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Geometric Group Theory

Group Theory,    Geometry and Topology

ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

Reflection arrangements appear in various areas of mathematics including algebra, combinatorics, differential geometry, integrability and singularity theory. The concrete research strands within these areas that we plan to focus on include Cherednik algebras, Coxeter-Catalan combinatorics, logarithmic vector fields, Frobenius manifolds and flat invariants. The main goals of the workshop are to bring together specialists from these diverse fields, to explore remarkable connections between these areas, to enhance viewpoints and to stimulate further research. The workshop is organised in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute.

ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

The past several years have seen landmark progress in the interplay between representation theory, geometry and mathematical physics. Particularly notable have been Braverman, Finkelberg and Nakajima's definition of the Coulomb branch of an N=4 supersymmetric (SUSY) 3d gauge theory, and Mellit's proof of the Hausel-Letellier-Rodriguez-Villegas conjecture on the Poincar\'e polynomials of character varieties. The area has also seen exciting connections to other fields, such as significant progress on the conjectures of Gorsky, Negut and Rasmussen relating coherent sheaves on Hilbert schemes to Khovanov-Rozansky homology. The goal of this conference is to push forward research in areas at the nexus between these results: affine Springer theory, double affine Hecke algebras and Coulomb branches, creating new connections between experts, and exposing young mathematicians to this fast-progressing and exciting research area.

ICMS, The Bayes Centre, Edinburgh

This workshop will bring together leading, as well as early career, researchers on arithmetic statistics and on algorithmic aspects of algebra and number theory, with the aim of fostering collaborations within and between these communities, and to offer early career researchers the opportunity to get a broad overview of the most recent achievements and of the most pressing problems in these fields. The workshop will also celebrate the mathematics of Hendrik W Lenstra Jr.

ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

Group Theory,    Geometry and Topology

ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

This workshop will aim to bring together experts in the theory of C*-algebras with mathematicians who have already been inspired by C*-algebras or who work in areas where there are natural connections with C*-algebras.

ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

The workshop will focus on recent new trends connecting different classical as well as quantum integrable systems through dualities and symmetries. We are inviting world leading researchers from a diverse range of the integrable systems community in order to disseminate these new important developments and techniques; strengthen and explore new and existing connections between different aspects of integrable systems; identify future perspectives and aims; and provide a networking opportunity for established and early career researchers.

ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

The main objective of this workshop is to bring together a range of researchers in geometry and topology, whose research interests are closely aligned to topics where geometric flows either already or are expected to play a key role, with experts in the analysis of geometric flows.

This is the ninth Iwasawa conference following conferences in Besancon, Limoges, Irsee, Toronto, Heidelberg, London, Tokyo and Bordeaux. The conference is dedicated to the memory of John Henry Coates

ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

Some of the most exciting developments in geometric representation theory revolve around the relatively new theory of W-algebras. Broadly speaking these are obtained via the process of quantum Hamiltonian reduction from the some of the most influential structures in modern representation theory: enveloping algebras and universal affine vertex algebras. The applications of W-algebras are seemingly endless, but we list some key examples: the ordinary and modular representation theory of Lie algebras, the classification of integrable systems (especially generalisations of the KP hierarchy), a deeper understanding of smooth representations of affine Lie algebras, conformal field theories (and their associated AdS duals), modular tensor categories and the famous geometric Langlands program, once described by Edward Frenkel as “the grand unifying theory of mathematics”. The aim of this workshop is to bring the world's leading experts together to investigate recent developments in the theory of W-algebras and their representation theory, as well as interactions with other topics in geometric representation theory.

ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

This event will be a twinned transatlantic conference on “C*-algebras and tensor categories”, promoting new connections between C*-algebra theory and tensor categories/subfactors - an interface with tremendous, yet barely explored, potential. The two locations of the conference will be the Fields Institute in Canada and ICMS in Edinburgh.

Many major breakthroughs in the classification of C*-algebras of finite topological dimension have been underpinned by the large-scale transfer of von Neumann techniques on multiple levels. The overarching objective of this conference is to bring together researchers at the interface of the rapidly developing areas of the structure and classification of C*-algebras and subfactor theory/tensor categories.