NCGOA Research
Training Group Seminar
Spring
2005
Thursdays, 2:30pm-3:30pm in SC
1308
Organizers: Dietmar Bisch and
Remus Nicoara
- Thursday
1/13/05 - Organizational
Meeting
- Thursday
1/20/05 - No
Meeting
- Thursday
1/27/05 - Guoyi Xu, Vanderbilt
University
Discrete Measured Groupoids - definition and
examples (after R.
Sauer)
- Thursday
2/3/05 - Les Carter, Vanderbilt
University
Groupoid
Rings (after R. Sauer)
- Thursday
2/10/05 - Les Carter, Vanderbilt
University
Groupoid
Rings (after R. Sauer)
- Thursday 2/17/05 -
Jan
Spakula, Vanderbilt
University
The von Neumann Algebra of
a Discrete Measured Groupoid (after R.
Sauer)
- Friday
2/18/05 -
Special RTG Seminar, 3:00-4:00pm, SC
1432
Liming Ge,
University of New Hampshire
Title:
Introduction to Free Probability and Free Entropy
Abstract:
Basic laws, such as the "free central limit
theorem", will be
explained in the talk. Its connection with random matrices and
applications to operator algebras will be discussed.
- Thursday 2/24/05 -
Piotr
Nowak, Vanderbilt University
The von Neumann Algebra of
a Discrete Measured Groupoid (after R.
Sauer)
- Tuesday
3/1/05 - RTG Seminar, 4:00-5:00pm, Room SC
1432
Piotr Nowak, Vanderbilt
University
The von Neumann Algebra of
a Discrete Measured Groupoid (after R. Sauer)
- Thursday
3/17/05 - Remus Nicoara, Vanderbilt
University
The von Neumann Algebra of
a Discrete Measured Equivalence Relation (after Feldman and
Moore)
- Thursday
3/24/05 - Remus Nicoara, Vanderbilt
University
The von Neumann Algebra of
a Discrete Measured Equivalence Relation, continued (after Feldman and
Moore)
Thursday
3/31/05 - Eric Rannaud, Ecole normale superieure, Paris,
France
Quantum coherent spaces and the
logical interpretation of quantum computing, (after J.-Y. Girard)
Monday
4/4/05 - RTG Seminar, 3:00-4:00 pm, SC
1432
Eric Rannaud, Ecole normale superieure,
Paris, France
Quantum coherent spaces and the
logical interpretation of quantum computing, continued (after J.-Y.
Girard)
Thursday
4/14/05 - no meeting this
week
Tuesday 4/19/05
-
RTG Seminar, 4:00-5:00 pm, SC 1432
Bogdan Nica, Vanderbilt
University
L^2 Betti numbers of discrete
measured groupoids (after R.
Sauer)
Thursday
4/21/05 - Lin Shan, Vanderbilt
University
L^2 Betti numbers of discrete
measured groupoids (after R. Sauer)
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