EVENT: MATHWEST IMU WORKSHOP PERTH

The University of Western Australia is proud to announce the Year of Mathematics 2011, a celebration of mathematics and the powerful role that it plays in our everyday lives.

Central to the program of events is the MathWest Workshop, where over two days, members of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) Executive Committee, Ingrid Daubechies (Duke University, US), László Lovász ( Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary) Christine Rousseau (Université de Montréal, Canada) John Toland (University of Bath, UK) Marcelo Viana (Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicad, Brazil) and Wendelin Werner (Université Paris-Sud 11, France) will impart their research expertise to us through insightful lectures.

There will also be a forum entitled Mathematics: how a nation plans for the future - the Spanish, Indian and Chinese experience which will be chaired by Nalini Joshi (University of Sydney) and will include presentations from Manuel de León (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain), Yinming Long (Nankai University, China), Vasudevan Srinivas(Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India).

Timetable and registration are available at www.maths.uwa.edu.au/community/year-of-maths/mathwest-workshop-2011/_nocache