William Rowan Hamilton Geometry and Topology Workshop

八威廉罗文汉密尔顿几何和拓扑研讨会是一个为期五天的，在群论和低维几何的测量和渐近定向研讨会，将在爱尔兰都柏林的汉密尔顿数学研究所（HMI）举行，2012年8月28日至9月1日。研讨会将包括为期两天的研究生和初级研究人员的迷你课程，然后是为期三天的系列讲座。研讨会的主要议题将是最近的工作Agol，Hagland-Wise，Kahn-Markovic，Wise，这在最近宣布的Agol证明虚拟哈肯猜想中达到高潮。另一个主要议题将是测量理论性质的团体，如顺从性，边界顺从性，和措施equivalents.The威廉罗文汉密尔顿几何和拓扑Workshop的目标是调查共同的主题和技术之间的重大领域，目前的研究在几何和拓扑，并支持在这些领域感兴趣的初级研究人员。该研讨会将汇集领先的研究人员在几何和拓扑学与研究生和初级研究人员谁有一个特殊的兴趣在相关的问题群论和低维几何将调查一些重要的问题在这些领域的研究前沿。来自不同领域的专业知识的融合将导致新的合作项目，并扩大了participants.http://www.hamilton.tcd.ie/events/gt/gt2012.htm的研究视野。

The Eight William Rowan Hamilton Geometry and Topology Workshop is a five-day, directed workshop on Measure and Asymptotics in Group Theory and Low-Dimensional Geometry, to be held at the Hamilton Mathematical Institute (HMI) in Dublin, Ireland, August 28-September 1, 2012. The workshop will consist of a two-day mini-course for graduate students and junior researchers, followed by a three day lecture series. Among the main topics of the workshop will be the recent work of Agol, Hagland-Wise, Kahn-Markovic, Wise, which has culmunated in the recently announced proof by Agol, of the virtual Haken conjecture. Another main topic will be the measure-theoretic properties of groups such as amenability, boundary amenability, and measure equivalence.The goal of the William Rowan Hamilton Geometry and Topology Workshop is to investigate common themes and techniques among significant areas of current research in geometry and topology and to support junior researchers interested in these areas. The workshop will bring together leading researchers in geometry and topology with graduates students and junior researchers who have a special interest in problems related to group theory and low-dimensional geometry will investigate a number of important questions at the forefront of research in these areas. The confluence of expertise from dfferent areas will result in new collaborative projects, and in broadening the research horizons of the participants.http://www.hamilton.tcd.ie/events/gt/gt2012.htm