Previous Conferences & Workshops

I will discuss a proof of the fact that given a finite dimensional division algebra D over an arbitrary field, any finite quotient of the multiplicative group D^* is solvable (joint work with Y.Segev and G.Seitz). Time permitting, I will also talk...

Ramanujan complexes of type ${\tilde A}_n$ have been constructed by Lubotzky, Samuels and Vishne. In this talk I would like to propose a definition of Ramanujan complexes associated with buildings of any affine type. This involves defining...

We will show how self-similar groups H(k) generated by finite automata can be related to Hanoi Tower games on k=3,4,... pegs. Then we will consider the spectrum of a Schreier graph of Hanoi Group H(3), will show that the group is of branch type, and...

The Probabilistic Method is a powerful tool in tackling many problems in Combinatorics and it belongs to those areas of mathematical research that have experienced a most impressive growth in recent years. One of the parts of discrete mathematics...

Biological networks have so many possible states that exhaustive sampling is impossible. Successful analysis thus depends on simplifying hypotheses, but experiments on many systems hint that complicated, higher order interactions among large groups...

The title refers to a conjecture that Serre made in the early 1970's, that has proved to be very influential. I will sketch the main ideas of the proof of the level 1 case of Serre's conjecture. If time permits, I will indicate how these ideas can...