2017 Women and Mathematics Schedule
Geometry and Randomness in Group Theory
Daily Schedule
May 15-26, 2017
**Support for this event is provided by a grant from the Schwab Charitable Fund
made possible by the generosity of Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the National Science Foundation.
Monday, May 15
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Registration & Reception Marquand House 150 Stockton Street Princeton, NJ 08540
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Tuesday, May 16
7:00 am – 8:30 am |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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8:00 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. |
IAS VAN from Nassau Inn to IAS (2 runs, first come first serve)
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8:45 a.m. |
Tour of the Institute (Fuld Hall Common Room)
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9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Olga Kharlampovich, Hunter College CUNY, “Free and hyperbolic groups”
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Beginner Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Goulnara Arzhantseva, University of Vienna, “Random groups”
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch (Simons Hall)
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2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. |
Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Funda Gultepe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “Walking on groups: a distance formula for outer automorphism group of the free group”
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3:50 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Women in Science Seminar (Dining Hall, Simons Hall) Introductions
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5:35 p.m.
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IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Marquand House |
5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. |
Opening Dinner Marquand House 150 Stockton Street Princeton, NJ 08540
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7:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. |
IAS VAN from Marquand House to Nassau Inn (2 runs, first come first serve)
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Wednesday, May 17
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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8:15 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. |
IAS VAN from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall
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9:00 a.m. |
Group Photo – Fuld Hall Common Room
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9:05 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. |
Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Olga Kharlampovich, Hunter College CUNY, “Free and hyperbolic groups”
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10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 a.m. – 11: 15 a.m. |
Beginner Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11: 30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Goulnara Arzhantseva, University of Vienna, “Random groups”
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch (Simons Hall)
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2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. |
Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) KL Talk “Approximation of the entries of a random orthogonal matrix by independent standard normal”
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3:50 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
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4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Colloquium (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Lisa Carbone, Rutgers University, “Free groups from free Lie algebras”
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5:35 p.m. |
IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Marquand House
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5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. |
Dinner Marquand House 150 Stockton Street Princeton, NJ 08540 Evening Chat on Diversity and Identity in Mathematics with Yen Duong, University of Illinois at Chicago
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7:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. |
IAS VAN from Marquand House to Nassau Inn (2 runs, first come first serve)
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Thursday, May 18
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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8:15 a.m. and 8:35 a.m.
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IAS VAN from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall
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9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Olga Kharlampovich, Hunter College CUNY, “Free and hyperbolic groups”
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Beginner Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Goulnara Arzhantseva, University of Vienna, “Random groups”
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch (Simons Hall)
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2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room )
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3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. |
Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Yuan Liu, University of Wisconsin – Madison “Measures defined by random groups”
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3:50 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
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4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Women in Science Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) “Panel: Mathematicians in Academia”
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5:35 p.m. |
IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Marquand House
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5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. |
Dinner Marquand House 150 Stockton Street Princeton, NJ 08540
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7:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. |
IAS VAN from Marquand House to Nassau Inn
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Friday, May 19
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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8:15 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. |
IAS VAN from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall
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9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Women in Science Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) “WAM Ambassador Program: Brainstorm Session”
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Goulnara Arzhantseva, University of Vienna, “Random groups”
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch (Simons Hall)
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2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. |
Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Kasia Jankiewicz, McGill University “Graph coloring problem and fibering right angled Coxeter groups”
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3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Olga Kharlampovich, Hunter College CUNY, “Free and hyperbolic groups”
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4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
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4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Beginner Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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5:35 p.m. |
IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Marquand House
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5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. |
Dinner Marquand House 150 Stockton Street Princeton, NJ 08540
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7:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. |
IAS VAN from Marquand House to Nassau Inn |
Saturday, May 20
Sunday, May 21 Princeton University 5K 8:00 am meet at ….. 8:30 am race starts.
Monday, May 22
Princeton University Day (see separate schedule)
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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9:00 a.m. – |
Depart for Princeton UniversityMeet in lobby of Nassau Inn. Walk over to Princeton Univ, Fine Hall. |
Tuesday, May 23
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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8:15 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. |
IAS VAN from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall
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9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Kim Ruane, Tufts University, “Examples of non-positively curved groups”
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Beginner Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Tatiana Nagnibeda, University of Geneva, “Amenability”
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12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch (Simons Hall)
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1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
Colloquium (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Susan Hermiller, University of Nebraska, “Algorithms for groups of homeomorphisms”
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2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Sahana Hassan Balasubramanya, Vanderbilt University “Acylindrically hyperbolic structures on groups”
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3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
OUTREACH UrbanPromise Program (Trinity Church, Trenton) IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Urban Promise
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3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
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4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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5:35 p.m. |
IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Marquand House
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5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. |
Dinner Marquand House 150 Stockton Street Princeton, NJ 08540
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7:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. |
IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn
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Wednesday, May 24
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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8:15 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. |
IAS VAN from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall
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9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Kim Ruane, Tufts University, “Examples of non-positively curved groups” |
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Beginner Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Tatiana Nagnibeda, University of Geneva, “Amenability”
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch (Simons Hall)
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2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Tatiana Nagnibeda, University of Geneva, “Amenability”
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3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room )
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4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Women in Science Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) “Panel: Mathematicians in Industry”
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5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. |
Dinner IAS South Lawn (rain location IAS Dining Hall)
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7:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. |
IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn
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Thursday, May 25
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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8:15 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. |
IAS VAN from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall
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9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Kim Ruane, Tufts University, “Examples of non-positively curved groups”
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Merchandise Sale (Harry’s Bar, Simons Hall)
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Beginner Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room)
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Tatiana Nagnibeda, University of Geneva, “Amenability”
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch (Simons Hall)
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2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Advanced Review Session (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room )
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3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. |
Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Rosemary Guzman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “Quantitative Mostow rigidity: relating volume to topology for hyperbolic 3-manifolds”
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3:50 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
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4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Women in Science Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) “Panel: Participant Choice”
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5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. |
Closing Dinner IAS South Lawn (rain location IAS Dining Hall)
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7:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. |
IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn
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Friday, May 26
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (Nassau Inn)
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8:15 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. |
IAS VAN from Nassau Inn to IAS Fuld Hall
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9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Beginner Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Kim Ruane, Tufts University, “Examples of non-positively curved groups”
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Heejoung Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “Morse boundaries for finitely generated groups”
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11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) Angelica Deibel, Brandeis University “Random coxeter groups”
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12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch (Simons Hall)
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1:30 p.m. |
IAS VAN from IAS Fuld Hall to Nassau Inn
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2:00 p.m.- |
End of program - Depart IAS |