Conference on Metric Geometry and Applications

圣母大学将于2013年3月14日至17日举办度量几何和应用会议。会议的目的是提供一个论坛，介绍，交流和讨论新的想法和方向，在广泛的领域度量几何及其与其他领域的接口。会议的另一个目标是为美国的研究生和年轻研究人员提供一个非正式的环境，以了解最新的趋势，并与著名的几何学家和几何分析师互动。在会议上处理的主题是度量几何的核心及其对其他领域的影响，如比较几何，亚历山德罗夫几何和几何分析，重点是几何流和复杂几何。距离的抽象概念在数学和应用中一直扮演着重要的角色。在过去的几十年中，几何和分析在这个一般的设置已经见证了戏剧性的发展，反过来又在数学的许多领域发挥着越来越重要的作用。在会议上处理的主题代表了充满活力和不断增长的领域，与几何和分析中的大型经典领域有着强烈的相互作用。强大的演讲者领域包括这些领域的几位最好的当代研究人员，他们的工作开辟了新的重要的调查途径。除了为高级研究人员提供交流思想和讨论重要新成果和方向的机会外，会议的另一个同样重要的目标是促进来自不同大学的研究生之间的互动。研究生和初级研究人员从接触最新的研究问题以及与其他大学的学生和教师接触中获益匪浅。参加这样的活动可能会引发有趣的论文项目，或为正在进行的研究提出新的想法。会议的网址是http://nd.edu/~conf/mga13/。

The University of Notre Dame will host the Conference on Metric Geometry and Applications during March 14-17, 2013. The objective of the conference is to provide a forum for the presentation, exchange and discussion of new ideas and directions in the broad area of metric geometry and its interface with other areas. Another goal of the conference is to provide an informal setting for graduate students and younger researchers in the USA to learn of the newest trends and interact with prominent geometers and geometric analysts. The topics treated at the conference are at the core of metric geometry and its impact on other areas such as comparison geometry, Alexandrov geometry, and geometric analysis with emphasis on geometric flows and complex geometry. The abstract notion of distance has always played an important role in mathematics and applications. During the last few decades geometry and analysis in this general setting has witnessed dramatic developments and in turn is playing an increasingly important role in many areas of mathematics. The topics to be treated at the conference represent vibrant and growing fields with strong interactions to large classical areas in geometry and analysis. The strong field of speakers include several of the best contemporary researchers in these areas, and their work has opened up new and important avenues of investigation. Besides providing and opportunity for senior researchers to exchange ideas and discuss important new results and directions, another equally important goal of the conference is to foster interaction among graduate students from different universities. Graduate students and junior researchers have much to gain from being exposed to the most recent research problems and from contact with students and faculty from universities other than their own. Participation at such an event could trigger interesting thesis projects, or suggest new ideas for ongoing research. The conference website can be found at http://nd.edu/~conf/mga13/.