CONFERENCE PROPOSAL: Combinatory Analysis 2008: Partitions, q-series, and Applications

组合分析2008是一个关于分区、Q系列和相关领域的会议，将于12月5-7日在宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行。由于其在组合学、李代数、数论、物理学和统计学等不同领域的应用，人们对分拆理论的兴趣大大增加。为了应对日益高涨的兴趣，在各种会议上介绍了分割论方面的成果，同时还举行了以分割论为重点的零星会议。这次会议不仅将汇集组合学、数论和特殊函数领域的杰出数学家，报告各自领域的最新进展，还将为研究数学家、研究生和其他对划分感兴趣的人提供一个探索新成就、研究趋势和问题的途径。此外，大会将向乔治·安德鲁斯致敬，他在划分理论和更大的数学社区中都做出了重大影响。安德鲁斯将在大会召开时年满70岁。我们预计将有75-100名与会者和11名受邀的全体会议成员进行45分钟的演讲。45分钟的全体演讲者名单已经敲定，其中包括克里希纳·阿拉迪、乔治·安德鲁斯、理查德·阿斯基、布鲁斯·伯恩特、金莫·埃里克森、吉姆·莱波斯基、杰里米·洛夫乔伊、小野肯、彼得·保罗、理查德·斯坦利和艾杰伊。此外，还计划进行几次平行的20分钟演讲，其中许多演讲者是由组织者邀请的。会议结束后，裁判程序将通过2009年出版的《拉马努詹杂志》(斯普林格)特刊进行传播，主编克里希纳斯瓦米·阿拉迪和客座编辑彼得·保勒、詹姆斯·塞勒斯和艾杰伊指导下出版。我们总体预算的大部分旨在支持研究生、博士后和初级教师，包括女性和代表性不足的少数民族。有关会议的更多信息，请参阅以下网页：http://www.math.psu.edu/sellersj/ca2008

Combinatory Analysis 2008, a conference on partitions, q-series, and related areas, will be held at the Pennsylvania State University on December 5-7. 2008.Interest in the theory of partitions has increased enormously because of its applications to various fields such as combinatorics, Lie algebras, number theory, physics, and statistics. Responding to the rising interest, achievements in partition theory have been presented in various conferences and meetings, while sporadic meetings focusing on partitions have been held. This conference will not only bring together prominent mathematicians in combinatorics, number theory, and special functions to report on recent advances in their areas but also provide a means for research mathematicians, graduate students, and others interested in partitions to explore new achievements, research trends, and problems. In addition, the conference will honor George Andrews who has made major impacts both within the theory of partitions and in the larger mathematical community. Andrews will turn 70 years old around the time of the conference.We are expecting 75-100 participants with eleven invited plenary 45-minute talks. The list of 45-minute plenary speakers has already been finalized and includes Krishna Alladi, George Andrews, Richard Askey, Bruce Berndt, Kimmo Eriksson, Jim Lepowsky, Jeremy Lovejoy, Ken Ono, Peter Paule, Richard Stanley, and Ae Ja Yee. In addition, several parallel sessions of 20-minute talks are planned, with many of these speakers invited by the organizers.After the conference, the refereed proceedings will be disseminated through a Special Issue of The Ramanujan Journal (Springer) to be published in 2009 under the direction of Editor-in-Chief Krishnaswami Alladi and guest editors Peter Paule, James Sellers, and Ae Ja Yee.Most of our overall budget is intended to support graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, including women and under-represented minorities.For more information about the conference, please see the following webpage: http://www.math.psu.edu/sellersj/ca2008