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Working Groups [Winter 2008]

• Conversations in Biology

• Reading Classics

• Transseries (Webpage)

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Working Groups [Autumn 2007]

• Algebraic Statistics & Math Biology

• Reading classics

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Working Groups [Summer 2007]

• Knots and Graphs

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Invitation to Research [Spring 2007]

Christopher Miller	Tameness of model theoretic structures	April 2, 9
Warren Sinnott	p-adic analysis	April 16
Warren Sinnott	Reciprocity	April 23
Thomas Kerler	Hopf Algebras are Everywhere	April 30, May 7

Working Groups [Spring 2007]

• Approximation Theory and Operator Theory

• Mathematical Biology

• Reading Classics

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Invitation to Research [Winter 2007]

Dan Burghelea	New linear algebra methods in algebraic topology	January 8, 22
Chiu-Yen Kao	Mathematics behind the imaging sciences	January 29, February 5
Vitaly Bergelson	The three pillars of ergodic theory: recurrence, equidistribution, and independence	February 26, March 5
Ian Leary	Cohomology of groups	February 12, 19

Working Groups [Winter 2007]

• Reading Classics

• The Art of counting: introduction to enumerative combinatorics

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Working Groups [Autumn 2006]

• Mathematical Biology

• Reading Classics

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Invitation to Research [Summer 2006]

Thomas Kerler Ian Leary	An Introduction to topology at OSU	June 22
Warren Sinnott	Number theory	June 29
James Cogdell	Number theory	July 6
Vitaly Bergelson	Ergodic theory and its many connections	July 13
Herbert Clemens	Studying algebraic geometry	July 20
Dan Burghelea	Topology, mathematics, and science	July 27
Ronald Solomon	Finite group theory at Ohio State	August 3
Stephen Milne Boris Pittel Neil Robertson Akos Seress	Combinatorics at the Ohio State University	August 10
Ovidiu Costin Gerald Edgar Boris Mityagin	Analysis	August 17

Working Groups [Summer 2006]

• Knots and Graphs

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Invitation to Research [Spring 2006]

David Terman	Mathematical Neuroscience
Manfred Einsiedler	Understanding orbits of algebraic dynamical systems
Ulrich Gerlach	Laser-driven Dynamical Systems
Indira Chatterji	Gromov hyperbolic groups
Neil Robertson	Invitation to Graph Theory

Working Groups [Spring 2006]

• Graphic degree sequences and well-partial-order

• Groups, Graphs and Surfaces

• Platonic solids and cell complexes

• Reading Classics

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Invitation to Research [Winter 2006]

Alissa Crans	Higher-Dimensional Algebra: Weakening the notion of Equality	Monday, January 9
Jim Brown	Number Theory: A couple of "simple" problems	Monday, January 23 and Monday, January 30
Avner Friedman	A dynamical system associated with transport of neurofilaments in axon	Monday, February 6
Avner Friedman	A PDE model for tumor therapy	Monday, February 13
Bo Guan	Fully nonlinear PDEs and related geometric problems, I	Monday, February 20
Bo Guan	Fully nonlinear PDEs and related geometric problems, II	Monday, February 27
Holly Swisher	Partitions Meet Modular Forms	Monday, March 6

Working Groups [Winter 2006]

• Complex Analysis and Geometry

• Groups, Graphs and Surfaces

• Platonic Solids and Cell Complexes

• Reading Classics

• Spectral Analysis and Differential Operators

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Invitation to Research [Autumn 2005]

Vitaly Bergelson	Ergodic Theory	Monday, September 26 and Monday, October 3
Dan Burghelea	Morse Theory, Old and New	Monday, October 10 and Monday, October 17
Peter March	What is a martingale?	Monday, October 24 and Monday, October 31
Sergei Chmutov	Knot invariants	Monday, November 7 and Monday, November 14
Andrzej Derdzinski	Riemannian Geometry	Monday, November 21 and Monday, November 28

Working Groups [Autumn 2005]

• Computational group theory

• Groups, Graphs and Surfaces

• Reading Classics

• Spectral Analysis and Differential Operators

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Working Groups [Summer 2005]

• Knot theory and Combinatorics

Professional Development [Summer 2005]

Thomas Dowling Thomas Kerler Wenzhi Luo

Young Mathematicians Conference 2005

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Invitation to Research [Spring 2005]

Alexander Dynin	Functional analysis: old and new
Yuji Kodama	Integrable Systems
Jeffery McNeal	Several Complex Variables
David Goss	The Unreasonable effectiveness of analogy in mathematics

Working Groups [Spring 2005]

• Khovanov Homology and the Jones Polynomial of Knots and Links (Web page)

• Reading Classics

• Regularity theory for parabolic equations of second order

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Invitation to Research [Winter 2005]

Wenzhi Luo	Equidistribution Theorems in Number Theory
Neil Robertson	Graph Theory
Thomas Kerler	Quantum Topology
Michael Davis	The Geometry and Topology of Reflection Groups

Working Groups [Winter 2005]

• Geometric Group Theory

• Random Combinatorial Structures and Algorithms

• Reading Classics (Working Group Website)

• Regularity theory for parabolic equations of second order

• The Helix-coil Transition in Polymers

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Invitation to Research [Autumn 2004]

Warren Sinnott	Number Theory
Vitaly Bergelson	Ergodic Theory
Gheorghe Craciun	Mathematical Models in Biology
Martin Wechselberger	Dynamical Systems
Henry Glover	Groups, graphs and surfaces

Working Groups [Autumn 2004]

• Geometric group theory

• Random Combinatorial Structures and Algorithms

• Reading Classics (Working Group Website)

• The helix-coil transition in polymers

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Working Groups [Summer 2004]

• MBI Summer Program on Cell Processes (MBI Summer Program Website)

• Trigonometries

• Vertically Integrated Summer Program in Computational Mathematics (Summer Program Web Site)

Professional Development [Summer 2004]

Edward Overman	Applications of Mathematical Software
Philip Huneke Thomas Kerler Radha Kessar	Young Mathematicians Conference 2004

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Invitation to Research [Spring 2004]

Christopher Miller	Tameness and model-theoretic structures
Andrew McIntyre	Physical mathematics
Gregory Baker	Asymptotics and Numerics
Boris Mityagin	Spectral theory of differential operators

Working Groups [Spring 2004]

• Exponential Asymptotics and Applications [Report in PDF format]

• Reading Classics (Reading Classics Website)

• Symbolic Dynamics and Applications (Working Group Web Site)

Professional Development [Spring 2004]

Peter March	Communicating Mathematics
Peter March	Professional Development Seminar

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Invitation to Research [Winter 2004]

Henri Moscovici	Noncommutative Geometry
Herbert Clemens	The complex structures on the product of two circles
Avner Friedman	Partial Differential Equations
Akos Seress	Extremal problems for graphs and hypergraphs

Working Groups [Winter 2004]

• Number Theory (Working group web-page)

• Reading Classics (Reading Classics Website)

• Symbolic Dynamics and Applications (Working Group Web Site) [Report in PDF format]

• Topology of algebraic varieties

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Invitation to Research [Autumn 2003]

Peter March	Einstein and Wiener on Brownian Motion
Warren Sinnott	Number Theory
Vitaly Bergelson	Ergodic Theory: From Statistical Mechanics to Modern Number Theory
Dan Burghelea	Morse Theory
Henri Moscovici	Noncommutative Geometry

Working Groups [Autumn 2003]

• Fractals [Report in PDF format]

• Number Theory (Working group web-page)

• Reading Classics (Reading Classics web page)

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Working Groups [Summer 2003]

• Algorithmic Complexity, Factoring, and Primality Testing

• MBI 2003 Summer Program in Neuronal Rhythms (July 14-August 1, intensive)

• Probability, Polymers and the Monte Carlo Method [Report in PDF format]

Professional Development [Summer 2003]

Philip Huneke Thomas Kerler Radha Kessar

Summer Undergraduate Research Conference in Mathematics

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Invitation to Research [Spring 2003]

Yuval Flicker	Modular Forms
Saleh Tanveer	Exponential Asymptotics, Divergent Expansion, Borel Summation and Applications
Harvey Friedman	Adventures in the Foundations of Mathematics
Markus Linckelmann Akos Seress Ronald Solomon	Finite Groups: The Classification and Beyond
Alexander Dynin	Four ages of Mathematical Physics

Working Groups [Spring 2003]

• Graph and Matroid Structure Theory

• Number Theory: Coding theory and Algebraic Curves

• Reading Classics

Professional Development [Spring 2003]

Bjorn Sandstede	Communicating Mathematics
Bjorn Sandstede	Professional Development Seminar

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Invitation to Research [Winter 2003]

Gregory Baker	Computational Dynamical Systems
Jeffery McNeal	Several Complex Variables
Neil Robertson	Structural Graph Theory
Avner Friedman	Partial Differential Equations
Andras Nemethi	Geometry of Polynomial Maps

Working Groups [Winter 2003]

• Around Symmetry

• Complex Geometry and Analysis

• Fluid Mechanics and Turbulence (Working Group Website) [Report in PDF format]

• Reading Classics

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Invitation to Research [Autumn 2002]

Robin Pemantle	Map of Mathematics
Peter March	Probability and Stochastic Equations
Warren Sinnott	Number Theory
Henri Moscovici	Noncommutative Geometry
Vitaly Bergelson	Ergodic Theory: From Statistical Mechanics to Modern Number Theory

Working Groups [Autumn 2002]

• Algorithms for Groups and Their Applications

• Computational Neuroscience [Report in PDF format]

• Geometric Group Theory [Report in PDF format]

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Working Groups [Summer 2002]

• Lie Groups

• p-adic numbers and p-adic analysis

• Probability and polymers

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