Browsing Workshops 2012 by Title
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1211 - Frontiers in Nonparametric Statistics
[OWR-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, ... -
1227b - Geometric Aspects of Spectral Theory
[OWR-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 ... -
1229 - Geometric Group Theory, Hyperbolic Dynamics and Symplectic Geometry
[OWR-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] (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. -
1204 - Interplay of Analysis and Probability in Physics
[OWR-2012-6] (2012) - (22 Jan - 28 Jan 2012)The main purpose of this workshop was to foster interaction between researchers in the fields of analysis and probability with the aim of joining forces to understand difficult problems from physics rigorously. 52 researchers ... -
1223 - Invariants in Low-Dimensional Topology and Knot Theory
[OWR-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 ... -
1208b - Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations
[OWR-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 ... -
1236 - Komplexe Analysis
[OWR-2012-43] (2012) - (02 Sep - 08 Sep 2012)The aim of this workshop was to discuss recent developments in several complex variables and complex geometry. Special emphasis was put on the interaction of analytic and algebraic methods. Topics included Kähler geometry, ... -
1226 - Learning Theory and Approximation
[OWR-2012-31] (2012) - (24 Jun - 30 Jun 2012)Learning theory studies data structures from samples and aims at understanding unknown function relations behind them. This leads to interesting theoretical problems which can be often attacked with methods from Approximation ... -
1235 - Low-Dimensional Topology and Number Theory
[OWR-2012-42] (2012) - (26 Aug - 01 Sep 2012)The workshop brought together topologists and number theorists with the intent of exploring the many tantalizing connections between these areas. -
1249 - Mathematical and Algorithmic Aspects of Atmosphere-Ocean Data Assimilation
[OWR-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 ... -
1231 - Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity
[OWR-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 ... -
1233 - Mathematical Aspects of Hydrodynamics
[OWR-2012-39] (2012) - (12 Aug - 18 Aug 2012)The workshop dealt with the partial differential equations that describe fluid motion, namely the Euler equations and the Navier-Stokes equations. Many of the lectures concerned questions of existence and regularity of ... -
1212 - Mechanics of Materials
[OWR-2012-15] (2012) - (18 Mar - 24 Mar 2012)The rapid advances of modern fabrications technologies require a thorough understanding of physical and mechanical properties of materials as influenced by their atomic composition, processing history and structure at the ... -
1201b - Mini-Workshop: Boundary Value Problems and Spectral Geometry
[OWR-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 ... -
1240c - Mini-Workshop: Cohomology Rings and Fundamental Groups of Hyperplane Arrangements, Wonderful Compactifications, and Real Toric Varieties
[OWR-2012-49] (2012) - (01 Oct - 06 Oct 2012)The purpose of this workshop was to bring together researchers with a common interest in the objects mentioned in the title from, respectively, the points of view of toric and tropical geometry, arrangement theory, and ... -
1248a - Mini-Workshop: Efficient and Robust Approximation of the Helmholtz Equation
[OWR-2012-55] (2012) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2012)The accurate and efficient treatment of wave propogation phenomena is still a challenging problem. A prototypical equation is the Helmholtz equation at high wavenumbers. For this equation, Babuˇska & Sauter showed in 2000 ... -
1215c - Mini-Workshop: Endomorphisms, Semigroups and C*-Algebras of Rings
[OWR-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 ... -
1248b - Mini-Workshop: Frontiers in Quantile Regression
[OWR-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] (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 ...