The Great Lakes Geometry Conference 2013 will take place at Northwestern University on April 20-21, 2013. The main theme of the conference will be geometric analysis. It is well-known that many problems in differential geometry can be formulated in terms of differential equations on manifolds. These equations differ from traditional differential equations in Euclidean space in that they usually encode global, geometric information. To solve them, one needs both analytic techniques and geometric insight. This conference will feature eight speakers who are experts in various fields across geometric analysis, including General Relativity, Kahler geometry and Riemannian geometry. A common theme of much of their work is the study of the Einstein equations, which first arose in General Relativity and now play a central role in Kahler and Riemannian geometry. A major goal of this conference is to expose graduate students and junior mathematicians to new developments in these areas of research.
The Great Lakes Geometry Conference conference is a well-established conference series that has been annually held in the Great Lakes region, and this will be its 12th edition. The conference will have geometric analysis as its main theme. This is an important field of mathematics with great impact and applications to other areas in mathematics and physics. Geometric analysts use and develop the tools in analysis and partial differential equations to tackle problems which originate from geometry and physics. The conference this year will bring together eight well-known experts working in a number of active research areas in geometry. We expect that the conference will attract a large and diverse spectrum of participants from Northwestern University and other Midwestern universities, and we encourage the participation of early career mathematicians, women and underrepresented minorities. A major goal of this conference is to expose graduate students and early career mathematicians to the recent developments in this active field of mathematics.
The conference website is: www.math.northwestern.edu/greatlakes2013
The Great Lakes Geometry Conference is a well established conference series held annually in the Great Lakes region, rotating among different universities 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, University of Notre Dame, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Ohio State University and Northwestern University. The aim of this conference series is to bring together distinguished speakers in a variety of areas in geometry, topology and mathematical physics. 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. The 2013 edition of the Great Lakes Geometry Conference, supported in part by the NSF, was held at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL on April 20-21, 2013. The main theme was geometric analysis. This is an important field of mathematics with great impact and applications to other areas in mathematics and physics. Roughly speaking, geometric analysts use and develop the tools in analysis and partial differential equations to tackle problems in geometry. It is well-known that many problems in differential geometry can be formulated in terms of differential equations on manifolds. These equations differ from traditional differential equations in Euclidean space in that they usually encode global, geometric information. To solve them, one needs both analytic techniques and geometric insight. A major goal of this conference was to expose graduate students and early career mathematicians to the recent developments in this active field of geometry. There were about 65 participants, and about 40 among these were graduate students, recent PhD's or members of under-represented groups and received partial funding from the NSF grant towards their travel and lodging expenses. Overall, this conference benefited students and early career mathematicians at Northwestern University and other universities in the Midwest, and encouraged interactions among universities in this region and beyond. The speakers of the Great Lakes Geometry Conference 2013 were Bo Berndtsson (Chalmers University), Lydia Bieri (University of Michigan), Toby Colding (MIT)*, Rafe Mazzeo (Stanford University), Yanir Rubinstein (University of Maryland), Christopher Sogge (Johns Hopkins University), Gabor Szekelyhidi (University of Notre Dame) and Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University). *Unfortunately Toby Colding could not attend because of family reasons, and Valentino Tosatti (Northwestern University) spoke instead.
