East Coast Operator Algebras Symposium 2025

Oct 11-12  •  Avery Hall

Registration

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 - 8:30Welcome
8:30 - 9:20Ionut Chifan
9:30 - 10:00Melody Molander
10:00 - 10:30Break
10:30 - 11:00Patrick DeBonis
11:10 - 11:40Ishan Ishan
Lightning Talks
11:50 - 11:55Pradyut Karmakar
11:55 - 12:00Gregory Faurot
12:00 - 12:05Benjamin Jones
12:15 - 12:20Mikkel Munkholm
12:20 - 12:25Ajay Kumar Karri
Saturday P.M.
12:25 - 2:00Lunch
2:00 - 2:30Priyanga Ganesan
2:40 - 3:10Changying Ding
3:10 - 3:50Break
3:50 - 4:20Junhwi Lim
4:30 - 5:20Rufus Willett
Sunday
8:30 - 9:20Dimitri Shlyakhtenko
9:30 - 10:00Dan Ursu
10:00 - 10:30Break
10:30 - 11:00M. Ali Asadi-Vasfi
11:10 - 12:00Mahya 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.

Book a Room

Graduate Hotel lobby

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.