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4ECM Programme


 

Sunday, June 27
14:30-18:00 Registration

Aula Magna
18:00-19:00 Reception Aula Magna

Monday morning, June 28
08:00-09:30 Registration Aula Magna
09:30-11:20 Opening Ceremony and Prize Award Aula Magna
11:20-11:40 Coffee break  
11:40-12:30

Plenary Lecturer

Oded Schramm
Microsoft Research, USA
"Conformally invariant random processes"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna
12:30-14:30 Lunch  

Monday afternoon, June 28
14:30-15:20

Invited Lectures (4 parallel sessions)

Stefan Helmke
Kyoto University, Japan
"Loop Groups and Elliptic Singularities"
Abstract (PDF)

 Aula Magna Left

Stanislav Smirnov
KTH, Stockholm and
Geneva University, Switzerland
"Fractals and conformal invariance"
Abstract (PDF)

 Aula Magna Right
Jan Krajicek
Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
"Proof complexity"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 2, A House
Maria Shcherbina
Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering
Kharkov, Ukraine
"Mathematical problems of neural networks theory"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 6, C House
15:40-16:30

Invited Lectures (4 parallel sessions)
Michael Weiss
University of Aberdeen, UK
"Cohomology of the stable mapping class group"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Left
  Stefano Bianchini
Institiuto per la Applicazioni del Calcolo "M. Picone", Rome, Italy

"Singular Approximations to Hyperbolic systems of conservation laws in one space dimension"
Abstract (PDF)

 Aula Magna Right
Patrick Gerard
Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

"Nonlinear Schroedinger equations on compact manifolds"
Abstract (PDF)

 Hall 2, A House
Terry Lyons
University of Oxford
"Systems controlled by rough paths"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 6, C House
16:30-17:00 Coffee Break  

 
17:00-17:50

Invited lectures (4 parallel sessions)
Mircea Mustata
Clay Mathematics Institute,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
"On some invariants of sigularities"
Abstract (PDF)

 Aula Magna Left
Yehuda Shalom
Tel Aviv University, Israel
"Measurable group theory"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Right
Helge Holden
Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Trondheim, Norway
"On the Hunter-Saxton and Camassa-Holm equations"
Abstract (PDF)

 Hall 2, A House
Pascal Massart
Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
"A non asymptotic theory for model selection"
Abstract (PDF)

 Hall 6, C House
18:30 EMS Publishing House Reception
KTH, Lindstedtsvägen 30
"Sing-Sing"

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Tuesday morning, June 29

 
09:00-09:50

Prize Lectures

 
09.00-09:50

Prize winner lectures (five parallel sessions)

  Franck Barthe
Institut de Mathématiques Laboratoire de Statistique et Probabilités Toulouse, France
Isoperimetric inequalities, probability measures and convex geometry
Abstract (pdf)

 

Aula Magna Left

 

 

Paul Birán
School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Symplectic Topology and Algebraic Families  Abstract (pdf)

 

Aula Magna Right

 

 

Sylvia Serfaty
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA Vortices in the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity Abstract (pdf)

 

Hall 2, A House

 

 

Warwick Tucker
Uppsala University, Sweden
Validated numerics and the art of dividing by zero
Abstract (pdf)

 

Hall 6, C House

 

  Otmar Venjakob
Matematisches Institut Universität Heidelberg, Germany
The GL_2 main conjecture for elliptic curves without complex multiplication Abstract (pdf)

 

 Hall 10, E House

 

09:50-10:20 Coffee Break

 
10:20-11:10

Invited lectures (5 parallel sessions)
Ehud Friedgut
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
"Coloring graph products, a Fourier approach"
Abstract (PDF)

 Aula Magna Left
Elon Lindenstrauss
Clay Mathematics Insitute, Cambridge, Massachusetts and
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA
"Classification of invariant measures and quantum unique ergodicity"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Right
Daan Krammer
University of Warwick, UK
"Configurations of points in link complements"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 2, A House
Vilmos Totik
University of South Florida, Tampa, USA and
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
"Equilibrium measures and polynomials"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 6, C House

François Bouchut
CNRS & Čcole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

"Stability of relaxation models for conservation laws"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 10, E House
11:30-12:20

Invited Lectures (4 parallel sessions)
Preda Mihailescu
Universität Paderborn, Germany
"On consecutive integer powers"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Left
Imre Ruzsa
Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
"Sumsets"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Right
Brian Bowditch
University of Southhampton, UK
"Hyperbolic 3-manifolds and the geometry of the curve complex"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 2, A House
Wendelin Werner
Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
"Schramm-Loewner Evolutions, Brownian loop-soups and conformal restriction"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 6, C House
12:20-14:30 Lunch

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Tuesday afternoon, June 29

 
14:30-15:20

Science lecture

Alexander Polyakov
Princeton, USA
"Physicist's view of mathematics"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna
15:40-16:30

Science Lecture

George Oster
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology & ESPM
University of California, Berkeley, USA
"Waves like no other:Propulsion and patterns in the life of myxobacteria"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna
16:30-17:00 Coffee break

 
17:00-17:50

Science Lecture

Richard R. Ernst
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Hönggerberg, HCI
Zürich, Switzerland
"The Fourier Transformation in Spectroscopy. From Monieur Fourier to Medical Imaging"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna
19:00 Conference Dinner at City Hall

 

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Wednesday morning, June 30

 
09:00-09:50

Plenary Lecture

Andrei Okounkov
Princeton University, USA
"Random surfaces and algebraic curves"
Abstract (PDF)		 Aula Magna
9:50-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-11:10

Plenary Lecture

Claire Voisin
CNRS, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
"Recent progresses in Kaehler and Complex Algebraic Geometry"
Abstract (PDF)		 Aula Magna
11:30-12:20

Plenary Lecture

Francesco Guerra
Universitŕ di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
"Mathematical aspects of mean field spin glass theory"
Abstract (PDF)
12:20-14:30 Lunch

Wednesday afternoon, June 30
14:30-15:20

Science Lecture

Martin Nowak
Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, USA
"Evolutionary Dynamics"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna
15:40-16:30

Science Lecture

Sir Michael Berry
Bristol, UK
"The hierarchy of optical singularities: a long and unfinished symphony"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna

16:30-17:00
Coffee break
17:00-17:50

Science Lecture

Walter Kohn
Department of Physics, University of California
Santa Barbara, USA
"Electronic "Nearsightedness" of Matter: The Concept and some Quantitative Estimates"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna

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Thursday morning, July 1

 
09:00-09:50

Invited Lectures (4 parallel sessions)
Rupert Klein
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
and Data&Computation, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
"Multiple scales asymptotics for atmospheric flows"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Left
Giovanni Alberti
University of Pisa, Italy
"Structure of null sets in the plane, and applications"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Right
Grigori Olshanski
Institute for Information Transmission Problems
Moscow, Russia
"Representation theory and random point processes"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 2, A House
Denis Auroux
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA and Čcole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
"Symplectic 4-manifolds, singular plane curves, and isotopy problems"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 6, C House
9:50-10:20

Coffee break
10:20-11:10

Invited Lectures (4 parallel sessions)
Anna-Karin Tornberg
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University and
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
"Numerical approximations of singular source terms in differential equations"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Left
Mikhail Sodin
Tel Aviv University, Israel
"Zeroes of gaussian analytic functions"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Right
Alice Guionnet
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
"A probabilistic approach toward some problems in von Neumann algebras"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 2, A House
Kieran O'Grady
Universitŕ di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
"Hyperkähler manifolds and algebraic geometry"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 6, C House
11:30-12:20

Invited Lectures (4 parallel sessions)
Michele Parrinello
ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
"Pushing back the frontiers of molecular dynamics simulations"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Left
Xavier Tolsa
ICREA and Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona, Spain
"The semiadditivity of analytic capacity and the Painlevé problem"
Abstract (PDF)		 Aula Magna Right
Tomasz Luczak
University of Poznan, Poland
"Phase transition phenomena in random discrete structures"
Abstract (PDF)		 Hall 2, A House
Umberto Zannier
IUAV Universitŕ degli studi, Venice, Italy
"On the integral points on certain algebraic varieties"
Abstract (PDF)		 Hall 6, C House
12:20-14:30 Lunch
14:30

Excursion

 

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Friday morning, July 2

 
09:00-09:50

European Network Lectures (4 parallel sessions)
  EU Network: Quantum Spaces - Noncommutative Geometry (QSNG)

 Aula Magna Left
Yann Brenier
CNRS, Laboratoire Dieudonne, Nice, France
EU Network: Hyperbolic and Kinetic Equations: Asymptotics, Numerics, Applications (HYKE)
"Kinetic theory, hyperbolic PDEs and geometric measure theory"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Right
Miles Reid
University of Warwick, UK
EU Network: European Algebraic Geometry Research Training Network (EAGER)
"Constructing algebraic varieties via commutative algebra"
Abstract (PDF)		 Hall 2, A House
Jonathan Keating
University of Bristol, UK
EU Network: Mathematical Aspects of Quantum Chaos (MAQC)
"Some Recent Mathematical Results in Quantum Chaos"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 6, C House
09:50-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-11:10

European Network Lectures (4 parallel sessions)
Jean Esterle
Université Bordeaux I, France
EU Network: Classical Analysis, Operator Theory, Geometry of Banach spaces, their interplay and their applications (Analysis and Operators)
"Analysis and Operators> Some aspects of recent progress at European level, 2000-2004"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Left
Jan Philip Solovej
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
EU Network: Postdoctural Training Program in Mathematical Analysis of Large Quantum Systems
"Mathematical problems of large quantum systems"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Right
Marina Monsurro
École Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne, Switzerland, France
EU Network: Algebraic K-Theory, Linear Algebraic Groups and Related Structures
"Algebras with involution and classical groups"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 2, A House
Frank den Hollander
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven EURANDOM, Netherlands
ESF Programme: Phase Transitions and Fluctuation Phenomena for Random Dynamics in Spatially Extended Systems (RDSES) 2002-2006
Abstract (PDF)		 Hall 6, C House
11:30-12:20

European Network Lectures (4 parallel sessions)

 
Christian Krattenthaler
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
EU Network: Algebraic Combinatorics in Europe (ACE)
"Research Training Network "Algebraic Combinatorics in Europe"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Left
Bernard Helffer
Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France
ESF Programme: Spectral Theory and Partial Differential Equations (SPECT)
"Analysis of the bottom of the spectrum of Schroedinger operators with magnetic potentials and applications"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna Right
Jakob Stix
Universität Bonn, Germany
EU Network: Galois Theory and Explicit Methods in Arithmetic (GTEM)
"The Grothendieck-Teichmueller group and the Galois theory of the rational numbers"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 2, A House
Aline Bonami
Université d'Orléans, France
EU Network: Harmonic Analysis and Related Problems (HARP)
"Some problems related with holomorphic functions on tube domains over light cones"
Abstract (PDF) 		Hall 6, C House
12:30-14:30 Lunch

 

Friday afternoon, July 2

 
14:30-15:20

Plenary Lecture

Zoltán Szabó
Princeton University, USA
"Holomorphic disks and low dimensional topology"
Abstract (PDF)		 Aula Magna

 
15:40-16:30

Plenary Lecture

François Golse
Université Paris 7, Paris, France
"Hydrodynamic Limits"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna
16:30-17:00 Coffee break  
17:00-17:50

Plenary Lecture

Johan Hĺstad
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
"Efficient computational proofs and inapproximability"
Abstract (PDF) 		Aula Magna
18:00 Closing Ceremony Aula Magna

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