Perspectives on Complex Algebraic Geometry
May 22-25, 2015
Columbia University

The workshop "Perspectives on Complex Algebraic Geometry" will be held at Columbia University, from May 22 to May 25, 2015. (poster)

This workshop will survey recent developments in the field of complex algebraic geometry, with a focus on the following three themes: The Topology and Geometry of Algebraic Surfaces and 4-manifolds, Vector bundles and G-bundles, and Geometric applications of Hodge theory. 

The workshop celebrates the achievements and influence of Robert Friedman, on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Speakers
  • D. Arapura (Purdue)
  • A. Beauville (Universite de Nice)
  • F. Catanese (Universitat Bayreuth)
  • H. Clemens (Ohio State)
  • R. Donagi (University of Pennsylvania) 
  • S. Donaldson (Imperial College)
  • P. Engel (Columbia)
  • P. Griffiths (IAS)
  • J. Harris (Harvard)
  • D. Huybrechts (Universitat Bonn)
  • R. Laza (Stony Brook)
  • E. Looijenga (Universiteit Utrecht and Tsinghua University)
  • R. Miranda (Colorado State)
  • J. Morgan (Simons Center for Geometry and Physics)
  • D. Morrison (UC Santa Barbara)
  • N. Shepherd-Barron (King's College London)
  • E. Witten (IAS)

Organizers Sebastian Casalaina-Martin, Johan de Jong, Radu Laza, John Morgan, Michael Thaddeus

This workshop was partially supported by NSF grant 15-02166.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.