Midwest Dynamical Systems Conference
Northwestern University
November 3-5, 2017
Evanston, IL
| Speakers | ||
| Jacopo De Simoi, University of Toronto | ||
| Daniel Groves, University of Illinois at Chicago | ||
| Patrick Ingram, York University | ||
| Boris Kalinin, Penn State University | ||
| Alex Kontorovich, Rutgers University | ||
| Joel Moreira, Northwestern University | ||
| Rohini Ramadas, Harvard University | ||
| Scott Schmieding, Northwestern University | ||
| Liz Vivas, Ohio State University | ||
| Program | |||
| November 3 | Lunt Hall 105 | ||
| 4:10 | Colloquium Lecture: Alex Kontorovich | Geometry and arithmetic of crystallographic packings | |
| 5:15 | Wine & Cheese Reception in the common room (2nd floor of Lunt) | ||
| November 4 | Technological Institute M345 | ||
| 8:30 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | Jacopo De Simoi | Spectral rigidity and planar convex billiards | |
| 10:00 | Rohini Ramadas | Algebraic dynamics from topological and holomorphic dynamics | |
| 11:00 | Coffee and snacks | ||
| 11:30 | Scott Schmieding | Automorphisms of the shift: Lyapunov exponents and the dimension representation | |
| 12:30-2:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 2:30 | Joel Moreira | Multiple recurrence along sparse sequences over thick sets | |
| 3:30 | Coffee and snacks | ||
| 4:00 | Daniel Groves | Uniform versus non-uniform convergence action on the two-sphere | |
| November 5
Daylight Savings (set your clocks back!) | Technological Institute M345 | ||
| 8:30 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 | Patrick Ingram | The critical height and its depleted variants | |
| 10:00 | Liz Vivas | Scattering methods for skew-product parabolic maps | |
| 11:00 | Coffee and snacks | ||
| 11:30 | Boris Kalinin | Normal forms on contracting foliations | |
| Other Information |
| Abstracts |
| Campus Maps |
| "Room Finder" and Maps of TECH, the Technological Institute Building. |
| Participant List (updated October 31) |
| Past conferences and information about the e-mailing list |
| Registration. To register, please send an email to midwestdynamics2017@gmail.com with subject heading REGISTRATION, containing your name, your university, and your advisor's name if you are a student. There is some funding for junior participants and those without grants; please indicate in your email if you would like to request funding for travel or lodging. Include the amount requested, and remember that you must use a US air carrier if you request airfare reimbursement. Graduate students requesting hotel support are asked to share rooms. |
| Hotels. We have not blocked any hotel rooms for this event or made any special arrangements for accommodation (except for the speakers). Please make your reservations early. |
| This event is funded by the National Science Foundation and Northwestern University. |
| Organizers: Laura DeMarco, Ken Jacobs, and Bryna Kra |