Southeast Geometry Seminar 2005-2007

University Of Alabama At Birmingham, Birmingham AL

Investigators

Abstract

Abstract Award: DMS-0443155 Principal Investigator: Gilbert A. Weinstein, John E. McCuan, Vladimir I. Oliker The Southeast Geometry Seminar is a series of semiannual one-day events focussing on geometric analysis. These events are hosted in rotation by the following institutions: * The University of Alabama at Birmingham. * The Georgia Institute of Technology, * Emory University. One guest speaker is invited for each event from outside the region, with the remaining talks given by local participants. The main goals of these short meetings are to present to young mathematicians, especially graduate students, interesting lectures in geometric analysis by leading experts in the field, and to foster collaboration among researchers in this area and related fields. Geometric analysis is an area of mathematics in which geometric objects, such as, curves, surfaces, and higher dimensional spaces, are studied with the help of tools from analysis. It has applications in many areas of science and technology, for example, in gravitational physics, material science, optics, electromagnetics and the design of mechanical systems. This series of conferences will contribute to the infrastructure of the United States by stimulating development of new research in geometric analysis in the Southeast. It will help attract and train graduate students and post-docs in this important area of mathematics.