Workshop in Analysis and Probability Department of Mathematics Texas A&M University Summer 2014

The Summer 2014 Workshop in Analysis and Probability at Texas A&M University will be in session from July 1 to 31, 2014. All activities will take place in the Blocker Building. The homepage of the Workshop can be found at

http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kerr/workshop

The Summer Informal Regional Functional Analysis Seminar (SUMIRFAS) will be held July 25-27.

July 21-25 there will be a Concentration Week on "Free Probability", organized by Michael Anshelevich, Ken Dykema, and John Williams. This meeting aims both to introduce younger researchers to this fast-growing field and to showcase the latest results. Topics discussed will include operator algebras, connections to random matrix theory, operator-valued and fully matricial techniques, stochastic processes, limit theorems, and free stochastic differential equations. The program will feature lecture series by Greg Anderson, Serban Belinschi, and Dimitri Shlyakhtenko. The homepage can be found at

http://www.math.tamu.edu/~jwilliams/Free_Probability_2014

Also, June 9-13 there will be a Concentration Week on "Groups, Groupoids, and Dynamics" organized by David Kerr and Volodymyr Nekrashevych (note the special dates, which fall outside the scope of the main Workshop period). This meeting aims to provide a forum for understanding and exploring various recent developments in groups and dynamics that revolve around groupoids and equivalence relations. Topics will include topological orbit equivalence, amenability, hyperbolicity, self-similar groups, entropy, and rigidity in measurable group theory. Lectures series will be given by Lewis Bowen and Thierry Giordano. The homepage can be found at

http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kerr/concweek14

The Workshop is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Minorities, women, graduate students, and young researchers are especially encouraged to attend.

For logistical support, including requests for support, please contact Cara Barton cara@math.tamu.edu. For more information on the Workshop itself, please contact William Johnson johnson@math.tamu.edu, David Kerr kerr@math.tamu.edu, or Gilles Pisier pisier@math.tamu.edu.

For information about the Concentration Week on "Free Probability" contact Michael Anshelevich manshel@math.tamu.edu, Ken Dykema ken.dykema@math.tamu.edu, or John Williams jwilliams@math.tamu.edu

For information about the Concentration Week on "Groups, Groupoids, Dynamics" contact David Kerr kerr@math.tamu.edu or Volodymyr Nekrashevych nekrash@math.tamu.edu.