Great Lakes Geometry Conference 2004

摘要奖：DMS-0333763首席研究员：利维·尼科拉斯库五大湖几何会议将于2004年4月17-18日在圣母大学举行。会议上可能讨论的主题包括低维拓扑中的规范理论方法、辛拓扑和接触拓扑学、Gromov-Wittenant不变量、镜像对称性和黎曼几何。这次会议预计将提供8到9场60分钟的演讲，以及在非正式环境下进行互动的时间。这是在五大湖州举办的一系列会议中的第六次。财政支持特别针对整个中西部地区几何和拓扑学的研究生，这次会议的目的是为该地区的研究生和初级研究人员提供一个非正式的环境，以了解最近的趋势并与这些领域的领导者互动。作为密歇根州立大学和威斯康星大学的一个联合项目，大湖会议最初是由密歇根州立大学和威斯康星大学联合发起的，之后又在其他校园举行了会议，包括西北大学和密歇根大学。

AbstractAward: DMS-0333763Principal Investigator: Liviu NicolaescuThe Great Lakes Geometry Conference will meet on April 17-18,2004 at the University of Notre Dame. Likely topics for talks atthe meeting include gauge theoretic methods in low-dimensionaltopology, symplectic and contact topology, Gromov-Witteninvariants, mirror symmetry, and Riemannian geometry. Theconference is expected to offer eight or nine sixty-minutelectures as well as time for interactions in an informal setting.This is the sixth in a series of conferences that run campuses inthe Great Lakes states. Financial support is particularly aimedat graduate students in geometry and topology throughout themidwest, and the conference is intended to provide an informalsetting for graduate students and junior researchers from theregion to learn of recent trends and to interact with leaders inthese fields. After originating as a joint project of MichiganState University and the University of Wisconsin, Great Lakesconferences have been held at other campuses, includingNorthwestern University and the University of Michigan.