2015 Schedule

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Aspects of Algebraic Geometry 2015

Daily Schedule

May 11-22, 2015

 

Monday, May 11

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration (Nassau Inn 10 Palmer Square Princeton, NJ 08542)

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)

3:00 p.m. Dapper Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tour of Institute Campus (meet in Fuld Hall Common Room)

5:00 p.m. Dapper Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

6:00 p.m. - Welcome dinner (Nassau Inn )

 

Tuesday, May 12

7:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast (Nassau Inn)

8:15 am A-1 Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS

8:30 am – 9:30 am Overview of Adv Lecture course (Simonyi Seminar Room) Giulia Sacca, IAS

9:00 am A-1 Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Elizabeth Milićević, Haverford College, “Grassmannians and Flag Varieites”

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Claire Voisin, IAS/CNRS, “Birational Invariants”

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Yiwei She, Univ Chicago, “The Shafarevich Conjecture for K3 Surfaces”

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch (Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Beginner Review Session (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Seminar Room)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) Introductions

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Opening Dinner (Dining Hall) - IAS

8:00 p.m. - Dapper Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

 

Wednesday, May 13

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Nassau Inn)

9:00 a.m. - Dapper Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall

9:15 a.m. Group Photo – Fuld Hall Common Room

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Elizabeth Milićević, Haverford College “Grassmannians and Flag Varieites”

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11: 45 a.m. Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Claire Voisin, IAS/CNRS “Birational Invariants”

11: 50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Cindy Sin Yi Tsang, UCSB, “Normal integral Basis and Realizable Classes”

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch (Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Beginning Review Session (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Seminar Room)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Colloquia (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Melissa Liu, Columbia, “Intersection Theory on the Moduli Space of Curves and the Eynard-Orantin Recursion."

5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Women in Science Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Lillian Pierce, Duke University, “Wayfinding: Charting your own Path Through a Mathematical Career”

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Informal dinner (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) – IAS buffet

8:00 p.m. - Dapper Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

 

Thursday, May 14

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Nassau Inn)

9:00 a.m. - A1 Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Elizabeth Milićević, Haverford College “Grassmannians and Flag Varieites”

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Claire Voisin, IAS/CNRS “Birational Invariants”

11:50 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Letao Zhang, Stony Brook, “Modular Forms and Special Cubic Fourfolds”

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch (Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Beginner Review Session (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)

4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Colloquia (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Antonella Grassi, UPenn, “Algebraic Geometry, Topology and Strings”

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Informal dinner (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) – Emily’s

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Movie, “Particle Fever” (Wolfensohn Hall)

9:15 p.m. - A1 Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

 

Friday, May 15

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Nassau Inn)

9:00 a.m. - A1 Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Elizabeth Milićević, Haverford College “Grassmannians and Flag Varieites”

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Claire Voisin, IAS/CNRS “Birational Invariants”

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Katrina Honigs, UC Berkeley, “Derived Equivalence and Zeta Functions”

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch (Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Beginner Review Session (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Special Lecture (Wolfensohn Hall) Claudia Perlich, Dstillery, “Tales from the Data Trenches of Display Advertising” Video

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Informal dinner (back of Fuld Hall) Taco Truck **rain location will be Fuld Hall Common Room

8:30 p.m. - A1 Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

 

Saturday, May 16 FREE DAY

 

Sunday, May 17 Trip to MoMath – NYC. 9 am Coach Bus from Nassau Inn to Museum of Math NYC Coach Bus returns to Nassau Inn leaving MoMath at 4 pm.

 

Monday, May 18 Princeton University Day (see separate schedule)

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Nassau Inn) 9:30 a.m. – Depart for Princeton University (talks, lunch, concert, and dinner) Meet in lobby of Nassau Inn. Walk over to Princeton Univ, Fine Hall.

 

Tuesday, May 19

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Nassau Inn)

9:00 a.m. - A1 Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Wei Ho, Univ of Michigan, “Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields”

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Lucia Caporaso, Roma Tre Univ “Moduli Space of Curves”

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Kalina Mincheva, Johns Hopkins, “Nullstellensatz for Tropical Polynomials”

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch (Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Beginner Review Session (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)

4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Colloquia (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Linda Chen, Swarthmore, “Enumerative Geometry, Quantum Cohomology, and Beyond”

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) Panel – participant choice

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Informal dinner (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) Emily’s 8:30 p.m. - A1 Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

 

Wednesday, May 20

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Nassau Inn)

9:00 a.m. - A1 Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Wei Ho, Univ of Michigan, “Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields”

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Lucia Caporaso, Roma Tre Univ “Moduli Space of Curves”

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Amanda Francis, BYU, “FJRW Theory and Global Mirror Symmetry”

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch (Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Beginner Review Session (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) Julie Cotton, The Mathematical “Character” Finding Your Inner Actor

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Informal dinner (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall)Emily’s

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) Julie Cotton, The Mathematical “Character” Finding Your Inner Actor

8:30 p.m. - A1 Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

 

Thursday, May 21

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Nassau Inn)

9:00 a.m. - A1 Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Wei Ho, Univ of Michigan, “Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields”

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. T-shirt sale (Harry’s Bar Dining Hall) ***cash only***

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Lucia Caporaso, Roma Tre Univ “Moduli Space of Curves”

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Melody Chan, Harvard, “Tropical Moduli Spaces of Curves”

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch (Dining Hall)

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Beginning Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Women in Science Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Kaisa Taipale, “Math Migrations: Clues from the Data About Mathematical Lifestyles”

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Closing Dinner (Dining Hall) - IAS

8:00 p.m. - A1 Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

 

Friday, May 22

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Nassau Inn)

9:45 a.m. - A1 Bus from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Wei Ho, Univ of Michigan, “Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields”

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Lucia Caporaso, Roma Tre Univ “Moduli Space of Curves”

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. A1 Bus from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn

2:00 p.m.- Depart IAS