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Free Probability and Non-commutative Banach Spaces

January 22 - 27, 2001

• L. Ge: Applications of free entropy
  
• T. Cabanal-Duvillard: Large deviations for Gaussian matrices and free entropies
  
• M. Stefan: Some properties of free group subfactors
  
• Z-J. Ruan: Non-commutative ${\cal L}_p$ spaces and their connections with operator algebras
  
• R. Smith: Approximation properties for crossed products
  
• G. Pisier: Multipliers of H1 and power bounded operators
  
• E. Christensen: The length of a Gamma factor
  
• W.B. Arveson: Curvature and Dirac operator of a commuting d-tuple
  
• N. Randrianantoanina: Subspaces of non-commutative Lorentz-spaces
  
• D. Voiculescu: Free probability analogue of the Wasserstein distance on trace state space
  
• P. Zinn-Justin: The enumeration of planar maps, links and knots
  
• A. Nica: R-cyclic families of matrices in free probability
  
• P. Biane: Free cummulants , matrix orbits and characters of symmetric groups
  
• R. Speicher: A characterization of freeness by a factorization of operator-valued cummulants
  
• M. Anshelevich: Ito formula for free Levy processes
  
• M. Junge: On the local theory of noncommutative L_p spaces
  
• T. Oikhberg: On finite representability of operator spaces
  
• M. Musat: Approximation of hyperfinite martingales by finite dimensional martingales
  
• H.P. Rosenthal: Semi-Transitive Operator Algebras
  
• A. Sinclair: Singular masas in factors from hyperbolic groups
  
• B. Magajna: Normal modules and maps
  
• E. Kirchberg: C* Spaces
  
• D. Blecher: Multiplier operator algebras and M-structure
  
• A. Arias: An operator Hilbert space without the operator approximation property
  
• D. Gaboriau: l^2 -invariants for groups and equivalence relations
  
• F. Radulescu: Convex sets of moments in von Neumann algebras
  
• H. Bercovici: Strong and weak limit theorems for free random variables
  
• S. Thorbjoernsen: Self decomposability and Levy processes
  
• D. Shlyakhtenko: On free Araki-Woods factors
  
• K. Dykema: Decomposability of Voiculescu's circular operator
  
• P. Sniady: Invariant subspaces of R-diagonal operators
  
• V. Paulsen: Variations on injectivity
  
• P.W. Ng: Completely contractive projections on non-commutative L^1 spaces
  
• E. Ricard: H1 has no completely unconditional basis
  
• C. Le Merdy*: Operator space properties of decomposable operators
  
• N. Ozawa*: On the lifting problem for separable C*-algebras
  
• V. Zarikian*: One-sided M-structure in operator spaces
  
• E. Effros*: New directions and problems in operator space theory
  
• N. Muraki*: Monotonic independence for noncommutative random variables
  
• M. Bozejko*: From lacunary sets on groups to free and boolean probability with applications to operator spaces
  
• F. Lehner*: Cummulants, lattice paths and orthogonal polynomials
  

*Due to techincal difficulties, there is no video for this lecture

The Preparation of Math Majors in the First Two Years

February 09 - 11, 2001

• Hung-Hsi Wu: Rethinking the Mathematics Major
  

Analysis Models and Methods: A conference on Applied Mathematics and Computational Methods in memory of Fred Howes

March 1 - 3, 2001

• Darryl Holm: Lagrangian-mean and Eulerian-mean turbulence models
  
• Marsha Berger: Space filling curves and parallel multigrid on Cartesian meshes with embedded geometry
  
• Peter Lax: Trace formulas
  
• Jack Dongarra: The impact of computer architecture on linear algebra algorithms
  
• Robert O'Malley: Viscous shocks featuring exponential or algebraic asymptotics
  
• David Brown: Adaptive moving overlapping grids for the solution of partial differential equations in complex geometry
  
• Jorge More: Evolution and revolution in optimization
  
• Barry Smith: Towards optimal complexity algorithms for optimal design
  
• Bruce Hendrickson: Combinatorial algorithms in scientific computing
  
• Alexandre Chorin: Optimal prediction
  

Geometric Aspects of Spectral Theory

March 12 - 16, 2001

• Victor Guillemin: The mapping torus of a symplectic mapping
• Yves Colin de Verdiere: Singular Bohr-Sommerfeld rules
• Charles Fefferman: Singular scenarios for 2-D and 3-D incompressible fluids
• Percy Deift: Perturbation theory for infinite dimensional integrable systems on the line
• Bent Oersted: Equivariant zeta functions and conformal geometry
• Richard Schoen: Spectral issues in geometric variational problems
• Matthew Gursky: A fully non-linear equation in conformal geometry and some applications
• Jochen Bruening: Towards a spectral theory of stratified spaces
• Steve Zelditch: The inverse spectral problem for analytic plane domains
• Jean-Michel Bismut: Equivariant de Rham torsions
• Kai Koehler: Equivariant holomorphic torsion and arithmetic geometry
• Richard Melrose: The eta invariant as a determinant
• Weiping Zhang: An index theorem for Toeplitz operators on manifolds with boundary
• Tobias Colding: Geodesic laminations on the two-sphere and index bounds
• Werner Mueller: Spectral theory for Dirac operators on manifolds with fibred cusps and applications
• Jie Qing: Finiteness of Kleinian groups in space
• Wei-Min Wang: Supersymmetry and spectral theory of random Schroedinger operators
• Christophe Soule: Arithmetic genera
• Paolo Piazza: Higher eta invariants and metrics of positive scalar curvature
• Peter Sarnak: L-4 norms of eigenfunctions

Nonlinear Estimation and Classification

March 19 - 29, 2001

• Robert Gray: Gauss mixture vector quantization: Clustering Gauss mixtures with the minimum discrimination information distortion for modeling, compression, and classification
• Tom Dietterich: Some experiments with ensemble methods for classification and conditional density estimation
• Edward I. George: Dilution priors for model uncertainty
• Maria DeIorio, Peter Mueller, Gary Rosner & Steven MacEachern: An ANOVA model for dependent random measures with an application to population models
• Ernest Fokoue: Aspects of stochastic simulation based inference for some mixtures of latent structures
• Yuhong Yang: Combining regression estimators under a fixed design
• David Scott: Clustering by partial mixture estimation
• Angelika van der Linde: Model complexity and model priors
• Grace Wahba: Optimal properties and adaptive tuning of support vector machines (SVM's)
• Robert Burbidge: Adaptive kernels for SV classification
• Mario A. T. Figueiredo: Unsupervised sparse regression
• Steve Ellis: Instability in nonlinear estimation and classification
• Charles Stone: Extended linear modeling with splines
• Linda Zhao: Bayesian approaches in nonparametric estimation problems
• Charles Kooperberg & Charles Stone: Logspline density estimation with free-knot splines
• Jennifer Pittman: Adaptive splines and genetic algorithms with an application to classification
• Heping Zhang: Mixed-effects multivariate adaptive splines models: An automated procedure for fitting longitudinal data and growth curves
• Sally Wood: Bayesian mixture splines for spatially adaptive nonparametric regression
• Michael Jordan: Variational inference for clustering and classification
• Bill Cleveland: Modeling internet traffic
• John Rice: A simple model for a complex system: Predicting travel times on freeways
• Andrew Nobel: Denoising deterministic time series
• Barbara Bailey: A statistical approach to quantifying the predictability of noisy nonlinear systems
• Claudia Tebaldi: Looking for nonlinearities in the large scale dynamics of the atmosphere
• Nando DeFreitas: Non-stationary, nonlinear classification and model selection
• Ashis Gangopadhyay & Kin Cheung: Semiparametric estimation of the long-memory parameter in farima models
• Terry Speed: Nonlinear estimation and classification: Challenges from genomics
• Gilles Blanchard: Bounding generalization error of aggregate classifiers through empirical margin distributions
• Servane Gey & Elodie Nedelec: Model selection for CART regression trees
• Adam Krzyzak: Nonlinear function learning and classification using optimal radial basis function networks
• Ludger Ruschendorf: On adaptive estimation by neural nets type estimators
• Alexandre Tsybakov: Fast rates and adaptation in nonparametric classification
• Richard Baraniuk: Besov vs. Plato: Multiscale image modeling
• Martin Vetterli: Wavelets, Approximation Compression and Sampling: Review and New Results
• Ronald DeVore: Harmonic Analysis of BV
• Minh Do and Martin Vetterli: Texture characterization and retrieval using steerable hidden Markov models
• Maarten Jansen: Thresholding second generation wavelet coefficients for noisy, non-equispaced data
• Eric Kolaczyk and Robert Nowak: A multiresolution analysis for statistical likelihoods: Theory and methods
• Donald Geman: Coarse-to-fine classification and visual indexing
• Tomaso Poggio: From bits to information: Theory and applications of learning machines
• David Denison: Bayesian prediction using adaptive ridge estimators
• Jorg Rahnenfuhrer: Data compression and statistical inference
• Juan Lin: Local curved gaussian models
• Amy Braverman: Compressing and analyzing massive geophysical data sets by Monte Carlo extended ECVQ
• Rahul Shukla, Minh Do and Martin Vetterli: Best adaptive tiling in a rate-distortion sense
• Enrico Capobianco: Multi-resolution properties of semi-parametric volatility models
• Harri Kiiveri: Environmental monitoring using a time series of satellite images and other spatial data sets
• Adrian Raftery: Bayesian multidimensional scaling and choice of dimension
• Katherine Pollard and Mark van der Laan: Computationally intensive statistical methods for microarray based drug discovery
• Alexander Loguinov, Rus Yukhananov, Christopher Vulpe and Saira Mian: Using robust and resistant regression analysis (MM-estimator) to find differentially expressed genes in microarray data
• Ingo Ruczinski, Charles Kooperberg and Michael L. LeBlanc: Logic Regression
• Jerome Friedman: Predictive data mining with multiple additive regression trees
• Rob Schapire: Logistic regression, AdaBoost and Bregman distances
• Margaret H. Wright: Where does mainstream optimization fit?
• Steve Marron: High dimension - low sample size data analysis
• Vin de Silva: A global geometric framework for nonlinear dimensionality reduction
• Jacqueline J. Meulman: Multivariate optimal scaling techniques for the analysis of large and complicated data sets
• Nelson Butuk: Construction of low dimensional DME reaction state space trajectories

Conference on Randomized Algorithms in Finance

March 30 - April 1, 2001

• Phelim Boyle: Applications of the Monte Carlo Method in Finance
• Claudia Kluppelberg: Extreme Value Statistics in Finance
• Francis Longstaff: Solving American option and portfolio choice problems using the Least Squares Monte Carlo (LSM) Algorithm
• Alistair Sinclair: Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods
• Marco Avellaneda: Arbitrage pricing of equity basket options
• Pedro Santa Clara: Simulated likelihood estimation of diffusions with an application to exchange rate dynamics in incomplete markets
• Jin-Chuan Duan: Risk premium and pricing of derivatives in complete markets
• Michael Dempster: Wavelet-based PDE and fast Monte Carlo valuation of complex derivatives
• Jeremy Staum: Early stopping in financial simulations
• Eckhard Platen: Numerical solution of stochastic differential equations with applications in finance

Quantization and Non-commutative Geometry

April 23 - 27, 2001

• Guennadi Kasparov: Automorphic forms and K-theory
• Abhay Ashtekar: Quantization, Geometry and Black Holes
• Mariusz. Wodzicki: Vestigia vestiganda
• Jose M. Gracia-Bondia: Anomalies, the Noncommutative Index Theorem and the S-matrix
• Jerry Kaminker: Boundaries and approximation properties for group C*-algebras
• Jonathan Rosenberg: Z/k index theory via noncommutative geometry
• Klaas Landsman: Quantization as a functor
• Guaoliang Yu: The Baum-Connes conjecture for hyperbolic groups
• Birant Ramazan: Groupoids and C*-algebraic quantization
• Martin Schlichenmaier: Asymptotic expansion of the Berezin transform
• Dirk Kreimer: Residues of quantum field theory
• Alan Weinstein: Dirac structures and their quantization
• Alain Connes: Noncommutative geometry and quantum field theory
• Mikhail Shubin: Semiclassical asymptotics and quantum Hall conductivity
• Harald Upmeier: Toeplitz and Weyl quantization of symmetric domains
• Henrique Bursztyn: Semiclassical geometry of quantum line bundles and Morita equivalence of star products
• Vincent Lafforgue: Banach KK-theory and the Baum-Connes conjecture
• Boris Tsygan: Index theorem for general deformations and applications
• George Skandalis: Groupoids: examples and remarks
• Albert Schwarz: Noncommutative instantons: a new approach
• Frederic Cadet: Deformation and quantization for toric manifolds
• Pierre Julg: The Baum-Connes conjecture with coefficients for Sp(n,1)
• Alfons Van Daele: Locally compact quantum groups
• Teodor Banica: Compact quantum groups and subfactors
• Joseph C. Varilly: Quantum Symmetry of Noncommutative Spheres
• Ryszard Nest: Connes-Kasparov conjecture is true
• Judy Packer: Wavelet filter functions and K-theory
• Paul Baum: Equivariant-bivariant Chern Character

29th Canadian Symposium on Operator Algebras

April 29 - May 1, 2001

• Alain Connes: Factors and Geometry
• Dietmar Bisch: Subfactors and planar algebras
• Guihua Gong: A Reduction Theorem on a class of AH-algbras including simple AH algebras and real rank zero AH algebras
• Marius Dadarlat: Approximation by subalgebras and the UCT
• Mikael Rordam: A simple C*-algebra containing a finite and an infinite projection
• Mahmood Khoshkam : Groupoids, Inverse Semigroups, and their C*-algebras
• Dan Voiculescu: Cyclic derivatives and von Neumann algebras
• Joachim Cuntz: Non-commutative simplicial complexes and characteristic classes
• Liming Ge: Riemann zeta function and Connes's noncommutative geometry
• Kenneth Davidson: Free semigroup algebras
• Eberhard Kirchberg: Classification of non-simple purely infinite algebras
• Roland Speicher: Invariant subspaces of R-diagonal operators
• Dimitri Shlyakhtenko: Free Araki-Woods factors
• N. Christopher Phillips: Isomorphism theorems for C*-algebras of minimal diffeomorphisms

Critical Percolation and Conformally Invariant Processes

April 30 - May 4, 2001

• John Cardy: Mean number of crossing clusters and related results
• Stanislav Smirnov: Conformal invariance of critical percolation
• Gilles Schaeffer: Random triangulations and planar maps
• Itai Benjamini: Random metrics
• Stanislav Smirnov: Tutorial: Conformal invariance of critical percolation
• Richard Kenyon: Random maps from Z^2 to Z/qZ
• Sergey Fomin: Loop-erased walks and total positivity
• Russell Lyons: A Bird's-Eye View of Uniform Spanning Trees and Forests
• Oded Schramm: Conformally invariant scaling limits and SLE
• Yuval Peres: Geometry of the uniform spanning forest
• Bertrand Duplantier: Conformally invariant scaling curves and quantum gravity
• Gregory Lawler: SLE and the self-avoiding walk
• Charles Newman: Critical Percolation for 2D Coarsening
• Schramm, Lawler, Werner: Tutorial: SLE
• Bernard Nienhuis: On the groundstate of the percolation transfer matrix
• David Wilson: Winding Angle Variance of Random Curves
• Jennifer Chayes: Finite-Size Scaling in Probability and Computer Science: Part I
• Christian Borgs: Finite-Size Scaling in Probability and Computer Science: Part II
• Vincent Beffara: On some conformally invariant subsets of the Brownian curve
• Yu Zhang: Power laws and conformal invariance on the two dimensional triangular lattice
• Michael Aizenman: What next?

 

Geometric Scattering Theory and Elliptic Theory on Noncompact and Singular Spaces

May 7 - 11, 2001

• Jared Wunsch*: Propagation and diffraction at conic singularities
• Boris Vaillant: An index theorem for manifolds with generalized fibred cusps
• Mike Anderson: Einstein metrics with prescribed conformal infinity on 4-manifolds
• C. Robin Graham: Conformal geometry, Einstein metrics and scattering
• Mikhail Shubin: Discreteness of spectrum and strict positivity for magnetic Schrodinger operators
• Raphael Ponge: Local index formulae for pseudo-Hermitian manifolds through non-commutative geometry
• Daniel Grieser: Some remarks on the Stokes Theorem and Hodge Theory on singular varieties
• Peter Perry: Determinants of Laplacians and compactness of isopolar sets for Riemann surfaces of infinite area

* Due to technical difficulties, the first half of this lecture has no audio

 

Continuum Hypothesis

May 29 - June 1, 2001

• Tomek Bartoszynski: Continuous Images of Strongly Meager Sets
• Slawomir Solecki: Complexity of Subgroups of Polish Groups
• Greg Hjorth: The Topological Vaught Conjecture and Related Problems
• Paul Larson: Revisiting Godel's Argument for the True Power of the Continuum
• Martin Zeman: The Principle and Mahlo Cardinals
• Jindrich Zapletal: Definable Real Forcings
• Matt Foreman: A New Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem
• Tom Jech: Infinite Games and Forcing
• Ilijas Farah: Maximal Rigidity
• Moti Gitik: The Current State of the Singular Cardinals Problem
• Stevo Todorcevic: Localized Reflection and the Size of the Continuum

 

Clay Mathematics Institute 2001 Summer School on the Global Theory of Minimal Surfaces: Summer Graduate Program and Research Component

June 25 - July 6, 2001

Lecture Series:

• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 1
• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 2
• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 3
• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 4
• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 5
• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 6
• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 7
• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 8
• Frank Morgan: Geometric Measure Theory and the Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture, Lecture 9

• Matthias Weber: Computational Aspects of Minimal Surface Theory, Lecture 1
• Matthias Weber: Computational Aspects of Minimal Surface Theory, Lecture 2
• Matthias Weber: Computational Aspects of Minimal Surface Theory, Lecture 3
• Matthias Weber: Computational Aspects of Minimal Surface Theory, Lecture 4
• Matthias Weber: Computational Aspects of Minimal Surface Theory, Lecture 5

• Konrad Polthier: Lecture 1
• Konrad Polthier: Lecture 2
• Konrad Polthier: Lecture 3

• Rick Schoen: Mean Curvature in Riemannian Geometry and General Relativity, Lecture 1
• Rick Schoen: Mean Curvature in Riemannian Geometry and General Relativity, Lecture 2
• Rick Schoen: Mean Curvature in Riemannian Geometry and General Relativity, Lecture 3

• Brian White: Minimal Surfaces and Total Curvature of Curves
• Brian White: The Classical Plateau Problem
• Brian White: Flat Chains Over General Coefficient Groups

Background Lectures:

• Bill Meeks: Geometric Results in Classical Minimal Surface Theory, Lecture 1
• Bill Meeks: Geometric Results in Classical Minimal Surface Theory, Lecture 2
• Bill Meeks: A Survey of Unsolved Problems in Minimal Surface Theory and Approaches for Solving Them

• John McCuan: Background Lecture 1
• John McCuan: Background lecture 2
• John McCuan: Background Lecture 3

• David Hoffman: Background Lecture

Individual Talks

• Mohammad Ghomi: Topology of Minimal Surfaces with Convex Boundary
• Nicolaos Kapouleas: Singular Perturbation Constructions for Minimal Surfaces
• Hermann Karcher: Conjugate Plateau Surfaces
• Francisco Martin: Complete Nonorientable Minimal Surfaces in R^3
• Robert Osserman: A Historical Survey of some Aspects of Minimal Surfaces
• Joaquin Perez: Parabolicity and Minimal Surfaces
• Harold Rosenberg: Periodic Minimal Surfaces

CMI Summer School Research Component

July 9 - July 27, 2001

Third Week Lecture Series

• Antonio Ros: The Isoperimetric Problem - Lecture 1
• Antonio Ros: The Isoperimetric Problem - Lecture 2
• Antonio Ros: The Isoperimetric Problem - Lecture 3
• Antonio Ros: The Isoperimetric Problem - Lecture 4
• Manolo Ritore: The Isoperimetric Problem - Lecture 5

• Mike Wolf: Flat Structures
• Mike Wolf: Moduli Spaces of Flat Structures and Period Problems
• Mike Wolf: Handle Addition for Minimal Surfaces
• Matthias Weber: Embedded Minimal Surfaces of Finite Topology, Lecture 1
• Matthias Weber: Embedded Minimal Surfaces of Finite Topology, Lecture 2

• Joel Spruck: Geometric Aspects of the Theory of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations - Lecture 1
• Joel Spruck: Geometric Aspects of the Theory of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations - Lecture 2
• Joel Spruck: Geometric Aspects of the Theory of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations - Lecture 3
• Joel Spruck: Geometric Aspects of the Theory of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations - Lecture 4
• Bo Guan: Geometric Aspects of the Theory of Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations - Lecture 5

Third Week Seminar Lectures

• Jaigyoung Choe: Isoperimetric Inequalities of Minimal Surfaces
• Pascal Collin: Conformal Type of Proper Minimal Surfaces in Euclidean Space
• Mohammad Ghomi Convexity Problems in Classical Differential Geometry and Topology
• David Hoffman: A Family of Singly Periodic Minimal Surfaces Asymptotic to the Helicoid
• Hermann Karcher: The Flexibility of Conjugate Plateau Constructions
• Francisco J. Lopez: Some Picard Theorems for Minimal Surfaces
• Rafe Mazzeo: Surgery on Geometric Structures and Applications
• Joaquin Perez: Uniqueness of the Riemann Minimal Surfaces
• K. Tenenblat: Minimal and CMC Surfaces Obtained by Ribaucour Transofrmations
• Henry Wente: The Plateau and Douglas Problems for Surfaces of Constant Mean Curvature
• Fang Yi: Protein Folding Problem, A Geometric Method

Fourth Week Lecture Series

• Harold Rosenberg: Properly Embedded Minimal Surfaces in R^3 of Finite Topology, I
• Harold Rosenberg: Properly Embedded Minimal Surfaces in R^3 of Finite Topology, II
• Harold Rosenberg: Properly Embedded Minimal Surfaces in R^3 of Finite Topology, III
• Bill Meeks: Properly Embedded Minimal Surfaces in R^3 of Finite Topology, IV
• Bill Meeks: Properly Embedded Minimal Surfaces in R^3 of Finite Topology, V

• Martin Traizet: Construction of Minimal Surfaces by Gluing Weierstrass Representations, I
• Martin Traizet: Construction of Minimal Surfaces by Gluing Weierstrass Representations, II
• Martin Traizet: Construction of minimal Surfaces by Gluing Weierstrass Representations, III

• Nicolaos Kapouleas: Constructions of Minimal Surfaces by Gluing Minimal Immersion, I
• Nicolaos Kapouleas: Constructions of Minimal Surfaces by Gluing Minimal Immersion, II

• Bill Minicozzi: Embedded Minimal Surfaces in a Ball, I
• Bill Minicozzi: Embedded Minimal Surfaces in a Ball, II
• Bill Minicozzi: Embedded Minimal Surfaces in a Ball, III
• Bill Minicozzi: Embedded Minimal Surfaces in a Ball, IV
• Bill Minicozzi: Embedded Minimal Surfaces in a Ball, V

Fourth Week Seminar Lectures

• Pascal Collin: Construction of Bryant Surfaces by Cousin Correspondence
• Tom Ilmanen: Embedded Minimal Hypersurfaces with L^2 Curvature Bounds
• Rob Kusner: Soap Bubbles and Riemann Surfaces
• Frank Pacard: CMC-1 Surfaces in Hyperbolic Space
• Ricardo Sa Earp: Meromorphic Data for Mean Curvature One Surfaces in Hyperbolic Space
• Joel Spruck: Two-dimensional Minimal Graphs over Unbounded Domains
• Masaaki Umehara: Surfaces of Constant Mean Curvature-1 in the Hyperbolic 3-space

Fifth Week Lecture Series

• Rick Schoen: Variational Problems in Lagrangian Geometry: Special Lagrangian Submanifolds, Part I
• Rick Schoen: Variational Problems in Lagrangian Geometry: Special Lagrangian Submanifolds, Part II
• Jon Wolfson: Variational Problems in Lagrangian Geometry: Special Lagrangian Submanifolds, Part III
• Dominic Joyce: Constructions of Special Lagrangian m-folds in $\C^m$
• Dominic Joyce: Special Lagrangian Fibrations and the SYZ Conjecture

• Joel Hass: Topology of Minimal Surfaces in 3-manifolds, Part I
• Joel Hass: Topology of Minimal Surfaces in 3-manifolds, Part II
• Joachim Hyam Rubinstein: Topology of Minimal Surfaces in 3-manifolds, Part I
• Joachim Hyam Rubinstein: Topology of Minimal Surfaces in 3-manifolds, Part II
• Joachim Hyam Rubinstein: Topology of Minimal Surfaces in 3-manifolds, Part III

• Pascal Collin:Asymptotic geometry of embedded Bryant surfaces, Part I
• Pascal Collin:Asymptotic geometry of embedded Bryant surfaces, Part II
• Pascal Collin:Asymptotic geometry of embedded Bryant surfaces, Part III

• Karsten Grosse-Brauckmann: The Conjugate Cousin Construction for Constant-Mean-Curvature Surfaces in Three Space
• Karsten Grosse-Brauckmann: Existence of Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces with Finite Topology and Genus Zero

• Joachim Hyam Rubinstein: The Steiner Problem in 3-dimensions and Applications, Part I
• Joachim Hyam Rubinstein: The Steiner Problem in 3-dimensions and Applications, Part II

Fifth Week Seminar Lectures

• Valerio Batista: Construction of New Embedded Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces in R^3
• Alexander Bobenko: Adding handles to the helicoid
• Joel Hass: Computational Complexity and the Area of Unknotting Disks
• R. Langevin: Short Talk
• John McCuan: Some Observations Concerning Scherk-type Minimal Graphs
• Bill Meeks: Topological Properties of Minimal Surfaces
• Chikako Mese: Minimal Surfaces and Harmonic Mappings in Singular Geometry
• Franz Pedit: Quaternionic Plucker Formula and Area Estimates of CMC Tori
• Peter Topping: Approaching the Willmore Conjecture via Integral Geometry

 

Introductory Workshop in Inverse Problems and Integral Geometry

August 13 - 24, 2001

• Gunther Uhlmann: Microlocal Analysis and Inverse Problems - Part I
• Giovanni Alessandrini: Cracks and Other Inverse Problems with Unknown Boundaries: Geometric Critical Points
• Giovanni Alessandrini: Cracks and Other Inverse Problems with Unknown Boundaries: Some Uniqueness Results and Open Problems
• Carlos A. Berenstein: Localization of the 2-D Radon Transform
• Liliana Borcea: Electrical Impedance Tomography - Part I
• Liliana Borcea: Electrical Impedance Tomography - Part II
• Liliana Borcea: Electrical Impedance Tomography - Part III
• Liliana Borcea: Electrical Impedance Tomography - Part IV

Non-Workshop Lectures

• Sir Michael Atiyah: Configurations of points in 3-dimensional Euclidean space
• Charles Fefferman: Poincare metrics for conformal structure - Part I
• Charles Fefferman: Poincare metrics for conformal structure - Part II
• David Eisenbud: Chow Forms and Resultants - old and new

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