November 10-14, 2014

IMA Workshops

OrgAnIzers

zoltán Füredi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)Jerrold griggs, University of South CarolinaVictor reiner, University of MinnesotaCarla savage, North Carolina State University

speAkersTewodros Amdeberhan, Tulane University

Federico Ardila, San Francisco State University

Imre Bárány, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)

Alexander Barvinok, University of Michigan

Benjamin Braun, University of Kentucky

Felix Breuer, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

sylvie Corteel, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Jesus De Loera, University of California, Davis

sergi elizalde, Dartmouth College

Ira gessel, Brandeis University

Isabella novik, University of Washington

János pach, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Igor pak, University of California, Los Angeles

greta panova, University of California, Los Angeles

peter paule, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Attila por, Western Kentucky University

John shareshian, Washington University

richard stanley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Andrew suk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mirkó Visontai, Google Inc.

Michelle Wachs, University of Miami

Jed Yang, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

geometric and enumerativeCombinatorics

Enumerative combinatorics has broad applications in probability, statistical physics, optimization, and computer science. Its problems require the strategic application of tools from many other areas of mathematics. Geometric combinatorics focuses on discrete objects with geometric or topological structure, such as convex polytopes, arrangements of vectors, points, subspaces, and partially ordered sets. These objects give rise to counting problems that can be hard to estimate and sometimes involve objects with interesting symmetry groups, giving rise to new combinatorics. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers in the areas of geometric combinatorics and enumerative combinatorics to present new results and plan for further progress. It will include researchers from applications areas that supply some of the challenging problems for the field. In addition, it will include researchers who are developing innovative computational tools for enumeration.

www.ima.umn.edu/2014-2015/W11.10-14.14

The IMA is a NSF-funded institute