CMA / AMSI Workshop

Noncommutative Geometry and Index Theory

22 - 27 July & 28 July - 1 August 2005

Instructional program: Friday 22 - Wednesday 27 July 2005

Workshop: Thursday 28 July - Monday 1 August 2005

Venue
Mathematical Sciences Institute, John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (#27) - see the ANU campus map.

Enquiries
All enquiries should be directed to cmaoffice@maths.anu.edu.au.

Scientific Advisory committee

Alan Carey	Australian National University
Alain Connes	College de France, IHES and Vanderbilt University
Vaughan Jones	University of California, Berkeley

Organising committee

Mathai Varghese	University of Adelaide
Wojciech Szymanski	University of Newcastle
Fyodor Sukochev	Flinders University
Adam Rennie	University of Newcastle

Invited overseas speakers

Joachim Cuntz	University of Munster
Ezra Getzler	Northwestern University
Piotr M. Hajac	Polish Academy of Sciences
Lars Hesselholt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nigel Higson	Pennsylvania State University
Max Karoubi	University of Paris 7
Jonathan Rosenberg	University of Maryland
Mariusz Wodzicki	University of California, Berkeley

Registration
Registration fees were $20 for participants from AMSI institutions and $40 for all others.

Program
The schedule is available, as are some abstracts for the Instructional Program and Workshop.

Public Lecture
4pm Thursday 28 July 2005, Haydon Allen Tank (building #23)

There was a public lecture intended for a general mathematical audience given by Professor Joachim Cuntz of the University of Munster. Professor Cuntz is Director of the Mathematical Institute at the University of Muenster, and is one of the leading experts in Noncommutative Geometry and Operator Theory. He is a recipient of the Max-Planck Research Prize, the Medal of the College de France, the Leibniz Prize, an honorary doctrate of the University of Copenhagen.

For students
There was an instructional program lasting a week (22 - 27 July 2005) at the level of beginning postgraduate students, followed by a workshop consisting mainly of research talks on recent progress in the subject. There were also public lectures given by leading experts, intended for a wider audience. The organisers have projects related to noncommutative geometry for interested PhD or Honours students who would like to do research with them.

Accommodation
Refer to our list of suggested accommodation. Information for visitors to the ANU and Canberra is also available.

Sponsorship
The workshop is partly funded by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), http://www.amsi.org.au/workshops.html

It is also partly funded by the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications (CMA), http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/CMA/

The workshop is advertised at the Australian Mathematical Society web page, http://www.austms.org.au/People/Conf/