Browsing Workshops 2014 by Title
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1416a - Mini-Workshop: Mathematical Physics meets Sparse Recovery
[OWR-2014-18] (2014) - (13 Apr - 19 Apr 2014)In recent years, there have been several fruitful interchanges of methods between the fields of sparse and low-rank recovery on the one hand and quantum information theory on the other hand. One way to understand this ... -
1409b - Mini-Workshop: Negative Curves on Algebraic Surfaces
[OWR-2014-10] (2014) - (23 Feb - 01 Mar 2014)Negative curves play a prominent role in the geometry of projective surfaces. They occur naturally as the irreducible components of exceptional loci of resolutions of surface singularities, at the same time, they are closely ... -
1449c - Mini-Workshop: Reflection Positivity in Representation Theory, Stochastics and Physics
[OWR-2014-55] (2014) - (30 Nov - 06 Dec 2014)The central focus of the workshop was reflection positivity, its occurrence in physics, representation theory, abstract harmonic analysis, and stochastic analysis. The program was intrinsically interdisciplinary and included ... -
1405 - Mixing, Transport and Coherent Structures
[OWR-2014-4] (2014) - (26 Jan - 01 Feb 2014)The subject of this workshop was coherent structures, which play a significant role in the transport and mixing of passive and active scalars in fluids on a wide range of spatial scales. Participants coming from diverse ... -
1418 - Modular Forms
[OWR-2014-22] (2014) - (27 Apr - 03 May 2014)The theory of Modular Forms has been central in mathematics with a rich history and connections to many other areas of mathematics. The workshop explored recent developments and future directions with a particular focus ... -
1437 - New Horizons in Statistical Decision Theory
[OWR-2014-41] (2014) - (07 Sep - 13 Sep 2014)The classical metric theory of statistical models (experiments) has recently been extended towards an asymptotic equivalence paradigm, allowing to classify and relate problems which are essentially infinite dimensional and ... -
1407 - New Trends in Teichmüller Theory and Mapping Class Groups
[OWR-2014-7] (2014) - (09 Feb - 15 Feb 2014)The program “New Trends in Teichmüller Theory and Mapping Class Groups” brought together people working in various aspects of the field and beyond. The focus was on the recent developments that include higher Teichmüller ... -
1412 - Nonlinear Evolution Equations: Analysis and Numerics
[OWR-2014-14] (2014) - (16 Mar - 22 Mar 2014)The workshop was devoted to the analytical and numerical investigation of nonlinear evolution equations. The main aim was to stimulate a closer interaction between experts in analytical and numerical methods for areas such ... -
1422b - Okounkov Bodies and Applications
[OWR-2014-27] (2014) - (25 May - 31 May 2014)The theory of Newton–Okounkov bodies, also called Okounkov bodies, is a relatively new connection between algebraic geometry and convex geometry. It generalizes the well-known and extremely rich correspondence between ... -
1445a - Probability, Trees and Algorithms
[OWR-2014-50] (2014) - (02 Nov - 08 Nov 2014)The subject of this workshop were probabilistic aspects of algorithms for fundamental problems such as sorting, searching, selecting of and within data, random permutations, algorithms based on combinatorial trees or search ... -
1439 - Reactive Flows in Deformable, Complex Media
[OWR-2014-43] (2014) - (21 Sep - 27 Sep 2014)Many processes of highest actuality in the real life are described through systems of equations posed in complex domains. Of particular interest is the situation when the domain is variable, undergoing deformations that ... -
1415 - Real Algebraic Geometry With A View Toward Systems Control and Free Positivity
[OWR-2014-17] (2014) - (06 Apr - 12 Apr 2014)New interactions between real algebraic geometry, convex optimization and free non-commutative geometry have recently emerged, and have been the subject of numerous international meetings. The aim of the workshop was to ... -
1430 - Real Analysis, Harmonic Analysis and Applications
[OWR-2014-34] (2014) - (20 Jul - 26 Jul 2014)The workshop has focused on important developments within the last few years in the point of view and methods of real and harmonic Analysis as well as significant concurrent progress in the application of these to various ... -
1404 - Representation Theory and Analysis of Reductive Groups: Spherical Spaces and Hecke Algebras
[OWR-2014-3] (2014) - (19 Jan - 25 Jan 2014)The workshop gave an overview of current research in the representation theory and analysis of reductive Lie groups and its relation to spherical varieties and Hecke algebras. The participants and the speakers represented ... -
1408 - Representation Theory of Quivers and Finite Dimensional Algebras
[OWR-2014-8] (2014) - (16 Feb - 22 Feb 2014)Methods and results from the representation theory of quivers and finite dimensional algebras have led to many interactions with other areas of mathematics. Such areas include the theory of Lie algebras and quantum groups, ... -
1420 - Schnelle Löser für Partielle Differentialgleichungen
[OWR-2014-24] (2014) - (11 May - 17 May 2014)This workshop was well attended by 52 participants with broad geographic representation from 11 countries and 3 continents. It was a nice blend of researchers with various backgrounds. -
1403 - Set Theory
[OWR-2014-2] (2014) - (12 Jan - 18 Jan 2014)This stimulating workshop featured a broad selection of some of the most important recent developments in combinatorial set theory, the theory and applications of forcing, large cardinal theory and descriptive set theory. -
1419 - Stochastic Analysis in Finance and Insurance
[OWR-2014-23] (2014) - (04 May - 10 May 2014)This workshop brought together leading experts and a large number of younger researchers in stochastic analysis and mathematical finance from all over the world. During a highly intense week, participants exchanged many ... -
1423 - Stochastic Analysis: Around the KPZ Universality Class
[OWR-2014-28] (2014) - (01 Jun - 07 Jun 2014)The Gaussian distribution is the “universal” distribution arising in a huge variety of contexts that describes the compound effect of the random fluctuations of many independent (or weakly dependent) sources of randomness ... -
1438 - Topologie
[OWR-2014-42] (2014) - (14 Sep - 20 Sep 2014)The Oberwolfach conference “Topologie” is one of only a few opportunities for researchers from many different areas in algebraic and geometric topology to meet and exchange ideas. The program covered new developments in ...