Summer school and conference on geometric representation theory and extended affine Lie algebras

2009年6月15日至27日，加拿大渥太华的渥太华大学将举办暑期班。随后将于6月28日至7月3日举行会议。会议和暑期班都将集中讨论几何表示理论和扩展仿射李代数的主题。暑期班将面向在李代数领域工作的研究生、博士后研究员和初级教员，将包括六门为期一周的课程，为期两周。这次会议将汇集在上述领域工作的数学家，并将由这些领域的专家进行约20场讲座。暑期班将为年轻数学家提供一个接触几何表示理论和扩展仿射李代数等活跃和蓬勃发展的领域的绝佳机会。虽然这些主题目前在研究型数学家中很受欢迎，但它们并不经常在典型的研究生课程中教授。预计参加暑期学校的大多数学生将留下来参加会议。会议将使学生接触到与他们在前两周参加的课程的主题相关的最新研究。它还将把这些领域的研究人员聚集在一起，并为他们提供一个论坛来讨论他们的工作。这笔赠款支持美国数学家参加暑期学校和会议。大部分资金将用于支持女性、少数民族和青年科学家(包括研究生)。

From June 15-27, 2009, a summer school will take place at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. It will be followed by a conference from June 28 to July 3. Both the conference and the summer school will focus on the topics of geometric representation theory and extended affine Lie algebras. The summer school will be aimed at graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty working in the field of Lie algebras and will consist of six one-week courses spread over two weeks. The conference will bring together mathematicians working in the above-mentioned fields and will feature approximately 20 lectures by experts in these areas.The summer school will provide an excellent opportunity for young mathematicians to gain access to the active and flourishing fields of geometric representation theory and extended affine Lie algebras. While these topics are currently very popular among research mathematicians, they are not often taught in typical graduate courses. It is expected that the majority of students attending the summer school will stay for the conference to follow. The conference will expose students to current research related to the subjects of the courses they attended in the preceding two weeks. It will also bring together researchers in these fields and provide a forum for them to discuss their work. This grant supports participation of U.S. based mathematicians in both the summer school and conference. The majority of the funds will be used to support women, minority, and young scientists (including graduate students).