Conference on Metric Geometry and Applications

圣母大学将于2013年3月14日至17日主办米制几何与应用会议。会议的目的是提供一个论坛，介绍、交流和讨论度量几何及其与其他领域的接口的广泛领域的新想法和新方向。会议的另一个目标是为美国的研究生和年轻的研究人员提供一个非正式的环境，让他们了解最新的趋势，并与著名的几何学家和几何分析家互动。会议讨论的主题是公制几何学的核心及其对其他领域的影响，如比较几何学、亚历山大几何学和几何分析，重点是几何流动和复杂几何。抽象的距离概念在数学和应用中一直扮演着重要的角色。在过去的几十年里，几何和分析在这一一般背景下经历了戏剧性的发展，并反过来在数学的许多领域发挥着越来越重要的作用。将在会议上讨论的主题代表了与几何和分析中的大型经典领域具有强烈交互作用的充满活力和不断增长的领域。演讲者的强大领域包括这些领域的几位当代最优秀的研究人员，他们的工作开辟了新的重要调查途径。除了为资深研究人员提供交流思想和讨论重要新成果和方向的机会外，会议的另一个同样重要的目标是促进来自不同大学的研究生之间的互动。研究生和初级研究人员通过接触最新的研究问题，以及与自己所在大学以外的学生和教职员工的接触，可以获益良多。参加这样的活动可能会引发有趣的论文项目，或者为正在进行的研究提出新的想法。会议网址为：http://nd.edu/~conf/mga13/.。

The University of Notre Dame will host the Conference on Metric Geometry and Applications during March 14-17, 2013. The objective of the conference is to provide a forum for the presentation, exchange and discussion of new ideas and directions in the broad area of metric geometry and its interface with other areas. Another goal of the conference is to provide an informal setting for graduate students and younger researchers in the USA to learn of the newest trends and interact with prominent geometers and geometric analysts. The topics treated at the conference are at the core of metric geometry and its impact on other areas such as comparison geometry, Alexandrov geometry, and geometric analysis with emphasis on geometric flows and complex geometry. The abstract notion of distance has always played an important role in mathematics and applications. During the last few decades geometry and analysis in this general setting has witnessed dramatic developments and in turn is playing an increasingly important role in many areas of mathematics. The topics to be treated at the conference represent vibrant and growing fields with strong interactions to large classical areas in geometry and analysis. The strong field of speakers include several of the best contemporary researchers in these areas, and their work has opened up new and important avenues of investigation. Besides providing and opportunity for senior researchers to exchange ideas and discuss important new results and directions, another equally important goal of the conference is to foster interaction among graduate students from different universities. Graduate students and junior researchers have much to gain from being exposed to the most recent research problems and from contact with students and faculty from universities other than their own. Participation at such an event could trigger interesting thesis projects, or suggest new ideas for ongoing research. The conference website can be found at http://nd.edu/~conf/mga13/.