Workshop
| Registration Deadline: | August 31, 2007 almost 6 years ago |
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| To apply for Funding you must register by: | May 27, 2007 about 6 years ago |
| Parent Program: | Geometric Group Theory |
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Show List of Speakers
- James Cannon
- Ruth Charney (Brandeis University)
- Michael Davis
- Benson Farb
- Daniel Groves
- Bruce Kleiner (New York University, Courant Institute)
- Ian Leary
- Kim Ruane
- Jennifer Taback
- Alain Valette
- Henry Wilton
- Kevin Wortman
The workshop will consist of several minicourses, 3 hours each, as well as a program of one-hour lectures. The planned mini-course speakers and their topics are as follows:
- Jim Cannon: Non-positive and negative curvature in group theory
- Ruth Charney: Coxeter and Artin groups
- Benson Farb: Mapping class groups
- Bruce Kleiner: Quasi-isometric rigidity
- Ian Leary: Finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse Theory
The following people have agreed to give one-hour lectures:
- Mike Davis
- Daniel Groves
- Kim Ruane
- Jennifer Taback
- Alain Valette
- Henry Wilton
- Kevin Wortman
- Jon McCammond
Show Funding
To apply for funding, you must register by the funding application deadline displayed above.
Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and members of underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are typically made 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.
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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on Corporate at the bottom of the screen and when prompted enter code MATH (this code is not case sensitive). By using this code a new calendar will appear and will show MSRI rate on all room types available.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-238-7268. When making reservations, guests must request the MSRI preferred rate. If you are making your reservations on line, please go to this link and enter the promo/corporate code MSRI123. Our preferred rate is $129 per night for a Deluxe Queen/King, based on availability.
Additional lodging options (short term housing page - Short-term-housing
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Aug 31, 2007 Friday |
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