NCGOA 2010 - Von Neumann Algebras

Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, May 10-19, 2010

Welcome to the homepage of the Eighth Annual Spring Institute on Noncommutative Geometry and Operator Algebras.

This year's topic is Von Neumann Algebras. The Eighth 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.

Minicourses

Speaker	Affiliation	Minicourse Topic
Cyril Houdayer	CNRS, ENS Lyon	An introduction to II₁ factors
Adrian Ioana	UCLA & CMI	W*-superrigidity for Bernoulli actions of property (T) groups
Vaughan Jones	UC Berkeley	The canonical rings of a subfactor
Narutaka Ozawa	University of Tokyo	Closable derivations on finite von Neumann algebras
Sorin Popa	UCLA	Basics of deformation/rigidity theory
Dimitri Shlyakhtenko	UCLA	Random matrices, free probability and applications
Stefaan Vaes	KU Leuven	W*-superrigidity for group measure space II₁ factors
Dan Voiculescu	UC Berkeley	Aspects of Free Analysis

Each mini-course will consist of 2-4 lectures. Please click on the mini-course title to see an abstract.

Registration

All participants are asked to register. Please use the link on the left side to register online. All questions should be directed to ncgoa10@vanderbilt.edu. If you intend to request support, please read the section "Financial Aid'' . There will be a registration fee of $50. Payment by cash or check is accepted at the conference.

Financial aid

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 link "Registration" on the left side) and the support request form (see link "Support Requests" on the left side). Please submit your request for financial support by April 2, 2010. Late applications will be considered as long as financial support is available. Note that we are unable to provide any support in advance.

Sponsors

Funding for the Eighth Annual Spring Institute on Noncommutative Geometry and Operator Algebras is provided by the National Science Foundation through NSF grant DMS 0849242, by the College of Arts & Science and the Department of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University. We are grateful for their support.

Organizing Committee

Dietmar Bisch, Vanderbilt University
Alain Connes, Collège de France, IHES & Vanderbilt University
Gennadi Kasparov, Vanderbilt University
Jesse Peterson, Vanderbilt University
Guoliang Yu, Vanderbilt University