichordist Davitt Moroney 
plays the "The Art of Fugue" followed by a Conversation on Art, Music, 
and Mathematics. Reception at 5:30pm, concert at 6pm, and conversation 
at 7pm. Free admission. For more information, go to:
http://www.msri.org/calendar/specialevents/SpecialEventInfo/247/show_specialevent

================= INAUGURAL CME-MSRI PRIZE =====================

The new CME-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications will be
awarded on Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The
inaugural ceremony and seminar features talks by Nobel-prizewinners 
Robert Merton and Myron Scholes, which will examine the uses of 
mathematics in economics and the study of financial markets, and a 
keynote address by the Prize recipient.
http://www.msri.org/calendar/specialevents/SpecialEventInfo/246/show_specialevent

================ APPLY FOR 07-08 MEMBERSHIP ===================
MSRI invites membership applications for the 2007-2008 academic year. 
Deadline for Members for Early Consideration and Research Professor 
stipends: OCTOBER 6, 2006; for Members & Postdoctoral Fellows: Deadline 
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). Appy at:
http://www.msri.org/propapps/applications/application_material

===================== CURRENT 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

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

CONNECTIONS FOR WOMEN: Geometric Analysis and Nonlinear Partial
Differential Equations
September 8, 2006 to September 9, 2006 (Friday & Saturday)
Organized by: Christine Guenther and Panagiota Daskalopoulos

==================== UPCOMING 2006-8 WORKSHOPS ==================

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

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

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

Lectures on String(y) Topology
October 16, 2006 to October 18, 2006 (Monday-Wednesday)
Held at UNAM in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Organized by: Alejandro Adem, Hugo Rossi, Jose Seade

Mathematics of Visual Analysis
October 16, 2006 to October 18, 2006 (Monday-Wednesday)
Organized by: Pat Hanrahan, William Cleveland, Sanda Harabagiu,
Peter Jones, Leland Wilkinson

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

Modern Mathematics: An Introduction to 2007-08 Programs at MSRI
October 25, 2006 to October 26, 2006 (Wednesday-Thursday)
Organized by: Ricardo Cortez, Hugo Rossi, Ivelisse Rubio
This workshop will be held at the Tampa Convention Center (Florida),
directly preceding the Annual Meeting of SACNAS.

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

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

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)

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 (Oak Hill Capital Management/Stanford University,
Domingo Tavella(HypoVereinsbank)
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: Introduction to the Spring, 2008 Programs
January 18, 2008 to January 19, 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)

================= PROPOSE A WORKSHOP AT BANFF ==================

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 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). Donors 
at the Museion level ($5,041+) are invited to two dinner/lectures in 
Berkeley and one in New York. All 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 will begin 
weekly meetings on Sept. 12 at UC Berkeley (see 
http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/),
and the San Francisco Math Circle and Circle for Teachers will begin 
weekly meetings at SF State University on Sept. 11 (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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