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abstract: In the slightly more than two decades that have elapsed since the fields of Symplectic and Contact Topology were created, the field has grown enormously and unforeseen new connections within Mathematics and Physics have been found. The goals of the 2009-10 program at MSRI are to: I. Promote the cross-pollination of ideas between different areas of symplectic and contact geometry; II. Help assess and formulate the main outstanding fundamental problems and directions in the field; III. Lead to new breakthroughs and solutions of some of the main problems in the area; IV. Discover new applications of symplectic and contact geometry in mathematics and physics; V. Educate a new generation of young mathematicians, giving them a broader view of the subject and the capability to employ techniques from different areas in their research.

abstract: This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to localization techniques in equivariant cohomology. Localization techniques in equivariant cohomology are a powerful tool in computational algebraic topology in the context of a topological space with the action of a Lie group.

abstract: The STDC series began in 1967, regularly attracts 100-200 participants, and recently emphasizes general topology, geometric topology, continuum theory, geometric topology, geometric group theory, and dynamical systems.

abstract: A mathematics research conference will be held in memory of Michael O. Albertson, March 26-28, 2010, at Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA. The conference is entitled 'CoNE Revisited: Celebrating the Inspirations of Michael O. Albertson' and focuses on his areas of research interest, graph theory, combinatorics, and discrete geometry. With Professor Ruth Haas of Smith and Professor Karen Collins (Smith'81) of Wesleyan, Professor Albertson ran at Smith, from 1992 until 2001, a series of CoNE (Combinatorists of New England) conferences, whose open, collaborative, and diverse style we plan to emulate in this memorial conference. All are welcome to attend the talks and social events. Please send any questions to Prof. Joan P. Hutchinson at hutchinson@macalester.edu .

abstract: Inviting graduate students from all over the country in topology and geometry to meet and give talks over two days.

abstract: This Workshop is a unique opportunity for Geometry and Topology researchers to meet, share their specialized knowledge and learn from others. Professors from Japan, Russia, Netherlands and various American and Canadian Universities will be presenting their latest results.

abstract: The conference continues a well established tradition of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry meetings in the Midwest, among which we single out MAGC97 at the University of Notre Dame in 1997, the first Bluegrass Algebra Conference at the University of Kentucky in 2003, the Lipman-Fest at Purdue University in 2004, MAGIC'05 at the University of Notre Dame in 2005, the Purdue-UIC Workshop at Purdue University in 2006,the Hartshorne's 70th birthday conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2008, the second Bluegrass Algebra Conference at the University of Kentucky in 2009, and the Libgober's 60th birthday conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2009. Young Mathematicians are especially encouraged to attend. There is a limited amount of funding. A registration page and further information will be shortly available at the meeting website.

abstract: The aim of this conference is to bring together mathematicians and scientists for the purpose of gaining a better understanding of the structure of particle systems under a variety of physical constraints. These include, for example, classical ground states for interacting particle systems, best-packing, random packings, jammed states, granular and colloidal systems, as well as minimal discrete and continuous energy problems for general kernels.

abstract: The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers working with different aspects of Frobenius splittings and their applications, and to facilitate communication and interaction between them. We plan to have a number of survey talks, introducing the various points of view on Frobenius splitting, followed by research talks. Most of the talks will be suitable for graduate students and young researchers.

abstract: This symposium celebrates the life and mathematical legacy of Chuan-Chih Hsiung (1916-2009), geometer, professor at Lehigh University, and founder of the Journal of Differential Geometry .

abstract: Researchers at all levels are invited to present 20-minute contributed talks in any area of topology. To apply, please send a title and abstract to Thomas Mattman (e-mail: TMattman@CSUChico.edu ) by May 1, 2010.

abstract: This conference will highlight ongoing research focused on finding direct connections between topological structures on 3-manifolds (triangulations in particular) and geometric structures. It will also bring together researchers working on new invariants and hyperbolic geometry applied to 3-manifolds. This conference is in honor of William Jaco, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

abstract: The primary themes of the conference will be 'Inverse spectral geometry on compact manifolds and orbifolds' and 'Quantum unique ergodicity'. There will be two plenary lectures on each of these themes presented by Victor Guillemin and Peter Sarnak, respectively. In addition to spectral problems on Riemannian manifolds, there will be a secondary focus on the related topic of quantum graphs, in which the one-dimensional Laplacian acts along edges, and waves scatter at vertices.

abstract: This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to understanding the irreducible component structure of Hilbert schemes.

abstract: A celebration of the long and illustrious careers of Victor Klee and Branko Grunbaum and their fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and geometry. There will be 18 invited talks, a poster session and an open problems session. Details available at the above website.

abstract: The aim of the conference is to reflect on recent and future developments in broadly understood geometric functional analysis, with emphasis on interactions with other subfields of mathematics and with other mathematical sciences, including but not limited to computer science, mathematical physics and statistics.

abstract: This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to duality problems in convex geometry, which deal with relations between convex bodies and their polar bodies.

abstract: This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will focus on the evolving notion of complexity in CR Geometry.

abstract: This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will focus on the interaction between algebraic geometry and the structure theory of fields, particularly the use of deformation theory and patching.