Browsing Workshops 2012 by Issue Date

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    • 1216 - Toric Geometry 

      [OWR-2012-21] Workshop Report 2012,21 (2012) - (15 Apr - 21 Apr 2012)
      Toric Geometry plays a major role where a wide variety of mathematical fields intersect, such as algebraic and symplectic geometry, algebraic groups, and combinatorics. The main feature of this workshop was to bring people ...

    • 1208b - Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2012-11] Workshop Report 2012,11 (2012) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2012)
      This workshop brought together mathematicians engaged in different aspects of inverse problems for partial differential equations. Classical topics such as the inverse problems of impedance tomography and scattering theory ...

    • 1211 - Frontiers in Nonparametric Statistics 

      [OWR-2012-14] Workshop Report 2012,14 (2012) - (11 Mar - 17 Mar 2012)
      The goal of this workshop was to discuss recent developments of nonparametric statistical inference. A particular focus was on high dimensional statistics, semiparametrics, adaptation, nonparametric bayesian statistics, ...

    • 1214 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Quasiperiodic Schrödinger Operators 

      [OWR-2012-17] Workshop Report 2012,17 (2012) - (01 Apr - 07 Apr 2012)
      This Arbeitsgemeinschaft discussed the spectral properties of quasi-periodic Schrödinger operators in one space dimension. After presenting background material on Schrödinger operators with dynamically defined potentials ...

    • 1241 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Ergodic Theory and Combinatorial Number Theory 

      [OWR-2012-50] Workshop Report 2012,50 (2012) - (07 Oct - 13 Oct 2012)
      The aim of this Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to introduce young researchers with various backgrounds to the multifaceted and mutually perpetuating connections between ergodic theory, topological dynamics, combinatorics, and ...

    • 1243 - Computational Inverse Problems 

      [OWR-2012-51] Workshop Report 2012,51 (2012) - (21 Oct - 27 Oct 2012)
      Inverse problem typically deal with the identification of unknown quantities from indirect measurements and appear in many areas in technology, medicine, biology, finance, and econometrics. The computational solution of ...

    • 1201b - Mini-Workshop: Boundary Value Problems and Spectral Geometry 

      [OWR-2012-2] Workshop Report 2012,2 (2012) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2012)
      Boundary value problems and spectral geometry is an attractive and rapidly developing area in modern mathematical analysis. The interaction of PDE methods with concepts from operator theory and differential geometry is ...

    • 1251 - Dynamics of Patterns 

      [OWR-2012-60] Workshop Report 2012,60 (2012) - (16 Dec - 22 Dec 2012)
      Patterns and nonlinear waves arise in many applications. Mathematical descriptions and analyses draw from a variety of fields such as partial differential equations of various types, differential and difference equations ...

    • 1231 - Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity 

      [OWR-2012-37] Workshop Report 2012,37 (2012) - (29 Jul - 04 Aug 2012)
      Mathematical general relativity, the subject of this workshop, is a remarkable confluence of different areas of mathematics. Einstein’s equation, the focus of mathematical relativity, is one of the most fruitful nonlinear ...

    • 1219 - Analysis and Geometric Singularities 

      [OWR-2012-25] Workshop Report 2012,25 (2012) - (06 May - 12 May 2012)
      This is a report on the Oberwolfach conference “Analysis and Geometric Singularities”, May 6-12, 2012. The main themes discussed in the meeting include the interplay between the analytic, geometric and topological study ...

    • 1224 - Applied Harmonic Analysis and Sparse Approximation 

      [OWR-2012-29] Workshop Report 2012,29 (2012) - (10 Jun - 16 Jun 2012)
      Applied harmonic analysis and sparse approximation are highly active research areas with a lot of recent exciting developments. Their methods have become crucial for a wide range of applications in technology and science, ...

    • 1229 - Geometric Group Theory, Hyperbolic Dynamics and Symplectic Geometry 

      [OWR-2012-35] Workshop Report 2012,35 (2012) - (15 Jul - 21 Jul 2012)
      The workshop brought together experts in the young and rapidly developing mathematical fields of Geometric group theory, hyperbolic dynamics and symplectic geometry. The activities included talks on recent achievements and ...

    • 1221 - Geometrie 

      [OWR-2012-27] Workshop Report 2012,27 (2012) - (20 May - 26 May 2012)
      During the meeting a wide range of topics in geometry was discussed. There were 18 one hour talks and four half an hour talks which took place after dinner.

    • 1227b - Geometric Aspects of Spectral Theory 

      [OWR-2012-33] Workshop Report 2012,33 (2012) - (01 Jul - 07 Jul 2012)
      The workshop “Geometric Aspects of Spectral Theory” brought together leading researchers working in various areas of this vast field of mathematics. The meeting featured presentations on some of the most fascinating recent ...

    • 1227a - Reductions of Shimura Varieties 

      [OWR-2012-32] Workshop Report 2012,32 (2012) - (01 Jul - 07 Jul 2012)
      The workshop brought together leading experts in the theory of reductions of Shimura varieties. The talks presented new methods and results that intertwine a multitude of topics such as geometry and cohomology of moduli ...

    • 1238 - Topologie 

      [OWR-2012-45] Workshop Report 2012,45 (2012) - (16 Sep - 22 Sep 2012)
      The Oberwolfach conference “Topologie” is one of the few occasions where researchers from many different areas in algebraic and geometric topology are able to meet and exchange ideas. Accordingly, the program covered a ...

    • 1223 - Invariants in Low-Dimensional Topology and Knot Theory 

      [OWR-2012-28] Workshop Report 2012,28 (2012) - (03 Jun - 09 Jun 2012)
      This meeting concentrated on topological invariants in low dimensional topology and knot theory. We include both three and four dimensional manifolds in our phrase “low dimensional topology”. The intent of the conference ...

    • 1237 - Scaling Limits in Models of Statistical Mechanics 

      [OWR-2012-44] Workshop Report 2012,44 (2012) - (09 Sep - 15 Sep 2012)
      This has been the third workshop around Statistical Mechanics organized in the last 6 years. The main topic consisted of spatial random processes and their connections to statistical mechanics. The common underlying theme ...

    • 1249 - Mathematical and Algorithmic Aspects of Atmosphere-Ocean Data Assimilation 

      [OWR-2012-58] Workshop Report 2012,58 (2012) - (02 Dec - 08 Dec 2012)
      The nomenclature “data assimilation” arises from applications in the geosciences where complex mathematical models are interfaced with observational data in order to improve model forecasts. Mathematically, data assimilation ...

    • 1215b - Mini-Workshop: Hypergraph Turan Problem 

      [OWR-2012-19] Workshop Report 2012,19 (2012) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2012)
      This mini-workshop focused on the hypergraph Turán problem. The interest in this difficult and old area was recently re-invigorated by many important developments such as the hypergraph regularity lemmas, flag algebras, ...