Microworkshop
``Quantum Symmetries: Subfactors, Planar Algebras and Free Probability''

July 20-24, 2013

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Workshop Description
The microworkshop ``Quantum Symmetries: Subfactors, Planar Algebras and Free Probability'' will be held July 20-24, 2013 in Maui, HI. The workshop will feature several talks on the above topics and other related topics from operator algebras and mathematical physics. We are grateful to DARPA for funding this workshop through DARPA grant HR0011-12-1-0009.


Schedule
Talks will be held in the mornings from 9am to about 1pm.


Participants
Dietmar Bisch, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Arnaud Brothier, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Alice Guionnet, MIT, Boston, USA
Vaughan Jones, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
David Jordan, University of Texas, Austin, USA
Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Gordon Schuecker, University of Goettingen, Goetingen, Germany
James Tener, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, USA


Program
The microworkshop will feature talks on the following topics:

Dietmar Bisch, Invariants for hyperfinite subfactors and invariants for planar algebras
Arnaud Brothier, Approximation properties and rigidity for standard invariants
Alice Guionnet, Random matrix models
Vaughan Jones, The Thompson groups as local scale transformations in lattice models
Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, Vertex operator algebras, conformal nets and subfactors
Gordon Schuecker, Basic mathematics how money works
James Tener, Segal CFT, VOAs and subfactors

Contact
Contact Dietmar Bisch at dietmar.bisch@vanderbilt.edu or Vaughan Jones at vaughan.f.jones@mvanderbilt.edu for more information.

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Last modified: 7/19/2013