Oct 11-12 • Avery Hall
Plenary Speakers
The Rank Ratio Function and the Radius of Comparison Function
M. Ali Asadi-Vasfi, Purdue University
McDuff $W^*$-rigidity for group II$_1$ factors
Ionut Chifan, University of Iowa
The W* and C*-algebras of Similarity Structure Groups
Patrick DeBonis, Purdue University
Structure and non-isomorphisms of q-Araki-Woods factors
Changying Ding, University of California-Los Angeles
Quantum Non-Local Games
Priyanga Ganesan, University of California-San Diego
Amenability (constants) of the Fourier algebras of locally compact groups
Mahya Ghandehari, University of Delaware
Von Neumann Orbit Equivalence
Ishan Ishan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Planar algebras associated to cocommuting squares
Junhwi Lim, Vanderbilt University
Subfactor Planar Algebras at Index 4
Melody Molander, The Ohio State University
Strong 1-boundedness via non-microstates entropy
Dimitri Shlyakhtenko, University of California-Los Angeles
Non-conventional averaging in C*-algebras
Dan Ursu, York University
Secondary pairings and group representations
Rufus Willett, University of Hawaii
Lighting Talks
We will have an opportunity for lightning talks for early career participants (graduate students and postdocs). We expect these will be five minute talks, but the time may be adjusted, depending on how many speakers we have.
Results on general Toepltiz random matrices
Ajay Kumar Karri, Texas A&M University
Fejer property of groupoids and galois correspondence
Pradyut Karmakar, Sam Houston State University
Homotopy 3-Type of Abelian C*-Algebras
Gregory Faurot, The Ohio State University
Stability now with action(s)
Mikkel Munkholm, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
C*-Correspondences for Ordinal Graphs
Benjamin Jones, Arizona State University
Schedule
Saturday A.M.
| 8:20 - 8:30 | Welcome |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:20 | Ionut Chifan |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Melody Molander |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Patrick DeBonis |
| 11:10 - 11:40 | Ishan Ishan |
Lightning Talks
| 11:50 - 11:55 | Pradyut Karmakar |
|---|---|
| 11:55 - 12:00 | Gregory Faurot |
| 12:00 - 12:05 | Benjamin Jones |
| 12:15 - 12:20 | Mikkel Munkholm |
| 12:20 - 12:25 | Ajay Kumar Karri |
Saturday P.M.
| 12:25 - 2:00 | Lunch |
|---|---|
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Priyanga Ganesan |
| 2:40 - 3:10 | Changying Ding |
| 3:10 - 3:50 | Break |
| 3:50 - 4:20 | Junhwi Lim |
| 4:30 - 5:20 | Rufus Willett |
Sunday
| 8:30 - 9:20 | Dimitri Shlyakhtenko |
|---|---|
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Dan Ursu |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | M. Ali Asadi-Vasfi |
| 11:10 - 12:00 | Mahya Ghandehari |
Accomodations
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Graduate Hotel, about a 10-minute walk from Avery Hall.
The event rate is $115/night, only guaranteed up to Sunday, September 21.
Financial Support
There is financial support available to attend, provided by the National Science Foundation, with preference for graduate students and postdocs. To apply for financial support, please register for the conference as early as possible. Commitments will be made starting September 8 and continue until the conference starts or all funds are allocated.