Browsing Workshops 2017 by Issue Date

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    • 1718 - O-Minimality and its Applications to Number Theory and Analysis 

      [OWR-2017-22] Workshop Report 2017,22 (2017) - (30 Apr - 06 May 2017)
      The workshop brought together researchers in the areas of o-minimal structures, analysis and number theory. The latest developments in o-minimality and their applications to number theory and analysis were presented in a ...

    • 1743a - Mini-Workshop: PDE Models of Motility and Invasion in Active Biosystems 

      [OWR-2017-48] Workshop Report 2017,48 (2017) - (22 Oct - 28 Oct 2017)
      Cell migration is crucial for the development and functioning of multicellular organisms; it plays an essential role in, e.g., morphogenesis, immune system dynamics, wound healing, angiogenesis, bacterial motion and biofilm ...

    • 1751 - Mathematical Instruments between Material Artifacts and Ideal Machines: Their Scientific and Social Role before 1950 

      [OWR-2017-58] Workshop Report 2017,58 (2017) - (17 Dec - 23 Dec 2017)
      Since 1950, mathematicians have become increasingly familiar with the digital computer in their professional practice. Previously, however, many other instruments, now mostly forgotten, were commonly used to compute numerical ...

    • 1716 - Algebraic Statistics 

      [OWR-2017-20] Workshop Report 2017,20 (2017) - (16 Apr - 22 Apr 2017)
      Algebraic Statistics is concerned with the interplay of techniques from commutative algebra, combinatorics, (real) algebraic geometry, and related fields with problems arising in statistics and data science. This workshop ...

    • 1739 - Algebraic Geometry: Birational Classification, Derived Categories, and Moduli Spaces 

      [OWR-2017-45] Workshop Report 2017,45 (2017) - (24 Sep - 30 Sep 2017)
      The workshop covered a number of active areas of research in algebraic geometry with a focus on derived categories, moduli spaces (of varieties and sheaves) and birational geometry (often in positive characteristic) and ...

    • 1706a - Mini-Workshop: Cluster Expansions: From Combinatorics to Analysis through Probability 

      [OWR-2017-8] Workshop Report 2017,8 (2017) - (05 Feb - 11 Feb 2017)
      The workshop addressed the interplay between theory and applications of cluster expansions. These expansions, historically geared towards the study of systems in statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and physical chemistry, ...

    • 1737 - Mathematical Questions and Challenges in Quantum Electrodynamics and its Applications 

      [OWR-2017-41] Workshop Report 2017,41 (2017) - (10 Sep - 16 Sep 2017)
      Quantum field theory (QFT) may be considered one of the most fundamental frameworks of theoretical physics. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) is the part of QFT that describes the interaction between matter and light. Although ...

    • 1750 - Network Models: Structure and Function 

      [OWR-2017-57] Workshop Report 2017,57 (2017) - (10 Dec - 16 Dec 2017)
      The focus of the meeting was on the mathematical analysis of complex networks, both on how networks emerge through microscopic interaction rules as well as on dynamic processes and optimization problems on networks, including ...

    • 1713 - Multiscale and High-Dimensional Problems 

      [OWR-2017-17] Workshop Report 2017,17 (2017) - (26 Mar - 01 Apr 2017)
      High-dimensional problems appear naturally in various scientific areas. Two primary examples are PDEs describing complex processes in computational chemistry and physics, and stochastic/ parameter-dependent PDEs arising ...

    • 1727 - Differentialgeometrie im Großen 

      [OWR-2017-31] Workshop Report 2017,31 (2017) - (02 Jul - 08 Jul 2017)
      The topics discussed at the meeting were Kähler geometry, geometric evolution equations, manifolds of nonnegative curvature, metric geometry and geometric representations of groups. The choice of topics reflects current ...

    • 1735 - Komplexe Analysis 

      [OWR-2017-39] Workshop Report 2017,39 (2017) - (27 Aug - 02 Sep 2017)
      Complex Analysis is a very active branch of mathematics. The aim of this workshop was to discuss recent developments in several complex variables and complex geometry. Topics included singular Kähler–Einstein metrics, ...

    • 1732 - Analysis, Geometry and Topology of Positive Scalar Curvature Metrics 

      [OWR-2017-36] Workshop Report 2017,36 (2017) - (06 Aug - 12 Aug 2017)
      Riemannian manifolds with positive scalar curvature play an important role in mathematics and general relativity. Obstruction and existence results are connected to index theory, bordism theory and homotopy theory, using ...

    • 1729 - Material Theories 

      [OWR-2017-33] Workshop Report 2017,33 (2017) - (16 Jul - 22 Jul 2017)
      Material theories is a series of workshops concerned with a broad range of topics related to the mechanics and mathematics of materials. As such, this edition brought together researchers from diverse fields converging ...

    • 1731 - Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2017-35] Workshop Report 2017,35 (2017) - (30 Jul - 05 Aug 2017)
      The workshop dealt with nonlinear partial differential equations and some applications in geometry, touching several different topics such as minimal surfaces and geometric measure theory, conformal geometry, geometric ...

    • 1724 - Nonlinear Waves and Dispersive Equations 

      [OWR-2017-27] Workshop Report 2017,27 (2017) - (11 Jun - 17 Jun 2017)
      Nonlinear dispersive equations are models for nonlinear waves in a wide range of physical contexts. Mathematically they display an interplay between linear dispersion and nonlinear interactions, which can result in a wide ...

    • 1702b - Mini-Workshop: Spaces and Moduli Spaces of Riemannian Metrics 

      [OWR-2017-3] Workshop Report 2017,3 (2017) - (08 Jan - 14 Jan 2017)
      The mini-workshop focused on central questions and new results concerning spaces and moduli spaces of Riemannian metrics with lower or upper curvature bounds on open and closed manifolds and, moreover, related themes from ...

    • 1710 - Real Algebraic Geometry With a View Toward Moment Problems and Optimization 

      [OWR-2017-14] Workshop Report 2017,14 (2017) - (05 Mar - 11 Mar 2017)
      Continuing the tradition initiated in MFO workshop held in 2014, the aim of this workshop was to foster the interaction between real algebraic geometry, operator theory, optimization, and algorithms for systems control. A ...

    • 1738b - Mini-Workshop: Positivity in Higher-dimensional Geometry: Higher-codimensional Cycles and Newton-Okounkov Bodies 

      [OWR-2017-43] Workshop Report 2017,43 (2017) - (17 Sep - 23 Sep 2017)
      There are several flavors of positivity in Algebraic Geometry. They range from conditions that determine vanishing of cohomology, to intersection theoretic properties, and to convex geometry. They offer excellent invariants ...

    • 1726 - Geometric Structures in Group Theory 

      [OWR-2017-30] Workshop Report 2017,30 (2017) - (25 Jun - 01 Jul 2017)
      Geometric group theory has natural connections and rich interfaces with many of the other major fields of modern mathematics. The basic motif of the field is the construction and exploration of actions by infinite groups ...

    • 1709 - Mathematics of Quantitative Finance 

      [OWR-2017-13] Workshop Report 2017,13 (2017) - (26 Feb - 04 Mar 2017)
      The workshop on Mathematics of Quantitative Finance, organised at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach from 26 February to 4 March 2017, focused on cutting edge areas of mathematical finance, with an emphasis ...