Workshop in Analysis and Probability Department of Mathematics Texas A&M University Summer 2009

The Summer 2009 Workshop in Analysis and Probability at Texas A&M University will be in session from July 7 until August 13. For information about the Workshop, consult the Workshop Home Page, URL http://www.math.tamu.edu/research/workshops/linanalysis/

The Informal Regional Functional Analysis Seminar (SUMIRFAS) will be held August 7-9.

Rafal Latala, Assaf Naor, and Grigoris Paouris (chair) are organizing a Concentration Week on "Probability in Asymptotic Geometry" for the week of July 20-24. This Concentration Week will focus on high dimensional phenomena concerning convex bodies, random polytopes, and random matrices. These topics lie in the intersection of probability, analysis, geometry, and combinatorics. The goal is to expose the huge variety of techniques used in the study of these objects and to explore the connections between them.

Marius Junge, Jesse Peterson, and Gilles Pisier (chair) are organizing a Concentration Week on "Operator Spaces and Approximation Properties of Discrete Groups" for the week of August 3-7. Particular emphasis will be taken to tie together recent results from the theory of von Neumann algebras with operator space ideas. The intention is to provide a background for common points of interest from different perspectives through courses on operator spaces and Dirichlet forms in von Neumann algebras. The intention of this concentration week is to attract attention of younger researchers and students to these new openings

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 Larson larson@math.tamu.edu, Gilles Pisier pisier@math.tamu.edu, or Joel Zinn jzinn@math.tamu.edu.

For information about the Concentration Week "Probability in Asymptotic Geometry" contact Grigoris Paouris grigoris@math.tamu.edu.

For information about the Concentration Week on "Operator Spaces and Approximation Properties of Discrete Groups", contact Gilles Pisier pisier@math.tamu.edu.