Math workshop attracts minds from around the world

Leading mathematics researchers from around the world are at Nipissing University this week for the 13th Annual Workshop on Topology and Dynamical Systems.

Organized by the department of Computer Science and Mathematics and sponsored by theFields Institute of Research in Mathematical Sciences, the workshop centres around the main themes of continuum theory, dynamical systems, and dimension theory.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Sergey Antonyan (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
• Dana Bartošová (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
• Alexander Blokh (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
• Jan Boro?ski (National Supercomputing Center IT4Innovations, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)
• Alexander Bykov (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico)
• Wojciech Debski
• Rodrigo Hernández-Gutiérrez (Nipissing University, Canada)
• Kazuhiro Kawamura (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
• Judy Kennedy (Lamar University, USA)
• Konstantin Kozlov (Moscow State University, Russia)
• Pawe? Krupski (University of Wroc?aw, Poland)
• Krystyna Kuperberg (Auburn University, USA)
• Piotr Minc (Auburn University, USA)
• Julian Revalski (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
• Edward D. Tymchatyn (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

The workshop sessions are short, featuring three or four one hour talks each day, in order to maximize interaction among the participants.
The workshop runs until Friday, May 20.

A complete schedule, including abstracts of each scheduled session, can be accessed here.