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Friday and Saturday

November 18-19, 2005

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CDM 2005: Current Developments in Mathematics

Organized by: David Jerison, Richard Stanley, Thomas Mrowka (MIT), Barry Mazur, Wilfried Schmid, Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard)
Date: November 18-19, 2005 Place: Science Center, Lecture Hall C, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138.




Registration There is no registration and no registration fee for the conference. Travel: For information, how to get here, click here.

Program: 
Friday November 18, 2005

 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM   Duong Phong:  Complex Geometry and Supergeometry 
 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM   Dennis Sullivan: String topology (II)
 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM   Elliott Lieb: Stability of matter and quantum electrodynamics
 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM   Leslie Valiant: Computational learning theory

 7:00 PM             BANQUET

Saturday, November 19, 2005

 9:00-9:30 AM        BREAKFEST
 9.30 AM - 10:30 AM  Stephen DeBacker:   The fundamental lemma: what does it say? (I)
10.45 AM - 11:45 AM  Stephen DeBacker:   The fundamental lemma: what does it say? (II)

12:00- 1:30 PM       LUNCH

 1:30 PM -  2:30 PM  Peter Shor: Quantum information theory  (I)
 2.45 PM -  3:45 PM  Peter Shor: Quantum information theory (II)
 4:00 PM -  5:00 PM  Mark Kisin: Modularity of Galois representations (I)
 5:15 PM -  6:15 PM  Mark Kisin: Modularity of Galois representations (II)
Speakers:
Elliott Lieb Elliott Lieb: Quantum electrodynamics Duong Phong Duong Phong: Geometry and Supergeometry
Mark Kisin Mark Kisin: Modularity of Galois representations
Dennis Sullivan Dennis Sullivan String topology Leslie Valiant Leslie Valiant Computational learning theory
Stephen DeBacker Stephen DeBacker: The fundamental lemma: what does it say? Peter Shor Peter Shor: Quantum information theory
Local Hotels: For travel information, click here . 

Sheraton Commander
        16 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138
        telephone: (617) 547-4800
        hotel-Harvard campus:  5-10 minute walk

Harvard Square Hotel
        110 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge MA 02138
        telephone: (617) 864-5200
        hotel-Harvard campus:  5-10 minute walk

The Inn at Harvard
        1201 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA 02138
        telephone: (617) 491-2222
        hotel-Harvard campus:  5-10 minute walk

Irving House
        24 Irving St., Cambridge MA 02138
        telephone: (617) 547-4600,
        hotel-Harvard campus:  5-10 minute walk

Friendly Inn(B + B)
        1673 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138
        telephone: (617) 547-7851
        hotel-Harvard campus:  5-10 minute walk
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Information Address any questions to Gena Bursan at

gena@math.harvard.edu


Last update, 11/18/2005