Past Events

Mesh subdivisions are used frequently to build objects and characters for computer animation, computer games, and industrial computer-aided geometric design. The design process starts with a coarse-mesh model of an object, and the mesh is refined and...

We give an example of two finitely generated quasi-isometric groups that are not bilipschitz equivalent. The proof involves structure of quasi-isometries from rigidity theorems, analysis of bilipschitz maps of the n-adics and uniformly finite...

In this talk we discuss some new trends and developments in variational analysis and its numerous applications in both finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional spaces, emphasizing those to optimization and equilibrium problems, robust stability...

The simplicial complex of talk I consists of pieces of the classifying spaces of symmetric groups. We use this to investigate the homology of moduli spaces. At the end, we discuss generalizations, where the symmetric groups are replaced by other...

In this talk a finite dimensional approximation of the recently constructed Wasserstein diffusion on the unit interval is presented. More precisely, the empirical measure process associated to a system of interacting, two-sided Bessel processes with...

The workshop takes place at two sites: The Fields Institute in Toronto and The IRMACS Centre in Vancouver. While participants are welcome at either site, we anticipate that most participants will choose the closer or easier site. We will share (by...

The Min system in E.coli -- a group of three interacting proteins playing a role in cell division -- has attracted a lot of attention by modellers, some claiming it to be the 'measurement stick' in the rod-shaped bacterium. Different models have been...

We study the controllability of a shape changing body immersed in a perfect fluid. The shape changes are prescribed as functions of time and satisfy constraints ensuring that they are due to the work of body's internal forces only. The net locomotion...

Growth is involved in many fundamental biological processes such as morphogenesis, physiological regulation, or pathological disorders. It is, in general, a process of enormous complexity, involving genetic, biochemical, and physical components at...