Graduate Blog

Organizational Meeting on Graduate Courses offered at Fields Inst. this semester:

Thematic Program on Forcing and its Applications

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 12:30 p.m., Fields Institute, 222 College St.

Graduate courses (starting the week of Sept. 17)

Course on Forcing Alan Dow (UNC Charolette)
Tentatively Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Stewart Library
This will be a basic Forcing course directed towards graduate students and non-experts which will still reach a reasonable level of sophistication in designing forcing notions. An emphasis will be placed on examples and on the methodology of designing the forcings themselves rather than the formal and rigorous development of the logical underpinnings of forcing.

Course on Large Cardinals
Paul Larson (Miami University)
Tentatively Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Stewart Library
Large cardinal axioms, also known as the axioms of the higher infinite, posit cardinals that prescribe their own transcendence over smaller cardinals and provide a superstructure for the analysis of strong propositions in set theory. They form an essentially linear hierarchy reaching up to inconsistent extensions of motivating concepts. This course will focus on the most fundamental large cardinal notions, emphasizing their inter-relationship with combinatorics and with forcing techniques.

Dear Students,

On behalf of the Fields Undergraduate Network and the Canadian 
Mathematical Society's Student Committee, I would like to invite 
you to four math events that are being held this Friday.

Lecture by Professor Craig G. Fraser on the 
History of Complex Analysis, 
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (James Room)

Lunch with Professor Fraser at Richtree (444 Yonge Street), 
12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion on the Role of Mathematics in Industry, 
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. (Windsor Room)

CV Writing Workshop (pre-register here, 
http://cms.math.ca/Events/winter11/student_workshop), 
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (James Room)

All events (except lunch) take place at the Delta Chelsea Hotel, 
which is located at 33 Gerrard Street.

If you'd like to come to lunch, please RSVP by this Thursday at 
noon to richard.cerezo@alumni.utoronto.ca

Lastly, please follow the links below to see posters for the events,

Lecutre on the Origins of Complex Analysis Poster
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/63196321@N07/6461977219/in/photostream/lightbox/)
Panel Discussion and CV Workshop Poster
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/63196321@N07/6461976291/in/photostream/lightbox/)

Sincerely,
Richard Cerezo
richard.cerezo@alumni.utoronto.ca

July 22, 2011 - DISCRETE MATHEMATICS at Carleton University
Organizers: David Thomson (Carleton), Michelle Kovesi (Carleton, and
Richard Cerezo (Fields)

August 19, 2011 - STUDENT PRESENTATIONS FROM FIELDS-MITACS SUMMER
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM at the Fields Institute
Organizers: University of Toronto Math Union, UTM Mathematics and
Computer Science Society

September 2011 - KNOT THEORY at the University of Waterloo
Organizer: University of Waterloo Pure Math Club

October 28-30, 2011 - RISK FORUM at the University of Toronto
Organizers: University of Toronto, University of Waterloo,
Ryerson University. More TBA

November 2011 - ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY at Queen's University
Organizer: Queen's University Math Student Council

December 10-12, 2011 - 2011 CMS WINTER MEETING at the Delta Chelsea
Hotel, Downtown Toronto
Organizers: FUN Executive Team, CMS Student Committee

January 2012 - SEMINARS IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS IN MONTREAL
Organizer: Seminars in Undergraduate Mathematics in Montreal Executive Team

For more information, visit blog.fields.utoronto.ca/fun
or email Richard Cerezo at rcerezo@fields.utoronto.ca

MMF-AIMA Canada present:
What Graduates Need to Know About the Canadian Hedge Fund Industry

The MMF program and AIMA Canada are proud to present a panel discussion 
and networking event on the Canadian hedge fund industry.

Participants from Picton Mahoney Asset Management, Waratah Advisors, 
Arrow Capital Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. - Prime Finance, 
UTAM (University of Toronto Asset Management) and other firms will 
be participating and attending.

Topic: What graduates need to know about the Canadian hedge fund 
industry to succeed - as told by industry insiders.

Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Time: 4:00 - 4:30 pm Registration
4:30 - 6:00 pm Panel discussion
6:00 - 7:00 pm Reception and networking

Location: Fields Institute
222 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 3J1 Canada

Dear All,

We are running a workshop on mathematics and oceanography at the 
Fields Institute on June 13 - 16, 2011. The purpose is to bring 
together mathematicians and ocean scientists to confer on the 
present state of research and the current body of knowledge
on ocean dynamics, and in particular on tsunami predictions 
and the dynamics of rogue waves.  There is a sense of urgency 
in the ocean sciences and the mathematics
communities over these questions, due to the very recent tsunami 
disaster in Japan.
Our purpose is to inform the mathematics community about problems 
of prediction and of description of extreme ocean waves, and 
in particular the role that can be
played by mathematical tools and techniques. As well, our purpose 
is to provide a venue from which collaborations are developed 
between the two communities of mathematicians and ocean scientists.

You are all welcome to attend the workshop, which has no 
registration fee. More information is available at the Fields 
Institute website:

http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/10-11/seawaves/ <http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/10-11/seawaves/>

  Hoping to see you there,
          Walter and Catherine

The Fields Undergraduate Network (FUN) organizes
monthly meetings to explore different areas of mathematical
research. The theme as well as the host university will vary from
month to month.  All interested undergraduates and graduates
are welcome to attend.  We especially encourage participation by
members of student math societies.

For more information, please visit our website, or contact
Richard Cerezo (rcerezo@fields.utoronto.ca).

RESEARCH IN NUMBER THEORY WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Koffler House (KP108)
569 Spadina Avenue, University of Toronto

ORGANIZERS Richard Cerezo and Sergio Da Silva (Toronto)

SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. Networking
10:30 a.m. Question period with Hugh Williams (Calgary)
11:00 a.m. Hugh Williams, University of Calgary
           What Keeps Our Secrets Safe?
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m.  Henry Kim, University of Toronto
           The Role of L-functions in Number Theory
2:30 p.m.  Panel Discussion
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Leo Goldmakher, University of Toronto
                Ergodic Approaches to Number Theory

Register on-site or online.
Please visit: www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/outreach/10-11/undergradnet

Jeremy Quastel will be teaching a new graduate course

"Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation from particle systems"

Mondays 1-3 in Rm 210, Fields Institute.  Starting Mar 7.

The course is a part of the activities related to  Fields Institute
Thematic Program  "Dynamics and Transport in Disordered Systems".