Browsing Workshops 2010 by Title

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    • 1040b - Mini-Workshop: Linear Series on Algebraic Varieties 

      [OWR-2010-45] Workshop Report 2010,45 (2010) - (03 Oct - 09 Oct 2010)
      Linear series have long played a central role in algebraic geometry. In recent years, starting with seminal papers by Demailly and Ein-Lazarsfeld, local properties of linear series – in particular local positivity, as measured ...

    • 1034a - Mini-Workshop: Mechanics of Cell Motion 

      [OWR-2010-36] Workshop Report 2010,36 (2010) - (22 Aug - 28 Aug 2010)
      This mini-workshop brought together established researchers and newer entrants in the field of cell motility, a challenging research area located at the crossroads of biology, mathematics and physics. Cell locomotion ...

    • 1003c - Mini-Workshop: Semiparametric Modelling of Multivariate Economic Time Series With Changing Dynamics 

      [OWR-2010-5] Workshop Report 2010,5 (2010) - (17 Jan - 23 Jan 2010)
      Modelling multivariate time series of possibly high dimension calls for appropriate dimension-reduction, e.g. by some factor modelling, additive modelling, or some simplified parametric structure for the dynamics (i.e. the ...

    • 1040a - Mini-Workshop: Shearlets 

      [OWR-2010-44] Workshop Report 2010,44 (2010) - (03 Oct - 09 Oct 2010)
      Over the last 20 years, multiscale methods and wavelets have revolutionized the field of applied mathematics by providing an efficient means for encoding isotropic phenomena. Directional multiscale systems, particularly ...

    • 1003b - Mini-Workshop: Valuations and Integral Geometry 

      [OWR-2010-4] Workshop Report 2010,4 (2010) - (17 Jan - 23 Jan 2010)
      As a generalization of the notion of measure, valuations have long played a central role in the integral geometry of convex sets. In recent years there has been a series of striking developments. Several examples were ...

    • 1050b - Mini-Workshop: Wellposedness and Controllability of Evolution Equations 

      [OWR-2010-56] Workshop Report 2010,56 (2010) - (12 Dec - 18 Dec 2010)
      This mini-workshop brought together mathematicians engaged in partial differential equations, operator theory, functional analysis and harmonic analysis in order to address a number of current problems in the wellposedness ...

    • 1001 - Model Theory: Around Valued Fields and Dependent Theories 

      [OWR-2010-1] Workshop Report 2010,1 (2010) - (03 Jan - 09 Jan 2010)
      The general topic of the meeting was “Valued fields and related structures”. It included both applications of model theory, as well as so-called “pure” model theory: the classification of first order structures using new ...

    • 1013 - Modern Nonparametric Statistics: Going Beyond Asymptotic Minimax 

      [OWR-2010-16] Workshop Report 2010,16 (2010) - (28 Mar - 03 Apr 2010)
      During the years 1975-1990 a major emphasis in nonparametric estimation was put on computing the asymptotic minimax risk for many classes of functions. Modern statistical practice indicates some serious limitations of the ...

    • 1002 - Moduli Spaces in Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2010-2] Workshop Report 2010,2 (2010) - (10 Jan - 16 Jan 2010)
      The workshop on Moduli Spaces in Algebraic Geometry aimed to bring together researchers from all branches of moduli theory, in order to discuss moduli spaces from different points of view, and to give an overview of methods ...

    • 1020 - Motives and Homotopy Theory of Schemes 

      [OWR-2010-23] Workshop Report 2010,23 (2010) - (16 May - 22 May 2010)
      The 2010 program on Motives and Homotopy Theory of Schemes consisted of a lively and varied series of 19 one-hour lectures on the latest developments in the field, presenting a wide range of aspects of this multifaceted ...

    • 1005 - New Directions in Simulation, Control and Analysis for Interfaces and Free Boundaries 

      [OWR-2010-7] Workshop Report 2010,7 (2010) - (31 Jan - 06 Feb 2010)
      The field of mathematical and numerical analysis of systems of nonlinear partial differential equations involving interfaces and free boundaries is a flourishing area of research. Many such systems arise from mathematical ...

    • 1017 - Non-positive Curvature and Geometric Structures in Group Theory 

      [OWR-2010-20] Workshop Report 2010,20 (2010) - (25 Apr - 01 May 2010)
      The focus of this meeting was the use of geometric methods to study infinite discrete groups. Key topics included isometric actions of such groups on spaces of nonpositive curvature, such as CAT(0) cube complexes, buildings, ...

    • 1006b - Noncommutative Geometry and Loop Quantum Gravity: Loops, Algebras and Spectral Triples 

      [OWR-2010-9] Workshop Report 2010,9 (2010) - (07 Feb - 13 Feb 2010)
      Spectral triples have recently turned out to be relevant for different approaches that aim at quantizing gravity and the other fundamental forces of nature in a mathematically rigorous way. The purpose of this workshop was ...

    • 1037 - Nonlinear Waves and Dispersive Equations 

      [OWR-2010-41] Workshop Report 2010,41 (2010) - (12 Sep - 18 Sep 2010)
      The aim of the workshop was to discuss current developments in nonlinear waves and dispersive equations from a PDE based view. The talks centered around rough initial data, long time and global existence, perturbations of ...

    • 1044a - Operator Theory and Harmonic Analysis 

      [OWR-2010-49] Workshop Report 2010,49 (2010) - (31 Oct - 06 Nov 2010)
      The major topics discussed in this workshop were the Feichtinger conjecture and related questions of harmonic analysis, the corona problem for the ball Bn, the weighted approximation problem, and questions related to the ...

    • 1006a - Optimal Constants in the Theory of Sobolev Spaces and PDEs 

      [OWR-2010-8] Workshop Report 2010,8 (2010) - (07 Feb - 13 Feb 2010)
      Recent research activities on sharp constants and optimal inequalities have shown their impact on a deeper understanding of geometric, analytical and other phenomena in the context of partial differential equations and ...

    • 1022 - Phase Transitions 

      [OWR-2010-24] Workshop Report 2010,24 (2010) - (30 May - 05 Jun 2010)
      Phase transitions are common phenomena which occur in many fields of material sciences. Models of phase transitions in diverse physical systems often lead to ill-posed mathematical problems whose solutions are characterized ...

    • 1018 - Progress in Surface Theory 

      [OWR-2010-21] Workshop Report 2010,21 (2010) - (02 May - 08 May 2010)
      The theory of surfaces is interpreted these days as a prototype of submanifold geometry and is characterized by the substantial application of PDE methods and methods from the theory of integrable systems, in addition to ...

    • 1046b - Representation Theory and Harmonic Analysis 

      [OWR-2010-52] Workshop Report 2010,52 (2010) - (14 Nov - 20 Nov 2010)
      The workshop gave an overview of current research in the representation theory and harmonic analysis of reductive Lie groups and its relation to algebraic number theory. Some particular topics covered in the 17 talks related ...

    • 1004 - Statistical Issues in Prediction: what can be learned for individualized predictive medicine? 

      [OWR-2010-6] Workshop Report 2010,6 (2010) - (24 Jan - 30 Jan 2010)
      Error is unavoidable in prediction. And it is quite common, often sizable, and usually consequential. In a clinical context, especially when dealing with a terminal illness, error in prediction of residual life means that ...