Subject: Mededelingen van het KWG, 2007, nr. 20 From: Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:53:45 +0100 (CET) ********************************************************************** MEDEDELINGEN VAN HET KONINKLIJK WISKUNDIG GENOOTSCHAP, 2007 nr. 20 (elektronische aflevering) De eerstvolgende aflevering verschijnt omstreeks 14 december 2007. 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. Promoties ********************************************************************** 1. Agenda 30-11 UvA: Geometry and Quantum Theory colloquium (GQT) Elmar Schrohe (Leibniz Univ.), Eric Rains (Caltech), Claus Hertling (Univ. of Mannheim) 11.15-17 u., room P.227, KdV Institute for Mathematics, Plantage Muidergracht 24, Amsterdam http://gqt.nl/seminar 30-11 VUA: Workshop on the occasion of Sanne ter Horst's PhD defense Speakers: Art Frazho, Michael Dritschel, Henk de Snoo, Daniel Alpay, Harm Bart 13.30 u., room P-423, De Boelelaan 1081 http://www.math.vu.nl/~ran/aankondigingWorkshop2007.html 30-11 UvA: Colloquium on Mathematical Logic Sonja Smets (Brussel) Title to be announced 16-17 u., room P.019 or P.017, Euclides Organizers: R. Iemhoff, J. Vaananen and J. van Oosten http://www.math.uu.nl/people/jvoosten/seminar.html 3/7-12 Lorentz Center Leiden: Workshop Algoritmic Bioprocesses Organizer: J.N. Kok (LIACS, UL) http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2007/268/info.php3?wsid=268 6/7-12 Univ. of Ulm: Mini-workshop 'Algebraic curves and cryptography' Invited speakers: C. Diem, P. Gaudry, R. Gerkmann, C. Ritzenthaler The workshop takes place at the Institute of Pure Mathematics. It is supported by the local Graduate School 'Mathematical Analysis of Evolution, Information and Complexity' Organisers: I. Bouw (irene.bouw@uni-ulm.de) and R. Carls (robert.carls@uni-ulm.de) http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/ReineMath/mitarbeiter/bouw/ws07/miniws07.html.en 6-12 SARA: SARA Superdag 2007 Location: Turingzaal (Z011) at Science Park Amsterdam, Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam For the program and registration, go to: http://www.sara.nl/news/recent/superdag2007/index.html 6-12 UU: Algemeen Mathematisch Colloquium Rob Stevenson (UVA) Adaptive wavelet methods for solving high dimensional PDE's 15.30-16.30 u., zaal 611, Minnaertgebouw, voorafgegaan door koffie en thee http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/sc2.html 6-12 UL: Stafcolloquium Wiskunde Prof. Barry Koren (CWI) Compressible two-fluid flow: model, method and results 16-17 u., zaal 174, Snellius http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~evertse/colloquium.shtml 7-12 CWI: BRICKS Scientific Computing Meeting Registration: If you want to attend the meeting, please send a message to Nada.Mitrovic@cwi.nl 7-12 *EIDMA: DIAMANT Cryptography Working Group 10/11-12 EURANDOM: Workshop on 'Multivariate Risk Management' The main focus of the workshop is on research methodology for multivariate risk management. http://www.eurandom.tue.nl/workshops/2007/multivariate.htm 12-12 UvA: Algemeen Wiskunde Colloquium Rob Stevenson (UvA) Titel nog niet bekend 11.15-12.15 u., P.017 http://www.science.uva.nl/research/math/Calendar/colloq/ 13-12 UU: Algemeen Mathematisch Colloquium Patrick Popescu-Pampu (Paris VII ) The geometry of continued fractions and the topology of surface singularities 15.30-16.30 u., zaal 611, voorafgegaan door koffie en thee in de collegezaal 611 http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/sc2.html 14-12 VUA: Intercity Seminar Algebra and Geometry Last meeting of this semester's Intercity Seminar Speakers: Daniel Huybrechts (Bonn) and Michel van den Bergh (Hasselt). Titles and further details will be announced. http://www.science.uva.nl/~bmoonen/ICS07.html 20-12 TUE: Combinatorial Optimization Symposium JKL60 A seminar day for the celebration of the 60th birthday of Jan Karel Lenstra http://www.win.tue.nl/jkl60 21-12 UL: Oratie Dr. R.J.F. Cramer, hoogleraar Cryptologie plaats/tijd: Poortgebouw, Rijnsburgerweg 10, Leiden klokke 16.15 u. (men wordt verzocht uiterlijk 10 minuten voor de aanvang van de plechtigheid aanwezig te zijn) Vanwege het beperkte aantal plaatsen wordt men verzocht zich aan te melden via http://www.oraties.leidenuniv.nl . 7/11-1-08 UT: Multiscale Modeling and Singular Perturbations This course is meant for PhD students and advanced Master students in mathematics and physics with interest in dynamical systems and applications. There will be lectures by Henk Broer, Arjen Doelman, Tasso Kaper and Martin Krupa and a special Symposium on Friday 11. http://wwwhome.math.utwente.nl/~meijerhge/announcement.pdf 9/11-1-08 EURANDOM: workshop 'Metastability' The workshop will focus on systems of spins and particles subject to a stochastic dynamics governed by a model Hamiltonian. Examples are Glauber dynamics for Ising spins, Kawasaki dynamics for lattice gas particles, and probabilistic cellular automata. http://www.eurandom.tue.nl/workshops/2008/METASTABILITY.htm 12-1-08 UU: Wintersymposium KWG Thema: Wiskundehelden uit de Gouden Eeuw Sprekers: Teun Koetsier, Jan van Maanen en Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis Dit jaar staat het wintersymposium in het teken van drie wiskundehelden uit de zeventiende eeuw: Simon Stevin, Frans van Schooten en Christiaan Huygens. http://www.wiskgenoot.nl/watbiedt/wintersymposium08 15/17-1-08 *Lunteren: 33ste Lunteren Conferentie Mathematische Besliskunde 16/18-1-08 Univ. Gent: Workshop Numerical approach of oscillatory functions http://www.naof.ugent.be 21/23-1-08 Lunteren: 7e Winter School Mathematical Finance Levy Models and Life Insurance and Pensions Location: Congres Hotel 'De Werelt' http://remote.science.uva.nl/~spreij/stieltjes/winterschool.html 28-1/1-2-08 UT: Study Group Mathematics with Industry 2008 (SWI2008) E-mail: swi2008@math.utwente.nl http://www.math.utwente.nl/swi2008 29/31-1-08 UU: Workshop on Integrability in the AdS/CFT correspondence This workshop aims to explain the AdS/CFT correspondence in physics to a mathematical audience and review some of the recent progress that was obtained using integrability and the Bethe Ansatz. Location: Minnaert Building http://www.math.uu.nl/adscft 1-2-08 UU: Geometry and Quantum Theory colloquium (GQT) http://gqt.nl/seminar 10/14-3-08 EURANDOM: YEP-V workshop: 'Statistical Mechanics on Random Structures' This workshop is the fifth in a successful series of YEP meetings at EURANDOM in the years 2004-2007. The main focus of the workshop will be the investigation of the large scale behaviour of systems whose 'interaction network' is modelled by random graphs. http://www.eurandom.tue.nl/workshops/2008/YEPV/YepVmain.htm 28-3-08 RU Nijmegen: Geometry and Quantum Theory colloquium (GQT) http://gqt.nl/seminar 30-5-08 UvA: Geometry and Quantum Theory colloquium (GQT) Location: KdV Institute for Mathematics, room P.227 Plantage Muidergracht 24, Amsterdam http://gqt.nl/seminar 9/13-6-08 UL: Educational Week on Non-commutative Integration Stieltjes Educational Week main lecturers: Fyodor Sukochev (Flinders Univ.), Ben de Pagter (TU Delft). Further details, including a webpage, are to be announced. 13/7-18/7-08 Amsterdam RAI: Fifth European Congress of Mathematics including the 44th Nederlands Mathematisch Congres, under auspices of the European Mathematical Society and the Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap, organised by CWI and the two Amsterdam universities htpp://www.5ecm.nl/ 21/25-7-08 Lorentz Center: Operator Structures and Dynamical Systems The theme of this workshop is the relationship between dynamical systems and associated operator structures in a broad sense. It is a satellite conference of 5ecm. http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2008/288/info.php3?wsid=288 27/28-8-08 EURANDOM: 10 jaar EURANDOM http://www.eurandom.tue.nl ************************************************************************* 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. Lunteren 33ste Lunteren Conferentie Mathematische Besliskunde Datum/lokatie: 15-17 januari, 2008; Lunteren Georganiseerd door het LNMB. De vijf plenaire sprekers zijn: Friedrich Eisenbrand (Paderborn, Germany), David Gamarnik (MIT, Cambridge, USA), Anupam Gupta (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA), Jong-Shi Pang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA) en Balaji Prabhabar (Stanford University, USA). Daarnaast is er op 17 januari een seminar over het onderwerp "Operations Research and Energy", georganiseerd i.s.m. het NGB. Voor meer informatie en inschrijving zie http://www.lnmb.nl/conferences/lunteren2008 . EIDMA DIAMANT Cryptography Working Group Date/location: Friday December 7, 2007; Regardz Meeting Center La Vie, Lange Viestraat 351, Utrecht Programme 10.45-11.30 hrs. Rob van Esch (TUE) Sponge functions 11.30-11.45 hrs. Coffee / tea break 11.45-12.30 hrs. Ileana Buhan (UT) From Watermarks to Fuzzy Extractors: A Practical Construction 12.30-14.00 hrs. Lunch break (lunch not included) 14.00-14.45 hrs. Hans van der Meer (UvA) Breaking Shark. The U-Boot on the Atlantic 14.45-15.00 hrs. Coffee / tea break 15.00-15.45 hrs. Reza Rezaeian Farashahi (TUE) Extractors for Jacobian or Hyperelliptic Curves ************************************************************************* 3. Promoties VUA 11-12 drs P.M. Zareba, Representations of Gaussian Processes with Stationary Increments, promotor: prof.dr. A.W. van der Vaart; copromotoren: dr. J.H. van Zanten, dr. K.O. Dzhaparidze, Aula, 13.45 u. TUE 8-1-08 ir. A. Verhoeven, Redundancy Reduction of IC models by Multirate Time-Integration and Model Order Reduction, promotor: prof.dr. R.M.M. Mattheij, copromotor: dr. E.J.W. ter Maten, Auditorium, Collegezaal 5, 16 u. ************************************************************************* (einde mededelingen)