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Modern Moduli Theory

February 23-27, 2009, MSRI 

 

Organizers: I. Coskun (U. Illinois - Chicago), S. Katz (U. Illinois), A. Marian (U. Illinois - Chicago), R. Pandharipande (Princeton U.), R. Thomas (Imperial College), H.H. Tseng (U. Wisconsin), R. Vakil (Stanford U.)

 
This workshop is part of Algebraic Geometry MSRI 2009. 
Click here for the MSRI website for this workshop.


A list of confirmed speakers:      

V. Alexeev (U. Georgia)
T. Bridgeland (Sheffield)
C. Faber (KTH, Stockholm)
B. Fantechi (SISSA)
J. Harris (Harvard)
B. Hassett (Rice)
D. Joyce (Oxford)
J. Kollár (Princeton)
Y.-P. Lee (U. Utah)
D. Maulik (MIT/Clay Mathematics Institute)
J. McKernan (MIT)
D. Oprea (UC San Diego)
R. Pandharipande (Princeton)
D. Smyth (Harvard)
Y. Toda (Tokyo)
E. Viehweg (Essen)
 
 

Algebraic Geometry is one of the most diverse areas of mathematics.  Due to the breadth of the  subject it is often a challenge for graduate students and people from other fields to get a global view of current developments in the field. Algebraic Geometry has grown dramatically over the past century, with new subfields constantly branching off.  The core of the field is now universally called Classical Algebraic Geometry, an exciting area itself full of fundamental unsolved problems and at the same time providing a theoretical foundation for the areas that have developed in recent years.

 
The purpose of this workshop is to explore the implications of major developments in algebraic geometry, especially in the minimal model program and derived categories, to moduli theory. The four main themes will be:
 
1. The interactions and connections between Gromov-Witten theory, Donaldson-Thomas theory and stable-pair theory.
2. Moduli of objects in derived categories and their relations to counting invariants.
3. The moduli of higher dimensional varieties.
4. New developments in Brill-Noether Theory and the minimal model program for the moduli space of curves.

 
Accomodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on Corporate at the bottom of the screen and when prompted enter code MATH (this code is not case sensitive). By using this code a new calendar will appear and will show MSRI rate on all room types available.
The cut-off date for reservations is February 6, 2009.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Please mention the workshop name and reference the following code when making reservations via phone, fax or e-mail: M10000. The cut-off date for reservations is January 23, 2009. Room Rate $159/ night.


Registration:


Please register on-line by the deadline of February 23, 2009 if possible. 

If you are applying for funding, the funding deadline is December 15, 2008 (The funding section of the form follows the registration section of the form).

Funding: Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.Please see Travel funding rules

Important: Airline travel reimbursement restrictions

For more information: 
Questions about this workshop should be sent either by email to


or by regular mail to:

Modern Moduli Theory
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute 
17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 
94720-5070. 
USA

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