MSRI PROGRAM in ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY in 2009
In Spring 2009, MSRI will hold a special jumbo half-year program on Algebraic Geometry. "Jumbo" in this context means that this Algebraic Geometry program will be the only program at MSRI during that time as opposed to the usual sharing between two different programs. It will be twice the size of usual programs.
The application deadlines have passed. Research Memberships and Postdoctoral Fellowships are being announced by MSRI.
Current Workshop Schedule
Connections: Algebraic Geometry and Related Fields January 22, 2009 to January 24, 2009 Organized By: Angela Gibney (U. Pennsylvania), Brendan Hassett (Rice U.), Sándor Kovács (U. Washington), Diane Maclagan (Warwick U.), Jessica Sidman (Mt. Holyoke), and Ravi Vakil (Stanford U.) Classical Algebraic Geometry Today January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009 Organized By: Lucia Caporaso (U. Rome III), Brendan Hassett (Rice U.), James McKernan (MIT), Mircea Mustaţă (U. Michigan), Mihnea Popa (U. Illinois - Chicago) Modern Moduli Theory February 23, 2009 to February 27, 2009 Organized By: Izzet Coskun (U. Illinois - Chicago), Sheldon Katz (U. Illinois), Alina Marian (U. Illinois - Chicago), Rahul Pandharipande (Princeton U.), Richard Thomas (Imperial College), Hsian-Hua Tseng (U. Wisconsin), Ravi Vakil (Stanford U.) Combinatorial, Enumerative and Toric Geometry March 23, 2009 to March 27, 2009 Organized By: Michel Brion (U. de Genoble), Anders Buch (Rutgers U.), Linda Chen (Ohio State U.), William Fulton (U. Michigan), Sándor Kovács (U. Washington), Frank Sottile (Texas A&M), Harry Tamvakis (U. Maryland), and Burt Totaro (Cambridge U.) For further information, please keep an eye on MSRI's website, in particular the page:
http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/251/show_program
as well as this website http://www.math.washington.edu/~msri2009.
If you have questions, please write to msri2009@math.washington.edu (and not to the individual organizers). We will keep this website up to date, so we won't have much more information than that is available here.
The Organizing Committee
msri2009@math.washington.edu
This is the original MSRI announcement of the program: Algebraic Geometry
January 12, 2009 to May 22, 2009 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA. William Fulton, Joe Harris, Brendan Hassett, János Kollár, Sándor Kovács, Robert Lazarsfeld, Ravi Vakil Algebraic geometry has long been a central subject, with deep and substantial connections to almost every aspect of modern mathematics. There are numerous different approaches to the field, utilizing widely varying technical tools: Commutative algebra, complex analysis, sheaf theory, cohomological methods, and combinatorial techniques all play important rôles.
This multiplicity of techniques and interconnections creates a conundrum for the student of algebraic geometry: How can I learn all the specific tools of the trade, while at the same time developing an overall sense for what guides the subject? Even established researchers can feel powerful centrifugal forces pulling at the field, as it spawns new specialties with astonishing regularity.
In Spring 2009, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute will sponsor a program on algebraic geometry, emphasizing cross-fertilization between different areas, including classical and complex algebraic geometry, linear series techniques, moduli spaces, enumerative geometry, varieties with group actions, birational geometry, rational curves on algebraic varieties, and classification theory. The full resources of MSRI will be devoted to a comprehensive discussion of these topics. The organizers hope to convey the essential unity of the subject, especially to young researchers and established mathematicians in other fields who use algebraic geometry in their research.
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