Current Developments in Mathematics 2013

Organized by: David Jerison, Richard Stanley, Thomas Mrowka (MIT), Horng-Tzer Yau, Mark Kisin, Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard)

Friday Hall D and Saturday, Hall B

November 22-23, 2013

Poster [PDF].
Schedule:

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Friday, November 22, 2013 Lecture Hall D

 2:15-3:05PM  Edward Witten     A new look at the Jones Polynomial of a Knot 
 3:15-4:05PM  Edward Witten     Khovanov Homology and Gauge Theory 
 4:15-5:05PM  Andrei Neves      Min-max theory, Willmore Conjecture and the Energy of Links (I)
 5:15-6:05PM  Andrei Neves      Min-max theory, Willmore Conjecture and the Energy of Links (II)
 7:00 PM      Banquet at the Royal East Restaurant in Cambridge.

Saturday, November 23, 2013 Lecture Hall B

 9:00-9:50AM  Daniel Spielman   Ramanujan Graphs of Every Degree
10:00-10:50AM Daniel Spielman   The Solution of the Kadison-Singer Problem
11:00-11:50PM Wei Zhang         Heegner Points and the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (I)
12:00-12:50PM Wei Zhang         Heegner Points and the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (II)
12:50-2:00PM  Lunch
 2:00-2:50PM  Zhiwei Yun        Rigidity in Automorphic Representations and Local Systems (I) 
 3:00-3:50PM  Zhiwei Yun        Rigidity in Automorphic Representations and Local Systems (II)
 4:00-4:50PM  Yitang Zhang      Bounded Gaps between Primes (I)
 5:00-5:50PM  Yitang Zhang      Bounded Gaps between Primes (II)


Speakers:

Andrei Neves
Andrei Neves (Imperial College, London) Min-max theory, Willmore Conjecture and the Energy of Links
Dan Spielman
Dan Spielman (Yale)
Talk 1: Ramanujan Graphs of Every Degree, Talk 2: The Solution of the Kadison-Singer Problem
Ed Witten
Edward Witten (IAS)
Talk 1: A New Look at the Jones Polynomial of a Knot, Talk 2: Khovanov Homology and Gauge Theory
Zhiwei Yun
Zhiwei Yun (Stanford), Rigidity in Automorphic Representations and Local Systems
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang (Columbia), Heegner Points and the Birch--Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture
Yitang Zhang
Yitang Zhang (New Hampshire),
Bounded Gaps between Primes
Date: November 22-23, 2013 Place: Science Center,
11.22. 2013: Lecture Hall D, 2:15 PM-6 PM
11.23. 2013: Lecture Hall B, 9:00 PM-5:00 PM
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138.
Travel: For directions click here.


Banquet

There will be a banquet on Friday November 22, 2013, 7 PM in the- Royal East Restaurant 791 Main Street, Cambridge MA 02139.

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

Speakers and Titles:

Schedule:

Friday, November 22, 2013 Lecture Hall D
11.22.2013, 2:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday, November 23, 2013 Lecture Hall B 11.23.2013, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM


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

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

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
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Information Please address any questions to Maureen Armstrong at

cdm@math.harvard.edu.
Last update: September/10/2013