Building Bridges: 1st EU/US Conference on Automorphic Forms and Related Topics

该补助金支持国际暑期学校和会议“建桥：第一届欧盟/美国自守形式及相关主题会议”，将于2012年7月30日至8月10日在RWTH亚琛大学举行（网页：http：//www.af-bridges.matha.rwth-aachen.de/）。 赠款资金将用于使美国的研究人员能够参加这个国际暑期学校和会议。自守形式理论是一个丰富的研究领域，与数学和物理的不同领域有着深刻的联系。目前对自守形式的研究特别受到“Borcherds产品和应用”，“模块化符号”和“Theta块”的影响，这是暑期学校的三个迷你课程的主题。 每门迷你课程由两名国际知名研究人员组成的团队领导，包括每天上午两次90分钟的讲座，下午的问题会议和家庭作业。会议将为参与者提供一个重要而及时的机会，开始新的合作并加强现有的合作。 高级研究人员之间的国际联系间接地使学生和博士后受益，他们以后可能会访问国外的机构进行演讲，学习或担任访问职位。 初级参与者将能够在其职业生涯的关键阶段与国际专家一起开始新项目。

This grant supports the international summer school and conference "Building Bridges: 1st EU/US conference on Automorphic Forms and Related Topics," which will take place July 30 -- August 10, 2012 at RWTH Aachen University (webpage: http://www.af-bridges.matha.rwth-aachen.de/). Grant funds will be used to enable US-based researchers to participate in this international summer school and meeting.The theory of automorphic forms is a rich research area with deep links to different fields of mathematics and physics. Current research on automorphic forms is particularly impacted by "Borcherds products and applications," "Modular symbols," and "Theta blocks," the topics of the three mini-courses of the summer school. Each mini-course is led by a team of two internationally established researchers and consists of two 90-minute lectures each morning and problem sessions and homework in the afternoons.The conference will provide an important and timely opportunity for participants to start new collaborations and strengthen existing collaborations. International connections between senior researchers indirectly benefit students and post-docs, who may later visit institutions abroad to give talks, study, or hold visiting positions. Junior participants will be able to start new projects with international experts at a critical stage in their careers.