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Newsletter 2012-II

originally sent on 12 July 2012

  1. Oberwolfach Arbeitsgemeinschaft in October 2012
  2. Oberwolfach Seminars for graduate students 2012
  3. Oberwolfach Workshops 2014: deadline for proposals etc.

 

Dear researchers and friends of Oberwolfach,

Please find below the regular biannual newsletter of the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO).

The newsletter will inform you on the latest news and activities of the MFO.

We hope you will find this service useful.

Yours faithfully,
Stephan Klaus

(Scientific Administrator)

PS: We are sending the newsletter to all visitors of the MFO in the past 5 years. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter furthermore, please inform us accordingly to: new@mfo.de


Oberwolfach Arbeitsgemeinschaft in October 2012

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Every year in spring and in autumn, there is a week-long Arbeitsgemeinschaft (study group) in Oberwolfach with about 45-50 participants. The idea of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft is to learn by giving one of the lectures on the topic under study. The Arbeitsgemeinschaft is open to everybody, participation is by application to the organisers.

Title of the next Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Ergodic Theory and Combinatorial Number Theory
Organisers:

Vitaly Bergelson, Columbus
Nikos Frantzikinakis, Heraklion
Terence Tao, Los Angeles
Tamar Ziegler, Haifa

Date: 7 - 13 October 2012
Deadline for application: 20 August 2012
Application to: frantzikinakis(AT)gmail.com

The programme and the poster are available at
http://www.mfo.de/document/1241/programme1241.pdf
http://www.mfo.de/document/1241/poster1241.pdf


Oberwolfach Seminars for graduate students 2012

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Oberwolfach Seminars are not regular workshops, but – like summer schools – address to graduate students and post docs. In 2012, 6 Oberwolfach Seminars are taking place at the MFO (3 weeks, 2 seminars in parallel):

Date: 14 - 20 October 2012
Deadline for Application: 15 August 2012
Dispersive Equations
Organisers:
Herbert Koch, Bonn
Daniel Tataru, Berkeley
Monica Visan, Los Angeles
Algebraic Groups and Patching
Organisers:
Karim Becher, Konstanz

David Harbater, Philadelphia

Julia Hartmann, Aachen
Danny Krashen, Athens
Date: 18 - 24 November 2012
Deadline for Application: 15 September 2012
Subspace Correction Methods
Organisers:
Ralf Kornhuber, Berlin
Jinchao Xu, University Park
Harry Yserentant, Berlin
Algorithms for Complex Multiplication over Finite Fields
Organisers:
Andreas Enge, Bordeaux
Hendrik Lenstra, Leiden
Peter Stevenhagen, Leiden

Further information is available on our homepage at

http://www.mfo.de/www/schedule/2012/seminar
http://www.mfo.de/scientific-programme/meetings/oberwolfach-seminars/poster-2012

If you know a graduate student or post doc who might be interested, please be so kind and draw her/his attention to this Oberwolfach Seminar. Participation in these seminars is by application. As usual, the institute offers board and lodging free of charge. By the support of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, travel expenses can be reimbursed up to 200 EUR in average per person. Participants can ask for travel support during their stay in Oberwolfach at the guest office against copy of travel receipts. Additionally, participation of young Japanese mathematicians can be sponsored by the grant "Heizaemon Honda Scholars". For more information on grants, please see our homepage http://www.mfo.de/for-guest-researchers

Applications including full name, postal address, e-mail address, present position, university, name of supervisor of Ph.D. thesis, a short summary of previous work and interest should be sent preferably by e-mail (.ps or .pdf file) to seminars@mfo.de

 


Oberwolfach Workshops 2014: deadline for proposals etc.

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The deadline for proposals of Oberwolfach Workshops in 2014 is end of July 2012. The decision on the proposals by the Oberwolfach Scientific Committee is scheduled to the end of October 2012.

The fixed weeks and deadlines to apply for an Oberwolfach Mini-Workshop in 2013 are:

http://www.mfo.de/scientific-programme/meetings/mini-workshop

12 - 18 May, 2013, deadline for proposals: 4 November 2012
21 - 27 July, 2013, deadline for proposals: 4 November 2012
3 - 9 November, 2013, deadline for proposals: 7 April 2013

Applications for a "Research in Pairs" or to the postdoctoral programme "Oberwolfach Leibniz Fellows" stay at Oberwolfach can be made any time, preferably around six months before the planned stay: http://www.mfo.de/scientific-programme/long-term/research-in-pairs

http://www.mfo.de/scientific-programme/long-term/oberwolfach-leibniz-fellows

 

More information can be found on our homepage, in particular
http://www.mfo.de/scientific-programme/meetings/proposal-guidelines
http://www.mfo.de/scientific-programme/meetings/proposal-guide-2008