Conference: Contemporary Combinatorics 2012

会议：当代组合学 2012

• 批准号: 1219489
• 负责人: Bela Bollobas
• 金额: $ 1.9万
• 依托单位: University of Memphis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1219489&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Contemporary; Combinatorics; 2012

The 2012 Contemporary Combinatorics conference will be held on the 17th and 18th of May at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. The Institute of Combinatorics at the University of Memphis will again host the event in honor of Paul Erdos's past work and relationship with the founding members of the Institute. In bringing together a group of accomplished researchers loosely connected to Combinatorics, the PI hopes to continue to extend the rare opportunity to interactively experience the power and richness of mathematical inquiry to the Mid South community and surrounding areas. This region now has access to a high class conference, much like those which are plentiful (and expensive) on the East Coast or the Bay Area on the West Coast. The formula whereby personal contacts between the lecturers and the other participants is greatly encouraged has been very successful will continue to be an important element of the 2012 meeting. This year's conference features three major segments: The foundational lecture about the Paul Erdos and his work, two Paul Erdos Lectures, and a Combinatorics Conference with excellent invited speakers.The aim of this conference is to bring together a group of outstanding mathematicians who work on topics related to combinatorics, understood in the widest sense. There will be two main speakers: Vaughan Jones and Avi Wigderson. Jones is a distinguished professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University who is best known for his work on von Neumann algebras, knot polynomials and conformal field theory, in particular, for the 'Jones polynomial' of a knot. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1990. Jones will give a talk on the connection between combinatorics and knot theory. The second major speaker, Wigderson, is not only an excellent pure mathematician, but also one of the best practitioners of theoretical computer science. Wigderson received the Nevanlinna Prize in 1994 for his work on computational complexity. He will give a lecture on the intimate connection between combinatorics and theoretical computer science. The speakers at this conference have been chosen because they are excellent mathematicians, enjoyable lecturers, and very approachable people. In addition to Jones and Wigderson, the speakers include Maria Chudnovsky, Henry Cohn, Eyal Lubetsky, Alan Frieze, and Jacob Fox. The audience will be composed of people from a variety of backgrounds with varying levels of expertise: postdocs, graduate students to senior level academics, and industry researchers from all over the world.

2012当代组合学会议将于5月17日至18日在田纳西州孟菲斯市的孟菲斯大学举行。 孟菲斯大学组合学研究所将再次主办该活动，以纪念 Paul Erdos 过去的工作以及与该研究所创始成员的关系。通过汇集一群与组合学有松散联系的有成就的研究人员，PI 希望继续向中南社区和周边地区提供难得的机会，以互动方式体验数学探究的力量和丰富性。该地区现在可以参加高级会议，就像东海岸或西海岸湾区的大量（且昂贵）会议一样。大力鼓励讲师和其他参与者之间的个人接触的方式非常成功，将继续成为 2012 年会议的重要组成部分。今年的会议分为三个主要部分：关于 Paul Erdos 及其工作的基础讲座、两场 Paul Erdos 讲座以及邀请优秀演讲者参加的组合学会议。本次会议的目的是聚集一批致力于研究领域的杰出数学家。与组合学相关的主题，从最广泛的意义上理解。将有两位主要发言人：Vaughan Jones 和 Avi Wigderson。 琼斯是范德比尔特大学的一位杰出数学教授，他最出名的是他在冯·诺依曼代数、结多项式和共形场论方面的工作，特别是结的“琼斯多项式”。 1990 年，他被授予菲尔兹奖。琼斯将就组合数学和纽结理论之间的联系发表演讲。第二位主讲人维格德森不仅是一位优秀的纯数学家，也是理论计算机科学最优秀的实践者之一。 Wigderson 因其在计算复杂性方面的工作而于 1994 年获得 Nevanlinna 奖。他将就组合数学和理论计算机科学之间的密切联系进行演讲。 这次会议的演讲者之所以被选中，是因为他们都是优秀的数学家、令人愉快的讲师和非常平易近人的人。除了琼斯和维格德森之外，演讲者还包括玛丽亚·楚德诺夫斯基、亨利·科恩、埃亚尔·卢贝茨基、艾伦·弗里兹和雅各布·福克斯。观众将由来自不同背景、不同专业水平的人士组成：博士后、研究生、高级学者以及来自世界各地的行业研究人员。