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Current Developments in Mathematics 2009

Organized by: David Jerison, Richard Stanley, Thomas Mrowka (MIT), Barry Mazur, Wilfried Schmid, Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard)

Friday and Saturday

November 20-21, 2009

Date: November 20-21, 2009 Place: Science Center, Lecture Hall C, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138. Travel: For directions click here.
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There is no registration fee but registration forms are required. We might be able to provide financial support to a limited number of participants. Graduate students, recent PhDs, and members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to participate and apply for support. F1 visa holders could also apply. Application received no later than November 11, 2009 will receive full consideration. Graduate students should ask a faculty member to write a brief letter of recommendation for them and to send it to Maureen Armstrong (maureen@math.harvard.edu).

Banquet

There will be a banquet on Friday November 20, 2009, 7 PM in the- Royal East Restaurant 791 Main Street, Cambridge MA 02139. To reserve, please send in advance a formal request to Maureen Armstrong, Harvard University, Ph: 617-495-1980 Fax : 617-495-2180 email: maureen@math.harvard.edu. Banquet tickets will be distributed at the conference on Friday.

Sponsor The event is sponsored by the National Science Foundation NSF, Harvard University and MIT.

Speakers:

Ngo Bao Chau
Université Paris-Sud		 Michael Hill
University of Virginia		 Douglas Ravenel
University of Rochester		 Ovidiu Savin
Columbia University 		Bálint Virág
University of Toronto 		Andrew C. Yao
Tsinghua University		 Steve Zelditch
Johns Hopkins University
Program: Agenda [PDF].

Friday November 20, 2009 

14:00-14:50    Ngo Bau Chau    Report on the fundamental lemma  I
15:05-15:55    Ngo Bau Chau    Report on the fundamental lemma  II
16:10-17:00    Andrew C Yao    The mathematics of communication complexity I
17:15-18:05    Andrew C Yao    The mathematics of communication complexity II

19:00          Banquet at Royal East Restaurant, Cambridge

Saturday November 21, 2009 

09:00-09:50    Steve Zelditch   Recent results in quantum ergodicity (I)
10:05-10:55    Steve Zelditch   Recent results in quantum ergodicity (II)
11:10-12:00    Ovidiu Savin     Phase transitions, minimal surfaces and De Giorgi's conjecture (I)

12:00-13:30    Break

13:30-14:20    Ovidiu Savin     Phase transitions, minimal surfaces and De Giorgi's conjecture (II)
14:35-15:25    Balint Virag     Continuum limits of random matrices (I)
15:40-16:30    Balint Virag     Continuum limits of random matrices (II)
16:40-17:30    Douglas Ravenel  The Arf-Kervaire invariant problem in algebraic topology
17:40-18:30    Michael Hill     The Arf-Kervaire invariant problem in algebraic topology (II)


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: (800 458 5886
        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

Courtyard Marriott Cambridge 
        777 Memorial Drive
        Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA
        617-492-7777, 1-800-321-2211
        15-minute walk to Harvard Square, Free shuttle to Harvard

Charles Hotel 

Hotel Tria 
        220 Alewife Brook Pkwy
        Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138-1102
        (617) 491-8000  
        outside Harvard Square. 10 minute walk to public transportation
        Free Shuttle bus to Harvard
        15% discount off rate for CDM attendees
History: Here are links to previous CDM announcements:



Information Please address any questions to Maureen Armstrong at



Agenda [PDF]. A poster [PDF]. 		maureen@math.harvard.edu.
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