Vanderbilt University, Department of Mathematics
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
THE SIXTH ANNUAL SPRING INSTITUTE
ON
NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY AND
OPERATOR ALGEBRAS
KK-Theory of Operator Algebras and Noncommutative Geometry
May 5 to May 14, 2008
The Sixth Annual Spring Institute on Noncommutative Geometry and
Operator Algebras is a combination of spring school and
international conference. During the school part of the meeting several
mini-courses on a variety of topics from noncommutative geometry,
operator algebras and related topics will be given by leading experts.
The conference will comprise a number of invited research talks and
short contributions. We strongly encourage students and postdocs to
attend this conference. Please read the section on financial aid
below regarding information on how to apply for financial support.
The annual spring institute on NCGOA will be followed by a workshop
on Noncommutative geometry and geometry over the field with one
element from May 15 to May 18, 2008.
Click here for more information.
For information on the Clay Mathematics Institute/Shanks international
conference and spring school on Noncommutative Geometry and
Applications in May 2003 (=the
First Annual Spring Institute on NCGOA), please click
here. For information on the
Second Annual Spring Institute on NCGOA, please click here.
For information on the
Third Annual
Spring Institute on NCGOA, please click
here.
For information on the
Fourth Annual
Spring Institute on NCGOA, please click
here.
For information on the
Fifth Annual
Spring Institute on NCGOA, please click
here.
The home page of the research
group in noncommutative geometry and operator algebras at Vanderbilt
University can be found
here.
Schedule
Talks will start at 9:25 am on Monday, May 5,
2008, and end at 1pm on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Friday, May 9, 2008,
will be a day off since commencement/graduation will take place at
Vanderbilt on that day. All lectures will be held
in
Lecture Hall 4309, Stevenson Center . The seminar room
SC 5208 (right next to SC 4309) and the seminar rooms in the math
building (e.g. SC 1312, SC 1320, SC 1403, SC 1404) are available for
discussions. Limited computer access is available in the computer lab
of the mathematics department (SC 1427). Moreover Vanderbilt campus has
a wireless
network which is accessible from many campus locations.
Directions to the lecture hall. The Stevenson Center consists
of several buildings. The mathematics department is located in building
1
and the lecture hall in building 4, which are right next to each other.
For more details, please consult the
campus map (click on ``Building List'', then ``Mathematics
Building, Stevenson Center'' to find the math department
and on ``Building List'', then ``Lecture Halls/Stevenson Center'' to
find the lecture hall. Note that the map is zoomable.).
Schedule of talks
List of participants
Information sheet
Invited Speakers
The following people have agreed to give mini-courses:
- Alain Connes, Collège de France,
IHES & Vanderbilt University
On
the spectral characterization of manifolds
- Siegfried Echterhoff, University of
Muenster
A
Mackey-Machine for the Baum-Connes conjecture
and the proof of the Connes-Kasparov conjecture
- Erik Guentner, University of Hawaii, and
Guoliang Yu, Vanderbilt University
K-theory and
topological rigidity
- Nigel Higson, Penn State University
K-theory
of representations
- Ralf Meyer,
Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen
Universal
coefficient theorems for Kirchberg's bivariant K-theory
- Mikael Rordam, University of Copenhagen
Classification and strongly
self-absorbing C*-algebras
- Georges Skandalis, University of Paris 7
KK-theory and applications
The following people have agreed to give additional talks:
- Jacek Brodzki, University of Southampton
Partial
translation algebras for metric spaces
- Larry Brown, Purdue University
Non-stable K-theory and extremally rich
C*-algebras
- Joachim Cuntz, University of Muenster
C*-algebras
associated with commutative rings, number fields and function fields
- Marius Dadarlat, Purdue University
On the K-theory of continuous
fields of C*-algebras
- George Elliott, University of Toronto
A canonical form of the
Pimsner-Voiculescu embedding
- Guihua Gong, University of Puerto Rico
On the classification of inductive limit
C*-algebras
- Gennadi Kasparov, Vanderbilt University
- Huaxin Lin, University of Oregon
Asymptotic
unitary equivalence and classification of simple
C*-algebras
- Matilde Marcolli, Max-Planck-Institute
Bonn
Solvmanifolds
and noncommutative tori with real multiplication
- Bertrand Monthubert, Universite Paul
Sabatier, Toulouse
Groupoids,
pseudodifferential calculus and Boutet de Monvel
- Henri Moscovici, Ohio State University
Twisted spectral triples
- Markus Pflaum, University of Colorado,
Boulder
Regularized
traces and relative cyclic cohomology
- Chris Phillips, University of Oregon
Crossed products of irrational
rotation algebras by
finite subgroups of SL_2 (Z) are AF
- Michael Puschnigg, Universite de la
Mediterranee
The
cohomological assembly map
- Marc Rieffel, UC Berkeley
How
can matrix algebras converge to the sphere (or other spaces)?
- John Roe, Penn State University
Foliations,
C*-algebras and controlled topology
- Romain Tessera, Vanderbilt University
K-theory and
topological rigidity
- Shmuel Weinberger, University of Chicago
Complete
Positive Scalar Curvature Metrics revisited
- Bob Yuncken, University of Muenster
Index
Theory for SL(n,C)
Lecture notes, transparencies and other material related to the
talks
Jacek Brodzki (slides of talk, pdf file)
Larry Brown (slides of talk, pdf file)
Alain Connes
(link to downloadable articles)
Huaxin Lin (slides of talk, pdf file)
Bertrand Monthubert (slides of talk, pdf file)
Chris Philllips (slides of talk, pdf file)
Ralf Meyer (slides of mini-course, talk 1, pdf file)
Ralf Meyer (slides of mini-course, talk 2, pdf file)
Ralf Meyer (slides of mini-course, talk 3, pdf file)
Ralf Meyer (C*-algebras over topological spaces: the bootstrap class (with Nest), preprint, pdf file)
Ralf Meyer (C*-algebras over topological spaces: filtrated K-theory (with Nest), preprint, pdf file)
Markus Pflaum (preprint, Regularized traces and K-theory invariants of
parametric pseudodifferential operators, joint with M. Lesch and H. Moscovici)
Markus Pflaum (preprint, Relative pairing in cyclic cohomology and divisor
flows, joint with M. Lesch and H. Moscovici)
Georges
Skandalis (slides of mini-course, talk 1, pdf file)
Georges
Skandalis (slides of mini-course, talk 2, pdf file)
Georges
Skandalis (slides of mini-course, talk 3, pdf file)
Georges
Skandalis (slides of mini-course, talk 4, pdf file)
Bob Yuncken (slides of talk, pdf file)
Registration
All participants are
asked to register.
Please download the registration form here,
fill it out
and email it to the organizing committee at
ncgoa08[at]vanderbilt[dot]edu (click on ``registration
form here'', then
save the registration form to a file (use your browser's ``Save page
as''
feature), edit it and email the file as an attachment to the organizing
committee).
If you prefer an email version of the registration form, please request
it by email from the organizing committee. If you intend to request
support,
please read the section
``Financial Aid''
before filling out the registration form.
Registration fees
There will be a registration
fee of $40. Payments by cash or
check are accepted.
Financial Aid
We hope that financial support will be available
to (partially) fund
graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and other participants
without grant support. We encourage those of
you who are asking for support to share accommodations. If you plan
to apply for funding, please fill out the registration form (see
section
``Registration'') at your earliest convenience and provide the
information
requested. Please submit your request for
financial support by March 29, 2008. Late applications will
be considered as long as financial support is available.
Note that we are unable to provide any support in advance.
Reimbursement policy.
Please see
Traveling to the United States (The National Academies), US State Department and US
State Department Visa Waiver Program for information about
visas.
Please be advised that according to U.S.
immigration laws,
individuals who
enter the U.S. and wish to be reimbursed for travel related expenses
should
enter only on a B-1, WB or J-1 visa (WT and B-2 visa do not permit
reimbursement of any expenses). See the web pages above for visitors
entering from Canada and Mexico. Entering on a Visa Waiver is
discouraged due to concerns as to how the new law will be interpreted.
Please call your local US consulate or embassy and inquire what the
rules are pertaining to your country.
NSF funds can be used for reimbursement of air
fare only if a U.S.
flag carrier (i.e. a U.S. airline) has been used.
Upon arriving, please see the staff person at
the registration desk
for the necessary forms to be filled out and returned prior to your
departure. We will need all original receipts for any expenses
for which reimbursement is claimed and copies of your visa if
applicable.
Please note that Vanderbilt may be required to withold US income tax on
your reimbursement. Please see Vanderbilt
International Tax office for more information.
Accommodation
Rooms have been reserved in the following three
hotels.
The quoted rates below do not include a 14.25% state and city tax. When
you make the reservation for your room, please mention the ``Sixth Spring Institute on
Noncommutative Geometry and Operator Algebras''.
Many of the rooms are doubles and can be shared. Since we have reserved
only a limited number of rooms in each hotel, we recommend that you
make your
reservations
as soon as possible in the hotel of your choice.
1. Courtyard
by Marriott
Address - 1901 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
Hotel Phone - 615-327-9900
Toll free - 800-245-1959
Fax - 615-327-8127
Rate - $129 per night
Reserve by - April 5, 2008
Note - To get the NCGOA rates,
call the hotel directly or
send an email to <mwood AT courtyardvanderbilt DOT com>
mentioning NCGOA.
Online reservation does not have
that option.
2. Extended
Stay America
Address - 3311 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
Hotel Phone - 615-383-7490
Toll free- 800-804-3724
Rate - $59 (Weekly rate) or $99.99 per night
Reserve by - April 5, 2008
3. Holiday
Inn Select
Address - 2613 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
Hotel Phone - 615-327-4707
Toll free - 800-282-0244
Fax - 615-320-4850
Rate - $104 per night
Reserve by - April 5, 2008
Other
recommended hotels:
Hampton Inn -Vanderbilt West End
Address - 1919 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Phone - 615-329-1144
Toll free - 800-426-7866
Fax - 615-320-7112
Hampton Inn & Suites -Vanderbilt
Elliston Place
Address - 2330 Elliston Place, Nashville, Tennessee, USA 37203
Phone - 615-320-6060
Toll free - 888-880-5395
Fax - 615-327-4723
Embassy Suites Hotel
Address - 1811 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone - 615-320-8899
Fax - 615-320-8881
Best
Western Music Row
Address - 1407 Division Street, Nashville, TN 37203
Phone - 615-242-1631
Toll free - 800-780-7234
Fax - 615-244-9519
Remark 1:
Sometimes
the best hotel room rates can be obtained by reserving a room via the
internet.
Remark 2: The Extended Stay America has offered good
rates in the past for longer stays (weekly rates). You may want to
check it out first and compare rates.
Travel Information
Follow the links below for directions, maps,
information regarding
parking,
airport, weather etc..
Organizing Committee
Dietmar Bisch (Vanderbilt University), Alain
Connes (Collège de
France, IHES & Vanderbilt University; Director of the Sixth Annual
Spring Institute),
Bruce Hughes (Vanderbilt University), Gennadi Kasparov (Vanderbilt
University) and Guoliang Yu (Vanderbilt University).
Sponsors
The Sixth Annual Spring Institute on NCGOA is
sponsored by the National Science Foundation
through a
Research Training Group grant, the Department of Mathematics and the
College of Arts & Science at Vanderbilt University.
Poster : Not yet available.
Further Information
Further information may be obtained from
the following sources.
Last update 5/13/08.