Title: February Fourier Talks 2013: This award provides support for the eighth meeting in the February Fourier Talks (FFT) series and a satellite Workshop on "Phaseless Reconstruction." The 2013 FFT will be held February 21-22, 2013, at the University of Maryland, College Park, and will be followed by the Workshop on Phaseless Reconstruction to be held February 23 - 25, 2013. The FFT is a high-level forum for harmonic analysts to bring their work to scientists from industry and government agencies. In addition, it allows experts in applied and pure harmonic analysis to become familiar with the latest problems in need of mathematical formulation and solution. Finally, it introduces young mathematicians and scientists to applied and pure harmonic analysis. More information, including a list of speakers and abstracts, registration information, and an archive of past conferences, can be found at the conference webpage: www.fft2013.org. The Workshop on Phaseless Reconstruction will bring together researchers from harmonic analysis, quantum information theory, and electrical engineering communities to discuss new development on efficient signal reconstruction from phaseless measurements.
The February Fourier Talks directly encourage dialogue and collaboration between mathematicians and scientists working in industry and government. The structure of the conference consists of three main lectures and sixteen 30 minute invited talks. The conference encourages and financially supports participation by students, recent Ph.D. recipients, and members of groups underrepresented in mathematics. The workshop on Phaseless Reconstruction is structured in a similar manner to the FFT, and allows ample discussion time among the participants. More information, including a list of speakers and abstracts and registration information is available at the workshop webpage: www.norbertwiener.umd.edu/FFT/2013/phaseless.html.
This grant was used to support participants (56 participants, including 48 junior participants, as well as 27 members of underrepresented groups) to the February Fourier Talks (FFT) 2013 which was held on February 21st and 22nd, 2013, as well as to the subsequent Workshop on Phaseless Reconstructions which was held on February 23--25, 2013 both at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Maryland, College Park. We reported on this earlier this year. Subsequently, the remaning funds from the grant were used to support participants to the February Fourier Talks (FFT) 2014 which was held on February 20th and 21st, 2014, at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Maryland, College Park. The conference brought together about 121 participants including applied and pure harmonic analysts along with scientists and engineers from industry and government for an intense and enriching two-day meeting. Overall, this award from the National Science Foundation for FFT 2013 was used in part to support 22 participants, including 13 junior participants, as well as 8 members of underrepresented groups. We are currently editing Volumes 3 & 4 of ``Excursions in Harmonic Analysis: The February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center", that will contain chapters from speakers from FFT 2012, 2013, as well as the subsequent workshop. These volumes are scheduled to be published in 2015.
