Glimpses of Mathematics, Now and Then: A Celebration of Karen Uhlenbeck's 80th Birthday

Organizers:
Steve Bradlow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Georgios Daskalopoulos, Brown University
Antonella Grassi, University of Pennsylvania/Università di Bologna
Dan Freed, University of Texas, Austin

Summary:
Karen Uhlenbeck’s landmark theorems on minimal surfaces, gauge theory, and integrable systems are cornerstones of geometric analysis.  In this conference we explored how the different fields on which Karen has left her mark have evolved through time.  We also celebrated her role as a mentor and
advocate for women and underrepresented minorities in our profession.

Speakers:
Brian Collier, University of California, Riverside
Magdalena Czubak, University of Colorado
S-T. Yau, Harvard University
Lillian Pierce, Duke University
Rick Schoen, University of California, Irvine
Cliff Taubes, Harvard University
Chuu-Lian Terng, University of California, Irvine
Graeme Wilkin, University of York
Bobby Wilson, University of Washington

Panels focused on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: then and now.
WAM/UT Austin Panelists:
Carina Curto, Penn State University
Ingrid Daubechies, Duke University
Kristin DeVleming, University of Massachusetts
Dusa McDuff, Columbia/Barnard
Andreea Nahmod, University of Massachusetts
Gigliola Staffilani, MIT
Lisa Traynor, Bryn Mawr College
Christina Fredrick, NJIT

EDGE Panelists:
Moderator: Ulrica Wilson, Morehouse College/ICERM
Susan D'Agostino, Inside Higher Ed
Laurel Ohm, Princeton University
Omayra Ortega, Sonoma State University/NAM

The conference was hybrid. Due to IAS Covid policy, attendance was strictly limited. 
All others were encouraged to watch via Zoom.  All talks took place in Simonyi Hall Lecture Hall 101.

Friday, September 16, 2022
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM             Registration
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM               Lunch
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM               Opening Remarks, David Nirenberg, Director, IAS
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM               Richard Schoen: Minimal surface stability in higher codimension
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM               Break
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM               Bobby Wilson: Resonant Dynamics in Evolutionary Dispersive Equations Slides
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM               Coffee/Tea
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM               EDGE Panel: EDGE and Mathematics, Then and Now
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM               Dinner

Saturday, September 17, 2022
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM          ST Yau: Quasi Local Quantities and Angular Momentum in General    Relativity Slides
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM           Coffee/Tea
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM          Brian Collier: Higgs Bundles and Higher Teichmüller Spaces Slides
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM          Break
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM          Chuu-Lian Terng: Canonical Forms in Geometry and Soliton Theory  Slides
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM            Lunch
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM              Cliff Taubes: Analysis Theorems in Gauge Theory
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM              Break
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM              Graeme Wilkin: The Morse Complex on Singular Spaces Slides
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM              Coffee/Tea
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM              WAM Panel: Women and Mathematics, Then and Now

Sunday, September 18, 2022
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM         Coffee/Tea
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM         Magdalena Czubak: Geometry, Fluids and the Laplacian
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM         Break
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM         Lillian Pierce: The Hedgehog and the Fox
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM            Lunch and Goodbye