[cmath] summer school in Santander, Spain

[Dan Kucerovsky]

FIRST  ANNOUNCEMENT



The Summer School "Lluís Santaló"  on

Aspects of operator algebras and applications

will take place at the Palacio de la Magdalena, Santander, Spain

http://www.uimp.es/ING/home.asp

from July 21 to July 25, 2008.


Topics to be covered:
K-theory for operator algebras. Elliott's classification programme.
Modular theory for von Neumann algebras, and applications to quantum field 
theory.
Amenability, hyperbolic groups and operator algebras


Speakers:
Nathanial P. Brown (Penn State University),  Daniele Guido (University "Tor 
Vergata" Roma),
Fernando Lledó (Univ. Carlos III Madrid and RWTH-Aachen University),
Francesc Perera (Univ. Autònoma Barcelona), Andrew S. Toms (York University, 
Toronto)

President of the school: Pere Ara (para at mat.uab.cat)

More precise information will be soon available at the web page of the UIMP 
(see above).

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  Dan Kucerovsky, Professor      dan at math.unb.ca
  Director of the Centre for Noncommutative Geometry and Topology
                (www.math.unb.ca/~dan/COPAL/Centre_main.htm)
  Editor, AARMS book series (see www.aarms.math.ca/publications/)
  Dept. of Math&Stats            http://www.math.unb.ca/~dan
  UNB                            Phone: 506-458-7370
  Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3        Fax: 506-453-4705
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