Overview

The aim of the conference is to report on recent developements in toric algebraic geometry, hypergeometric functions and differential equations, (combinatorial) commutative algebra, mirror symmetry, Hodge theory and related areas. Talks will focus on the interplay of these and neighboring subjects.

Speakers:

Andrea D'Agnolo (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)

Holger Brenner (Universität Osnabrück, Germany)

Michael Dettweiler (Universität Bayreuth, Germany)

Alicia Dickenstein (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Nero Budur (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Claus Hertling (Universität Mannheim, Germany)

Viktor Levandovskyy (RWTH Aachen, Germany)

Anatoly Libgober (University of Chicago, USA)

Luis Narváez Macarro (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)

Mihnea Popa (Northwestern University, USA)

Claudiu Raicu (University of Notre Dame, USA)

Thomas Reichelt (Universität Heidelberg, Germany)

Helge Ruddat (Universität Mainz, Germany)

Claude Sabbah (École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)

Mathias Schulze (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Yota Shamoto (RIMS, Kyoto, Japan)

Duco van Straten (Universität Mainz, Germany)

Bernd Sturmfels (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften, Leipzig, Germany)

Jean Baptiste Teyssier (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Some partial support for young participants may be available. If you need support for travel and/or local expenses, please indicate so during registration.

US based students looking for help in travel funding to come to this conference should contact Uli Walther walther@math.purdue.edu and indicate in the email the following:

• Name, First Name
• stage of graduate career (past orals and working on thesis?)
• area of study and adviser
• explanation why conference is useful
• estimate (with explanation) on how much money is needed
• indicate whether you plan to prepare a poster

There is no deadline but earlier applications are more likely to get approval. Women and minority applicants are strongly encouraged.

Organizers:

Klaus Altmann (FU Berlin)
Christian Sevenheck (TU Chemnitz)
Uli Walther (Purdue University)

Links:

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