Conference: Contemporary Combinatorics 2012

2012当代组合学会议将于5月17日和18日在田纳西州孟菲斯市的孟菲斯大学举行。孟菲斯大学的组合学研究所将再次主办这次活动，以纪念Paul Erdos过去的工作以及与该研究所创始成员的关系。在将一群与组合学有松散联系的有成就的研究人员聚集在一起的过程中，PI希望继续将难得的机会扩展到中南部社区和周边地区，以互动的方式体验数学探究的力量和丰富性。这个地区现在有机会参加高级会议，就像那些在东海岸或西海岸海湾地区丰富（和昂贵）的会议一样。大力鼓励讲师和其他与会者之间进行个人接触的方式非常成功，将继续成为2012年会议的一个重要因素。今年的会议有三个主要部分：关于Paul Erdos和他的工作的基础讲座，两个Paul Erdos讲座，以及一个邀请优秀演讲者的组合学会议。这次会议的目的是把一群杰出的数学家聚集在一起，他们研究与组合学相关的主题，在最广泛的意义上被理解。有两位主讲人：Vaughan Jones和Avi Wigderson。Jones是范德比尔特大学的杰出数学教授，他最著名的工作是冯·诺伊曼代数，结多项式和共形场论，特别是结的“琼斯多项式”。1990年，他被授予菲尔兹奖。琼斯将就组合学和结理论之间的联系作一次报告。第二位主讲人Wigderson不仅是一位优秀的纯数学家，也是理论计算机科学的最佳实践者之一。1994年，威格森因其在计算复杂性方面的工作而获得奈万林纳奖。他将作一次关于组合学与理论计算机科学之间密切联系的演讲。这次会议的演讲者之所以被选中，是因为他们是优秀的数学家、令人愉快的演讲者和非常平易近人的人。除了Jones和Wigderson，演讲者还包括Maria Chudnovsky， Henry Cohn, Eyal Lubetsky， Alan Frieze和Jacob Fox。观众将由来自不同背景、不同专业水平的人组成：博士后、研究生、高级学者和来自世界各地的行业研究人员。

The 2012 Contemporary Combinatorics conference will be held on the 17th and 18th of May at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. The Institute of Combinatorics at the University of Memphis will again host the event in honor of Paul Erdos's past work and relationship with the founding members of the Institute. In bringing together a group of accomplished researchers loosely connected to Combinatorics, the PI hopes to continue to extend the rare opportunity to interactively experience the power and richness of mathematical inquiry to the Mid South community and surrounding areas. This region now has access to a high class conference, much like those which are plentiful (and expensive) on the East Coast or the Bay Area on the West Coast. The formula whereby personal contacts between the lecturers and the other participants is greatly encouraged has been very successful will continue to be an important element of the 2012 meeting. This year's conference features three major segments: The foundational lecture about the Paul Erdos and his work, two Paul Erdos Lectures, and a Combinatorics Conference with excellent invited speakers.The aim of this conference is to bring together a group of outstanding mathematicians who work on topics related to combinatorics, understood in the widest sense. There will be two main speakers: Vaughan Jones and Avi Wigderson. Jones is a distinguished professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University who is best known for his work on von Neumann algebras, knot polynomials and conformal field theory, in particular, for the 'Jones polynomial' of a knot. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1990. Jones will give a talk on the connection between combinatorics and knot theory. The second major speaker, Wigderson, is not only an excellent pure mathematician, but also one of the best practitioners of theoretical computer science. Wigderson received the Nevanlinna Prize in 1994 for his work on computational complexity. He will give a lecture on the intimate connection between combinatorics and theoretical computer science. The speakers at this conference have been chosen because they are excellent mathematicians, enjoyable lecturers, and very approachable people. In addition to Jones and Wigderson, the speakers include Maria Chudnovsky, Henry Cohn, Eyal Lubetsky, Alan Frieze, and Jacob Fox. The audience will be composed of people from a variety of backgrounds with varying levels of expertise: postdocs, graduate students to senior level academics, and industry researchers from all over the world.