Young Geometric Group Theory Conference

该提案将支持参加第二届“青年几何群论”会议的美国参与者，该会议将于2013年2月3日至7日在以色列海法的以色列理工学院数学科学中心举行。届时将有4位资深讲者讲授基础主题的迷你课程，以及7位杰出的博士后就他们的工作做简短的演讲。计划的迷你课程和讲座将涵盖几何群论的各个方面，如CAT(0)-立方复合体、准等距刚性、自由群的自同构和收缩复合体，并与其他数学领域，包括表示论、几何测度论、遍历论、微分几何和模型论建立联系。几何群论是一个相当年轻和充满活力的领域，受到国际学者的广泛研究。大多数研讨会参加者将是早期的数学家；该计划旨在最大限度地促进年轻研究人员之间的互动，并使他们与该领域的顶尖专家有更广泛的接触。会议的网址是http://www.math.technion.ac.il/cms/decade_2011-2020/year_2012-2013/。

This proposal will support U.S.-based participants attending the second session of the "Young Geometric Group Theory" meeting to be held at the Center for Mathematical Sciences at the Technion in Haifa, Israel on February 3-7, 2013.There will be four senior speakers giving mini-courses on fundamental topics, as well as seven outstanding postdocs giving short talks on their work. The planned mini-courses and talks will cover various aspect of geometric group theory such as CAT(0)-cube complexes, quasi-isometric rigidity, automorphisms of free groups and systolic complexes, and make connections with other fields of mathematics including representation theory, geometric measure theory, ergodic theory, differential geometry and model theory.Geometric group theory is a fairly young and dynamic field studied by an international community of researchers. Most of the workshop attendees will be early-career mathematicians; the schedule is designed to maximize the interactions among young researchers, as well as to give them extended contact with leading experts in the field. A website for the conference is at http://www.math.technion.ac.il/cms/decade_2011-2020/year_2012-2013/.