Donald Williams, On the Formultation of a Constrained Optimization Framework for Pricing American-style Options June 25,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Milton Nash, Special Values of Dirichlet L-function June 25,2004, 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Kimberly Sellers, Tutorial on Algebraic Statistics (Part III) June 25,2004, 12:30 PM to 01:05 PM
Robert Hampshire, Tutorial on Technical Communication (Part III) June 25,2004, 01:15 PM to 01:50 PM
Nathaniel Dean, James DeBardelaben, Illya Hicks, Elaine Terry, Developing a Mathematical Career: Panel Discussion June 25,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Nathaniel Dean, James DeBardelaben, Illya Hicks, Elaine Terry, Developing a Mathematical Career: Panel Discussion June 25,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Nathaniel Dean, James DeBardelaben, Illya Hicks, Elaine Terry, Developing a Mathematical Career: Panel Discussion June 25,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Nathaniel Dean, James DeBardelaben, Illya Hicks, Elaine Terry, Developing a Mathematical Career: Panel Discussion June 25,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Knot Theory and 3-Manifolds (Summer Graduate Workshop)

July 7, 2004 to July 20, 2004

Introductory Workshop in Hyperplane Arrangements and Applications

August 23, 2004 to August 27, 2004

Michael Falk, Introduction: The Combinatorics and Topology of Hyperplane Arrangements August 23,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Sergey Yuzvinsky, Orlik-Solomon Algebras from Different Angles August 23,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Hiroaki Terao, Free Arrangements of Hyperplanes (A Survey) August 23,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM
Alexandru Suciu, Fundamental Group and Characteristic Varieties August 24,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Daniel Cohen, Local Systems on Complements of Arrangements August 24,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Richard Randell, Fibrations, Isotopies and Cell Structures on Arrangements August 24,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Hiroaki Terao, Hypergeometric Integrals and Arrangements of Hyperplanes ( An Introduction Using the Classical Examples) August 24,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM
Michael Falk, Resonance Varieties August 25,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Daniel Matei, Arrangements and Massey Products August 25,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Alexandru Suciu, Lie Algebras Associated to Arrangements August 26,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Graham Denham, Koszul Duality and the Homotopy Lie Algebra August 26,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Stefan Papadima, Applications of Morse Theory August 26,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Henry Schenck, Commutative and Homological Methods for Hyperplane Arrangements August 26,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM
Daniel Cohen, Boundary Manifolds of Arrangements August 27,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Masahiko Yoshinaga, Arrangements and Vector Bundles August 27,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Multiple Speakers, Problems and Demo I August 27,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Multiple Speakers, Problems and Demo II August 27,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM

San Francisco State University/MSRI Workshop on Modern Mathematics: An Introduction to 2005-06 Programs at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

September 18, 2004 to September 19, 2004

Clay Mathematics Institute and MSRI Conference on Recent Progress in Dynamics

September 27, 2004 to October 1, 2004

Gerhard Knieper, Hyperbolic Dynamics and Riemannian Geometry. September 27,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Rafael de la Llave, September 27,2004, 09:45 AM to 10:45 AM
Mike Boyle, Symbolic Extension and Entropy Structure. September 27,2004, 01:35 PM to 02:20 PM
Dmitry Dolgopyat, Long time Asymptotics in Averaging. September 27,2004, 02:30 PM to 03:15 PM
Anatole Katok, Five Most Resistant Problems in Dynamics. September 27,2004, 04:15 PM to 05:15 PM
Danijela Damjanovic, Rigidity , KAM and other Methods. September 28,2004, 09:00 AM to 09:45 AM
Ursula Hamenstaedt, A Dynamical Viewpoint on Second Bounded. September 28,2004, 09:55 AM to 10:40 AM
David Fisher, Local Rigidity: Past, Present, Future. September 28,2004, 11:15 AM to 12:00 AM
Michael Jakobson, Parameter Exclusion and Markov Structure for Henon-like Families. September 28,2004, 01:45 PM to 02:30 PM
Manfred Einsiedler, Measure Rigidity of Higher Rank Actions. September 28,2004, 02:40 PM to 03:35 PM
Yuri Kifer, Averaging Revisited. September 28,2004, 04:00 PM to 04:45 PM
Yulij Ilyashenko, September 29,2004, 09:00 AM to 09:45 AM
Fran�ois Ledrappier, Horocycle Flow on Periodic Surfaces. September 29,2004, 09:55 AM to 10:40 AM
Marcelo Viana, The Zorich-Kontsevich Conjecture. September 29,2004, 11:15 AM to 12:00 AM
Bassam Fayad, On Area Preserving Disc Diffeomorphisms. September 29,2004, 01:45 PM to 02:45 PM
Stefano Luzzatto, The Lorenz Attractor is Mixing. September 29,2004, 02:50 PM to 03:15 PM
Andrew Torok, Statistical Limit Theorems for Suspension Flow. September 29,2004, 03:15 PM to 03:45 PM
Michael Field, Stability of Mixing and Rapid Mixing for Axiom A Flows. September 29,2004, 04:00 PM to 04:20 PM
Omri Sarig, Unique Ergodicity for Non-Uniquely Ergodic Systems. September 29,2004, 04:30 PM to 04:55 PM
Keith Burns, Stable Ergodicity. September 29,2004, 05:00 PM to 05:40 PM
Huyi Hu, Equilibriums of Some Non-Holder Potentials. September 29,2004, 05:45 PM to 06:00 PM
Karl Schmidt, Isomorphism Rigidity. September 30,2004, 09:00 AM to 09:45 AM
Ralf Spatzier, Classifying Anosov Diffeomorphisms. September 30,2004, 09:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Steven Hurder, Rigidity of Compact Foliations. September 30,2004, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM
James Yorke, Understanding Genomes Using Dynamical Systems. September 30,2004, 01:15 PM to 02:00 PM
Joerg Schmeling, Some Applications of Hitting Time Asymptotics -from Circle Covers to Dyadic Approximation. September 30,2004, 02:15 PM to 03:00 PM
Helmut Hofer, Facts and Problems in a more Quantitative Symplectic Geometry. September 30,2004, 04:15 PM to 05:00 PM
Domokos Szasz, Markov Approximations and Stochastic Properties of Billiards. October 1,2004, 09:00 AM to 09:45 AM
Jean-Paul Thouvenot, Quasi Simplicity and Disjointness. October 1,2004, 09:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Anton Zorich, Flat Surfaces. October 1,2004, 11:15 AM to 12:00 PM
Mark Pollicott, Self-Similiar Sets in the Plane with Positive Measure. October 1,2004, 02:00 PM to 02:45 PM
Michal Misiurewicz, Ergodic Natural Measures. October 1,2004, 02:50 PM to 03:35 PM
Sheldon Newhouse, Symbolic Extensions and Smooth System October 1,2004, 04:10 PM to 05:00 PM

Topology of Arrangements and Applications

October 4, 2004 to October 8, 2004

Peter Orlik, Gauss-Manin Connections for Arrangements. October 4,2004, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Eduard Looijenga, Arrangements and Moduli. October 4,2004, 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Michael Davis, L2-Cohomology of Artin Groups and Hyperplane Complements. October 4,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Stefan Papadima, On a Question of Serre: The Role of the Alexander Invariant. October 4,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM
Dev Sinha, Models for Configuration Spaces. October 5,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Edward Frenkel, Gaudin Model and Opers. October 5,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Toshitake Kohno, Schlafi Functions and Iterated Integrals on Configuration Spaces. October 5,2004, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Alexander Varchenko, Bethe Ansatz for Arrangements of Hyperplanes and the Gaudin Model. October 5,2004, 02:00 PM to 02:45 PM
Paul Hacking, Moduli of Hyperplane Arrangements. October 5,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:00 PM
Karl-Dieter Crisman, Chow Groups of Zero-Cycles Relative to Hyperplane Arrangements. October 5,2004, 04:00 PM to 04:45 PM
Frederick Cohen, Connections Between Braid Groups, Homotopy Theory, and Low Dimensional Topology. October 6,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Enrique Artal Bartolo, Fundamental Group, Topology and Combinatorics of Line Arrangements. October 7,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Anatoly Libgober, Arrangements with Isolated Non Noraml Crossings. October 7,2004, 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM
Susumu Tanabe, Weight Filtration of the Mixed Hodge Structure of Period Integrals and Hyperplane Arrangements. October 7,2004, 02:00 PM to 02:45 PM
Laurentiu Maxim, Intersection Homology and Alexander Modules of Hypersurface Complements. October 7,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:00 PM
Daniel Matei, Homology of Resonant Local Systems. October 7,2004, 04:00 PM to 04:40 PM
Inna Scherbak, Arrangements in the Schubert Calculus of Grassmannians. October 8,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Mario Salvetti, On the Genus of Configuration Spaces. October 8,2004, 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM
Katsuhisa Mimachi, Regularizable Cycles Associated eith a Selberg Type Integral Under Some Resonance Condition. October 8,2004, 02:00 PM to 02:45 PM
Richard Scott, Blow-ups and Complements in Zonotopal Complexes. October 8,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM

Combinatorial Aspects of Hyperplane Arrangements

November 1, 2004 to November 5, 2004

Ken Brown, Hyperplane Face Semigroups and their Algebras. November 1,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Persi Diaconis, Are there Q-deformations of Hyperplanes that are Useful for Shuffling? November 1,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Bernd Sturmfels, Introduction to Matroid Polytopes. November 2,2004, 08:10 AM to 09:10 AM
Eva Feichtner, Nested Set Complexes in Geometric Combinatorics. November 2,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Dmitry Kozlov, Combinatorics of DeConcini-Procesi Resolutions ofthe Real Permutation Action. November 2,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Nicoli Mnev, Combinatorial Stratifications of the Grassmanians: Algebraic Geometry and Combinatorial Fiber Bundles. November 2,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Federico Ardila, Bergman Complexes and Coxeter Arrangements. November 2,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:00 PM
Carsten Schultz, Cohomology Rings of Complex Projective Arrangements. November 2,2004, 04:15 PM to 04:45 PM
Michel Brou�, Reductive Groups Over a Field of X Elements, X an Indeterminate November 3,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Laura Stevens, Combinatorics of Rational Functions and PBW Expansions of the Canonical U(n_)-valued Differential Form. November 3,2004, 12:15 PM to 12:45 PM
Richard Stanley, Hyperplane Arrangements and Special Relativity. November 4,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Volkmar Welker, Real Rootedness and Unimodality in Discrete Geometry. November 4,2004, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Alexander Postnikov, Hyperplane Arrangements and Ideals Generated by Powers of Linear Forms. November 4,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Patricia Hersh, Some Remarks on Modular Elements in Lattices. November 4,2004, 03:30 PM to 04:00 PM
Anne Shepler, Reflection Groups and Modular Invariants Theory. November 4,2004, 04:15 PM to 05:15 PM
Christos Athanasiadis, Catalan and Narayana Numbers for Weyl Groups. November 5,2004, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Hiroaki Terao, On the Multi-Free Arrangements. November 5,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Alexandru Suciu, A Look at Right-Angled Artin Groups. November 5,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM

2004 Blackwell-Tapia Conference

November 5, 2004 to November 6, 2004

HOT TOPICS: Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Visualization and Analysis of High Dimensional Data

December 9, 2004 to December 13, 2004

Gunnar Carlsson, Algebraic Topology and Visualization December 9,2004, 09:15 AM to 10:15 AM
Persi Diaconis, Projection Pursuit December 9,2004, 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM
Susan Holmes, Eigenspace Decompositions for Graphs. December 9,2004, 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Andreas Buja, Nonlinear Dimension Reduction. December 9,2004, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Carrie Grimes, Hessian-based Locally Linear Embedding. December 10,2004, 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Gunnar Carlsson, Persistence with Applications December 10,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Sam Roweis, Manifold Learning December 10,2004, 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM
Vin de Silva, Harmonic Forms in Computational Topology. December 10,2004, 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Richard Vitale, Gaussian Meets Minkowski December 11,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Elizaveta Levina, Dimension Estimation December 11,2004, 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM
Deborah Swayne, GGobi for Graphs. December 11,2004, 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM
Herbert Edelsbrunner, Protein Docking with Elevation. December 11,2004, 02:00 PM to 02:45 PM
Di Cook, GeneGobi December 12,2004, 09:00 AM to 09:45 AM
, Coordinate-free Sensor Networks. December 12,2004, 09:50 AM to 10:30 AM
Tom Griffiths, A Split-Merge Sampler for Discovering Classes in Relational Data. December 12,2004, 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM
Edward Wegman, Text Data Mining with Minimal Spanning Trees. December 12,2004, 02:00 PM to 02:45 PM

Mathematical Circles and Olympiads

December 16, 2004 to December 18, 2004

Dmitri Fomin, Robert Megginson, Steve Olson, Alexander Soifer, Math Circles and Olympiads; Historical, Conceptual and Structural December 16,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Dmitri Fomin, Robert Megginson, Steve Olson, Alexander Soifer, Math Circles and Olympiads; Historical, Conceptual and Structural December 16,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Dmitri Fomin, Robert Megginson, Steve Olson, Alexander Soifer, Math Circles and Olympiads; Historical, Conceptual and Structural December 16,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Dmitri Fomin, Robert Megginson, Steve Olson, Alexander Soifer, Math Circles and Olympiads; Historical, Conceptual and Structural December 16,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Wade Ellis, Robert Megginson, Timothy Sanders, Discovering and Developing Mathematical Talent, Part 1 December 16,2004, 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
Wade Ellis, Robert Megginson, Timothy Sanders, Discovering and Developing Mathematical Talent, Part 1 December 16,2004, 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
Wade Ellis, Robert Megginson, Timothy Sanders, Discovering and Developing Mathematical Talent, Part 1 December 16,2004, 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
Carol Blackburn, Steve Olson, James Tanton, Study of Exceptional Talent December 16,2004, 11:10 AM to 12:00 PM
Carol Blackburn, Steve Olson, James Tanton, Study of Exceptional Talent December 16,2004, 11:10 AM to 12:00 PM
Carol Blackburn, Steve Olson, James Tanton, Study of Exceptional Talent December 16,2004, 11:10 AM to 12:00 PM
Ellen Kaplan, Robert Kaplan, The Boston Math Circle December 16,2004, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Ellen Kaplan, Robert Kaplan, The Boston Math Circle December 16,2004, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Joe Gillian, Harvey Keynes, Walter Mientka, Discussion of Various Approaches and Possible Adaptions December 16,2004, 02:45 PM to 03:45 PM
Joe Gillian, Harvey Keynes, Walter Mientka, Discussion of Various Approaches and Possible Adaptions December 16,2004, 02:45 PM to 03:45 PM
Joe Gillian, Harvey Keynes, Walter Mientka, Discussion of Various Approaches and Possible Adaptions December 16,2004, 02:45 PM to 03:45 PM
Zvezdelina Stankova, The Berkeley Math Circle December 16,2004, 03:00 PM to 04:30 PM
Igor Ganichev, Maksim Maydanskiy, Melanie Wood, Inna Zakharevich, Experiences as a Math Olympic Competitor December 17,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Igor Ganichev, Maksim Maydanskiy, Melanie Wood, Inna Zakharevich, Experiences as a Math Olympic Competitor December 17,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Igor Ganichev, Maksim Maydanskiy, Melanie Wood, Inna Zakharevich, Experiences as a Math Olympic Competitor December 17,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Igor Ganichev, Maksim Maydanskiy, Melanie Wood, Inna Zakharevich, Experiences as a Math Olympic Competitor December 17,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Igor Ganichev, Maksim Maydanskiy, Melanie Wood, Inna Zakharevich, Experiences as a Math Olympic Competitor December 17,2004, 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Helmer Aslaksen, George Berzsenyi, John Howe, David Scott, Samuel Vandervelde, Discovering and Developing Mathematical Talent, Part 2 December 17,2004, 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM
Helmer Aslaksen, George Berzsenyi, John Howe, David Scott, Samuel Vandervelde, Discovering and Developing Mathematical Talent, Part 2 December 17,2004, 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM
Helmer Aslaksen, George Berzsenyi, John Howe, David Scott, Samuel Vandervelde, Discovering and Developing Mathematical Talent, Part 2 December 17,2004, 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM
Helmer Aslaksen, George Berzsenyi, John Howe, David Scott, Samuel Vandervelde, Discovering and Developing Mathematical Talent, Part 2 December 17,2004, 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM
Helmer Aslaksen, George Berzsenyi, John Howe, David Scott, Samuel Vandervelde, Discovering and Developing Mathematical Talent, Part 2 December 17,2004, 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM
Thomas Davis, Richard Rusczyk, Peter Trapa, Math Circle Materials and Preparation December 17,2004, 01:15 PM to 02:45 PM
Thomas Davis, Richard Rusczyk, Peter Trapa, Math Circle Materials and Preparation December 17,2004, 01:15 PM to 02:45 PM
Thomas Davis, Richard Rusczyk, Peter Trapa, Math Circle Materials and Preparation December 17,2004, 01:15 PM to 02:45 PM
Thomas Davis, Richard Rusczyk, Peter Trapa, Math Circle Materials and Preparation December 17,2004, 01:15 PM to 02:45 PM
Thomas Davis, Richard Rusczyk, Peter Trapa, Math Circle Materials and Preparation December 17,2004, 01:15 PM to 02:45 PM
Kiran Kedlaya, Richard Rusczyk, Alexander Soifer, Zvezdelina Stankova, Ravi Vakil, Paul Zeitz, Panel Discussion of Math Competitions: Problems, Good and Bad December 17,2004, 03:15 PM to 04:45 PM
Kiran Kedlaya, Richard Rusczyk, Alexander Soifer, Zvezdelina Stankova, Ravi Vakil, Paul Zeitz, Panel Discussion of Math Competitions: Problems, Good and Bad December 17,2004, 03:15 PM to 04:45 PM
Kiran Kedlaya, Richard Rusczyk, Alexander Soifer, Zvezdelina Stankova, Ravi Vakil, Paul Zeitz, Panel Discussion of Math Competitions: Problems, Good and Bad December 17,2004, 03:15 PM to 04:45 PM
Kiran Kedlaya, Richard Rusczyk, Alexander Soifer, Zvezdelina Stankova, Ravi Vakil, Paul Zeitz, Panel Discussion of Math Competitions: Problems, Good and Bad December 17,2004, 03:15 PM to 04:45 PM
Kiran Kedlaya, Richard Rusczyk, Alexander Soifer, Zvezdelina Stankova, Ravi Vakil, Paul Zeitz, Panel Discussion of Math Competitions: Problems, Good and Bad December 17,2004, 03:15 PM to 04:45 PM
Kiran Kedlaya, Richard Rusczyk, Alexander Soifer, Zvezdelina Stankova, Ravi Vakil, Paul Zeitz, Panel Discussion of Math Competitions: Problems, Good and Bad December 17,2004, 03:15 PM to 04:45 PM
Kiran Kedlaya, Richard Rusczyk, Alexander Soifer, Zvezdelina Stankova, Ravi Vakil, Paul Zeitz, Panel Discussion of Math Competitions: Problems, Good and Bad December 17,2004, 03:15 PM to 04:45 PM
Mira Bernstein, Zuming Feng, Tom Roby, Rick Sommer, Abigail Thompson, Olympiad Training and Math Camps December 18,2004, 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Mira Bernstein, Zuming Feng, Tom Roby, Rick Sommer, Abigail Thompson, Olympiad Training and Math Camps December 18,2004, 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Mira Bernstein, Zuming Feng, Tom Roby, Rick Sommer, Abigail Thompson, Olympiad Training and Math Camps December 18,2004, 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Mira Bernstein, Zuming Feng, Tom Roby, Rick Sommer, Abigail Thompson, Olympiad Training and Math Camps December 18,2004, 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Mira Bernstein, Zuming Feng, Tom Roby, Rick Sommer, Abigail Thompson, Olympiad Training and Math Camps December 18,2004, 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Mary Fay-Zenk, Thomas Rike, James Tanton, Panel Discussion of the Impact of Math Circles and Camps on Classroom Instruction December 18,2004, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Mary Fay-Zenk, Thomas Rike, James Tanton, Panel Discussion of the Impact of Math Circles and Camps on Classroom Instruction December 18,2004, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Mary Fay-Zenk, Thomas Rike, James Tanton, Panel Discussion of the Impact of Math Circles and Camps on Classroom Instruction December 18,2004, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Robert Megginson, Discussion of the Network of Math Circles (Including Parents' Advisory Group) December 18,2004, 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM