Logic and operator algebras have historically been separate fields. One of the more unexpected developments in the field of operator algebras in recent years has been the introduction of methods from mathematical logic in operator algebra. Some long-standing problems in the theory of operator algebras, such as the existence of outer automorphisms of the Calkin algebra, have been proven to be independent from the usual axioms of set theory, ZFC. Tools from set theory (both combinatorial and descriptive) and model theory have been applied to solve problems in operator algebras. Recent work in quantum information and complexity theory, as well as ergodic theory has strengthened the interaction between the many fields involved. This workshop brings together researchers from these many diverse fields.

Invited Speakers

• Bruce Blackadar, University of Nevada, Reno
• Ben De Bondt, Université Paris Cité
• Eusebio Gardella, University of Gothenburg & Chalmers University of Technology
• Isaac Goldbring, University of California, Irvine
• Ilan Hirshberg, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Adrian Ioana, University of California, San Diego
• Asgar Jamneshan, Koç University
• David Jekel, The Fields Institute
• Piotr Koszmider, Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, University of California, Los Angeles
• Magdalena Musat, University of Copenhagen
• Christopher Schafhauser, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Thomas Sinclair, Purdue University
• William Slofstra, University of Waterloo
• Pieter Spaas, University of Copenhagen
• Andrea Vaccaro, WWU Münster
• Alessandro Vignati, Université Paris Cité
• Henry Yuen, Columbia University

You can find all talk recordings here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLArBKNfJxuulC_SKvJ3g4EcW1QTvIvDqW