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PEAK 2017:
Workshop on Perspectives and Emerging Topics in Algebra and Konvexity Haus Bergkranz, Austria February 3-9, 2017 Organizers:
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This event is funded by DFG under the Conference grant DFG HA 4383/7-1.
Over the last decade, convexity has re-emerged as an powerful tool linking algebraic geometry and combinatorics. Although the connections between polyhedral and toric geometry are very well-known, the recent results exploiting convexity recognize new combinatorial structures on a much larger class of algebraic varieties. This work is especially striking for real varieties. In the other direction, spectacular progress in combinatorics has just been achieved by importing convex machinery from algebraic geometry. The primary scientific aim of this workshop is to explore these significant developments.
The focus of the meeting will be on identifying emerging trends, discussing work in progress, and above all, starting new projects and collaborations. We expect this conference to influence and initiate the next advances at the interface between algebraic geometry, combinatorics, and convexity.
Participation is by invitation only.
| Program | Getting to Kleinwalsertal | Recreational Activities |
| Participants | The Facilities | Haus Bergkranz |
Schedule
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 Friday February 3rd and leave Thursday February 9th. Lectures will start Saturday morning and end on Wednesday evening. Thursday February 9th. will be devoted to open discussions.
Participants
| Name | Affiliation |
| Arend Bayer | University of Edinburgh |
| Greg Blekherman | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Maria Angelica Cueto | The Ohio State University |
| Sandra Di Rocco | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan |
| Jan Draisma | Universität Bern |
| Alex Fink | Queen Mary University |
| Tyler Foster | L'Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - Institut Henri Poincaré |
| Christian Haase | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Milena Hering | University of Edinburgh |
| Nathan Ilten | Simor Fraiser University |
| Anders Jensen | Aarhus University |
| Philipp Jell | Universität Regensburg |
| Martina Juhnke-Kubitzke | Universität Osnabrück |
| Thomas Kahle | OvGU Magdeburg |
| Kaie Kubjas | Aalto Science Institute (Helsinki) |
| Anton Leykin | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Diane Maclagan | University of Warwick |
| Christopher Manon | George Mason University |
| Kalina Mincheva | Yale University |
| Fatemeh Mohammadi | University of Bristol - Technischen Universität Berlin |
| Benjamin Nill | OvGU Magdeburg and Stockholm University |
| Sam Payne | Yale University |
| Ragni Piene | Centre of Mathematics for Applications and Universitetet i Oslo |
| Patrick Popescu-Pampu | Université Lille 1 |
| Elisa Postinghel | Loughborough University |
| Claudiu Raicu | University of Notre Dame |
| Cordian Riener | Universität Konstanz |
| Felipe Rincon | Universitetet i Oslo |
| Tim Römer | Universität Osnabrück |
| Raman Sanyal | Goethe Universität Frankfurt |
| Markus Schweighofer | Universität Konstanz |
| Kristin Shaw | Technischen Universität Berlin |
| Gregory G. Smith | Queen's University |
| Frank Sottile | Texas A&M University |
| Hendrik Süß | The University of Manchester |
| Frank Vallentin | Universität zu Köln |
| Volkmar Welker | Philipps-Universität Marburg |
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 €39 each way (the standard fare through Deutschebahn is €80 each way). 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.
- 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:
