Representation Theory and Related Geometry: Progress and Prospects

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

May 27 - 31, 2024

On the occasion of Daniel K. Nakano's 60th birthday conference.

The aim of this conference is to bring together a diverse array of leading mathematicians in algebra and representation theory to promote future collaborations and inspire a new generation of mathematicians to work on exciting problems in these fields. The major themes of the conference include

Speakers.

Pramod Achar  (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)

Paul Balmer  (University of California, Los Angeles, CA)

David Benson  (University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland)

Jon Brundan  (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR)

Jon Carlson  (University of Georgia, Athens, GA)

Charlotte Chan  (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)

Christopher Drupieski  (DePaul University, Chicago, IL)

Jie Du  (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

Karin Erdmann  (University of Oxford, Oxford, England)

Eric Friedlander*  (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)

Slava Futorny  (SUSTech International Center for Mathematics, Shenzhen, China)

Shrawan Kumar  (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC)

Chun-Ju Lai  (Institute of Mathematics Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)

Julia Pevtsova  (University of Washington, Seattle, WA)

Cornelius Pillen  (University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL)

Arun Ram  (University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia)

Vera Serganova  (University of California, Berkeley, CA)

Paul Sobaje  (Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA)

Kent Vashaw  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA)

Weiqiang Wang  (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA)

Emilie Wiesner  (Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY)

Milen Yakimov  (Northeastern University, Boston, MA)


* = tentative

Click  here  to download the conference poster. 

Nakano conference poster.pdf

Organizing Committee.

Christopher Bendel  (University of Wisconsin-Stout)

RuthElizabeth Conine  (University of Georgia, local organizer)

Mee Seong Im  (US Naval Academy)

Jonathan Kujawa  (Oregon State University)

Zongzhu Lin  (Kansas State University)

Laura Rider  (University of Georgia, local organizer)

Additional Local Organizers.

Matthew Hamil  (University of Georgia)

Tekin Karadağ  (University of Georgia)

The conference is supported by the  National Security Agency (NSA),  National Science Foundation (NSF),  and  University of Georgia (UGA).