********************************************************************** MEDEDELINGEN VAN HET KONINKLIJK WISKUNDIG GENOOTSCHAP, 2005 nr. 10 (elektronische aflevering) De eerstvolgende aflevering verschijnt omstreeks 17 juni 2005. Kopij kan worden gestuurd naar medwg@cwi.nl; agenda-items kunnen ook worden aangeboden via de website www.wiskgenoot.nl ********************************************************************** 1. Agenda 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. 3. Personalia 4. Promoties ********************************************************************** 1. Agenda Van de in onderstaande opsommingen met * aangeduide activiteiten treft men bijzonderheden aan in de rubriek 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. 3-6 UL: LIMO, landelijke interuniversitaire mathematische olympiade Voor het eerst wordt in Leiden een universitaire wiskunde olympiade gehouden. Informatie: LIMO@deleidscheflesch.nl 6/10-6 EIDMA: 5-day minicourse on Structural Graph Theory http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/courses/minicourses/thomas/thomas.html 7-6 RUG: Colloquium Evelien Bus Ups and downs 16.15 u., zaal BB 217, Blauwborgje 10 7-6 TUE: Colloquium Prof.dr. R.W. van der Hofstad Random grafen voor complexe netwerken: kleine werelden en six degrees of separation Prof.dr. A.E. Brouwer Het breken van chocoladerepen 16.30-17.30 u., Auditorium 15, TUE http://www.win.tue.nl/~terelst/math-vakgroep-colloquium.html 8-6 UvT: Seminar John Einmahl (Tilburg Univ.) Tests for Independence in Nonparametric Regression 16 hrs. room B 834. 8/11-6 Seville, Spanje: Second Advanced Course in Operator Theory and Complex Analysis http://www.us.es/ceacyto2 9/13-6 Eger, Hongarije: Lipot Fejer and Frigyes Riesz Conference Conference to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of two outstanding Hungarian mathematicians http://www.math.u-szeged.hu/confer/fejerriesz/Friesz.htm 9-6 UU: Stafolloquium Y. Manin (MPIM Bonn/Northwestern) The notion of dimension in geometry and algebra (in the series `Basic Notions in Mathematics') 15.30-17.15 u., different location: Minnaertgebouw 208 http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/ 10-6 *UvA: Intercity Seminar Algebraic Geometry Spring 2005: Vertex Algebras and Algebraic Curves. 13/17-6 TUE: 5-day EIDMA minicourse Computational Methods in Public Key Cryptology Lectured by Prof. Arjen Lenstra (Lucent Technologies, USA & TUE) and Dr. Tanja Lange (Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany) http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/courses/minicourses/lenstralange/lenstralange.html 14-6 RUG: Colloquium Eric Bergshoeff Surprises with String theory 16.15 u., zaal BB 217, Blauwborgje 10 15-6 VUA: Inaugurele rede prof.dr. J. van den Berg Kans en ruimte 15.45 u. precies, aula van de universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105 Na afloop is er een receptie 16-6 UU: Stafcolloqium H. Duistermaat (UU), B. Koren (CWI/TUD), J. van de Leur (UU) Peter Lax, 2005 Abel Prize recipient: an outline of some of his work, and his biography 15.30-17.15 u., zaal K11, Math. Inst. voorafgegaan door een half uurtje koffie en thee in De Eigenruimte http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/ 21-6 RUG: Colloquium Anne van Streun (Didactiek van de wiskunde en natuurwetenschappen, RUG) Kwaliteiten en tekorten van de instromende vwo-leerlingen 16.15 u., zaal BB 217, Blauwborgje 10 23-6 UU: Algemeen Colloquium J. Rizov (UU) Moduli spaces, K3-surfaces and Abelian varieties 15.30-16.30 u., zaal K11, Math. Inst. voorafgegaan door een half uurtje koffie en thee in De Eigenruimte http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/ 28/30-6 UT: 4th Twente workshop on Cooperative Game Theory e-mail: gametheory2005@math.utwente.nl http://www.math.utwente.nl/~driessentsh 30-6 *UU: Algemeen Colloquium Henk Bos Valedictory Symposium. 4/7-7 Santander, Spain: Special Functions: Asymptotic Analysis and Computation A Conference in Honor of Nico Temme's 65th birthday http://www.sf05.unican.es/ 5/11-8 Budapest, Hongarije: Logic in Hungary 2005 Conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of Laszlo Kalmar and Rozsa Peter http://www.renyi.hu/~lh05/ 14/19-8 Oisterwijk: GAC 3 Conference: Geometric and Algebraic Combinatorics 3 http://few.kub.nl/gac/ 21/26-8 Bandung, Indonesia: International Conference on Applied Mathematics (ICAM05) Email ICAM05: icam05@labmath-itb.or.id for registration and paper submission see http://www.labmath-itb.or.id/~icam05 16/18-09 Barcelona, Spain: EMS-SCM Joint Mathematical Weekend Topics: Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Dynamical Systems, Evolution PDEs and Calculus of Variations, Module Theory and Representation of Algebras, Non-commutative Geometry http://www.iecat.net/scm/emsweekend 29-8/2-9 Lorentz Center: Workshop `Arithmetic Geometry and High Energy Physics' Organizers: Gunther Cornelissen (Utrecht), Matilde Marcolli (MPIM, Bonn), Andrew Waldron (UC Davis) http://www.lc.leidenuniv.nl/ 27/30-9 Scheveningen, The Hague: 8th European Multigrid Conference This conference is devoted to dissimination of recent advances and ideas concerning multigrid, multilevel and multiscale methods, a.o. for the solution of elliptic partial differential equations http://pcse.tudelft.nl/emg2005/ 7-10 Brussel, Belgie: Workshop Coding Theory and Cryptography register before September 15 http://cage.ugent.be/~ls/website/contactforum2005.html 12/14-10 Woudschoten, Zeist: 2005 Conferentie van de Nederlands-Vlaamse Numerieke Wiskunde Gemeenschappen http://www.cwi.nl/projects/wnw/conf2005/nl_index.html 14/15-10 Gent: Conference in honour of Jacques Tits Travel information: bmuhlherr@ulb.ac.be http://cage.rug.ac.be/~hvm/conference.html 14-10 Utrecht EIDMA: Cryptography Working Group http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/cwg.html 2-12 Utrecht EIDMA: Cryptography Working Group http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/cwg.html 16/17-3-06 *Basel, Switzerland: 10th Rhine Workshop on Computer Algebra (RWCA 2006). 22/30-8-06 Madrid, Spain: International Congress of Mathematicians 2006 ICM 2006 is organized under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union. This world congress of mathematicians is held every four years. There are two prestigious prizes that will be awarded, namely, the Fields Medals and the Nevanlinna Prize. In addition, the Gauss Prize will be awarded for the first time. Preregistration is possible now. http://www.icm2006.org ************************************************************************* 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. UU Algemeen Colloquium: Henk Bos Valedictory Symposium on the occasion of the retirement of Henk Bos as Professor of History of Mathematics. Date/location: June 30, 2005; UU (Uithof), Building `Aardwetenschappen', Budapestlaan 4, Kleine Zaal Programme: 10:30 Arrival, coffee available at the entrance of the `Kleine Zaal' 11:00 Opening by Jan Hogendijk (Utrecht) 11:10 Niccolo Guicciardini (Siena): Reading Newton's Principia: Content and Context 12:00 Annette Imhausen (Cambridge): Administration, Education, Representation: The Various Uses of Mathematics in Ancient Egypt 12:45 Lunch break. Lunch (not free) at the Canteen of the Minnaert Building 14:15 Volker Remmert (Mainz): Antiquity, Nobility and Utility: Picturing the Mathematical Sciences in the Early Modern Period 15:00 Break - Coffee and tea are available at the entrance of the 'Kleine Zaal' 15:30 Henk Bos (Utrecht): 'Loose Ends' 16:30 Jeremy Gray (Milton Keynes): Unconcluding Remarks 17:00 Reception in the Library of the Department of Mathematics For more information: bos@math.uu.nl Everyone is welcome, registration is not necessary and there is no fee. http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/ UvA Intercity Seminar Algebraic Geometry Spring 2005: Vertex Algebras and Algebraic Curves Date/location: June 10, 2005; room 388, building J, Valckenierstraat 65, Amsterdam The object of this spring seminar is to study the quantum and classical theory of integrable systems of Hitchin type. As such it is a natural extension of the activities of last year's seminar. 11:00 - 12:45 David Ben-Zvi The Segal-Sugawara Construction and Isomonodromy 14:00 - 15:40 Ngo Bao Chau The Hitchin fibration and the fundamental lemma 16:15 - 17:15 Mikhail Olshanetsky Symplectic Hecke correspondence in Hitchim systems For more information: http://www.math.uu.nl/people/hoevenaa/ICS/content/index.html 10th Rhine Workshop on Computer Algebra (RWCA 2006) Date/location: 16-17 March 2006 in Basel, Switzerland This informal workshop is held every other year and gives young researchers in all subfields of computer algebra an opportunity to present their work. Apart from that, it stimulates contact between computer algebraists in the region---though, of course, the workshop is open for everyone to submit papers or attend. For information on participation and submission see: http://www.math.unibas.ch/~draisma/rwca06 If you want to receive the second announcement, due 15 August and containing more details, then send an e-mail to jan.draisma@unibas.ch Organisation: Workshop chair: Jan Draisma Programme chair: Hanspeter Kraft ************************************************************************* 3. Personalia UvA In dienst: per 1 juni 2005 drs. R. Driesse, als aio voor 4 jaar bij dr. A.J. Homburg, groep Applied Analysis and Dynamical Systems. Uit dienst: per 1 juni 2005 ir. M. Bergman, bij prof. dr. R.J.M.M. Does, IBIS UvA/groep Stochastiek, naar adviesbureau UNC BV, Amsterdam. Wijziging dienstverband per 1 juni 2005: dr. G.M. Hek, bij prof. dr. A. Doelman, groep Dynamical Systems and Numerical Analysis, van een dienstverband van 40 procent naar fulltime aanstelling. Gast: van 5 t/m 11 juni: prof. D. Ben-Zvi (University of Texas, Austin, Texas) bij prof.dr. E.M. Opdam, groep Algebraic Groups. ************************************************************************* 4. Promoties UU 13-6 drs. T. Wolle, Computational aspects of treewidth. Lower bounds and network reliability, promotor: prof.dr. J. van Leeuwen, copromotor: dr. H.L. Bodlaender, Academiegebouw, 12.45 u. 7-9 J. Rizov, Moduli of K3-Surfaces and Abelian Varieties, Academiegebouw, 10.30 u. UvA 22-6 ir. H. van der Ploeg, Singular Pulse Patterns in the Gierer-Meinhardt Equation, promotor: prof. dr. A. Doelman, Aula der Universiteit, Singel 411, 14 u. 30-6 drs. Chris Zaal, Complete subvarieties of moduli spaces of smooth algebraic curves, promotores: prof.dr. G.B.M. van der Geer en prof. C. Faber (KTH), Aula der Universiteit, Singel 411, 12 u. ************************************************************************* (einde mededelingen)