International Workshop `Singularity theory, its modern applications and future prospects' in celebration of C.T.C.Wall's and J.W.Bruce's jubilees

本次研讨会庆祝C.T.C.（Terry）Wall FRS的75岁生日和J.W.布鲁斯，英国奇点理论界的两位领导人。奇点理论起源于H.Whitney和R.Thom在20世纪50年代和60年代对可微函数和映射的分类和深层性质的研究，因此可以被认为是微分学最重要的现代方面之一。奇点理论到目前为止已经发展成为一门独立的主要学科，与数学中的许多相邻学科以及其他学科如计算机图形学和计算机视觉，最优控制，物理学和力学。世界各地都有奇点理论的专家，这次研讨会的目的是汇集一些关键人物，目前的事态，特别是有前途的研究途径。年轻的参与者，包括早期职业研究人员和研究生，将清楚地了解最富有成果的研究领域，并能够在平行会议和工作组中与专家讨论这些问题。此外，我们还计划举办一个广受欢迎的讲座，介绍非常出色的想象力巡回展览（www.imaginary-exhibition.com/? lang=en），这是交互式数学思想的独特实现。

SummaryThis workshop celebrates the 75th birthday of C.T.C (Terry) Wall FRS and the 60th birthday of J.W.(Bill) Bruce, two leaders of the UK's very strong singularity theory community. Singularity theory arose from the studies in the 1950s and 1960s of H.Whitney and R.Thom on the classification and deep properties of differentiable functions and mappings-it can therefore be regarded as one of the most significant modern aspects of differential calculus. Singularity theory has by the present time grown to be a major discipline in its own right, interacting fruitfully with many adjacent disciplines in mathematics, and also with other disciplines such as computer graphics and computer vision, optimal control, physics and mechanics.There are experts in singularity theory all over the world and the objective of this workshop is to bring together a number of key individuals to give talks defining the current state of affairs and, especially, promising avenues of research. Younger participants, including early career researchers and postgraduate students, will then gain a clear understanding of the most fruitful areas of research and be able to discuss these with the experts in parallel sessions and working groups. As an additional attraction, we plan to have a popular lecture, suitable for sixth forms and schoolteachers, introducing the very remarkable Imaginary travelling exhibition (http://www.imaginary-exhibition.com/?lang=en) which is a unique implementation of the idea of interactive Mathematics.