Advances in Geometric Variational Problems

MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

2-4 June, 2027

Key information

The conference will be held at the Department of Mathematics, MIT on 2-4 June, 2027. Lectures will take place in 2-190.

On 2 Jun and 3 Jun, talks will run from roughly 9am to 5pm. On 4 Jun, talks will run from roughly 9am to noon, to allow for travel. These times, as well as the detailed schedule, will be announced closer to the conference. There will be a conference dinner on the evening of 3 Jun.

The conference is supported by the National Science Foundation and by the Department of Mathematics at MIT.

Registration

Participants are encouraged to complete the registration form by 31 March, 2027. If requesting funding, please also complete the funding form; priority will be given to requests received before 15 February, 2027. Both forms will become unavailable by mid-May, 2027.

Financial Support

We have a limited amount of funding available to support early career researchers. To be guaranteed consideration for funding, please complete both the registration form and funding request form by 15 February, 2027. We hope to cover the cost of shared hotel rooms for most junior participants, and provide additional support towards travel based on remaining funds. Successful applicants will be informed via email of the funded amount by mid-April, 2027.

This conference is supported by the National Science Foundation and by the Department of Mathematics at MIT.

Speakers

Toby Colding (MIT)

Nicos Kapouleas (Brown)

Chikako Mese (JHU)

Rick Schoen (UCI)

Luca Spolaor (UCSD)

Ao Sun (Lehigh)

Giuseppe Tinaglia (KCL)

Lu Wang (Yale)

Xin Zhou (Cornell)

Brian White (Stanford; TBC)

Organising Committee

Christine Breiner

Longzhi Lin

Jonathan Zhu