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Introductory Workshop, Random Matrix Models and their Applications
January 19-23, 1999

Madan Lal Mehta Random Matrices I
Peter Sarnak Random Matrix Models
Eduoard Brezin Random Matrices and Random Surfaces 1
Harold Widom Kernels of Integral Operators and Eigenvalue Distribution in Random Matrix Ensembles I
Madan Lal Mehta Random Matrices 2
Eduoard Brezin Random Matrices and Random Surfaces 2
Peter Sarnak 0's of Zeta Functions and Random Matrices
Xin Zhou Reimann Hilbert Problems
Percy Deift Integral Operators
Eduoard Brezin Universalities in Random Matrices
Harlod Widom Kernels of Integral Operators and Eigenvalue Distribution in Random Matrix Ensembles II
Pierre van Moerbeke Integral Systems and Random Matrices 1
Boris Dubrovin Frobenius Manifolds, Isomonodromy Deformations, and Integrable Hierarchies 1
Xin Zhou Steepest Descent Method
Percy Deift Orthogonal Polynomial and Random Matrix Theory
Pierre van Moerbeke Integral Systems and Random Matrices 2
Peter Forrester Matrix Enssembles with General B, 1
Madan Lal Mehta Random Matrices 3
Peter Forrester Matrix Enssembles with General B, 2
Estelle Basor Distribution Functions for Linear Statistics
Pierre van Moerbeke Integral Systems and Random Matrices 3
Boris Dubrovin Frobenius Manifolds, Isomonodromy Deformations, and Integrable Hierarchies 2

Random Matrix, Statistical Mechanics, and Integrable Systems Workshop
February 22-26, 1999

Mourad Ismail Discriminants, q-Differences and Electrostatics
Eduoard Brezin Scaling limit of random matrices and KdV flow
Giovanni Cicuta Phase Transitions and Random Matrices
Takahiro Shiota Fay Identities, Fredholm determinants, soliton formulas and random matrices
Persi Diaconis What is HAAR Measure Anyways?
Percy Deift Asymptotics for random permutations
Rodney Baxter Chiral Potts Model
Barry McCoy Correlation Functions of XXZ model at finite temperature
Vladimir Korepin Algebra of Integral Operators and Correlation functions of 1D electron gas
Nikita Slavnov The operator-valued RHP for the correlation functions of the Quantum NLS
Sergei Novikov Operators on Graphs and Symplectic Geometry
Bill Sutherland Behavior of a Quantum Fluid Interacting by an Inverse-square Potential in a Time-dependent Harmonic Trap
Jean-Bernard Zuber Boundary conformal field theory and representation of the fusion algebra
Tetsuji Miwa Extended Vertex operator algebras and monomial bases
Edward Frenkel Baxter's Q-operator and the Virasoro algebra
Alexander Veselov Locus Configurations in the Theory of Calogero-Moser systems and WDVV equations
Paul Bleher Universality and Scaling for Zeros of Random Polynomials
Anthony Zee Some unsolved problems in the Random MAtrices and Hamiltonians
Ken McLaughlin On the semi-classical limit of the focusing nonlinear Schroedinger equation
Peter Clarkson On the relationship between the discreet and continuous Painleve equations
Eric Delabaere Quantum Resurgence
Mark Adler Integrable Structures Inherent in Random Matrix Theory
Sarbarish Chakravarty Ageneralized Darboux-Halphen system, 2
Samson Shatashvili D-particle bound states and generalized instantons

Self-Assembling Geometric Structures in Material Science: The Geometry of Interfaces in Mesoscopic Materials
April 12-14, 1999

Robert Meyer Symmetry and textures in thin films of smectic liquid crystals
Greg Forest Interactions between microstructure and flow of liquid crystal polymers
Eliot Fried Generalized Ginzburg-Landau and Cahn-Hilliard equations and their sharp-interface limits
Joseph Zasadzinski Frustration and Defects in Liquid Crystals and Liposomes
John Seddon Micellar and Inverse Micellar Cubic Phases of Lipids and Surfactants
Veit Elser Novel Space Partitioners
Karsten-Grosse Brauckmann Triply periodic interfaces with curvature properties
J.F. Charvolin Study of the phase transformation between two cubic structures
Richard Templer Breaking the Energetic Degeneracy Between Bicontinuous Cubic Phases of Associate Periodic Minimal Surfaces
Peter W. Bates Converegence of level sets for solutions to the Cahn-Hilliard equation to the Mullins-Sekerka flow
Thomas Lubensky Scherk's First Surface, Screw Dislocations, and Twist Grain Boundaries
Frank Bates Control with Block Copolymers: From Melts to Micelles
Murugappan Muthukumar Pattern-Directed Self Assembly
Edwin Thomas The Geometry of Intermaterial Dividing Surfaces in Block Copolymers

Random Matrices and their Applications
June 7-11, 1999

Oriel Bohigas On the distribution of the total energy of a system of non-interacting fermions
Gernot Akemann Universality of unitary ensembles in the microscopic scaling limit
Shinsuke Nishigaki Deformed Random Matrix ensembles and Anderson Hamiltonian
Stephane Nonnenmacher Algebraic Study of the Pair correlation function for quantum maps
Martin Zirnbauer Dual Pairs in Random Matrix Theory
Pavel Bleher Double Scaling Limit for Orthogonal Polynomials
Shinobu Hikami Random Matrix with deterministic source
Alexei Khorunzhy On Universality of the Smoothes Eigenvalue density of large random matrices
Steve Zelditch Universality and Scaling of correlations of Zeros and complex manifolds
Andre Voros Exact Quantization method for General 1D polynomials potentials
Eugene Bogomolny Spectral Statistics
Paul Zinn-Justin Matrix Models, Links and Knots
Mark Srednicki Correlations in Chaotic Eigenfunctions in Space and Time
Peter Sarnak Random matrix theory and zeroes of zeta functions - a survey
Michael Rubinstein Zeros of L-functions: computations and the behavior of low zeros
Jon Keating RMT
Steven Gonek The Second moment of the reciprocal of the Riemann zeta functin and it's derivative
Alex Gamburd Spectra of Elements in Group rings and Random Matrix Theory
Patricio Leboeuf Random Polynomials in Quantum Chaos: a Review
Ali Ozluk Zeros of Quadratic L-funcions close to the Real Axis
Atle Selberg Linear combinations of L-functions and Zeros on the Critical Line
Dennis Hejhal Linear combinations of L-functions and Zeros off the Critical Line
Jeff Lagarias Complements to Li's Criterion for the Riemann Hypothesis
Audrey Terras Artin L-functions of Graph Coverings
Kannan Soundararajan Beyond Pair Corelation
Svetlana Katok Spanning sets for automorphic forms and dynamics of the frame flow on complex hyperbolic spaces
Zeev Rudnick The quantized cat map and quantum ergodicity
Daniel Goldston The Logarithmic Derivative of the Riemann Zeta-Function and Pair Correlation of Zeros
David Farmer Mean Values of L-functions and symmetry
Philippe DiFrancesco Coloring Random Triangulations
Kurt Johansson Discrete orthogonal polynomials ensembles
Jinho Baik The Asymptotics of Monotone of subsequences of involutions
Alexei Borodin Z-Measures on the partitions, Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence

Workshop on Mathematical Foundations of CAD
June 4-5, 1999

H. Edelsbrunner Computational Geometry and Discrete Mathematics in CAD
T.N.T Goodman Splines, subdivision methods, and wavelets
Helmut Pottmann Applications of Special Geometries in CAD
John Sullivan Discrete Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces

Summer Graduate Program in Nonlinear dynamics of low-dimensional continua
June 21-July 2, 1999

Anette Hosoi Dynamics of Points
Anette Hosoi Numerical Methods for ODEs
Anette Hosoi Mechanics I
Anette Hosoi Numerical Methods for PDEs
Anette Hosoi Patterns in Material Science
L. Mahadevan Scaling and Dimensional Analysis
L. Mahadevan Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
L. Mahadevan Mechanics II
L. Mahadevan Mechanics III
L. Mahadevan Patterns in Geomorphology
L. Mahadevan Patterns in Chemistry
L. Mahadevan Patterns in Biology

Lie groups and the method of the moving frame
July 12-23, 1999

Jeanne N. Clelland Differential Forms
Jeanne N. Clelland Euclidean and affine spaces, homogenous spaces in general
Jeanne N. Clelland Curves in Euclidean and affine spaces: curvature and arc length
Jeanne N. Clelland Surfaces in Euclidean, elliptic and hyperbolic spaces
Jeanne N. Clelland Surfaces in projective space
Jeanne N. Clelland Generalized surfaces and Backlund's theorem
Jeanne N. Clelland Minimality and variational calculations
Jeanne N. Clelland Weierstrass Formulae
Jeanne N. Clelland Moving frames in the nonhomogeneous case: frame bundles

Exterior Differential Systems
July 12-23, 1999

Robert Bryant Basic Systems: The Frobenius and Pfaff-Darboux Theorems
Robert Bryant Applications 1: Scalar First order PDE and Lie Groups
Robert Bryant Cartan-Kahler Theory: Integral manifolds and elements
Robert Bryant Cartan-Kahler Theorem: Statement, ideas in the proof
Robert Bryant Applications 2: surface theory, self dual 2-forms in 4D
Robert Bryant Prolongation: Discussion of the Cartan-Kuranishi theorem
Robert Bryant Applications 3: special geometries and prescribed curvature
Robert Bryant G-structures: Examples, pseudo-connections, and torsion
Robert Bryant Applications 4: CR geometry, holonomy, and special metrics

The Olga Taussky Todd Celebration of Careers in Mathematics for Women
July 16-18, 1999

Christa Binder Fraulein Dr. Taussky in Vienna and Gottingen
Evelyn Boyd Granville Looking Back .....Looking Ahead
Lisa R. Goldberg Portfolio Risk: Diversification in Volatile Markets
Fern Y. Hunt Measurement Science and Measure Theory: A Mathematician at NIST today
Diane Lambert Statistics: Is it Really A Mathematical Science?
Cathleen Synge Morawetz Problems, including mathematical problems, from my early years
Linda R. Petzold Math, with an Attitude
Panel: Issues and Inside Information for women in mathematics
Richard Varga Remembrances of Olga Taussky Todd, and her impact on me and on her many students
Helene Shapiro Numbers, Matrices, and Commutativity
Margaret H. Wright A Selection of Mathematical Experiences
Lani Wu Following my interest
Symposium: The Many Careers of Olga Taussky
Panel: Finding a Traditional or Nontraditional Job and Growing in It

Non Workshop Lectures

Donald Knuth The Birth of the Giant Component
Irving Kaplansky Fun with mathematics: some thoughts from seven decades

Sponsors Day, March 5, 1999

Craig Tracy Universality of the Distributions of Random Matrix Theory
Don McClure U.S. PhD Production and the Job Market

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