2018 Fields Medal Symposium: Maryam Mirzakhani
in honour of Maryam Mirzakhani
Description
The 2018 Fields Medal Symposium will honour the late Maryam Mirzakhani (Fields Medal 2014) and explore the current and potential impact of her work. Alex Eskin from the University of Chicago will give the keynote address at 4pm on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018.
The Scientific Program is intended for a wide audience, including graduate students, mathematicians in other research areas, and scientists who use mathematics in an important way.
Tentative Schedule for the Scientific Program: See below
Location: The Fields Institute (222 College St., Toronto, ON)
The Symposium comprises separate events:
- Scientific Program (November 5-9): will honour Maryam Mirzakhani (Fields Medal 2014) and explore the current and potential impact of her work and is intended for a wide audience, including graduate students, mathematicians in other research areas, and scientists who use mathematics in an important way.
- Public Opening (November 5): features an introduction by Professor Jenya Sapir (SUNY Binghampton and MPIM Bonn), and a public lecture by Professor Amie Wilkinson (University of Chicago).
- Student Night (November 6): includes a lecture by Professor Diana Davis (Swarthmore College) and networking and pizza.
Events will be broadcast live online whenever possible.
FMS News
• The 2016 FMS was featured in The Walrus on August 8, 2018. The article, written by Fields Institute Board of Directors member Siobhan Roberts, profiles Manjul Bhargava’s contributions to the public’s perception of math at this Fields Institute flagship event. Read the full article here.
Events are free to attend, but registration is required.
See the sidebar to only register for the Scientific Program and below to register for the other events.
Register HERE for the Public Opening.
Register HERE for the Student Night.
Schedule
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
Alex Wright, Stanford University |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Anna Wienhard, Universität Heidelberg |
| 12:00 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Peter Sarnak, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee break
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
Simion Filip, IAS |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Howard Masur, University of Chicago |
| 12:00 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Hee Oh, Yale University |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee break
|
| 15:30 to 16:30 |
Scott Wolpert, University of Maryland |
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
Kathryn Mann, Brown University |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Francis Bonahon, University of Southern California |
| 12:00 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Juan Souto, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and Université de Rennes 1 |
| 15:00 to 16:00 |
Coffee break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
Keynote Address: On stationary measure rigidity and orbit closures for actions of non-abelian groups
Alex Eskin, University of Chicago |
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
Steve Kerckhoff, Stanford University |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Anton Zorich, Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu |
| 12:00 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Ursula Hamenstädt, University of Bonn |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee break
|
| 15:30 to 17:00 |
Francis Bonahon, University of Southern California, Almut Burchard, University of Toronto, Diana Davis, Swarthmore College, Ursula Hamenstädt, University of Bonn, Fanny Kassel, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Kathryn Mann, Brown University, Anja Randecker, University of Toronto, Molly Shoichet, University of Toronto, Juan Souto, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and Université de Rennes 1, Jing Tao, University of Oklahoma |
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
Elon Lindenstrauss, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Yair Minsky, Yale University |
