The Eight William Rowan Hamilton Geometry and Topology Workshop is a five-day, directed workshop on Measure and Asymptotics in Group Theory and Low-Dimensional Geometry, to be held at the Hamilton Mathematical Institute (HMI) in Dublin, Ireland, August 28-September 1, 2012. The workshop will consist of a two-day mini-course for graduate students and junior researchers, followed by a three day lecture series. Among the main topics of the workshop will be the recent work of Agol, Hagland-Wise, Kahn-Markovic, Wise, which has culmunated in the recently announced proof by Agol, of the virtual Haken conjecture. Another main topic will be the measure-theoretic properties of groups such as amenability, boundary amenability, and measure equivalence.
The goal of the William Rowan Hamilton Geometry and Topology Workshop is to investigate common themes and techniques among significant areas of current research in geometry and topology and to support junior researchers interested in these areas. The workshop will bring together leading researchers in geometry and topology with graduates students and junior researchers who have a special interest in problems related to group theory and low-dimensional geometry will investigate a number of important questions at the forefront of research in these areas. The confluence of expertise from dfferent areas will result in new collaborative projects, and in broadening the research horizons of the participants. www.hamilton.tcd.ie/events/gt/gt2012.htm
, a five-day, directed workshop held at the Hamilton Mathematical Institute (HMI) in Dublin, Ireland, August 28-September 1, 2012. The workshop consisted of a two-day mini-course for graduate students and junior researchers, followed by a three day lecture series. The workshop topic was "Measure and Asymptotics in Group Theory and Low-Dimensional Geometry" and gathered together leading researchers to discuss recent advnaces and collaborate on future research directions. The workshop was very well attended with over 100 attendees, with 48 participants receiving partial travel support by this grant. Of those supported, 33 were junior researchers who attended the minicourse and lecture series. The workshop mini-course on "Probability and randomness in low-dimensional geometry and topology" was given by Juan Souto (British Columbia). The lecture series consisted of talks by leading experts in the workshop topic. The workshop investigated common themes and techniques among significant areas of current research in geometry and topology and supported junior researchers interested in these areas. The workshop brought together leading researchers in geometry and topology with graduates students and junior researchers who have a special interest in problems related to group theory and low-dimensional geometry andl investigated a number of important questions at the forefront of research in these areas. The confluence of expertise from different areas resulted in new collaborative projects, and in broadening the research horizons of the participants.
