West Coast Operator Algebra Seminar

该奖项提供资金帮助支付西海岸算子代数研讨会的参与者的费用，该研讨会将于2018年10月5日和6日在西雅图大学校园举行。关于这次会议的更多信息可以在网站上找到：http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/boersema/web/WCOAS/WCOAS2018.html.This会议是西海岸算子代数研讨会（WCOAS）的第二十五期，这是一个系列，每年汇集了不同的数学家群体，他们的主要研究兴趣是算子代数理论。这些会议涵盖了C*代数和冯·诺伊曼代数理论研究的许多当前方面。2018年的一些重点将集中在以下主题：子因子及其不变量、遍历作用和冯·诺伊曼代数的刚性、自由概率及其应用、C*-代数的分类（埃利奥特程序）、非交换几何、算子空间、量子群、图C*-代数。会议计划扩大了对算子代数理论的参与，并为研究生、博士后和其他年轻科学家提供了充分的机会来展示他们的工作。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides funding to help defray the expenses of participants in the West Coast Operator Algebra Seminar that will be held on October 5 and 6, 2018, on the campus of Seattle University. Additional information about this meeting can be found at the website: http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/boersema/web/WCOAS/WCOAS2018.html.This conference is the twenty-fifth installment of the West Coast Operator Algebra Seminar (WCOAS), a series that annually brings together a diverse group of mathematicians whose primary research interests are in the theory of operator algebras. These meetings cover many current aspects of research in the theory of C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras. Some of the 2018 emphasis will be on the following topics: subfactors and their invariants, rigidity for ergodic actions and von Neumann algebras, free probability and its applications, classification of C*-algebras (the Elliot program), noncommutative geometry, operator spaces, quantum groups, graph C*-algebras. The conference program broadens participation in the theory of operator algebras and provides ample opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and other young scientists to present their work.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.