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• #### 1551 - Non-Archimedean Geometry and Applications ﻿

[OWR-2015-57] (2015) - (13 Dec - 19 Dec 2015)
The workshop focused on recent developments in non-Archimedean analytic geometry with various applications to other fields, in particular to number theory and algebraic geometry. These applications included Mirror Symmetry, ...
• #### 1550 - Convex Geometry and its Applications ﻿

[OWR-2015-56] (2015) - (06 Dec - 12 Dec 2015)
The past 30 years have not only seen substantial progress and lively activity in various areas within convex geometry, e.g., in asymptotic geometric analysis, valuation theory, the $L_p$-Brunn-Minkowski theory and stochastic ...
• #### 1549 - Geometric Partial Differential Equations: Surface and Bulk Processes ﻿

[OWR-2015-55] (2015) - (29 Nov - 05 Dec 2015)
The workshop brought together experts representing a wide range of topics in geometric partial differential equations ranging from analyis over numerical simulation to real-life applications. The main themes of the conference ...
• #### 1547 - Complexity Theory ﻿

[OWR-2015-54] (2015) - (15 Nov - 21 Nov 2015)
Computational Complexity Theory is the mathematical study of the intrinsic power and limitations of computational resources like time, space, or randomness. The current workshop focused on recent developments in various ...
• #### 1546c - Mini-Workshop: Scales in Plasticity ﻿

[OWR-2015-53] (2015) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2015)
This mini-workshop was devoted to the current state of our understanding of dislocations (essentially slips of lines of atoms in a crystalline solid) and of their impact on the macroscopic behavior of those solids.
• #### 1546b - Mini-Workshop: Recent Developments in Statistical Methods with Applications to Genetics and Genomics ﻿

[OWR-2015-52] (2015) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2015)
Recent progress in high-throughput genomic technologies has revolutionized the field of human genetics and promises to lead to important scientific advances. With new improvements in massively parallel biotechnologies, it ...
• #### 1546a - Mini-Workshop: Singular Curves on K3 Surfaces and Hyperkähler Manifolds ﻿

[OWR-2015-51] (2015) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2015)
The workshop focused on Severi varieties on $K3$ surfaces, hyperkähler manifolds and their automorphisms. The main aim was to bring researchers in deformation theory of curves and singularities together with researchers ...
• #### 1545c - Mini-Workshop: Recent Developments on Approximation Methods for Controlled Evolution Equations ﻿

[OWR-2015-50] (2015) - (01 Nov - 07 Nov 2015)
This mini-workshop brought together mathematicians engaged in partial differential equations, functional analysis, numerical analysis and systems theory in order to address a number of current problems in the approximation ...
• #### 1545b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Differential Growth, Morphogenesis, and Pattern Selection ﻿

[OWR-2015-49] (2015) - (01 Nov - 07 Nov 2015)
Living structures are highly heterogeneous systems that consist of distinct regions made up of characteristic cell types with a specific structural organization. During evolution, development, disease, or environmental ...
• #### 1545a - Mini-Workshop: Friezes ﻿

[OWR-2015-48] (2015) - (01 Nov - 07 Nov 2015)
Frieze patterns were introduced in the early 1970s by Coxeter. They are infinite arrays of numbers in which every four neighbouring entries always satisfy the same arithmetic relation. Amazingly, friezes appear in many ...
• #### 1544a - History of Mathematics: Models and Visualization in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences ﻿

[OWR-2015-47] (2015) - (25 Oct - 31 Oct 2015)
This workshop brought together historians of mathematics and science as well as mathematicians to explore important historical developments connected with models and visual elements in the mathematical and physical sciences. ...
• #### 1543 - Mixed-integer Nonlinear Optimization: A Hatchery for Modern Mathematics ﻿

[OWR-2015-46] (2015) - (18 Oct - 24 Oct 2015)
The aim of this workshop was fostering the growth of new mathematical ideas arising from mixed-integer nonlinear optimization. In this regard, the workshop has been a resounding success. It has covered a very diverse ...
• #### 1542 - Computational Geometric and Algebraic Topology ﻿

[OWR-2015-45] (2015) - (11 Oct - 17 Oct 2015)
Computational topology is a young, emerging field of mathematics that seeks out practical algorithmic methods for solving complex and fundamental problems in geometry and topology. It draws on a wide variety of techniques ...
• #### 1541 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Mathematical Quasicrystals ﻿

[OWR-2015-44] (2015) - (04 Oct - 09 Oct 2015)
This introductory workshop encouraged participants to read important recent works in the topology, geometry and dynamics of highly regular (but aperiodic) discrete sets in Euclidean spaces, and their corresponding tiling ...
• #### 1540 - Computational Engineering ﻿

[OWR-2015-43] (2015) - (27 Sep - 03 Oct 2015)
The focus of this Computational Engineering Workshop was on the mathematical foundation of state-of-the-art and emerging finite element methods in engineering analysis. The 52 participants included mathematicians and ...
• #### 1539 - The Mathematics and Statistics of Quantitative Risk Management ﻿

[OWR-2015-42] (2015) - (20 Sep - 26 Sep 2015)
It was the aim of this workshop to gather a multidisclipinary and international group of scientists at the forefront of research in econometrics, financial time series analysis, extreme value theory, financial mathematics, ...
• #### 1538 - Recent Developments in the Numerics of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws ﻿

[OWR-2015-41] (2015) - (13 Sep - 19 Sep 2015)
The development of reliable numerical methods for the simulation of real life problems requires both a fundamental knowledge in the field of numerical analysis and a proper experience in practical applications as well as ...
• #### 1536 - Scaling Limits in Models of Statistical Mechanics ﻿

[OWR-2015-40] (2015) - (30 Aug - 05 Sep 2015)
The emphasis of the workshop was on the deep relations between, on the one hand, recent advances in probabilistic investigation of statistical mechanical models and spatial stochastic processes and, on the other hand, ...
• #### 1535 - Reductions of Shimura Varieties ﻿

[OWR-2015-39] (2015) - (23 Aug - 29 Aug 2015)
The aim of this workshop was to discuss recent developments in the theory of reductions of Shimura varieties and related topics. The talks presented new methods and results that intertwine a multitude of topics such as ...
• #### 1534 - Applied Harmonic Analysis and Sparse Approximation ﻿

[OWR-2015-38] (2015) - (16 Aug - 22 Aug 2015)
Efficiently analyzing functions, in particular multivariate functions, is a key problem in applied mathematics. The area of applied harmonic analysis has a significant impact on this problem by providing methodologies both ...