This conference focuses on new and emerging connections between solvable lattice models and special functions on p-adic groups and covering groups, uses of quantum groups, Hecke algebras and other methods to study representations of p-adic groups and their covers, and advances in algebraic combinatorics and algebraic geometry.  

A preparatory pre-conference lecture about solvable lattice models has been prepared by Ben Brubaker.  The lecture is divided into short segments averaging 15 minutes.  The links are here: Part 0 - Introduction,  Part 1 - Partition Function of a Lattice Model, Part 2 - The Yang-Baxter Equation, Part 3 - The Train Argument and Part 4 - Connections to Quantum Groups

The conference will be held June 24-26, 2024 at the Hamilton Mathematics Institute, Trinity College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.  We suggest that participants arrive on June 23, 2024 and depart on June 27, 2024.  

All lectures will take place in the Synge Lecture Theatre, ground floor, Hamilton Building.  Coffee breaks will take place across the hall in the School of Mathematics, ground floor. Note that the entrances to the campus that are closest to the Hamilton building are the Pearse Street Gate and the Lincoln Place Gate. One can follow the signs to the Panoz Institute or the Academic Registry to find the Hamilton building.  (Caution:  JM Synge in the Art Building is a different location.)  For a campus map, please see here. 

Valentin Buciumas, POSTECH, South Korea

Daniel Bump, Stanford

Claire Frechette, Boston College, USA

Fan Gao, Zhejiang University, China

Nadya Gurevich, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Henrik P.A. Gustafsson, Umeå University, Sweden

Andrew Hardt, University of Illinois, USA

Ed Karasiewicz, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Christian Korff, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Manish Patnaik, University of Alberta, Canada

Anna Puskas, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Jasper Stokman, Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Vidya Venkateswaran, CCR-Princeton, USA

We will have 5 one-hour-long lectures on Monday and Tuesday and 3 on Wednesday, with a half-day Wednesday for discussions and work in small groups. There will also be a poster session on Monday afternoon. 

Conference participants are invited to a pre-dinner reception Monday June 24, 2024 at Boston College Ireland.  The reception is open to all registered participants.

The full conference schedule is here.  The titles and abstracts of the lectures are here.  

Registration for this conference is now closed.

We have reserved a block of single-occupancy rooms at Trinity College Dublin, breakfast included.  All registrants who who requested housing and also confirmed attendance by responding to the form have had rooms reserved for them, and have received emails from TCD confirming their rooms. If you have registered for such a room and confirmed but not yet received an email, please get in touch with the organizers right away. For questions about these rooms such as the check-in procedure, please see here. 

For participants who require a larger room or for late registrants, there are many nearby hotels, and you are welcome to contact an organizer if you need assistance in making your selection.

Please note: the organizers have not authorized any company to do the booking for us.  If you receive an email purporting to offer this, it is almost certainly fraudulent.   There is a recent scam mentioning DocuSign, for example, that has targeted several participants.  Please be extremely wary.

Funding for this conference is provided by the Hamilton Mathematics Institute at Trinity College Dublin, by Boston College, and by the US National Science Foundation.  At this point all funding has been awarded.

Participants should fly to Dublin Airport.  A taxi from the airport to the city center costs around €30-€35.  Alternatively, several companies run airport buses that take you from the airport to the city center and cost under €10.  For example, Aircoach leaves Dublin airport every 15-30 minutes and runs 24 hours a day. You should ask the bus driver to drop you near Trinity College Dublin.  Please note that one can enter the campus only through one of its gates.

Participants with family care responsibilities are encouraged to attend the workshop.  This website has been recommended as a good place for participants to arrange family care as needed.

Trinity College Dublin is Ireland's leading university.  It is also home to the Book of Kells and its renowned campus attracts visitors year-round.  Ireland is a popular destination for travelers  and participants will find Dublin a central starting point should they wish to explore after the conference.

The conference poster is here.

The organizers would be appreciative if any papers resulting from this conference acknowledged the support of the Hamilton Mathematics Institute, School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin, of Boston College, and of the US National Science Foundation, Grant DMS-2401464. 

The organizers are committed to a safe and welcoming environment for all participants. We reject discrimination of any kind, including on the basis of age, body type, color, country of citizenship, disabilities, ethnicity,  family status, gender, gender identity or expression, height, marital status, national origin, race, religion or religious belief, sexual orientation, veteran status, and years since PhD. A commitment to a welcoming environment is expected of all participants.

Ben Brubaker, University of Minnesota, USA

Daniel Bump, Stanford University, USA

Solomon Friedberg, Boston College, USA

Henrik P.A. Gustafsson, Umeå University, Sweden

Katrin Wendland, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

This conference is sponsored by the Hamilton Mathematics Institute of the School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin through a grant from the Simons Foundation, by the Department of Mathematics of Boston College, and by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Grant DMS-2401464.