From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/5605 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Pieter Hofstra" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Fields Workshop Announcement Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:18:25 -0500 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Pieter Hofstra" NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1267584804 9610 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2010 02:53:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 02:53:24 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: categories@mta.ca Wed Mar 03 03:53:20 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from mailserv.mta.ca ([138.73.1.1]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nmei7-0006rM-Fo for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:53:19 +0100 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1Nme4v-0000Pi-RZ for categories-list@mta.ca; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:12:49 -0400 Original-Sender: categories@mta.ca Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:5605 Archived-At: This is a first announcement and call for participation for a Fields = Institute Workshop on the interaction between category theory and = semigroup theory. The workshop will take place at the University of = Ottawa, May 2-4 2010, and everyone interested is welcome to attend. Topic, aims and scope: while the connection between inverse semigroups = and ordered groupoids has been known for quite a while, it has only = become clear fairly recently that many results and constructions in = semigroup theory have natural and canonical topos-theoretic = interpretations. The workshop aims to explore these connections, as well = as those to locale theory, etale groupoids, categories of partial maps = and also to operator algebras. The purpose is to bring together representatives from each of these = areas, to further promote interaction and to develop new perspectives on = the challenges in the field. There will be several tutorial talks which = have the specific aim of bringing newcomers and non-experts up to speed = on the central concepts, techniques and results of category theory and = semigroup theory, and to introduce them to etale groupoids and operator = algebras. Invited speakers: Robin Cockett (Calgary), Thierry Giordano (Ottawa) = Mark Lawson (Heriot Watt), Ernie Manes (Massachussets), Dorette Pronk = (Dalhousie), Pedro Resende (Lisboa) and John Rhodes (Berkeley). Student Support: graduate students are particularly encouraged to = attend, and some funding is available in order to support their travel. = Those who wish to apply for support can fill out the form on the = workshop web page. Priority will be given to those students who do not = have access to other funding. Registration: online registration is now open at: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/09-10/semigroups/index.= html Accommodation: early May is a busy time in Ottawa and participants are = urged to book sooner than later. We have reserved a block of rooms at = the Quality Inn Hotel (10 min. walk from campus); please contact Pieter = Hofstra for the booking code. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]