2015 Clay Research Conference and Workshops

Schedule

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

10:00-11:00    Mike Hopkins, Algebraic and motivic vector bundles  (video)
11:00 -11:30    Coffee
11:30-12:30    Peter Scholze, Cohomology of algebraic varieties (video)
12:30-13:30    Charles Fefferman, Formation of singularities in fluid interfaces (video)
13:30-14:30    Lunch
14:30-15:30    Andrei Okounkov, Enumerative geometry and representation theory (video)
15:30-16:00    Coffee
16:00-17:00    Maryam Mirzakhani, Counting mapping class group orbits on hyperbolic surfaces
17:00-17:15    Howard Masur, The work of Maryam Mirzakhani.  Presentation of the 2014 Clay
                                       Research Award (video)
17:15-18:00    Gil Kalai, Mathematics without borders: Larry Guth and Nets Katz (video). 
                                        Presentation of the 2015 Clay Research Award (video)

Associated workshops will be held during the week, 28 September - 2 October.

Algebraic Topology: Manifolds Unlocking Higher Structures Mike Hopkins, Ulrike Tillmann
Geometry and Dynamics on Moduli Spaces Alex Eskin, Giovanni Forni, Anton Zorich
Motives and Automorphic Forms Minhyong Kim, Peter Scholze
Water Waves and Related Fluid Models Alex Ionescu, Steve Shkoller

The 2014 Clay Research Award will be presented to Maryam Mirzakhani for her many significant contributions to geometry and ergodic theory.  The recipient of the 2015 Clay Research Award will also be announced.

Registration for the Clay Research Conference is free but required.  Participation in the workshops is by invitation, but a limited number of additional places is available.  To register for the Conference or to register interest in a workshop, email Naomi Kraker.  Registration is now closed.