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PEAKs 2013:
Workshop on Perspectives and Emerging Topics in Algebra and Combinatorics Haus Bergkranz, Austria March 17-24, 2013 Organizers:
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The purpose of the workshop will be to present and further topics at the interface of algebraic geometry on the one hand, and discrete geometry / combinatorics on the other. The emphasis will be on concrete connections between the two subjects. Two such links between the communities go by the names of toric geometry and of tropical geometry. The focus of the meeting will be on identifying emerging trends, discussing work in progress, and above all, starting new projects and collaborations.
Participation is by invitation only.
| Program | Getting to Kleinwalsertal | Recreational Activities |
| Participants | The Facilities | Haus Bergkranz |
Schedule (tentative)
The schedule consists of 18 hours of lectures by participants. The program is designed to encourage new research initiatives by allowing enough free time for discussion and by having all of the participants in the same residence. We expect participants to arrive Sunday March 17th and leave Sunday March 24th. Lectures will start Monday morning and end on Friday evening. Saturday March 23rd. will be devoted to open discussions.
Participants
| Name | Affiliation |
| Klaus Altmann | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Christine Berkesch | Duke University |
| Greg Blekherman | Georgia Tech |
| Winfried Bruns | Universität Osnabrück |
| Renzo Cavalieri | Colorado State University |
| David Cox | Amherst College |
| Maria Angelica Cueto | Goethe Universität Frankfurt |
| Sandra Di Rocco | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan |
| Olivia Dumitrescu | University of California, Davis |
| Eva Maria Feichtner | Universität Bremen |
| Joseph Gubeladze | San Francisco State University |
| Christian Haase | Goethe Universität Frankfurt |
| Milena Hering | University of Edinburgh |
| Nathan Ilten | University of California, Berkeley |
| Anders Jensen | Aarhus University |
| Thomas Kahle | ETH Zürich |
| Jesse Kass | Leibnitz Universität Hannover and University of South Carolina |
| Martina Kubitzke | Goethe Universität Frankfurt |
| Kaie Kubjas | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Mathias Lederer | Universität Bielefeld |
| Anton Leykin | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Matthias Lenz | University of Oxford |
| Benjamin Lorenz | Goethe Universität Frankfurt |
| Diane Maclagan | University of Warwick |
| Christopher Manon | George Mason University |
| Luca Moci | Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu (Paris 7). |
| David Perkinson | Reed College |
| Sonja Petrovic | Penn State University |
| Elisa Postinghel | University of Warsaw |
| Tim Römer | Universität Osnabrück |
| Francisco Santos | Universidad de Cantabria |
| Raman Sanyal | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Gregory G. Smith | Queen's University |
| Frank Sottile | Texas A&M University |
| Matthew Stamps | Aalto University |
| Hendrik Süß | Moscow State University |
| Nelly Villamizar | Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) - ÖAW |
Haus Bergkranz
The workshop will take place at Haus Bergkranz, a sports and study center run by Goethe-Universität Frankfurt located in Riezlern (Kleinwalsertal), Austria. The center is located in a valley, at the bottom of the mountain. It is equipped with a conference room with overhead projectors, screans, white boards and two chalkboards that seats about 60 people, as well as a reading room. For more than 30 years Haus Berkgranz has been hosting students workshop, research conferences and other academic activities. The relaxing atmosphere of this setting located in the heart of the montain provides an ideal environment for fruitful mathematical discussions and strongly encourages interactions among participants.
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Getting to Kleinwalsertal
- If you are arriving by plane and taking the train, we recommend landing at Frankfurt airport, Germany (code FRA) or Munich airport, Germany (code MUC). If you book your ticket through Lufthansa.com, you can get a train ticket combined with your flight for only €27 each way (the standard fare through Deutschebahn is €80). Alternatively, you can by the "Rail and Fly" tickets with DeutcheBahn in combination with partner airlines (including some US flight carriers). For a complete list, se the following website.
- Journey by train:
Take the ICE to Ulm, change trains and disembark at the trainstop Oberstdorf. There is a bus service every 15 minutes departing to Riezlern (get off at the bus stop Breitachbrücke). You reach the guest house after a ten-minute uphill climb. A taxi from Oberstdorf to Haus Bergkranz costs around €25. We'll post the arrival information of other participants once we get closer to time. - Journey by car:
Take the motorway route Frankfurt am Main - Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - Ulm - Kempten or take the motorway route Frankfurt am Main - Würzburg - Ulm - Kempten. From Kempten travelalong the B 19 direction Oberstdorf-Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal. Go through Riezlern and continue on to Breitachbrücke where you turn right into the Schwarzwassertalstrasse. Continue along the street until you reach no. 14 on the righthand side (opposite to Hotel Montana). At the beginning of the drive you'll see the a large sign depicting the head of Goethe.
The Facilities
- Check-in time: 4:00pm, check-out time: 10:00am.
- Breakfast-buffer is be served between 8:00 and 9:00am. Dinner is served at 6:00pm.
- Times of rest are between 1:00pm and 3:00pm and from 10:00pm until 7:00am.
- The prices of rooms vary according to the posted rate on the House's web site. We have blocked a number of rooms and we will distribute participants accordingly. Single rooms will be given in order of seniority.
- Because of it's rustic but cosy furnishings, it is especially in the reading-room, the "Bauernstube" and the wine-cellar, that the guests are able to rest in a relaxed atmosphere here so well.
- The conference room is situated in an annex above the garages and can seat about 60 people.
It can be divided into two units - through a soundproofed dividing wall - seating about 30 people per group.
The room is equipped with
- 2 beamer (NEC NP 400 - 1024 x 768 XGA), DVD-Player, slide and overhead projectors, screens, white boards, 2 flipcharts.
- A PC with internet connection is available as well as WLAN.There is a modest sized blackboard, and there is a data projector (to use with a laptop).
- The rules of the house can be found here.
Recreational Activites
- Detailed information (snow/weather conditions or events) can be found at: www.kleinwalsertal.de
The event is sponsored by:
