Stockholm University will host a conference in honor of Ralf Fröberg’s 65th birthday on June 12, 2009. The theme of the conference will be Algebra, reflecting Fröberg’s many contributions.
For more information, including a programme, invited speakers, and travel and accommodation information, please see the conference web page.
Author: Graham Leuschke
Barcelona: Robbiano's birthday
A conference on computational commutative algebra will be held June 12-13, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain in honour of Lorenzo Robbiano on the occasion of his 65th birthday. See the conference website for more information.
Voss, Norway: Combinatorics
The 2009 Abel Symposium will be on the topic “Combinatorial aspects of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry.” The Symposium will be held June 1-4, 2009 in Voss, Norway.
For more information, including a list of speakers, see the official page of the Abel Symposium and the web page for the 2009 Symposium. The latter link also contains information on travel, accommodations, and organizing committees.
New map of commutative algebraists
We’ve added a new feature to our people page: a map of all the commutative algebraists on our list! Five continents and dozens of countries, with fascinating distributions. If you see any problems with our data, just let us know.
Paderborn: Triangulated categories and singularities
There will be a Workshop in Paderborn on the topic of “Triangulated categories and singularities”, May 26-30 2009. The organizers are R.-O. Buchweitz, H. Krause, D. Kussin, H. Lenzing, and A. Neeman. For more information, please see the web page for the workshop.
Columbia, SC: Seminar
The next GSU-USC Commutative Algebra Seminar will be April 4 and 5 in Columbia, SC. For more information see the Seminar web page.
Homotopy theory and applications, Lincoln
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a conference on Homotopy Theory and Applications, April 3–5, 2009. This meeting is planned around a public lecture by Mike Hopkins on 3rd April 2009, as part of the annual Rowlee Lecture Series at UNL. The intent is to bring together builders and users of homotopy theory for an exchange of problems, ideas, and intuition.
For more information, including a tentative list of participants, as well as information on accommodations, travel, and the organizers, see the conference web page. All are welcome.
update 23 Jan 09: new web page.
new NSF postdocs
We’d like to pass on the news from the Directors of AIM, IAS, IMA, IPAM, MBI, MSRI, and SAMSI that about 30 new postdoctoral positions are likely to become available soon, pending support by the NSF. The seven NSF funded Mathematical Sciences Institutes invite applications for these positions. Persons who have received a PhD from a U.S. institution in the mathematical and statistical sciences within the last 5 years and who do not have employment for the Fall of 2009 are requested to apply online at mathinstitutes.org. Offers may be made as early as April 10.
Photos from Bluegrass 2
Javid Validashti has posted some photos from the recent 2nd Bluegrass Algebra Conference in Lexington. Thanks for sending them along, Javid! Go see!
added 19 March: We’re sad to hear that Jim Huckaba, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Missouri, died on Tuesday March 10. Jim was a widely respected and admired commutative algebraist. His son, Sam, works in commutative algebra as well.
The Huckaba family is establishing a memorial scholarship fund at MU. Contributions can be made by check (to University of Missouri, with a note saying it is for the “James A. Huckaba Memorial Scholarship Fund”) and sent to Carmen Chicone, Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.
Eighth Colloquiumfest, CUNY
The Eighth Colloquiumfest will be held in New York City at the CUNY Graduate Center on March 6-7, 2009.
The event will present invited talks on valuation theory and algebraic geometry, orderings and model theory.
A tentative list of speakers includes Dale Cutkosky (Missouri), Samar El Hitti (New York City College of Technology), Krishna Hanumanthu (University of Kansas), Olga Kashcheyeva (University of Illinois at Chicago), Kiran Kedlaya (MIT), Philipp Rothmaler (CUNY – Bronx Community College), and Michael Temkin (University of Pennsylvania).
For more information, please see the Colloquiumfest web page.