Warwick Symposium: Probability

这是一份将于2011 - 2012学年在华威大学数学研究中心（MRC）举行的研讨会的提案。本次研讨会的主题是概率论，概率论在我们认识世界的过程中起着重要的作用，几乎应用于所有的科学和工程领域。它本身也是一门核心数学学科，与纯数学和应用数学有着深刻的联系和相关性。研讨会将促进为期一年的持续研究活动，涉及现代概率的几个重要领域。研讨会的各个重点领域反映了世界范围内概率论最重要的最新发展，以及目前在英国最活跃的领域。这些领域包括概率与其他数学领域相互作用的领域，如分析、几何和代数，以及重要的应用领域，如数学物理和数学金融。实际上，专题讨论会将围绕下列三个主要活动安排：与专题讨论会的总主题有关的具有国际意义的各种研究领域的若干为期一周的讲习班。研究研讨会的主题已被选择，以提供现代概率论的各个方面的广泛覆盖，并促进在相关但并不总是重叠的领域工作的研究人员之间的互动。2012年的英国复活节概率会议，这一传统于2008年在华威大学恢复，并将为研讨会提供高潮。访客计划将在研讨会和复活节会议之间保持连续性。本次研讨会将使英国和国际研究界汇聚一堂，交流知识和思想，探索新的方向，加深我们对这一重要而具有挑战性的主题的理解。

This is a proposal for a symposium to be held during the academic year 2011 - 2012 at the Mathematics Research Centre (MRC), of the University of Warwick. The overall theme of the symposium is probability, which plays a fundamental part in our understanding of the world, with applications to almost all branches of science and engineering. It is also a core mathematical discipline in its own right with deep connections and relevance across the spectrum of pure and applied mathematics. The symposium will facilitate a year-long sustained research activity across several important strands in modern probability. The various focus areas of the symposium reflect a combination of the most important recent developments in probability theory worldwide, and the areas which are currently most active in the UK. These include areas where probability interacts with other areas of mathematics, such as analysis, geometry, and algebra, as well as important application areas, such as mathematical physics and mathematical finance.In practical terms, the symposium will be structured around the following three main activities: A number of week-long workshops in various research areas of international significance pertaining to the general theme of the symposium. The topics for the research workshops have been chosen to provide a wide coverage of various aspects of modern probability theory and to foster interaction between researchers working in related but not always overlapping areas.The 2012 edition of the UK Easter Probability Meeting, a tradition that was revived at the University of Warwick in 2008 and will provide a capstone to the symposium.A visitors programme which will provide continuity between the workshops and the Easter meeting.This symposium will allow the UK and international research community to come together to exchange knowledge and ideas, explore new directions and deepen our understanding of this important and challenging subject.