Browsing Oberwolfach Reports by MSC "60"

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    • 1411 - Adaptive Statistical Inference 

      [OWR-2014-13] Workshop Report 2014,13 (2014) - (09 Mar - 15 Mar 2014)
      This workshop in mathematical statistics highlights recent advances in adaptive methods for statistical estimation, testing and confidence sets. Related open mathematical problems are discussed with potential impact on the ...

    • 0741 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Percolation 

      [OWR-2007-48] Workshop Report 2007,48 (2007) - (07 Oct - 13 Oct 2007)
      Abstract. Percolation as a mathematical theory is more than fifty years old. During its life, it has attracted the attention of both physicists and mathematicians. This is due in large part to the fact that it represents ...

    • 2351 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: QFT and Stochastic PDEs 

      [OWR-2023-59] Workshop Report 2023,59 (2023) - (17 Dec - 22 Dec 2023)
      Quantum field theory (QFT) is a fundamental framework for a wide range of phenomena is physics. The link between QFT and SPDE was first observed by the physicists Parisi and Wu (1981), known as Stochastic Quantisation. ...

    • 2242 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Quantitative Stochastic Homogenization 

      [OWR-2022-48] Workshop Report 2022,48 (2022) - (16 Oct - 22 Oct 2022)
      Homogenization means approximating the effective, i.e. macroscopic, behavior of a heterogeneous medium by a homogeneous one, which amounts to a substantial conceptual and practical reduction of complexity. Stochastic ...

    • 1841 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Rigidity of Stationary Measure 

      [OWR-2018-47] Workshop Report 2018,47 (2018) - (07 Oct - 12 Oct 2018)
      The aim of this Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to understand the classification of stationary measures for semisimple random walks on a finite volume homogeneous space and its applications as described in the two papers [1] and [2].

    • 1041 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Topological Robotics 

      [OWR-2010-47] Workshop Report 2010,47 (2010) - (10 Oct - 16 Oct 2010)
      The purpose of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to enable PhD students and researchers to study Topological Robotics, a new field investigating topological problems motivated by robotics and engineering as well as problems of ...

    • 0935 - Challenges in Statistical Theory: Complex Data Structures and Algorithmic Optimization 

      [OWR-2009-39] Workshop Report 2009,39 (2009) - (23 Aug - 29 Aug 2009)
      Technological developments have created a constant incoming stream of complex new data structures that need analysis. Modern statistics therefore means mathematically sophisticated new statistical theory that generates or ...

    • 0739 - Coagulation and Fragmentation Models 

      [OWR-2007-46] Workshop Report 2007,46 (2007) - (23 Sep - 29 Sep 2007)
      Analysis of coagulation and fragmentation is crucial to understanding many processes of scientific and industrial importance. In recent years this has led to intensified research activities in the areas of differential ...

    • 0918 - Combinatorics and Probability 

      [OWR-2009-23] Workshop Report 2009,23 (2009) - (26 Apr - 02 May 2009)
      The effective application of probabilistic reasoning in the study of problems in diverse areas is one of the most exciting recent developments in Mathematics. Probabilistic methods turned out to be very powerful in Discrete ...

    • 1316 - Combinatorics and Probability 

      [OWR-2013-18] Workshop Report 2013,18 (2013) - (14 Apr - 20 Apr 2013)
      The main theme of this workshop was the use of probabilistic methods in combinatorics and theoretical computer science. Although these methods have been around for decades, they are being refined all the time: they are ...

    • 1616 - Combinatorics and Probability 

      [OWR-2016-22] Workshop Report 2016,22 (2016) - (17 Apr - 23 Apr 2016)
      For the past few decades, Combinatorics and Probability Theory have had a fruitful symbiosis, each benefitting from and influencing developments in the other. Thus to prove the existence of designs, probabilistic methods ...

    • 1916 - Combinatorics, Probability and Computing 

      [OWR-2019-19] Workshop Report 2019,19 (2019) - (14 Apr - 20 Apr 2019)
      The main theme of this workshop was the use of probabilistic methods in combinatorics and theoretical computer science. Although these methods have been around for decades, they are being refined all the time: they are ...

    • 2217 - Combinatorics, Probability and Computing 

      [OWR-2022-22] Workshop Report 2022,22 (2022) - (24 Apr - 30 Apr 2022)
      The main theme of this workshop was the use of probabilistic methods in combinatorics and theoretical computer science. This area is evolving extremely quickly, with the introduction of powerful new methods and the development ...

    • 0949 - Convex Geometry and its Applications 

      [OWR-2009-53] Workshop Report 2009,53 (2009) - (29 Nov - 05 Dec 2009)
      The geometry of convex domains in Euclidean space plays a central role in several branches of mathematics: functional and harmonic analysis, the theory of PDE, linear programming and, increasingly, in the study of other ...

    • 1850 - Convex Geometry and its Applications 

      [OWR-2018-54] Workshop Report 2018,54 (2018) - (09 Dec - 15 Dec 2018)
      The geometry of convex domains in Euclidean space plays a central role in several branches of mathematics: functional and harmonic analysis, the theory of PDE, linear programming and, increasingly, in the study of algorithms ...

    • 1250 - Convex Geometry and its Applications 

      [OWR-2012-59] Workshop Report 2012,59 (2012) - (09 Dec - 15 Dec 2012)
      The geometry of convex domains in Euclidean space plays a central role in several branches of mathematics: functional and harmonic analysis, the theory of PDE, linear programming and, increasingly, in the study of other ...

    • 1550 - Convex Geometry and its Applications 

      [OWR-2015-56] Workshop Report 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 ...

    • 2150 - Convex Geometry and its Applications (hybrid meeting) 

      [OWR-2021-59] Workshop Report 2021,59 (2021) - (12 Dec - 18 Dec 2021)
      The geometry of convex domains in Euclidean space plays a central role in several branches of mathematics: functional and harmonic analysis, the theory of PDE, linear programming and, increasingly, in the study of ...

    • 1516b - Copulae: On the Crossroads of Mathematics and Economics 

      [OWR-2015-20] Workshop Report 2015,20 (2015) - (12 Apr - 18 Apr 2015)
      The central focus of the workshop was on copula theory as well as applications to multivariate stochastic modelling. The programme was intrinsically interdisciplinary and represented areas with much recent progress. The ...

    • 1143a - Correlations and Interactions for Random Quantum Systems 

      [OWR-2011-50] Workshop Report 2011,50 (2011) - (23 Oct - 29 Oct 2011)
      Random quantum systems cover a broad range of mathematical models from random Schrödinger operators to random matrices and quantum spin models with random parameters. Their understanding requires techniques which combine ...