Collaborative Research: Operator Theory/Operator Algebras, GPOTS 07-08

该合作奖是为2007-2008学年算子理论年度会议（大平原算子理论研讨会（GPOTS））提供部分支持。这些会议于1981年首次举办，并从那时起每年举办一次。该系列会议的焦点是动态的，每年聚焦于重要的新发展和令人兴奋的开放问题，以激励运营商社区，特别是处于职业生涯早期的新研究人员。回顾过去几年的演讲者名单，我们一直吸引着该领域的重要工作者，包括来自世界各地的许多领导人。我们认为，这种吸引力的一个原因是，会议始终关注主题，始终关注高影响力领域。例如，2007年和2008年的重点包括：(1)C*-代数的分类；(2)与自由概率论直接相关的算子代数理论；(3)von Neumann代数中的子因子理论及其应用；(4)非自伴随算子理论；(5)Kadison-Singer扩展问题及其应用；(6)算子空间及其应用。

This collaborative award is for partial support of the annual conference on operator theory (Great Plains Operator Theory Seminar (GPOTS)) for academic years 2007-2008. These conferences were first organized in 1981, and have been an annual event since that time. The focus of this conference series is dynamic, focusing each year on important new developments and on exciting open problems to stimulate the operator community, especially new researchers in the early part of their careers. A review of the speaker list from past years shows that we have consistently attracted important workers in the subject, including many leaders from around the world. We believe that one reason for this attraction is that the conference has stayed topical, always focusing on high impact areas. For example, now for 2007 and 2008 the focus includes: (1) Classification of C*-algebras, (2) Operator algebra theory directly related to free probability theory, (3) Subfactors in von Neumann algebra theory and applications, (4) Nonselfadjoint operator theory, (5) The Kadison-Singer Extension Problem and applications, and (6) Operator spaces and applications.