• 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 ...
    • 1602 - Graph Theory 

      [OWR-2016-2] Workshop Report 2016,2 (2016) - (10 Jan - 16 Jan 2016)
      This workshop focused on recent developments in graph theory. These included in particular recent breakthroughs on nowhere-zero flows in graphs, width parameters, applications of graph sparsity in algorithms, and matroid ...
    • 1646 - Large Scale Stochastic Dynamics 

      [OWR-2016-54] Workshop Report 2016,54 (2016) - (13 Nov - 19 Nov 2016)
      The goal of this workshop was to explore the recent advances in the mathematical understanding of the macroscopic properties which emerge on large space-time scales from interacting microscopic particle systems. There were ...
    • 1644c - Mini-Workshop: Computations in the Cohomology of Arithmetic Groups 

      [OWR-2016-52] Workshop Report 2016,52 (2016) - (30 Oct - 05 Nov 2016)
      Explicit calculations play an important role in the theoretical development of the cohomology of groups and its applications. It is becoming more common for such calculations to be derived with the aid of a computer. This ...
    • 1651a - Mini-Workshop: New Interactions between Homotopical Algebra and Quantum Field Theory 

      [OWR-2016-58] Workshop Report 2016,58 (2016) - (18 Dec - 23 Dec 2016)
      Recent developments in quantum field theory strongly call for techniques from homotopical algebra to develop the mathematical foundations of quantum gauge theories. This mini-workshop brought together experts working at ...
    • 1640 - Mathematical and Algorithmic Aspects of Data Assimilation in the Geosciences 

      [OWR-2016-47] Workshop Report 2016,47 (2016) - (02 Oct - 08 Oct 2016)
      The field of “Data Assimilation” has been driven by applications from the geosciences where complex mathematical models are interfaced with observational data in order to improve model forecasts. Mathematically, data ...
    • 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 ...
    • 1606c - Mini-Workshop: Mathematical Foundations of Isogeometric Analysis 

      [OWR-2016-8] Workshop Report 2016,8 (2016) - (07 Feb - 13 Feb 2016)
      Isogeometric Analysis (IgA) is a new paradigm which is designed to merge two so far disjoint disciplines, namely, numerical simulations for partial differential equations (PDEs) and applied geometry. Initiated by the ...
    • 1608b - New Developments in Functional and Highly Multivariate Statistical Methodology 

      [OWR-2016-12] Workshop Report 2016,12 (2016) - (21 Feb - 27 Feb 2016)
      The central focus of the workshop was on recent developments in statistical techniques for highly multivariate data and functional data. The programme delivered talks on state-of-the-art research in the area, with a number ...
    • 1601 - Model Theory: groups, geometry, and combinatorics 

      [OWR-2016-1] Workshop Report 2016,1 (2016) - (03 Jan - 09 Jan 2016)
      This conference was about recent interactions of model theory with combinatorics, geometric group theory and the theory of valued fields, and the underlying pure model-theoretic developments. Its aim was to report on recent ...
    • 1625 - Hyperbolic Techniques in Modelling, Analysis and Numerics 

      [OWR-2016-30] Workshop Report 2016,30 (2016) - (19 Jun - 25 Jun 2016)
      Several research areas are flourishing on the roots of the breakthroughs in conservation laws that took place in the last two decades. The meeting played a key role in providing contacts among the different branches that ...
    • 1617 - Moduli spaces and Modular forms 

      [OWR-2016-23] Workshop Report 2016,23 (2016) - (24 Apr - 30 Apr 2016)
      The roots of both moduli spaces and modular forms go back to the theory of elliptic curves in the 19th century. Both topics have seen an enormous growth in the second half of the 20th century, but the interaction between ...
    • 1609b - Mini-Workshop: Arrangements of Subvarieties, and their Applications in Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2016-14] Workshop Report 2016,14 (2016) - (28 Feb - 05 Mar 2016)
      While arrangements of hyperplanes have been studied in algebra, combinatorics and geometry for a long time, recent discoveries suggest that they (and more generally arrangements of nonlinear subvarieties) play an even more ...
    • 1622 - Nonlinear Evolution Problems 

      [OWR-2016-27] Workshop Report 2016,27 (2016) - (29 May - 04 Jun 2016)
      The main themes of this workshop were geometric evolution equations and dispersive equations, including nonlinear wave and Schrödinger equations. Altogether there were 21 talks, presented by leading specialists from all ...
    • 1637 - Many-Body Quantum Systems and Effective Theories 

      [OWR-2016-43] Workshop Report 2016,43 (2016) - (11 Sep - 17 Sep 2016)
      In the last years, substantial progress has been made in many areas of mathematical physics. The goal of this workshop was to bring together researchers working on analytic and probabilistic aspects of many-body quantum ...
    • 1606b - Mini-Workshop: Applied Koopmanism 

      [OWR-2016-7] Workshop Report 2016,7 (2016) - (07 Feb - 13 Feb 2016)
      Koopman and Perron–Frobenius operators are linear operators that encapsulate dynamics of nonlinear dynamical systems without loss of information. This is accomplished by embedding the dynamics into a larger infinite-dimensional ...
    • 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, ...
    • 1626 - Algebraic K-theory and Motivic Cohomology 

      [OWR-2016-31] Workshop Report 2016,31 (2016) - (26 Jun - 02 Jul 2016)
      Algebraic $K$-theory and motivic cohomology have developed together over the last thirty years. Both of these theories rely on a mix of algebraic geometry and homotopy theory for their construction and development, and ...
    • 1643 - Definability and Decidability Problems in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2016-49] Workshop Report 2016,49 (2016) - (23 Oct - 29 Oct 2016)
      This workshop brought together experts working on variations of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem and more general decidability issues for structures other than the ring of integers arising naturally in number theory and algebraic geometry.
    • 1611 - Mechanics of Materials: Mechanics of Interfaces and Evolving Microstructure 

      [OWR-2016-17] Workshop Report 2016,17 (2016) - (13 Mar - 19 Mar 2016)
      Emphasis in modern day efforts in mechanics of materials is increasingly directed towards integration with computational materials science, which itself rests on solid physical and mathematical foundations in thermodynamics ...