JU/RC=Joint Usage/Research Center

Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences International Joint Usage/Research Center Kickoff Symposium

  • Date & Time
  • Place

28 March (Thurs.) 2019, 10:00-12:50

Maskawa Hall, North Comprehensive Education and Research Building (north campus) Kyoto University.
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Aim

The Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Kyoto University was certified by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in 2018 as an International Joint Usage/Research Center (” International Center for Collaborative Study in Mathematical Sciences”) and is set to begin operations as a new hub for visiting researchers in the fields of mathematics and mathematical sciences. To commemorate the inauguration we will hold a symposium consisting of four expert-level lectures on the current state and future outlook of research in mathematics and mathematical sciences, followed by a ceremony and two lectures for the general public to broaden awareness of ways of thinking in the fields of mathematics and mathematical sciences.

Program

10:00-10:40 Lecture 1

Kari Vilonen -Algebra- (Professor, University of Melbourne)

Real groups, Hodge theory, and the Langlands duality.

Chairperson: Tomoyuki Arakawa (Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)

10:40-11:20 Lecture 2

Yakov Eliashberg -Geometry- (Professor, Stanford University)
Functions of several complex variables and symplectic topology.
Chairperson: Kaoru Ono (Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)

11:20 - 11:30 Break  
11:30-12:10 Lecture 3

Martin Barlow -Probability- (Professor, University of British Columbia)
Random walk and diffusion in fractal environments
Chairperson: Takashi Kumagai (Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)

12:10-12:50 Lecture 4

Martin Grötschel –Applied Mathematics- (President, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften)
Developments, Successes, Challenges.

Chairperson: Kazuhisa Makino (Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)

*MC: Kaoru Ono (Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)

Speakers

Kari Vilonen

  • Professor, University of Melbourne

Title: Real groups, Hodge theory, and the Langlands duality.

One of the open questions in representation theory of real groups is the determination of the unitary dual, i.e., the irreducible unitary representations. In joint work with Schmid we have proposed that (certain) irreducible representations carry an extra structure, a Hodge structure. We will explain how this can be helpful in determining the unitary dual. We will also explain the role played in this question by the Langlands duality.

Yakov Eliashberg

  • Professor, Stanford University

Title: Functions of several complex variables and symplectic topology

It turns out that many problems in high dimensional complex analysis, e.g. those related to the notion of holomorphic convexity, have tight connections with symplectic topology. In the talk I will explore this link and its applications.

Martin Barlow

  • Professor, University of British Columbia

Title: Random walk and diffusion in fractal environments

Over 40 years ago the physicist De Gennes proposed the study of diffusion in fractal environments as a means to study the properties of physical systems close to the critical point. In the time since then our understanding of this type of diffusion has advanced greatly. This talk will give an overview of the area. In particular I will describe results and conjectures concerning diffusion on models arising in statistical physics, such as the uniform spanning tree and the uniform planar triangulation.

Martin Grötschel

  • President, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Title: Developments, Successes, Challenges

Applied mathematics has undergone tremendous changes in the last 70 years. The invention of the computer around 1950 was and still is the big game changer. New mathematical fields such as discrete mathematics, optimization, operations research, and scientific computing grew significantly along with computer science. Pure mathematical subjects became applied and vice versa, cross fertilization with other disciplines expanded the reach of mathematical methods significantly and opened up many new application areas. Mathematics has become a powerful production factor in industry and an indispensable tool in many scientific fields. In my lecture, I will sketch the historical development of applied mathematics briefly; my focus, however, will be on recent success stories and on challenges lying ahead.

Capacity

150 people

Application deadline

25 March (Mon.) noon

Hosted by

Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University

Language

English

Inquiries

Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, International Joint Usage/Research Center Kickoff Symposium Organizing Office – In CS Center (Kyoto-shi, Nakagyo-ku, Senshouji-cho 334, Nisshou Bld. 5th floor.

TEL: 075-241-9620 FAX: 075-241-9692

E-mail: kyoten@cscenter.co.jp

Access

Kyoto University, Maskawa Hall

20 min. walk from Keihan “Demachiyanagi” Station / 45 min. by bus from JR/Kintetsu “Kyoto” Station / 30 min. by bus from Hankyu “Kawaramachi” Station (Shijo-Kawaramachi)

Lectures for General Public (Registration required. Click here for details. [Japanese])

14:00-14:15 Opening Remarks/Overview of Research Center Michio Yamada (Director, Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences) 
14:15-14:40 Guest Speakers’ Address
  • Tomonori Nishii
    (Section Chief, MEXT Research Promotion Bureau, Scientific Research Institutes Division)
  • Nagahiro Minato
    (Provost, Executive Vice-President, Kyoto University)
  • Shigefumi Mori
    (Director-General, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study/ Former President, IMU [International Mathematical Union])
14:40-15:20 Commemorative Lecture (1)

Christiane Rousseau (Professor, Université de Montréal) Some geometries to describe nature

15:20-16:00 Commemorative Lecture (2)

Tadashi Tokieda (Professor, Stanford University)
To calculate—with no numbers and no formulas

16:00-16:05 Closing Address Akio Tamagawa (Assoc. Director, Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences)

*Changes to the program/lecturers are sometimes unavoidable. Please be aware.

Hosted by

Kyoto University RIMS