Recently one has witnessed tremendous developments in research in geometry and topology, which are two central areas in mathematics. In particular, major progresses have been made in important questions in subjects such as geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, topological field theory, and Gromov-Witten theory. The Great Lakes Geometry Conference 2011, to be held in Ohio State University, will bring together experts who work in the areas related to topological field theory, Gromov- Witten theory, and geometric analysis to discuss exciting recent developments and to provide a common ground where mathematicians share ideas and visions towards the goal of further our understanding of these subjects.
The Great Lakes Geometry Conference (GLGC) is a well-established conference of geometry and topology held in the Great Lakes region. The year 2011 conference is its 12-th anniversary and will be held in the Ohio State University in Columbus. The two main themes of the GLGC 2011 are Gromov-Witten theory and geometric analysis. In this conference, the PIs draw the speakers from a diverse spectrum of active research areas in geometry and mathematical physics. Gathering the experts of various aspects of the main themes will provide a common ground where mathematicians share ideas and visions and will encourage collaborations between researchers in the areas. An important goal of this conference is to expose graduate students and early career mathematicians in the related fields to some recent exciting new developments in this active area of geometry and physics. The conference will benefot the students and the early career mathematicians at the Ohio State University and other Midwestern universities, encourage interaction between the universities in the Midwestern region and beyond, and help graduate students and post-docs to work in these exciting areas. Conference website: www.math.osu.edu/hhtseng/glgc11 main.html
The Great Lakes Geometry Conference (GLGC) is a well-established conference of geometry and topology held in the Great Lakes region. This conference series was initiated in the late 1990s and many universities in the Great Lakes regions have participated, including University of Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, and Ohio State University. The aim of this conference series is to bring together distinguished speakers to discuss frontier research in a variety of areas in geometry, topology and mathematical physics. The year 2011 and year 2012 conferences, supported in part by the NSF grant, were held in the Ohio State University in Columbus. The GLGC 2011 conference features topics related to Gromov-Witten theory, topological field theory, and geometric analysis. The GLGC 2012 conference features topics related to complex geometry, geometric analysis, and mirror symmetry. In these conferences, the organizers draw the speakers from a diverse spectrum of active research areas in geometry and mathematical physics. In gathering the experts of various aspects of the main themes, the conferences provide a common ground where mathematicians share ideas and visions and encourage collaborations between researchers in the areas. These conferences have many graduate student participants, whose travel and lodging expenses were funded in part by NSF grant. The conferences achieved the goal of exposing graduate students and early career mathematicians in the related fields to some recent exciting new developments in this active area of geometry and physics. These conferences benefit the students and the early career mathematicians at the Ohio State University and other Midwestern universities, encourage interaction between the universities in the Midwestern region and beyond, and help graduate students and post-docs to work in these exciting areas. The speakers of GLGC 2011 are Dan Abramovich (Brown), Ezra Getzler (Northwestern), Robin Graham (Washington), Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu (Columbia), William Minicozzi II (Johns Hopkins), Xiaochun Rong (Rutgers), Richard Schoen (Stanford), A. J. Tolland (Stony Brook) The speakers of GLGC 2012 are Bennett Chow (UCSD), Matthew J. Gursky (Notre Dame), Naichung Conan Leung (CUHK), Zhiqin Lu (UC Irvine), Jian Song (Rutgers), Valentino Tosatti (Columbia), Eric Zaslow (Northwestern), Steve Zelditch (Northwestern)
