Random Shapes Tutorials

Part of the Long Program Random Shapes
March 13 - 16, 2007

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 - 10:00
Ilia Binder (University of Toronto)

SLE I

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15
Ilia Binder (University of Toronto)

SLE II

11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30
Denis Bernard (École Normale Supérieure)

Conformal Field Theory I

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:00 - 2:30 Core Orientation with IPAM Staff
2:30 - 3:30
Denis Bernard (École Normale Supérieure)

Conformal Field Theory II

3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00
Elchanan Mossel (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

Probability theory on graphs, discrete aggregation, networks I
Presentation (PowerPoint File)


Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

9:00 - 10:00
Francois Meyer (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Brain Imaging I
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15
Francois Meyer (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Brain Imaging II
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation

11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30
Bernard Sapoval (École Polytechnique)

Laplacian transport towards irregular surfaces: the physics and applications
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
Presentation (PowerPoint File)

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:00 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30
Elchanan Mossel (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

Probability theory on graphs, discrete aggregation, networks II
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
Presentation (PowerPoint File)

4:30 - 6:00 Reception (Location: IPAM Lobby)

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 10:00
Krzysztof Burdzy (University of Washington)

Brownian Motion I
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15
Krzysztof Burdzy (University of Washington)

Brownian Motion II
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
Presentation (PowerPoint File)

11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30
Bernard Sapoval (École Polytechnique)

Irregular and random resonators properties and practical applications
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:00 - 3:00
Ilya Gruzberg (University of Chicago)

Random Growth, SLE I

3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30
Ilya Gruzberg (University of Chicago)

Random Growth, SLE II


Friday, March 16, 2007

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Richard Kenyon (University of British Columbia)

Discrete Geometry + Probability I
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15
Richard Kenyon (University of British Columbia)

Discrete Geometry and Probability II
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation

11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30
Peter Jones (Yale University)

Random Quasi Conformal Mapping
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:00 - 3:00
Peter Jones (Yale University)

Introduction to Diffusion Geometry
Audio (MP3 File, Podcast Ready)
PDF Presentation