Workshop
| Registration Deadline: | September 16, 2000 over 24 years ago |
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| To apply for Funding you must register by: | June 14, 2000 over 24 years ago |
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MSRI will host a conference in honor of its Founding Director, Shing Shen Chern, this fall. The conference will represent Mathematics in a very broad context: Academic research will be represented by some of Chern's accomplishments for mathematics in the US, in China, and in the world. The conference will also include a broad context for mathematics and stress the relation of mathematics to science, industry, education, and society through talks by leaders in these areas.
Among those who have agreed to speak are:
Leonard Adleman, University of Southern California
Robert Bryant, Duke University
S. Y. Cheng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jeremy Gray, Open University
Brian Greene, Columbia University
John Gage, Sun Microsystems
Phillip A. Griffiths, Director, Institute for Advanced Study
Richard Karp, UC Berkeley
Tom Leighton, Akamai Technologies and MIT
Isadore Singer, MIT
S.T. Yau, Harvard University
Keywords and Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC)
Primary Mathematics Subject Classification
No Primary AMS MSC
Secondary Mathematics Subject Classification
No Secondary AMS MSC
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To apply for funding, you must register by the funding application deadline displayed above.
Students, recent PhDs, women, and members of underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are typically made 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.
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For information about recommended hotels for visits of under 30 days, visit Short-Term Housing. Questions? Contact coord@slmath.org.
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Sep 14, 2000 Thursday |
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Sep 15, 2000 Friday |
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Sep 16, 2000 Saturday |
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