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July 24-August 4, 2006
Organizing Committee: Ragnar Buchweitz (Toronto), Greg Smith (Queen's),
Alexander Yong (Fields/Minnesota)
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Introductory part: (1) Gröbner bases (2) Monomial ideals and resolutions (3) Hilbert series and polynomials (4) Free resolutions and betti numbers (5) Toric varieties (6) Determinantal varieties |
Recent Progress: (1) Moduli of quiver representations (2) Singularities of Schubert varieties (3) Algebraic statistics (4) Hypergeometric differential equations (5) Hyperplane arrangements |
On August 2 a trip has been arranged to Niagara
Falls in the morning, Hillebrand
Estate Winery in the afternoon for a wine tasting (included in ticket
price) and wrapping up in Niagara
on the Lake for evening dinner.
Tickets can be purchased during the Workshop at $40 each, seats are
limited to 47 participants.
The tentative plan for the day is:
Depart Fields 9:30 am (approx. 2 hour drive to Niagara Falls)
Niagara Falls 11:30-3:00 pm
Pick up to Hillebrand 3:00 p.m
Hillebrand Estates 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Pick up to Niagara on the Lake 4:30 p.m.
Niagara on the Lake 5-7 p.m.
Leave 7 p.m. for return to Toronto
(Participants are responsibile for their own meals costs during the
trip).
Many useful questions about Niagara Falls are answered at http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Frequently_asked_questions_about_Niagara_Falls.htm
starting with "Are the Falls turned off at night ?" (The answer:
No) .
TRAVEL SUPPORT
Limited travel funding for junior participants wasavailable. Please
contact Alexander Yong ayong@fields.utoronto.ca
for funding requests. (closing date for requests, February 28, 2006).
PARTICIPANTS (updated 07/12/06)
Fullname | University Name |
Abo, Hirotachi | Colorado State University |
Bergeron, Francois | Université du Québec à Montréal |
Bergeron, Nantel | York University |
Berkesch, Christine | Purdue University |
Buchweitz, Ragnar-Olaf | University of Toronto |
Can, Mahir | University of Pennsylvania |
Dalili, Kia | Dalhousie University |
Dashtban, Abolghasem | IASBS |
Denham, Graham | University of Western Ontario |
Derksen, Harm | University of Michigan |
Faridi, Sara | Dalhousie University |
Geramita, Tony | Queen's University |
Hariharan, Ananthnarayan | University of Kansas |
Hoefel, Andrew | Dalhousie University |
Hohlweg, Christophe | York University |
Hovinen, Bradford | University of Toronto |
Hsu, Eric | University of Toronto |
Iarrobino, Anthony | Northeastern University |
Jia, Ning | University of Minnesota |
Kim, Sangwook | University of Minnesota |
Kotsireas, Ilias | Wilfrid Laurier University |
Kummini, Manoj | University of Kansas |
Kuttykrishnan, Sooraj | Washington University in St. Louis |
Leuschke, Graham | Syracuse University |
Li, Huilan | York University |
Little, John B. | Holy Cross |
Logan, Adam | University of Waterloo |
Maclagan, Diane | Rutgers University |
Mapes, Sonja | Columbia University |
Morton, Daniel | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Mueller, Chris | University of Michigan |
Ojo, Williams | University of Ibadan |
Page, Magalie | LACIM Uqam |
Petrovic, Sonja | University of Kentucky |
Roth, Mike | Queen's University |
Sidman, Jessica | Mt. Holyoke College |
Sinefakopoulos, Achilleas | Cornell University |
Smith, Gregory | Queen's University |
Snapp, Bart | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Stillman, Mike | Cornell University |
Sullivant, Seth | Harvard University |
Tapp, Darren | Purdue University |
Taskin, Muge | University of Minnesota |
Thomas, Hugh | University of New Brunswick |
Tymoczko, Julianna | University of Michigan |
Van Tuyl, Adam | Lakehead University |
Velasco, Mauricio | Cornell University |
Walther, Uli | Purdue University |
White, Diana | University of Nebraska |
Wong, Kieh | Centennial College |
Woo, Alexander | UC Davis |
Wulcan, Elizabeth | Chalmers University of Technology |
Yong, Alexander | The Fields Institute |
Yuen, Cornelia | University of Michigan |
Invited/not confirmed | |
Schenck, Hal | Texas A&M University |
Travel to Niagara Falls
The website of the Greyhound Canada: http://www.greyhound.ca/en/
allows one to find out the schedule of regular Greyhound buses from
Toronto to the Niagara Falls (approximately every two hours), check
the fares (approx. $55 same day ticket, $42 for advanced purchase, $30
for a companion ticket). The bus terminal in Toronto is at (15-min walk
from the Fields):
Toronto Coach Terminal, 610 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario (416) 393-7855
Also many useful questions are answered at http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Frequently_asked_questions_about_Niagara_Falls.htm starting with "Are the Falls turned off at night ?" (The answer: No) to "How far is the Bus terminal from the Falls?" (2.5 kilometers from the Rainbow bridge).
For more ideas see http://www.math.toronto.edu/toronto/ or http://www.toronto.ca/
Further details will be posted here as they become available. Or you
may contact one of the organizers Ragnar
Buchweitz, Greg Smith
and Alexander Yong.