• 1630 - Recent Mathematical Developments in Quantum Field Theory 

      [OWR-2016-36] Workshop Report 2016,36 (2016) - (24 Jul - 30 Jul 2016)
      This workshop has focused on three areas in mathematical quantum field theory and their interrelations: 1) conformal field theory, 2) constructions of interacting models of quantum field theory by various methods, and 3) ...
    • 1618 - Rough Paths, Regularity Structures and Related Topics 

      [OWR-2016-24] Workshop Report 2016,24 (2016) - (01 May - 07 May 2016)
      The purpose of the Oberwolfach workshop “Rough Paths and Regularity Structures” was to bring together these researchers, both young and senior, with the aim to consolidate progress in rough path theory and stochastic partial ...
    • 1636 - Self-Adaptive Numerical Methods for Computationally Challenging Problems 

      [OWR-2016-42] Workshop Report 2016,42 (2016) - (04 Sep - 10 Sep 2016)
      Self-adaptive numerical methods provide a powerful and automatic approach in scientific computing. In particular, Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) algorithms have been widely used in computational science and engineering and ...
    • 1639 - Singularities 

      [OWR-2016-46] Workshop Report 2016,46 (2016) - (25 Sep - 01 Oct 2016)
      Singularity theory is a central part of contemporary mathematics. It is concerned with the local and global structure of maps and spaces that occur in algebraic, analytic or differential geometric context. For its study ...
    • 1627a - Statistics for Shape and Geometric Features 

      [OWR-2016-32] Workshop Report 2016,32 (2016) - (03 Jul - 09 Jul 2016)
      The constant emergence of novel technologies result in novel data generating devices and mechanisms that lead to a prevalence of highly complex data. To analyze such data, novel statistical methodologies need to be developed. ...
    • 1649 - Surface Bundles 

      [OWR-2016-56] Workshop Report 2016,56 (2016) - (04 Dec - 10 Dec 2016)
      This workshop brought together specialists in algebraic topology, low dimensional topology, geometric group theory, algebraic geometry and neighboring fields. It provided a good overview of the current developments, and ...
    • 1621 - The Renormalization Group 

      [OWR-2016-26] Workshop Report 2016,26 (2016) - (22 May - 28 May 2016)
      The renormalization group was originally introduced as a multiscale approach to quantum field theory and the theory of critical phenomena, explaining in particular the universality observed e.g. in critical exponents. Since ...
    • 1638b - Theory and Numerics of Inverse Scattering Problems 

      [OWR-2016-45] Workshop Report 2016,45 (2016) - (18 Sep - 24 Sep 2016)
      This workshop addressed specific inverse problems for the time-harmonic Maxwell’s equations, resp. special cases of these, such as the Helmholtz equation or quasistatic approximations like in impedance tomography. The ...
    • 1607a - Topological Recursion and TQFTs 

      [OWR-2016-9] Workshop Report 2016,9 (2016) - (14 Feb - 20 Feb 2016)
      The topological recursion is an ubiquitous structure in enumerative geometry of surfaces and topological quantum field theories. Since its invention in the context of matrix models, it has been found or conjectured to ...
    • 1629 - Topologie 

      [OWR-2016-35] Workshop Report 2016,35 (2016) - (17 Jul - 23 Jul 2016)
      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. This year we emphasized two topics of ...
    • 1613 - Toric Geometry 

      [OWR-2016-19] Workshop Report 2016,19 (2016) - (27 Mar - 02 Apr 2016)
      Toric geometry is a subfield of algebraic geometry with deep intersections with combinatorics. This workshop brought together researchers working in toric geometry, applying toric geometry elsewhere in algebraic geometry, ...