Focus Semester Groups and Geometry

Focus Semester "Groups and Geometry"

September 2016 - February 2017, Heidelberg, Germany

General Information

The focus semester Groups and Geometry is held under the sponsorship of the MAThematics Center Heidelberg (MATCH) and the Mathematisches Institut of the Heidelberg University.

The focus semester takes place from September 2016 until February 2017. The main activities are expected for October 2016 through February 2017 and include the conference "Asymptotic geometry of groups and spaces" from the 20th to the 23rd of February.

The aim of the focus semester is to meet researchers interested in groups and geometry for exchanging ideas and for collaboration.

Location

The focus semester is hosted by the Mathematisches Institut of Heidelberg University and will be held on the university campus, more specifically, Mathematikon (Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany).

Topics

Geometric structures on manifolds, e.g. real and complex projective structures
Representations of surfaces groups and higher Teichmüller theory
Geometric and dynamical properties of discrete subgroups of Lie groups
Group actions on homogeneous spaces and compactifications of (locally) homogeneous spaces
Positive and causal structures on flag varieties
Higgs bundles and Hitchin fibrations

Funding

There are funds that will allow to support selected participants. Requests for funding are particularly welcome from early career researchers and those from under-represented groups.

Contacts

For further information, in particular about scientific aspects of the focus semester, please contact Prof. Dr. Anna Wienhard. Organizational matters such as accommodation will be handled by Evelyne Bachmann.

List of Confirmed External Participants

Name	City	Peroid of stay
Jean-Philippe Burelle	Maryland	August 23 - September 22, 2016
Maria Beatrice Pozzetti	Warwick	October 9 - 14, 2016
Andrés Sambarino	Paris	October 9 - 14, 2016
Ludovic Marquis	Rennes	October 16 - 21, 2016
Pierre Will	Grenoble	October 17 - 19, 2016
Gianluca Faraco	Parma	October 17, 2016 - February 5, 2017
Jean-Marc Schlenker	Luxembourg	November 8, 2016
Léo Brunswic	Avignon	November 14 - 17, 2016
Xin Nie	Seoul	November 21 - 25, 2016
Lotte Hollands	Oxford	November 28 - 30, 2016
Julien Marché	Paris	December 5 - 6, 2016
Elena Frenkel	Strasbourg	December 13 - 14, 2016
Stephan Tillmann	Sydney	January 9 - 12, 2017
Clara Löh	Regensburg	January 17 - 18, 2017
Camilla Felisetti	Bologna	January 31 - February 1, 2017
Karin Melnick	Maryland	January - June, 2017
Anja Randecker	Toronto	January 30 - February 3, 2017
Michael Gekhtman	Notre Dame	March - April, 2017

last updated: 8 February 2017