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also the important and frequent help he offers to young researchers in operator algebras. In 1994-95, George was the main organizer of a very successful year long program in Operator Algebras at the Fields Institute. He rented a large house always filled by short and longer term visitors. This house was quickly known as Chateau Elliott. P. Fillmore, who was the master of ceremony of the banquet, delighted the audience with many anecdotes on the daily life in the chateau. The nearly one hundred participants of CoSy heard 11 plenary talks and 36 shorter presentations. CoSy Plenary Speakers Ola Bratteli AF-algebras revisited Søren Eilers Known and unknown ranges Uffe Haggerup Random matrices in C*-algebra theory - a survey Nigel Higson Index theory for SL(3) Akitaka Kishomoto Rohlin flows on Kirchberg algebras Ryszard Nest What are the categories good for N. Christopher Phillips Classifiability of crossed products by minimal homeomorphisms Ian Putnam A non-commutative Lefschetz formula for chaotic systems Mikael Rordam C*-algebras that absorb the Jiang-Su algebra Masamichi Takesaki Discrete core of a factor of type III , 0
volume are Rajendra Bhatia (India), Robert Guralnick (USA), Steve Kirkland (Canada), and Henry Wolkowicz (Canada). A major event at the conference was the presentation of the Hans Schneider Prize, which recognizes outstanding contributions to research in linear algebra. Two of the previous winners are from Canada: David Handleman (Ottawa) and Peter Lancaster (Calgary). At this year’s conference, the Hans Schneider Prize was awarded to Richard Varga of Kent State University for his career-long contributions to matrix analysis. Varga’s prize lecture was devoted to Gershgorin’s Circle Theorem, the subject of his very recent Springer monograph. The ILAS Conference attracted 150 participants from all parts of the world. There was a high rate of participation from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Registration fees were waived for students and postdoctoral fellows in keeping with ILAS’s goal of providing students and emerging researchers with the opportunity to interact with some of linear algebra’s leading figures. A local undergraduate student in physics was also among the registered participants. With partial support from ILAS and the Canadian Mathematical Society, a Graduate Student Social was held at a downtown restaurant and it attracted 27 graduate students. In addition, there was an ILAS-sponsored lunch on the first day of the meeting which introduced each student and postdoctoral fellow participant and invited all conference participants to welcome these young people in ILAS Conference participants G e n e r a l S c i e n t i f i c A c t i v i t i e s the informal discussions and social activities that normally occur during a mathematics meeting. The international flavour of the Society was reflected by conference participants, with many people from Asia, Europe, and North America, as well as a few participants from Africa and South America. A relatively high proportion of the participants and plenary speakers were women. The ILAS Conference thus provides a venue that brings people together and it contributes significantly to the exchange and dissemination of ideas. In addition to the high quality scientific program, several participants commented upon the local charm and the friendliness of the city’s people. A visit to the Canadian prairies was a first-time experience for a great many of the conference participants. In addition to the support of the Fields Institute, financial assistance was provided by the University of Regina, PIMS, the CMS Student Committee, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Atlas Conferences, and ILAS. The local organizers were assisted in a variety of technical aspects by the Fields Institute and by University of Regina staff and students. Speakers: Orly Alter (Texas at Austin) Genomic signal processing: From matrix (and tensor) algebra to genetic networks Avi Berman (Technion) Positive matrices and TCP Fields Institute 2005 ANNUAL REPORT 87
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