The Connections for Women Workshop associated to the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute program Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry and Representation Theory will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2013 and Friday, January 25, 2013. The workshop is intended to bring together women who are working in these research areas and related fields at all stages of their careers.
As the first event in the MSRI semester program, this workshop will feature a “tapas menu” of current research and open questions: light but intriguing tastes, designed to encourage further exploration and interest. Talks will be aimed at a fairly general audience and will cover diverse topics within the theme of the program. In addition, there will be a poster session for graduate students and recent PhD recipients and a panel discussion on career issues, as well as free time for informal discussion.
The speakers will be:
- Iain Gordon, University of Edinburgh
- Graham Leuschke, Syracuse University
- Susan Sierra, University of Edinburgh
- Catherina Stroppel, University of Bonn
- Michaela Vancliff, University of Texas, Arlington
- Lauren Williams, University of California, Berkeley
- Sarah Witherspoon, Texas A & M University
- James Zhang, University of Washington
Limited funding is available, with a preference for young researchers. The deadline for applying for funding is October 14, 2012.
Information about the conference, and the link to register, can be found at:
http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/show/-/event/Wm9061.
Organizers:
- Georgia Benkart, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Ellen Kirkman, Wake Forest University
- Susan Sierra, University of Edinburgh