CMI/IAS Workshop on Lie Groups, Represenations and Discrete Mathematics

November 14 - 18, 2005

Organizers:

Avi Wigderson, IAS
Alexander Lubotzky, IAS
David Ellwood, CMI

An educational workshop with several lecture series on:

1. Expanders in computer science and discrete mathematics.
2. Property tau and its applications in 3-dimensional hyperbolic geometry.
3. The combinatorics of finite simple groups: expansion, diameter, girth and connections with sum-product results on finite fields.
4. Harmonic analysis on buildings and representation theory of p-adic groups.
5. Ramanujan graphs and Ramanujan complexes, higher dimensional laplacians.

Schedule

(Please click the link for the Schedule of the workshop)

Speakers

Jean Bourgain, IAS
Alex Gamburd, IAS
Harald Helfgott, University of Montreal
Martin Kassabov, Cornell University
Marc Lackenby, University of Oxford
Alex Lubotzky, IAS/The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Roy Mehulam, IAS/Technion
Nikolay Nikolov, University of Oxford
Peter Sarnak, IAS/Princeton University
Yehuda Shalom, IAS
Uzi Vishne, IAS/Bar Ilan University
Avi Wigderson, IAS
Efim Zelmanov, University of California, San Diego

Some funds are available for travel and accommodation for students and young mathematicians attending the conference. To apply for support send a statement with a description of interests and accomplishments to Michelle Huguenin (), at the Institute for Advanced Study, School of Math, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540. In addition, have a letter of recommendation by a mathematician, who knows you, in your field, and your CV sent to the same address.

REGISTRATION FOR THE MEALS IS REQUIRED. (Speakers do not need to register.)

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE IS REQUIRED. (Speakers do not need to
register.) Please see the link on the Lie Group homepage to find the online
application.

Although there is no registration fee, because SEATING IS LIMITED BOTH IN
THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND IN OUR DINING HALL, you are requested to register if
you wish to attend all or part of the conference. In addition, in order for
our chef to prepare enough food, we need to have a headcount for the meals.

Please note that conference attendees are expected to pay for their lunch.
Approximate range of prices is $4.00 for a salad to $9.00 for an entree.
Vegetarian lunches will be available.

TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING INFORMATION

Information concerning transportation and accommodations in the Princeton
area may be found at

http://www.princetonol.com/local/

and

http://www.math.ias.edu/localinfo.html

Accommodations

Local accommodations can be found at http://www.expedia.com by searching for
hotels/motels in the Princeton area. Please note that if you are staying on
Route 1 you should inquire whether the hotel has a shuttle service to local
businesses in Princeton.

Organized in partnership with The Clay Mathematics Institute