Category: Conference Listings

Dec 3, 2012 to Dec 7, 2012
This workshop on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra aims to bring together researchers studying toric algebra and degenerations, simplicial objects such as monomial ideals and Stanley-Reisner rings, and their connections to tropical geometry, algebraic statistics, Hilbert schemes, D-modules, and hypergeometric functions.
Speakers:

• Christine Berkesch (Duke University)
• Aldo Conca (Università degli Studi di Genova)
• Daniel Erman (University of Michigan)
• Thomas Kahle (MSRI, Berkeley)
• Mateusz Michalek (Max-Planck Institute, Bonn)
• Ezra Miller (Duke University)
• Satoshi Murai (Yamaguchi University)
• Uwe Nagel (University of Kentucky)
• Hidefumi Ohsugi (Rikkyo University)
• Sonja Petrovic (Penn State University)
• Claudia Polini (University of Notre Dame)
• Jenna Rajchgot (University of Michigan)
• Tim Roemer (Universität Osnabrück)
• Steven Sam (MSRI and UC Berkeley)
• Anne Shiu (University of Chicago)
• Greg Smith (Queen’s University)
• Matteo Varbaro (Università degli Studi di Genova)
• Josephine Yu (Georgia Tech)

Organizer(s)
Winfried Bruns (Universität Osnabrück), Alicia Dickenstein (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Takayuki Hibi (Osaka University), Allen Knutson* (Cornell University), and Bernd Sturmfels (University of California, Berkeley)
For more information: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/show/-/event/Wm571

Irena Peeva is organizing a Workshop on Syzygies at Cornell University, Nov. 9-11 2012.
Speakers:

• David Berlekamp
• Anna Bertiger
• Adam Boocher
• Jesse Burke
• Kai Fong Ernest Chong
• David Cook II
• Branden Stone
• Alessandro De Stefani
• Daniel Erman
• Ines B Henriques
• Kristine Jones
• Jeffrey Mermin
• Alexandra Seceleanu
• Alexandre Tchernev
• Xin Zhou

Kristen Beck and Silvia Saccon are organizing a Special Session on Topics in Commutative Algebra for the 2012 Fall Western Section Meeting of the AMS at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ, October 27-28.

The 22nd annual Route 81 Conference will be held at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario from October 20-21, 2012. This year’s conference has been entitled “Interactions between Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry”. This edition of the Route 81 Conference will also celebrate the 70th Birthday of Tony Geramita and his contributions to the interplay between commutative algebra and algebraic geometry.
The following people have agreed to speak:

• Francois Bergeron (UQAM)
• Eddy Campbell (UNB)
• Enrico Carlini (Politecnico di Torino)
• Marvi Catalisano (Università di Genova)
• Jaydeep Chipalkatti (University of Manitoba)
• Susan Cooper (Central Michigan)
• Andrew Hoefel (Queen’s)
• Juan Migliore (Notre Dame)
• Lorenzo Robbiano (Università di Genova)
• Mike Stillman (Cornell)
• Fabrizio Zanello (Michigan Tech)

For further information on this year’s Route 81 conference, please visit the conference website.
Organizing Committee

• Tai Ha (Tulane)
• Brian Harbourne (Nebraska)
• Greg Smith (Queen’s)
• Adam Van Tuyl (Lakehead)

The Fall Central Section Meeting of the AMS will be held at the University of Akron, October 20 – 21, 2012 (Saturday – Sunday). This meeting will include a Special Session on Commutative Algebra organized by Livia Hummel (University of Indianapolis) and Sean Sather-Wagstaff (North Dakota State University).

The AMS Southeastern Fall Section Meeting will be held October 13-14, 2012 (Saturday – Sunday) at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. This meeting will include a Special Session on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra organized by Chris Francisco, Tai Ha, and Adam Van Tuyl.

The Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest and the University of Bucharest, with the support of Ovidius University in Constanta and the Romanian Mathematical Society-Constanta branch are organizing
the 20th Romanian National Algebra School in Mangalia, Romania between September 2-8, 2012.
The theme is “Discrete Invariants in Commutative Algebra and in Algebraic Geometry”.
The scientific committee :

• Winfried Bruns, Osnabrueck
• Dorin Popescu, Bucharest
• Peter Schenzel, Halle

Confirmed speakers so far:

• Daniel Brinkmann (Osnabrueck University, Germany )
• Winfried Bruns (Osnabrueck University, Germany )
• Hara Charalambous (Thessaloniki University, Greece )
• Muhammad Ishaq (National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan )
• Martina Kubitzke (Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main, Germany )
• Julio Jose Moyano-Fernandez (Osnabrueck University, Germany )
• Ryota Okazaki (Osaka University, Japan )
• Asia Rauf (ICTP, Trieste, Italy )
• Raman Sanyal (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany )
• Peter Schenzel (Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, Germany )
• Apostolos Thoma (Ioannina University, Greece )

Organizers: Mircea Cimpoeas, Viviana Ene, Bogdan Ichim, Dorin Popescu, Dumitru Stamate
More details are available at the web page of the school.

The University of Mohaghegh Ardabili in Ardabili, Iran, will host a workshop on Algebra and its Applications August 31 — September 1, 2012.
Title: Second Workshop on Algebra and its Applications
Date: August 31-September 1, 2012
Place: University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran
Abstract submission deadline: August 11, 2012
Weblink: http://www.uma.ac.ir/index.php?slc_lang=en&sid=25
There will be also a summer school after this workshop with the following information:
Title: Combinatorial Commutative Algebra and its Applications
Starts from: September 2, 2012 for two weeks
Place: University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran
Speakers: S. Yassemi, M.R. Pournaki, H.R. Maimani, and M. Alizadeh.
Sections: Simplicial Complexes, Graph Theory and Poset Theory
Weblink: http://www.uma.ac.ir/index.php?slc_lang=en&sid=25

Joint Introductory Workshop: Cluster Algebras and Commutative Algebra
Aug 27, 2012 to Sep 7, 2012
The workshop will take place at the opening of the MSRI special programs on Commutative Algebra and on Cluster Algebras. It will feature lecture series at different levels, to appeal to a wide variety of participants. There will be minicourses on the basics of cluster algebras, and others developing particular aspects of cluster algebras and commutative algebra.
Speakers:

• Holger Brenner (University of Osnabrueck)
• Sergey Fomin (University of Michigan)
• Craig Huneke (University of Kansas)
• Bernhard Keller (Universite Paris VII)
• Bernard Leclerc (Universite de Caen)
• Irena Peeva (Cornell University)
• Idun Reiten (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU)
• Frank Schreyer (Universitat des Saarlandes)
• Karen Smith (University of Michigan)
• Dylan Thurston (Barnard College)
• Alek Vainshtein (University of Haifa, Israel)
• Michel Van den Bergh (Universiteit Hasselt)

Organizer(s)
David Eisenbud* (University of California, Berkeley), Bernhard Keller (Universit´e Paris VII, France), Karen Smith (University of Michigan), and Alexander Vainshtein* (University of Haifa, Israel)
For more information: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/show/-/event/Wm557

This joint workshop runs Aug 22, 2012 to Aug 24, 2012.
This workshop will present basic notions from Commutative Algebra and Cluster Algebras, with a particular focus on providing background material. Additionally, the workshop aims to encourage and facilitate the exchange of ideas between researchers in Commutative Algebra and researchers in Cluster Algebras.
Organizer(s)
Claudia Polini (University of Notre Dame), Idun Reiten (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Karen Smith (University of Michigan), and Lauren Williams* (University of California, Berkeley)
For more information: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/show/-/event/Wm556