Workshop on NonLinear Algebra:
Interactions among Algebraic Geometry, Combinatorics,
Commutative Algebra,
Convexity, Statistics, Optimization and Computational
Biology
BERLIN, Germany, May 29-30, 2015
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This is the kickoff workshop for
the project on NonLinear Algebra that is funded for 2015-2018
by the Einstein Foundation.
The venue is the
Einstein-Saal of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy
of Sciences and Humanities.
Their location is right next to the
Gendarmenmarkt, at Jägerstrasse 22/23.
Organizers
Registration
If you are planning to attend this workshop,
please register by sending an e-mail to
Antje Schulz
(aschulz@math.tu-berlin.de).
Please use the word 'Registration' in the subject line of your E-mail.
For logistic information please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
Speakers and Schedule
Thursday, May 28 The workshop will start on Thursday evening with an Einstein public
lecture titled
Museen, Dreiecke und algebraische Kurven
by Michael Joswig (TU Berlin).
Friday, May 29
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9:00 | Registration and Welcome
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9:45-10:30 | Raman Sanyal (FU Berlin)
| Relative Stanley-Reisner theory
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10:30-11:00 | Christian Ikenmeyer (Texas A&M University)
| Complexity of matrix multiplication
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11:30-12:00 | Mateusz Michalek (FU Berlin and UC Berkeley)
| Cumulants, secant varieties and toric geometry
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12:00-12:45 |
Elisenda Feliu (University of Copenhagen)
| Algebraic methods for reaction networks in biology
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14:30-15:00 | Timo de Wolff
(Texas A&M University)
| Computing amoebas
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15:00-15:30 | Simon Hampe (University of Warwick)
| Tropical convexity and matroidal fans
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16:00-16:30 | Ngoc Tran (UT Austin)
| Tropical geometry and economics
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16:30-17:15 |
Caroline Uhler (IST Austria)
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Geometry of sparse principal component analysis
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Saturday, May 30
9:45-10:30 |
Thomas Kahle
(OvGU Magdeburg)
| Algebraic geometry of Poisson regression
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10:30-11:00 | Kaie Kubjas (Aalto Science Institute)
| Matrix completion for the independence model
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11:30-12:00 | Rainer Sinn (Georgia Tech)
| Gram spectrahedra
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12:00-12:45 | Martina Juhnke-Kubitzke (Osnabrück University)
| Gap vectors of real projective varieties
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14:30-15:00 | Kristin Shaw (TU Berlin)
| Gauss-Bonnet and tropical Noether formula
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15:00-15:45 | Karim Adiprasito (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
| Log-concavity of characteristic polynomials
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16:15-17:15 |
Andreas Thom (TU Dresden)
| Hilbert's seventeenth problem
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Local Information
The workshop will take place
in the Einstein-Saal at Jägerstrasse 22/23 near the
Gendarmenmarkt.
This is the beautiful
building of the
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities that houses the Einstein Foundation.
Click
here for some local information
(including accommodation options) that you will find useful.
Last Updated: October 15, 2014
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