Frameworks are, by definition, real solutions to polynomial geometric constraint systems, hence forming a real algebraic variety with special structure inherited from the geometries underlying the constraints. Similar systems of polynomials equations  arise from seemingly unrelated problems such as rank-bounded matrix completion, specialized matrix factorizations, Euclidean distance minimization, maximum likelihood estimates in algebraic statistics etc. The workshop will bring together researchers with variety of backgrounds working on real algebraic geometry and/or geometric constraint systems.

 

All times are in Toronto local time (Eastern Time).