W-algebras
Mentors: Tomoyuki Arakawa, Anne Moreau
Organisers: Peter McNamara, Arun Ram, Oded Yacobi
November 28 - December 2, 2016
University of Melbourne
Overview: Our goal is to bring together postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty to participate in a week-long intensive exploration of W-algebras and related geometric and representation theoretic topics.
The workshop will be led by Tomoyuki Arakawa and Anne Moreau, renown experts in this area. The format is roughly "Talbot Style". This means that the mentors and organisers will design a series of 15-20 lectures. Several of these lectures will be given by the mentors and other experts in attendance, but the majority of talks will be given by the participants. There will also be problem sessions and time for casual discussion among the participants.
Agenda:
For more information please go here.
Lecture notes: See this.
Funding: There will be limited funding available for travel and accommodations for participants; the amount of funding will depend on how many people register. We do not expect to be able to fund travel for participants from outside Australia.
Registration: Send an email to Oded Yacobi (oded.yacobi@sydney.edu.au) by July 30 with the following information
The workshop aims to gather participants from wide background and all graduate educational levels, so applicants need not be experts in the field. We are also committed to promoting diversity in mathematics, so we especially encourage women and minorities to apply.