General Information

Welcome Message

Welcome to Seattle, and thank you all for participating in the conference. We really appreciate that you are making great efforts to come to Seattle during this difficult time with lots of uncertainties. In addition to a celebration of Paul's birthday, this conference is one of several celebrations of our own research field (and one of several major conferences in this field this year around the world). We would like to encourage you to talk to each other, to collaborate, to inspire our graduate students and junior members of this community.

Seattle is a beautiful city. If you are free on the afternoon of Wednesday June 22, you may consider a visit to the downtown area. One option is to take the light rail from the U-district to downtown (there are several light rail stations in the downtown area: Westlake Station, Pioneer Square, and International District/Chinatown stations). If you do plan to visit downtown, there are a lot of different attractions (museums, sports, foods, etc). Locally, there are two attractions on campus: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (in a brand new building) and the Henry Art Gallery, both a short walk from Alder Hall. Here is a link to UW campus map

https://universityofwashington.myuvn.com/campus-map/.

Also see

https://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/ald.

There are many different kinds of restaurants in this neighborhood, most within walking distance, many along University Way (which is also called ``The Ave''). There are more (and more expensive ones) in the downtown area. We recommend searching online (and you can see the ratings, etc, etc), see for example

https://seattle.eater.com/maps/where-to-eat-u-district-university-of-washington-seattle .

Please note that Monday June 20 is a state and federal holiday, so that various services (banks) will be closed, as well as the UW itself. Also note that the front door to our lecture hall is facing south on NE 40th street. For program and UW wifi information, see

program and UW Wireless Access info.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us. We hope you have a pleasant time during the conference.

Organizers

Ken Brown (University of Glasgow)

Tim Hodges (University of Cincinnati)

Ron Irving (University of Washington)

Michaela Vancliff (University of Texas at Arlington)

James Zhang (University of Washington)

Description

The University of Washington will host a week long conference on Recent Advances and New Directions in the Interplay of Noncommutative Algebra and Geometry from Monday, June 20, 2022 to Friday, June 24, 2022. The conference is being held in honor of S. Paul Smith on his 65th birthday.

This workshop provides a forum for international experts in noncommutative algebra to survey the state-of-the art, and exchange ideas on promising future directions of research. The main themes include noncommutative geometry, quantum groups and Hopf algebras, etc

Registration

Registration is now open, at

https://washington.irisregistration.com/Form/4870

The conference fee is $85, payable on registration. A late fee will apply after June 10, 2022. The fee covers administrative support, tea/coffee, and the conference dinner. Please note that, in part due to Covid safeguards, the number of participants will be limited, and we therefore encourage early registration to avoid disappointment. In the event that you have to cancel on or before June 10, 2022, your fee will be returned, apart from $9.50 for UW’s administrative costs. Please see the registration form for exact details. For the question on the registration form that asks about payment using a budget number, if you are not a UW faculty member or student, then click “no”. If you have technical issues with the registration link, please contact hfsconf@uw.edu .

Venue and Facilities

All lectures will be given in Alder Auditorium at the University of Washington. Speakers should note that there is no blackboard or whiteboard in Alder Auditorium. All talks should be prepared as electronic slide shows. A tentative schedule is now available

Accommodation

Here is a list of hotels near the University. Participants should arrange their own accommodation.

Other activities

All graduate students and early career researchers are encouraged to give a 10-minute talk about their research between 10:30 and Noon, on Tuesday, June 21. If you would like to contribute to this session, please email the title of your talk to James Zhang.

There will be a poster session from 4:00pm to 5:40pm on Monday, June 20.

Conference Dinner

A conference dinner will be held 6:00-9:00pm on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

CoVid Guidelines at the University of Washington

At this time, masks are optional inside most facilities at the University of Washington (UW), but the UW strongly recommends wearing a high-quality mask (in particular, without a vent), due to higher case rates in the region. Our policy for the conference is to follow the UW's covid policy in place during the week of the conference. For your information, some websites of possible interest are:

1. UW general covid guidelines

2. UW policy regarding face coverings

3. UW advice on choosing a face covering

4. UW building ventilation practices

A limited number of masks and hand sanitizers will be provided during the conference, but we recommend that participants bring their own too.


Travel Support and Reimbursement

The conference has a limited amount of funds available to support participants. Priority for funding will be given to PhD students, early-career researchers and speakers, but all are welcome to apply. Please use alternative sources of funding if any are available to you, so that as many applicants can be funded as possible. If you wish to apply for support, please see

https://www.uta.edu/math/vancliff/confsupp.pdf

and enter the password uw65sps when prompted. Review of funding applications will begin on Feb 12 2022 but later applications will be considered if there are still funds available. For PhD students, a letter of recommendation is required from the student’s PhD advisor, in addition to the application form; see the previous link for details.

Local information

Campus map

A campus map with building list can be found on the University of Washington website.

The Department of Mathematics is located at Padelford Hall, C-wing.

Arriving in Seattle

  • You take light rail, taxi or rideshare from the Sea/Tac airport to the University of Washington (UW).

    • The light rail is the cheapest option. Trains run every 10-15 minutes between 5:30am and midnight; the fare is $3.25. Take the Northgate-Angle Lake line train from SeaTac to either the U District stop (on Brooklyn Ave NE between NE 43rd St and NE 45th St) or the University of Washington stop (at the southern corner of campus near the Husky stadium). More details can be found at the Sound Transit website.

    • Cost of rideshare from Sea/Tac to UW varies in the $30-70 range.

  • If you are familiar with the Seattle bus system, you could take light rail to UW, or to downtown Seattle and change bus from downtown to your hotel. Metro Transit's Trip Planner can help you to find the best routes.


Contact Information

If you have questions about the conference, please email the organizers at randinag2022@gmail.com