Free probability theory (04w5028)
Organizers
Alexandru Nica (University of Waterloo)
Roland Speicher (Queen's University)
Dan Voiculescu (University of California, Berkeley)
Objectives
The workshop would bring together researchers specialized in free probability, and people who have interests in free probability but work primarily in some of the above mentioned related areas. It is of clear importance that free probabilists and people working in related areas communicate and learn about each other's problems and ideas. The proposed workshop would create an exceptional opportunity for such an exchange of problems and ideas.
It has also turned out in recent years that free probability is quite attractive and promising for young people. There are a lot of interesting problems on a level accesible to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. We want to continue this trend, and hope to incorporate (independently of the list in Section 9 below) a few such young people in the programme of the workshop.
We plan to have both long talks (50 minutes to 1 hour) and short talks (25-30 minutes), with ample spaces left for informal discussions between the participants. We may also schedule a "problem session", trying to put at advantage the diversity of backgrounds of the participants.
