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Oberwolfach Seminars for graduate students 2010

Oberwolfach Seminars are not regular workshops, but - like summer schools
- are aimed at graduate students and post docs. In 2010, there are 6
Oberwolfach Seminars at the MFO:

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Date: May 23rd - May 29th, 2010
Deadline for Applications: April 1st, 2010

Representations of Finite Groups: Local Cohomology and Support
Organisers:
   Dave Benson, Aberdeen
   Srikanth Iyengar, Lincoln
   Henning Krause, Paderborn

Semidefinite Optimization: Theory, Algorithms and Applications
Organisers:
   Sanjeev Arora, Princeton
   Monique Laurent, Amsterdam
   Pablo A. Parrilo, Cambridge MA
   Franz Rendl, Klagenfurt
   Frank Vallentin, Delft

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Date: October 24th - October 30th, 2010
Deadline for Applications: September 1st, 2010

The Ergodic Theory of Markov Processes
Organisers:
   Martin Hairer, New York
   Jonathan Mattingly, Durham

The Willmore Functional
Organisers:
   Ernst Kuwert, Freiburg
   Reiner Sch\"atzle, T\"ubingen

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Date: November 21st - November 27th, 2010
Deadline for Applications: October 15th, 2010

Lipschitz Analysis
Organisers:
   Mario Bonk, Ann Arbor
   Urs Lang, Z\"urich

Mathematics of PDE Constrained Optimization
Organisers:
   Michael Hinterm\"uller, Berlin
   Michael Hinze, Hamburg
   Ronald Hoppe, Augsburg

Further information is available on our homepage at
http://www.mfo.de/cgi-bin/path?programme/seminars

If you know a graduate student or post doc who might be interested, we
would appreciate if you would draw her/his attention to this Oberwolfach
Seminar. Participation in these seminars is by application. As usual, the
institute offers board and lodging free of charge. By the support of the
Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, travel expenses can be reimbursed
up to 200 Euro in average per person. Participants can ask for travel
support during their stay in Oberwolfach at the guest office against copy
of travel receipts. Additionally, participation of young Japanese
mathematicians can be sponsored by the grant "Heizaemon Honda Scholars".
See our homepage www.mfo.de/cgi-bin/path?news for more information on
grants, please.

Applications including full name and address (including e-mail address),
present position, university, name of supervisor of Ph.D. thesis, a short
summary of previous work and interest should be sent as hard copy or by
e-mail (.ps or .pdf file) to mfo@mathematik.uni-kl.de

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