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The Panorama Of Mathematics, A conference in honor of S. S. Chern
Sep 14, 2000 to Sep 16, 2000

Organizer(s)

To apply for funding, you must register by Sat, Sep 16 2000.

Registration Deadline

Sat, Sep 16 2000

Contact

3@msri.org
MSRI will host a conference in honor of its Founding Director, Shing Shen Chern, this fall. The conference will represent Mathematics in a very broad
context: Academic research will be represented by some of Chern's accomplishments for mathematics in the US, in China, and in the world. The
conference will also include a broad context for mathematics and stress the relation of mathematics to science, industry, education, and society through
talks by leaders in these areas.


Among those who have agreed to speak are:


  • Leonard Adleman, University of Southern California
  • Robert Bryant, Duke University
  • S. Y. Cheng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Jeremy Gray, Open University
  • Brian Greene, Columbia University
  • John Gage, Sun Microsystems
  • Phillip A. Griffiths, Director, Institute for Advanced Study
  • Richard Karp, UC Berkeley
  • Tom Leighton, Akamai Technologies and MIT
  • Isadore Singer, MIT
  • S.T. Yau, Harvard University



                     

Funding

To apply for funding, you must register by Sat, Sep 16 2000. Click to Register
Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and members of underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.

Important

Schedule
Thursday, September 14, 2000
1:30PM Robert Bryant On the Geometry of Differential Equations
4:10PM Shing-Tung Yau Geometric Ideas Inspired by Physics
Friday, September 15, 2000
9:00AM Jeremy Gray A Hundred Years of the Hilbert Problems
11:00AM Tom Leighton Some Problems Related to Content Distribution on the Internet
2:30PM Phillip Griffiths Abel's Differential Equations
4:00PM Isadore Singer Hermitian Line Bundles in String Theory and M Theory
Saturday, September 16, 2000
1:15PM Leonard Adleman DNA Computation
2:15PM Richard Karp Mathematical Challenges from Genomics and Molecular Biology
4:00PM Brian Greene String Theory and the Fabric of Spacetime


Questions about this workshop should be sent either by email to
3@msri.org

or by regular mail to:
The Panorama Of Mathematics, A conference in honor of S. S. Chern
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA
94720-5070.
USA

The Institute is committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action.



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