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    • 1215c - Mini-Workshop: Endomorphisms, Semigroups and C*-Algebras of Rings 

      [OWR-2012-20] Workshop Report 2012,20 (2012) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2012)
      The main aim of the workshop was to explore recent progress in the study of endomorphisms of $C*$-algebras, semigroup crossed products, graph algebras, ring $C*$-algebras, purely infinite $C*$-algebras and related algebraic ...

    • 1810b - Mini-Workshop: Entropy, Information and Control 

      [OWR-2018-10] Workshop Report 2018,10 (2018) - (04 Mar - 10 Mar 2018)
      This mini-workshop was motivated by the emerging field of networked control, which combines concepts from the disciplines of control theory, information theory and dynamical systems. Many current approaches to networked ...

    • 1034c - Mini-Workshop: Exploiting Symmetry in Optimization 

      [OWR-2010-38] Workshop Report 2010,38 (2010) - (22 Aug - 28 Aug 2010)
      The feasible regions of mathematical optimization models quite often exhibit a high degree of symmetry. In recent years, several groups of researchers have independently worked on algorithmic approaches to exploit such ...

    • 1644a - Mini-Workshop: Fast Solvers for Highly Oscillatory Problems 

      [OWR-2016-50] Workshop Report 2016,50 (2016) - (30 Oct - 05 Nov 2016)
      The efficient numerical solution of highly oscillatory problems is one of the grand challenges of Applied Mathematics with diverse applications across the natural sciences and engineering. This workshop brings together ...

    • 0618a - Mini-Workshop: Feinstrukturtheorie und Innere Modelle 

      [OWR-2006-20] Workshop Report 2006,20 (2006) - (30 Apr - 06 May 2006)
      The main aim of fine structure theory and inner model theory can be summarized as the construction of models which have a canonical inner structure (a fine structure), making it possible to analyze them in great detail, ...

    • 0946c - Mini-Workshop: Feinstrukturtheorie und Innere Modelle 

      [OWR-2009-51] Workshop Report 2009,51 (2009) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2009)
      This workshop presented recent advances in fine structure and inner model theory. There were extended tutorials on hod mice and the Mouse Set Conjecture, suitable extender sequences and their fine structure, and the construction ...

    • 0946b - Mini-Workshop: Formal Methods in Commutative Algebra: A View Toward Constructive Homological Algebra 

      [OWR-2009-50] Workshop Report 2009,50 (2009) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2009)
      The purpose of the mini-workshop is to bring into the same place different mathematical communities that study constructive homological algebra and are motivated by different applications (e.g., constructive algebra, symbolic ...

    • 1545a - Mini-Workshop: Friezes 

      [OWR-2015-48] Workshop Report 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 ...

    • 1248b - Mini-Workshop: Frontiers in Quantile Regression 

      [OWR-2012-56] Workshop Report 2012,56 (2012) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2012)
      Quantiles play an essential role in modern statistics, as emphasized by the fundamental work of Parzen (1978) and Tukey (1977). Quantile regression was introduced by Koenker and Bassett (1978) as a complement to least ...

    • 1215a - Mini-Workshop: Generalizations of Symmetric Spaces 

      [OWR-2012-18] Workshop Report 2012,18 (2012) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2012)
      This workshop brought together experts from the areas of algebraic Lie theory, invariant theory, Kac–Moody theory and the theories of Tits buildings and of symmetric spaces. The main focus was on topics related to symmetric ...

    • 0715b - Mini-Workshop: Geometric Measure Theoretic Approaches to Potentials on Fractals and Manifolds 

      [OWR-2007-19] Workshop Report 2007,19 (2007) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2007)
      The workshop brought together researchers and graduate students from different areas of mathematics, such as analysis, probability theory, geometry, and number theory. The topics of joint interest were motivated by recent ...

    • 1248c - Mini-Workshop: Geometries, Shapes and Topologies in PDE-based Applications 

      [OWR-2012-57] Workshop Report 2012,57 (2012) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2012)
      The aim of the workshop was to study geometrical objects and their sensitivities in applications based on partial differential equations or differential variational inequalities. Focus topics comprised analytical investigations, ...

    • 0421a - Mini-Workshop: Geometry and Duality in String Theory 

      [OWR-2004-24] Workshop Report 2004,24 (2004) - (16 May - 22 May 2004)

    • 0950c - Mini-Workshop: Geometry of Quantum Entanglement 

      [OWR-2009-56] Workshop Report 2009,56 (2009) - (06 Dec - 12 Dec 2009)
      The workshop aimed at developing interactions between researchers from quantum information theory and from asymptotic geometric analysis. A central notion discussed was the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, which naturally ...

    • 0533c - Mini-Workshop: Gerbes, Twisted K-Theory and Conformal Field Theory 

      [OWR-2005-38] Workshop Report 2005,38 (2005) - (14 Aug - 20 Aug 2005)
      The aim of the mini-workshop was to bring together people whose work in mathematics and mathematical physics centers around geometry and topology applicable in modern string theory. More specifically, whose interests are ...

    • 1816b - Mini-Workshop: Gibbs Measures for Nonlinear Dispersive Equations 

      [OWR-2018-18] Workshop Report 2018,18 (2018) - (15 Apr - 21 Apr 2018)
      In this mini-workshop we brought together leading experts working on the application of Gibbs measures to the study of nonlinear PDEs. This framework is a powerful tool in the probabilistic study of solutions to nonlinear ...

    • 0847c - Mini-Workshop: Group Actions on Curves: Reduction and Lifting 

      [OWR-2008-54] Workshop Report 2008,54 (2008) - (16 Nov - 22 Nov 2008)

    • 0546c - Mini-Workshop: Heterotic Strings, Derived Categories, and Stacks 

      [OWR-2005-53] Workshop Report 2005,53 (2005) - (13 Nov - 19 Nov 2005)
      This workshop brought together both mathematicians and physicists interested in mathematical aspects of heterotic strings and physical aspects of derived categories and stacks. These three topics in mathematics and physics ...

    • 1040c - Mini-Workshop: Higher Dimensional Elliptic Fibrations 

      [OWR-2010-46] Workshop Report 2010,46 (2010) - (03 Oct - 09 Oct 2010)
      Elliptic fibrations play a central role in the geometry of complex surfaces, and there is a comprehensive array of theory and examples. They arise also as a tool in many applications, such as the construction of rational ...

    • 1003a - Mini-Workshop: History of Mathematics in Germany, 1920 - 1960 

      [OWR-2010-3] Workshop Report 2010,3 (2010) - (17 Jan - 23 Jan 2010)
      The Mini-Workshop dealt with the history of mathematics in Germany between 1920 and 1960, with a particular focus on the social history of mathematics. For the period under discussion research in the history of mathematics ...