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 B, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138.

Travel: For directions click here.

Registration

Support

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 To reserve, please send in advance a formal request to Mareen Armstrong, Harvard University, Ph: 617-495-1980 Fax : 617-495-2180 email: maureen@math.harvard.edu. The tickets will be distributed at the lectures Friday morning.

Sponsor To be confirmed: The event is sponsored by the national science foundation NSF, Harvard University and MIT.

Speakers:

Ngo Bao Chau
Université Paris-Sud Ovidiu Savin
Columbia University Bálint Virág
University of Toronto Andrew C. Yao
Tsinghua University Steve Zelditch
Johns Hopkins University

Program: Already available titles:

Ngo Bao Chao: "Trace formula and moduli space of Higgs bundles"
Ovidiu Savin: "Phase transitions, minimal surfaces and De Giorgi's conjecture"Abstract [PDF]
Steve Zelditch: "Recent results in quantum ergodicity (I) and (II)"

Friday November 20, 2009

2:10 PM - 3:00 PM                                                 
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM    
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM    
5:10 PM - 6:00 PM   

7:00 PM              Banquet:  place TBA

Saturday November 21, 2009

 9:10 AM - 10 AM     
10:10 AM - 11 AM    
11:10 AM - 12 AM    

12:00 AM - 1:45 PM   Lunch 

 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM  

 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM   Break 

 3:20 PM - 4:10 PM  
 4:20 PM - 5:10 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

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

History: This is the 12'th Conference on Current Developments in Mathematics. Previous announcements:

Information Address any questions to Maureen Armstrong at

maureen@math.harvard.edu.

Last update, 2/12/2009

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