Past Events
Scientific, Summer School
Summer School on Computer Models and Geophysical Risk Analysis
August 6–10, 2010
University of British Columbia
Short Course Date: August 6 and 7, 2010 Jerry Sacks (National Institute of Statistical Sciences) and Will Welch (UBC) will teach a two-day short course on the design and analysis of computer experiments and models. The aim of the short course is to...
Scientific, Conference
Canadian Abstract Harmonic Analysis Symposium (CAHAS)
August 5–6, 2010
University of Saskatchewan
The Canadian Abstract Harmonic Analysis Symposium, known as CAHAS, began in 1997 with a meeting in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia. Since then, it has taken place on an annual basis at various locations throughout Canada. This year...
Scientific, Seminar
DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Revisiting an idea of Brezis and Nirenberg
August 5, 2010
University of British Columbia
Usually, a nonlinear functional involving the Sobolev exponent does not satisfy the Palais-Smale condition. However, Brezis and Nirenberg showed that under a threshold , the minimax value is in fact a critical value. In this talk, we should extend...
Scientific, Conference
The Mathematics of Klee & Grünbaum: 100 Years in Seattle
July 28–30, 2010
University of Washington
Victor Klee and Branko Grunbaum founded several branches of modern combinatorics and discrete geometry and spent their long careers (a total of 100 years between them) at the University of Washington in Seattle. Klee passed away in 2007 and Grunbaum...
Scientific, Conference
New Researchers Conference in Statistics
July 27–30, 2010
University of British Columbia
The IMS Committee on New Researchers is organizing a meeting of recent or soon to be Ph.D. recipients in Statistics and Probability. This yearly conference provides a unique opportunity for new researchers to exchange research ideas and initiate...
Scientific, Summer School
Workshop on quantum algorithms, computational models, and foundations of quantum mechanics
July 23–25, 2010
University of British Columbia
This workshop is a satellite event to the 10th Canadian Summer School on Quantum Information ( http://qi10.ca/QAMFworkshop/index.html ). This research workshop is an informal successor to two previous workshops, namely (1) Workshop "Graph Theory and...
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS Special Seminar: Coupling Between Atmospheric Convection and Large Scale Equatorial Waves
July 22, 2010
University of Victoria
Scientific, Seminar
Topology Seminar: Galois descent and pro objects
July 21, 2010
University of British Columbia
A Galois descent theorem for n-types will be displayed and explained. This result is used, together with an appropriate version of the homotopy theory of pro objects, to give a descent criterion for diagrams of spaces which are defined on the etale...
Scientific, Conference
PRIMA Conference on Geometric Analysis
July 20–30, 2010
University of British Columbia
The program consists of three mini-courses (4 hours each course) in the first week, followed by a workshop in the second week. Focuses will be on recent developments in geometric analysis. The topics will include: -Geometric flows: Ricci flow, Mean...
Scientific, Summer School
10th Canadian Summer School on Quantum Information
July 18–31, 2010
University of British Columbia
This summer school on quantum information marks the 10th anniversary of the highly renowned series. Previous events (2001-2009) were held in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Waterloo. It follows the tradition of educating young researchers...