This award provides funding to help defray the expenses of participants, especially women, graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, in the "Midwest Several Complex Variables Conference" that will be held from May 12-14, 2011, on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
This conference, which is the latest event in a long-running and highly influential series of conferences in the theory of several complex variables, will cover a wide spectrum of topics in the field (e.g., pluripotential theory and complex dynamics, CR-geometry and conformal geometry, invariant metrics and their applications, automorphism groups). All of the topic areas cited in the proposal are central to analysis and extremely active subjects of current research. The format of the meeting is such that young people will have ample opportunities to speak and be otherwise engaged in the various conference activities.
was held at Washington University in St. Louis, May 11-14, 2011. The conference showcased the latest developments in several complex variables, complex geometry, and complex dynamics with an emphasis on the interplay among analysis, geometry, and algebra. It brought together leading experts as well as junior researchers and graduate students in the field and provided a platform for these researchers and students to interact. Several Complex Variables is an important branch of mathematics where analysis, algebra, and geometry intertwine. It has applications in physical sciences and engineering. The Midwest Several Complex Variables Conference has a long tradition dated back to the 1980’s. It has had a tremendous impact on generations of junior researchers and graduate students. It has been hosted by many prominent Midwestern universities. This was the first time that the conference was held at Washington University in St. Louis. This conference featured 20 speakers and more than 90 participants. Among the speakers were 5 women mathematicians. A large number of graduate students, junior researchers, and women mathematicians participated in the conference. This project provided financial support to help cover local accommodation and travel expenses for the invited speakers, graduate students, and junior researchers.
